/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>51070227
Yes.
We all know that. Ripple is a good steward. They hold a lot of the supply but the XRP ledger itself is decentralized.
>In blockchain, decentralization refers to the transfer of control and decision-making from a centralized entity (individual, organization, or group thereof) to a distributed network.

In 2001, Fortune Magazine published a list of the top losers of the Tech Bubble. Ranked #1 was none other than Michael Saylor, who had a whopping $13.53 Billion LOSS! MicroStrategy’s shares went from $3300 to $4 (-99.99% decline)
>Saylor says he has become more "humble" and "practical."
>When he was on the way up, Saylor had boasted about reading Machiavelli and ancient history (in his bookshelf, alongside Letitia Baldrige's "Complete Guide to Executive Manners," is a thick volume on the Romans).
Today:
#Bitcoin is a swarm of cyber hornets serving the goddess of wisdom, feeding on the fire of truth
>Michael Saylor Quits As MicroStrategy CEO After Bitcoin Losses

You guys will never learn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nVAYTV3Ubw&t=1315s

>>50731612
David Chaum and his "fight" against the NSA

David Lee Chaum (born 1955) is an American computer scientist, cryptographer, and inventor. He is known as a pioneer in cryptography and privacy-preserving technologies, and widely recognized as the inventor of digital cash. His 1982 dissertation "Computer Systems Established, Maintained, and Trusted by Mutually Suspicious Groups" is the first known proposal for a blockchain protocol.[1] Complete with the code to implement the protocol, Chaum's dissertation proposed all but one element of the blockchain later detailed in the Bitcoin whitepaper. He has been referred to as "the father of online anonymity",[2] and "the godfather of cryptocurrency".

Also while Chaum was in grad school at Berkeley, the U.S. National Security Agency became suspicious. “They were trying to stop any kind of research in cryptography,” says Chaum. Organizers of meetings of civilian cryptographers were actually threatened with imprisonment by the director of the NSA, he added. To protect the young technology, Chaum held a conference and used it to launch the International Association for Cryptologic Research, (IACR) “to set cryptography free.”

>Chaum's dissertation proposed all but one element of the blockchain later detailed in the Bitcoin whitepaper.
>NSA were trying to stop any kind of research in cryptography,

>The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New York Times Since 1995
Stuart Haber (he's cited in the BTC whitepaper)

Did we got scammed by a jewish crime syndicate led by David Schwartz and Gary Gensler?
https://www.timesofisrael.com/cryptocurrencies-may-be-the-next-big-israeli-scam-top-regulator-warns/

https://youtu.be/MAOrjlub4Qc?t=2662
According to Homeland Security they have met with "Satoshi Nakomoto" and 3 others. Will they be sued by Gary for creating an unregistered security?
https://youtu.be/9nVAYTV3Ubw