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I just updated the Small Technology Foundation funding page to use Ethereum instead of Nano as the cryptocurrency option since Ethereum is now proof-of-stake instead of the planet-destroying proof-of-work (hello, Bitcoin and co.) and because Nano is apparently a pain to obtain (had a few folks complain).

So if you want to donate anonymously, this should make it easier to do so.

Your donations do help. So thank you! :)

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chipmunk for remediation ๐Ÿฟ๏ธ
chipmunk for remediation ๐Ÿฟ๏ธ
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Isnt all crypto bad though? Sure, proof of stake is better, but isnt it waste of energy as well?
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@vegafjord
ethereum scamcoins?
proof of stake is literally plutocracy.
prof of stake means everyone who is already rich gets freshly printed money.

distribution is concentrated and core folks ate firk believer in Futacracy, including Vitalik Buterin who said this is his religion.

Countless people were and are still being scammed.

It is a shadow government authoritarian structure with large companies like microsoft and investors like peter thiel in their core.

Consensys is a core org

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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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@serapath @vegafjord How much money did who offer, dude? You must be mistaking me with someone people offer money to. Do you know what we do? Do you understand that NOBODY pays for it? We scrape by because Laura works at Penpot and because I sold two houses to work on what we work on. What changed is what I said: they moved from proof of work (proof of waste) to proof of stake. Digital currency != bad. (1/3)
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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Which is why I implemented Nano initially. But yes, the libertarian ideals behind them are shit. Is traditional banking better. Is Stipe just the most ethical thing ever? Would you rather we simply didnโ€™t exist? Because apparently we need this money shit to keep a roof over our heads and eat. But donโ€™t worry, given we donโ€™t receive enough in donations to exist as it is and we havenโ€™t gotten a single euro of EU funding, you might get your wish. Actually, fuck this. (2/3)
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Isak Westerlund
Isak Westerlund
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@vegafjord VISA, MasterCard, PayPal etc. also use a lot of energy. For example installing an ad blocker probably saves more energy than not using Ethereum.
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unexpectedteapot
unexpectedteapot
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not to mention, this might be the only way to donate for many of us in banana republics that restrict any "foreign" transactions... especially to nonprofits and movements. Crypto is literally the only way to survive 100โ„…+ inflation on common grocery items, too.
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Sebastian Hagens
Sebastian Hagens
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Imo proof-of-work is the only mechanism that works for having consensus without trust.
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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I couldnโ€™t care less if the price is burning down the planet. Proof of work = proof of waste. Itโ€™s also a very bleak view of the world to think perfection is achieved when we no longer have to trust anyone. Finally, even that breaks down when you consider that itโ€™s open to 51% attacks and the consolidation of mining power. That planet-destroying Bitcoin? Runs 100% on trust that the miners who could 51% the system wonโ€™t because itโ€™s against their interests. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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Sebastian Hagens
Sebastian Hagens
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Hmm where did I say that the whole world needs a trustless view? When I look for local goods and services, Iโ€™m a trust guy cause the other one will have skin in the game. But on more global issues, I look for trustless solutions. Banks are a good example, where trust is used for misleading you. And they have 0 skin in the game. And donโ€™t let me start about inflation and how central banks are stealing your wealth. Yes, fiat money is broken in many ways.
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hardisk
hardisk
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Just FYI , calling PoW systems โ€œplanet destroyersโ€ in 2024 is science denial. The scientific consensus isnโ€™t in support of this

10 out of the last 11 papers on Bitcoin mining show clear environmental benefits.

If you want to keep maintaining that Bitcoin is bad for the environment despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, you should know that the scientific consensus does not support your position.

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lumpen ๐Ÿ‰ III
lumpen ๐Ÿ‰ III
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this is clearly either satire or AI generated gibberish, can you site these 11 papers... or even 1 that shows environmental benefits of bitcoin mining? Like how? it's not even profitable to mine bitcoin anymore without an entire data center lmao
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hardisk
hardisk
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@scrum Sure, here are the citations : pastebin.com/u5sqSkJN

The scientific consensus, 10 or the last 11 Peer reviewed academic publications - Pastebin.com

Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.
Pastebin
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hansup
hansup
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Just curious: did you look at Tezos?
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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@hans Not really. Iโ€™m really not excited by cryptocurrencies. The only reason I implemented the option on the funding page is to show that weโ€™re not opposed to the idea of a digital currency as long as it doesnโ€™t destroy the planet in the process. But I also canโ€™t get excited about it or about money in general. (Which likely explains why we have so little of it.) :)
@hansup
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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Umm, so I just checked the Ethereum wallet, not expecting anything, really (since we basically got next to nothing via Nano for the whole time we had it on) andโ€ฆ goodnessโ€ฆ thank you so muchโ€ฆ this is going to have a direct effect on helping me speed up dev. It really means a lot and I wasnโ€™t expecting it at all.

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chris
chris
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Did you turn your nano off?
It's sad that nano hasn't gotten more uptake.
It is easy to jump on board the nano train, and it seems like it could be legit useful for serving the actual non-harmful purposes of currency: lubricating the wheels of exchange and conveying an information signal. Contrast with BTC, which has tons of drawbacks and is incapable of doing either of those things well.
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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@chris Yeah, it was just more effort than it was worth and no one was using it. Strong agree on BTC and anything thatโ€™s proof of work (proof of waste). No, thank you :)
@chris
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