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2025-04-28 00:09:02

this is not an attempt to talk down bitcoin. this is to highlight the writing on the wall and the need for something to be done to preserve the asset value of bitcoin.
summary:
China Breaks New Ground in Quantum Code Cracking—Raising Alarms About Global Data Security
Introduction:
While AI advancements continue to capture public attention, a recent breakthrough in quantum cryptology by Chinese researchers may pose an even more immediate risk to global cybersecurity. Professor Wang Chao and his team at Shanghai University have factored a 90-bit RSA integer using a quantum computer, marking a major leap toward the feared “Q-Day”—the moment when quantum machines could break today’s encryption standards.
Key Details:
• The Breakthrough:
• Using a D-Wave Advantage quantum computer, Wang Chao’s team successfully factored a 90-bit RSA integer—a feat previously thought unattainable with current quantum technology.
• RSA encryption, foundational to much of modern digital security, relies on the difficulty of factoring large integers—a difficulty that quantum computing is rapidly eroding.
• What Quantum Cryptology Involves:
• Quantum cryptology merges quantum mechanics with traditional encryption techniques, enabling new forms of both code-making and code-breaking.
• The fusion of quantum computing and AI could soon unlock the ability to break nearly all classical encryption methods.
• The Implications for Q-Day:
• Experts have long warned of “Q-Day,” the point at which quantum computers will be powerful enough to render existing public-key encryption obsolete.
• This breakthrough suggests that the timeline to Q-Day may be shorter than previously predicted, placing critical infrastructure, financial systems, and personal communications at risk.
• Global Ramifications:
• Governments and corporations worldwide may need to accelerate the adoption of post-quantum cryptography—encryption methods designed to withstand quantum attacks.
• The achievement highlights the urgency for a coordinated global response to secure sensitive data against emerging quantum threats.
Why It Matters:
This milestone underscores that quantum threats are not a distant possibility but a rapidly approaching reality. With each new breakthrough, the safety of current encryption systems grows more precarious. Now more than ever, developing and implementing quantum-resistant security protocols is essential to protect the world’s digital infrastructure. China’s advance signals that the quantum race is heating up—and the time to act is now.
The original post can be found here from this author >
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/keith-king-03a172128_headline-china-breaks-new-ground-in-quantum-activity-7322247136580927489-Ueiq
#nevent1q…tgnw

2025-04-21 05:22:00

should this bit of news concerning possible concessions, I mean, adjustments, by the EU to accomodate American fossil LNG be of any concern?
the original and exclusive news can be found below (Reuters). and great timing, just 2 days ago the official Star Wars Darth Vader trailer was released, have a sneak on youtube link below.
can you feel the power of the dark side, Jedi warriors of the decarbonization grand council...?
Reuters >
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/eu-explores-tweaking-methane-rules-us-gas-help-trade-talks-sources-say-2025-04-21/
Darth Vader’s time to shine (on youtube that’s it) >
https://youtu.be/y67N0-dyaJg
Awesome Darth Vader HD posters for a free download >
https://www.pixelstalk.net/darth-vader-wallpapers-hd/#google_vignette
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2025-04-20 02:25:31

for next level super mario bros politicans, governments and evil corporations trying to get good karma, a simple diabolical business plan.
this is how bitcoin can be a next level super mario bros | bitcoin economy enabler.
P.S. you do not need politicans - governments and Zer Evil Corporations to make this happen.
P.P.S I do not have a single fk bitcoin, directly, indirectly or otherwise in between.
https://medium.com/@acefujiwara/my-diabolical-plan-for-the-climate-ddce760b5057
#climate #bitcoin #environment

2025-04-20 00:54:11

a note from a very good musical artist, Moby.
his substack link >
https://substack.com/home/post/p-160265040

2025-04-19 11:17:02

ethics, morals, gratitude.
3 of the most important part of integrity that unfortunately, many in today's world have somewhat placed it as some kind of optional undertaking.
#gratitude #morals #ethics
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2025-04-19 02:00:38

