> more than $60 million of the $100 million was received in the main fund run by Kuna, the Ukrainian crypto exchange.
So the majority of crypto donations were from Ukrainians on Kuna exchange; hardly a prime example of global crypto's good will. Also $100M is kind of small when you consider it next to the $14B congress has promissed to Ukraine. Then consider the total $1.5T sticker price of the congressional spending bill that $14B was a part of and it all seems insignificant.
Glad this is getting front page! I was going to say, ive been following the steady dribble of Ukraine posts in HN/newest, but have so far been kinda disappointed with the level of coverage on the front page. This Is BIG!!!
1st here is the message/apology i posted to r/bitcoin:
Hey reddit sucks so much it keeps givimg me a message send error, even on my droid. It's probably the browser interface on mobile. Anyway please unban my account(iosunverified) otherwise i cannot fully participate, and i wont share my cookies with you - they are worth more than crypto. I've double copied my message here for all to see:
Hi, im writing you here because my other account(iosunverified) appears banned atm. Message is as follows:
Hi, im writing you because i was banned this morning after posting on r/buttcoin. I realise i havent posted anything with this account before, though it is not a troll account. I made this account and the one for my droid shortly after i deleted my main reddit acount, and subsequently realized i still wanted to surf reddit on my phones. I didnt intend to post at first, but eventually found myself joining more subs and using it more. I actually think i enjoy using reddit on multiple accounts rather than trying to earn karma on a single account. That doesnt mean however that i consider this a throw away account. I intend to keep using it for awhile. I think there was a misunderstanding this morning. I saw an ad on facebook that struck me as looking very professional, but because of the nature of the crypto scene i wasnt sure if it was genuinely by Elon Musk or a scammer; arguably it might still be a scam if musk was behind it. By my observation, i think Musk is certainly on of the most famous crypto bro out there and I thought it deserved commentary on Buttcoin. I did check the rules before, but i thought if i didnt post a direct link to the ad it would be all right - maybe i was wrong. It also might have been confusing to moderators that when someone called me a shill i took the opportunity to double down(for comedy reasons), though i think i did say i was a shill for “rotten scam-coins”. Im not a crypto bro. I dont post much, but i would like to be able to post(on my iphone) when i feel like it. I will try to be more discerning in the future.
And i stand by reddit is a trashy place, though perhaps this is fine.
I change my mind. Reddit sucks!
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2nd here is the message i tried to send to MatxhRedditDie mods, but failed to send:
Hi can you approve my post. I'm having trouble over at r/buttcoin and decided id like to air my grievance(if this is the right place to do it). I already know reddit sucks, but i would rather continue using it as it simplifies my life. Ban on r/buttcoin was arbitrary, i dont like crypto myself! I wish i could show you the original post but it was removed. Here is the camas: https://camas.github.io/reddit-search/#{%22author%22:%22iosu...
I have multiple devices and multiple accounts. It seems kind of silly if this is against the rules. The mods on r/buttcoin are not adhearing to a an actual rule base if all the hankypanky i read there on a refular basis is an indicator. I just would like to air my grievance for what i feel like is a cyber assault. It just seems arbitrary and antidemocratic. There just shouting one-liners and banning people left and right.
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Consciousness is such a loaded word, and means something different depending on who you are talking to. For instance surgeons & anesthesiologists have a very peculiar definition of what it means to be conscious(ie conscious sedation); regular people might not agree it meets the minimum criterion of being awake and aware of yourself. I think a more important goal if we are designing artificial life might be whether or not an AI is conscientious(like morally).
Im pretty sure Chen is naturalized, otherwise i dont think he would have been allowed back in the country. TLDR, he applied for gov grant money, and failed to disclose foreign offiliations(in China). He refused to unlock his laptop to agents after taking it on a trip to China, and later when he was offered a plea deal so he could return to work, he refused to cooperate. Subsequently charges were dropped(and Chen returned to work) because we as Americans value the right to privacy over finding out what was on Mr. Chen's laptop. It's not racist, and it's ironic you paint it that way given the modern day holocaust happening in China right now.
Income subsidies for people in need is a nice thought, but isn't the bigger problem that we keep buying shit made with slave labor in China? We live in a global market, and as long as we keep supporting hucksters abroad it's no surprise things are stagnating at home.
So the majority of crypto donations were from Ukrainians on Kuna exchange; hardly a prime example of global crypto's good will. Also $100M is kind of small when you consider it next to the $14B congress has promissed to Ukraine. Then consider the total $1.5T sticker price of the congressional spending bill that $14B was a part of and it all seems insignificant.
In short we can and should give more to Ukraine.