Dear @crypto.hype
I fully agree with your words. In 2017 many people seem to believe that blockchain is going to bring back power to people (did we ever have power?) and that it will give us more privacy.
The sad truth is that technology is always being used by our rulers to increase control over population and blockchain most likely will give them more control than we can even imagine.
The idea that all records on blockchain are public and idea of "transparency" is nothing more than that.
we're getting closer to a very dark future.
Indeed. Whoever think otherwise is living in lala-dream world :(
How many of you already, cover your webcam
That is actually very silly to do. I've noticed that some people cover webcam worried that they would be spyied on. That just doesnt make sense at all.
Who our there would possibly care about seeing our face, while they can record our convesations on mobile devices. Somehow those few friend who cover their webcam are not really worried about having their iphones next to them. And they are talking about politics, migration etc. without any concerns. How silly is that?
The rise of Privacy Tokens is the result of us trying to escape government surveillance and essentially control
That's in my opinion just an illusion. Goverments will easily know most of those who purchased those privacy tokens and they will most likely be marked as a "potential threat". I can only imagine that purchasing those tokens will bring more unwanted attention.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but we can already witness pressure on exchanges to collect and report activity of it's users. So it will be quite easy to connect dots.
The government should be more transparent with today’s society
Lovely Xmas wishes. But it ain't going to happend :(
That very bigsnowball you've mentioned at the end is nothing else as "snowball of full control". The best thing we can all do is to stay "under the radar".
Yours
Piotr
When man invented gun powder, it seem that man has increased its power over other people, when the government uses force to malign the people, it always went to the point the government will fall.
When the government uses, blockchain and internet to collect more information about their citizen, we already sold our soul to google, facebook right? What else is new?
Awareness, education, give the people more technology for them to use for their benefit, and the benefit will goes both ways.
Don't be a paranoid.
Hi @guruvaj
I like your approach buddy :)
I only wish to understand why so many people seemed to believe that blockchain will give us people "freedom we deserve".
When I joined cryptospace several months ago I've heard number of bloggers and youtubers talking about blockchain as if it would be our ticket to overthrowing goverments. And very few of them have seen it as a potential tool that may actually increase control over society.
I guess the best think we can to is not to get paranoid and learn to live with the fact, that there is very little privicy in current world.
Thank you for your feedback buddy.
Yours
Piotr
Again thanks for the delegation and the extension of delegation up to the end of February, it will surely help me make some time, to build more sp for engagement. I will continue to support your post.
hi @guruvaj
I noticed that you're very responsive and supportive. Let me know if you would need some extra delegation? I will be happy to help with another 40 SP. It may not change much but surely it will allow you to drop few extra comments.
My goal is to support those who are engaging with others :)
Yours
Piotr
That would be great.
School is out now for Christmas break, I can engage the community ( I have a small community of around 12 members with around 5 members posting actively) giving upvotes, commenting, and posting my activities and some school activities.
And you know what, my latest post..
I have a steem polo shirt, I will wear it whenever I will travel out of town.
I will, little by little promote steem in best that I can.
Got up early,its 4:21 here in the Philippines now.
Merry Christmas.
Dear @guruvaj
I may need few days before I delegate those extra 40SP. I just realized that I dont have any free SP left hahaha :) But Im planning to buy some steem this week :)
What is your community about? Do you guys share some common interest? Is it build around something?
I love to hear that :)
Yours
Piotr
take time to build up more steem, don'thurry.
My community is a newcomer, its more like a tutorial community. I am still in the process of teaching them about the steem blockchain, they can only post once a day, and I am giving them upvotes and resteem. while coaching them online.
At the moment, they are just 3 active users: one is a professional, super busy photographer, a mother who lived in the middle east, and a student of mine in our school.
Hi @crypto.piotr. I think that goverments will use this technology to control society unless something changes the trend.
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I share very similar beliefs @caribehub :(
Hi @guruvaj,
Excellent point. Good shot. Sad reality.
At this juncture, the point that pains me most is that the government, which is maligning us in this way is running because of us, BUT......
