David McNaught

In Portugal. Interested in technology, finance, entrepreneurship, economic development, theology, governance.

[David McNaught @DavidMc0]

@Wise @welldevops Wise always responds with 'never without reason', but they choose to not disclose the reason to their de-banked customers, nor help them avoid accounts being closed.

It happened to me with no reason given. No other bank did the same.

Avoid WISE.

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@simonateba @elonmusk If he had done it in any way other than creating value, I would be outraged. I am not outraged.

I would also love it if many more people were empowered & motivated to tackle big problems creatively. If we all got better at this, greater wealth would be more evenly distributed.

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@ForTheBux @davidirvine @WithAutonomi I enjoyed the first book, and look forward to reading the others when I can. Certainly made me think, on quite a few levels!

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@Feroce1 @niccruzpatane Utter failure: https://t.co/TW83DFr1U6

Government policy failures are policy failures, not technology failures.

You can now buy EVs from almost any car manufacturer. 20 years ago you could not. If EVs had failed as a product, they wouldn't make up ~20% of the market.

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@Feroce1 @niccruzpatane I was responding to your statement that 'EVs are a failure'.

EVs are objectively not a failure given their current market share vs market share 10 or 20 years ago.

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@Feroce1 @niccruzpatane The EV market is currently $1.5 trillion. About 1 in 4 cars sold globally are EVs. Market is expected to keep growing rapidly.

Interesting failure.

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@Wise I did appeal, didn't breach any terms as far as I knew, and no reason was communicated despite my requests.

I sure WISE had a reason, but didn't communicate it to me or explain what they didn't like so I could avoid whatever seemed to be the problem.

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@Wise @jakebmcc As fair as possible?

If Wise wanted to be fair, it wouldn't shut people's accounts with zero warning or explanation as happened to me.

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@SimonDixonTwitt You also understand a thing or two about holding onto other people's assets for years unnecessarily.

Do a deal with MaidSafe so that those who invested via BTTF get the tokens that have been available for ages & you've failed to distribute.

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@WithAutonomi Excited to see how this performs & develops over time. x0x, Fae, and trusted data are intriguing.

The need is huge, the vision is great, the dedication to realise it has been phenomenal.

Hoping this network has a big positive impact on the world.

Amazing work all involved!

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@DamiDefi $AUTONOMI 2.0 (Formerly MAID; one of the first ICOs ever) is aiming for an agent-agent quantum secure, true P2P network, skills marketplace, permanent storage and more. The new Internet for the people and their agents is the goal. Worth keeping an eye on in coming weeks.

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@jimcollinson @WithAutonomi Is that even agents doing useful stuff using only local LLMs rather than frontier models via API? Looking forward to seeing this all in action... it should be a lot of fun!

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@WithAutonomi I'm keen see the potential of the decentralised web when publishing & sharing is easy, which should work better with computers connecting seamlessly.

Agent infrastructure is the most hype-worthy. I'm excited to see how it is used & what it enables. Fascinating times ahead :)

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@cameronleemusic @TRUFNETWORK Better to short than to snort.

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@InfoLiberland @The_BTC_Patriot @100trillionUSD Messing up self-custody is a far bigger risk of loss than confiscation for many people.

But, self-custody is always an option for those who prefer it & can manage it well.

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@EricCryptoman @FTI_US It could do very well, but bear in mind the 10bn maximum supply. So, at $0.5, that's a 5bn fully diluted market cap, and it's already at $2.2bn.

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@distribulabs @WithAutonomi Absolutely. The foundations going in place now will be built on to make new things possible. Exciting to be here seeing it happen thanks to people like you & other devs getting stuck in!

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@distribulabs @WithAutonomi Very well deserved award Chuck.

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@coinbureau $ANT (derived from MAID, launched in 2014 in one of the first ICOs) deserves hype for being the first decentralised protocol that could do for data what Bitcoin did for money. A truly permissionless, distributed data network.

But, it has almost zero hype.

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@elonmusk What will be different that gives people a voice, and not just another option?

How will the party connect with the electorate & let them have their say?

With today's technology, voters should be far more involved in the democratic process than a vote every few years.