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Titan History: Kong

Welcome once again to Monarch: After Dark, the digital gateway between you and the organisation dedicated to understanding and navigating this troubled new world we live in.

Apologies for the lack of communication in recent weeks, Monarch has been hard at work collecting data and collaborating with global governments through the most recent Titan crisis, including the disposal of deceased Titan remains and the best course of action to take with Godzilla in his new resting place.

That said, today's communication will be going over a Titan who has been surging in popularity across the globe over the past few years; the undisputed king of the Hollow Earth, Kong.

(Pictured above: Kong approaching an Apex Cybernetics research facility on Skull Island, circa. 2017)

Monarch Database File: Kong

Monarch Designation: Titanus Kong

Height: 337 feet

Weight: Unknown

Nature: Unknown

Behavioural Classification: Protector

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Until recently, Kong was believed to be the last of his kind. Born during a climactic final battle between his parents and a horde of Skullcrawlers (ravenous amphibian predators on Skull Island), Kong grew up in an isolated world filled with danger at every angle. Growing up to become the guardian deity of Skull Island, Kong was held in great reverence by the native Iwi tribe that lived on the island. His species, designated Apus giganticus, were also known protectors of the Iwi, fighting off the Skullcrawlers and other threats until their last breath.

During his centuries on the island, Kong fought a variety of creatures, from the Mire Squad and Sirenjaws to other Titans such as the mysterious Kraken or night-bringer Camazotz. However, in 2021, a storm generated by Monster Zero fused with the perpetual storm surrounding Skull Island and plunged it into chaos. Three years later, in 2024, Kong was removed from the island as the key to a daring plan to uncover a Hollow Earth energy source to stop Godzilla. The two alpha Titans clashed twice before setting aside their differences to take down Apex Cybernetics' rogue superweapon, Mechagodzilla.

Currently, Kong now resides in the Hollow Earth alongside a newly-freed tribe of his speices, an orange ape-like Titan which he seems to have adopted as a son, and the ancient ice Titan Shimo.

(Pictured above: Monarch officials reviewing recovered footage of Kong from the doomed 1973 expedition to Skull Island, circa. 2019)

While Kong's exact origins are unknown, research conducted within the Iwi settlement appears to place his birth somewhere in the 17th Century, making him perhaps the youngest Titan on record. However, his entangled history with Monarch began much later, in 1973.

In a time where Monarch was on its last legs and facing the possibility of being shut down, founding figure William Randa and geological advisor Houston Brooks lobbied to piggyback on a Landsat expedition to Skull Island. With a military escort courtesy of the Sky Devils squadron, the team dropped seismic charges on the island to map the bedrock beneath the surface. Unknown to them at the time, their charges awakened the Skullcrawlers living in thermal vents beneath the island and incurred Kong's wrath.

Kong swiftly destroyed the Sky Devils' helicopters, leaving the survivors split into two groups. One, including Brooks, encountered the Iwi and stranded WW2 pilot Hank Marlow, where they learned about Kong and his history with the Skullcrawlers. A second, including Randa, embarked on a mission of revenge driven by Colonel Preston Packard.

(Pictured above: Kong battling the remnants of the Sky Devil squadron after being lured into a napalm trap, circa. 1973)

After being lured into a napalm trap by Packard, Kong was initially helpless to battle the recently awakened Skull Devil, the last of the adult Skullcrawlers that had a hand in wiping out his family centuries prior. Recovering quickly, the two beasts engaged in a brutal encounter. Following some assistance from the expedition survivors, Kong triumphed by tearing out the Skull Devil's innards, avenging his parents in the process.

His next major sighting occured in 1993, but without a Monarch presence on Skull Island at the time, this is pending investigation. According to witnesses, Kong did battle with a large underwater Titan (designated 'Kraken'), after being coaxed to the island's coast by Annie, a young girl stranded on the island for years with a strange dog-like beast as a companion. After exchanging many blows, Kong ultimately killed the Titan by tearing its body in half.

In 1995, Aaron Brooks (Houston's son) led an unauthorized expedition to Skull Island, as he felt unsatisfied with leaving protection against the Skullcrawlers to Kong alone. During their stay, mythographer Walter Riccio experienced vivid visions of Kong's origins, under the influence of an Iwi medicinal drink. When Riccio destroyed the wall to the Iwi village, Kong stepped in to vanquish the Mother Longlegs swarm that seized their chance and killed Riccio before communing with Aaron and the Iwi.

(Pictured above: Artistic rendition of Kong tearing the "Kraken" Titan in two, based off eyewitness testimony, circa. 1993)

In the following decades, Kong was largely left to his own devices as the island's guardian. Though Monarch teams briefly assisted him in 2015 with a crisis involving the unknown organisation Janos Biotech and the island's Snarehunter population, and Kong himself kept a horde of Skullcrawlers that attempted to leave the island in response to Monster Zero's 'alpha call' in 2019, no major events really transpired between 1995 and 2021.

In 2021, as mentioned previously, Skull Island was plunged into chaos when one of Monster Zero's residual storms merged with the storm system surrounding Skull Island. When darkness fell, the bat Titan Camazotz emerged and battled Kong for dominion over the island. Thanks to a daring pilot triggering a sonic boom to disorient Camazotz, Kong was able to prevail, though he was ultimately unable to save his home.

Three years later, and the artificial habitat Monarch built for Kong was unable to hold him much longer. He was reluctantly taken to the sea and transported to Antarctica's Outpost 32 (now rebuilt as a Hollow Earth station), though not without attracting Godzilla, who destroyed the naval fleet transporting him and almost drowned the ape. Following the acquisition of an axe left in the Hollow Earth by his ancestors, Kong and Godzilla clashed again in Hong Kong. While Godzilla prevailed through sheer power, Kong refused to submit to his rule.

(Pictured above: Kong leaping onto Godzilla's back from a building after staging an ambush, circa. 2024)

After being revived by an exploding H.E.A.V, Kong jumped in to stop Mechagodzilla from executing his organic counterpart. Setting aside their differences, the two Titans teamed up to take down the mecha. A blast from Godzilla's atomic breath charged up Kong's axe, and he was able to deal the finishing blow by hacking Mechagodzilla to pieces and holding its severed head in triumph. The two Titans regarded each other one more time before parting ways.

Which brings us to the present. While much of what transpired is still being compiled to our databanks, it is known that Kong returned to the surface on three different occassions. The first was to have an infected tooth removed at a Monarch facility, the second was in Egypt to coerce Godzilla into assisting him, and the third was a two-on-two battle in Brazil between Kong and Godzilla, and Shimo and the "Skar King", evil ruler of the Kong tribe in Hollow Earth.

