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@XGavinMcInnes Your suit clearly did not fit
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exciting news, I'll be joining @TheBlock__ as a writer and editor. will be doing a lot more pure reporting covering the industry with an emphasis on more techy stuff. reach out w/ leads or if you think something is under-explored. i've long admired the work The Block does, and
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Bittersweet personal news — this will be my last column for @CoinDesk . It’s been truly excellent working here, and I’m glad to have been a part of such a knockout team. After five years (!), I decided it was time to experience something newish (still writing about crypto), which
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Engaged to the love of my life!
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This story is well researched, well sourced and well worth your time. What Anna disclosed has significant implications for the notion of KYC and acct verification.
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my favorite part of the WSJ story on tungsten is the hedcut of the cube
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Spoke to an actual dactual ripplenet user for this piece, who said it’s a well liked product but seemingly not one Ripple is trying to sell
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Does Ripple's stablecoin mean the death of XRP? Opinion by @danielgkuhn for The Node newsletter.
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important argument unfolding in the Bitcoin Fog case about whether on-chain forensic tools even work.
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neat to see some of the insane wealth in crypto flow out to improving functioning parts of the legacy web, esp parts that have historically been financed by the public sector
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5000+ words on the people in close orbit to SBF: "Not everyone listed will be implicated in what looks like fraud, but as high-level operators [at FTX & Alameda] they should do what they can to make sure the full story is told."
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interesting nugget in here about Bisq DAO -- pretty effective way to do simple things that no one person should be at the center of
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starting to doubt that bitcoin ETFs will move markets at all (beyond ppl buying the rumor/selling the news) because of the sheer number of bots posting drivel like ETFs are a "pivotal moment for institutional involvement." who's paying for this?
@CoinDesk
CoinDesk
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Traders say a #bitcoinETF will bring institutional funds sitting on the sidelines into crypto. Is this hope against hope, @danielgkuhn asks? Opinion for The Node newsletter.
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@rodarmor Fighting words: "99% of the projects at this conference are complete and utter bullshit" #consensus2024
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interesting piece about seemingly organic/real use of crypto — ppl using Curve to swap from the algo stablecoin FRAX into PayPal's stablecoin, maybe to make purchases on PayPal or as a fiat off-ramp
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A developer for the anonymous blockchain Rachel-Rose O’Leary ( @lunar_mining ) on the Big Ideas stage at #Consensus2022 . She begins w/ a bit of history: Michael Collins, an Irish revolutionary, evaded death while trying to build a socialist republic at the turn of the century.
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joe w. is singlehandedly going to make fiat cool
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Bitcoiners keep winning when they fight back. The "emergency" data collection request stood on shaky legal ground, and the industry knew it.
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DEC statement on @EIAgov halting emergency survey:
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why is no one talking about how CBDCs will usher in the age of the banker-bureaucrat?
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Perhaps my favorite background from #ConsensusDistributed . #BestofConsensus
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Tornado Cash is the world's smallest trophy for a country that spends an inconceivable amount on national security and policing
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spoke w/ a bunch of gigabrains for this article, here are a few choice quotes. an interesting takeaway, despite the variety of backgrounds, there's a remarkable amount of cohesion around theft=theft, even if exploiting code as written. what would the cypherpunks think?
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Crypto has gone from "code is law" to "code is not law, law is law," @danielgkuhn writes. Opinion for The Node newsletter.
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“I think it’s important for people to think I look crazy — SBF a way to disarm and charm and fascinate, always playing the wild card
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crypto fragmenting between KYC'd/compliant and black/gray markets is inevitable, but im not sure it'll ever happen to the extent that, like, bitcoin fungibility will meaningfully break
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Circle leaving the Tron network is the latest sign of the ever-growing divide between compliant and gray-market crypto, @danielgkuhn writes. Opinion for The Node newsletter.
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A vet of almost two decades at Goldman Sachs, Mathew McDermott, who is increasingly bullish on tokenization is about to take the stage at the Money Reimagined summit. I’ll be watching live 👇 #Consensus2024
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for anyone in need of a last minute Halloween costume, from 2022 but a lot of them hold up
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“It’s an organic emergent adoption overtime – just like Bitcoin," @Steven_McKie said, referring to @HNS . Today, a small team unveiled a new native browser for Handshake in a bid to attract developers to the network.
