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@Bragato18 in February 2022

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early morning #beach run, 1000 stairs about to do the body soak - water temp 23 - low tide - offshore breeze - swell zero no body surfing today, just swim with the lil fishes

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I lied, managed to catch 6 body surf waves in knee deep water just had to wait for the right set while waiting a small sting ray swam past

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have always wondered how one conducts a poll on #twitter it only took 20 seconds to work out the question is “Which country is most likely to be next to adopt #Bitcoin as legal tender in 2022? - Tonga 29% (2) - Paraguay 14% (1) - Honduras 43% (3) - Panama 14% (1) https://twitter.com/Bragato18CCS/status/1488477532512870400 just to make it interesting tagged some heavyweights @saylor @nayibbukele @SpencerKSchiff @novogratz 6 days and 22 hours to go

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#SunsetMarket #ScarbouroughBeach This is our regular, walk down to - pick up our Mango Kombucha from our local Artisan Brewer - cool off in the sea - choise from the food trucks, both went chimichanga - hang out listening to music and watching people dancing it was a perfect summers evening, just a light warm breeze

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then on the walk home from the #SunsetMarket, we got to see an owl sitting on the fence next to the path through the sand dunes

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#GoldCube in #CentralPark, #NewYork for a day the piece of #Art, comes with it’s own crypto. Castello Coin (CAST). the Cube contains $11.7 million worth of gold at current prices

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#FruitTarts is a code that @tvlachak came up with and it has stuck so if you are feeling generous today, you can leave a comment like “enjoy the #FruitTarts” It started as a plain old #FT, but as we like to play with things, it quickly morphed into #FruitTarts. if you are struggling to work out what the code stands for. I have left you a clue

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first session of #SurfKids program for our Grandson. It is held at #WatersmanBay over summer. And is an introduction to surf and the sea, tailored to their age group. When they reach 5 they can join #Nippers at their local Surf Club.

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#PassiveIncome ...don't underestimate the value of multi-level #referrals to generate that elusive passive income we all are seeking. #Pipefare is a classic example, with its 4 level program - 1st level 50% of referrals earnings as bi-weekly #commission - 2nd level 30% - 3rd level 20% - 4th level 10% One of my level one referrals has 170+K followers on twitter. Every now and then they promote Pipeflare on their faucet sites, as they want to win the Pipeflare Monthly Referral…

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Quote Of The Day " If the fighting stops, if it becomes easy to push through a hard-fork, a difficult change, a major change, then at that point we know we have lost and it’s not an interesting system anymore. If it’s that easy to manipulate, then it’s not worth working on this." Corey Fields on #Bitcoin Design @ijatz_La_Hojita @Ashma @Sharjeel32 @Julalaine @Cryptotalk96

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#Scarborough Community - 4 3 Oceans Developer - 0 Perth Now - community newspaper "Plans for a $300 million beachfront development in Scarborough, including a record 43-storey sky-scraper, have been scrapped.... ....height limit in the area, according to a 2016 master plan, which was only 12 floors."

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Have just started reading the #Coingecko “How to NFT” ebook. (just had to work out how to get the #mobi format version onto my #iphone.) 1st cab off the rank is discussing the difference between #non-fungible and #fungible items, cross referenced (not sure that is the right word) to #intangible and #tangible. and of course the meme to put it all in a nutshell

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#Metaverse The term was first coined in 1992 in the science fiction novel Snow Crash. Consisting of - the prefix “meta” , meaning beyond - the root word “verse” , meaning universe. June 2003 #SecondLife was launched by Linden Labs. Second Life users are called residents. They can create virtual representations of themselves, called #avatars, and are able to interact with places, objects and other avatars. 2017 The original Decentraland Whitepaper was created outlining the…

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#Metaverse Sotheby’s has established an art gallery in #Decentraland, virtually recreating its London headquarters on New Bond Street. The virtual gallery is situated in a prime location in Decentraland’s #Voltaire Art District. The five ground floor exhibition spaces dedicated to displaying #Sotheby’s #art collections.

