GelatoEconomist

"ungoogle the googled, unbank the banked" 😜 🤐🔗

•slow food
•off the beaten path
•minimalism

Time is even more scarce than Bitcoin ⏳

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gelatoeconomist@bitcoiner.chat

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zippysnake5@primal.net

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2024-09-17 14:41:02

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Deutschmark & Ostmark
Deutschmark (DM / D-mark) - the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the euro in 2002.
Ostmark (DDM) - the official currency of East Germany, from 1948 until the unified Germany in 1990.
#finance #money #economics #exchange #history #economy #Internet #nostr #newstr #Germany #BerlinWall #HomoSapiens #Bitcoin #crypto #IndustrialEvolution #technology
Source:
https://www.banknoteworld.com/blog/the-east-german-ostmark/
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2516/4089394333_ea792693f1.jpg
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_German_mark
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deutsche_Mark&wprov=rarw1

2024-09-14 18:27:07

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America Invertida - Joaquín Torres García, 1943 😎
#WhereIsUp #travelling #nostr #maps #asknostr #PointOfView

2024-09-14 10:33:32

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2024-09-10 08:24:15

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Fureai Kippu ("caring relationship ticket") - a Japanese time-based currency 💴 ⌚. The basic unit is an hour of labour helping an elderly person. Time credits can be earned by participants of self-help organizations/ "paid volunteers" and later redeemed when they themselves need help. Fureai kippu is inflation-proof money (⏳ 1 hour = 1 hour).
#economics #finance #money #economy #time #space #nostr #newstr #Japan #currency
Source:
https://atlasofthefuture.org/project/fureai-kippu-currency/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fureai_kippu
https://monneta.org/en/fureai-kippu-caring-currencies-in-japan/

2024-09-08 12:51:54

Why bicycles?
-they don't have head units/SIM cards
-no need for fuel
-simple construction
-you can repair it on your own (for example flat tire)
-fresh air & sun
-quicker movement than walking
-easy parking
-conditioning traing = better feeling & health
What else?
#sports #FitLife #bicycles #privacy #AI #travelling #technology #nostr #newstr #asknostr

2024-09-06 11:36:35

GM 🌞

2024-09-03 05:58:43

Free speech key (nsec) 🔑📢
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#nostr #keys #PrivateKey #PublicKey #SocialMedia #FreeSpeech #HumanRights #DigitalRights #newstr #Internet #tech #gif #motivation #NostrDaily

2024-09-02 11:26:39

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Company scrip - a substitute for legal tender/currency; tokens or paper with a monetary value issued by a company to pay it's employees. Scrips can only be used & have value at specific locations such as a town or factory's area.
#company #finance #money #ethics #coins #tokens #economics #gaming #rugpull #currency
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_scrip

2024-09-01 07:33:36

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Findom - financial domination; a fetish lifestyle in which a financial submissive ("paypig" / "human ATM" / "finsub") desires to give gifts or money to a financial dominant ("findomme" / "findom")
#finance #money #economics #BDSM #paypig #findomme #domination #mistress #master #ATM #nostr #news #fetish #newstr #education #keys #asknostr
Source:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_domination
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2024-08-31 12:08:23

When Elon Musk moves to nostr? He can be a CEO here, too.
#asknostr

2024-08-25 12:52:29

"The IJOP is a system of systems. It gathers information from, but not limited to, gas stations, checkpoints on the street, and access-controlled areas such as communities and schools. It pulls information from these facilities, as well as CCTV cameras, integrates them, and monitors them for “unusual” activity or behavior that triggers alerts that authorities then investigate.
IJOP receives information about gas usage, electricity usage, and package delivery.
The app even includes information about whether someone is using the front door or back door of their home.
For example, we knew that there are the checkpoints, but now we know that some checkpoints are equipped with “data doors,” which covertly collect information from people, such as IMEI numbers, which are unique identifiers assigned to devices, and log this data for identification and tracking purposes."
#AI #surveillance #OutsideTheBox #OffTheBeatenPath #MovementControl #CheckPoint #Panopticon #tech #news #Xinjiang #China
Source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/05/01/interview-chinas-big-brother-app

2024-08-24 19:15:14

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How do those TollGates reduce reliance on ISPs?
I've never heard about it before.

2024-08-24 17:35:44

Is there any "Machankura" alternative that works in EU? In case Internet shuts down.
#asknostr #Bitcoin #crypto

2024-08-23 12:57:31

Charga-Plate - possibly first credit card / credit card system; a dogtag-like metal plate with name and address on one side and owner's signature on the other. Designed to save delay and to protect the charge customer from fraud.
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#shopping #CreditCard #history #economics #money #finance #Bitcoin #crypto #P2P #QR
#evolution #economy #HomoSapiens #debt #bdsm #leash
Source: http://blog.buffalostories.com/tag/charga-plate/

2024-08-23 11:25:51

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UPDATE: Bitcoin is as important as Nostr
#update #thinking #HardLife #LifeHack #world

2024-08-23 11:14:19

Why are UN officials not getting paid in Bitcoin and why are they not using Nostr?
#asknostr

