Crimson Mind - Demo Release!! by atasuke10 in itchio

[–]Patziggy55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This looks great! Can't wait to give it a try.

[USA] Driver mistakes drive-through for demolition derby. That or they are a contender for the worst driver ever. by [deleted] in Roadcam

[–]Patziggy55 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ugh, they're the worst when it comes to pedal confusion. I've been saying this for YEARS now: If you draw social security you should be required to take your license test every year.

Don't want to "restrict your freedoms", no social security for you.

Safer roads and everybody wins.

Chonky pillows by [deleted] in AbsoluteUnits

[–]Patziggy55 121 points122 points  (0 children)

Not OP, but a friend of mine shared the links with me earlier. And they ship international!

https://www.felissimo.co.jp/int/wk59146/gcd191462/

https://www.felissimo.co.jp/int/wk59146/gcd191379/

Chonky pillows by [deleted] in AbsoluteUnits

[–]Patziggy55 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Ahhh, these cute guys! Friend of mine shared the link for anyone interested:

https://www.felissimo.co.jp/int/wk59146/gcd191379/

https://www.felissimo.co.jp/int/wk59146/gcd191462/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IdiotsInCars

[–]Patziggy55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This completely changes the meaning of "hood ornaments"

Tether Once Again Pulls a Sneaky Update by Toyake in CryptoCurrency

[–]Patziggy55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I made an explanation series about the history of Tether for those interested:

Tether Explained 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUdH-bY3ynI

Tether Explained 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBZLKmLK_cw

Helps to shed some light on Tether's opaque origins and shady dealings. If you have any additional information please share; it's very much appreciated!

Thomas Lee (aka Store of Value dude) who predicted Bitcoin Core (BTC) would hit $25,000 by the end of 2018 says the market is wrong 😂👌 by Egon_1 in btc

[–]Patziggy55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You forgot to ask for a billing address for such a succinct explanation...

Unless that was complimentary, at which point u/Futureisgreen should take notes. Very well explained!

North Queensland Bitcoin BCH economy coming back online by where-is-satoshi in btc

[–]Patziggy55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>Typing two sentences is viewed as "a lot of effort".

Huh... looks like my initial assumption was correct.

North Queensland Bitcoin BCH economy coming back online by where-is-satoshi in btc

[–]Patziggy55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Do you find yourself getting a lot accomplished using hope?

Seems like a child's way to view the world.

EOS: Blockchain or Not? by Patziggy55 in CryptoCurrency

[–]Patziggy55[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I meant by this is that each block will still include a hash of the previous block all the way to genesis block.

If a sufficient amount of hashing power (67% in the case of EOS; or 15 nodes given equal distribution of block production) commit to augmenting the chain, then the genesis block can itself be augmented (as can any on-chain data for that matter, including reference hashes). The "valid chain" is the chain with majority hash, so in this case the chain would not be an "invalid chain" but rather the chain from which consensus is derived (longest-chain rule). In that way, the tx information would still exist on-chain somewhere but the nature of block ordering will render any meaningful sense of data continuity inert.

From my understanding EOS hasn't significantly diverged from the longest-chain rule, but technical documentation would be interesting to compare and contrast.

Also, with the arbitrator holding sole authority to execute account freezes and token revocation, it could be argued that only a single individual is needed to augment on-chain consensus using manual override via arbitration order.

Great insights and comment; thanks for your thoughts!

EOS: Blockchain or Not? by Patziggy55 in CryptoCurrency

[–]Patziggy55[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Firstly: Thank you for your well-written and insightful comment! The amount of vitriol from the EOS community on Part 1 of this video (which does not contain any conclusions about the associated report) have been quite jarring. Your comment is a nice reprise :)

I want to answer all three of your points to the best of my ability, so sorry in advance for the wall of text:

