HipGeeks's comments

On: Black Swan author urges: “Use cryptocurrencies ”

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His entreaty was in response to a post about the Bank of Lebanon ordering foreign currency remittances to paid out in the local currency.

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The Lebanese pound has lost half of its value since October after capital inflows dried up and protests erupted

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Not officially. It's still pegged 1USD to 1500LBP. But on the blackmarket its 4000 or 5000LBP due to pretty strict capital controls

On: China President Xi Jinping extols the virtues of b...

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Come on U.S.A - pull your finger out.

On: John McAfee unleashes decentralized “no restrictio...

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DDoS attacked already. Tsk.

On: Incognito Node: Earn crypto in your sleep

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https://decrypt.co/9688/incognito-node-earn-bitcoin-while-yo...

On: Bitcoin Maximalists and the Futility of Memes

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~ a brave take on crypto tribalism

On: The BitTorrent token’s flagging price is making it...

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UX is everything, people!

On: Bitcoin 'unstoppable,' Libra not that bad, say Con...

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So many millions more people now trying to get their heads round how crypto works. LOL

On: Facebook's Libra Blasted in Congress

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Great summary. "700 old white men, and roughly three women, gathered in Congress to ask David Marcus, the man behind Facebook’s Libra Project, why we should trust the company and how we can be sure its incipient digital currency/alternative financial system/systemic risk won’t, say, lead to the downfall of Western civilization." LOL

On: Federal Reserve: Facebook Libra “cannot go forward...

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Powell is caving into pressure from Maxine Waters - the wimp.

On: BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen at last releases Chi...

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At last!