Paul Tötterman @ptman@librem.one

RT @Pinboard
For Bitcoin, the maximum transaction rate is something like four transactions a second, *globally*. And each transaction burns as much electricity as an American home does in four weeks.

RT @element_hq@twitter.com

We have lift off! 🚀 We’re launching Spaces— the next frontier for how to group rooms and people in Element and @matrixdotorg@twitter.com, a giant leap towards discoverability.

Check the blog and join the public beta: welcome to the new dimension of Matrix! 🌌 🔭

https://element.io/blog/spaces-the-next-frontier/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/element_hq/status/1394300265382268935

Spaces are here!! Come read all about MSC1772 and its various friends, children and ancestors and the shape of things to come :) 🎉🍾🚀🛰🔭🦑 https://matrix.org/blog/2021/05/17/the-matrix-space-beta

*Greenwashing of the bitcoin industry : "BTC runs on stranded hydro energy and incentives renewable"

*Reality : Bitcoin runs mostly on fossil fuels and gives second life to old fossil units.

This crap must end.
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RT @ClimateNexus
An old power plant in Dresden, NY is planning to ramp up Bitcoin mining. If it's allowed to proceed, some warn dozens of fossil fuel plants could gain new life by repurposing as Bitcoin miners or other e…
https://twitter.com/ClimateNexus/status/1382069830128373768

You should be thinking of the state of the planet, the remaining resources and global temperature on earth in 24 years, not about the price of a dumb virtual asset burning the power of whole Sweden to sustain itself.
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RT @scottmelker
You should be thinking about what the price of #Bitcoin will be in 24 years, not in 24 hours.
https://twitter.com/scottmelker/status/1381286262833827841

Emilia Seikkanen Worked in a Trendy Video Start-Up in Berlin – Tells All about the Kremlin's Global Information Operation | Yle Uutiset

https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11820154

This is how #Russia creates discontent and disruption in outside its borders, for political power.

#media #politics #ruptly #rtnews

RT @element_hq@twitter.com

Google have suspended Element in the Play Store without notifying us; we're reaching out to find out what's going on. Apologies for the inconvenience; in the interim there's https://f-droid.org/en/packages/im.vector.app/ but it's a few versions behind. We'll post updates here.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/element_hq/status/1355290296947499013

ProtonMail, Threema, Tresorit and Tutanota warn EU lawmakers over ‘anti-encryption’ push - https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/27/protonmail-threema-tresorit-and-tutanota-warn-eu-lawmakers-against-anti-encryption-push/

There is no such thing as a backdoor that only lets the good guys in. Together with Tresorit, @threemaapp and Tutanota, we are calling on EU policy makers to rethink anti-encryption proposals that would introduce backdoors in encryption platforms: https://protonmail.com/blog/joint-statement-eu-encryption/

The EU Council is pushing for encryption backdoors to messenger apps such as WhatsApp and Signal to fight terrorism (German article): https://fm4.orf.at/stories/3008930/

Despite the fact that errors of investigation in Austrian authorities had made the attack possible in the first place and not a lack of digital surveillance powers. Politicians must start to understand that more surveillance will not lead to more security. That's why we fight any attempt for an encryption backdoor: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/why-a-backdoor-is-a-security-risk/

Last Sunday the UK/US/CA/AU/NZ/IN/JP govts issued a statement asking tech companies to add backdoors into E2E encryption. This is a big deal: unfortunately *backdoors do not work*. Read about our alternative: combating abuse via decentralised reputation.🔒 https://matrix.org/blog/2020/10/19/combating-abuse-in-matrix-without-backdoors

All source code of abandoned software should be open sourced. Manufacturers should be forced to do so on the end of service date.

The copyright battles of Sherlock Holmes are an example of the overreach of the current copyright regime.

BIG NEWS: Huge welcome to @gitchat@twitter.com, who are entering Matrix!! Gitter is moving from @gitlab@twitter.com to @element_hq@twitter.com & building the ultimate Matrix bridge, showcasing how a large chat app can natively talk Matrix, while bringing Gitter goodness to Element! 🚀🌉🎉 https://matrix.org/blog/2020/09/30/welcoming-gitter-to-matrix