this is a good article that on it’s surface, deliberates about tanks, guns and equipment used in warfare, but the underlying message is clear, in product design, durability and innovation does not come from just getting and stiching up “everything from everywhere”.
the author then substantiates why design doctrine is so critical in subsequent examples where the American built tank becomes a tool that facilitates getting the job done. better, easier; in contrast as to how the Russian assembled tank needed finesse to work the equipment to get the job done. (try using a pre-1980s Zenith camera, and you’re know what I mean)
when it comes the design of infrastructure-scale energy systems, or the build-up of modular renewable power equipment, the same thing applies; has the design doctrine been thought-out beyond the “pen and paper” single sheet design brief? (they, are not the same.)
within a sub-set of experienced project and systems design professionals, only a small percentage subscribe to adherence to the search for a project’s Critical Design Flaw (“CDF”) or a plurality thereof, during the (1) development of a design doctrine and (2) ongoing process feedback at the execution stage of said project.
consider the current intense research and development into better industrial scale electrolyzers that makes hydrogen using electricity and water, to date, very little substantive progress is made on it’s own CDF, except the constant emphasis on the tried and proven mantra of economies of scale.
to go a step further, given the recent news on the breakthrough achieved in the area of rapid charging performance for electric vehicle (EV) batteries being hailed as the industry’s gamechanger, the focus on getting the right type of EV battery chemistry, is unfortunately, missing past its Critical Design Flaw.
thus, Wes O-Donnell’s excellent take on the performance envelope of the respective Russian and American tanks in the field, proves beyond reasonable doubt, why tackling any critical design flaw is the key to taming any project’s design doctrine to within good standing.
#design #innovation #technology #energy
https://substack.com/home/post/p-161611177

2025-04-18 07:18:10

smile and drive an EV because you will be contributing to our shared decarbonization energy transition. 😎
take the next step and be a Leader by insisting that your EV manufacturer GROW UP and RECYCLE all of their batteries for a truely sustainable solution to combat environmental destruction today.
the ones that tell you that recycling all of the batteries isn't the solution because demand is just too great, sincerely believes you are gullible and stupid. don't fall for it.
the accompanying subtext next to the headlines below is something that is simple to understand, and impossible to prevent.
So, please, do it not for the planet, the climate or humanity. Do it because you are you
#ocean #future #bitcoin #crypto #finance #money
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2025-04-18 01:17:53

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you hit it on the nail. intelligent debate and was yanked .... tells you a lot about the intelligence of the ones that's doing the yanking. i WONDER what name should we give them that's doing just that. HMMMMMM .......

2025-04-18 01:15:21

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have you tried making some kind of video on this? and try selling it to one of them (toyota or Hyundai) ? these days personal and genuine user experience like yours are worth gold to manufacturers.

2025-04-17 05:45:51

good article about bitcoin. I think the author's objective isn't to talk down or throw cold water on bitcoin, but instead, highlighting legitimate issues that are pertinent risks that should be looked at, objectively.
https://medium.com/@Crypto.Doc/bitcoins-hidden-vulnerability-the-flaw-that-could-crash-it-all-04c09013f04b
#bitcoin #crypto #blockchain #finance

2025-04-17 02:47:17

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never under-estimate the resolve of the oppressed. history has proven a clear trend. under duress and oppression, there will always be one that will break through to look straight at the devil in the eyeballs with the stab in the guts.

2025-04-16 12:35:01

why carbon trading is so contentious not only for fossil energy companies, but within the green tech community. the real reason ...
https://medium.com/@acefujiwara/black-potato-stew-our-calorific-diet-386f5104b28e
#finance #carbon #money #crypto
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2025-04-16 05:23:21

A very good list of scams where fake investors, VCs, "family offices", fund managers (collectively, the clowns that pretend to use their own monopoly money) use to make money off ill-informed founders, start-ups and businesses.
https://www.openvc.app/blog/vc-scams
be informed, be safe.
#money #investment #finance #bitcoin #crypto #blockchain

2025-04-15 15:38:12

this is a nicely made relaxing and upbeat performance with a fantastic island view (Sabah, Malaysia)
https://youtu.be/tMJrQRJFNoA

2025-04-15 15:16:24

interesting information with the accompanying comments . . .
#nevent1q…zux4

2025-04-15 06:57:16

the photo you see below, is the method of using liquid tin to extract minerals and metals from seawater desalination brine, at a competitive cost-performance ratio that is a lot better than (1) electrodialysis (this consumes a lot of electricity), (2) absorbents (which causes discharge and pollution).
note the solubility of Mg, Na, K, Ca metals in Sn (Tin) at the target temperature (573K).
when it comes to extraction of uranium from the oceans, using this method, will be thermodynamically challenging at the same temperature range, to which a more nauced analysis should first be undertaken. the 2007 article titled "Review of uranyl mineral solubility measurements", in particular page 339 equation 2.
a more elegant (but much slower) method is the passive polymer-matrix, to which the same above document is useful, in particular page 344 plot figure 1 and reference table no. 2 is useful.
this study (JPN20004) was funded by NEDO and supported by JST Spring, Japan Grant Number JPMJSP2180, JPMJSP2106.
https://iwaponline.com/jwrd/article/15/1/109/107206/Liquid-metal-technology-for-collection-of-metal
https://www3.nd.edu/~fein/Publications/Gorman-Lewis%20JThermo%20(40)335.pdf
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2025-04-15 02:09:09

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very well said indeed, and very true.