2024-08-23 09:08:11

Bitcoin is important but Nostr is importanter.
If Nostr wins, then Bitcoin will win, too.
#FreeSpeech #censorship #tech #Internet #freedom #SocialMedia #newstr #news #AskNostr

2024-08-21 14:19:03

Technocracy - rule by the selected experts through technological coercion.
Source: Anon
#technology #Internet #BigTech #AI #money #decentralization #freedom #tech #news #newstr #asknostr #wikifreedia #nostr #edu

2024-08-21 09:44:13

WORD OF THE DAY: "money mule" or "smurfer"
Money mule / smurfer - a person who transfers/launders money acquired illegaly (using for example own bank account/crypto wallet) on behalf of others for quick and easy profits.
#economics #money #finance #economy #transfers #EasyMoney #scams
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_mule
https://cybernews.com/news/student-jobs-money-mules-fraud/

2024-08-17 13:40:46

Marriage market cards - a form of trade/exchange/dating in China; cards containing info such as gender, birth year, height, educational level, occupation, monthly salary, partner requirements, and phone number at the bottom for contact. Cards are mainly used by parents to find a life partner for their kids and to have an own backup for retirement.
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#economics #money #PensionFund #retirement #dating #PlayingCards #nostr #love #Bitcoin #crypto #economy #finance
Source: https://ltl-shanghai.com/shanghai-marriage-market/
https://fba.help/blog/chinese-mentality/marriage-markets-in-china

2024-08-08 16:58:25

The ultimate proof-of-inflation - banknote street-art
"Several artists have set up stalls in the historic area of downtown Bogotá selling a variety of crafts and artwork using the older Venezuelan bolívars (also known as bolívar fuerte). These notes have recently gone out of circulation as the government replaced them with bolívar soberano in an effort to tackle hyperinflation."
#economics #money #nostr #newstr #news #hyperinflation #economy #Bitcoin #FIAT #crypto #finance
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Source:
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/venezuela-currency-art-crafts

2024-08-08 08:01:55

Aahat (punch-marked coins) - early coinage of India, dating to between about the 6th and 2nd centuries BC. Each coin contained on average 50–54 grains of silver. Most common punches were: the sun and six-armed symbols, and various forms of geometrical patterns, circles, wheels, human figures, various animals, bows and arrows, hills and trees.
#economics #history #money #world #nostr #newstr #coinage #economy
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-marked_coins
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2024-08-07 14:13:02

WORD OF THE DAY: "0-DAY" or "zero-day"
zero-day - a name for exploits/malware/viruses that rely on unpatched vulnerabilities in software. They abuse monopolistic/centralized nature of internet (as most people use the same software such as iOS, android, windows, macOS). Zero-day attacks can also be used to attack the internet of things (IoT) such as smart fridges, light bulbs,
wi-fi routers, smart watches, home cameras, thermostats, intelligent control systems, etc.
Famous "pegasus" is a malware reserved only for governments.
0-days are available for companies/groups, rich individuals & governments, too.
Prices:
"Zero-day exploits that grant access to a chat application, web browser, or email can be valued at up to $500,000.
Whereas zero-day vulnerabilities that allow access to someone's phone without any user interaction can command prices all the way up to
$2.5 million."
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#DigitalAge #HackWorld #security #cyber #newstr #nostr #economics #money #GelatoEconomist #IoT #smartphones #tech #news
Source: https://securityboulevard.com/2024/06/zero-day-marketplace-explained-how-zerodium-bugtraq-and-fear-contributed-to-the-rise-of-the-zero-day-vulnerability-black-market/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_for_zero-day_exploits

2024-08-06 14:07:28

WORD OF THE DAY: "HOT POTATO"
Hot potato - an asset/money/token/product that is flipped/sold/exchanged/spent/passed on
quite quickly/frequently in order to achieve maximum profits in a short period of time & to prevent from depreciation in value over time or a financial loss. People holding a hot potato often have a clear exit strategy.
(If) hot potato eaten = (then) rug pull occured.
#HotPotato #MashedPotatoes #cooking #foodstr #asknostr #WikiFreedia #nostr #FinancialTime #economics #GelatoEconomy #MonkeyNFTs #tokens #VC #trading #stocks

2024-08-04 13:10:46

🖕 TikTok / DouYin
"In recent years, Tibetans, especially singers, small traders doing businesses online, debates among people online, meetings, educating through online, and all kinds of live broadcasts on Douying have to speak Chinese, even if they don't want to, they start by apologising to Tibetans while they are speaking Chinese, and if they don't speak Chinese, they can't continue the live broadcast. It is very difficult to openly criticise the Douying Company and the Chinese government, as they risk detention, arrest and imprisonment simply for criticising them."
#technocracy #tech #nostr #news #newstr #TikTok #DouYin #DigitalTimes #censorship #BigTech #Internet #SocialMedia #FreeSpeech
Source: https://thetibetpost.com/news/132-tibet/14321-tibetans-express-anger-at-banning-tibetan-language-in-chinese-app-douying

2024-08-02 19:02:38

Unpopular question: Why are olympic gold medals called gold medals if they are mostly made of silver? 🤔
Gold medals are made of at least 92.5% silver, and about 6 grams of gold.
#asknostr
Source: https://inews.co.uk/sport/olympic-medals-real-gold-what-made-how-muc-3199910