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Celebrities in the #Metaverse What have the following celebrities got in common? - Paris Hilton - Deadmau5 - Alabaster dePlume and 3 - 3LAU they have all participated at #Decentraland’s 4 day music festival in October 2021.

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the results from my first #twitter poll are in #Tonga 40% #Honduras 40% #Paraguay 10% #Panama 10% the Q??? Which country is most likely to adopt #Bitcoin as legal tender in 2022? Not exactly why Tonga is even in the running as they just blew up their volcano

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A real job in the #Metaverse The Tominoya casino in the #Vegas City District of #Dentrakand, hires real people as casino greeters, giving a human touch to the virtual space.

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Working in the #Metaverse #Kucoin to setup virtual office in the skyscraper in #Bloktopia Metaverse. Built on the #Polygon #Network.

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#MandurahMarina for lunch Stopped #Mandurah to say hi to wife’s #Brasilian friend. On way to #Pinjarra to help another friend tidy up gardens in preparation to selling the house. Mandurah is marinas, jetties and canals.

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Coingecko “How To NFT” Chapter 11 “ The #financialization of NFTs through #fractionalization (#tokenization) has enabled improved #accessibility, #liquidity, and ironically, #fungibility of NFTs. It shows how the utility of #NFT can go beyond the stereotypical association of just #arts or #collectibles.”

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11 #DOT shy of the 120 needed to be able to start staking on Ledger Nano Had some #BCH sitting in the #Exodus wallet from #B18CCS client so decided to utilise the idle funds. Should take 2 more weeks to get enough #Pipeflare #ZEC to swap for DOT. Then will start collecting more #THETA and #TFUEL. Maybe some #SOL too

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Chapter 12 Brand Marketing and NFTs Visa acquired CryptoPunk #7610 for $150,000. “We think NFTs will play an important role in the future of retail, social media, entertainment, and commerce. To help our clients and partners participate, we need a firsthand understanding of the infrastructure requirements for a global brand to purchase, store, and leverage an NFT. We also wanted to signal our support for the creators, collectors, and artists driving the future of…

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Chapter 12 Brand Marketing and #NFTs The $150,000 purchase of #CryptoPunk #7610 by Visa, while not officially stated, it became a very extensive and effective marketing campaign that generated far more public relations value than the cost of acquiring the asset itself. And the #NFT is still on their balance sheet as an asset.

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Chapter 12 Brand Marketing and #NFTs following in the steps of #Pepsi and #Visa - #LouisVuitton - #AdamBombSquad - #Budweiser - #ArizonaIcedTea -#Burberry - #Time - #Fortune

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#ECB balance sheet - 2008 1.5 trillion euros - 2022 8.6 trillion euros German consumer price index inflation 5% (not since 1992). ECB money printing peaked at 51% growth 2021. Currently slowed down to 22%. Who is going to blink first?

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#Bitcoin Trivia …first 50 BTC block reward in the #Genesis Block is unspendable. Did #Satoshi #Nakamoto purposely code it to be non-transferable or was it a mistake?

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#Bitcoin Trivia The receiving address for the #Genesis Block’s 50 #BTC reward …. 1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa ….has been receiving donations from fans. A further 18+ #Bitcoin has since been added

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#Bitcoin Trivia 70,000 bitcoins were seized by the US Department of Justice. These bitcoins were from a bust on a previous #SilkRoad drugseller in November 2020. These are the source of the much quoted #BTC HEDL by US Government. Silk Road was shut down in October 2013 when FBI arrested #DreadPirateRoberts

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#Bitcoins #Mining Difficulty Level #Miners need to find the #nonce as an #input to the #hash input to guess an #output that starts with a required number of zeros (the #difficulty). Hash output = Hash of (previous block header + merkle root hash + nonce) hash for block number 647,729: 000000000000000000064b9fcad14d747b725552005db1a77e6344a7c672a9bf The #Bitcoin #protocol adjusts the difficulty level every 2,016 #blocks or about every 2 weeks, by adding or removing a leading…

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The Bitcoin Nonce - is an arbitrary number with a specified number of leading zeroes, that is used in #Bitcoin's proof of work consensus algorithm. The #nonce can be found as a 4-byte field in a block header, and its value is adjusted by miners so that the #hash of the block will be less than or equal to the current target hash value set by the network.