2025-04-15 02:07:59

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thank you FreeYoda ... you are absolutely spot on.
... implementation of how the credential keys can be controlled in Python is never safe due to memory issues. Rust might be better.
timing, is everything on these small registers.
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3573888/spectre-flaw-still-haunts-intel-and-amd-chips-putting-security-at-risk.html
the following, take a look at slide 11. What the above and many articles on the web/academia isn't telling anyone, is that the flaw is embedded right in the software tools in each and every silicon fab plant. this is why, this problem will not go away.

2025-04-15 01:55:55

this is what I needed, to remind me WTF i'm doing.
bravo.
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2025-04-15 01:52:32

Part 4 and 7 if done right will set a market reference value for bitcoin. many do not realize how crucial this is, in addition to expanding the demand curve beyond capital appreciation.
Part 6 is where you will be able to determine who (issuers) are the (a) scam fks, (b) criminals in suits, (c) real projects.
Part 3 - the entire point of bitcoin is to cause governments to realize that if they fk around too much, money will move to decentralized assets. this is the balls shrink effect / influence that is the underlying real core of what bitcoin is.
Part 5 - be careful of the prevailing mantra to stock up on bitcoin and sit and wait for havings and transaction processing income, because the reason why the likes of Blackrock is accumulating BTC is to ride on this mantra within the bitcoin use base and liquidate at the right trading window.
demand is a very powerful economic factor to providing market reference value for an asset, digital, real-world, whatever. When the US Dollar peg to gold was removed in 1971, it was the demand created by the 1973 PetroDollar deal with Saudi Arabia that created this market reference value.
DO NOT take my word for it. VERIFY the facts and run it through whatever AI tools you have to get a NON-BIAS perspective/analysis.
#nevent1q…cur2

2025-04-15 01:33:47

read about why the ocean is the last frontier of our last days >
#finance #bitcoin #crypto #money #ocean #environment #energy #whyOceanMatters
https://medium.com/@acefujiwara/oceanic-frontier-of-our-last-days-2025-edition-776b7da82b44

2025-04-14 13:11:08

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interesting development on the prospect of identity protection >
https://cardanofoundation.org/blog/veridian-digital-identity-platform

2025-04-14 13:04:59

excellent pointers on how to protect against crypto scammers.
one of the valuable advice? a cold wallet.
the second? always never hesitate to go to law enforcement. remember, sharing and spreading information makes us all safer.
#bitcoin #crypto #blockchain #finance #money #scams #crime
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/heres-all-the-advice-3-blockchain-detectives-have-on-how-to-protect-yourself-from-crypto-scammers/ar-AA1CnyRm
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2025-04-12 18:19:14

a step in the right direction for a global carbon tax on shipping. by using a credit trading model, we have major economies onboard and this allows for non-fossil fuels to be eventually utilized for carbon-neutral shipping & logistics worldwide.
at the moment, some reservations do remain, such as concerns that targeted reductions in carbon intensity for fuels may not be stringent enough to reduce the use of fossil methane as a marine fuel.
within the context of switching from marine diesel to fossil methane, it is considered by many as only a transitional fuel.
when renewable ocean power is deployed to make non-fossil natural gas, then it becomes a carbon neutral competitive advantage.
right now, e-fuels like ammonia and methanol are priced at multiple above premium to their fossil counterparts, and will hamper the financial competitiveness of the shipping industry at large.
the Thessalonica Hydroship Gas Production Area ("GPA") produces non-fossil natural gas quoted in MMbtu and pegged to competitive benchmarks with terms of supply extending to 25 years.
original article source:
https://apnews.com/article/shipping-emissions-climate-change-98ff23ca4739d8b4fc5a8f941a7ca0c4
more details and why:
https://medium.com/@acefujiwara/oceanic-frontier-of-our-last-days-2025-edition-776b7da82b44
#bitcoin #crypto #blockchain #finance #technology #innovation #carbontrading #carbon #gas #hydrogen #energy #money
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2025-04-11 08:27:16

