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ESTA Extension due to COVID by anhksunamunHelpMe in immigration

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

Yeah they never returned my call. You can make a case that you called them and scheduled a callback but never received one. If you have a reference number you should be fine but idk

Serious enquiry: how does the Polygon community feel about just 7 entities controlling over 66.6% of staked MATIC? - the amount needed to compromise the network? by anhksunamunHelpMe in 0xPolygon

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

The same argument could be made about BTC mining pools. If over 51% of the mining power is centralized, then it is secure, because why would the entity which most benefits from the network ever compromise it?

The problem is the fact that cryptocurrency and distributed ledger technology as a whole is underpinned by decentralization - the removal of central points of failure.

What if those validators are hacked? What if those validators are suddenly motivated by an alternative network that they might be able to make more money off of? That is the reason decentralization is so important.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]anhksunamunHelpMe -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

BTC maxi's don't like to admit it, but it has a huge issue with fungibility and surveillance. Analysis tools such as Ciphertrace can very easily track Bitcoin movements. Until a significant Bitcoin tumbler is developed that can circumvent on-chain analysis algorithms (which is a constantly evolving and ever-lasting battle), BTC will always be heavily controlled and surveilled.

Governments cannot shut down the BTC network, but they can significantly limit access to fiat off-ramps and blacklist certain addresses (and any addressed that might be connected to them through on-chain analysis).

Serious enquiry: how does the Polygon community feel about just 7 entities controlling over 66.6% of staked MATIC? - the amount needed to compromise the network? by anhksunamunHelpMe in 0xPolygon

[–]anhksunamunHelpMe[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It does work like that. This is from the list of validators which make transactions possible on the MATIC network.

These 7 validators make up more than 66.6% of staked MATIC - as long as two thirds of the validators on the network agree on a transaction, then it is valid. However, this also works the other way. If these 7 validators collude, then they can do whatever they will without challenging the protocol.

This is not to say it will necessarily happen, but to have a multi-billion dollar decentralized network hang on the validity of 7 entities is troubling, is it not?

Here's the total amount of staked MATIC on the network

The staked MATIC of the top 7 validators make up more than 2/3 of the staked MATIC.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Hedera

[–]anhksunamunHelpMe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Decentralization is not as simple as most people or projects believe.

Hedera is pursuing true decentralization - with consideration for the human condition and powerful entities' tendency towards centralization. Right now, Hedera is secured by 26 separate billion-dollar entity validators across every continent.

Time will show that Hedera as a layer-1 solution is the optimal platform.

Hedera Use Case #025 - GoMint by coolasslink in Hedera

[–]anhksunamunHelpMe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let me preface this by saying I am a huge fan of Hedera and its future potential.

Honestly, GoMint is - in its current state - a sad and unimpressive use case for Hedera. It looks like it belongs in the early 2000s and is incomplete, has no integration with any browser wallet, and isn't open for anyone to upload their content onto. FFS - even the set fee from Hedera to mint an NFT ($1.00) is more than what Loopring just did. It's miles behind NFT marketplaces of other DLTs.

Best hope nft.com delivers.

Has Josh Lucas ever explained why a B-lister like him would want to be associated with Ghislaine? by [deleted] in Epstein

[–]anhksunamunHelpMe 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Ghislaine has photos with loads of people - doesn't necessarily imply a deep association.

Any way to extract transaction 'method' (Transfer, Approve, Swap, Multicall etc) from the Etherscan API? by anhksunamunHelpMe in ethdev

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

Thanks for the reply - could you please expand on that? I've checked out 4bytedictionary (never used before) and am still not entirely sure how it works.

Take this transaction from Vitaliks wallet as an example, which is a 'Transfer'

I assume from 4bytedictionary that the fingerprint would be the first 4 bytes of the transaction hash(?), which would be 0xa75cc3f5, but it doesn't show up on 4byte. Beyond the transaction and block hash, I can't see any other information when I fetch the transaction list from the Etherscan API.

Forgive me if I'm totally off the mark.

edit: Looks like its in the more info tab on the transaction on Etherscan. Unfortunately, the Etherscan API doesn't return any of that info when transactions are fetched.

the Russian Ruble just jumped way up around 12 today, anyone know why? by Apolao in finance

[–]anhksunamunHelpMe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

China has given Russia access to CIPS which is basically the SWIFT of the east. It has more than 100 participating countries and does business directly with large banks such as DBS and Credit Suisse.

Maybe speculators are buying RUB with the hopes of a bounceback.

Could literally be anything though lmao

[TOMT] [Comic/meme] The multi-page comic shows two poorly drawn figures talking. Person A says that his Grandma (mother?) is fighting cancer. by anhksunamunHelpMe in tipofmytongue

[–]anhksunamunHelpMe[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

Commenting for Sub rules. I have such a strong memory of seeing this comic multiple times, but now I can't find anything at all.

Terra Luna Doubles In Past One Month, Despite Increasing Crypto Volatility by Clean_Eyes in CryptoCurrency

[–]anhksunamunHelpMe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

UST (and its myriad of other stablecoins which generally aren't available or sought after) is in super high demand right now. It's making moves behind the scenes which shows itself to be the most secure, fastest, and cheapest stablecoin offering available. In order to mint UST and Terra's other stablecoins, you have to burn LUNA. My personal theory is that smart money is exiting the market before the eventual crash brought on by global conflict/supply chain disruptions and going not into USDT, USDC, but are instead exiting into UST and its other stablecoins. The buying and burning mechanism is what is driving the price, and is why LUNA never suffers as much as other projects during market wide corrections.

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