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Same reason he does anything, he sees opporuntity (to make more money and keep more of it)


> 2023-04-16: somebody (maybe the owner) increased the unsolved puzzles prizes again by x10. Now the puzzle #66 prize is 6.6 BTC, #67 is 6.7 BTC and so on... puzzle #160 prize is 16 BTC.

https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/12f34b5...

Bitcoin was not cheap in 2023, this is someone with $50m to spare!


>Solar and wind is a loosing proposition (you put more hydrocarbons into making them than they will generate in their lifetime, and you don't get to pick when they generate), and it can't carry the losses of hydrocarbons.

See here:

https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/17775/how-long-...

>TLDR; Onshore wind produces around 20-80 times as much energy as is required to produce the turbines. Offshore wind about 10-20 times. PV around 10-20 times.

The top answer is 10 years old, there's 10 years of manufacturing and output efficiencies to further improve these ratios.


Knowing the customer’s order history reduces the search space in most cases.


NOICE

Didn’t think of that. Still damn impressive


> When I was in England .. I was taken aback by most of the resumes including photos. That's just not done here in the US...

This does not match my experience in London working for SMEs, it's very rare that a CV includes a photo, especially tech role applicants.


>> This means that people in the UK are not allowed to use Binance's services to speculate, or bet

>> However, they are still allowed to use the website to purchase and sell crypto-currencies, which is not regulated

These statements have since been removed from the article, because they're incorrect.


Spreadbetting is tax-free in the UK and the FCA banned spreadbetting on bitcoin last year. IG, CMC and CityIndex all closed out client positions and delisted all crypto pairs.


>Strobe by Deadmau5

I'm sure you've already seen it but in case you haven't, Evan Duffy's rendition of this on YouTube is inspiring. Also check out The Veldt.

https://youtu.be/mTwoMGCtPT8



You tha real MVP


Tether's impact on the price of Bitcoin is grossly misreported and without basis.

The only "Federal agency" targeting Tether was the New York Attorney General's office, however the investigation was settled last month with with no admission of guilt from Tether.


did you even read the settlement?


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