Syngas-to-Cocaine. This is the continuation of the article "The death and resurrection of Superman"...The fossil energy complex, (mainly oil and natural gas), has relied on employing the best technical expertise that money can purchase to develop catalysts that can turn methane gas, syngas into essentially every refined fuel or olefin, polymer material there is.
It has also made large technological leaps into methanation, CO2 into methanol, process technologies over the last several decades.
Many of these core technologies, have expired some as far back as 30 years ago.
Take for instance, US Patent 3,850,850A, expired 1991, assigned to Imperial Chemical Industries (better known for ICI paint products, now owned by AkzoNobel N.V), detailing the prime catalyst for methanol synthesis. Or US Patent 4,011,275A, expired 1994, assigned to ExxonMobil, this patent is notable since it discloses the catalyst, and the plant process parameters to achieve product synthesis, and, more importantly, this is one of the “grandfather” expired patent to almost all of ExxonMobil’s modern day refineries in existence, today.
Any lawyer working for a fossil energy firm will know how to articulate this correctly; these patents are obsolete and based on old and less efficient technology that are no longer possible due to the stringent environmental regulations that demand higher performance and quality fuels that consumers deserve. Ah…expired automatically means obsolete, like milk in a supermarket.
The reality is that because crude oil and natural gas production quality does vary depending on where it’s rigged up, especially sulfur, continuous improvements will have to be made to reduce or eliminate catalyst poisoning, or other mundane technical improvements such as designing less dramatic pressure drop within specific fixed bed or slurry column reactors used in these refineries.
A perfectly honorable and very sensible way to “refresh” and update intellectual property associated with these capital intensive, high barrier to entry businesses, 20 years at a time that is… (it’s easy to read and see the tell-tale signs in these patent applications at the time of publication, and quite remarkable how some patent drafting professionals have the inventive skill to skirt around even the most seasoned PCT preliminary examiner…)
I do not know of any renewable energy derived hydrogen project that contains so much sulfur or chloride contaminants that renders use of these public domain Fischer-Tropsch catalysts and processes impossible or non-usable. a possible explosive growth in carbon neutral, non-fossil, hydrogen-driven energy complex, just like what had happened to 3D printing since 2013?
The same goes for renewable energy, where core patents for photovoltaic, wind, concentrated solar, geothermal and even (dare I say) chemical redox flow energy storage have all expired and in the public domain.
Have you found your Kawasaki Mouse today?
#patents #patent #oil #energy
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2025-04-11 08:23:38

A tough read into the American US Department of Defense's perspective on the People's Republic of China's security and military developments. This report was made to the United States congress in 2023.
Page 104, paragraph 3, 4:
" - DoD estimates that the PRC will have have over 1,000 operational nuclear warheads by 2030, much of which will be deployed at higher readiness levels and will continue growing its force to 2035 in line with its goal of ensuring PLA modernization is “basically complete” that year, which serves as an important milestone on the road to Xi’s goal of a “world class” military by 2049.
- The PRC probably will use its new fast breeder reactors and reprocessing facilities to produce plutonium for its nuclear weapons program, despite publicly maintaining these technologies are intended for peaceful purposes. "
Page 115; "...The PRC continues to engage in biological activities with dual-use applications, which raise concerns regarding its compliance with the BWC. In addition, the United States does not have sufficient information to determine whether China eliminated its assessed historical biological warfare (BW) program, which the United States assesses that the PRC possessed from the 1950s to at least the late 1980s.
The PRC acceded to the BWC in 1984 and regularly submits to confidence-building measures (CBM) under the BWC; however, the PRC’s CBM reporting has never acknowledged its past offensive program.
As part of its historical BW program, the PRC had reported weaponized ricin, botulinum toxins, and the causative agents of anthrax, cholera, plague, and tularemia.
In addition, available information on studies conducted at PRC military medical institutions indicates that researchers identify, test, and characterize diverse families of potent toxins with dual-use applications.
The PRC’s chemical and biotechnology infrastructures are sufficient to research, develop, and produce some chemical and biological agents or toxins on a large scale. "
The original report can be found here:
https://media.defense.gov/2023/Oct/19/2003323409/-1/-1/1/2023-MILITARY-AND-SECURITY-DEVELOPMENTS-INVOLVING-THE-PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA.PDF
#US #defence #defense #military #nuclear

2025-04-11 08:04:24

Can Thorium nuclear reactors be totally safe and never be used for nuclear weapons? The following youtube video presented by Kirk Sorensen (Flibe Energy) makes the answer clear, straightforward and non-bias.
Within the first 6th minute mark, Kirk presented Flibe's innovative method of using the Thorium fuel cycle to provide endless clean energy including efficient nuclear waste recycling.
At the 9th minute mark, Kirk demonstrates how the same technology can be utilized to recover from nuclear waste and ore, into weapons grade material at a much faster pace, at lower cost as compared to centrifugal refining.
At the 11:25 minute mark, Kirk answers and validates the above statement directly in response to the moderator's question on weapons proliferation.
At the 15.25 and 17:10 minute mark, the better method to store nuclear waste in highly stable and non-volatile, is described. This is fundamentally correct.
At the 18:10 minute mark, the primary downside of nuclear fusion's wall blanket breeder containment design is articulated.
At the 19:20 minute mark, the applicability of Thorium fuel cycle to produce medical use of dosage controlled life-saving cancer treatment is briefly described.
At the 21.20 minute mark, the simplicity of nuclear weapons refining is further talked about in terms of electrochemistry, and how Flibe Energy is designing built-in safe-guard to make this either extremely difficult or hazardous.
The last 45 seconds of the video presentation concludes and confirms the above.
The dual salt blanket reactor topology combined with electrochemical in-situ waste removal using Bismult (actually, Bismult and tin alloy compositions have other advantages...), is a double-edged sword. Within the right custodian hands, it can solve the energy problem and nuclear waste conundrum at the same time.
https://youtu.be/KfWB4CsQwyw
#nuclear #energy #hydrogen #gas

