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Calvin Liang: The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They’re off by half a million.. “I first tried counting the stacks right there in the room. The cube was tall, so I had to step back to see the whole thing, squinting at the stacks, trying to follow each row. I lost track almost immediately. Also, people were starting to look at me funny. Apparently, staring intensely at a pile of cash while […]

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@dansup the only correct move is to choose something that isn't garbage like #PayPal...

The only "good" option (or to be honest, "least worst") I've seen is #Monero, which just works and it works so well the #US Government hates it because it is literally the closest to "#digital #cash" there is...

youtube.com/watch?v=H33ggs7bh8M
youtube.com/watch?v=B7sLnmlZ-kU

@maikel basically, it boils down to the few key features of #Monero:

1. #Anonymity & #Privacy: Unlike with any other #cryptocurrency (aka. #Shitcoins) it's not just pseudonymous in that there is no mandatory linkage between individuals & their wallets, but the entire transaction history and balance is hidden. Unlike say #Bitcoin or #Ethereum one cannot track the coins from the moment of mining to their destination.

2. Speed: Monero's network does mine one block every 2 minutes. After 10 blocks any transfered balance gets unlocked for spending. That means that a transfer is completed at worst within 6 minutes and the balance is being unlocked at worst after 24 minutes. This makes it faster than Instant-#SEPA which only has a 1 hour SLA.

3. #Fungibility: Like #cash all it's coins are equal, since they cannot be tracked. This makes Monero the digital equivalent of cash.

4. #Scalability & #Stability: Monero adaptively self-adjusts block sizes and mining difficulty based upon demand (transactions in it's mempool aka. requested transactions that have to be added to the blockchain) and supply (total blockchain hashrate). Unlike Bitcoin and Ethereum it has a fixed Tail Emission Rate of at least 0,6 #XMR (Monero) per block, so the miners solving it get at least 0,6 XMR (+ transaction fees), which is a longterm stable rate. Bitcoin and Ethereum will necessitate huge transfer fees once their last coins are mined to make sense, which will result in the crash of said cryptocurrencies as they'll be too expensive to trade!

5. Anti-#ASIC and focussed on #CPU|s of general-purpose machines: Whilst it does run on #ProofOfWork, it's specifically designed to run poorly on #GPU|s and not on #ASICs as the latter one are not just manufactured #eWaste but also inherently increase the centralization (with less than a dozen big miners controlling >50% of Bitcoin and Ethereum's hashrate respectably). Thus it's the "least worst" in that regard. #ProofOfStake is not possible due to it's privacy-based setup (#Staking necessitates a public balance) and unlike a #Shitcoin like #FileCoin it doesn't incentivize #hoarding components. (in this case: #HDD|s)

6. Accepted & Convertable: Whilst there is a concerted effort to ban Monero, there are payment processors like #NowPayments that accept Monero. It's low transaction fees and good speed make it useable in settings like Restaurants and Online Stores (sadly not retail, because it would need to be like 60x faster)... And even then it's easy to convert to/from Shitcoins.

That's the #TLDW of Whiteboard Crypto, Mental Outlaw and The Hated One

And finally:

7. Monero gets continously developed and enhanced, whereas Bitcoin, #Litecoin and Ethereum don't even do proper #upgrades via #HardForks (see #EthereumClassic)...

@glitzersachen @leanlearnlead problem is whilst #Germany and the rest of the #EU did standardize on #CCS2 for #ChargingStations, there's no mandate for all EVs to have the connector for it!

The whole #payment fiasco comes to it: I don't have to register to fill up a gas tank:

  • All I've to do is pay after pumping or the gas station staff will call the police.

I don't think it's too much to ask to accept all common cashless payments either if they don't want the #cash with unmanned charging stations.

  • I'm not even expecting them to accept #Monero or god forbid some #Shitcoins or some obscure single-bank - only payment system. If my local #Döner shop can do #NFC payments then the #TechBros that 'reinvent charging' can do so too.

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
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BANKING COLLAPSE IN RUSSIA: NO CASH, #ATM RESTRICTIONS Vlog 1086: War in #Ukraine

The #BankOfRussia announced that starting September 1, banks would be allowed to temporarily limit #cash withdrawals to ₽50,000 per day (~$550 USD) for 48 hours if “suspicious activity” is detected. Officially, the move is framed as a consumer protection measure against fraud. In reality, its timing and structure reveal far deeper concerns about the ...

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@techlore re: your #short on #Monero, the #EU already overtook it:
youtube.com/watch?v=uszPsqw7vos

  • Not only are there attempts at banning #cash, but already absird restrictions that ain't rooted in reasonable regulations like #KYC & #AML.

It never was like in #Dubai where one was (and allegedly still is) able to buy real estate with cash & no questions asked or proof of origin for the funds.