We thought that we are getting protection and shade from a tree by staying under it, but at the same time, if it blackmails us saying that if we don't listen to it's words, it will fall on us.... where can we go?
We all have a privacy to protect but rge government of a country will not adopt Amy cryptocurrency unless they have hidden agenda.
Today what I realized is that blocks can be traced but it is not reversible.
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Im sorry for such a late reply @abidemiademok21
I just realized that I missed bunch of comments lately. Just wanted to thank you for keeping in touch with me.
Hopefully you had a great weekend,
Piotr
yes it goes in all parts in the direction of more control.
F.E. in Germany many years ago nearly all shares was bearer share now much (maybe even the most) big company changed them to registered shares, so they now who is their share holder and how many shares he has. I think the best way to stay more anonymous would be if states finance just through value added tax, so the only had to control at one place in the shop that they add this tax, but in every case if I take situation in Germany I believe that much is clientelism.
It's the natural interest of tax consultants, that tax system is complicated, because they want that people come to them and pay for work instead of doing their tax declaration alone at home. And this is only one example. Other would be that in Germany even if you are fully agree and manage all by yourself you cannot make divorce alone, because you are not allowed to put application for divorce only advocat can do this and so you have to pay for advocat much money, just because he sit their without any sense.
VAT is a great way to tax. There should be more of it and less of other taxes. The reason why there are so many rules is the desire to create a fair system.
A flat tax + VAT doesn't offer much in incentives and disincentives. And it will lead to all kind of unfair decisions.
As a society you do want to retain tools to encourage good behaviour and especially to reward long term thinking.
Reality is messy...
"The reason why there are so many rules is the desire to create a fair system."
But system won't be fair at all.
I can only speak for german tax system other I don't know.
One example: If you should move for job to another town you have two possibilities:
Both have often the same expensis.
What Nr. 2 have to pay (petrol, car insurance, ticket for public transport and so on) tax authority will deduct from his salary before calculating tax.
But Nr. 1 have to pay the same because he pay higher price for renting flat. But this is not interesting for tax authority.
Is this fair ?
In Germany if you rent flat on landscape you pay often for one square meter between 3 and 4 Euro, but f.e. in munich you pay approximately 20 Euro, so difference are quiet high.
Generally speaking people in cities pay more for a house since the ground and property is rare but they also have a higher income. It is the same in Holland. So if you are smart go live on the countryside.
Yes but people who work in city have decision to life in city or on the countryside.
But I think not, that state should only accept expences from them who live on the countryside (driving cost) and not expences from them who live in city (higher rent).
In my opinion the most logical and fair system would be to take average expences and add to them the cost of working with tax declaration for this point - the result of this everybody get as tax free income and everybody must take his individuell costs.
But in my opinion german state don't make this because he don't make tax system easier because in this case tax advisor would loos their work.
You have a good point here @udow
We must remember that those who create taxes do not care if those taxes are fair or not. What they care is: if people can afford to pay those taxes without protesting (the way french do right now).
Cheers
Piotr
@crypto.piotr I doubt they care if the taxes can be payed... just hushing at the moment and within 6 months ot will be payed one way or the other, "Prince John loves Nottingham"
Yes without protesting or to vote at next eligation for another party.
Hi @bluerobo
It's great to see how responsive you are. Steemit indeed needs more people like you.
Im not sure if this would be the best solution.
Dont you think that if other taxes would be abolished then VAT would have to be increased like crazy?
Cheers
Piotr
Thank you for your amazing comment @udow
I wonder how do you personally feel about it?
I guess we just all need really to play by the book. The problem I see is that (just like you mentioned) "tax system is complicated". So most likely everyone I know (including me) could potentially get in trouble with breaking the law.
So the best solution is to stay "under the radar".
Perhaps the best think we can to is not to get paranoid and learn to live with the fact, that there is very little privicy in current world.
ps.
Are you from Germany? Your knowledge about this country is quite amazing :)
Yours
Piotr
"I wonder how do you personally feel about it?"
Sure I'm not so happy about it, but I think I cannot change. Ok I do my best to do what I can (f.e. go to election, write to politicans and I was also candidate in our village for parliament) but really power to change I have not, I know.