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And there you go! An up-to-date account of Kong's history in the modern world, intertwined with Monarch from the 1970's. Currently, Kong is enjoying life down in the Hollow Earth, and as the world should do, this is where we leave Kong's story be, until the world needs him again.

Until next time,

Monarch: After Dark

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kraken0@india.com - mongodb drop - РЕШЕНИЕ

ENGLISH VERSION

Недавно интернет захлестнула волна хакерских атак. Причиной стала уязвимость нереляционной базы данных mongodb. Хакеры, пользуясь дырой в безопасности,  стирали базу с сервера и требовали выкуп, вставляя в базу следующий код:

Вы можете найти эту запись в логах mongodb (в ubuntu этот лог находится по адресу /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log), если вы подверглись атаке.

После воостановления базы данных, хакер снова стирает ее, поэтому даже если на сервере были бэкапы базы, это решало проблему не надолго.

Что делать, чтобы защитить себя?

Ни в коем случае не платите! Мошенники не вернут вам данные.

1. Если ваша база не должна быть доступна по сети, просто запретите ей слушать любые ip, кроме localhost. Для этого зайдите в mongod.conf (для стандартной конфигурации ubuntu это /etc/mongod.conf) и откомментируйте или допишите правило:

Если вам требуется доступ к базе с других ip-адресов, переходите к пункту 2.

2. Запретите всем, кроме ваших серверов, включая локальный, доступ к порту, который слушает mongodb (по умолчанию это порт 27017)! Для linux-серверов это можно сделать при помощи iptables. Важно! В iptables правила выполняются одно за другим, поэтому вы сначала разрешаете к порту доступ с определенного ip и только после этого запрещаете доступ для других. Если это не соблюдать, все пакеты будут запрещены и работать не будет. для того, чтобы сервер мог работать с локальной базой

пропишите правила для внешних адресов ваших серверов, которые обращаются к базе (для каждого сервера свое правило)

запретите доступ всем остальным адресам к этому порту

Внимание, не применять до полного прочтения! Важное дополнение, в help mongodb присутствует строка Change Default Policy to DROP https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/configure-linux-iptables-firewall/ iptables -P INPUT DROP К сожалению не все читают продолжение, что данное правило надо применять только полной настройки iptables, прописание этого правила мгновенно закроет Вам доступ до Вашего сервера. Потому как затрагивает ВСЕ протоколы, включая SSH по которомы вы настраиваете сервер. Но не беспокойтесь, это легко исправить, достаточно перезапустить сервер из панели управления сервером. При этом все правила iptables будут сброшены. В данном случае это правило вообще не требуется! Для того, чтобы проверить конфигурацию iptables используйте команду

при необходимости сбросить полностью все правила, достаточно ввести

Важно! Эти правила будут действовать до перезагрузки сервера. Поэтому, если какое-то правило сработало неверно или вы потеряли доступ к своему серверу, просто перезагрузите свою машину. Для того, чтобы правила действовали после перезагрузки используйте iptables-persistent Установка

Если правила у вас настроены, а iptables-peristent не установлен, то при установке, правила будут сохранены автоматически. Чтобы запустить сервис

Правила сохраняются в /etc/iptables/rules.v4 и /etc/iptables/rules.v6

При помощи данного сервиса вы можете проверить сервер вашего сайта на наличие доступных портов https://www.shodan.io (просто вбейте ip своего сервера в поисковую строку)

[brilliant-red-eternity]

[PSYCHO-PASS FANFIC]

Now the roles are swapped again!

Imagine rookie inspector Kougami Shinya had a date with enforcer Tsunemori... I mean, um, “No, it’s not like that!”

(inspired by epidose #9)

sweet fruits of paradise

One morning at Kougami’s apartment…

After breakfast, inspector Kougami Shinya was getting dressed with the assistance of his holo secretary Dandy – a small, bluish and octopus-like creature with a preference for French literature and fashion. Kougami had taken a day off, but he had promised to escort enforcer Tsunemori on a field trip to clinical psychology in the morning.

KOUGAMI: “Dandy, have you ordered the new suit from the tailor?”

DANDY: “Oui, monsieur! It’s a very stylish combination. I must say, the blue jacket brings out the radiant colour of your eyes...”

KOUGAMI: “Thank you!”

DANDY (helping Kougami get dressed): “You don’t want to wear a holo costume today? And no tie with the shirt?”

KOUGAMI: “No, it’s okay. Today is no regular working day, and I thought I might try something more casual. You think this is too much? Um, maybe I shouldn’t leave the top shirt button undone – ”

DANDY (starting to jump with joy): “Mon Dieu, finally! You have a rendezvous, right?”

KOUGAMI (turning pink): “What? No, it – it’s not like that!”

DANDY: “I can order a bouquet of flowers for the mademoiselle. Considering the language of flowers, red camellias are the best choice...”

KOUGAMI: “No, no flowers! Stop it and delete this!”

[An error occured. Speculation mode continues.]

DANDY: “A box of chocolates, made from real cocoa?”

KOUGAMI: “What? Why is it locked? Stop it! Where’s the damn manual?”

Ten minutes later.

DANDY: “I could write some love poems for you, if you prefer. Or maybe some erotic ones, since I know you’re still a vir – ”

KOUGAMI: “Shut up! I’ve already told you it’s NOT a date! Could you please leave me alone?”

[Data deleted. Speculation mode is reset.]

KOUGAMI (sighing with relief): “Thanks.”

[Now... switch to reading. Bookmark: romantic literature.]

KOUGAMI: “Oh, no no no. I’m sure I have no such things on my bookshelf.”

DANDY (wearing a mustache and a cane): “I looked at her, at first with the sort of gaze that is not merely the messenger of the eyes, but a window at which all the senses lean out, anxious and petrified, a gaze that would like to touch the body it is looking at, capture it, take it away and the soul along with it...” ¹

KOUGAMI: “Jeez, I don’t need any romantic advice! Got it? She’s only a crazy woman I have to work with…”

[Searching database for quotations on women.]

KOUGAMI: “You’re doing this on purpose, right? Because I scolded you for hanging up those ugly brocade curtains when I was at work last week.”

DANDY (wearing a halo): “I have no idea what you’re talking about. But hallucinations and dreams are clear side-effects of being in love.”

KOUGAMI: “Shut your mouth, you French little brat, or I’ll punch you.”

DANDY: “You can’t punch a holo, Inspector Goatface!”

KOUGAMI: “Wh-what did you just call me?”

DANDY (sticking out his tongue): “Au revoir, chéri!”

