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Molly White
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crypto researcher & critic, software engineer, wikipedian • @web3isgreat creator • newsletter: https://www.citationneeded.news/ she/her • :QueerCat_Bisexual:

Newsletter: Adversary cases from the FTX collapse further expose how crypto companies do business: with secret acquisitions of “grey area” businesses, buying influence, and creative accounting.

https://www.citationneeded.news/not-just-one-bad-apple/

#crypto #cryptocurrency #FTX

i wonder if the "RetroGamer Pro" might have more success selling this massively overpriced R36 clone if their marketers weren't stuck in the mindset that only boys like retro gaming SBCs

“I can’t leave Substack, the alternatives charge monthly fees!”

For a mid-sized paid newsletter, you will pay:

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#substack

dealing with banks is so infuriating oh my god

test print. 9x12”

#202411181804

As an active federal contractor, Coinbase is prohibited from making political contributions, including to super PACs. This makes $50 million that they have contributed in violation of pay-to-play laws for contractors.

#Coinbase #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

it is very scary that we are a week away from the US election and the nostr:npub1xrj3t052eyqclk39m85tvffsge35zr3kedkmsf8l6dheq8zrt8rs589q43’s webpage archiving is still down

We can build the web that we want to see. Watch the recording of my talk from #XOXOFest!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTaeVVAvk-c

to the publications that stylize headlines and other content in ALL CAPS, but who use `text-transform: uppercase` instead of actually typing the headline in caps: i see you, i appreciate you, i love you

Newsletter: As parts of the crypto industry scramble to court the Harris administration with events like “Crypto4Harris”, others insist it is Harris who must “bend the knee”.

https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-64/

#crypto #cryptocurrency #newsletter #CitationNeeded

eleven of the Bitcoin 2024 speakers are named Matt

(screenshot is a portion of a longer list, not the entire list of speakers)

#crypto #Bitcoin2024

It’s finally time to release my newest project: https://www.followthecrypto.org/

This website provides a real-time lens into the cryptocurrency industry’s efforts to influence 2024 elections in the United States.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #elections #USpol #lobbying

How will recent Supreme Court decisions affect the crypto world? Also, more absurdity from the crypto lobby, and some new regulatory actions. Catch up in my latest newsletter: https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-61/

#crypto #cryptocurrency #CitationNeeded #newsletter #USpolitics

Fighting bots is fighting humans.

One advantage to working on freely-licensed projects for over a decade is that I was forced to grapple with this decision far before mass scraping for AI training.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #OpenAccess

PSA: Paying for a subscription on the crypto version of OnlyFans using a public blockchain does not give you "true privacy", regardless of what the models there might say.

#cryptocurrency

One flaw of the LLMs I've used: they will never give you harsh criticism. While it would be nice to think all my writing is just that good, I know there are no circumstances where someone will ask for feedback and it will say “throw the whole thing out and start again.”

#LLM #ArtificialIntelligence

Cryptocurrency companies have raised over $115 million to influence US elections this cycle, and they’re just getting started. We need to closely watch how cryptocurrency companies are influencing US politics. https://www.citationneeded.news/2024-cryptocurrency-election-spending/

#crypto #cryptocurrency #newsletter #CitationNeeded #superPACs #USpolitics #lobbying

FTX's Ryan Salame has returned to Twitter for the first time since FTX collapsed — hours after he was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for his role in the FTX fraud and for his illegal campaign contributions 💀

#FTX #crypto #cryptocurrency

back in my day we called this spyware

#AI #privacy #Microsoft