Economics is Science

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I know you’re just here for the dog pic, but I’m a cybersecurity blue-teamer, who’s old enough to have unspent bitcoin left over from the original Silk Road. (Fuck off FBI). I’m here to learn what you know about cyber; discuss economics, markets, and bitcoin; and dunk on politicians. I follow back. Now let’s have some fun! He/him
I think the narcissistic believe that it is better to be infamous than ordinary. (Let alone happy.) I mean, talk about the self-own… the world Poo-tin lives in now is a nightmare. Its the end of the line. I hope he doesn’t decide to take us all with him. Gift article. Should work. “Putin, czar with no empire, needs military victory for his own survival”
https://wapo.st/3Z4Ulum
Putin, czar with no empire, needs military victory for his own survival

A year of full-scale war in Ukraine has failed to achieve President Vladimir Putin's territorial aims. But at home he has tightened his grip, engineering a closed, nationalist society.

The Washington Post

Top 3 Tips: Hidden Gestures on the iPhone

https://youtube.com/watch?v=tPBoGAS9P7U

Top 3 Tips: Hidden Gestures on the iPhone

YouTube
Crypto scammers feel the chill: Revenue drops 46% in 2022 — Chainalysis

According to a crime report from blockchain data firm Chainalysis, crypto scam revenue dropped 46% in 2022, with noticeable drops occurring following the collapse of TerraLuna and FTX.

Cointelegraph
Reddit Hack Shows Limits of MFA, Strengths of Security Training https://www.darkreading.com/risk/reddit-hack-shows-limits-mfa-strengths-security-training
Reddit Hack Shows Limits of MFA, Strengths of Security Training

A tailored spear-phishing attack successfully convinced a Reddit employee to hand over their credentials and their one-time password, but soon after, the same worker notified security.

Dark Reading

It seems to me that we now have three different major contenders for what the spirit of #web3 will be remembered as: #Crypto, #AI, and #federation/the #Fediverse.

These are shockingly varied views of the heart and soul of technology: crypto wants to remove all the guardrails, AI wants to put the guardrails into a black box, and the Fediverse wants to distribute the guardrails out to the various groups who are most protected by them.

Thankfully, crypto's star is already on the decline; and as AI companies are being taken to court and forced to be more transparent about the way they operate over the next decade or so, the Fediverse has an opportunity to present federation to the public as the most transparent, most safe, most open, most free solution.

This might seem like an overly-optimistic viewpoint; but remember, it's just an opportunity. We (as a community) have to take it.

Those of us raised in Xtian homes were taught that salvation (ie. help/rescue) was only possible through Jesus Christ. Our first defence in a crisis was to be prayer - not trying to solve the problem on our own. This is an infantile, dependent attitude that is not the least bit helpful for real world adulting. #exchristian #secular #humanist #criticalthinking

Can we go back to sub $20k?

I need more time to stack #Bitcoin.

Ouch IMF. I wasn’t expecting this. While I’m bullish on bitcoin, this makes me need to understand the IMFs reasoning. #bitcoin. https://www.forbesindia.com/article/cryptocurrency/imf-warns-el-salvador-against-governments-bitcoin-involvement/83169/1
IMF Warns El Salvador Against Government's Bitcoin Involvement - Forbes India

The IMF noted the speculative nature of crypto, along with the country's fiscal vulnerability, and recommended caution in expanding exposure to Bitcoin

ForbesIndia
Ahhhh. Finally. All the value of bad juvenile art but with the convenience of a #crypto NFT exchange. /s. https://decrypt.co/121210/solana-monkey-business-new-owner-hadeswap
Solana Monkey Business Has a New Owner: NFT Exchange Hadeswap

One of Solana’s most popular NFT projects just changed hands, but will the DAO of NFT holders be receptive to the new owners?

Decrypt

Last year’s #SuperBowl 🏈 was dubbed the “Crypto Bowl” because 4 cryptocurrency companies — FTX, Coinbase, Crypto.com and eToro - spent millions on ads trying to woo new investors, but after FTX implosion 💥 and arrest of SBF 🚨 there will be zero crypto ads this year. 🎉

Deep in the "trough of disillusionment" in the Gartner Hype Cycle for #crypto in Feb 2023! 😭

The sooner the better for all this so less talent & financial resources are used to promote Ponzi schemes that don't solve problems.