joedavison

The story about BIS authorizing banks to hold 2% of reserves in Bitcoin was dramatically misreported. This was actually placing a limit on their holdings, to 2%, which is down from no limit previously.

This is not a new idea -- it's a whole field of infrastructure called "Payments Orchestration". It probably doesn't make sense for small startups, but companies that process more than about $10M+ USD per year can (and do) definitely benefit from multiplexing transactions across multiple providers.

You are talking about simple theft, not fraud. Theft is always possible. Fraud is not possible with bitcoin. Not sure why I was downvoted.

Bitcoin. It can easily be confirmed as valid (zero chance of counterfeit), and is otherwise a bearer instrument with no further settlement, and impossible to reverse (like cash).

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The closing of that Borders was a tragic loss and the end of an era in Palo Alto.

My experience running LND on my home Linux computer

The semicolon is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. That makes your example 5-10-5 words instead of 5-5-5-5. Try using a period instead of semicolon and hear how it sounds.

This article reads like an advertisement to go shopping.

Yes, and the technology of money happens to be going through a historical transformation.

I think it’s clear that social media (or more broadly, “the internet”), is exacerbating mental health issues. At the very same time, the ability to connect with people around the world is undoubtedly also reducing mental health issues (for some) by building bridges to friendships and social connections they otherwise would not have.

It is a double edged sword. The internet serves to amplify the extremes. At least that is the conclusion I draw.