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On Bitcoin: "Currencies are very important for governments to be able to leverage to be able to manage their economies... they will not cede their currency to this concept of a global currency," Johnson says at #Consensus2023
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this book has the best opening line i've encountered in crypto 'Bitcoin is for criminals. It’s a tool for terrorists, drug dealers, and hackers, and a plaything for degenerate speculators.'
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Another killer #investeth panel is about to start: Can There Be Only One? "Eth Killers," Chain Interoperability and Composability. @dapperlabs ’ Gharegozlou, @finestonematt , @sassal0x & @PiersRidyard will discuss how the rise of ETH L2s complicate the “battle for the base layer”
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@twobitidiot Selkis says Dems have a "guilty conscience." Says if they're pure of heart they shd repeal SAB121, secure Gensler's resignation, repeal Choke Point 2.0, #freeross , and drop SEC lawfare
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I’m firing on all cylinders. I’m operating at a level never before seen. I got the DeFi hacker negotiator. I quelled the irascible truthers w/ neutrality. Now gwart. This is undeniably the pinnacle of professional achievement in crypto reporting, while having fun while doing it
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1pm on a Wednesday in this field Work from home culture here is STRONG ☀️
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@ammori Chief Legal Officer @Uniswap and @twobitidiot are debating crypto politics (and crypto’s place in politics) on stage at #Consensus2024
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“To me SOL is obviously a commodity as a builder since i) you need it for prioritizing transactions ii) getting network bandwidth via stake iii) allocating storage iv) paying network fees etc,” @0xMert_ said.
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Influential economist @CarlotaPrzPerez will present her theory of technological diffusion as it applies to cryptocurrencies and blockchains in her keynote address at #ConsensusDistributed in just a few minutes.
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toad is the JerryRubin of NFTs, an absurdist, clown, artist, bombthrower, con, future condo owner, a cut-up, prankster voice of a generation, likely seen Chicago, is political, critical, a bit delusional, his poetry is good, his performances are better, leans into beef, genius!
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“dollar general,” my portrait of elizabeth warren for coin desk is now live. a portrait of pure unbridled delusion outside of a crumbling party center on a coin operated horse that never worked. an army that doesn't exist. a war that didn't need to be fought. 🥩
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@deadbeatregular We’re all the same, brother
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Hey everyone! In a few minutes I’ll be live tweeting a #Consensus2023 Main Stage chat featuring @FTI_US CEO Jenny Johnson and CoinDesk Chief Content Officer @mikejcasey . They're talking about “playing the long game” when it comes to crypto.
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McAfee once took me on a 1-on-1 guided meditation over Zoom, may write about it for tomorrow's newsletter. whatever his faults, he was a man that knew what it meant to live on his own terms.
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Marc is likely the best editor I’ll ever work with. His level of attention, down to *wanting* to find the right preposition, is unmatched. He has a sense of humor, sense of propriety and a natural sense for language. I’ve learned a lot from him. Plus he has a great taste in music
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I wrote in my weekly staff note yesterday: "To borrow a phrase from a copy editor I worked with decades ago, @DanielGKuhn 'has an ear.' His next employer will be lucky to have someone who not only knows his subject matter so well but writes about it so beautifully." gl ser!
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Casey @rodarmor on the Mainstage at #Consensus2024 talking about hyperbitcoinization. "I think the only thing that's interesting about any sort of blockchain is the extent to which it can assist the government"
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“It’s been a really long journey for UNICEF to get to the point of accepting crypto” and make early stage investments in startups working on open source technologies. - . @crlomazzo #consensusdistributed
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@novogratz On listing in the U.S.: "we unfortunately didn't get our paperwork and accounting done during the last administration," and now hoping to list this year or early next year. "It's been a complete and total disadvantage not having access to the world's greatest capital markets"
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Thanks for the invite, excited to speak at the privacy panel at @PubKey_NYC this coming Thursday, where we’ll discuss mixers, chain analysis and the like
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Just added! @DanielGKuhn of @TheBlock__ will be joining our panel along with @frankcorva , @JeremyPoley and @tpacchia this Thursday at 6 PM to discuss The Privacy Trials: Impacts of the Samourai, Bitcoin Fog and Tornado Cash cases on #bitcoin
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... @BanklessHQ and @BanklessDAO are discussing divorce. And it’s the kids’ fault.
