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sp821543··on Len Sassaman – Satoshi Nakamoto Evidence – Byzantine Generals Problem
Satoshi’s emails to Martti Malmi, (published recently), include words like, “sceptical.” Unlikely written by an American.
sp821543··on Ouroboros: A Provably Secure Proof-of-Stake Blockchain Protocol [pdf] (2019)
Aren't 65% of all bitcoin miners in China? Couldn't the CCP sabotage the network at any time? Say, a month before the launch of their digital currency?

https://cbeci.org/mining_map

sp821543··on Customer Service Agents Can See What You're Typing in Real Time
What an amazing opportunity for trolling support staff :)
sp821543··on Songcraft Beta – A songwriting tool and guitar tab builder
Why tabs? I much prefer guitar-spaces!
sp821543··on Ask HN: What is your best advice for a junior software developer?
Document everything someone teaches you. Having to be told twice is not ideal for a jr. dev.
sp821543··on Another Expansion of Copyright
Are you suggesting that whould apply to all intellectual property?
sp821543··on Show HN: How to Tune a Guitar
Yes, although I think this application/audience warrants visual consistency over realism.
sp821543··on Cancer breakthrough leads China’s biotech boom
An unimaginable loss. I am so sorry.
sp821543··on Universal Sentence Encoder
https://www.tensorflow.org/hub/modules/google/universal-sent...
sp821543··on Copyright Royalty Board Boosts Songwriters’ Streaming Pay Nearly 50%
Incorrect, as far as streaming royalties go. Performers get 5-6x what songwriters are paid.
sp821543··on Copyright Royalty Board Boosts Songwriters’ Streaming Pay Nearly 50%
The performer's share - 40%. Songwriter's share - 7%.
sp821543··on Who’s Afraid of Bitcoin? The Futures Traders Going Short
>Terrible. Constant in-fighting. This is what is hurting bitcoin right now.

Anyone who's paying attention to the bitcoin repo can see your statement has no basis in reality. For instance, compare the number of closed pull requests between btc/eth/ltc...and bch if you want a good laugh.

sp821543··on Litecoin and Ethereum buys and sells are temporarily disabled
They are in a bubble, and bubbles can last for years. They also drive innovation.
sp821543··on Who’s Afraid of Bitcoin? The Futures Traders Going Short
How many times has bitcoin hard-forked because of the protocol being compromised? How much daily volume is it currently supporting? How does the velocity of the codebase compare to other coins?
sp821543··on Don't Talk to the Police (2012)
I believe the lawyer in the video, James Duane, now recommends the phrase, "I want a lawyer," as the correct response to any police question. As some have mentioned, mere silence is not enough to invoke one's constitutional rights and could in fact be used as a legal argument as to your guilt.
sp821543··on Goldman Sachs Plans to Clear Bitcoin Futures When They Go Live
You should take a look at IOTA's github repo.
sp821543··on An $814M Mystery Near the Heart of the Biggest Bitcoin Exchange
Thank you for the clarification.
sp821543··on An $814M Mystery Near the Heart of the Biggest Bitcoin Exchange
Same TOS
sp821543··on An $814M Mystery Near the Heart of the Biggest Bitcoin Exchange
From coinbase TOS:

You acknowledge that the quoted Buy Price Conversion Rate may not be the same as the Sell Price Conversion Rate at any given time, and that Coinbase may add a margin or “spread” to the quoted Conversion Rate.

sp821543··on US Senate Bill S.1241 to Criminalize Concealed Ownership of Bitcoin
It is my understanding that trading one for another, (BTC to ETH, for example), is a taxable event thus has to be reported.
sp821543··on Bitcoin ‘Ought to Be Outlawed,’ Nobel Prize Winner Stiglitz Says
Each bitcoin can be subdivided by 100,000,000 units (satoshis).
sp821543··on Vitamin D and cancer prevention
Do you regularly test your vitamin D levels?
sp821543··on This Is the Week Wall Street Went Nuts Over Cryptocurrencies
Exactly. Nobody complains about the transaction capacity of gold. Bitcoin is a store of value - especially useful if our financial system sours again.
sp821543··on Royalties from Writing a Hit Song with Justin Bieber
The rates paid to songwriters by Spotify & Pandora are similar: about $0.00007 per play.

Source: royalty statements

sp821543··on Royalties from Writing a Hit Song with Justin Bieber
Bobby?
sp821543··on The Yamaha NS10 Story – How a Hi-Fi Speaker Conquered the Studio World (2008)
A legendary engineer educated me about NS10s. With a great amp and a sub, they sound fantastic - especially when listening at low volume. As in... lower than the volume of a normal conversation.
sp821543··on Equifax Breach Caused by Lone Employee’s Error, Former CEO Says
http://web.mit.edu/2.75/resources/random/How%20Complex%20Sys...

7) Post-accident attribution accident to a ‘root cause’ is fundamentally wrong. Because overt failure requires multiple faults, there is no isolated ‘cause’ of an accident. There are multiple contributors to accidents. Each of these is necessary insufficient in itself to create an accident. Only jointly are these causes sufficient to create an accident. Indeed, it is the linking of these causes together that creates the circumstances required for the accident. Thus, no isolation of the ‘root cause’ of an accident is possible. The evaluations based on such reasoning as ‘root cause’ do not reflect a technical understanding of the nature of failure but rather the social, cultural need to blame specific, localized forces or events for outcomes.

sp821543··on Bitcoin ‘More Than Just a Fad,’ Morgan Stanley CEO Says
I don't agree with you, but an interested in your view. What in your opinion is the best implementation of a blockchain?
sp821543··on Bitcoin ‘More Than Just a Fad,’ Morgan Stanley CEO Says
I think it would be a mistake to assume performance cannot improve.
sp821543··on Bitcoin Is Likely to Split Again in November, Say Major Players
Bitcoin: "I'm going to create $8B out of thin air"

Fed: "Hold my beer..."

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