2025-04-11 07:42:25

LOCAL FISH CAN グランプリ2024。 10月13日(日) 本プロジェクトは、次世代へ豊かで美しい海を引き継ぐために、海を介して人と人とがつながる”日本財団「海と日本PROJECT」
優秀賞（準グランプリ）
長崎県立南山高等学校　(長崎県)
課題魚：マツバガイ・アイゴ
開発した商品名：バリうまかよマツ天
開発ストーリー：長崎県は、豊かな漁場と多様な魚種を誇る日本屈指の「魚のまち」です。しかし近年、温暖化の影響により、磯焼けが深刻化し、海の生態系が変化しつつあります。特に冬場、イスズミ、ブダイ、アイゴなどの魚が藻場を荒らし、またワカメの養殖にはアメフラシが大きな食害をもたらしています。そこで、長崎県民に馴染みのある「あげかまぼこ」に、アメフラシとアイゴを活用した新たなブランド商品を開発。磯焼け対策と地域経済の活性化を目指したいと考えています。※アメフラシが不漁のため、今回はマツバガイを使用しました。
> https://localfishcan.com/
アイゴを課題魚とした「バリのぬかみそだき」を開発した福岡県立水産高等学校が優勝しました。(博多屋柚羽、永島結友)
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2025-04-11 07:23:34

limitations and method of detection of artificial intelligence tools and the passing of, of apparent intelligence from professional work that has no disclosure statements to cause notification to the intended end use thereof.
therefore, confidence of professional or technical competence must now be conducted by means of a 2, or 4 step process by which the first may comprise of >
a challenge-response set of queries to establish a baseline*; for instance, in the field of molten salt nuclear reactors, what do you see as the most challenging engineering aspect for modular units to be deployed in offshore applications that can reach operational and safety reliability benchmarks comparable to terrestrial PWR designs? why?
* this implies that the entire challenge-response set should be developed in a sequential series, some conducted within real world in-person sessions to establish body language baseline parameters.
> a second step would be the logic-to-experiential rationalization domain query, for example; assume that it is mission critical for a modular molten salt reactor to be onboard an aircraft about the dimensions, aerodynamics and specifications of a Boeing 737, and for it to have a continous kWe output of about 3MW and a peak kWe output of at least 9MW for at least a period of 30 seconds.
in your opinion, which aspect would demand priority within the context of design and engineering?
(a) reactor fluid level control during payload take-off/landing, or
(b) fuselage weight distribution, or
(c) coolant lines and geometry, or
(d) all of the above**?
**if (d), please run through which aspect will be the first to fail, if this aircraft is expected to make 4 sorties per 24-hour day, and perform at least 50 cycles of 9MWe peak output with intervals of at least 180 seconds.
The original article can be viewed here >
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/i-tried-using-the-deep-research-feature-with-googles-gemini-2-5-pro-model-and-now-i-wonder-if-an-ai-can-overthink
P.S. for the curious, the answer to the above, is not what you think it is. but, its fun to let the AI bot do its overthinking.
#artificialintelligence #ai #technology #blockchain

2025-04-10 13:24:22

The US Congressional Budget Office projects debt as a percentage to GDP to hit 119% in 10 years and 136% in 20 years.
The wild roller-coaster ride for US Fed 10-year rate indicates the underlying trend within the calculation of risk; "will the rule of law or will the influence of the White House be the prime denominator to sidestep key office holders within independent agencies such as the Federal Reserve?".
It is notable that Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch had already made cuts in US credit ratings based on the risk of debt-to-GDP sustainability.
Recent downgrades were in 2023 (Moody's AAA rating remains, but outlook downgraded from stable to negative, S&P and Fitch both have since cut US rating from AAA to AA+, based on the same risk factor).
Within the broadstrokes of this all encompassing and looming ratio, what is now becoming clear, is effective political duress or seasonal interference in organs of the Federal union that may impair its effective ability to act within their respective mandated functional roles.
The other highly significant factor that has not received due scrutiny, is in the area of workforce productivity, which is correlated to the overall health of the American people.
The data from the American USGCRP, EPA, points to a very clear effect of climate-induced exacerbation to the severity of chronic health symptoms arising from Lyme disease.
This translates to higher Medicare and Medicaid claims. Projections by 2030 shows that this will be 21% of GDP versus 15% for defense.
By 2040, this will be 23% of GDP versus 16% for defense. Insurance giant Allianz SE and AXA are already looking at uninsurable climate risks such as the recent LA fires.
What many in-house risk and actuary specialists are not publicly telling you, is the size and scope of the number of climate-driven serious health-impairements.
These are not yippy perspectives, just look at the hard data and run them through American-owned AI tools and look at the results.
Perhaps this is the ultimate act of efficiency in governmental analytics.
US Congressional Budget Office >
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61187
Financial Report of the United States Government >
https://fiscal.treasury.gov/reports-statements/financial-report/mda-unsustainable-fiscal-path.html
US EPA >
https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-impacts-health
Allianz piece from Sustainability Magazine >
https://sustainabilitymag.com/articles/allianz-how-climate-change-is-unravelling-insurance-markets
Assessment of Climate Change on Human Health in the US >
https://www.globalchange.gov/reports/impacts-climate-change-human-health-united-states-scientific-assessment
#finance #money #bitcoin #crypto #climate #health #healthcare #climatechange #economics #usa