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Global #Inflation Rates - Venezuela 472% - Argentina 50.9% - Turkey 48.7% - Brasil 10.4% - Russia 8.7% - Poland 8.6% - US 7.5% - Mexico 7.1% - El Salvador 6.5% - Spain 6.0% - South Africa 5.9% - New Zealand 5.9% - India 5.6% - Australia 3.5% - Japan 0.8% Who is going to blink first?

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Bitcoin Trivia Mt Gox, the first #Bitcoin #exchange was established July 18 2010. Mt. Gox was hacked June 19 2011. 79,956 #BTC were stolen. 2013-2014 Mt Gox was handling 70% of all BTC transactions February 2014 Mt Gox suspended trading, closed its website and exchange service, and filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors. Hackers accessed and stole 740,000 bitcoin from Mt. Gox customers and 100,000 from the company itself, This occurred over a couple of years

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Bitcoin Trivia May 2024 At block 840,000 mining reward reduces from 6.25 to 3.125 BTC per block. 15 months and counting

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Thanks #Brave We have reached the 1000 trackers and ads blocked milestone. This is just on the iphone. On the laptop you have the option of displaying a running total

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....earned 1.25 BAT #Brave Ad Rewards for completing a Captcha. Just had to drag the #BAT #token symbol into the circle. A few years ago Brave used to give randomly 20 BAT Grants to use for tipping only.

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….some great news from #publish0x. After waiting forever have finally found a use for the #FARM #tipping #tokens. #HEDL the #IFARM which eventually got converted to the FARM. Now just got to wait till the new tipping token gets converted to something useful that doesn’t get eaten up with #gas fees. Maybe not #STA is not an ERC20 token, but is on the Fantom network. And as a bonus Publish0x are giving 0.15 #FTM as a bonus on first $STA withdrawal.

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@nayibbukele latest #tweet calling out U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Bill Cassidy (R-La.). “Hey boomers we are not your colony, your back yard or your front yard.”

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Quote Of The Day “Hey boomers we are not your colony, your back yard or your front yard.” @nayibbukele calling out the #boomers Risch, Menendez and Cassidy

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#Pipeflare have changed their bi-weekly referral commission pay outs to monthly. Used to be 1st and 15th of the month and now is just the 1st of the month. Whats not to love about the 4 levels of power. Level 1 you earn 50 % of your referrals earnings Level 2 you earn 30 % of your referrals referrals earnings Level 3 you earn 20% of your referrals referrals referrals earnings Level 4 you earn 10% of your referrals referrals referrals referrals earnings. We are on target to…

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Quote Of The Month "It would have been nice to get this attention in any other context. #ElSalvador has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us." Satoshi Nakamoto on pissing off the #USD and friends 2010 December 11. Re: PC World Article on Bitcoin

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Tether Trivia - in 2014 #Tether was originally called #Realcoin. - Realcoin was a Brock Pierce-led startup, based in Isle of Man and Hong Kong. - 6 October 2014, the first #Tether #stablecoins were issued on the #Bitcoin network using the #Omni Layer protocol. - As well as rebranding, Realcoin announced partnerships with Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange Bitfinex, as well as fellow Brock Pierce-backed startups Expresscoin, GoCoin and ZenBox. - Brock-Pierce starred in the…

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UTXO stand for “unspent transaction outputs” UTXO are the transactions that are left unspent after someone completes a transaction, similar to the change someone receives after conducting a cash transaction at the sari sari tore. #BTC #DASH #BCH #ZEC #LTC are examples of #UTXO based currencies

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The #Ukrainian #Crypto Bill was originally passed September 2021. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelanskyy had sent it back to parliament for changes. Changes included the terms #digitalwallet, #privatekey and #virtual assets in Ukrainian legislation for the first time. While not adopting a #cryptocurrency as legal tender like #ElSalvador. The Ukrainian government did officially legalise cryptocurrency.

