Gulf States Embrace Bitcoin Mining with Green Energy Push, UAE and Oman Leading
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/business/cryptocurrency/gcc-can-have-big-role-in-bitcoin-minings-green-energy-driven-future

> China has a complex and turbulent history with cryptocurrencies. In 2013, the Chinese government banned financial institutions from handling transactions related to Bitcoin, citing concerns about security and financial stability. Subsequently, in 2017, China further tightened the regulations, banning ICOs (Initial Coin Offering) and shutting down cryptocurrency exchange platforms, in an attempt to reduce the risks associated with speculative bubbles and illicit activities. Finally, in 2021, the People’s Bank of China declared illegal all cryptocurrency transactions, thus consolidating one of the strictest bans in the world. However, despite these strict bans, China has continued to play a fundamental role in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The country has indeed been a leader in the Bitcoin mining sector for a long time, thanks to low energy costs and the presence of advanced technologies.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/670885

Authenticated Boot and Disk Encryption on Linux
https://0pointer.net/blog/authenticated-boot-and-disk-encryption-on-linux.html

> Linux has been supporting Full Disk Encryption (FDE) and technologies such as UEFI SecureBoot and TPMs for a long time. However, the way they are set up by most distributions is not as secure as they should be, and in some ways quite frankly weird. In fact, right now, your data is probably more secure if stored on current ChromeOS, Android, Windows or MacOS devices, than it is on typical Linux distributions.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/669702

Pruned Bitcoin blockchain torrent - utxo-840000.dat
https://dtan.xyz/e/nevent1qqsxp8au2a89suv27ffz9pzhed3g8k8vx00t3z8ufsq0n2r05ddj5qgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygyxsh477ejn8rwkjv0zen0ncxwe7rj6zpnujx8j9ecgrsj43786lqpsgqqqqlfsqc0geh

Trying to increase the seeders of this torrent.

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:596c26cc709e213fdfec997183ff67067241440c&dn=utxo-840000.dat&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.loadpeers.org%3A8080%2FxvRKfvAlnfuf5EfxTT5T0KIVPtbqAHnX%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.stealth.si%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.torrent.eu.org%3A451%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/659249

Running #nostr