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source: https://mashable.com/article/ethereum-gas-fees-skyrocket-bored-ape-yacht-club-otherside-nft-launch
For example, one user purchased a $25 #NFT on Saturday evening. Their total price? $3,325. That's $3,300 just in fees.
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A quotation by Franklin, Benjamin
Old Boys have their Playthings as well as young Ones; the Difference is only in the Price.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher
Poor Richard Improved, “August” (1752)
#quote #quotation #adult #age #cost #maturity #playthings #price #toys #youth
More notes and sourcing on WIST: https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/51662/
Kazakhstan is notable as the second-largest contributor to the hashrate of the Bitcoin network. The Central Asian country that is a neighbor to China accounts for as much as 18% of the hashrate of Bitcoin, behind the US and ahead of Russia. The drop in the hashrate of Bitcoin was pointed out by the VP of research at The Block Crypto, Larry Cemak.
Don't the Bitcoin gurus always tell us that the #cryptocurrency would be independent of states and is intended precisely for such cases?
#fail #government #finance #politics #news #problem #money #Asia
source: https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-newsletter-27-gilets-jaunes
The #fuel #price was at most the trigger. The increase in the fuel levy took place against the backdrop of a package of “reforms” which amounted to a significant reshuffling of the French #welfare and tax system. Taken together the combined effect of #Macron’s measure was to depress the incomes of the bottom 25 % of the income distribution and to raise them slightly for those in the middle. A squeeze was applied to those between 75 and 99 percent. The only group that benefited to a significant degree were the top 1 percent of the income distribution. They saw a generous 6% bump in their incomes.
#reform #France #news #protest #justice #society #politics #GiletsJaunes
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/atm-hack-nfc-bugs-point-of-sale/
"You can modify the #firmware and change the #price to one #dollar, for instance, even when the screen shows that you're paying 50 #dollars. You can make the device useless, or install a kind of #ransomware. There are a lot of possibilities here," says #Rodriguez of the point-of-sale attacks he discovered.
#atm #news #money #security #desaster #economy #hack #hacker #Android #smartphone #problem #finance #manipulation #vulnerability #malware
Photovoltaic Industry Price Trend: Polysilicon Prices May Still Surge in April amidst the Reducing Quotations from Sizeable Inventory Pressure in CellsPolysiliconPolysiliconquotationscontinuedtorisethisweek,thoughtheoverallconcludedpriceswerepredominantlyconstanttothatoflastweek.Asthewafermarketisaff... [more]
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