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The #Ukraine #Crypto Bill will have a tax rate of 5% for entities ans service providers till 2024 when it goes up to 18%. Individuals pay 5% plus 1% military tax. The taxable item is the profit earned from selling #VirtualAssets.

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Note: The #Ukraine #Crypto Bill makes no mention of #cryptocurrencies. Instead defines #VirtualAssets - set of data in electronic form that has value and that exists in the system of circulation of virtual assets (the Virtual Assets).

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The #Ukraine #Crypto Bill differentiates between - unsecured #VirtualAssets e.g. #BTC and #NFTs - secured #Virtual #Assets e.g. stablecoins the bill also clarifies important terms such as VA key. - ….defined as a set of technical means implemented in the system of ensuring the circulation of virtual assets that allow controlling a virtual asset. Therefore, possession of a set of technical means is definitive in establishing the ownership of Virtual Assets.”

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The change of heart from the #Ukraine Government reminds me of the Ghandi quote: “first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” While #crypto was never banned the authorities often took a combative approach to crypto HODlers and service providers. Raiding crypto business’ and often confiscating expensive equipment without any grounds. The National Bank of Ukraine stated that it considered Bitcoin a “high risk factor” and “a money…

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Finally #Publish0x breaks from their tradition of only using ERC20 tipping tokens. They are running a short and sweet competition to celebrate the inclusion of #STA that runs on the #Fantom network. And it does not involve writing a story. All one has to do is #tweet a screenshot of your STA tip, tag @Publish0x, @StateraProject and your Publish0x username. There are 50 prizes of $2 in STA. How easy is that.

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Looks like #Fantom is about to be added to the #Publish0x stable of tipping tokens. It has already been added to the list of tokens on the Affiliate Stats page. That makes sense since they just added #STA which is on the Fantom #Network. So I get my double wish. Get to use my FARM - auto swap for STA And finally get rid of the #AMPL - auto swap for #FTM. Fingers crossed, will just have to wait for the official announcement.

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It might be a good time to be collecting #STA on #Publish0x. While it is down 80.9% from the #ATH $0.64 AUD August 11, 2020. More bang for your buck so to speak

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Just planted these flowers. They have the most vibrant colours. Get used a lot for floral arrangements #DownUnder because of the colours. The label said full sun, but not sure if they meant 40+ degrees. But they are surviving as long as I give them water 3 times a day. Fingers crossed they survive the WA summer.

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Doing A Backflip While Peddling Backwards - Ukraine Becomes a Crypto Superpower We will begin this sojourn with my favourite Gandhi quote: “first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” While Crypto was never officially banned by the Ukraine government. The authorities often took a combative approach to crypto HODlers and service providers. Raiding crypto business’ and often confiscating expensive equipment without any grounds. Secret…

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follow up to earlier post regarding #publish0x plans on adding #Fantom as tipping token. According to @igort from the team “we don’t have any immediate plans of that nature” then why has #FTM been added as a token on the affiliate token page? Mind boggles with bi-curiousity

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When Michael Chobanian was asked by #Cointelegraph how did you get into #Bitcoin? "My company was consulting a local business group. The group wanted to launch a hybrid crowd lending and pure Internet banking services in Ukraine and Russia. As part of initial R&D we were researching all of the available electronic payments. One of them was Bitcoin. At a time its price just dropped from $30 to around $3. Unfortunately, I did not buy any [at that time]. Since then I was…

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there is a saying “you gotta be in to win” just won $2 #STA in the #publish0x #Statera Project #Twitter #Giveaway there was 50 prizes in all and it was my lucky day https://www.publish0x.com/?a=y1aKo5raQG STA has replaced #FARM as a publish0x tipping token and is on the #Fantom network. The gas fees were crippling with ERC20 tokens.

