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Brave, a privacy-focused browser headed by Brendan Eich, is the creator of the Basic Attention Token (BAT), used in the Brave browser to monetize an attention economy that is fair to creators, advertisers, and users. Brave uses a third-party wallet service called Uphold to facilitate this process. They are now requiring KYC (know your customer information requests) for creators to receive rewards and withdraw BAT tokens to external accounts. Is this possibly the horribly inevitable future of peer-to-peer exchange of value??

Links:

https://beincrypto.com/brave-users-up-in-arms-over-mandatory-kyc-for-bat-withdrawals-to-external-addresses/

https://community.brave.com/t/brave-rewards-user-wallets-a-significant-update/72340

https://www.cryptopolitan.com/brave-users-face-forced-kyc-on-external-bat-withdrawals/

Video Version: https://youtu.be/0ml-8Mp_6TY

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Music is either

Aviators - Infinity Awaits Us (Space Fantasy BGM | Royalty Free Album) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sisGSwT2eN0

Music by: Sirius Beat - The Cosmos

Link: http://youtu.be/Bkg08NvtvBU

Background video is either images from the Hubble telescope or

Video from the Amazing Space YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyExswc5j7U

Recorded by the SELENE Lunar Orbiter - images are copyright JAXA / NHK

SELENE , better known in Japan by its nickname Kaguya, was the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft following the Hiten probe]

Produced by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) and the National Space Development Agency (NASDA), the spacecraft was launched on September 14, 2007. After successfully orbiting the Moon for a year and eight months, the main orbiter was instructed to impact on the lunar surface near the crater Gill on June 10, 2009.

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If a tree falls in a forest... a tribute to Particl.

The Particl Project is releasing the mainnet version of the decentralized marketplace that they have been working on for many years. Let's see how that goes! At https://particl.io

Video Version: https://youtu.be/aBhW47QeHGc

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Credits

Painting by Jean-François Millet (1814–1875) Title in German: Waldarbeiter beim Holzsägen

Music by: Sirius Beat - The Cosmos

Link: http://youtu.be/Bkg08NvtvBU

Aviators - Infinity Awaits Us (Space Fantasy BGM | Royalty Free Album) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sisGSwT2eN0

Video from the Amazing Space YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyExswc5j7U

This video was recorded by the SELENE Lunar Orbiter - images are copyright JAXA / NHK

SELENE , better known in Japan by its nickname Kaguya, was the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft following the Hiten probe]

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Zcoin had their Sigma protocol update at the beginning of July. This is now a coin using zero-proof technology that does not have a trusted setup.

https://zcoin.io/zcoins-sigma-is-released/

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The IRS issued approximately 10,000 letters to warn U.S. crypto holders of remaining in compliance with tax code. Three variations of the letter were sent - 6173, 6174 and 6174-A. One asked for a signature of declaration of compliance under penalty of perjury. This letter was the milder warning version 6174-A. The point is, the IRS has its eyes on crypto users!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-sending-warning-letters-to-more-than-10-000-cryptocurrency-holders-11564159523

https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/26/17055264/coinbase-cryptocurrency-tax-irs-compliance-court-order

Video version: https://youtu.be/70xqgJnkyGA

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Video from the Amazing Space YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyExswc5j7U

This video was recorded by the SELENE Lunar Orbiter - images are copyright JAXA / NHK

SELENE , better known in Japan by its nickname Kaguya, was the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft following the Hiten probe]

Music by: Sirius Beat - The Cosmos

Link: http://youtu.be/Bkg08NvtvBU

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A recent report was done on privacy coins by Mosaic.io, based on two surveys on privacy coin usage and dark web usage.

https://www.mosaic.io/

Credits:

Aviators - Infinity Awaits Us (Space Fantasy BGM | Royalty Free Album) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sisGSwT2eN0

From the Amazing Space YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyExswc5j7U

This video was recorded by the SELENE Lunar Orbiter - images are copyright JAXA / NHK

SELENE , better known in Japan by its nickname Kaguya, was the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft following the Hiten probe]

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There are many guides on Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra, but this one explains a bit more of what is behind Facebook's proposal for Libra and Calibra. It proposes a permission based blockchain, with social impact grants, and the aim to provide banking to the unbanked with low-volatility and regulatory compliance.

I walk through the non-technical white paper.

https://libra.org/en-US/white-paper/#the-libra-blockchain

#crypto #facebook #libra

Video version: https://youtu.be/DNBY6E13iZg

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Music: Aviators - Infinity Awaits Us (Space Fantasy BGM | Royalty Free Album) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sisGSwT2eN0

Images from Hubble Telescope

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There's a lot of interest from government in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies lately. Some thoughts on money and Libra.

Thoughts on the congressional hearings, the state of privacy coins and updates, and on the street interviews coming soonTM.

 

Video Version: https://youtu.be/70xqgJnkyGA

https://youtu.be/9vLTvLu-piM

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Music:

Aviators - Infinity Awaits Us (Space Fantasy BGM | Royalty Free Album) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sisGSwT2eN0

Video:

From the Amazing Space YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyExswc5j7U

This video was recorded by the SELENE Lunar Orbiter - images are copyright JAXA / NHK

SELENE , better known in Japan by its nickname Kaguya, was the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft following the Hiten probe]

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Have you noticed that as the price of Bitcoin goes up, altcoin prices go up? And have you also noticed that as the price of Bitcoin goes down, altcoin prices go down? This might seem like basic information if you are already a crypto-enthusiast. But perhaps, like myself, you would like to have a deeper understanding of what exactly is happening with the price volatility of alt-coins and why they so closely follow the troughs and peaks of Bitcoin. I also wanted to play around with concepts from traditional economic theory, such as supply and demand, and cross-price elasticity, to help frame what is going on.

Video Version: https://youtu.be/xEoLzEFERT4

Article: http://cryptoramble.com/articles/2018/12/29/the-truth-about-altcoins

...and that's not a good thing. What happened to being your own bank?

If a tree falls in a forest… a tribute to Particl.

The Particl Project is releasing the mainnet version of the decentralized marketplace that they have been working on for many years. Let’s see how that goes! At https://particl.io

Video Version: https://youtu.be/aBhW47QeHGc

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Credits

Painting by Jean-François Millet (1814–1875) Title in German: Waldarbeiter beim Holzsägen

Music by: Sirius Beat – The Cosmos

Link: http://youtu.be/Bkg08NvtvBU

Aviators – Infinity Awaits Us (Space Fantasy BGM | Royalty Free Album) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sisGSwT2eN0

Video from the Amazing Space YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyExswc5j7U

This video was recorded by the SELENE Lunar Orbiter – images are copyright JAXA / NHK

SELENE , better known in Japan by its nickname Kaguya, was the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft following the Hiten probe]

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