2025-04-10 05:51:50

this is a very good article on how personal discipline can make a real difference in maximum body + muscle + mental health without pushing past crazy limits or painful reps.
#health #resilience #body #training #mentalhealth
https://substack.com/home/post/p-160795230

2025-04-09 09:14:10

an interesting take on the direction of bitcoin, it's 4 year cycle, and why the author is betting on real world projects.
https://medium.com/coinmonks/where-are-we-in-the-bitcoin-cycle-48f35f552a35
#bitcoin #money #crypto #blockchain #finance #investment

2025-04-09 01:39:39

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in the article, there is an instance where Thibaut Boutrou, COO of the Meria platform, tried to play down the significance by articulating: Quote < To witness a true breakthrough, observes Boutrou, one would need to see even more conservative players, such as large traditional private banks or even governments, actively joining the crypto ecosystem. It is indeed from those historic and change-resistant institutions that the most significant leap is expected. > End Quote.
it seems that Boutrou is unaware or unwilling to acknowledge that competitors such as Circle and every central bank of major financial hubs (US, China, Japan, Abu Dhabi, Switzerland) are already past the operational - implementation phase of digitial currency cross exchange and intermarket messaging akin to the more tradditional American SWIFT payment protocol.

2025-04-09 01:28:04

this is highly significant development to watch for 1 simple reason, proliferation of nodes where digital currencies can be paid for in exchange of goods and services creates actual real world demand and therefore a reference price trend and value for the underlying digital currency.
the ones that continue to perpetuate the "buy to hold" until the capital value of the underlying asset reaches a targeted value, are the ones who are trying to play everyone.
https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2025/04/08/mastercard-and-kraken-revolutionize-crypto-payments-a-strategic-alliance-is-born-in-europe/

2025-04-07 04:26:09

the dip in the price of gold in the last 48 hours, with the gap in price movement correlation between bitcoin, crypto, now reveals a previously unseen market trading parameter that seldom emerges in good times.
during volatile and severe financial stress market event-shocks, such as the Lehman crisis, COVID, and now the consumption-tax on US domestic residents, gold is seen as the ultimate bastion of the "asset of last resort".
decentralization of currency by means of cryptographically secure marks (a.k.a. PKI mechanism for non-duplicative and non-repudiable means of exchange), as opposed to the central issuance of a marked currency backed by the confidence of trade weighted demand for goods and services originating from that of the issuer's jurisdictional domain, is seen as an irrevocable means against the risk or eventual erosion of value custody and control of the currency by one or more of its holders.
yet, the fall of the value of bitcoin, alongside established cryptos (or digital currencies) against gold and other internationally recognized reserve assets such as the United States currency, now clearly shows the following in generalized terms of transactional market-driven trading dynamics:
> equity market losses reveal the short-term capital stock volume on a globalized basis.
> purchase of gold-backed instruments versus acquisition of physical bullion, separates managers of capital versus title holders of wealth.
> the average latency between the opening and close of market pairs and exchanges, when compared to the latency times during the last known financial shocks (Lehman, COVID, etc.), shows unexpected deviation from anticipated forecasts made prior.
> the conjecture where the sheer quantity of gold dissolved in the oceans makes or renders the floor value of physical gold bullion to be very low or of little value, is misplaced due to 2 reasons;
1.S.1 > the cost of sequestering and processing of dissolved gold will be in multiples of the mining cost of gold ore from known reserve mines, therefore, in the event where physical gold demand provides economic justification for "ocean-derived gold", the floor value of gold bullion will be at elevated price levels.
1.S.2 > the logic sequence of 1.S.1, when broadly applied towards (a) nuclear transmutation of gold, and (b) extraction, transportation and delivery of gold or gold ore from identified regions of outer space, points to the same economic terms for the ultimate replacement risk factor for gold bullion.
https://menafn.com/1109386800/Gold-Analysis-Today-0104-Decline-In-The-Coming-Days-Chart
Supplementary Sources which can be fed into multiple AI (articifical intelligence) systems to yield a non-bias, objective critical analysis of statements and claims made above:
(i) description of transmutation of elements into gold and why it is not technically or economically feasible by any means whatsoever given the timeline of reference ( https://learn.apmex.com/learning-guide/science/turning-lead-into-gold/ )
(ii) description of the sheer quantity of gold among the stars and why it is again, not technically or economically feasible by any means whatsoever given the timeline of reference ( https://www.astronomy.com/science/does-all-the-gold-in-the-universe-come-from-stars/ )
(iii) description of the sheet quantity of gold dissolved in the oceans and why it is again, NOT technically or economically feasible by any means whatsoever given the timeline of reference ( https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/09/15/771-trillion-worth-gold-hidden-ocean/ )
Please take note and DO NOT (NEVER) fall for scams that tells you or informs you otherwise, such as using ocean to produce gold, space gold ore mining, or modular nuclear to transmute gold. These are outright scams and are highly fraudulent.