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wow my latest and greatest made it into the Popular Section on #publish0x it must be the cool title and lead image (see below for more info) views 2516 👍 102 👎 4 https://www.publish0x.com/bragatos-crypto-services/doing-a-backflip-while-peddling-backwards-ukraine-becomes-a-xvyooyp?a=y1ako5raQG why is this even relevant, (1) cause I made a sarcastic comment that no one would read it on read.cash. It was posted there 1st. Even read.cash has had 16 views. (2) why have cool title…

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there is a nice sea breeze so not too hot for a midday workout - beach run - 1000 stairs - body surf/soak - walk home to the #BeachShack #LivingTheDream

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even our own Chief Health Officer (WA) calls the Sars- Cov-2 (Covid-19) vaccine a poison and they want to “administer” to our kids

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Tonight I start reading the Coingecko “How To DeFi” Beginners. 389 pages. Part one Centralised and Decentralised Finance Chapter one The Traditional Financial Institutions The Banks 1. Payment and Clearance System Wish me luck

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first funn fact - market capitalization of the top 10 banks in the world is $2 trillion. - April 2021, the total market capitalization of the entire cryptocurrency market surpassed $2 trillion.

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Characteristics of the Decentralized in DeFi - non-custodial, - decentralized price feeds, - permissionless initiation of margin calls, - permissionless margin liquidity, - decentralized interest rate determination, - decentralized platform development/updates to be fully decentralized the Dapp needs to have all the above characteristics Currently, most DeFi dapps are only semi-decentralized.

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#WTF is #WEF? And who the hell is Klaus Schwab? Being bi-curious, curiousity got the better of me. World Economic Forum Founder Apparently it is all their fault.

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Quote Of The Day “Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty” Joseph Goebbels on #Canada “will stand against authoritarianism, announces sanctions against Russia.”

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Whats up in the #Metaverse? JPMorgan is whats up. Have you visited their new #Onyx Lounge in Metajuku or is it by invitation only? #Metajuku, is a virtual version of Tokyo's Harajuku shopping district, in #Decentraland. - tiger wanders the first floor - Jamie Dimon’s picture hangs on the wall - a winding staircase leads to the second floor, where your #avatar can watch “so called experts” talk about the crypto market. Why is this a big deal. Jamie is the CEO and is infamous…

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NFT Trivia Both the #UFC and #NFL are launching #NFT marketplaces on the Flow platform. Flow is a #blockchain made famous by launching #Cryptokitties and #NBA Top Shot

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#Algorand Foundation has awarded Applied Blockchain a grant to develop the London Bridge, a trustless bridge that will connect Algorand with #Ethereum I wonder if they realise some one has already built the London Bridge.

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#Chivo Pet #Veterinario #ElSalvador the best reply goes to @SWAccelerated “War in #Europe right now and you are saving animals with #Bitcoin….”

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Was given a “Bee Hotel” by my 3 yr old grandson. We have approx 300 native bees in Western Australia and most are solitary i.e. they don’t live in a hive. The Bee Hotel contains wood and sticks with different sized holes for the bees to make their homes. Many of our native bees are also stingless Last night I visited our local park to collect different barks to put on the roof and walls with PVA glue. Paper bark seems to be the easiest to attach as one can cut it with…

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Pet Frog has returned to our garden. He normally resides in the water fountain pool. But when I was removing the wet towel covering the Worm Farm and Pet Frog was hiding on the side of the Worm Farm. Gave me a fright and scared Pet Frog with my scream.

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this is the closest thing to a bank these days, my local ATM that accepts fait deposits. #AML requires abit more work to feed the machine. Was easy when we were just paying rent each month. Just went into their banks local branch and handed it over the counter. Easy peasy no questions asked. Now we have bought the #BeachShack and have a mortgage. The $$$ need to be feed into our accounts with out raising any suspicions. Which means lots of smaller deposits into secondary…

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the #BeeHotel has a new Paper Bark (2 layers) roof complete with Gum Bark ridge flashing, with PVA glue as the sealant. This is going to bee a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Hotel. Tomorrow start on the wall cladding and finally the facia.