Kougami went after Dandy in a mad fury, but the holo secretary moved at lightning speed. Kougami saw it hovering above the flat screen, then vanishing through the kitchen wall. When he jumped over the sofa, ready to throw a big paperback at his enemy, the sharp smell of smoke brought him back to reality. The holo secretary was holding a burning piece of paper in one of his numerous kraken hands – and it was smiling down on Kougami like a mischievous demon with the clear intention of burning down the apartment.

KOUGAMI: “Don’t you dare!”

DANDY: “I’m dissatisfied with my employment. Threats all day, and no respect for the French!”

Dandy dropped the burning paper in front of the bookshelf which held volumes of rare paperbacks and neatly sorted folders. Kougami made a dive for the fire source and managed to extinguish it. But it was already too late.

The smoke detector rang. Water sprinkled from the ceiling like cold rain, blurring Kougami’s vision and destroying the holo secretary for good. Half of the living room was destroyed, too. And since the water had stripped the apartment of every holo he possessed, Kougami was glad for the real clothes that hung from his soaking wet figure now.

  Half an hour later at the MWPSB...

Kougami pulled the car towards the entrance of the parking lot, where enforcer Tsunemori was already waiting for him. He saw her kicking at a robot which followed her around, probably reminding her that this was a no smoking area. Putting the cigarrette behind her ear, Tsunemori eyed her wet superior behind the wheel with a mixture of curiosity and shock.

TSUNEMORI: “The weather forecast didn’t say anything about rain, Inspector.”

KOUGAMI: “Please get into the car, Tsunemori-san!”

TSUNEMORI (fastening her seatbelt): “You should think about drying your clothes before wearing them. Don’t you have a little holo secretary for doing that?”

KOUGAMI: “Dandy committed suicide this morning.”

TSUNEMORI: “Oh, I’m sorry.”

TSUNEMORI (after a pause): “So traffic was tough and you took a little swim in one of those polluted drains under the highway to keep your Psycho-Pass clear, huh?”

KOUGAMI: “Yeah, something like that. Are you done with the interrogation?”

TSUNEMORI: “What a mysterious man you are, Inspector!”

Tsunemori leaned over the centre console and sniffed at his jacket. Kougami swallowed, feeling a little confused by the sudden nearness to the enforcer.

TSUNEMORI: “You don’t smell bad, though.”

Tsunemori gave him a lopsided smile, her cheeks slightly blushing.

KOUGAMI: “E – erm. Tha  – ”

TSUNEMORI: “No need to be flustered, Inspector! Professor Saiga is no expert on fashion. But he’ll be very interested in your story. And so am I, so get a move on!”

Kougami drove the car onto the street. He eyed the amused enforcer on the passenger seat.

KOUGAMI: “Does your... acquaintance live far from the city, Tsunemori-san?”

TSUNEMORI (looking out the window, hiding her smile): “No, not that far, Inspector. But let’s hope there won’t be any traffic. I don’t have a swimsuit with me and my Psycho-Pass is already beyond recovery...”

  ¹ (from: Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way: In Search of Lost Time.)

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CoinRule Review: Automated Crypto Trading Bots Platform

CoinRule Review: Automated Crypto Trading Bots Platform

Coinrule is an easy to use automated crypto trading solution aiming to be the “Lego tool-box”

for both technical and non-technical traders.Cryptocurrency traders can choose from a growing number of efficient, automated trading platforms that aim to simplify the entire process and allow anyone to make the most of their trading opportunities.Coinrule is an emerging, easy to use automated trading solution aiming to be the “Lego tool-box” for both technical and non-technical traders. The platform opens up a world of new trading possibilities for crypto traders used to dealing with more limited trading interfaces, and Coinrule allows anyone to choose from a number of set strategies which can be back-tested before being deployed.

More experienced traders can construct their own unique strategies, and as a result, traders of all levels can actively engage in the always open crypto market and trade 24/7. The platform supports popular exchanges including Binance, BitMEX, Coinbase Pro, and Kraken and can be accessed for free by using a Starter account. Paid subscriptions range from $29.99 to $249.99 per month with the differing account tiers designed to cater to traders of differing experience and activity levels.

Overview

Coinrule was founded in March 2018 by current CEO Gabriele Musella, and COO Oleg Giberstein. It was incorporated in the UK and holds the company number 11265766, Coinrule also retains an office at Level 32, 1 Ropemaker St, Citypoint, London EC2 9AW in addition to its registered office address at Fisher Close Flat 6, 2 Fisher Close, London, England, SE16 5AE. As a result, Coinrule can still be considered as an emerging trading solution and is in the process of developing its community and growing as a cryptocurrency trading solution.

The platform allows anyone to automate their trading in order to maximise their profits or accumulate coins and incorporates standard trading options such as regular market buy and sell orders, as well as stop-loss/take-profit orders, and re-buying orders. Coinrule can be used from any supported web browser and connects to over 10 leading cryptocurrency exchanges via API key connections with Binance, BitMEX, Bitstamp, Bittrex, Coinbase Pro, Kraken, and Poloniex all being supported. Anyone signing up is able to take advantage of the free Starter account with a demo exchange feature before deciding whether to opt for one of the paid subscription plans which start from $29.99 per month.

Key Features

Functionality – Coinrule operates as a web-based solution and the team have opted for a clean, simplistic design that appeals to traders of all levels. The platform also allows anyone to deploy trading “rules” without needing to know or use any code.

Technology – The platform works via API integrations with over 10 supported exchanges and the team highlight that all orders are sent to the market with minimum latency time. Orders normally take around 500 Milliseconds to reach the market, and Coinrule also makes use of SMS notifications, and data encryption to enhance its service.

Range of Tools – The platform incorporates an easy to use, modular rule configuration system which works via simple If/Then prompts. Popular trading strategies such as stop-loss, take profit, and buy the dip/breakout can be used to make the most of contrarian, maximization, and accumulation methods.

Range of Plans – The service can be used for free by signing up for a Starter account, while the Hobbyist plan costs $29.99 a month. The Pro plan costs $249.99 a month and provides access to 50 live/demo rules, and unlimited template strategies and integrated exchanges.

Customer Support –The Help Center contains a number of useful guides and resources which are also supplemented by the official blog. The team also tackle common questions in their FAQ section, and can be contacted by live chat, email, or by connecting via Facebook or Twitter.  

How to Get Started on CoinRule

To create an account, just click the “Sign Up” tab at the top right of the home page.

1) Create an Account

To register an account, you just need to enter an email address and create a password before agreeing to the Terms of Use.  There is also the option to sign up using your Google or Facebook account. After submitting your details, you will be sent a verification email which contains the code number you need to enter in order to complete the signup process.

