Second time that OpenTimestamps has been used to secure election results in the US: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/bitcoin-blockchain-used-to-secure-results-of-tennessee-countys-republican-convention-vote

“When you see that “cloud” seeming to “settle” fast, realize it isn’t a cloud and it isn’t settling. It is a supersonic sandblasting spray flying ballistically away from the camera at 2-3 kilometers per second, crossing the horizon and impacting many kilometers across the Moon.” https://x.com/DrPhiltill/status/1897043829917929838

They want to sanction your Bitcoin wallet.

Yet until today the US didn't even bother designating the Houthies as a terrorist organization.

Good time to remind people of my Ripple paper: https://github.com/petertodd/ripple-consensus-analysis-paper/blob/master/paper.pdf

They want to ban self-custody of your Bitcoin. But it's ok for the BBC to give money to a Hamas member to make a documentary so full of blatant pro-Hamas lies that the BBC had to pull it off the air.

“The offer and sale of meme coins does not involve an investment in an enterprise nor is it undertaken with a reasonable expectation of profits”

😁😁😁

One of the most interesting executive orders so far: Trump is (again) forcing hospitals to advertise accurate pricing information.

I say again because he already tried doing this in 2019 with another executive order requiring the disclosure of pricing for 300 common services. But sounds like actual compliance isow.

OpenTimestamps on a Malta government website.

Also, OpenTimestamps for telemedicine: https://smile.wien/en/securing-telehealths-future-how-virtual-patient-ai-leverages-blockchain-timestamping

One of the things I'm doing with the Simple Proof funding is working on a total re-write of the rust-opentimestamps library. I'm hoping improve the API and make it more useful, as well as implement missing functionality like actually creating timestamps.

You can see my progress here: https://github.com/petertodd/rust-opentimestamps

Ukraine is bringing back pulsejet engines – just like the V2 rockets – to bomb Russia at $4k/missile.

If DOGE knew what they were doing they'd be learning lessons here...

Russia has repeatedly flown attack drones full of explosives through Romania to attack Ukraine without permission. It's was just a matter of time before a Romanian was killed by one of these drones – a significant percentage fail and they've repeatedly crashed on Romanian soil.

Romania finally changed the law to allow their air force to shoot these dangerous drones down. Which they can easily and safely do out at sea.

Absurdly, 99 Romanian politicians – all from a pro-Russian party - voted against the law. Just treasonous.

Direct attack on the Chernobyl containment shield by a Russian drone.

They're just evil. Negotiations are stupid. the only goal that makes sense is exterminating them.

"If snakes had lips"

“The Office for Budget Responsibility calculates that a low-skilled migrant by the age of 80 will, on average, have cost the taxpayer £582,000 and low-wage migration in general will end up producing a net fiscal cost running into the tens of billions.”

Nice to see more coverage from mainstream media that acknowledges that low skilled immigration does not contribute to the economy. The idea that it'll fix declining birthrates is a blatant lie.