2024-08-02 13:31:45

🍨SCOOP OF THE DAY: "MATCH GROUP, INC."
Match Group, Inc. - an american tech company that operates the largest global portfolio of dating sites, is traded on Nasdaq, had 3.36 billion US$ in revenue in 2023. Headquarter: Dallas, Texas.
Dating services owned:
Archer, Asian People Meet, Azar, Baby Boomer, People Meet, Black People Meet2, Black Christian, People Meet, Black Professional People Meet, BLK, Catholic People Meet, Chinese People Meet, Chispa, Delightful, Democratic People Meet, Divorced People Meet, GenX People Meet, Hakuna, Hinge, India Match, Interracial People Meet, Italian People Meet, J People Meet, Latino People Meet, LDS Planet, Little People Meet, Loveandseek, Marriage Minded People Meet, Match.com, Meetic, OkCupid, Ourtime, Pairs, Peoplemeet, Petpeoplemeet, Plenty of Fish, Republican People Meet, Senior Black People Meet, Ship, Single People Meet, Stir, The League, Tinder, Upward, Yuzu, Veggie People Meet
#dating #tech #BigTech #love #AI #data #money #economics #centralization #Internet #privacy #newstr #nostr #news #economy
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Group

2024-07-31 16:26:42

Daric - a gold coin / a silver coin; monetary standard of the Persian/Achaemenid Empire, dating back to 4th century BC. First coins were introduced by Cyrus the Great. However, a new thick gold coin was introduced by Darius I. It's standard weight was 8.4 grams & gold's purity 95.83%.
#history #money #coins #coinage #money #finance #HomoSapiens #economics #FIAT #Bitcoin #cryptocurrencies #gold #nostr #edu #Internet
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daric
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2024-07-28 10:45:06

Breaking: another day, another hack & data breach
😂😂😂
#NothingNew #Internet #news #newstr #nostr #gm

2024-07-27 13:25:59

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Source: https://www.britannica.com/science/personality-disorder
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori

2024-07-27 13:24:16

hikikomori - a socially avoidant behaviour (for more than 6 months) such as refusal to go outside of the home, to work, or to attend school, as well as withdrawing from social communication. Formally recognized and defined in Japan in the 1990s. It has been documented in many other countries with broad cultural differences.
"Some psychologists note the importance of considering whether hikikomori is a new condition that stems from current broad sociocultural conditions. Much of this thinking focuses on the impact of social media and the Internet."
#SocialMedia #Internet #hikikomori #privacy #DigitalRights #InternetFreedom #FreePress #technocracy #panoptykon #censorship
#news #newstr #nostr #psychology #digital #BigTech #data #cyber

2024-07-27 11:47:39

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KYC

2024-07-27 11:32:12

neo-Luddism - a movement in modern society; people who free themselves from social networks, or even reject the technology completely. Market's growth of "dumb phones" is a side effect and a clear sign of this evolving social movement.
#society #media #newstr #movements #freedom #surveillance #distraction #news #DigitalRights #privacy #offline #DigitalSlavery #FreePress #InternetFreedom #tech #smartphones #cybersecurity #finance #economics #Bitcoin #money #GelatoEconomist

2024-07-23 06:57:27

WORD OF THE DAY: "walled garden"
walled garden - a closed platform or environment, wherein the service provider controls and approves access to applications, content, and media.
Examples: Apple Store, Google Play Store, Huawei AppGallery, Facebook, Weibo, X (Twitter)
#slang #Internet #tech #OpenSource #AnotherBrickInTheWall #GeoFencing #newstr #news #nostr
Source: https://www.techslang.com/definition/what-is-a-walled-garden/

2024-07-22 14:31:34

🍨SCOOP: Citizen journalist showing concentration camps in China 🎬🔍
#CitizenJournalism #GuanGuan #newstr #news #Xinjiang #China #nostr #FreeSpeech #OpenSource #OpenSourceEverything #tech #privacy #uyghur #ConcentrationCamps #HumanRights
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cI8bJO-to8I

2024-07-21 09:24:47

BREAKING: "Italy Highlights Open Source's Key Role in Public Service Digitalisation"
BREAKING 2: "Switzerland has enacted the "Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfilment of Governmental Tasks" (EMBAG), establishing a mandatory requirement for open source software within public sector bodies."
#StepByStep #OpenSource #Internet #tech #newstr #EU #evolution
SOURCE: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/italys-public-service-digital-strategy-updated
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/new-open-source-law-switzerland

2024-07-20 12:33:30

Internet & tech are centralized as f*ck 💁🙆🙊
Are you surprised? 👻
#newstr #history #Internet #tech #memes #offline #SinglePointOfFailure #NothingNew #travelling #BoardingPass #memestr #nostr #decentralize
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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/microsoft-windows-data-blackout-downs-major-financial-firms-airlines