2025-04-05 10:55:23

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this is the current estimate and assurance that ECC is currently impossible to crack.
2022
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/02/breaking-245-bit-elliptic-curve-encryption-with-a-quantum-computer.html
this is the paper that describes on page 12, Section 3.4.2, how multiplexed processing negates the requirement for physical large number of qubits.
https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/017.pdf
the Itoh-Tsujii method is not the primary means. Use of another number system is a lot faster.
https://galileo-unbound.blog/2024/10/22/counting-by-the-waters-of-babylon-the-secrets-of-the-babylonian-60-by-60-multiplication-system/
I am no hater of whatever. The intent is simply to present what is the writing on the wall.

2025-04-05 10:46:32

if you think it would take 100 years for qubit multiplexing to make a dent into ECC encryption...
2025
https://quantumcomputingreport.com/cea-and-quobly-demonstrate-18-5%CE%BCw-qubit-cryo-cmos-readout-with-qam-multiplexing-for-spin-qubits/
2017
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10909-017-1787-x
2014
https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article-abstract/104/10/103108/130884/Frequency-multiplexing-for-readout-of-spin-qubits?redirectedFrom=fulltext

2025-04-05 10:34:10

do you know what this means?
https://youtu.be/48PpmLev4Zo
> its the best place to bring someone you really don't like. make a stupid grin when they bite into that tasty nugget.

2025-04-05 10:30:08

tell me, if you have a 0.8 meter rusty iron pipe that is 3mm thick, diameter of 2 inches, and you have a pair of industrial leather gloves; what's the very first thing that comes into your mind? then, think about it, very. carefully.

2025-04-05 10:21:13

for weekend listening. very liberating.
https://youtu.be/fyO8jDJJsng

2025-04-02 12:25:11

in addition to all the bio-materials mentioned in the article below, seaweed can also be used as a raw material to make biodegradable plastics ("bioplastics")
https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/utm/repurposing-ag-waste-to-create-bioplastics/
as rightly pointed out, shelf life of the bio-polymer is the key design challenge for this still emergent material synthesis method to become a viable replacement to fossil-oil based polymers.
#materials #sustainability #plastics

2025-04-02 02:41:19

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I used the term monetary policy and Federal government to differentiate the current limitations of fiscal policies now underway to stimulate domestic ecomonic activity from impending tariffs that has the objective to reduce the deficit which will become highly unsustainable by 2032 onwards.
Perhaps another to articulate my post, is simply to point to the historical effectiveness of economic growth and expansion by productivity gains, export diversification, and prudent spending, all of which are within the domain of fiscal policy of the adminstration of the day.