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there's a generous Consensus promo deal running in The Node these days, you can subscribe to what is likely the biggest daily crypto newsletter here:
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Crypto markets keep hitting milestones that make it seem like they're on the cusp of a breakout, @danielgkuhn writes. Opinion for The Node newsletter.
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@novogratz The tokenization game is going to happen very slowly. A lot needs to be built out, though players like Citi and Goldman "have big investments in crypto right now, but it's all around tokenization." He teases a tokenization announcement for next week :eyeball emoji:
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‘Game-Changer’ Retail Digital Currency Now European Central Bank’s Focus, Board Member Says We'll be breaking news all day at #ConsensusDistributed
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Hope everyone has a good start to the new year 2023 was a good year for me, nothing big really changed besides my attitude. All I can say is happiness compounds and spreads — may you all find/achieve/recognize something this year that brings you lasting joy
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@axidentle @BennettTomlin "'Obviously, I care about impact,' he says...Thus, logically, it follows that 'I am risk-neutral on overall impact.'"
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The kid who saw what SBF did and wants to do it but better is currently in crypto. In the same way SBF saw ICOs and realized the real scheme isnt selling shitcoins to rug once but launching them, being a net buyer and taking cash loans against them there’s always another layer
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it's just that banning crypto 1) won't work, these networks will exist for neutral pymts whether exchanges like coinbase are allowed to operate, which is the only functional ban this article imagines 2) wouldn't stop ransomeware...which existed before BTC
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the whole series is exceptional this year, ogle's profile is one of my favorite
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I'm very honored (and surprised 🙃) to be included in the coindesk #mostinfluential2023 list this year! I'm not so sure I deserve it, but I sure do appreciate it 🙏
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OK i'll bite, what the HECK is the halving?
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this is the first christmas since i got addicted to twitter and let me tell you it's awful
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Had a great time. Unlike many PubKey events this one wasn’t recorded so the panel and audience could speak openly about a complicated subject (apparently every lawyer turned them down so I was the stopgap). We covered a lot of ground. @frankcorva and @tpacchia are as punk as they
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Frank Corva
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TONIGHT at @PubKey_NYC we’re talking privacy. I’ll be speaking with @JeremyPoley of @BitcoinMagazine , @DanielGKuhn of @TheBlock__ and @tpacchia , co-founder of PubKey, about the Samourai, Bitcoin Fog and Tornado Cash cases. Please join us at 6:00 PM:
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Corruption all the way down.
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This story is the prime example of burying the lede (news in the penultimate paragraph)
@CoinDesk
CoinDesk
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The CEO of @galaxyhq , @Novogratz , discusses the practical changes you could expect as crypto gains political leverage at #Consensus2024 , including a potential public listing in the U.S., @danielgkuhn reports.
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I kinda miss clubhouse
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I was three years too early to this conversation
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Blockworks
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OPINION: Wake up: Crypto policy isn't the only thing that matters in November
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@_PeterRyan You know I love my widgetbuilding brothers and sisters
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they call me Ferdinand Hodler
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it's actually kinda remarkable how little i've seen written about a democratically legitimate govt usurped of power by a military junta in Myanmar adopting tether ... even if USDT transactions can be halted, it's still a pretty strong validation of this whole blockchain thing
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Cryptocurrency can provide a solution to paying for connectivity, while blockchains could be used to track connectivity speed and using smart contracts to handle relationship management, “streamlining the end to end process from payment to vendor management. - @crlomazzo
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@BrianRoemmele that's, like, your opinion
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Let's put webcams in factory farms
@WSJ
The Wall Street Journal
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The poultry industry faces product problems arising from birds bred for fast growth: Texture so squishy it’s called “spaghetti meat,” or so leathery it's called "woody breast"
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crypto is more interesting than it is important, but because it’s interesting it’s become important. and that’s how we ended up in a world where people are exposing their retirement accounts to bitcoin
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I’m liking shit without abandon
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my gf informs me the neopets economy is doing terribly
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“It’s up to us as the core ecosystem to make sure we build something that is lasting [and] can’t be shut down by governments,” @sassal0x . “If we give to users something centralized and later on it gets shut down [then we haven’t] built anything better than the current system.”