2024-07-19 16:43:42

Disney dollar - a scrip sold by The Walt Disney Company and redeemable for goods or services at many Disneyland facilities. Pegged by US dollars. First used in 1987. Distribution stopped in 2016. Features: microprinting, reflective ink and imprinting on the front and back of the bill to deter scanning and copying, printed with serial numbers and letters which are unique to each bill, had small bits of glitter scattered on them.
Issuing authority: Scrooge McDuck
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#economics #finance #money #disney #GelatoEconomist #scrip #Bitcoin #crypto #history #nostr #tech #edu
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Disney_Dollars&diffonly=true
http://www.ourdepartureboard.com/blog/disney-dollars-ultimate-guide
https://www.icollector.com/1990-5-Disney-Dollars-Note_i28935959
https://www.flickr.com/photos/41839111@N00/124593612

2024-07-18 14:09:38

Shell money - commodity money, used worldwide (some places even today like in Papua New Guinea). Small, portable, durable, neutral, impossible to counterfeit and stable against inflation.
Chinese traditional character 貝 (simplified 贝) bèi depicts probably the most popular type of shell money used in ancient China and worldwide - cowrie shells (Cypraea moneta/Monetaria moneta).
On the other hand, Inuit and Native Americans prefered dentalium shells and used them as an international trade item.
Some places shells were/are fastened together in strings of forty or one-hundred each, so that fifty or twenty strings represented a dollar.
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#economics #finance #money #HomoSapiens #ShellMoney #GelatoEconomist #history #trade #world #Bitcoin #cryptocurrency #technology #Internet
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_money
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/features/shell-money-papua-new-guinea/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentalium_shell
https://www.messynessychic.com/2019/03/18/when-seashells-were-money/

2024-07-17 21:22:48

Pearl - a type of gemstone that is formed when an irritant enters the shell of a mollusk.
Types of pearls: freshwater pearls, saltwater pearls, cultured pearls. Size: 6 to 15 millimeters. Price range: $1 to $100,000.
"The global pearl market is currently valued at just over $10 billion."
"Originating in Mesopotamia, the pearl trade flourished in the Indian Ocean all along the Persian Gulf, the South China Sea and the Sea of Japan where it remained for millennia before demand from the monarchies of Europe sparked dives across the Western hemisphere."
"From the mid-18th century with the rise of global trade, the Gulf’s pearl industry exploded; trade routes that connected Indian, Persian, and Turkish lands meant that the pearl eventually flooded European and Chinese markets. By the late 19th century, it is estimated that around 60,000 people, almost the entire population of the Arabian Gulf, stretching from Kuwait along Saudi Arabia to Bahrain, Qatar, and the Sultanate of Oman were involved in pearling, at times representing up to 95% of local incomes."
"The pearling industry was dominated by slave labor, and male slaves were used as pearl divers until the final abolition of slavery in the Gulf states in the period of 1937–1971. Thousands of slaves from India and Africa were transported through Zanzibar into the region in order to meet the world’s gargantuan demand for pearls."
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#nostr #money #finance #trade #history #economy #economics #pearls #slavery #FreedomMoney #HomoSapiens #Bitcoin #crypto #trading #technology #Internet
Source:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_hunting
https://oec.world/en/profile/hs/pearl-products
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephanrabimov/2023/06/09/the-sustainable-luxury-of-pearls-how-a-neolithic-gem-won-over-millennials/
https://www.pearlparadise.com/pages/pearl-price
https://oliviaandpearl.com/blogs/blog/pearl-cultivation?pb=0
https://www.forevernetco.com/product/2/28/4
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl
https://atmos.earth/a-cultural-and-mythological-history-of-pearling-in-the-arabian-gulf/

2024-07-17 11:29:16

Jade - decorative rocks (from creamy white to greenish). Term jade often used for both jadeite and nephrite.
The most valuable is "Hotan jade" being pure white & termed "mutton fat". It's price reached 3000$ per ounce in 2010.
"The major source of Chinese nephrite is Hotan in western China's Xinjiang Province, while jadeite comes from the Hpakan region of Upper Myanmar (Burma)."
"Environmental watchdog Global Witness valued Kachin’s jade (northern state in Myanmar) trade at up to US $31 billion, with 50 to 80% being sold illegally to China."
"At least three people were killed in a December 2021 landslide, while a 2020 landslide claimed 162 lives and another in 2015 killed 113."
"Chinese term '玉石之路' (jade road) exists within Chinese archaeological and cultural articles (and even in business and travel magazines) as a prehistory to the 'Silk Road'. There exists evidence of a jade trade during the Neolithic Period (12,000 – 2200 BCE) and the Bronze Age (2200 – 500 BCE) in China well before silk was transported along the 'Silk Road'."
#economics #jade #trade #economy #rocks #money #environment #HumanRights #finance #art #news #nostr #mining #Bitcoin #gold #cash #crypto #JadeRoad #SilkRoad #history #technology
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Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/29/global-witness-report-jade-in-myanmar
https://lotusgemology.com/resources/articles/460-jade-a-lifetime-seeking-heaven
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lup/publication/3864130
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/09/29/915604532/how-a-beloved-gemstone-became-a-symbol-of-environmental-tragedy-in-myanmar
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/analysis-myanmars-gemstone-riches-bring-poverty-and-environmental-destruction/
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/myanmars-largest-jade-mining-town-semi-precious-stone-prized-chinese-costs-more-money
https://eu.gainesville.com/story/news/2010/09/21/jade-from-chinas-west-surpasses-gold-in-value/31775921007/