2) Connect an Exchange

By clicking on the “Add Exchange” tab you can connect to your preferred exchanges via API keys. When opting for Binance, you will be prompted to enter your API key details along with your secret key information. From here you need to login to Binance in order to locate your API keys and this information can be found by clicking on “API Management” and then “Create API”. You can then name the API key and click “Create New Key”, before confirming your 2FA code and completing the key creation process by following all the instructions in the confirmation email. You will then be able to see the API keys, and you should edit your API key restrictions in order to maximize your security settings. You can now complete the API integration process by returning to the Coinrule Dashboard and entering the required information.

3) Create Your Rules

Creating strategies on Coinrule is pretty straightforward and you can get started by clicking on the “Create Rule” tab located at the top right of the Dashboard. You can then create easy to setup trading strategies based on “If/Then” parameters which allow you to quickly get going and take advantage of any market movements.

You first need to select an exchange, define the event (e.g. 15% BTC price decrease), and then enter in your buy/sell order. You can also click on the “Timer” tab to configure how you would like to schedule your trades. Here, the Demo account displays a market buy order for $2500 worth of BTC to be deployed twice should the price of Bitcoin drop by 15%. A tab at the top right of the page summarizes the rule’s key conditions, and you can double check everything is in order before clicking the “Launch” tab. You can also opt for a ready-made strategy from the template library, and when you select your preferred strategy, all the details will be automatically entered into the correct sections, and you can simply adjust the settings in order to configure the strategy exactly as you like.

Here with the “Buy The Dips + Stop Loss/Take Profit” Template, the strategy is automatically setup to make purchases in the event that any coin on your integrated exchange account drops by 10%. It will also then sell the same coin once it has increased by 5% to take profit, while the stop loss feature will also trigger a sale in the event that the price drops by 3%. The template has also been configured to automatically start immediately, and execute once a day with a maximum total of 10 executions. Once again, the tab at the top right of the page summarizes all the key conditions, and you can configure the template as you like, and even add further conditions before clicking the “Launch” tab.

Coinrule Pricing

The platform can be used free of charge for an undefined time period, although, the Starter account option is restricted to only 1 Connected Exchange, 2 Demo/Live Rules, and 7 Template Strategies. The Hobbyist plan costs $29.99 per month (billed as $359 annually) and provides access to 2 Connected Exchanges, 7 Demo/Live Rules, and 30 Template Strategies. Each paid plan also includes access to Advanced Indicators and the Trader Community. More active traders can also choose from either of the Trader or Pro packages which contain even more features and the Pro package provides access to Unlimited Connected Exchanges, 50 Demo/Live Rules, and Unlimited Template Strategies. It also allows anyone signing up to take part in one-to-one training sessions, and benefit from an ultra-fast data socket and costs $249.99 a month, billed as $2,999 annually. Payments are processed by Stripe and you will be required to enter your credit card details to make a one off purchase for one year’s worth of service.

Supported Exchanges

Coinrule currently supports over ten popular cryptocurrency exchanges which can be linked via API integration.

These include:

Bitfinex

Binance

Binance US

BitMEX

Bitpanda Pro

Bitstamp

Bittrex

Coinbase Pro

HitBTC

Kraken

Liquid

Poloniex

Is Coinrule Safe?

The team declare that each user has their own dedicated private key which has been generated separately, and these private keys are in turn stored on detached data storage which is encrypted with AES-256. Coinrule also only stores encrypted forms of all API keys using 256bit AES encryption, and the team also use data encryption in transit so all communication between their website <-> application backend <-> database/cache nodes is encrypted using TLS 1.2 or higher.

Coinrule also uses Ukey1 as a secure authentication gateway partner, and as a result the team do not store passwords in their database. Ukey1 also encrypts all personal data and passwords are hashed using advanced algorithms, while the website is further secured by using Cloudflare CDN as to protect against DDoS types of attacks. In addition, the Coinrule team are transparent in nature, and the key information about themselves and their corporate setup has been made publically available. This helps to develop trust, as users can easily identify exactly who is behind the project, which isn’t always the case with crypto projects. The trading platform was also incorporated in the UK, and operates in accordance with the laws of the United Kingdom within the jurisdiction of England and Wales, meaning that users are protected by the extensive financial and commercial laws within the region.

With regards to payments, Coinrule processes your purchases by using Stripe, and transactions are marked as a Merchant-Initiated Transaction (MIT) by Stripe. As a result, all your payment details are confidentially secured, and neither Coinrule nor Stripe actually have access to your financial data. These factors help Coinrule quite a bit as the platform has only been operating since 2018, and if you run into any issues, you can contact the team directly or just speak to your credit card provider to rectify the situation.

As is always the case when using automated trading platforms and/or software, the most solid approaches always involve maximizing your own personal security in order to protect yourself from any attacks or serious issues. Simple measures such as keeping your login/personal information private will go some way to securing your account, while restricting your exchange account API and disabling withdrawals from within your account will protect you from the most serious security breaches.

When using Coinrule, you are not required to transfer any funds over, and the platform doesn’t have direct access to your crypto holdings. This is true for the the majority of trading bots or portfolio management tools as everything is done via an Application Programming Interface (API) which allows Coinrule to interface with its supported exchanges and collect price and account balance data as well as place buy and sell orders. The team can improve their security by incorporating 2FA authentication and notifying users of account activity via email/SMS. A mobile app will also allow users to keep track of their accounts while on the go, however, the platform is generally quite solid although Coinrule is still developing its online presence as well as trading community.

How Beginner Friendly is Coinrule?

To be honest, Coinrule is one of the most easy to use automated crypto trading platforms out there. While all trading platforms require some learning and take some time to get used to, Coinrule has been designed with less technical traders in mind, and the clean and simple interface make it easy to keep on top of whatever you are doing.

Rules can be created using “If/Then” parameters which are simple to understand and allow you to quickly get going, while the modular setup allows you to easily make changes and adjustments in order to configure any rule you create or template strategy that you would like to tweak. The team behind the platform designed it to be a “Lego tool-box” for cryptocurrency trading strategies and automated trading, and rules can be created quickly and back-tested before being launched. As a result, Coinrule should definitely suit less technical traders while still incorporating features that appeal to more technical traders. These include the ability to intricately create and configure strategies, and readymade templates can be configured to include additional conditions and triggers or to act in a much simpler manner if desired.

The platform also provides access to advanced TA tools and you can set up trading strategies based around RSI or moving averages approaches or follow much broader accumulation, contrarian, or take profit methods. However, the team can expand their service in the future to include more features such as trailing stop losses, additional technical indicators, and a mobile app. Anyone signing up to a Trader or Pro plan can receive one to one trading lessons, and the team also provide resources which help to explain how to use the platform and how the various aspects of engaging in automated crypto trading. Anyone interested in using the platform can always sign up for a free Starter account and test it out in order to figure out if opting for a  paid subscription will be beneficial.