I mean if control leads to catch some terrorist it's great, but if control leads to information who come to place where they should not be it's not so amizing and also this happens.
""tax system is complicated". So most likely everyone I know (including me) could potentially get in trouble with breaking the law."
Yes it's true, they want you to bring to go to tax advisor and to pay for them.
In Germany it's unbelivable: If you do your tax declaration yourself you must fill out them 7 month earlier than tax advisor must do - how is this possible ?
"Are you from Germany? Your knowledge about this country is quite amazing :)"
Yes I am form germnay - where are you from (let's they I guess something, but let's look if I'm correct).
That would also not help much if you're already investigated. Tax law often contradict itself. Not on purpose. It's because world is evolving. And sometimes we have our local laws (like for instance in Poland) and then "higher laws" (european union). Which can be very different.
ps. Im Polish :) currency one of the safest places in the world. But I live in Asia because I cannot stand winter :P
yes but tax advisor can tell you also before how you do this or that and their are so many things what you can do, especially if you have company. F.E. nearly no owner of company in Germany have a car, but it means not that they don't drive, just car is property of the company and alone this brings much advantages.
It's official you must Pax tax for 1% of car price every month and than all expences are expences of company not yours also when you drive privat. value added tax f.e. on petrol you get than back and so on ...
Thank you again for sharing your knowledge with me @udow
Appreciate your time
Hi Piotr Sir,
"... (did we ever have power?)... "
This one single question is enough. No need for any explanation.
Moreover Sir, you've put the question inside brackets and this indirectly tells us that we are under their nasty control!
Bye for now Sir.
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Dear @marvyinnovation
thank you for your previous comment.
I NEED YOUR HELP :) Nothing serious really. But I still hope you can spare few minutes of your time :)
I found out about great contest where winning community can receive a year's delegation worth of 20k SP!
I realized that receiving such a delegation could help greatly to grow our community. After all I'm upvoting each valuable comment. On top of that, I'm doing my best to promote quality content published by other authors and again: I like to reward those who engage with those authors.
I know that it's probably a long shot and most likely our community won't stand a chance in this contest. But I love being the underdog! Let's give them a fair fight :)
Which brings me to my next question, I was wondering if I could count on your support? At this stage I would only need to ask you to comment this post and suggest myself for the contest. Perhaps you could also make another suggestion: @ help.venezuela (this is run by my dear friend @ achim03).
https://steemit.com/dpoll/@theycallmedan/20k-steem-delegation-poll
This is just a first round attempt. I hope we can make it to second round hahha :) Naturally I would appreciate if you could ask your friends to help with our little "quest" :)
Let me know what you think? Perhaps you can also share some advises and hopefully we can "do little bit of brainstorming". Would be awesome to win :)
Yours
Piotr
I agree with you on a few points.
1. Webcams
They just don't show much and would only be useful for information in two ways, 1. for facial recognition, 2. video calls/youtube recording etc.
2. "staying under the radar"
This is true, we're becoming required to share our crypto wallet passwords on air flights and stuff. Obviously, our best defense against that is owning several crypto wallets. Giving them access to a less important wallet or something makes things smooth while travelling while keeping your privacy and right of ownership protected from those that have no right demanding it of us.
Thanks for the lengthy and well thought out comment!
Great feedback @hobo.media
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Just yesterday my friend explained to me why he does cover his webcam. Simply because he likes to watch adult movies a lot and he doesnt want his face expression to be recorded anywhere at anytime :) that's indeed good reason, wouldn't you agree? :)
You've lost me here. What do you mean? I never heard about it so far.
I appreciate that you actually took time and replied :)
Yours
Piotr
I believe it might just be Australia at the moment, but I recently read an article that stated that border security began requiring access to crypto wallets to check how much money you are "travelling" with... Not good at all.
There goes the argument against gold for storing and traveling with your money.
This whole crypto thing is turning out to be the opposite of what was promised. Not anonymous. Not safe. It's not exactly decentralized now, either.
Great comment @atherz
I love to see how responsive you are buddy. Steemit need more people like you :)
Yours
Piotr
Hi @hobo.media
But how can they even tell which passenger do have crypto wallet at all?