2024-07-15 08:36:17

SCOOP OF THE DAY: "Big data swindling"
Big data swindling - algorithmic discrimination by which the prices for the same goods and services online are hiked up for existing customers, based on gathered information and data analytics.
#BigData #algorithms #OpenSource #news #swindling #world #technology #finance #money #GelatoEconomist #BigTech #privacy #trending #nostr #newstr #scoop
Source: https://chinamediaproject.org/the_ccp_dictionary/big-data-swindling/

2024-07-14 11:31:40

Ottoman lira - the currency of the Ottoman Empire from 1844 until 1927, later replaced by Turkish lira.
1-lira note dated 1875, contains text in Persian, Turkish, French, Greek, Armenian and Arabic
Until the 1930s, the Arabic script was used on Turkish coins and banknotes.
#MoneyTellsStories #finance #economics #money
#FIAT #Bitcoin #crypto #BitcoinStandard #history
#GelatoEconomist #cash
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_lira
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2024-07-12 10:17:06

Japanese scrip (Edo period) - Originally used only as a representation of amounts of rice but quickly became a currency. Most scrip carried a face value in silver coinage, but gold and copper scrip also circulated. Issued around 1600 by Shinto priests also working as merchants in the Ise-Yamada.
Private notes had been printed for purposes such as payment of workers on construction projects. Domains issued scrip to supplement coins in times of shortage and to adjust the amount in circulation. By the end of the period, eight out of ten domains issued paper.
#finance #history #money #coinage #economics #scrip #Bitcoin #crypto #FIAT #BitcoinStandard
#economy
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrip_of_Edo_period_Japan
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2024-07-11 16:16:25

BREAKING: "Myanmar junta restricts cash withdrawal at banks amid economic crisis. Withdrawals have increased as kyat loses value and economy tanks."
#economics #GelatoEconomist #news #finance #banking #money #diary #bondage #bdsm
Source: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/myanmar-economy-bank-withdrawal-limits-07102024162422.html

2024-07-11 06:31:12

Food stamps & vouchers during a communist period in Poland (1980s)
A rationing mechanism was implemented to regulate the distribution of vital commodities.
Citizens were allocated quotas (monthly allotments) for flour, candy, chocolates, detergent, cigarettes, alcohol, soap, oil/lard, meat and milk.
#scrip #money #economics #finance #GelatoEconomist #diary #vouchers #Bitcoin #crypto #history #CentralPlanning #communism
Source: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/food-rationing-communist-poland/
https://polishforums.com/history/food-stamps-communist-era-64898/
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2024-07-10 15:41:41

Soviet ruble - currency of the soviet union, where the central government controlled prices and the exchange of currency (planned economy). Introduced by State Bank Of The Soviet Union in 1922. One ruble was divided into 100 (копейка) kopeyka.
Used in Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia & Ukraine until 1992.
Used in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan until 1993.
Used in Tajikistan until 1994.
#money #finance #FIAT #economics #Bitcoin #crypto #sovereignty #ImperialMoney #slavery #history #economy
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_ruble
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2024-07-10 14:31:22

Guinea coin - a coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold. "Guinea" was not an official name for the coin, but much of the gold used to produce the early coins came from Guinea (largely modern Ghana) in West Africa. The coin was produced every year between 1663 and 1684, with an elephant appearing on some coins. The elephant, with or without a howdah, was the emblem of the Royal African Company (RAC), which had been granted a monopoly on English trade with Africa in slaves, gold and other goods, from 1672 until 1698; gold imported from Africa by the RAC bore the elephant emblem beneath the monarch's head on the coin.
#coinage #history #gold #economics #finance #banking #money #Bitcoin #crypto
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_(coin)
https://www.royalmint.com/shop/monarch/king-charles-ii/1663-1684-Charles-II-Guinea/
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2024-07-09 06:46:27

"Leper colony money" - money which circulated only in leper colonies due to the fear that money could carry leprosy and infect other people.
Oldest coins were made in 1901 for use in three leper colonies of Colombia. Leper colony money is also known to have existed in Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Korea, Nigeria, Thailand, and Venezuela.
#history #HomoSapiens #money #economics #Bitcoin #cryptocurrency #finance #world #currencies
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leper_colony_money
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2024-07-08 11:28:25

The stelo ("star") was from 1945 to 1993 a monetary unit of Esperantists, one of whose aims was to achieve a single world currency. Attempts at an earlier currency, the speso, were cut short by the First World War.
#economics #money #esperanto #stelo #finance #history #world #FIAT #Bitcoin #crypto #GelatoEconomist #HomoSapiens
Source:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelo
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2024-07-03 08:30:51

