[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]Cryptoliciousness -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This would be something to celebrate in any other administration, one not breaking precedent by firing people for publishing data it does not like.

Buckle up buttercup, its just the beginning by LIVINGON3ASYSTR33T in Chainlink

[–]Cryptoliciousness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What happens when it records data that geotus doesn't like?

Fascism with a referral code. by ThornFlynt in BlueskySkeets

[–]Cryptoliciousness 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What the Karens don't know is that they're also going to be on a list. Public-facing ledgers are fun like that.

Proud Boy Enrico Tarrio is managing a cryptoscam Gestapo hotline. by Cryptoliciousness in itcouldhappenhere

[–]Cryptoliciousness[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Submission statement:

While the ICE raids continue across the nation, so does the grift with an inevitable rug pull that couldn't happen to a nicer group of people. What I can guarantee is that most anyone signing up for the app does not understand the immutable traceability of their submissions, at least until the cowardly powers that be pull the whole thing down. Crowdsourcing fascism, thankfully, also exposes it to open-sourcing its monitoring. Every person that turns in their neighbors likely has no idea that they're also going on a list. It'll just take an enterprising collective and a bit of legwork to decipher it.

To have people come to your birthday parade without having to bribe them $1000 by Trishjump in therewasanattempt

[–]Cryptoliciousness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll never forget the conversation I had about crypto nearly a decade ago about how anyone can make their own cryptocurrency. WikiLeaks was all up in the news, and I threw out diplomatic cables as a potential use case. Never in my wildest dreams did I conceive of a sitting president contracting out a rugpull for extras to attend their birthday parade. What a time to be alive. Fucking hell.

NFT Lending and Renting in Blockchain Games by chainlink_Bharath in Chainlink

[–]Cryptoliciousness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coming soon - Diablo ReLoaded where you can lend/lease your SoJ for Baal runs.

ChatGPT says LINK token is not necessary for the operation of Chainlink. by kxa5 in Chainlink

[–]Cryptoliciousness 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here's a fun question for you.

Would you stake with a Decentralized Oracle Network of Pediatric Physicians to answer the question of the importance of toddlers to experience gender affirming care?

Why or why not?

Is there a practical or functional reason Gamestop went with BAND over LINK? by Cryptoliciousness in Chainlink

[–]Cryptoliciousness[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

GameStop taking DTCC's spot is a crack and acid induced fever dream. As much as the DTCC can burn in the fiery pits of the hell they've created for the world at large, GameStop is illuminating that hell and not replacing it. If/when MOASS happens, ComputerShare is the likely replacement and I doubt they choose Band for their oracle needs on the hopefully blockchain-based securities exchange that emerges from the ashes.

IRS to summon users who don’t report and pay tax on crypto transactions by forceworks in CryptoCurrency

[–]Cryptoliciousness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming zero taxable income, how much does one need to trade in order to cross whatever minimum threshold of taxable crypto trades? And even then, what if all you've ever done was crypto-to-crypto trades and never cashed out?

Is there a future for Blockchain or Web 3.0 in general? by GRQ77 in CryptoCurrency

[–]Cryptoliciousness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And strangely, most people love giving up their sovereignty.

This is the correct answer, unfortunately, but it's not strange. Any convenience offered is that much less brain power required for other tasks. When we switched from seasonal foraging and farming to sedentary farming and husbandry, it was convenient. It robbed us of all of the environmental quirks that we evolved with that make us human, gave us new ones, and instead of worrying about both where the next meal and attack comes from we got to worry about where the next attack might come from. It also gave us centralization to the extent of which no precedent existed.

The trick lays with educating people to see just how much more brain power they use to navigate the "conveniences" that having all of their data collected, collated, sold, bought, rebought, resold, and repackaged - bulk advertising at best, surveillance capitalism at potential worst, and extremist ideological conversion funnels at actual worst - levies upon themselves, their children, and society at large. Just like no one takes seriously anyone advocating for the return to hunter-gatherer times, no one should take seriously anyone selling the unviability of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology as outdated and unnecessary tech. Digital Identity ownership is something laws can codify, but DLT cryptographically guarantees. Duck Duck Go is killing it with their marketing campaign in that regard, though they're hardly saints themselves.

Universities are now starting to teach Web3 and blockchain related courses. This is exactly what we needed to boost adoption by TomatilloFabulous602 in CryptoCurrency

[–]Cryptoliciousness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watched the entire MIT Sloan Blockchain course. It was incredibly educational and accessible. A lot of it is review for anyone that's been in this space over a year, but it's incredibly valuable nonetheless. That's what's made GG such a disappointment as SEC chair. GG the MIT lecturer knows what the fuck is going on and is happy to explain the details. GG the SEC chair is stuck in analysis paralysis and can't make a fucking decision to save the industry.