That's just a bit ridiculous. Would you have any link to reliable source about this news? Im just wondering if this is not another fake news, to create more fear.
Yours
Piotr
Blockchain is IMO just a "tool" and an "opportunity" to make our society more decentralized and independent from government control.
The Blockchain by itself as a new technology doesn't have the social backpower so that society can throw out all middle mans and government institutions, but it can help in the long run to eliminate some of these bureaucracy structures.
I agree that crypto holders should be concerned about there privacy and data, and public blockchains are a easy datapool target for professional analysts. The Komodo Dex could be a great solution in regards to crypto trading and there is also the ZDex Project from PIVX which serves as a anonymous decentralized exchange.
But the government itself can't just wildly extract any kind of data from the Blockchain, without knowing or having any suspicious activity coming from you in the first place. They have to take you to court and prove that you have done something wrong and by that they have to be open how they got the information from you.
So, yes analyzing is a thing but can government go wild on you...No not yet...I think.
In the end its not Blockchain that will bring us more freedom and its not Blockchain that will enslave us by our government.
IMO its always comes down to how educated is the population in every society in regards to overall politics, economics and social dynamics. If people value there own personal freedom the most and carry full responsibility for there life and the people in there community, than these people would want to vote for small governments structures and less centralized power.
" If people value there own personal freedom the most and carry full responsibility for there life and the people in there community, than these people would want to vote for small governments structures and less centralized power."
I believe that unfortunately most people are uninterested in this topic, at least in the moment.
Agreed, the majority sadly DO vote with their wallets, invariably for convenience rather than freedom.
Yes or they even don't go to vote. In Great Britain f.e. many young people tell now, that the old people take away their future with brexit.
But they are wrong !
Only 72,2% of people was going to vote, but from people older than 65 their go 90% to vote.
So they should tell not to the old people why they vote so how they vote, they should ask they young people why not also 90% of them go to vote, if they think, that it's important for their future.
that's a great point @udow
Hi @jbgarrison72
I'm afraid I've lost you. Would you mind telling me what do you mean by that? I hope my question is not to silly.
yours
Piotr
My comment was agreeing with @udow that people in general are uninterested in non-personal important things and I was also adding the insight that in order to see what people ARE interested in, watch what they spend their money on... which of course is, the only real "power" anyone has, that is to say the power of choosing what to spend money on. A cast "vote" in some election has very little power. A dollar spent has far more power. And still, the "dollar vote" power is wasted by the average person. Does this help clarify @crypto.piotr ? :)
It really does @jbgarrison72
Thank you for taking the time to reply to my comment. I appreciate it a lot. Seriously Steemit needs more responsive people like you.
Have a great weekend buddy
Piotr
I absolutely agree @udow.
I also experienced complete lack of interests in this topic :/
Hi @masterthematrix
Such a great and informative comment. Wow. Appreciate time you took to reply.
Would you mind telling me what IMO means? Hope it's not very silly question.
So just like I mentioned: best is to stay "under the radar" and not to bring any suspicious in the first place :) Playing by the book will be more important now than ever.
I really think it depends from which part of the world are you.
Yours
Piotr
"IMO" means "in my opinion" sorry for using these short cuts which I'm usually not a big fan off, but "IMO" is quite handy in comments.
Thanks for your reply I agree with you that it depends from where you are and it is very important not to do any crazy stuff on Blockchain.
I appreciate your good comunication skillz you seem to attract quite a few people here to disuss this content, good job!
Thanks @masterthematrix :)
I guess it's very useful to know what this short cut means.
Most people on Steemit seem to focus on creating their own content and sometimes they randomly would comment on some posts.
I do publish sometimes, but I found it easier and more efficient to look for interesting content created by someone I like. Then Im helping to promote it (which build strong connection with author) and at the same time Im engaging with those who are kind enough to share their thoughts.
This way I kill few birds with one stone. I focus on topic that I can find very interesting without spending time on creating post, I help author to get exposure and most of the time it help us bond better. And I get to know people who have something smart to say and learn their opinions.