Inflation rate 2024 (IMF Data)
Zimbabwe 561%
Argentina 249.8%
Sudan 145.5℅
Venezuela 100%
Turkiye 59.5%
Sierra Leone 39.1%
Iran 37.5%
Malawi 27.9%
...
Who Bitcoin benefits most in terms of inflation?
#finance #money #economics #inflation #GelatoEconomist #gelato #yummy #Bitcoin #crypto #economy
Source: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PCPIPCH@WEO/WEOWORLD/VEN/CHN/UZB/KAZ
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2024-07-03 06:50:21

Hell money / joss paper - 冥鈔 míngchāo - "a modernized form of joss paper printed to resemble legal tender bank notes, offered as burnt offerings to the deceased as a solution to resolve their assumed monetary problems in the afterlife. This ritual has been practiced by modern Chinese and across East Asia since the late 19th century."
#economics #money #finance #Bitcoin #crypto
#world #HellMoney #history #tradition
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_money
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_paper
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia226643.html
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2024-07-02 12:48:45

YuanBao / Sycee 元宝 yuánbǎo - a small metal ingot that was used in ancient China as money.
Made by individual silversmiths for local exchange. Hence, the shape and amount of each yuanbao/ ingot were highly variable.
Today- except for the fact that the Chinese currency is still called ‘yuan’ and ‘yuan’ translates to ‘round’- as in the shape of a coin- imitation yuanbaos are a symbol of prosperity, income and /or wealth, frequently seen as design or decoration on items in connection with Chinese New Year.
#economics #money #GelatoEconomist #finance #gold #Bitcoin #crypto #Internet #magic #history #BitcoinStandard #economy #news #edu
Source: https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/Chinese_Customs/yuanbao.htm
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2024-07-02 12:01:58

Cash coins - "铜币 / 方孔钱 "copper currency", "square-holed money", a type of coin of China and the Sinosphere, used from the 4th century BC until the 20th century AD. Featured on the logos of the Bank of China, and the China Construction Bank. Most of them were made from copper or bronze alloys, with iron, lead, and zinc coins occasionally used less often throughout Chinese history."
"Cash coins also hold a central place in feng shui (as "lucky coins") where they are associated an abundance of resources, personal wealth, money, and prosperity. They are hung on strings and round the necks of children, or over the beds of sick people."
"One method of using cash coins for "medicine" was boiling them in water and letting the patient consume that water."
"Other than that they were also used as "medical tools" particularly in the guāshā (刮痧) method, which was used against diseases like cholera; this required the healer to scrape the patient's skin with cash coins as they believed that the pathogen remained stagnant underneath the patient's skin in a process called "coining"."
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_(Chinese_coin)
#money #economy #cash #Bitcoin #crypto #GelatoEconomist #Finance #edu #history #economics #China
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2024-06-30 10:45:20

If Bitcoin is more scarce than gold/diamonds & female/male chastity device is a real-use thing of commitment (not just a symbol), then why people buy engagement/wedding rings for thousands of $$$? 😅 🤔
"In 2022, couples spent an average of about $6,000 on an engagement ring, according to The Knot 2022 Real Weddings Study."
#economics #SmartMoney #AMA #RealValues #Bitcoin #bdsm #money #economy #GelatoFinance #GelatoEconomist
Source: https://www.fidelity.com/learning-center/smart-money/how-much-money-should-you-spend-on-a-wedding-ring

2024-06-30 09:48:47

Have you ever heard about "Dark Web Price Index"?
Credit Card Data within price range from 5$ to 110$:
-Cloned VISA/MASTERCARD with PIN 20$
-Hacked (Global) credit card details with CVV 10$
-Credit card details, account balance up to 5,000 110$
Payment processing services within price range from 10$ to 4255$:
-ING bank account logins (verified account) 4255$
-PayPal transfer from stolen account, $5,000+ balances 22$
-HSBC UK Business account 4200$
-Revolut verified account (UK, USA) 1600$
-Santander personal bank account 1800$
Crypto custodial accounts/services:
-FTX KYC and verified account 400$
-Crypto.com verified account 300$
-Paxful.com verified account – level 1 20$
-Wirex verified and hacked account 2300$
-N26 verified account (Germany) 2650$
Source: https://www.privacyaffairs.com/dark-web-price-index-2023/
#economics #Internet #news #finance #PrivacyIsSecurity #InternetLaws #SelfCustody #P2P

2024-06-29 09:42:25

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Source: Report: "The architecture
of repression. Unpacking Xinjiang’s governance" , Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

2024-06-29 09:41:13

"During the Re-education Campaign, Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities from rural parts of southern Xinjiang have been labelled ‘surplus labour’ (富余劳动力) or ‘poverty-stricken labour’ (贫困劳动力) and sent to work in factories in other parts of Xinjiang or China.
Between 2017 and 2021, 600 000
‘surplus labourers’ from southern Xinjiang were scheduled to be trained and transferred to new
locations for work, according to state media."
"Washington Post reporters who visited
a Nike factory in Qingdao in 2020 also found Uyghur workers not allowed to go home, and the exterior of the factory resembling a prison."
#FakeWorld #UyghurForcedLabor #KeepSilence #economics #HumanRights #news #breaking #China #money #Bitcoin