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Bragato18CCS update Tonight have started working on a series of simple Step by Step Guides for a meeting/refresher with an existing client on Tuesday. Everything is supposed to be Task Based Learning. While the subject matter is really (really really) basic. The problem is the client is a "tech illiterate", so has not been able to practice what we covered in our previous meetings. There was just way too much "information to consume". The first Step by Step Guide will be how…

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How To DeFi (Beginners) Part Two Chapter 3 The Decentralized Layer: Ethereum Gas is the unit of measure of the amount of computational effort required to execute a transaction or a smart contract. 1 gwei (gas price) = 0.000000001 ETH (note there are nine decimal places) - smart contract execution needs 23,000 gas units. - market rate for gas price is 4 gwei. 23,000 gas x 4 gwei = 92,000 gwei = 0.000092 ETH

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How To DeFi (Beginners) Part Two Chapter 3 The Decentralized Layer: Ethereum Main Functions - Dapps, interfaces that interact with the blockchain through smart contracts - creating DAOs - issuing tokens e.g. ERC20 and NFT

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Starlink is now available in the Ukraine after the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine @federovmykhailo appeals to @elonmusk for #Starlink internet service to #Ukraine. 10 hours later @elonmusk tweeted that it was done. Users in Ukraine will need #satellite dishes that connect to Starlink satellites and ground stations for internet. This means if Russian troops damage internet communications, government officials will still have access to #twitter and their #bitcoin wallets

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the routine is slightly different on Sundays - beach run - 750 stairs - feta spinach roll and expresso from #Scarborough #SLSC canteen - body surf - buy groceries - walk home

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How to give a #Bandhan to the people of #Ukraine write with your right hand on the open palm of your left hand, the subject of the Bandhan. In this case the people of Ukraine. Use your right hand to circle clockwise the left palm and occassionally throwing the negativity towards the earth. This is more effective when done collectively as a group. Bandhan in Sahaja Yoga means to "tie up" (#Kundalini) or "wind up" #vibrations (to get something done). www.sahajayoga.com.au…

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I really do not like lawnmowers, noisey smelly things. We have about 15 square metres of grass which gets cut using a pair of sharp hedge shears. The grass is allowed to dry and gets sprinkled lightly over the flower and herb gardens as a mulch. Similar process to hay making. This is a very satisfying task. But then I am a farmers son.

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#Russian TV playing #Ukrainian Songs. Is that the #Anonymous playlist? If it is indeed true then that has to be funny, ironic and karma all rolled into a damn awesome #Hack. The nerds are ganging up on the school yard bully.

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Even #Noise is getting in on the #sanctions bandwagon. Been following the @cryptorah saga and his being in #NoisePrison and the support from fellow noisers. Then there was the post from @Eybyoung that suggested the sanctions are imposed "rightly" because the person has not been "consistent". According to my dictionary @cryptorah has been "consistent". Even spammers are very "consistent" to the point of the extreme. So I don't think consistency is the issue. Maybe something…

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Stopped at local library to check out as a possible place to meet a client for a crypto refresher In the far corner hidden from sight is the newspaper reading lounge. Couldn't resist turning a few pages. What stuck out from all the "war" news was a thought bubble about how Russian invasion of Ukraine affects the Belt and Road Initiative, formerly known as One Belt One Road. The Belt and Road Initiative is Xi's signature geopolitical project. And Russia and Ukraine are…

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Bragato18CCS update Task Based Learning Module 1.0 and 1.1 have been completed and are ready for tomorrows refresher. 1.0 - Coinspot Cash Deposit Guide 1.1 - Coinspot BUY Guide Coinspot is a local crypto exchange that I recommend to clients. Module 1.0 was emailed yesterday for him to complete, as the payee needs to be activated by the bank. That can take 24 hours. Then subsequent deposits are instant. Have printed off copies of the guides, as it will be easier to follow,…