2025-04-02 02:17:03

the difference between crypto and currencies.
https://www.cultofmoney.com/is-crypto-backed-by-anything/
it is very important to understand that currencies, is not money.
the last paragraph, says it all.
what backs and underwrites paper, is money.
consider the following > based on the 120 odd year trajectory of the mining schedule of bitcoin, followed by the transaction fee driven revenue support model thereafter, what is the possibility of using a basket of stuff to place a floor value to bitcoin?
1.S.1 - it is important that we note prior to the extremely stupid move of 1971 to delink the reference peg of gold to that of the USD, where thereafter you can see the issuance of the USD based on the full confidence of the Federal government of the United States to conduct prudent monetary policy.
1.S.2 - the impending "liberation day" launch of tariff-driven deal making can be only described at best, as one of the most speculatively risky moves made of the US since 1971, because the short-term effect is essentially inflationary. T-bills and US notes will see recalibration in the coming months and years ahead.
1.S.3 - family offices, institutional funds are quietly rethinking one of the most important long term strategic implication; namely, beyond the current adminstration, based on the possibility of risk, it is now possible that either side (Democrat, Republican), may display sudden and sharp change in macro-economic policy, either within a single or 2 elected terms. thus, purely from a perspective of risk diversification, investment portfolios will need substantial currency-denominated recalibration, in addition to the usual themes of sector/industry, sovereign risk*, etc.
* sovereign risk (credit standing) will now have to be separate and distinct from immediate or near term currency trade-weighted valuation cycles.
I think it is notable to observe that since 2006, 2008, (various cycle-driven economic crisis) drove the adoption of digital currencies such as bitcoin from a largely "retail" demographic base, the impending shift of how institutionals view their risk profile, is playing out as events unfold at a pace which I had not anticipated prior.
https://image.nostr.build/bf32cbb0bcc7186910d3dcb7d42b48335df3e23363a52ca94cc45ee09a0a6450.png

2025-04-02 01:51:28

RWA tokenization Wall Street style.
https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/top-five-rwa-projects-you-cant-afford-to-ignore-in-2025

2025-04-02 01:47:54

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other than the RSK protocol, Lighting, is there anything I have missed out?

2025-04-01 10:36:28

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its very unlikely this will have any effect at all. probably more of a political optics/PR attempt.

2025-04-01 03:09:06

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please tell me do you use BTC directly for all of your living / business, or 90%, or 40% etc etc?
if so, do you convert them into currencies such as the USD?
truely a sincere thank you if you can reply and educate.
Disclosure > I used to be very critical of bitcoin then some of my friends I personally know started using it and I had to tell myself to be open and not fall into bias. You can call it my ongoing learning curve of sorts.

2025-04-01 03:04:37

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very interesting data...

2025-04-01 03:00:45

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it is very puzzling and difficult to understand why fact and science flies past some people, and to their own hazard.

2025-04-01 02:58:31

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wow. what you just said is heavy stuff dude. RESPECT.

2025-04-01 01:56:51

what do you guys think of the following comment on stablecoin from some dude on Linkedin?
#crypto #bitcoin #USDC #EURC #Solana
#RLUSD
https://image.nostr.build/380b355600df5f06ad8e5324582733240ce32bd90679af462d844e13eb4e9765.png

2025-03-31 12:47:32

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this can only happen if Europe has a supra-national army that replaces NATO. when EU Army / Defence service becomes reality, then the Euro's reserve currency status becomes possible. At the moment, highly unlikely to happen.

2025-03-31 12:45:06

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this is funny.

2025-03-31 02:31:55

good news for #crypto #bitcoin #blockchain
https://www.byteseu.com/879298/

2025-03-30 02:37:54

I'm going to make a short, unpleasant and concise summary of what will happen to every living child that are currently within the age group of between 3 to 5, on the entire planet, in the decades to come, if the executives of seabed mining companies, are permitted to do what they attempt to do so.
https://substack.com/profile/290864353-ace-fujiwara/note/c-104467971
#bitcoin #finance #crypto #blockchain #money #investment #risk #ocean #environment #sustainability #pollution #energy #minerals

2025-03-29 02:39:00

absolutely fascinating the logical clarity that Claude AI can code given that the input prompt is just as directed and structured.
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code

2025-03-29 01:42:31

Do you like art? It is all around us, in the way the leaves gather at the end of ech fall, the sound of ocean waves slowly etching away the seemingly invincible rocks that turn to dribbles of sand, and the way the skin on yours and mine tell the jouney the each of us had been through, good & bad.
Indonesian artist Christine Ay Tjoe's expression of her personal and emotion experiences are exemplified in many of her works, which sometimes are done in different and quite innovative styles, akin to a mixture of the old and the new.
https://asiasociety.org/triennial/artist/christine-ay-tjoe
Here's some of her other works on Artsy.
https://www.artsy.net/artist/christine-ay-tjoe

2025-03-28 10:00:45

this is how someone does and follows her dream of a go anywhere anytime cafe on a jeep business.
https://youtu.be/y_YVPjgrqmY

2025-03-28 01:06:19

may you experience peace, breathe some nice pockets of relatively unpolluted air, whatever.
youtu.be/93KwWH13-fA
it's Friday and NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.

2025-03-27 12:38:11

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thank you, I should start doing that...

2025-03-27 11:57:26

the very interesting VICE presentation titled "The Mysterious Death of Canada's Crypto King" ...
https://youtu.be/2VTjAguC-Fg?si=jCpM8sgxLQqMlwlR
#crypto #bitcoin #blockchain #finance #money

2025-03-27 07:23:26