2024-06-28 17:17:13

Have you checked your car's infotainment system built-in SIM card (which ensures a permanent internet connection) to check who is milking your data and what kind of data?
#OpenSource fu*king cars! :D
BYD: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0unAtWUfwCY&pp=ygUXUmVtb3Zpbmcgc2ltIGZyb20gYSBjYXI%3D
Tesla: https://youtu.be/qm7X6bTxzqo?feature=shared
Volvo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LWnn6TXcM44&pp=ygUXUmVtb3Zpbmcgc2ltIGZyb20gYSBjYXI%3D
#sim #cars #data #privacy #surveillance #DigitalWorld #bicycle #freedom #ClosedSource #OpenSource

2024-06-27 06:15:05

Different domain connections count 😜 3⃣...2⃣...1⃣... 📴 🆘
"Each time the app connects to a server, it can potentially send your device telemetrics, including location, personal data about you, or usage patterns"
"If you install the Reddit app on your iPhone, start it once, and leave it without even logging in or interacting, it will connect to 30 different domains"
"Reddit was followed by QQ, the Chinese instant messaging software, which connected to 19 different domains."
"Cybernews has already experimented with idle Android and iOS phones, each with 100 apps installed. When unused, the iPhone averaged 3308 DNS queries per day, compared to 2323 queries made by Android. Some requests, more often on Android, landed in high-risk countries such as Russia and China."
Who is milking you? ;)
Not your data, not your smartphone:P
#digital #smartphone #data #news #economics #NewOil #cyber
Source:
https://cybernews.com/editorial/phone-secret-network-activity/
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2024-06-26 16:25:48

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Source: Report: "The architecture of repression. Unpacking Xinjiang’s governance." Vicky Xiuzhong Xu, James Leibold and Daria Impiombato

2024-06-26 16:22:49

Crude birthrate ratio, Xinjiang versus the whole of China, 1991-2019
"During the Re-education Campaign, authorities in Xinjiang launched a series of crackdowns on ‘illegal births’ (违法生育) to curb the birthrate among Uyghur and other minority women. Minority women found to have violated ‘family planning’ (计划生育) policies face hefty fines, disciplinary punishment, internment and mandatory sterilisation. ‘Illegal births’ that had occurred as early as in 1992 were
retrospectively punished."
#StopUyghurGenocide #Surveillance #birthrate #camps #ForcedLabor #FamilyPlanning #PopulationControl #China
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2024-06-26 12:02:11

Xinjiang Uyghur "Autonomous" Region
"...county party secretaries are directly
responsible for a number of ‘first-in-command projects’ (一把手工程), from orchestrating the
Counterterrorism Campaign in their jurisdictions, to leading a taskforce that oversees the county’s Vocational Education and Training Service Management Bureau (职业技能教育培训服务管理局)—also known as the Re-education Bureau (教培局), to signing ‘statements of target and responsibility’
(目标责任状) for coercive labour transfers and, finally, to overseeing the implementation of
population-control measures."
Source: Report: "The architecture of repression. Unpacking Xinjiang’s governance." Vicky Xiuzhong Xu, James Leibold and Daria Impiombato
#FreeUyghurs #news #Xinjiang #EastTurkiestan #HumanRights #ForcedLabor #camps #Uyghur #China
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2024-06-25 17:51:23

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"Ten-household joint defence" (十户联防) - grids divided into micro-units made up of 10 households"
"A ‘joint household manager’ (联户长), also known as a ‘ten households manager’ (十户长), receives official training in collecting intelligence, handling potential re-education camp detainees, delivering propaganda
lectures, directing daily anti-terror drills and arranging labour assignments. They’re financially rewarded based on their performance."

2024-06-25 17:11:57

WORD OF THE DAY: "GRID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM" (网格化管理) 👁 👀
"Grid management system" - "introduced in Beijing in 2004 and later in Xinjiang
in 2012, the system of dividing local communities into small geographical and administrative cells. In each cell, a grid manager and other staff collect information and report any potential problems to the neighbourhood or village committee and the police. The grid’s political purpose is twofold: extending the party’s reach at the grassroots level and securitising residential communities."
Source: Report: "The architecture
of repression. Unpacking Xinjiang’s governance" , Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
#news #breaking #grid #management #PrivacyMatters #control #SaveUyghurs
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2024-06-24 05:47:01

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Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA_Ghetto_mark?ref=therage.co

2024-06-24 05:45:57

Special Ghetto Currency "Łódź Ghetto Mark" - a surrogate currency that circulated in the Łódź Ghetto in 1940—1944. Used to to strip ghetto residents of their possessions (people were compelled to surrender their cash and valuable possessions in exchange for the ghetto mark) while preventing them from fleeing. The use of other money in the Ghetto was punishable by death.
#history #money #slavery #ghetto #currency #finance #economics
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2024-06-23 08:09:52

Is it called "BORDERWARE" ?
"Borderware" - the same Internet service/subscription that costs differently depending on location
Example: YouTube Premium
- subscription in India (~1,54 $)
- subscription in Switzerland (~18 $)
- subscription in UK (~15 $)
Wanna use VPN? You'll be banned.
#ProprietarySoftware #OpenSourceSoftware #OpenInternet #InformationFlow #news #diary #finance #money #Bitcoin #economics
Source: https://cybernews.com/tech/youtube-subscriptions-canceled-for-using-vpn/

