And those of us with Privacy concerns don't see this as a bad thing. However, it could be of concern if it is successful, and probably for more than just privacy. If anyone reminisces about the internet of 10-15 years ago, imagine if you will one absolutely dominated by Meta's virtual garden.
Nobody "invest" in USD. You invest in assets which you expect to appreciate. People investing in Bitcoin do so expecting to control a portion of a finite supply, which defeats its purpose of liquidity.
I ditched in the middle of Windows 7, with absolutely no regrets. Valve has made tremendous inroads in gaming with Proton, along with developers releasing for Linux, there really isn't a good excuse to stay with Microsoft.
Without mainstream acceptance through purchase transactions Bitcoin has no hope of going anywhere. People holding for investment, while profitable, is absurd if ultimately the final holder can not exchange it for goods. I am not an economist, but I do hold the position that money is used for the exchange of goods and its only value is in its acceptance and exchange rate.
Don't forget settlements paid in Ai-generated crypto-currencies backed by Gold mined in Australia fully automated mine. Run it all on solar and humans can just fuck right off.
It makes you think about how many of those are inside jobs and/or compromised employees. In the case of colonial, it would seem highly likely given it was a credential compromise, but then again secure passwords are a known weakness
No way that would be manipulated and abused by the politicians and the wealthy. I think at some point we have to accept that people are going to game any system (on all sides and angles). Resource competition is the base problem.
It has to be a branding/patenting thing around uniqueness. I couldn't imagine trying to come up with new website names on a daily basis that would be expected to stick in a consumers mind.
At the end of the article there was mention of a fossil, and they seemed to imply that they retrieved chemical samples from it,did I miss something or is that a thing now?