Conclusion

Coinrule is a somewhat under the radar crypto trading platform which stands out due to its simplicity and ease of use. The “Lego” tool kit ideology has been well implemented as the platform’s clean and simple user interface and modular strategy configuration features make creating, tweaking, and testing strategies a relatively straightforward process for even less experienced traders. The platform also offers good exchange support and integrates with a range of leading crypto exchanges such as Binance, Coinbase Pro, Kraken, and BitMEX which should appeal to most traders as these exchanges provide good liquidity levels, and a wide range of coins to trade.

However, as easy as it is to use, Coinrule still has room to improve as more advanced users may be interested in deploying a wider range of TA based strategies than the RSI and Moving Averages strategies currently on offer. Also anyone looking to manually configure their own bots to perform more complex actions may be better served by a more extensive platform, and experienced traders may also be looking to sell their successful strategies, and interact with other users via an internal marketplace, and Coinrule currently doesn’t provide these features.

All in all, Coinrule is an interesting option for anyone looking to quickly get started in the world of automated crypto trading, and the platform is still emerging and developing in terms of it visibility, reputation, and online community. Anyone who is already active on any of the supported exchanges can always give Coinrule a try in order to improve on the limited trading options many of those exchanges currently offer. As ever, it’s a good idea to try out a free account and get a feel for the platform in order to see if one of the paid subscription plans will suit your particular needs and prove to be beneficial in the long run.

Article Produced By Eugene Kem

Eugene holds a BA Honours Degree in Economics and remains passionate about the transformative potential of digital currencies. In addition to writing for Blockonomi, he is also conducts market analysis for Coincodex and Cyptocalibur.

https://blockonomi.com/coinrule-review/

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Smart contract platform startup DCorp is also currently running its currency presale where interested investors could acquire DCorp’s own DRP currency tokens and become shareholders of this cryptoprojects venture fund. What’s interesting about DCorp is that it totally revolves around blockchain. Not only is it pursuing funding through currency tokens but its proposition is hinged upon the use of blockchain smart contracts - Business ideas will be pitched to DCorp for review and consideration and if approved by shareholders, the project is funded.

The process of these ICOs is facilitated through Ethereum’s network. It seems that in one fell swoop, these efforts have shown how blockchain is truly shaking up the startup financing landscape.

The fuss over blockchain

But what’s the big fuss over blockchain anyway? Thanks to the emergence of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, blockchain, the technology that makes them possible, has now become a hot topic across a variety of verticals. A World Economic Forum report estimated that 10 percent of GDP will be stored in blockchains by 2025.

To the unfamiliar, blockchain is a continuously growing distributed database managed by a peer-to-peer network. It’s managed in such a way that records or “blocks” are only added to the database where each transaction has to be validated by the network. No one can modify or edit existing records retroactively since any changes would be flagged by the network making it transparent.

It functions as an open and secure distributed ledger which has led many developers and businesses to use in a variety of ways.

Powering cryptocurrencies

Using blockchain, developers have come out with a variety of cryptocurrencies. Investors have been quite bullish over this new form of money. The growth rates of the popular coins have been staggering. Bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency, is now trading at around $2,500 as of this writing. It was only valued at just $0.07 in 2010.

Ether – the currency token of blockchain platform Ethereum – is considered as the next major cryptocurrency. It is now valued at around $250. Year-to-date, ether’s value grew to a high of more than 3,000 percent. As a validation to the currency, cryptocurrency exchanges including GDAX and Kraken and social trading services like eToro, that are mainly focused on stocks and currency pairs, have recently enabled Ethereum trading.

Ether may have gained a bit of notoriety after suffering from a flash crash on GDAX last June 21. Ether fell to just $0.10 after a “multimillion dollar market sell” initially dropped its value by 30 percent from trading around $320 last Wednesday. It has since recovered.

As cryptocurrencies now hold real-world value, they may be considered as financial instruments very much like cash or stock certificates.

Despite the ether’s flash crash, the Ethereum platform is considered to be the next major development in blockchain. Ethereum wasn’t simply built for currency use. It’s built to be a transactional platform. Among its key features is the ability to create and execute smart contracts – the applications of which verticals such as fintech are finding promising.

A smart contract is a piece of software that can store, verify, and execute the terms of an agreement. Essentially, the smart contract contains a set of events where one event triggers subsequent actions until the agreement is completed. These terms are stored in the blockchain and all related events and actions get reflected on the ledger. It offers the convenience of letting transactions be done between parties directly cutting out the middleman such as an escrow agent.

Smart contracts aren’t limited to personal transactions, retail, or ecommerce. It can also be used in sale of big ticket items such as cars and real estate. Even traditional institutions are recognizing the potential of this technology. Royal Bank of Scotland announced that it is building a distributed clearing house based on Ethereum’s distributed ledger and smart contracts feature.

New approaches to funding

One application of blockchain that’s being tested by several companies is for startup funding. Traditionally, entrepreneur only could only choose between securing loans or partnering with investors to get fresh capital but the introduction of disruptive methods such as crowdfunding opened up avenues for entrepreneurs and content creators to get funded.

Crowdfunding became quite the craze a few years back thanks to platforms like IndieGoGo and Kickstarter. It was quite revolutionary. Entrepreneurs could pitch their concepts to just about anyone on the internet and they could offer rewards or shares to those willing to backed their campaigns. $34 billion were invested in crowdfunded projects in 2015 which exceeded the yearly average of venture capital investments at the time.

However, one criticism against crowdfunding is that there are no guarantees that an investor would actually get any return from the investment. Numbers vary but some platforms report that failure rate among crowdfunded projects can be as much as 40 percent.

Using a platform such as blockchain could give better assurances to investors and make entrepreneurs more accountable. Smart contracts could also be used to enforce investment and loan agreements. This could create a fair environment where startups can still enjoy the convenience of getting funding from a wider audience but still be compelled to succeed.

Funding through ICOs

ICOs work similarly to initial public offerings but shares are in the form of cryptocurrency tokens. Ethereum jumpstarted its own funding through a presale of ether in 2014. 60 million ether tokens were made available to contributors.

Ventures like DCorp are following a similar strategy. What probably distinguishes an ICO like DCorp’s is its commitment to fairness and transparency. No single DRP token is given away for free. Other presales offer considerable number of tokens as “bounties” in exchange for work such as endorsements, translation, social media posts, and bug finding.

In some cases, such ICOs simply were put up to make quick money where coins were dumped once the currency hits exchanges. DCorp goes about this differently by putting up a €724 thousand cap in Ether, and if this funding goal is not reached, participants are refunded. They also set a max cap of €9.5 million in order to keep their initial investors at an advantage. All DRP tokens are paid for to prevent dumping, making it a fair and transparent presale.

