"Huxley" by Ben Mauro is a graphic novel series set in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi universe. The story follows two scavengers who discover an ancient robot named Huxley and embark on an adventure that could alter the fate of the galaxy.

The series is known for its richly detailed artwork and complex world-building, reflecting Mauro's extensive experience as a senior concept designer and art director for major gaming franchises like "Halo" and "Call of Duty," as well as films like "The Hobbit" and "Elysium".

In addition to the graphic novels, the Huxley universe spans various media, including NFTs, games, and a planned feature film. The narrative explores themes of survival and discovery in a world devastated by a nuclear holocaust, with surviving humans building flying cities and adapting to harsh conditions on the ground.

The game "Huxley: The Dystopia," a massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS), was developed by H-Studio, a division of the South Korean company Webzen Inc..

If Webzen, the company that wrote this game decided to use a shared MySQL database with Ubisoft Montreal, the owners of Rainbow 6 Seige, the players of HUXLEY: The Dystopia would be able to enter their Rainbow 6 Seige login details to use the in game money “Renown” in HUXLEY: The Dystopia. Instead they decided to use the options below, both of which allow access to users of other databases.

Coinbase uses its own MySQL database to keep track of who has bought what Bitcoin or Etherium; why are their databases different to the databases running at Ubisoft?

They’re not different. THEY’RE EXACTLY THE SAME.

Therefore the question is this, “why are databases in Coinbase treated differently to databases at Ubisoft or Webzen or…Nintendo?”

And in case you didn’t know, genius, Bitcoin is just another database. It is not money at all, any more than Renown is.

No one has managed to provide an explanation for this different treatment of identical databases. It’s perplexing.

And I can tell you right now, that when people pretending to understand Bitcoin who are tasked with making legal judgements about it are asked this question, they have no answer. They are silent.

These legally trained non field experts are in fact imposters who don’t understand anything about Bitcoin, video games, databases, webhooks, webviews, iframes, software or anything about the contexts, realities, facts and common practices that are now decades old.

It’s also incredible that so many people “in Bitcoin” are also impostors; claiming that Bitcoin is money, that it is fundamentally different to MySQL and that it should be treated differently in law to any other database.

These people explanation for these deceived “Bitcoiners” is that they’re in a cult.

What is your excuse?

"Huxley" by Ben Mauro is a graphic novel series set in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi universe. The story follows two scavengers who discover an ancient robot named Huxley and embark on an adventure that could alter the fate of the galaxy.

The series is known for its richly detailed artwork and complex world-building, reflecting Mauro's extensive experience as a senior concept designer and art director for major gaming franchises like "Halo" and "Call of Duty," as well as films like "The Hobbit" and "Elysium".

In addition to the graphic novels, the Huxley universe spans various media, including NFTs, games, and a planned feature film. The narrative explores themes of survival and discovery in a world devastated by a nuclear holocaust, with surviving humans building flying cities and adapting to harsh conditions on the ground.

The game "Huxley: The Dystopia," a massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS), was developed by H-Studio, a division of the South Korean company Webzen Inc..

If Webzen, the company that wrote this game decided to use a shared MySQL database with Ubisoft Montreal, the owners of Rainbow 6 Seige, the players of HUXLEY: The Dystopia would be able to enter their Rainbow 6 Seige login details to use the in game money “Renown” in HUXLEY: The Dystopia. Instead they decided to use the options below, both of which allow access to users of other databases.

Coinbase uses its own MySQL database to keep track of who has bought what Bitcoin or Etherium; why are their databases different to the databases running at Ubisoft?

They’re not different. THEY’RE EXACTLY THE SAME.

Therefore the question is this, “why are databases in Coinbase treated differently to databases at Ubisoft or Webzen or…Nintendo?”

And in case you didn’t know, genius, Bitcoin is just another database. It is not money at all, any more than Renown is.

No one has managed to provide an explanation for this different treatment of identical databases. It’s perplexing.

And I can tell you right now, that when people pretending to understand Bitcoin who are tasked with making legal judgements about it are asked this question, they have no answer. They are silent.

These legally trained non field experts are in fact imposters who don’t understand anything about Bitcoin, video games, databases, webhooks, webviews, iframes, software or anything about the contexts, realities, facts and common practices that are now decades old.

It’s also incredible that so many people “in Bitcoin” are also impostors; claiming that Bitcoin is money, that it is fundamentally different to MySQL and that it should be treated differently in law to any other database.

These people explanation for these deceived “Bitcoiners” is that they’re in a cult.

What is your excuse?

The Oslo Freedom Forum: The Best Bitcoin Conference That Isn’t About Bitcoin

(OFF REVIEW ARTICLE)

Dek: The world is utterly f*cked. And we have so much to do. And how can I do more? A Review of the Oslo Freedom Forum.

If I had to choose one conference to attend next year, it would be the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF).

I attended more than a dozen conferences in 2023 and at least 15 in 2022. I hosted several of these events as a garishly dressed MC, and moderated panels, trying my utmost to hide my Bitcoin maxi bias. I also cobbled together quizzes, game shows, and talks to stimulate and provoke audiences to think a little differently.

So I know a little bit about conferences, networking events and how to capture and carry an audience.

When I look back on these moments, from the World Economic Forum in Davos to El Salvador’s Adopting Bitcoin, Web Summit in Lisbon, and AfroBitcoin in Ghana, there is not a single event that measures up to the Oslo Freedom Forum.

From Oslo to the World

Set in Norway’s sleepy, sophisticated capital, the Oslo Freedom Forum is a thought spectacle. You flop into the Oslo Concert Hall at 10 am, bleary-eyed and hazy after interactions with freedom fighters and bitcoiners into the small yet alarmingly bright hours. You then travel from your chair around the planet, delving into deeper and deeper human experiences.

Nowhere in the universe can you find such an interesting, inspiring, or energized group of individuals.

Activists and entertainers from all four corners of the globe take to the stage to practice and cultivate their freedom of speech. The coming together of these minds and the clash and fizz of ideas create an energy unlike anything I’ve experienced.

From Rwanda to Palestine, Uganda to Ukraine, you’re floored, moved to tears, silenced, and enraged. You surprise yourself by guffawing at Chinese deadpan jokes. Your mind blackens at the thought of Iranians stripped of their freedom to sing in their home country—all while an Iranian operatic singer stirs the audience in Norway, thousands of miles away.

Personally, I was bowled over by the professionalism that went into delivering such an engaging, well-polished spectacle.

Satoshi would be proud

The conversations that splinter and shoot off from the show range from trans debates and genital mutilation to war, famine, and heroism. I did my best to field the Bitcoin questions: “What is a Bitcoin CoinJoin? Is it really private?” I was asked this by a team member from Hong Kong who is fighting to free an activist from jail.