Day: April 6, 2023

the Bitcoin Film Festival in Warsaw

boss

The bear market might rage on, but that won’t stop the Bitcoin (BTC) shooters, creators and filmmakers from producing new content.  Hosted in the capital of Poland, Warsaw, the first edition of the Bitcoin Film Festival took place in March. The Bitcoin Film Festival brought together Bitcoin advocates and film lovers from across the globe to sit through some of the best-known Bitcoin films and documentaries.  Hosted in the Kinoteka theater in the iconic Palace of Culture and Science, the Bitcoin Film Festival festival celebrated Bitcoin’s growing global influence while…

Names of non-US FTX users demanded by mainstream media outlets

boss

Some mainstream media outlets have objected to attempts to withhold the identities of non-United States customers of cryptocurrency exchange FTX during its bankruptcy proceedings. In an April 4 filing to a Delaware Bankruptcy Court, media outlets Bloomberg, The Financial Times, The New York Times, and its parent firm the Dow Jones & Company jointly objected to the names of the customers being redacted, arguing the press and public have “a presumptive right of access to bankruptcy filings.” Media group files objection to redacting FTX customer names. If the objection succeeds,…

Hidden Inside MacOS, the Bitcoin Whitepaper

“Of all the documents in the world, why was the Bitcoin whitepaper chosen? Is there a secret Bitcoin maxi working at Apple? The filename is “simpledoc.pdf” and it’s only 184 KB,” writes Baio on Waxy. “Maybe it was just a convenient, lightweight multipage PDF for testing purposes, never meant to be seen by end users.” Source

Every Modern Copy of macOS Contains a Copy of Bitcoin’s White Paper – Bitcoin News

boss

On April 5, 2023, the independent blogger Andy Baio published a post on his Waxy Blog that explained every version of macOS from Mojave 10.14.0 to the current version hosts a copy of Satoshi Nakamoto’s seminal Bitcoin white paper. Mac users can type a simple command in the terminal, and all nine pages describing Nakamoto’s invention will appear in a PDF version in the built-in image viewer, Preview. Blogger Discovers Bitcoin White Paper Hidden on Every macOS 10.15 or Later While celebrating Satoshi Nakamoto’s alleged April 5th birthday, bitcoin supporters…

OpenAI faces Canadian privacy probe alleging personal info harvesting

boss

OpenAI, the creators of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, is under investigation by Canada’s privacy commissioner for alleged collection and use of personal information without consent. On April 4, The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) stated its investigation was brought about following a complaint from an unidentified person. Head Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said his office is paying close attention to AI tech to ensure Canadian privacy rights are sufficiently protected: “AI technology and its effects on privacy is a priority for my Office […] We need…

Arbitrum poses new governance proposals after community furor

boss

The Arbitrum Foundation has released a raft of new improvement proposals following the fracas that ensued after its first failed attempt at governance. On April 5, Ethereum layer-2 solutions provider Arbitrum posted new Arbitrum Improvement Proposals (AIPs) for the governance of the network. The new proposals include AIP-1.1, which covers a smart contract lockup schedule, spending, budget, and transparency. The other, AIP-1.2, tackles amendments to current founding documents and lowers the proposal threshold from 5 million Arbitrum (ARB) tokens to 1 million ARB “to make governance more accessible.” In an…

Indian Government Answers Questions About Crypto Legalization, Fraud Prevention – Regulation Bitcoin News

The Indian government has responded to parliamentary questions about the legalization of cryptocurrency and the steps it has taken to prevent crypto-related fraud. “Crypto assets are currently unregulated in India. Frauds relating to crypto are dealt with under extant laws against fraud and cybercrime,” the Minister of State for the Ministry of Finance told parliament. Indian Ministry of Finance on Crypto Legalization The Indian government answered two sets of crypto-related questions in Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s parliament, on Monday. The first set asks the Minister of Finance…

Coinbase supports new court action to remove Tornado Cash ban

boss

The United States Treasury faces a renewed legal challenge that aims to overturn the decision to sanction the crypto mixer Tornado Cash from six individuals backed by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. A motion for a partial summary judgment was filed on April 5 in a Texas District Court, the Coinbase-backed plaintiffs moved for the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) to settle for the first two counts from its original complaint filed in September 2022. If granted, it would see the Judge rule on some of the factual issues while…

OpenSea collector fat fingers a 100 ETH bid for a free NFT

boss

A nonfungible token (NFT) trader has seemingly fat-fingered a trade for a free NFT, buying it for 100 Ether (ETH), currently valued at $191,239, representing a 250,000% increase on the floor price of 0.04 ETH. The token was part of NFT marketplace OpenSea’s Gemesis NFT collection — free NFTs intended to commemorate the launch of OpenSea Pro on April 4. OpenSea Pro is a marketplace aggregator tailored to professional users by providing them with what OpenSea calls “a vastly improved” suite of features such as live cross-marketplace data and advanced…