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Firefox decides to incorporate Tor Browser in private browsing mode.

Digital Ocean gets acquired.

Google Fiber buys Cincinnati Bell.

IoT still hasn't gained much traction.

Bitcoin suffers 51% attack.

Archaeological evidence of human life found on Mars/Moon from some time > 12K years ago.

4G meshnets become popular in developing countries.

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Most of these make plenty of sense, but where does this come from?

>> Archaeological evidence of human life found on Mars/Moon from some time > 12K years ago.

Ha, definitely a long shot. I was watching a Joe Rogan podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDejwCGdUV8. In summary, there's evidence for a cataclysmic asteroid strike 12K years ago that nearly wiped out humanity. If true that upends traditional archaeological theories and suggests that humanity rebooted 12K years ago instead of a gradual move from hunter-gatherer to society. What the world was like before the reboot is unknown, but maybe we were advanced enough for space travel?

Yeah, I've heard quite a few interviews with Graham Hancock. I don't know if I can make the leap from a lost history to a lost space-faring history. I also can't make the further leap to "we will discover that space-faring history in the next year".

I guess if it happens then we heard it from you first!

Why is this the year for the 51% attack? I'll take a shot in the dark and assume this is post block reward halving?

Followup, will the attacker be a nation state actor or not?

I think the new chips are advanced enough it's feasible for many people/orgs. Not sure if a nation state or private investor. I see motivation for both. China doesn't like BTC. There could be short sellers. There is also a growing contingent of people upset with BTC as a whole given recent arguments over forks and the future.

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