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@twobitidiot @ammori Selkis calls for Dem penance. Should they be let off the hook? No. Should they be worried about their jobs? They should be. – @twobitidiot
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Wrote a retrospective of the DAO Attack, looking into how one of Ethereum’s first disasters set the pace for current crypto regulation and protocol governance
@TheBlock__
The Block
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FEATURE: Here's how Ethereum's governance was reshaped after The DAO attack
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fun/weird conversation w/ @robertalice_21 , the editor of a genuinely beautiful large format book all about crypto art. there's been some incredible work made over the years
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crypto media has improved dramatically in the last year
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“It’s kind of this cynical choice,” @sarahmeyohas says. “He’s telling you, like, do you want the physical dollar bill or do you believe in the metaverse, because he doesn’t actually have a position on it.”
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Akon's Akoin project is an attempt to expand financial services to Africa, giving the underbanked access to the global economy. - @akon #ConsensusDistributed
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“To the policymakers, they see this as unhosted, uncontrolled, and stuff that is unregulated; that’s where the ‘un’ comes from. People in the industry see this as some self-possession thing, and therefore very different.” - Sian Jones
@CoinDesk
CoinDesk
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Crypto experts @NetkiCorp @ShyftNetwork @ciphertrace @GlobalDigitalFi @XReg_Consulting give context to rumors that U.S. regulators are homing in on self-hosted crypto wallets. Report by @IanAllison123
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@Y2K_mindset That guy had a few good points about erasure of earlier musicians, but was hilariously wrong about the Beatles’ actual, documented innovations in a way that only someone who grew up in the midst of it could be bitter about
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@functi0nZer0 She’s handling the nine pints well, all things considered
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@twobitidiot "Ryan isn't a single issue voter, Ryan is Republican," @ammori says. Selkis: I'm socially liberal Ammori: "Then why do you call me a lib?" Selkis: that was just to pump up the chat
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think matthew keys is a model for the whole microblogging news reporting/gathering thing
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@sassal0x : if you ask someone what a blockchain is, you’ll get 10 different answers. But there are three core properties. Decentralization, censorship resistance and permissionlessness. Without those properties you’re a database, he says.
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@default_friend We lived in Borders. The manager wore Hawaiian shirts so we called him Casual Friday and he’d alternately give us coupons to the Seattle’s Best cafe and kick us out for loitering. Good times.
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Now, as Ethereum 2.0’s debut nears, many are questioning where these competing chains fit in. “[T]he new competitive arena is between Ethereum enhancers, not Ethereum killers,” @finestonematt wrote in an op-ed prior to the panel.
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Today ends my mother’s sixth decade on this beautiful blue something. If I have any redeeming qualities, they are learned from what comes to her naturally. May she soon retire a rich woman for making the world that much better.
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@irl_danB You have brain damage
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Girls is a good show and Lena Dunham was a voice of her generation.
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Anna Khachiyan
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Someone like Alberto Moravia spent his whole life meticulously observing others and crafting characters with plausible human psychologies in his fiction. Vanishingly rare today because people are incapable of thinking of others except in relation to themselves. The last time it
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Next up on #investeth , @SBF_Alameda goes live to discuss why he chose Solana over Ethereum to build FTX’s decentralized exchange, Serum. @Liqquidity & @MuyaoShen moderate.
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@annakhachiyan It’s probably a kind of a sickness that you have to post every time you open a book.
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@thetrocro I have argued a lot of the crime stats for crypto are lowballs in the sense that crime cannot always, exactly be objectively measured (like is wash trading counted) and a lot of addresses are “unlabeled”/identities cloaked…which seems directionally right but I write food4thought
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