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The story about BIS authorizing banks to hold 2% of reserves in Bitcoin was dramatically misreported. This was actually placing a limit on their holdings, to 2%, which is down from…

Domain name industry https://circleid.com/

This is not a new idea -- it's a whole field of infrastructure called "Payments Orchestration". It probably doesn't make sense for small startups, but companies that process more t…

You are talking about simple theft, not fraud. Theft is always possible. Fraud is not possible with bitcoin. Not sure why I was downvoted.

Bitcoin. It can easily be confirmed as valid (zero chance of counterfeit), and is otherwise a bearer instrument with no further settlement, and impossible to reverse (like cash).

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The closing of that Borders was a tragic loss and the end of an era in Palo Alto.

My experience running LND on my home Linux computer

The semicolon is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. That makes your example 5-10-5 words instead of 5-5-5-5. Try using a period instead of semicolon and hear how it sou…

This article reads like an advertisement to go shopping.

Yes, and the technology of money happens to be going through a historical transformation.

I think it’s clear that social media (or more broadly, “the internet”), is exacerbating mental health issues. At the very same time, the ability to connect with people around the w…

This depends on the TLD (top level domain) in question. For .com, .net, .org it has historically not been possible to price discriminate like this. For the "new TLDs" (the explosio…

I would recommend trying to find an internal transfer. That way you don't have to do another round of whiteboard interviews, but you might find a better / more interesting project …

Nice, I like it.

Not very likely.

afaik, you can interview for a different team/function right away, no need to wait one year. The one year waiting period is for re-applying to the same position.

Registrars need to pay a yearly fee to ICANN (in the $xx,xxx range if I recall correctly) and significant startup fees as well. This qualifies you to pay 'wholesale' prices for dom…

The hierarchy of Internet domain names goes something like this: ICANN -> TLD operator (registry) -> registrar -> reseller (optional) -> registrant (you)

Steiner's esoteric views are hardly a part of the day to day discussion at any Waldorf scool. Rather (from Wikipedia): "Waldorf kindergarten and lower grades generally discourage p…

Waldorf education (Steiner school) has been saying this forever. Formal learning does not begin before age 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education#Pre-school_a...

I'd like to see police start giving tickets for tailgating instead of speeding. Speeding alone is rarely very dangerous, especially on roads with few other cars. On the other hand,…