Birb's posts on decentralized web

charlieheart

2018-06-16 13:45

A bug in the ICON smart contract has disabled all ICX token transfers

As reported by bitcoinist.com a bug in the ICON smart contract has disabled all ICX token transfers. The bug is reportedly a flaw in the following modifier code modifier onlyFromWallet { require(msg.sender

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charlieheart

etherium

2018-06-15 21:49

William Hinman gives speech at SEC, says Etherium is not a security

William Hinman, Director of Division of Corporation Finance in US Security and Exchange Commission has recently given a speech at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit in San Francisco. In this speech he

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charlieheart

lightening

2018-06-12 11:24

Satoshi's place - state of bitcoin scalability demostrated with NSFW pixel art game

Lightening network is a layer 2 scalability solution for bitcoin and other bitcoin-like cryptocurrencies. The Lightening protocol allows for fast and cheap micropayments and is seeing rising adoption as

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charlieheart

bittrex

2018-06-05 11:57

Bittrex opens USD trading pairs for corporate customers, aims to expand the service in the future.

As reported by Bittrex communications team on 31 of May, Bittrex has added USD traiding pairs for its corporate clients and is planning to to expand these services overtime to include all qualified customers.

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charlieheart

russia

2018-05-24 09:55

Investigation reveals MH17 was shot down by Russia

An international team of investigators has confirmed that the "Buk" missile launcher used to shoot down MH17 over Ukraine was part of the Russian armed forces Joint Investigation Team reported

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charlieheart

stablecoin

2018-05-22 13:26

Havven: a smart stablecoin.

One of the main drawbacks present in most cryptocurrencies is extreme volatility. This obviously is huge problem that prevents wide adoption of cryptocurrencies. Stablecoins intend to solve this issue

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charlieheart

libertarian

2018-05-21 12:42

Russian Libertarian on Border Control

Vera Kichanova, a member of Russian Libertarian Party, has recently shared this post on Facebook voicing her opinion on border control, which I think is very on point. From now on I officially refuse to

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charlieheart

georgia

2018-05-16 09:26

Protest in Georgia

Several thousand young people got together near the parliament building in Tbilisi on the 12th of May. They demanded resignation of PM Kvirikashvili and the minister of internal affairs. Protesters gathered

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charlieheart

gaza

2018-05-15 11:02

Protests in Gaza amid opening of US embassy in Jerusalem

This is the picture of the official opening of a US embassy in Jerusalem. This is what was happening on the Gaza border. Palestinian health officials have reported at least 52 people killed by Israeli

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charlieheart

kazakhstan

2018-05-11 16:26

Protests in Kazakhstan

Yesterday on the 10th of May a few hundred of people in Almaty, Astana, Uralsk and Shymkent went out to protest against the use of torture and political imprisonment by the government of Kazakhstan. People

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charlieheart

armenia

2018-05-08 14:50

Armenian protests: Conclusion?

Today the leader of the Armenian opposition party "Elk" Nikol Pashinyan after long weeks of protests and negotiations was finally elected prime minister of Armenia. The republican party, which

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charlieheart

russia

2018-05-05 15:11

Protests in Russia "He is not our tzar"

Today was another day of protests for Russian opposition. Today's protests, some of which were approved by the state, others not, were going under the slogan "he is not our tzar" and are related

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charlieheart

armenia

2018-05-04 15:25

Update on the Armenian protests

On the 2nd of May after a 9hr meeting the Armenian parliament Nikol Pashinyan, the leader of the recent protests did not get enough votes to become the new prime-minister. He needed 53 votes, but only

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charlieheart

syria

2018-05-03 13:54

Russian jet crushed in Syria

Russian Jet SU-30SM has crashed this morning above the Mediterranean in Syria after taking off from Khmeimim airbase. Both pilots are dead. Russian Defense Ministry reports that the plane was not taken

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war

2018-04-26 14:13

US and EU countries sponsor genocide in Yemen

While all of the media attention is directed to Syria, the alleged gas attacks and escalation of US military involvement, another conflict in the middle east - the Yemeni civil war - is very rarely mentioned.

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charlieheart

armenia

2018-04-24 13:14

Armenian Prime Minister Resigns

Armenian prime-minister Serzh Sargsyan, who was elected on 17th of April, which caused massive protests has finally resigned. Sargsyan has been president of Armenia for 10 years. After changes to constitution,

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charlieheart

freedom

2018-04-19 14:07

Protests in Armenia

For 10 years Serzh Sargsyan was president of Armenia. He initiated changes to the Constitution which made Armenia become a Parliamentary Republic. According to the amendments the president would be majorly

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charlieheart

freedom

2018-04-18 12:24

Cenzorship in the digital age.

On the 16th of April Roskomnadzor (RKN), Russian government entity supervising the internet, has started blocking Telegram. This has happened because Durov refused to provide the Federal Security Service

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charlieheart

libertarian

2018-04-17 21:14

Portuguese model for drug decriminalization

On July 1, 2001, a nationwide law in Portugal took effect that decriminalized all drugs, including cocaine and heroin. Under the new legal framework, all drugs were “decriminalized,” but not “legalized.”

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charlieheart

libertarian

2018-04-16 19:33

What about taxation?

Social contract theory implies that individuals have consented, either explicitly or implicitly, to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority of the government. While this thought can

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