With success comes validation

These efforts by Ethereum and DCorp are just a few interesting applications of blockchain. For startups, the combination of smart contracts and currency tokens available on one platform promise to be a fast, secure, and transparent way to secure funding. The jury may still be out regarding the technology but initial successes are now challenging the position of venture capitalists and crowdfunding platforms. More successful ICOs would only validate this particular application of blockchain.

This material should not be construed as an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security in any jurisdiction. I have no positions in any of the securities mentioned above.

[mechagalaxy]

John T Mainer 28840: Don’t be so Cavalier about it! - Mariea Lindley Personal Log

Don’t be so Cavalier about it!

Mariea Lindley Personal Log

I was reading the incoming contract request. She had built a reputation as the Iron Princess in her early days as a pilot by pirate hunting, and frequently received requests from governments and individual noble and mercantile houses when they needed something a little more pro-active and less bribeable than the regular forces, or at least the Ministers that gave them their orders.

This was different. “Top Secret Spirit of Bunny Eyes Only To: Captain Mariea Lindley, Spirit of Bunny From: Cogwork Defense Intelligence Agency

Upon receipt of this order, you are to proceed to Epsilon Eridani via the restricted military gate system [see attached routing schedule] using the one time use gate codes to ensure no record of your presence or passage is present at either end of the gate system [see attached cypher x-ray theta omicron 149 Charlie].

Upon arrival at Epsilon Eridani you will seek out, take under fire, and eliminate all members of the Crimson Cavaliers. All machines, equipment, personnel and personal effects are to be reduced by fire to base molecules. No witnesses to this purge are to be permitted. All records of this action are to be deleted and confirmed deleted by tech-priests of the Society of the Cog.

In return, the Defense Intelligence Agency will give triple payment to be held in escrow by the Bank of the Dragon, along with a Writ of Sanction signed by the Defense Intelligence Agency, Society of the Cog, and the Ministry of Justice indemnifying you and your Clan for all actions undertaken within the time frame of this contract.

Kill them all. Burn the bodies. Do not take any contaminated stim packs, or hateorade from the wreckage. Keep no records.

Message Ends.”

Mariea tried the authentication codes, Cogwork defense computers accepted them, immediately crashed the usual track and record functions and opened special access to their Defense Intelligence database; something no mercenary was allowed to touch, and had to beg to get records from even when their missions gave them need to know. This was a legitimate contract.

The Cogwork Defense force was putting out a purge order on their own Crimson Cavaliers anti-piracy regiment. That bit about the Stim Packs and Hateorades, were the stories about the Gorax plague infesting them true? The Bunny labs declared their own stock clean, but maybe the Cavaliers didn’t check theirs well enough. A more chilling thought, maybe they did, but something they ran into activated the contagion badly enough that Cogwork doesn’t just want them dead, but burned beyond recognition.

Damn. I was planning on using those for the Waves for the next Clan War. Maybe I ought to lay off them until I finish this little contract and see what happened to the Cavaliers.

The jump to Epsilon Eridani was as slick as could be. Her troops hit at the run, her front rank Notas and Humbaba went low/high with the Humbaba hugging the ground and watching the sky, and the Notas standing tall and keeping watch on the ground.

There was a lot to see. The Crimson Cavaliers were in action in the industrial hub at Burkes Crossing. They had caught a group of pirates, about sixty machines in all, and had driven them into the rail yards where there was neither cover nor escape. So far so good. They had crippled their machines with the sort of savagery you didn’t usually see in house troops, literally ripping limbs off the pirate machines. Again, so far so good.

Focusing her Big Red’s sensors to the feed from her forward honour guard drones, Mariea swore in what those who didn’t know many ladies would call an unladylike manner, and those who knew soldiers would describe as most accurate description.

“Oh feth me gently. They are eating the pirates. They aren’t even cooking them first”

That was bad.

Drone 2 got a closer look

“Oh feth me with a chainsaw, they are cooking some of them. They just aren’t killing them first”

That was worse. Really, even the AFF didn’t eat people. Not anymore anyway. And those few times were mostly the result of bad canopy seals on Vupa 6. I mean outside of Vupa 6 and the Ghost of Herrod, no one really went full Reiver and ate people anymore.

“Skyfall, targets appended. Commence direct fire when hit military crest. No quarter.”

I felt bad giving the order, but the missiles launched from the Humbaba and Anubis were screaming out of the sky and down onto the Crimson Cavaliers before they even suspected the Bunnies were upon them. As she hit the crest, and her direct sensors could achieve lock, she locked onto a Reaper that had four screaming not quite dead pirates impaled on spikes on its armoured chest glacis. Cutting loose with my Hellbat I ended those pirates suffering and started on my Cavalier purge 284% damage 3X DAMAGE Hit for 2966 Trample Damage 134 Shield Blocks 54%. The Reaper was still on fire, its chest breached, its reactors leaking radiation enough that any sane pilot would be punching out before they were irradiated beyond healing.

He didn’t punch out, he punched back. A line of Decimator slugs chewed the paint and armour on my trailing leg and spun me half around. I dropped to one knee and triggered a blast from my upper torso Hephaistos at Cavalier 1 284% damage Hit for 729 Shield absorbs 318 damage Cavalier 1 destroyed

Trample Damage 33 Shield Blocks 54%. I blew bits of him into the Slate following him, but it didn’t help as the Slate physically rammed me and we traded point blank fire and ice with our shields howling in overload.

Kraken and Okha crossed, and the Slate and my Notas both exploded, my mecha kicking me skidding across the ground to land between the striding legs of my second rank Fext. Already the Corsair wingman was cutting over to engage my second rank, but it my pilots were Clan, not reg force, so they fired on the move rather than dressing ranks before shooting.

Fext fires a Regret at Cavalier3-4 179% damage Laser shield absorbs 200 Laser % shield blocks 125

1.5X DAMAGE 3X DAMAGE Cavalier3-4 slowed 20 Hit for 2078 Cavalier3-4 Destroyed!

Shield absorbs 318 damage Trample Damage 374 Shield Blocks 54%.

It was weird, the Cavaliers performed with the discipline and skill of the finest house regulars, but they came mindlessly over the bodies of their fallen, absorbing killing blows and not punching out, willing to die in their machines as long as they could get close enough to take a Bunny with them, or get off one more shot. The pilots eyes were weeping tears of blood, their smiles wide and snarling like some sort of rabid animals. These were not zombies, these were berserkers who lived only to kill just once more. Cogwork was right, these boys needed to be put down hard, and the ground they bled on burned clean beneath them.

