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Problem. Reaction. Solution.

I think the establishment's actions are what's driving anti-establishment sentiment.

> It's no longer between two parties (a consumer and a merchant) A cash transaction is between 2 parties. A debit card transaction is between 5: consumer, consumer's bank, merchant…

You are using Mastercard's payment network whenever you pay for something. They see and record all your transactions. Mastercard is the entity informing your bank to pay the mercha…

But they don't know it's hopeless to try and ban mathematics? I'm not convinced.

https://grapheneos.org/ https://calyxos.org/

Might as well start mining some bitcoin while you wait for storage

I agree, but I don't think that's a good example. The only reason for the existence of a bank password is to enable private interactions between yourself and the bank (and the gove…

"Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter…

Canada has the same shit, NZ too.

Also what languages are you focusing on for the training? How will this not result in massive political arguments about where resources are spent.

Except particle physics - which I guess is why they are trying to sell it this way.

It is backed by nothing and that's ok. It's a money, it doesn't need to be "backed". Gold is not "backed" by anything, the notion doesn't even make sense. Backing implies a debt or…

> most 'basic' toothpastes for 100ml for £1, which I don't think is much of a rise on what it's been for the last few years (I think I used to get 125ml for that price). Going from…

Sure, the monetary&banking system today is a corrupt clusterfuck that will inevitably collapse under the weight of all the unproductive debt that's built up. That's why I'm a bitco…

They're not shareholders, they are creditors, by definition. That's why bank statements have a little "CR" next to the balances. In a bankruptcy, shareholders get wiped out first, …

> the company I work for should lose most of its money because our CEO used a well-reputed bank Why should I lose my money because I bought the stock of "a well-reputed bank"?

> Banks that may be otherwise solvent may become insolvent because of a domino risk of bank runs. That to me implies the bank was never solvent in the first place. You could have e…

> A peg only lasts as long as you have the currency to keep paying at that rate. This logic applies to all bank deposits as well. SV Bank deposits were pegged to USD at a 1:1 ratio…

No one is showing up at a bank and depositing $1M of physical cash (except maybe Mexican drug cartels). That $1M you're depositing is presumably the liability of another bank .

and then can just switch to tor next anyway

Does this mean I could use a bitcoin hardware wallet to store my nostr keys and sign my posts?

they should just mine bitcoin with it

Why would you not get a free EU passport if you could?