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In countries like the DRC or Nigeria, with large oil and natural gas reserves, who are we to tell them that they can no longer exploit those reserves for their benefit? If we don't…

I don't want to discourage you, because everything counts, but I think the real problem with climate change isn't in the West, it's in the rest of the world. The West had the luxur…

Except bitcoin can't be manufactured on demand. I'm sorry, but this is a terrible analogy. There's a reason why people compare bitcoin to gold, because it makes for a better analog…

As did I, hence why I commented that it feels like ultracrepidarianism.

If that were true, then they would come to a different conclusion. There are several examples of useful applications that are live today that would be otherwise impossible without …

As soon as blockchain is even mentioned on HN, everyone loses their freaking minds. For some people that tout themselves as intellectuals, they just seem to parrot that 'blockchain…

Bitcoin isn't programmable money. That's Ethereum

Why re-invent the wheel when MakerDAO DAI exists, which is a much better solution to the problem of a decentralized stablecoin.

Yes I remember this as well, but the real rally was from 1.2k to 10k from January to November. I do remember the spike from 10k to 20k in December, and it did seem very unnatural t…

The Bitcoin rally of 2017 was caused by Ethereum, specifically the rise of ICOs.

I would pay a lot of money to be able to play a human level Emperor+ level AI on civ

I work with planes and it's not at all uncommon to find lightning damage. In fact, there are generic repairs for particular locations prone to lightning strikes.

You can take a look at the eth2.0 specification here https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs . They have solved the nothing at stake problem, and they currently have 8 independent…

Yeah that's why I added analog in brackets haha. But I believe you're correct

You can buy pre-cursors (or known as analogs) like 4-AcO-DMT online from Lysergi. They are sold as a 'research chemical', however they metabolize into psilocin so it is indistingui…

You can extend this to mechanics/technicians. Manipulating a large screen when your hands are full of grease.

Even pseudoanonymous blockchains like Bitcoin aren't completely fungible like cash. You need to use privacy only cryptos like Monero, or zero knowledge proof contracts on Ethereum …

Would the Universe exist if there were no conscious beings to observe it?

Apparently this also breaks Moneros privacy by identifying a BTC address associated it (even without KYC). You need to buy Monero from LocalMonero if you want to be truly private.

I believe Veil (which is a dapp built ontop of the Augur protocol) supports DAI, which is a decentralized stablecoin built by MakerDAO. The only market on Augur right now for USDT …

In their implementation, it appears you'd need to create an account by calling the contract https://github.com/pickhardt/escrovery/blob/master/contracts... So it wouldn't work with…

You could open up a prediction market on Augur.

The issue is still design/construction and political red tape. It sometimes takes decades to fund and build a nuclear plant, and we don't have decades. We should be focusing on eas…