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  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    44·
    23 hours ago

    Another Shart of the Deal from the nine-dimensional chess player.

    It’s almost like the dumbest fucking people all banded together to find one of the dumbest people they could find to “lead” this country. JFC. And they still love this asshole.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    321·
    23 hours ago

    “Once the email arrives and Iran completes its assessment, vessels are given a few seconds to pay in bitcoin, ensuring they can’t be traced or confiscated due to sanctions,” Hosseini told the newspaper.

    Oh shit, it’s one thing to be on the wrong side of the US Army. But the Iranians are about to be on the wrong side of Monero shills, who will loudly proclaim “Bitcoin isn’t untraceable, they should use Monero instead” from the comfort of their parents’ basement…

    • redsand@infosec.pub
      5·
      19 hours ago

      I think the reporter is just misunderstanding. Iran and North Korea don’t have any reason to care if you can “trace” the transaction. They just need confirmation which bitcoin is slow at so Iran should defiantly investigate better options. Ideally options that will be quantum secure by Q day

      • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        15 hours ago

        10 minutes is nothing in this context. There’s so many Bitcoin exchanges that it can’t effectively be stopped.

        • redsand@infosec.pub
          2·
          14 hours ago

          Normally under optimal network conditions. Iran has a unique set of connections to the internet, is up against the PayPal mafia and trading with the countries who tie it into fiber. It’s a strange threat model

  • F/15/[email protected]@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    22 hours ago

    Could you imagine if this is what causes the US to finally go all-in on electric?? I mean, it won’t because petrol companies own the government, but I’d still like to fantasize

    • YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca
      2·
      22 hours ago

      Haha! I can see Trump threatening over this, sending demands and walking away saying “job done” with the higher price as you point out. Priceless!

  • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
    21·
    22 hours ago

    I don’t know how many barrels of oil a ship holds, but this seems significantly less than the 2 million per tanker they were saying they were going to charge just a couple hours ago on the guardian at least.