A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.
A @GoFundMe campaign raised more than £55,000 for a Gaza family trying to escape the war.
Most of the money raised never reached them.
Banking rules and sanctions prevent direct payouts in Gaza, so the funds had to go through an intermediary. When that arrangement collapsed, the family was left without the support raised for them.
Bitcoin platforms like Agora and Geyser send funds directly to recipients’ own wallets, using community verification instead of giving control to a single intermediary.
Read how these tools are helping people in crisis.
My latest piece in Forbes featuring @SoapboxTech@geyserfund@ODFoundation@HRF.
https://t.co/cxG1v6gN2s
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Our engineer Adam built a new house and now heats it with a single bitcoin miner running Braiins OS.
He doesn’t use gas or an electric heater.
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Today we're announcing pi402!
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@NEEDcreations in japanese, tajiri means the edge of a rice field, while in east africa tajiri means a wealthy or rich person. interestingly, satoshi tajiri grew up around rice fields. just highlighting the beautiful coincidence of the same name having different meanings in two cultures.
On 19 September an attacker emptied 24 Blink accounts.
He failed to empty 9 accounts with 2FA. We said we should have required it for all larger accounts.
Now we do:
https://t.co/GYWbtPgxDV