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bastiantower··on FTX’s financial black hole leaves Binance balking at rescue plan
I think you're confusing Binance, which is not directly related to Tether, with Bitfinex, which is.

Binance has its own dollar based stablecoin, BUSD.

bastiantower··on Twitter’s founder admits that shutting down the API was “worst thing we did”
Layer 2 solutions, specially zk ones like StarkNet, solve the scaling issue
bastiantower··on Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus
But then everyone has a signature that you exited at 200
bastiantower··on Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus
Wouldn't anyone then be able to provide proof of that participant having exited? The participant would have generated a signature the moment they exit.
bastiantower··on Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhouse-gas emissions
The point about the extra energy is potentially valid, although it would need data.

Methane being worse than CO2 doesn't change the fact that it's a cycle and thus it's not causing extra warming as long as the amount of animals is constant.

Alternative forests, etc, is equally a one off thing. Keeping the pastures doesn't make anything worse, and reverting them back would only be a one off improvement.

bastiantower··on The quest to recreate a lost and ‘terrifying’ medieval mead
It also has a high specific heat value
bastiantower··on Renewables became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in 2020
As long as they are being replanted, this is carbon neutral
bastiantower··on The ransomware surge
It doesn't, quite the contrary. Poor and middle class people hold much more of their wealth as cash than rich people.
bastiantower··on [dead]
From Jake Chervinsky:

https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1383650715604717571?s...

I don't find this credible. The tweet itself is fishy: Treasury doesn't charge money laundering (DOJ does) & a case against several FIs at once would be unusual. Also, criminal investigations are kept strictly confidential & rarely leak. I'm not convinced by unnamed "sources."