revolut imposed an additional fee for US ACH or debit transfers sending to EUR that made it about twice more expensive than Wise
let's just say it's a guy I know
0.9%, though I'm sure there's some spread in there
Sent:
200 USD
Total fees:
1.80 USD
(0.26 USD = ACH fee)
(1.54 USD = wise fee)
exchange rate:
0.938550
received:
186.02 EUR
revolut for a hot second was a better USD-EUR rate, but wise has kept the lowest fees thus far
is the most terrifying part of the "American Privacy Rights Act" the fact that the government itself is exempt?
from my interview with Reason magazine
sorry, nostr:npub1563z6kxmvuy7s8zhzan8m0hzmkavyfzg2aw6h7f0fvcvdms398csaxc9n6 just doesn't know the pleasure of zyn
nostr:npub1t8a7uumfmam38kal4xaakzyjccht4y5jxfs4cmlj0p768pxtwu8skh56yu, I get the importance of ads in digital media, but choosing to block browsers using ad-blockers (most every Bitcoiner?) is a foot guns move.
Instead, why not eat your own dog food? Use a Lightning paywall. Let me zap to read.
Otherwise, I just stop reading.
they would indeed be a prime outlet with zap/sats to read.
I know TFTC had a version of this implemented for Ghost blogs, but it seems they abandoned it in favor of this mash wallet?
If every firm developing algorithms/AI had to get FTC approval before launch or update, would that be a POSITIVE or NEGATIVE for innovation and consumers?
That's what's been slipped into a proposed national privacy bill.
My thoughts in this Reason Magazine Q&A
(w/ nostr:npub16cyt2ykk2um3amexrgjldfn2p6ls2euc4jyqc4vpft4vvlaupjqqllu878 and nostr:npub1zywedmndxjrcm9d0hljsk8uqaqf9d4mxya4c5gzdudrps5jkyshqe2s58k's wonderful colleague ENB)
For those who've never been to the stellar country of Georgia 🇬🇪, they really have no idea how much Russia has been encroaching on its border and society for the past two decades.
The young population are mostly economic liberals (libertarian), who benefited from an incredibly capitalistic free market that was ushered in after the fall of the Soviet Union. There were some great voices and entrepreneurs in both civil society and politics that created a true land of liberty up until fairly recently.
More politicians are getting the Moscow bug, and that's creating a deeper crisis.
If you ask whether they align with Russia or Europe and West, it's undeniable they choose the latter.
Instagram main feed of photos is on-chain bitcoin. Likes are public, photos are (somewhat) immutable on the chain (feed), and traceable in your mempool (account).
IG stories are lightning network. Quick, cheap, only one-way privacy. Need a lot of liquidity and high ranking in the network growth (feed followers) to be a routing node (influencer).
just the nostrich house folks
I have nothing bad to say about the president of Signal.
She is a hawk on privacy, and generally one of the best voices in public life when it comes to encryption and security.
There's a lot of political stuff she champions that I disagree with, but that's okay. More power to her. Freedom of speech online is important. And I hope the same would apply to anyone who uses the app.
nostr's not fun when your only responses come from the bots, mates
Did some interviews on the upcoming US national privacy law plus my analysis. Should have a link to share by tomorrow.
build more nuclear and keep a diverse energy mix
the government money has run out for the battery cars
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/business/ev-car-sales-tesla.html
domain check and yet another one of the Ledger email phishing scams (to one of my disposable addresses)
sorry for the scare y'all
nostr:note12t4kxchy0qmru9yqx7t0lz3d2m69mlrct0pd9a54y2ykdgf5pl0sws9yru
Ledger and Blackrock??
