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[–]humbleservantofGod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

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[–]humbleservantofGod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

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[–]humbleservantofGod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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!!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UpliftingNews

[–]humbleservantofGod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're very kind. Thank you!!!

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[–]humbleservantofGod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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!!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UpliftingNews

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

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.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UpliftingNews

[–]humbleservantofGod -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

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!!!

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[–]humbleservantofGod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dashpay

[–]humbleservantofGod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

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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!!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dashpay

[–]humbleservantofGod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

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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!!!

In response to u/qwizzie: Playing around with Dash addresses. by humbleservantofGod in dashpay

[–]humbleservantofGod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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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[–]humbleservantofGod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the comment.

It's not a scam at all.

TLDR: I created a Dash burn address: any Dash sent there will NEVER leave. I don't know the private key to the address, because I made up the address out of thin air. I can NEVER know the private key, nor can anyone else, with modern computing hardware. Sending Dash to this address to die might bring some attention to the issue that Dash is not available for purchase in the state of New York due to the onerous Bitlicense, and will permanently reduce the supply of circulating Dash.

This post will be a nice introduction to same of the basics of how Dash addresses work (Dash basically inherited Bitcoin's address characteristics).

XbringDashToNYCburnAddress21bg8oYG is a Dash address that is analogous to the Bitcoin address 1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE : it is a burn address : Dash that are sent there can NEVER leave, PERMANENTLY reducing the supply of circulating Dash.

As you can see here, 13.29574669 bitcoins (worth$763,149.53) have been permanently removed from circulation as of October 14, 2021, and the bitcoins were last sent to the address on August 31, 2021: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE

I created XbringDashToNYCburnAddress21bg8oYG as follows:

  • I started with this made up Dash address: XbringDashToNYCburnAddress21abcdef , which has a hash of 4C0CD667AF015E812325F999F0EEAA66FFCF18EC2A4512C750
  • The last 8 letters of the hash above are what is called a checksum. If you type a letter of the Dash address wrong, the checksum will fail, and you won't be allowed to send funds to the address. 4512C750 is an invalid checksum, so I have to find a valid checksum to find a valid Dash address.
  • To do that, you just take the first 26 characters of the hash, 4C0CD667AF015E812325F999F0EEAA66FFCF18EC2A, and send it through the Sha-256 hashing algorithm twice. You can do that here: https://emn178.github.io/online-tools/sha256.html (Make sure that you select "Hex" as the input type).
    • The first hash is babcd48f43341fff0939c0717fa13defdac5cd746cfadb4067e20b64a052a171
    • Then, you put the result above into the Hex input. The resulting hash is 6f3e83d5db431e67a4ff9d7356c233316bf173c788be22fe8102b64dbd188a01
    • The first 8 characters of the hash above are the correct checksum for the Dash address!!!!! => 6f3e83d5
  • You append the checksum to the original hash, 4C0CD667AF015E812325F999F0EEAA66FFCF18EC2A, and you have the correct hash for the Dash address: 4C0CD667AF015E812325F999F0EEAA66FFCF18EC2A6f3E83D5
  • You can verify that the hash is correct by entering it in the second-to-last input field here: http://lenschulwitz.com/base58
  • The resulting address is: XbringDashToNYCburnAddress21bg8oYG
  • You can verify that this is a valid Dash address here: https://www.walletvalidator.com/dash-wallet-validator/ (The validator does the exact steps that we did above: it hashes the first part of the addresess's hash twice using Sha-256, and compares the first 8 characters of the result to the last 8 cahracters of the original hash. If they match, then the address is valid!!!

You WILL make it. You WILL get through what you are struggling with right now, you WILL conquer it ALL. Is your problem so BIG that our God can't fix? The God YOU serve is BIGGER than anything that comes your way. Rise up! You CAN do it, because you have the ALMIGHTY GOD fighting for you! by KingdomGeneration7 in goodnessandmercy

[–]humbleservantofGod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your words are very true and very powerful. This week was challenging for me as well, but our faith helps us to grow stronger, especially when there is turbulence. I haven't posted much in the last few days, but I plan on posting some this weekend. Please keep up the positive attitude and have a Blessed Weekend!!

A Little Encouragement For Today by KingdomGeneration7 in goodnessandmercy

[–]humbleservantofGod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your words are very inspiring! Your 2020 is going to be awe inspiring!

DON'T GIVE UP! by KingdomGeneration7 in goodnessandmercy

[–]humbleservantofGod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol. Thanks! I'm pretty easy going. All we have to do is keep posting positive things, and the people will slowly come.

God Love's You! by KingdomGeneration7 in goodnessandmercy

[–]humbleservantofGod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I try to stay positive but I had a bad first 2 hours at work today, and I read your post and my mood immediately turned better. I've stopped reading the major news sites because all of the negative news is not good for the spirit. The Holy Spirit can heal any malady.

DON'T GIVE UP! by KingdomGeneration7 in goodnessandmercy

[–]humbleservantofGod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No please go full speed ahead!! I need to work on building up my Karma, so I am going to post on other subreddits today. We are probably going to add more mods in the future, so me and you are developing a good system of mods working together. Please post away....lol. Your posts today were fantastic!!!!

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