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  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    75·
    22 days ago

    Another Shart of the Deal from the nine-dimensional chess player.

    It’s almost like the dumbest fucking people all banded together to find one of the dumbest people they could find to “lead” this country. JFC. And they still love this asshole.

    • Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      22 days ago

      thoughts from beyond braindead

      ‘Hey, this guys a dumbass, and he made it to president, there’s time for me to sparkle yet mama’

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    531·
    22 days ago

    “Once the email arrives and Iran completes its assessment, vessels are given a few seconds to pay in bitcoin, ensuring they can’t be traced or confiscated due to sanctions,” Hosseini told the newspaper.

    Oh shit, it’s one thing to be on the wrong side of the US Army. But the Iranians are about to be on the wrong side of Monero shills, who will loudly proclaim “Bitcoin isn’t untraceable, they should use Monero instead” from the comfort of their parents’ basement…

      • FaceDeer@fedia.io
        19·
        22 days ago

        There are several that are indeed designed for anonymity, such as Monero or Zcash. And others that have mechanisms for anonymity within them, such as Ethereum’s Tornado Cash mixer or Aztec rollup.

    • redsand@infosec.pub
      7·
      22 days ago

      I think the reporter is just misunderstanding. Iran and North Korea don’t have any reason to care if you can “trace” the transaction. They just need confirmation which bitcoin is slow at so Iran should defiantly investigate better options. Ideally options that will be quantum secure by Q day

      • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        22 days ago

        10 minutes is nothing in this context. There’s so many Bitcoin exchanges that it can’t effectively be stopped.

        • redsand@infosec.pub
          2·
          22 days ago

          Normally under optimal network conditions. Iran has a unique set of connections to the internet, is up against the PayPal mafia and trading with the countries who tie it into fiber. It’s a strange threat model

  • F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    22 days ago

    Could you imagine if this is what causes the US to finally go all-in on electric?? I mean, it won’t because petrol companies own the government, but I’d still like to fantasize

    • FaceDeer@fedia.io
      18·
      22 days ago

      In the specific case of Iran and Bitcoin, using a currency that requires expenditure is actually a benefit. It increases demand for the very thing that they’re selling.

      More generally, though, there are plenty of cryptocurrencies that don’t burn significant quantities of energy. Anything running on Ethereum has been validated using proof-of-stake since 2022.

      • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
        21·
        22 days ago

        I have heard that at least drug dealers are using Monero now. At least the ones that I have second hand familiarity with.

    • YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca
      3·
      22 days ago

      Haha! I can see Trump threatening over this, sending demands and walking away saying “job done” with the higher price as you point out. Priceless!

  • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
    41·
    22 days ago

    I don’t know how many barrels of oil a ship holds, but this seems significantly less than the 2 million per tanker they were saying they were going to charge just a couple hours ago on the guardian at least.