I found it more efficient in every way comparing to regular strategy of commenting 20 different posts.
It's like a win-win-win for everyone :)
Cheers
Piotr
We all have a privacy to protect but the government of a country will not adopt Any cryptocurrency unless they have hidden agenda.
Today what I realized is that blocks can be traced but it is not reversible.
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Dear @abidemiademok21
Its great to see how responsive you are. Steemit indeed need more people like you.
Seriously, I'm glad I had a chance to get to know you lately :)
Sometimes I feel that smaller countries like Malta or Switzerland are adopting crypto so fast simply because they want to be ahead of the curve and have huge advantage over bigger and stronger economies. But generally you're 100% right.
Have a great weekend ahead
Piotr
There is always a way for a good economist.
They sees a way out of nowhere. For example, UAE has tourism as a major source of income.
China wants to be a world giant by the means of G20.
So every government has a hidden agenda.
Seriously, I'm glad I had a chance to get to know you lately :)
We have to take steem to the moon
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Why not mars straight away @abidemiademok21? :P
I agree with your proposals. The Blockchain was initially created as an open and auditable accounting book. Now, What does this go against our privacy? that's another story.
The governments of big nations in their eagerness to control the population and their money, will always find the means and those who collaborate (the exchanges), to obtain information about our assets and movements of money.
Have a nice day @crypto.hype and @crypto.piotr
Thank you for your valuable comment @yaleal
I guess we're on the same page here. Would you think that decentralized exchanges can help increase our privacy over centralized ones?
Yours
Piotr
@crypto.piotr thanks for your delegation and hard labour you are giving into building Steem community!
I don't think that blockchain is that powerful tool against privacy. Like any other technology it can be used for good and bad purposes. But blockchain is specific in a way where it can be easily integrated with other technologies out of which are lots for encryption and anonymization. And many new will come for sure. What's great about blockchain and other open source technologies is that they are run by people by communities and not governments. So, governments of course can inflitrate these communities but they can't run or control them. Anytime control or regulation tried to happen the people can abandon or fork a project.
Dear @boyanpro
Thank you for your comment. Its great to see how responsive you are. Steemit indeed need more people like you.
Don't even mention :) It's my pleasure and seeing how supportive you are makes me believe that my little help will not go to waste.
Seriously, I'm glad I had a chance to get to know you lately :)
Im more affraid of informations being collected via all exchanges. That would quite easily allow to connect dots and with little effort and knowledge authorities could know which wallets belong to you and with whom have you been interacting.
Have a great weekend ahead
Piotr
@crypto.piotr thanks to you i reached this article, and it is truely amazing ....yesterday, i posted on steemit a small article, with kind of the same subject, and this article, is the perfect follow up, though I honestly got to say that The OP is a much better blogger then i am ...
https://steemit.com/informationwar/@elektropunkz/surveillance-capitalism-dystopia
Dear @elektropunkz
Thanks for sharing that link. Going to read it right before bedtime :)
Cheers, Piotr
@crypto.piotr and @crypto.hype
As far a I can remember Steemit was advertised as the way to be free, getting rich without interference of banks and government and an easy way to fill your pockets without anyone knowing.
Well, the easy part we can skip. And if it comes to cryptocurrencies the tax knows (Dutch one and I assume it is the same in the rest of Europe. I can not simply buy or sell without giving my name, address, bankaccount and ID.)
So no freedom. This is the last place where you can find freedom.
Power back to the people??? History proved that won't work we will only change one dictator for the next. The most freedom you get is if you disappear, do not join the society and world wide web and throw your smartphone away, no bank account, no steady job and go live as far as possible away from other people.
I never use a cam and I did cover it as I still had one in my laptop. Not because of the government but because of my privacy and scammers (the way to get rich in an easy way btw).
From the day you are born you are a number, good to be raised and forced by governments/society, with help of CPS if necessary or police or tax. You work and pay and if you are useless you give your organs while you are still alive and your body after you died. If you do not like this you need to find a way out for yourself. Joining an other club will not make it better. Also secret clubs are not secret and the more people join, the more rules you have to live by.
OMG, seriously @wakeupkitty is that what you've heard about Steemit?