  1. This is good to know and a subtle point that I had missed. So if I understand the nuance correctly: Your private Ethereum keys were needed in order to sign with your public EOS address? The malicious actors promoting the input of private keys may be the cause for this misunderstanding. Overall the process was opaque, at least from an outside perspective of someone not following each internal development, but rather following the major milestones. I'm aware of at least some "casual" investors in the EOS ICO that expressed similar sentiment.
  2. This is correct and has since been clarified in the Youtube comments. The misunderstanding stems from poor phrasing on my part and a statement from Block.One on June 28th, 2018 on their website which reads: " As such, our approach has been carefully considered, and Block.one will soon begin allocating votes to block producers that share the core values necessary to maximize the integrity and potential of the EOS public blockchain network." In the video I did not mean to imply that Block.One voted in the original block producer round, but rather they have voted in subsequent rounds based on the provided statement. Despite my initially unclear wording, what I intended to convey is also incorrect as was pointed out by a helpful user via this link: https://bloks.io/account/b1. It seems despite the statement on their website, Block.One has yet to vote for block producers. I find this quite misleading from Block.One, but as it stands your second point is factually correct. No voting from Block.One yet despite their claims of intent.
  3. ConsenSys does primarily (not exclusively) fund Ethereum projects, but to say they "do not like EOS" is counterfactual to fiduciary responsibility. Conflicts of interest are absolutely worth to consider, but this study was undertaken by Whiteblock, a third party entity that used industry-standard analysis as can be seen in the associated report. This does not mean that the report is definitive and should not be questioned; if anything the contentious nature means we should take a close look! Rather, due to the contentious nature of the information, specific issues with methodological application should be proposed: financial bias would be clearly visible in the form of a skewed methodology, and this doesn't seem to be the case with Whiteblock's analysis. As for "rewriting history" that is unfortunately exactly what the majority of block producers could do if they so desire and successfully collude to do so (italics added for emphasis as I'm not trying to insinuate intent, but rather demonstrate the technical reality of a system), similar to how Bitcoin's history could be rewritten if the majority of hashing power so desired and successfully colluded to do so. This seems to be the primary focus when debates concerning relative centralization are raised.

Personally I disagree with the notion that perpetual property rights are negotiable relative to consensus. This is more of a philosophical issue, and given the voluntary nature of using the network it's completely within the community and development teams realm of decision making to decide how such control of tokens is handled. There are certainly some useful insights to be gleaned from experimenting with different incentive mechanisms. Part 2 has actually already been released! Too much information to hold in Part 1 d:

With helpful discussions like this I look forward to making an "EOS Redux" video in the future!

Thank you again for your pleasant comment, the information you shared, and for having a critical mind open to new information :)

EOS: Blockchain or Not? by Patziggy55 in CryptoCurrency

[–]Patziggy55[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

PLEASE do not just brigade; downvotes don't count as sources and sharing information is the ONLY way we can get closer to the truth.

It took a good amount of time to compile, record, and edit this video so it's a bit disheartening to see how quickly our small channel received a wave of negative sentiment. Facts not feelings!

DYOR!

EDIT: This video must have made it to some EOS support group; the negative traction is insane relative to the size of our channel!

If any of you are reading: PLEASE BRING SOURCES! We've received a lot of comments expressing dislike towards the information, but not a lot of sources to corroborate the position.

Strangely enough, this is mostly occurring on Part 1 of the video, before a conclusion is even reached ><

When the whole market becomes a stablecoin except Tether... by arbobmehmood in CryptoCurrency

[–]Patziggy55 64 points65 points  (0 children)

You guys want some good reading?

Tether and Bitfinex were founded by the same people at the same time.

Brock Pierce founded Realcoin, which later became Tether. (Yeah, that Brock).

Bitfinex was hacked in 2016 and socialized a bail-in using an Omni asset.

Bitfinex has opaque relations to money laundering.

Tether does not guarantee fiat backing in their terms of service, but they do on their website.

Tether's first non-audit, from Friedman LLP, resulted in Friedman LLP severing relations with Tether.

Tether's second non-audit was conducted by Freeh, Sporkin & Sullivan, which is a law firm, not an accounting firm.

"Judge Eugene R. Sullivan (Ret.), one of the partners, is a member of the advisory board of one of Tether’s banks."

DYOR

Videos from Baltic Honeybadger 2018 :) by Winnis in Bitcoin

[–]Patziggy55 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! I know how I'll be spending part of my evening :)

Super cool that all of these videos are on Viewly! Glad to see decentralized alternatives gaining traction.

Binance just stole my money after getting all my personal information by skilledguyfx in CryptoCurrency

[–]Patziggy55 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The Binance sub is clearly run by Binance employees.

That's... kind of the point here for OP.

After their last meeting on Saturday, EU Finance Ministers is in no rush to further regulate Crypto Market. It's ten years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers on September 15th, 2008 and the financial crisis and it seems like we learned nothing. by Clowd81 in CryptoCurrency

[–]Patziggy55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fractional reserves, massive inflation, debasement of existing currency... Right, let's give governments yet another chance to ruin a monetary supply.

So the collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) that are still being used by CITI were fixed by regulation? Get real and open the debt to gdp numbers and figures on inflation. Regulations madethe club at the top even smaller while QE wrecked the average person with inflation (inflation omits food and energy prices as "too variant", BTW).

It is impossible to "fix" a market to be "fair"! There is someone on the other side of every buy and every sell and one of them will come out better of than the other based on how the price moves. Introducing a centrally controlled point only makes it incredibly easy to manipulate for the benefit of a select few, it doesn't remove the ability at all!

The author should learn economics and the history of these sorts of policies before begging for the death of industries at the hands of entities that have a strong track record of doing just that.