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From the very richest Forbes Magazine (reprint) come news of a nefarious plot:
There's no better example of the power, and the terror, inspired by blockchain than Gab.com, the social network used by the accused Pittsburgh synagogue gunman to threaten Jews.
About a month and a half before the alleged gunman made good on those threats by opening fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue and killing 11 people, Gab submitted paperwork to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $10 million via an initial coin offering (ICO). The offering, dated September 18, 2018, has so far received commitments to raise $5.6 million in capital for the "free speech" social network, which is a favorite of white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other members of the "alt-right."
Since the shooting on Saturday, Gab has been shut down by a host of mainstream services including payment processors Stripe and Paypal, Web-hosting company Joyent and briefly, domain registry GoDaddy. But that might not matter, because Gab has already taken the first step toward freeing itself from dependence on traditional infrastructure and support mechanisms, thanks to its funding via the ethereum blockchain. Ultimately Gab's goal is to build an entire ecosystem beyond the reach of centralized authorities—whether Facebook, Twitter or venture capitalists—making it nearly indestructible. On this, the tenth anniversary of the publication of Satoshi Nakamoto's whitepaper, which gave birth to bitcoin, Gab epitomizes the darker consequences of his vision.
[...] Gab can also use other blockchain services if mainstream providers try to kick it off the internet by refusing to provide critical services. If Gab needs to replace GoDaddy for domain service (the addresses people use to find websites), Ethereum Name Service provides domains for decentralized applications built on the ethereum blockchain. Web hosting? No problem. Ethereum's Substratum provides a decentralized alternative to Joyent. Others have already pioneered the idea. PeepEth is a nascent ethereum-powered social network, and Mastadon is a blockchain-based Twitter.
Previously: Social Media and the Pittsburgh Shooter: Gab.com Going Down
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 02 2018, @06:52PM (1 child)
Exactly. The point of "alt-right" is to normalize itself and to denormalize the opposition. That's the difference between these fuckers and the regular conservatives or liberals. Even the ANTIFA is sane in comparison, as you can give them a stogie and they peace-out. The left can't agree on much, but the "alt-right", they just want to see the world burn. And that explains these fuckers losing it all the time.
Remember the "Minuteman"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Raul_and_Brisenia_Flores [wikipedia.org]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuteman_Civil_Defense_Corps [wikipedia.org]
You look at these bunch of idiots, "alt-right"ers, and all you find is a trail of sad fucked up individuals. And all they want to to spread their hatred and fear to the general public. And now they have GOP pushing this propaganda.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 02 2018, @09:28PM
Yup, I've got an acquaintance who I recently found out is a closet racist hiding behind "enforce the laws about immigration" and "what is wrong with having pride in white heritage" while missing the blatant point that such "heritage" doesn't even exist in the US.
This person has a lot of personal issues in life and flaunts the law in some rather petty ways. The irony is palpable and I have a hard time sympathizing at this point.
The racist sub-culture enjoyed a LOT of support until recently because they kept framing their racist ideology in hidden ways that appealed to the more centrist conservatives. "They're taking your jobs!" etc. etc. etc. At this point I think some of the younger alt-right people have truly sold themselves a lie and they do not realize they are racist. Generally they'll say they aren't racist and have no problems with Mexicans as long as they stay in their own country. The hypocritical irony is totally evident as you see people get harassed because English is not their first language but the assholes harassing them won't take a few seconds to find out if the person is a legal immigrant or not.
Because it does not matter. Because they are racist.
So if any of you readers are on the rightwing side of the political spectrum please realize if you do NOT consider yourselves racist then YOU need to advocate against the racism. Having some liberal trying to explain reality does not work, it just solidifies each person in their worldview. You moderate conservatives need to bridge this gap, call out the bullshit racism where you see it and realize that there is a LOT MORE of it around you than you think.
Took me years to realize the person I knew had some seriously dark sides, I believed his bullshit about "I just want them to come legally" but over time he shared more of his opinions and it became obvious. I would say anyone that is emotionally worked up about illegal immigrants has a very high probability of being a racist. The average person realizes there is no massive problem, immigrants contribute more to the economy than they take and they aren't murdering and raping everyone like the POTUS keeps lying about.
Doesn't mean I like illegal immigration, I would prefer if it was all done legally, but I'm not working myself into a rage because it simply isn't that big of a deal. It is fear unhinged and turned into anger.