The Cavaliers kept coming. It was the battering line of her forth rank, Grim Reapers and Pike who laid down a wall of fire that the last howling Cavalier crawled into to fall just short of reaching her line before exploding. Not one of them hesitated, faltered, or noticed his own wounds, even with their guts painting the cockpit walls, they just kept laughing, shooting, and striding forward until they were blown physically apart, frozen solid, or burned to the point their implants could no longer message their mecha to fire.

Something was wrong with the Contaminated Stim Packs and Hateorades. Something just in the ones the Cavaliers got? Maybe. Or maybe we all missed something, and only the Cavaliers got triggered. I can’t report this to the Clans. I can’t report this at all.

Damnit. This danger goes beyond Cogwork, but my contract won’t let me warn anyone. Gorax left us a going away present, we didn’t beat him and steal his power for ourselves; he fed us his poison and we lapped it up. How many of them have I used? How many is too many? Will I be next?

Mariea Lindley, Spirit of Bunny End log.

John T Mainer 28840

[ellahmacdermott]

Living on Bitcoin Day 5: An In-Store Buy At Last (Spoiler: It’s Pot-Related)

This is the fifth instalment of reporter Colin Harper's "Living on Bitcoin" experience in San Francisco. Find out what happened to him earlier on Day 1 , on Day 2 , on Day 3 and on Day 4.

I woke up in a millionaire’s bed today, something I never thought I’d say because I ain’t gonna make a million bucks, and I always doubted I could’ve finagled my way into the bed of someone who had.

Jeremy’s room is your prototypical festival bro living space: Bob Marley poster in one corner, jam band festival posters for Camp Bisco and Gathering of the Vibes (among other music festivals) tacked above a 50-inch, Toshiba plasma screen, which was leaning against the wall and propped up on the box it came in. A tangled cluster of conference passes (many speaker or VIP) hung from a back wall above the felt loveseat.

Below one of the room’s three windows, there’s a bookcase sectioned off into six cubbies, which include Hunter S. Thompson, Michael Lewis, Truman Capote, and some self-help and econ/business books. Almost poetically, a book called Ego is the Enemy appropriately placed in a cubbie diagonally opposite to the one housing Tucker Max’s Assholes Finish First.

On the third floor, I made the coffee I bought at Whole Foods, warmed one of the croissants and did some work.

Over Slack, my colleague Aaron van Wirdum suggested I try a map called Bitcoin Map on the Google Play store to see if it had any bitcoin-accepting places listed that I could be missing. I pulled it up, browsed some places I had previously tried but knew no longer did. Then, I glanced at Haight-Ashbury on the map one last time and noticed a smoke shop and one-time hookah lounge that accepted bitcoin.

On the off chance, I called them up.

“Do you guys still accept bitcoin?”

“Yes, we do.”

“Seriously?!”

“Yes.”

Exuberant, I let a triumphant expletive slip and thanked the woman, assuring her that I would be by later that day.

It would be a smoke shop that becomes the first place where I can spend some bitcoin, I thought to myself.

With that victory, my spirits were lifted and I began to make preparations for my day. Needing to get more credit for Uber, I tried out Gyft, a gift card purchasing platform that made Hill’s second run at this in 2014 so much easier. Vinny Lingham started it, and the platform accepts other forms of payment than just bitcoin.

I couldn’t use it though. I tried to buy an Uber gift card, but my Samourai wallet wouldn’t accept the BitPay QR as valid (which, given Samourai’s general crypto maximalism, made sense and also seemed to sum up the difficulties of the experiment to that point). I opted for Bitrefill again.

Then I started doing some research on Kraken and Coinbase’s locations in San Francisco. According to Google, they have the same office address, which I found odd.

Putting the address into my Uber app, I decided to make my way to the heart of San Francisco’s Financial District to see if I could pester my way into either or both offices. “Just show up and ask to talk to people,” Hill’s advice echoed in my head.

The addresses I got on Google led me to a mailing address, but then a bit of sleuthing got me addresses (supposedly) of the actual offices for both Kraken and Coinbase. Kraken’s, though, turned out to be a FedEx, which led me to think that my informant was screwing with me or that Kraken had registered that address intentionally so as to not be bothered.

Coinbase’s office was right, so I cut the informant some slack. I secured a receptionist’s number from the security desk in the lobby but didn’t really have time to make an appointment for later. This wasn’t 2013 anymore: I couldn’t just drop in on their three employees in an apartment office anymore. This was 2019 and Coinbase had become a unicorn with more than 500 employees and six offices in three countries.

The rain was light but steady when I was searching for Kraken and Coinbase’s offices, but it would come down progressively harder the longer I walked. I passed a Target on my route in which I could have bought an umbrella (Paxful and Gyft have Target cards), and it highlighted a problem with banking on bitcoin through gift cards. You have to preplan your purchases, or else you have to stop, connect to wifi, and use an exchange that takes bitcoin to buy new cards before you can redeem them.

It seems obvious, but it’s not as seamless as cash, debit or credit. Even so, there aren’t so many hoops to jump through — just enough to make doing so outside in the rain an inconvenience.

My denim jacket was thoroughly soaked, so I stopped inside a Starbucks and ordered a coffee with a Starbucks gift card I bought on Paxful. I ordered a seasonal latte, basic white boy that I am, but I had the barista only pump about a third of the usual flavor shots into it because I don’t like drinking syrup.

While downtown, I visited Quantstamp’s offices, as Christian had set me up with a buddy of his who worked there, Jared let me in and we talked crypto. He mentioned a bubble tea cafe nearby that used to accept crypto, but it proved to be yet another red herring, making me worry that maybe the smoke shop on Haight might not either.

Ubering back to the castle, I sent some additional funds to my Samourai wallet ahead of my trip to the shop. Rachel wanted to come along, partly I think for the fun of it but also because she was fiending for some Juul pods and was banking on my generosity to secure her some.

We reached the smoke shop shortly before close as one employee was busy allocating merch to a back closet. It was what you expected from a smoke shop: pieces, bongs and actual tobacco pipes in various sizes and in a motley of translucent, glass-infused colors. They sell smokes and vaping supplies too, but no Juuls or Juul pods (to Rachel’s great dismay).

Approaching the counter, I try to confirm what I’d been told over the phone.

“Y’all take bitcoin, right?”

“Bitcoin? Yes, I think,” said the middle-aged, Asian woman, hesitantly. “We used to at least. Ask him,” she says, pointing to the man stacking the backroom with inventory.

Her husband, a middle-aged, white guy with glasses, a mariner’s cap and close-shaven beard, who looks like he might read communist theory and know his way around a VPN, dashed my bitcoin-spending hopes with his answer.