I wonder who advertised this platform in that way. Im really speachless.
So I guess we're on the same page here with our views.
That is actually the way I hope to live my life once I will be old. As far from people as possible.
Rest of your message is just so depressing. Seriously Wow.
Yours
Piotr
I don't know who started to advertise this, but fact is if once said it goes fast around the world. You truly believe all those people joining do so because they love to write and read great written stories?
Well I see it this way... I use writing here because nobody can delete my messages. I do not have the illusion to get rich via Steemit. I mainly live far away of people and try not to interfere in their business or lives. If I have 1 visitor a year it is much (nobody dares to visit me because of the wolfdogs) and if I pay 5 visits a year it is much too (read: I pass by to deliver something).
Once or twice a month I do my shopping..., I hardly read newspapers, so less contact and quess what? I still know everything, because people can find me via whatsapp (in case of need, I never make phonecalls either). LOL
Life is way easier and less stress this way.
I hope you find your piece of peace too.
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Hi @wakeupkitty
I truly believe that many of those who joined are hoping to become influencers one day and monetize their content one way or another. That's my goal as well.
Those who joined hoping to make $$$ directly on Steemit will not stay very long. That's the fact.
Noone can delete your messages from blockchain, but Steemit (since it's front end) can ban you and make sure that your messages are not being shown on their site.
Would you personally be able to see any of your messages recorded as a blockchain transaction? I really dont know how do to it.
So Steemit can be easily censored as well. That's sad reality.
Im sure I will :)
Yours
Piotr
Hi @crypto.piotr, I did respond to your post further to your request via your memo. However, for some reason my response has gone under the main post. You can see it further down. Apologies.
got it @devann. thx :)
@crypto.piotr you are a kind and GOOD man! Keep up the great work!!
Always,
Im doing my best to be a good man @lanceman :)
thx for dropping by
Great points. Unfortunately, to truly stay under the radar is impossible if you use the internet at all.
If you're one of millions, just a grey middle-class person witch regular income, paying taxes and avoid politics and religion then you should do just fine.
That's my impression. But surely if I would get rich within sort period of time then Im already out in the open :)
Cheers
Piotr
Regards @crypto.piotr
Welcome everyone to Freedom! :-) Or better i should re-formulate it, in an artistic way ... to the Dome of Fear ... Free=Feer(fear) and dom means simple Dome ... So ... until all the humans will not stop being under this mental program, of hiding under "new blockchain", new pillow, new Heavens, new Matrix, everything will hunt them forever. As i've said, do not fell on the trap of All is One ... like everything is built on top of it ... cause the actual desillusion will be "All" put it together with "One" ... will remain Alone :-)
You are on your own buddy ;-)
Should i concern about the fact that i'm an artist, musician who entered this Matrix of this new blockchain, when actually i can see arround me, all the majority of the musicians ... some not even understanding the futuristic system or most of them thinking like the average persons ... " ooh, it's not right, those who are into cryptos are not paying taxes ... how it's possible to "sell" your music, what are the fees and so on ..."?
It amuses me because until now everyone blamed "somebody" for their unhapiness in Life, for the taxes, for small salaries and so on ... there has been always "somebody" (NOT YOU, RIGHT?) responsible for your Life ... NOW when the alternative exists, people are blaming them, it seems like this Earth always had the currents against each others ...
What i can tell you ( i cannot talk to much 'cause my Cryptonian Rite is Secret) :-) is that people must accept everything the way it is. It's like in Music ... Even today, or expecially today, people are not whilling to pay for an album, let's put it like that, and the new blockchain came with this alternative ... like ... ok ... you think 10 euros for an album it's a fortune for you, you think everything out there it's for you, you've always been in a demanding mode, everything should be for free for you? ... Hmm ...
NOW let me tell you that it ain't gonna'happen'annymo' :-)
That's why a system like this: https://musicoin.org/nav/artist/0x52d244ce64e458b3ed0775603e582b19ff644feb came and switched every perspective for the artists, so ... no problem ... you don't buy ... you'll click under the protocol of PPP! Regarding taxes even for artists in this spectrum, will be weird ... 'cause you cannot put taxes on something that in everyone's cryptonian wallets is fluctuating on each milli-vanilly second!!!
