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Good journalist not saying "metal detectors found..." :P


If there's no key, isn't it just encoding?

Seems more like steganography


No, it is not encoding. It is a secret-sharing scheme, where the idea is to divide the secret into multiple parts, with each part revealing nothing about the secret on its own.



You do realize that that was the big problem with IE security in those days: ActiveX. You literally could embed an Excel file in your HTML page.

You could embed any native code and it would just be a small yes/no dialog to download and run it.


This is the analogy used in the first description of a smart contract in 1997

https://nakamotoinstitute.org/library/the-idea-of-smart-cont...


Smart contracts are a primary example of this: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2019/05/09/control_as_liabi...


It was the same algorithm as Iron finance on Polygon the year before which imploded in the exact same way but on a more expedited timeframe because it didn't limit the apy at 20%.

The terra/luna collapse was simple to see coming as it happened exactly when the terra (stablecoin) market cap met the luna one.


It's not just flying and it's not just Americans.

Gotta keep "baby goats screaming" bookmarked to fight fire with fire.


The Lexus LS 400 had an antenna that adjusted its length based on the radio station.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TRRXxFWDiY4

@ 6:05


You're very close to https://prove.email/


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