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A cringe rapper slash Forbes contributor allegedly found with billions in stolen Bitcoin - The Verge
That's a whole lotta nothin', from the heat of a thousand CPUs!
Law enforcement says it was able to seize the 94,636 Bitcoin left in the wallet because Lichtenstein allegedly uploaded a list to a cloud storage and email provider that contained addresses for the wallet that Binfinex’s funds were dumped into, along with the private keys to access them. The file was encrypted, but after obtaining it through a search warrant, the statement of facts says that law enforcement was able to decrypt it and several other files (though it doesn’t offer any explanation of how).
Interesting.
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I was debating posting this one, but I figured it was too ridiculous (even for me). 
Oh, and she’s a “rapper”. The story has everything.
TTFN - Kent
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The whole fact that 3 billion can be directly connected to a single person is pretty ridiculous. And the rest of the story was - chef's kiss
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So much for the idea that blockchain transactions are “untraceable”. That spiral graph hurts my head though.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: That spiral graph hurts my head though.
Not as much as her fashion sense hurts mine!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: blockchain transactions are “untraceable”
Eh? The concept of "public ledger" says exactly the contrary.
You need many wallets and extra technology (like "bitcoin mixers") when you want to make it harder for your transactions being linked to you.
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: That spiral graph hurts my head though.
The person who "designed" that should be locked up in the next cell, charged with graphical abuse. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Blockchain Analytics & Crypto Compliance Solutions | Elliptic
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Interesting ... there's something strange in the bitcoinhood who do you call ... elliptic co ... theirs something weird in the blockchain ... blockchain busters...
An affidavit filed against the couple by IRS agents said they spent only a fraction of the stolen funds, some in gold and some in non-fungible tokens or NFTs, a type of A unique digital representation to sell or trade art or collectibles as a unique digital representation. Other payments include Walmart gift cards, as well as payments from Uber, Hotels.com and PlayStation, according to charging documents.
Because the funds were confiscated under a court order, a judge will ultimately decide how to distribute the recovered funds, and the government will seek to return the funds to their rightful owners, U.S. officials said.
“We have cooperated extensively with the DOJ since it began its investigation and will continue to do so,” Bitfinex said in a written statement. The company pledged to “follow due legal process establishing our right to return the stolen bitcoins.”
Bitcoin, the most popular form of cryptocurrency, is computer code generated by publicly available software that allows people to store and send value online. Open source code originated with Bitcoin more than a decade ago and runs on an extensive network of private computers around the world.
The value of cryptocurrencies is usually expressed in U.S. dollars and is determined by public transactions conducted by exchanges; these values can fluctuate significantly. Bitcoin hit a high of around $69,000 in early November before plummeting to around $35,000 last month. It has recovered somewhat and is currently trading around $43,000, according to CoinMarketCap.
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Just three billion? What is linked to Elon Musk? 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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And it is pretty ridiculous in that case, too.
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Ehr, you anything familiar with how the world works?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Yes I am, and it is still ridiculous. Elon didn't personally make all of the EVs, or pour the pavement, lay the foundations, create the buildings, do the sales, and everything else that was necessary to make what he is credited for. He is simply a figurehead, and the fact that our system gives him a 'value' that is ridiculously above that of almost every other human on earth is downright stupid. What is even more disgusting is that he calls people pedophiles when they turn down his ideas that wouldn't have even helped. Watch Debunking Elon Musk Pt1 (and part 2) for a more detailed analysis of the narcissism at the heart of Elon.
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He personally showed a combat vehicle where the windows got smashed. The figurehead of exploding tesla's? How is that tunnel going that he envisioned?
It not even a competition. My dick is larger.
--edit
Also has nothing to do with BC.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Skyrmions, tiny magnetic anomalies that arise in two-dimensional materials, can be used to generate true random numbers useful in cryptography and probabilistic computing. So stop rolling dice, and start swirling magnets?
Magnets - is there nothing they can't do?
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Is that any more than "Yet another way of generating true random numbers"? Is it anything beyond "different"? Is it faster? Even more random? Cheaper? Easier to include in a chip?
We have had IoT chips with built-in true random generators for years. There are standards for certifying their true random nature. Fr software purposes, these 'skyrmions' are not needed.
I certainly think they should be researched, though. I think we should allow ourselves to study "the true nature of nature" even without having to justify it through some practical application area such as "cryptography and probabilistic computing".
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Ever found yourself immersed in a web search, only to lose track after an interruption? Because a journey of a thousand pages begins with a single search
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My answer to Engadget is "No". I think Google Journeys is a solution looking for a problem.
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Microsoft's Defender for Windows product is morphing into more of a centralized portal for consumers who want to protect Windows PCs and Macs and iPhone/Android phone devices. Because Mac users have been waiting for an antivirus from Microsoft to protect them
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Low-code and no-code platforms are still likely to have an impact on the way engineers work or the type of work they do. It’s just unclear, at the moment, what the nature and extent of this impact will be. Yes
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We heard that promise with MS Access. Regular users would be building entire systems without coding. It was attempted again with the introduction of the web. We generate a UI for the DB, combine that with some drag&drop to design pages. Again, a miss.
The only no-code platform in existence seems to be MS Paint.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: We heard that promise with MS Access.
One or two of the regulars might be old enough to remember when such promises were made with reference to COBOL.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Beta bootloader is available now, will roll out to all Pi 4 boards later. 23 floppies or 1 DVD?
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Proof-of-concept paper shows how data centers could help manage the grid. You didn't need that data until after peak-time right?
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Why handpicking libraries might be a better choice in the long run. "'Will you walk into my parlour?' said the Spider to the Fly"
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