2024-06-22 09:18:31

WORD OF THE DAY: "BLOATWARE"
Bloatware = preinstalled apps, software; often unused/useless that milks your data.
Who is milking you? Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi, Samsung, Microsoft?
#diary #milking #data #gelato #tech #news #OpenSource

2024-06-19 08:31:52

WORD OF THE DAY: "BOSSWARE"
"bossware" / "tattleware" - a type of software installed on employee's device, used to monitor time & employee performance. It can take screenshots, monitor keystrokes, use webcam & microphone.
What if your take-home vehicle (company car) or take-home smartphone (company smartphone) has it, too? 😜
#tech #DigitalTimes #matrix #news

2024-06-17 15:05:42

"Be always ready to open your mind" - Gichin Funakoshi
#quotes #filosophy #budo #dojo

2024-06-14 10:20:32

WORD OF THE DAY: " MILK DATA"
MILK DATA = EXTRACT DATA
Who is milking you? 🍼🐮 Is it forced milking?
"Some apps can simply read your SMS messages, access your camera and microphone, and read your files.
Some can even make a call on your behalf."
"All the apps we tested had access to the user’s precise and accurate location, including latitude and longitude coordinates. Unfortunately, many of them decided to keep this information secret."
#bdsm #milking #data #Internet
Source: https://cybernews.com/privacy/top-travel-apps-privacy/
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2024-06-14 09:38:17

BREAKING: China is launching an aggressive campaign to promote Mandarin, saying 85% of its citizens will use the national language by 2025.
SOURCE: https://apnews.com/article/business-china-language-mongolia-521d3008c792b0f482fff8515eaa6f2a#:~:text=BEIJING%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20China%20is,the%20national%20language%20by%202025.

2024-06-13 08:54:03

Is Apple supporting censorship and slavery?
"Since our initial report, we find that Apple has eliminated their Chinese political censorship in Taiwan. However, Apple continues to perform broad, keyword-based political censorship outside of mainland China in Hong Kong, despite human rights groups’ recommendations for American companies to resist blocking content."
#tech #Internet #freedom #news #breaking
Source:
https://citizenlab.ca/2022/03/engrave-condition-apples-political-censorship-leaves-taiwan-remains-in-hong-kong/

2024-06-12 14:45:21

WORD OF THE DAY: "THE GOLDEN SHIELD"
( 金盾工程; pinyin: jīndùn gōngchéng),
one of the 12 important "golden" projects,
a network security architecture in place since 2000 and used by the Ministry of Public Security for the surveillance of Chinese dissidents, human rights defenders, and others.
Did american tech company help to build
The Golden Shield for profits?
"Cisco Systems customized its hardware for the Golden Shield in such a way as to enable the Chinese government to identify, track, profile, arrest, disappear, and torture (in at least one case to death) the plaintiffs or their loved ones."
"If you open the window for fresh air, you have to expect some flies to blow in." - one of Deng Xiaoping's favorite sayings in the early 1980s
#HumanRights #Internet #DigitalAge #Information
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Shield_Project
https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2015/03/china%E2%80%99s-golden-shield-cisco-systems-complicit

2024-06-07 07:02:27

"Two North Korean men make a blackmarket transaction, buying and selling of US dollars, outside a subway station in Pyongyang, February 14, 2003."
"North Korea is warning private money changers that the government will confiscate their foreign and domestic currency if they change U.S. dollars into North Korean won at a rate significantly higher than official rates at banks."
#money #exchange #FIAT #won
Source: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/exchange-rate-dollar-won-north-forex-06062024112851.html
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2024-06-07 06:04:26

TEST:
THE SMALLEST CURRENCY DENOMINATION VS. THE CHEAPEST PRODUCT IN A SHOP
Coin = 1gr
Lollipop = 1.8zł = 180 gr = 180×1gr !
Is it still worth issuing some coins? How about cost of production?
Year of issuance: 2024
Country: Poland
#economy #currency #finance #RealLife

2024-06-05 11:53:29

Have you ever heard about denial-of-pleasure attack, dildo/vibrator botnet or permanent lock in chastity? :D
"Lumma steals information from cryptocurrency wallets and browser extensions, as well as two-factor authentication details."
"Vulnerability could leave thousands of Qiui Cellmate users locked in while simultaneously exposing their location and other personal data"
#finance #pleasure #security #condom #dildo #sex #toys #IoT #chastity #news #breaking
Source: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/02/vibrator-virus-steals-your-personal-information
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/smart-chastity-hack-cyber-security-qiui-cellmate-sex-toy-b837494.html
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2024-06-04 08:36:05

EVENT OF THE MONTH: OSLO FREEDOM FORUM 2024
#✌️ #debate #forum #world #news #breaking

2024-06-02 15:36:57

"Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie." - Miyamoto Musashi
#Bitcoin #nostr #economy #money #Internet #information #DigitalAge #censorship #maths #code

2024-06-01 06:31:30

WORD OF THE DAY: CAPTCHA
#open #access #SocialMedia #Internet #CaptchaFree