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Presented here is the simplest form of numerically delineated value transfer ever invented, implemented on an architecture that can credibly scale to handle multiples of the current worldwide monetary transaction volume at an extremely low cost per transaction with an extremely low, single-digit-milliseconds internal latency.
It works just fine in Firefox. What are you talking about?
Works for me.
Nobody uses Bitcoin that way--everybody uses the very centralized and very identified brokerages like Binance to actually buy and sell it. The libertarian fantasies of "currency without governments" never materialized nor will it.
Bitcoin will always be just another speculation instrument because it's too slow and too expensive to used for any other purpose. The reason is this useless religious garbage called "blockchain".
3% FF market share + startup with limited resources = use Chrome, I guess...
What if Bitcoin became popular despite the fact that it was based on blockchain rather than because of it? What if blockchain is a technical fail that's going to join things like NoSQL in the ash heap?
Haypenny is digital currency done the right way. Because of that, it's fast, secure, private, and it's far easier to use for average consumers.
I still don't understand why nobody seems to be able to answer the question that everybody would want to know the answer to, which is:
Is it possible to get at the encrypted user data of a locked MacBook or not?
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Yes or no, please...
Bottom line, can you use this exploit to read the user data on a recent (2019+) iPhone or MacBook if you have possession of the device and it's locked? Yes or no?