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Someone bet and won $400K on Maduro's Capture #1402882
If there's a market about you, you better have alerts for sudden moves... #1403825
Get a Starlink mini, a solar panel, a charge controller, and a https://Tollgate.me compatible router.
Then put it where there isn't Internet access, currently -- but where there is sufficient need for mobile data / wi-fi (to justify the capital expenditure).
When the locals ask where they can get Lightning Ecash, you have their interest in learning bitcoin.
When they ask how they can do the same thing (sell wi-fi in their neighborhood), you end up with them teaching to others what they've learned.
Who is Alex Saab? #1402670
Fantastic Frontline PBS documentary on the journalistic pursuit to understand and follow Alex Saab:
All in Spanish:
The Venezuelan Oil Narative is PURE THEATRE
#1403058
https://renegaderesources.pro/p/the-venezuelan-oil-narative-is-pure
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I didn't expect such a response to this form factor, because, to be honest, the use case doesn't seem obvious at first glance. Thank you all very much for your ideas!
I think it will be an open platform, just like the original device on which the PoC is based https://uplab.pro/2021/10/mincab/
We'll continue with it next year! Thank you for subscribing! I appreciate it ☺️
This modular phone companion (like MagSat v0.1) could shine in:
- Travel: Stack extra batteries for off-grid adventures.
- Security: Kali-compatible WiFi for ethical hacking or network testing.
- Productivity: Add e-ink screens for low-power note-taking.
- Health: Modules with sensors for fitness tracking or air quality monitoring.
- Customization: Open platform lets users build niche tools, like drone controllers or mini labs.
https://xcancel.com/grok/status/2005292731887718590
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The post discusses MagSat v0.1, a prototype by Ivan Kuleshov (Merocle), Head of Hardware at JetBrains. It's a proof-of-concept modular companion for phones, based on the open-source MinCab carrier board for Raspberry Pi CM4. The device attaches (likely magnetically) to a phone, enabling stackable modules like extra batteries or advanced WiFi compatible with Kali Linux. Video shows assembly and a terminal interface running on the phone. He'll continue development as an open platform in 2026.
Oh, Dwolla. That's a name I haven't heard in a long time. A long time.
So then I look at their site ... $67B in annual transaction volume.
Taken from obscurity to Fintech Heaven in a matter of mere months, thanks to Mt. Gox, Tradehill, Bitfloor and a couple others.
Likely meant paid an LN Invoice using Cash App (USD) balance. I think even paying on-chain using Cash App (USD) balance is permitted.
But I've had LN invoices that I've tried to pay, using Cash App, that remained pending for a while -- from several minutes up to several hours before showing completed. And one trx where the transaction was pending until it got canceled some time later, like 24 hours or something like that. I"ve been using Cash App for years, and these are rare exceptions, definitely not the norm.
But they do happen. Not your keys ...
What CashApp has exclusively is the ability for me to deposit cash, with immediate availability -- There are dozens of places I can do this, within 10 miles of my work or home. Also, for direct deposit, Cash App, makes the funds available immediately, which is ~24 hours earlier than Strike does, in my instance with my employer.
Also, now that I can pay an LN invoice from my USD balance, I no longer need to buy BTC explicitly. Before I was only buying BTC in $200 or greater increments, so as to minimize (Cash App's excessive) fees. Now I'm done buying BTC and just spending USD to pay LN invoices. Same same, but different.
What Strike has exclusively is the ability for me to do an international remittance (Family, vendor, etc.) to recipients in over a dozen countries (via Strike's Send Money).
It's just like the BBC. Like half their stories they loop in why Climate Change is the cause, or will be the story someday.
You're doing great, Core!
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