Maybe this can be implemented only when people will still have the habits of cashing-out ... but even then ... has no justification ... AND at the end of the day, only someone that has something to hide will run like crazy, having this paranoid sense that someone will tax him and so on ...
IF you have your spine integre with your whole 33 vertebrae ... what would you think will push you to that path of fear, hiding? The only issue that i see on this whole new blockchain ... it will be the process of implemention or adoption for most of the people. What cannot be implemented peacefully ... you know the rest :-)
There is one word with 3 keys on it ... which is: NWO WON NOW
I wish that everyone should become an illuminated ... this only depends on your wisdom of understanding of what that means in the right way for you, without harming the one next to you ...
This is indeed amazing comment @luciannagy. Just I wish you would use enter every now and then. It's so so so hard to read it :(
Long time ago I stopped with this kind of thinking. I don't want things for free. I rather pay something and receive product with a value. Knowing that whoever created this product will also be rewarded and will continue with his work.
Again, thx for that long comment and please consider using enter in the future :)
Yours
Piotr
Better now? @crypto.piotr :-) This is happening when i'm improvising freely :-) Just leave the lines express themselves through their creative process :-) Regards
Absolutely much better @luciannagy :)
big thx :)
Dear Piotr, thank you for your delegation, i am following you and your nice projects, please come to my posts too to comment, you are always welcome...:)))
Thanks for dropping by @intellihandling :) I already bookmarked your latest post about google auth and will read it before bedtime.
I also wonder what's your intake on current topic about privacy on blockchain?
Yours
Piotr
Dear Piotr, i already commented what i think about privacy on blockchain...
Oh yeah, thx @intellihandling
I just noticed your other comment and im going to fly now to read it carefully .... :)
Have a great weekend Marco :)
Piotr
My knowledge in this area is superficial and therefore I don't think I can make any meaningful contribution.
Having said that, I think the ability of governments to spy on its citizens would necessarily vary from government to government.
Faced with a technically savvy person who is determined to evade the government's eye, governments may face some difficulty in tracking that person's activities but although tracking down that person's activities may be difficult it would not be impossible given the resources available to the governments.
Governments have a huge interest in making sure that they can track these transactions so that they can track down illegal activities and to also collect taxes. For instance in India it is estimated that $1500 billion of black money is parked in Swiss banks and other offshore banks. This is without blockchain technology, privacy tokens and DEX. With blockchain technology and its attendant dapps, the situation would become even worse for them.
Great comment @devann
I agree with you to some certain degree. Of course in some countries our human rights are quite solid comparing to others. But the reality is that most gov do not really seem to "play by the book".
Oh wow. That's a lot.
Thanks for your comment buddy
Yours
Piotr
Totally true! But I also believe that the Elites hire the most tech savy people to work for them. I think money laundering will always be an issue however based on the statistics alone, it's the elite that money launder the most. Centralized Cryptocurrencies, will give these Governents & Banks more power to mask their activity while expose us more. Small criminals will definitely have a much harder time in the future. If you want to remain hidden, just deal in cash in the future definitely not Cryptocurrencies
Indeed @crypto.hype
Those with knowledge and resources will most likely find a way to launder their money. I feel like AML is mostly affecting regular people and it's mostly being used as a way of collecting extra data about us.
We're on the same page.
I wonder if our world will really turn cashless without our lifetime. I think in most countries it is highly possible.
Cheers
Piotr
I agree that tech development actually enables more control to authorities.
Thanks for dropping by @zorank and for your comment. It's great to see how responsive you are buddy :)
Yours, Piotr
Censorship and surveillance are not new to the society, they were existing from long and government are spying with whatever the technology is available to them. (earlier methods of spying were tapping the phone calls etc, now they are getting data from corporations.
I agree with you 100% @r1s2g3
The problem is that many people out there think that blockchain will give us freedom and that all transactions are anonymous. So I believe it's super important to build their awareness.
Wouldn't you agree?
Thank you for your comment buddy
Piotr