Recent content by wachtwoord

I have zero banking apps installed. For most banks I have a hardware device (tell them you don't own a smartphone). For those that don't provide one I have an app on my phone which helps me authenticate (a second factor) when I login to the website on a PC. I refuse to install the actual...

Well it definitely wasn't beneficial for Russia and has harmed them. If the any of the outcomes are unfortunate for the US it's that is strengthened China (its real biggest geo-political rival).

This is all true except that the US won and got all it wanted. It wasted Ukranian resources (land and people) to weaken Russia and Europe and force Europe into a more economic dependent position. Further the puppets in charge of the US got to launder their ill gotten gains. It seems this all...

Balance in the world is really important for individual liberties. The more power lies in fewer blocks, the more oppressive they'll be. Russia is relatively weak so I want them to at the very least not weaken further to be a counter balance to the other powers. How easy it is to spread...

Don't use online banking on a phone. Giant security threat.

Then you have extremely obvious on-chain proof as the coins haven't moved in 11 years right? As long as in Austria you don't have to provide the tax authority with an overview of all your assets (like in some countries) you are in full compliance.

So Switzerland. From mother to son most cantons don't levy an inheritance tax. 2 cantons even have no inheritance tax at all for anyone regardless of relation.

Wasn't the situation there that the one leaving the inheritance did so while being a French tax resident? Seems to be that for Swiss inheritance tax the tax residency of the one leaving the inheritance is the determining factor.

Very strange. So they are making the rules more lax? (as there was no threshold before right?)

Sure but that change of meaning was natural and not purposeful, manipulative and malign like the examples I gave.

Nah, they'll just redefine happy just as they did with "inflation", "liberal", "free", "justice", "vaccine", "science" etc etc etc

Big consumer banks certainly aren't real private companies as legislation forces many to use them for many purposes. Eg. in many countries companies are banned from paying out salaries in cash, they have to pay with bank transfers. Therefore these banks are at least semi-governmental.

And you dare trust others with those words? Yes your multi-sig solution is a problem too as you lock yourself out without the cooperation of another. That requires trust, and when trust isn't required it's always a mistake.

Very interesting. I wonder if that precedent would hold in a tax case (at least your experience shows some consistency in criminal cases) and how/if other countries have and will rule on this. Thanks for sharing.

Because people are stupid? Just saying I read about cases, not that I did it. The second? Because then you need to trust someone which is not needed if you hold it yourself. Quite an obvious drawback. Up to you if you believe that's acceptable.