Michael Ep @[email protected]
OG, Orga Bitcoin Munich Meetup; other interests include Functional Programming, p2p decentralized systems generally, music (mostly metal/post/prog)
Joined Aug 2018
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Would you trust a proprietary Chinese browser with your #cryptocurrency wallet? On a platform with (intentional) back doors?
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/13/18138427/opera-cryptocurrency-wallet-android-app
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/13/18138427/opera-cryptocurrency-wallet-android-app
Michael Ep
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Bit coins 
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Zu Weihnachten wünsch ich mir Blockchain-Flugtaxis-Vierpunktnull in der Cyber-Edition
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It's very disappointing to hear that Brave (the "privacy" browser) is going to be pushing their own advertising system.
I guess the only way to have a truly private experience is to fiddle around with Mozilla Firefox, or install either GNU IceCat or Tor browser.
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#Blockchain Hype Exploited by the #EPO and by #Patent Law Firms to Wrongly Assert Free/Libre Software Can Coexist With #SoftwarePatents http://techrights.org/2018/11/05/swpats-in-blockchain-clothing/ #swpats
I see a lot of bitcoiners supporting Gab. Don't. Gab are hypocrites.
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2018/07/18/gab-not-free-speech/
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"Gab is under attack," according to GAB.
I can't help but think of cops shouting, "STOP RESISTING!"
The site isn't about #freespeech by making business out of social outcasts http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2018/07/18/gab-not-free-speech/
I can't help but think of cops shouting, "STOP RESISTING!"
The site isn't about #freespeech by making business out of social outcasts http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2018/07/18/gab-not-free-speech/
For those who didn't know, things like Bitcoin exchanges and ATMs were long not possible to set up in Germany due to unviable licensing requirements, but recently there was a ruling that changed things, and it only took a few days for the first commercial ATM to pop up, and it's here in Munich.
At our last meetup we dared to look at projects for wider "blockchain" use cases again. We only do this once every few months. ;) https://twitter.com/bitcoinmuc/status/1054447085460865024
My personal verdict:
Yes uncensorable AI probably requires decentralization. But a used car meta-marketplace? Only if the technological costs to run this are lower than the regulatory.
Yes I also want the magical p2p-distributed stack with storage and computation that can do everything a centralized system can do, but will we ever be there?
Video of Stepan Snigirev's presentation from our last meetup in Munich. "Batman as a service", with #lightning support build on #arduino ⚡🦇
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The “blockchain” hype continues to be exploited by those looking to #patent some #software with storage or with databases, basically substituting that software component with the hype du jour http://techrights.org/2018/09/30/swpats-painted-as-blockchains/
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Latest FUD about #bitcoin https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/09/20/bitcoin-core-vulnerability-blockchain-ddos/ A #ddos attack can disrupt anything at sufficient capacity levels, including Wall Street and ANY financial market
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#Bitcoin [BTC]’s #censorship resistance will propel it towards mass adoption, says mining firm Argo’s head https://ambcrypto.com/bitcoin-btc-censorship-resistance-will-propel-it-towards-mass-adoption-says-mining-firm-argos-head/
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TIL unicode has symbols for nearly all 1 and 2-operand logical operators;
and (∧), nand (⊼), or (∨) xor (⊻), nor (⊽), not (¬), various (non-)implications (←↛↚→,)
but not xnor!
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Bitcoin is designed to avoid arbitrary money printing. Thats the whole point.
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Found an interesting spam/scam scheme today:
- Attacker posts their link that redirects to a legit news article
- Twitter resolves the redirect to news article
- Twitter hides link from Tweet and displays Twitter Card with news domain
- Attacker changes redirect to spam site
The Tweet now displays a legit looking Twitter Card with the news website domain, but actually goes to the scammer.
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The reason so many cryptology experts are stopped ans harassed at airports
And #encryption itself is treated with/by "export" laws skin to those which apply to hand grenades
Is because #privacy enables #autonomy and thus poses risk to #imperialism
And #encryption itself is treated with/by "export" laws skin to those which apply to hand grenades
Is because #privacy enables #autonomy and thus poses risk to #imperialism
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#sweden still leading in the #WarOnCash
Which is basically a war on #privacy too https://www.thelocal.se/20180830/ikea-to-test-cash-free-store-in-sweden #ikea looks bad...
Which is basically a war on #privacy too https://www.thelocal.se/20180830/ikea-to-test-cash-free-store-in-sweden #ikea looks bad...
OG, Orga Bitcoin Munich Meetup; other interests include Functional Programming, p2p decentralized systems generally, music (mostly metal/post/prog)
Joined Aug 2018
