Lucas Kohorst
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Lucas Kohorst
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Where Open Phil staff are making personal donations in 2024 | Open Philanthropy
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In the last post, I detailed that collecting texts may become a tempting replacement for obtaining real knowledge, but also that collecting in itself doesn’t get us anywhere. I called this the “Collector’s Fallacy”.
Christian • Note-Taking when Reading the Web and RSS
Note from Citizens on the new per-bet tax in Illinois suggests that the move could prompt online sportsbook operators to nudge players in "higher tax states" toward (non-state-regulated) prediction markets: https://t.co/dEHI8QO56N
Are Blockchains Decentralized? Unintended Centralities in Distributed Ledgers
The report investigates the true decentralization of blockchains, highlighting various forms of centralization, vulnerabilities in consensus protocols, and the implications for security and immutability in networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
blog.trailofbits.com