I sometimes wonder what Splinterlands opponents are thinking. Why in a battle like this, deploy Venari Wavesmith given the Unprotected rule set? Okay, admittedly, I’ve blundered more than once. But lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of careless errors in Silver.

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

US e-cash: Bill proposes digital currency that replicates cash, bypasses the Fed

…with e-cash, there would be no ledger, just as no ledger is used for physical cash transactions. This should appeal to privacy advocates and civil libertarians who want to preserve anonymous monetary transactions.
E-cash will be subject to U.S. regulations, too. It would be “classified and regulated in a manner similar to physical currency and would therefore be subject to existing anti-money laundering, counterterrorism, Know Your Customer, and financial transaction reporting requirements and regulations,” according to the sponsors.

Am I missing something? Anonymous and KYC seems like a contradiction.

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Almost 2 in 5 Covid-19 researchers have faced harassment

Spain, once world’s pandemic epicentre, to treat Covid-19 like flu

Politics:

“As a nation, we began by declaring that ‘all men are created equal.’ We now practically read it ‘all men are created equal, except negroes.’ When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read ‘all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.’ When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.” — Abraham Lincoln

Ukraine’s Three-to-One Advantage

It’s not technology or tactics that has given Ukrainian fighters their greatest edge.

Kinzinger Remains Tight-Lipped On Jan. 6 Panel’s Plans For Ginni Thomas After Big Lie Texts Reveal

Ex-GOP Gov Candidate Calls For ‘Firing Squad’ For Trans Rights Supporters, Political Foes

Republicans Are Furious That People Are Calling Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill a “Don’t Say Gay” Bill

Trump Keeps Praising Vladimir Putin

Serendipity:

Soaring crude prices make the cost of pretty much everything else go up too because we almost literally eat oil

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