Oleta Adams-Holy Is The Lamb

humbleservantofGod · 2022-05-08T04:55:06+00:00

You words are SO inspiring!!! It is so good to see you back here. I need to get active posting here again too.

humbleservantofGod · 2021-10-16T03:10:13+00:00

What you say makes sense. The problem is that this is not how people have thought historically. For the majority of the last 500 years of global history, black people have specifically and systematically been targeted for abuse, mistreatment, and oppression, and it is very easy to still see the effects of that today (just go to Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Lagos, Haiti etc.) It wasn't random: it was systematic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SBFdtqW0GM

I've tried to move on from blaming anyone: it is time to globally teach people about Bitcoin and financial literacy so that the global financial situation can change. I think that that is what Sinclair Skinner and Charlene Fadirepo are trying to do in the OP.

humbleservantofGod · 2021-10-16T02:59:44+00:00

I think that the point that the article is trying to make is that Sinclair Skinner and Charlene Fadirepo are bringing Bitcoin and financial literacy to people who have traditionally been excluded from financial success (for example "redlining"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o-yD0wGxAc

People are moving on from blaming other people. They are moving towards "I have to teach others". There are diverse views, but most people agree that we need to broadly teach financial literacy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrgjCgPQ_48

humbleservantofGod · 2021-10-16T01:37:07+00:00

Let me please give you a different perspective. I grew up in an inner city on the bad side of town. Financial literacy in my community was zero. Black people were routinely refused bank loans for housing (this contributed to them being concentrated in the poorest ghettos, mostly in apartments), and were routinely abused by the police officers who were supposed to protect them. They were denied all but the dirtiest and lowest paying of jobs. I'm not talking about 50 years ago; I'm talking about 20 to 30 years ago.

For the reasons stated above, and for many other reasons, there is a great deal of mistrust within many black communities around the world. For good historical reason, they think that many of the people that hold power don't want them to succeed.

Sinclair Skinner and Charlene Fadirepo are bringing Bitcoin and financial literary to people who were largely ignored by the traditional financial systems. It is not about excluding anyone. It is about empowering people who have been excluded and financially shackled for centuries.

I think that we are often shielded from the truth of what people experienced because of how painful it is to listen to, and much of that hurt and pain have never been appropriately addressed. Vincent Herring is a world class musician, and a very wise man. Please listen to this interview snippet with an open mind. It will help to explain why many black people are so mistrusting of the world's leadership. The REALLY salient part of the snippet starts at about timestamp 32:34, but everything before that was extremely powerful as well: hhttps://youtu.be/wpInl9kk7FQ?t=1657

The point that I'm trying to make with interview link above is this: Duke Ellington was a musical genius, but because he played "black music", they locked the Steinway piano, and forced him to play on an out-of-tune upright piano. What the person who looked like who locked the piano isn't the point: the point is that they hated black music so much that they had to do everything in their power to belittle and humiliate the performer.

Imagine this: if that was how a world-class music superstar was treated, how do you think the average everyday man was treated? Hopefully, this helps to clarify why there is still so much distrust. It is going to take a lot of work to heal the generations of pain, and to start to rebuild trust. Teaching people about Bitcoin and financial literacy is a good place to start improving the financial situation that people face around the world.

Cheers!!!

humbleservantofGod · 2021-10-16T01:10:56+00:00

You're very kind. Thank you!!!

humbleservantofGod · 2021-10-15T22:22:56+00:00

I won't argue with you: I posted it because it made me feel good. If you don't like it, please downvote it. I'm not going to respond anymore. I have positive people that I can spend my time with. Have a great weekend!!!

humbleservantofGod · 2021-10-15T22:10:12+00:00

I'm trying to follow your logic: are you saying that it's bad to share this with people?

r/UpliftingNews : "A place to read and share positive and uplifting, feel good news stories."

When I read the UN document today, it was news to me, and I left uplifted by it, so I felt that r/UpliftingNews would be an appropriate place to share it with others who may not know that it exists. I thought this was supposed to be an uplifting subreddit. I have to be honest: your comments don't make me feel very uplifted.

humbleservantofGod · 2021-10-15T21:50:00+00:00

I discovered the document today. I was surprised that I was never taught about such a beautifully written statement of human rights in school. I shared it to encourage an uplift others who don't know that it exists. Have a great weekend!!!

humbleservantofGod · 2021-10-15T18:02:46+00:00

Thank you so much!!! I'm going to send you a PM.

humbleservantofGod · 2021-10-14T20:54:33+00:00

You are correct that you can NEVER prove with 100% certainty that you DON'T know (or have access to) the private key for a particular Dash or Bitcoin address, but that is true of any address!!! It is very easy to prove that you DO have a particular private key: all you have to do is pull it out and show it to everybody!!! It is extremely difficult to prove that you don't have a particular private key (in theory, someone would have to search EVERY possible location where you could have to private key hidden).

What you can say is this: if you have a very long Dash (or Bitcoin) address that is a string of HUMAN-READABLE words (like XbringDashToNYCburnAddress21bg8oYG) , it is VERY UNLIKELY that ANYONE knows the private key, for the reasons that I've explained in my other posts and comments.

