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originally posted by: wanderingconfusion
a reply to: Skyfloating
abovetopsecret
...Freemasons and the Vatican control all levels of government from top to law enforcement and Beyond
According to The Independent, the gangs used their contacts inside Freemasonry to “recruit corrupted officers.”
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originally posted by: tiredoflooking
originally posted by: MindBodySpiritComplex
unknown persons are using bitcoin’s blockchain to store and link to child abuse imagery, potentially putting the cryptocurrency in jeopardy.
Researchers from the RWTH Aachen University, Germany found that around 1,600 files were currently stored in bitcoin’s blockchain. Of the files least eight were of sexual content, including one thought to be an image of child abuse and two that contain 274 links to child abuse content, 142 of which link to dark web services.
“Our analysis shows that certain content, eg, illegal pornography, can render the mere possession of a blockchain illegal,” the researchers wrote. “Although court rulings do not yet exist, legislative texts from countries such as Germany, the UK, or the USA suggest that illegal content such as child abuse imagery can make the blockchain illegal to possess for all users.”
“Since all blockchain data is downloaded and persistently stored by users, they are liable for any objectionable content added to the blockchain by others. Consequently, it would be illegal to participate in a blockchain-based systems as soon as it contains illegal content,” the researchers wrote.
Child abuse imagery found within bitcoin's blockchain
This is really bad. Blockchain tech is such a needed positive thing but I guess this is the dark side of the issue, they cannot take down the bad stuff just like they cannot take down the good. This is an attempt to wreck it all I fear.
So central banks are keenly aware of gold, they hold large quantities of it in their vaults as a store of value and as financial insurance, but they are also permanently on guard against allowing a fully free market for gold in which they would not have at least some form of influence over price direction and market sentiment. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) crops up frequently in gold price manipulation as the central coordination venue and the guiding hand behind a lot of the gold price suppression plans. This is true in all decades from the 1960s right the way through to the 2000s. If you want to know about central bank gold price manipulation, the BIS is a good place to start. Unfortunately the BIS is a law onto itself and does not answer to anyone, except its central banks members.
The wording in these discussions is very revealing and show the contempt which central bankers feel about a freely functioning gold market. Phrases used in these meetings include: "there is a need to break the psychology of the market" and "no question of any permanent stabilisation of the gold price, merely at a critical time holding it within a target area" and "to stabilise the price within a moving band" and "it would be easy and nice for central banks to force the price down hard and quickly".
originally posted by: pavil
originally posted by: tiredoflooking
originally posted by: MindBodySpiritComplex
unknown persons are using bitcoin’s blockchain to store and link to child abuse imagery, potentially putting the cryptocurrency in jeopardy.
Researchers from the RWTH Aachen University, Germany found that around 1,600 files were currently stored in bitcoin’s blockchain. Of the files least eight were of sexual content, including one thought to be an image of child abuse and two that contain 274 links to child abuse content, 142 of which link to dark web services.
“Our analysis shows that certain content, eg, illegal pornography, can render the mere possession of a blockchain illegal,” the researchers wrote. “Although court rulings do not yet exist, legislative texts from countries such as Germany, the UK, or the USA suggest that illegal content such as child abuse imagery can make the blockchain illegal to possess for all users.”
“Since all blockchain data is downloaded and persistently stored by users, they are liable for any objectionable content added to the blockchain by others. Consequently, it would be illegal to participate in a blockchain-based systems as soon as it contains illegal content,” the researchers wrote.
Child abuse imagery found within bitcoin's blockchain
This is really bad. Blockchain tech is such a needed positive thing but I guess this is the dark side of the issue, they cannot take down the bad stuff just like they cannot take down the good. This is an attempt to wreck it all I fear.
Good Lord. I guess it was just a matter of time for them to use Block chain for stuff like kiddie porn. Surprising that those files are in cryptocurrency.
Wonder what other Silk Road stuff is stashed in those chains.