Critical Thinking Brain

ETH POW still exists

ETH POS to deflect climate people?

Why would they merge and can they?

Is it really decentralized?

Eth2 is a security

Bitcoiners like POW so hesitate to criticize ETH on their POW. However, they can call out their hypocrisy

Can coordinate, do this in mass

The average resident can be incentivized to participate in reducing consumption

Why are big players the only ones getting rich off of volatile ERCOT grid

Have to have central platform making sure only Texas residents are selling these NFTS (perhaps even localized)

Smart thermostats probably required to verify 

NFTs allow independent incentives outside of public utility that directly sells them electricity

Create an ESG NFT region focused platform for residents to go and sell NFTs based on lowering electricity use at certain times. Some energy trader or speculator can deice to buy them up directing behavior of crowds which effect real time energy demand

Can pass this as green - the ESG crowd will love it-- because it incentives people to use less energy and energy speculators will love it too because another way to directly manipulate demand/ supply

Partner with smart thermostat sellers

Get paid to use less- great marketing campaign

Each home owner different--- can be bundled? NFT represents individual. Each one would go for a different price. Not sure best way to structure.

People that run companies, own companies that have sold securities need to be very careful about what they say about ESG.

https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1439126329828548615

"- According to whistle-blower, "material misrepresentations around ESG could be classified as securities fraud, just as is the case with misrepresentations of other data sets."   - Board of German ESG fund, DWS, "knew about the discrepancy between external & internal statements""

ESG NFTs

https://twitter.com/BitcoinIsSaving/status/1440654221829758982

It isn't illegal to sell something you think is worthless right? Isn't it how you frame it? When does it become fraud--- I don't know.

Nothing bad will happen to Nate, the insider trader at Opensea that got caught, because he has blackmail on all of them who are doing the exact same thing.

There is no law against wash trading for any crypto asset including NFT. Anything Opensea says they are doing we can assume they aren't actually doing since there is no pressure from the state or no enforcement.

Opensea has no policy against employees insider trading. Only after this PR disaster (which will not get much media attention) did Opensea start to talk about talking about implementing a policy to prevent insider trading.

The SEC will not do a thing

The employee, head of product, is a representative of OpenSea- the ultimate blame is on OpenSea

Coinbase and Charlie Lee did the same thing with LTC

The wolf watching the hen house

OpenSea more protected than Coinbase because only one lawsuit from the buyer can sue (only one harmed) vs Coinbase LTC (many buyers with a fungible token)

The front page of Opensea is a promotion and scam itself

A smart insider trader would sell insider knowledge where the criminal trail doesn't lead back to them on the blockchain

How did this economic phd--- connect the dimaond to the nft? Lingering question I have. 

Also, if you know the nft is worthless is it illegal or unethical to sell an nft? I don't know... 

Capitalize on these people's delusions, sell them nfts

I encourage hackers and other talented people to get involved in the industry while the going is good. 

The party will eventually end. 

NFT wash trading, if you suspect it, it is happening

NFT wash trading is illegal

Fine art wash trading is not illegal for some reason

Use the discovery process to uncover

If you are not 'harmed' by the wash trading I guess you can't bring a suit, only the feds, so if the buyer doesn't bring one then you can get away with wash trading

Makes me like those odds and makes me want to wash trade or go to a service that will do it for me

Definitely not decentralized

I don't know much about this project other than that they have sold unregistered securities and so have the exchanges where it is listed (also dex). 

And USDC is on this chain---- haha really?

I'm a 'supporter' of the Solana token now because I think it is a buy now that it got hacked and it was shut down for many many hours.... buy it so that you might sue them later...