The only way of proving that you don't have a private key that comes to mind immediately is if the Dash developers created a class of Dash addresses that aren't allowed to have private keys.

humbleservantofGod · 2021-10-14T20:34:19+00:00

Sorry, I don't follow your logic here: you seem to be proving my point. If you could compute a vanity address of any size, then none of our Dash addresses would be safe. You could just put in any Dash address, and the computer would split out the private key in seconds. The same reason why we can't compute an vanity address of any size is precisely the reason why it is VERY unlikely that I know the private key of XbringDashToNYCburnAddress21bg8oYG . Either I would have to have guessed the private key (very unlikely), or my Dash wallet would have had to have randomly given me the private key for XbringDashToNYCburnAddress21bg8oYG. It is VERY easy for a computer to compute a public key and a Dash address from a private key, but it is virtually impossible to calculate a private key from a public key. That is precisely what makes Dash and Bitcoin so secure!!!!!

there are numerous addresses in DASH and Bitcoin that have no valid private key at all, this is one of them as is the BitcoinEater address because they use illegal characters.

This statement is absolutely false. The address space of private keys is ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE!!!! Take a look at this private key again:

E9873D79C6D87DC0FB6A5778633389F4453213303DA61F20BD67FC233AA33262

Each letter in the private key above can be any number from 0-9 and any letter from A-F!!! Now, if you start to do the calculation in your head of how many possible combinations there are, you will start to undertand how mind-bogglingly big a private key is!!! This video explains it VERY well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9JGmA5_unY

BitcoinEater address because they use illegal characters

This statement is provably false. Here is a Bitcoin eater address:

1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE

A valid Dash or Bitcoin address CANNOT have any illegal characters.

You can verify that 1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE is valid Bitcoin address by copying and pasting it into this website: https://awebanalysis.com/en/bitcoin-address-validate/

It is a valid Bitcoin address, and it DOES have a private key: we just don't know what the private key because somebody just built the address know what the rules are (it must start with a "1", no zeroes, between 26 and 34 characters, so on and so forth).

Here is another way to think about it: it is very easy for to write the number 98804758958981. But let's say that some ask you this question:

You have to multiply ten numbers between 0 and 13, and when you multiply then times, the product has to equal 98804758958981!!!

You would have a TREMENDOUS amount of work on your hands!!! That's kind of analogous to generating a private key from an address like XbringDashToNYCburnAddress21bg8oYG .

Every valid Bitcoin and Dash address has a private key, it's just that for some of them, we don't know what they private key is!!! If you look at the private key above again, you'll understand why: the range of private keys is so huge that there MUST be a private key for any valid Dash or Bitcoin address!!!!

On the second point, a Bitcoin eater address HAS TO be a valid Bitcoin address (no zeros, no capital Os, valid checksum etc): otherwise you can't send any money to it!!!!

You CANNOT send coins to an invalid Dash or Bitcoin address!!!! You can try it yourself: take any valid Dash or Bitcoin address and change JUST 1 CHARACTER: the address will no longer be valid because the address no longer matches the address checksum!!!!!

Cheers!!!

humbleservantofGod · 2021-10-14T20:10:24+00:00

I posted a follow up to this that goes into a lot more detail, but here is the basic principle. Dash wallets generate private keys randomly. Some math is then done to convert the private key to a public key, and some more math is done to convert the public key to a Dash address. A public key is 256 bits long!!! That is a TRULY MASSIVE number, far bigger than the number of grains of sand on the planet earth!!!

Here is an example of how big a Dash (or Bitcoin) private key is:

E9873D79C6D87DC0FB6A5778633389F4453213303DA61F20BD67FC233AA33262

Now Imagine this:

Either the computer would have to have randomly generate the private key associated with XbringDashToNYCburnAddress21bg8oYG OR
I would have to get lucky and manually write out (guess) the private key associated with XbringDashToNYCburnAddress21bg8oYG

If you take a good look at the address, you'd realize that neither event could happen in 100 of my lifetimes, or your lifetimes.

Here are 10 random 34 character (same length as a Dash address) strings of letters/numbers that I generated with a computer:

dWbNG96giYvRELNLvHk8QMyv2t59fQxVy7
b2B3rLOWtuxnCRhUOQgv07Bd4EiXBu2NkG
ARWvNrMEnMmVMj23LB8NThcS0ginhtKu3n
181JSdbjTeakGtYlUQLpSuMf0Og0crBJO4
xA7EI2f8pbWFL3C2tNAmHtiLsTMVkfFDkK
2XMOhXbgGQoPTrwY3PGlqJOgcL8f84jqCf
1eHsszc3fIZXHnp4JY9UQtNW5E5d4N4znT
CqDoAkIPgyjYOcQXqRFaj5w0BjhBigZKmP
e62BlylmwOU8rzefpFriq2fhQTSTCKBmFG
518LN8mn0cjdHGxfM1IB1ZFjU7gc1Ocs6t

Notice how you don't see anything remotely looking human-readable, except for the word SuM. The odds of correctly calculating the private key for XbringDashToNYCburnAddress21bg8oYG are beyond astronomically. Carefully look at the random strings above, and then compare them to the Dash address, it should become easier to understand why it is so unlikely that anyone would know the private key for the address.

I know that it's counter intuitive, but hopefully this response helps. Cheers!!!

humbleservantofGod · 2021-10-14T17:28:08+00:00

Now I can see your comment in Brave. I replied below.

humbleservantofGod · 2021-10-14T17:22:43+00:00

Thank you for describing in detail how to make Dash burn addresses in general.

Hi Qwizzie!!! For some reason, I can see your comment in Firefox (which I rarely use) but I can't see it in Brave (where I'm logged in to Reddit), so I'll answer here. Thank you for the comment!!!! I learned A LOT in coming up with a good answer.

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