“I don’t think so. Honey, do we still have the payment processor?” he asked.

They didn’t. Snapcard, which may have very well been the same defunct-processor that Woot Bear used, was no longer in service, so they stopped taking it some time ago. They had originally decided to start accepting bitcoin in 2013-2014 when it was “cool” to do so, and the husband was kicking himself for not doing it sooner.

“People would want to come in and buy rolling papers and we didn’t want to take it, which was stupid,” he chuckled.

I asked if they still had a Coinbase account to which I could send bitcoin, but the wife said that her son held the account and they didn’t know how to use it. After a few more failed attempts at trying to find a solution, I gave up, thanked them and left the shop.

As I left, I was convinced there was some grand conspiracy to keep me from spending bitcoin, until the woman peeked her head out of the shop to beckon us back.

“I think we figured it out,” she said.

Eager and a bit antsy, I leaned over the counter to observe her Coinbase app while I tried for the items I had picked out (a glass piece that’s totally not for me and white sage for the castle). As it turned out, they weren’t verified with Coinbase, so they could only buy/sell on Coinbase and not send/receive. This annoyed me: Why do one when you can’t do the other?

“It’s ok,” I said, resigned at this point.

But the woman insisted. She was nice enough to let me just scan the QR code for her son’s wallet, and she even gave me a five buck discount on the piece.

Effusive, I thanked them and asked for their names, which they prefered I not publish here. Apparently, San Francisco is not too friendly to tobacco shops.

“The city is trying to annex the smoke shops,” the husband told me. That coupled with the stigma of bitcoin and the illicit drug market’s symbiotic dependence on the dark web (and the fact that the business is basically a head shop) made them wary enough of potentially damaging publicity.

The fact that the transaction almost happened then didn’t, only to almost not happen and then succeed was representative of how the experiment has been panning out so far. The bitcoin PoS was makeshift, but it finally happened, and I was happy enough to finally get the first IRL transaction out of the way, even if it came on day five. It was also directly peer-to-peer — no middleman payment processor involved, which I liked.

Finally, something to write home about.

Returning to the castle, I would spend the rest of the night fraternizing with the residents who were quickly becoming acquaintances and friends. They all had their own goals and projects, and the interactions in my short time with them will be worth a story one day.

There’s Rachel, who’s known Jeremy since 2015; Liz, the Queen of the Castle (obviously); Michael, a laid back relations or community manager who “kinda does crypto but not really;” Orest and Aymard, who work at Ausum Ventures with Jeremy; Teddy and Hans, who are building a blockchain query database for legal documents; Vivian, the VP of the same self-driving car startup, comma.ai, that used to reside in the castle’s basement; and a prodigious, 18-year-old developer-entrepreneur who runs his own AI financial consultation startup and whom Jeremy referred to once as his “protégé.”

“So, are you like the wunderkind developer prodigy of the house?” I asked him.

“Pretty much. But it’s not just that.”

“What, like you’re also the wunderkind entrepreneurial prodigy?”

“Something like that,” he responded with a smile and honest innocence.

He told me he would rather not be identified in the article because the banks and other businesses he works with don’t know that he’s still a kid, he confessed. That he had operated so long without them finding out was astounding to me.

The Prodigy began his company when he was a freshman in high school. No, not college (he never took that road), high school. In the company’s early stages, he decided to go all in on his vision.

“So I pretty much left high school.”

No diploma or degree to speak of, he moved to San Francisco when he was 15. In what would have been his sophomore year, he was focused on driving business growth while his peers were testing for learner’s permits.

An early investor in Ethereum and a sometimes crypto-head, he met Jeremy at a crypto castle party in 2017, and Jeremy would take him under his wing and offer him a home.

Now he works out of the community surrounded by the advice and the tutelage of the castle’s residents, who, while still young entrepreneurs themselves, have plenty of experience and tips to impart to the kid.

I highlighted The Prodigy here because or his age and precociousness but also because the whiz-tech kid who eschews education in favor of just doing makes for a pretty good story. Realistically, I could have profiled some of the other residents and their endeavors as well (for instance, I plan on doing an article on some of the innovative, impactful startups Ausum Ventures has invested in).

But The Prodigy particularly personified the house’s ethos: driven, focused, entrepreneurial and hardworking.

“Do you do drugs or drink?” I asked him.

“No. Never.”

“Good. Don’t,” I advised him.

Truth is, considering the portrait of the millionaire party boy that has been painted of Jeremy in the past, the castle was nothing like that. It wasn’t like the mainstream coverage would imply: no end-to-end daily benders or booze-infused ragers. I don’t think anyone even touched a drink while I was there. Everyone was busy working. As Rachel would tell me, “No one drinks here. They all have shit to do.”

As Kashmir Hill did in her original journey, Colin is accepting BTC tips to help him along the way.

Tip jar: 3CnLhqitCjUN4HPYf6Qa2MmvCpSoBiFfBN

This article originally appeared on Bitcoin Magazine.

from InvestmentOpportunityInCryptocurrencies via Ella Macdermott on Inoreader https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/living-on-bitcoin-day-5-an-in-store-buy-at-last-spoiler-its-pot-related/

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What is Bitcoin?

Should you keep current with all the web hosting business news you may have encounter ‘Bitcoin’.

It appears that barely a day goes by with no web host announcing they’ve embraced Bitcoin as a payment method.

However, is Bitcoin just another PayPal? Can it be a brand new money?

What’s Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is a ‘cryptocurrency’ (or even ‘virtual money’) which may be utilized as a payment method, but it is not a physical money like pennies and dollars. It arrived on the scene in 2009 as a “peer reviewed” payment system that contested more conventional kinds of online payment.

Up until Bitcoin individuals had accepted the concept that a third party intermediary was required to create a payment on the net. Whether it had been a lender, or even a company like PayPal, the intermediary acted as the medium of transport, and naturally, took a commission for the services.

Without a middlemen so to speak, moving cash by Bitcoin means substantially lower transactional fees. And the other reasons, making Bitcoin incredibly appealing.

Who possesses Bitcoin?

Internet folklore has it that Bitcoin was made by Satoshi Nakamoto. Though Nakamoto’s name appeared on the first 2008 research paper that initially mentioned Bitcoin, he’s never been correctly identified.

Back in February 2014, Newsweek magazine failed to locate somebody named Satoshi Nakamoto they believed was that the Bitcoin founder, but after contested, the guy they discovered indicated that he understood nothing concerning the cryptocurrency!

Since that time several titles are indicated, culminating in Australian entrepreneur Craig S. Wright in late 2015. Other suggestions have included the title ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ was really passed around a succession of programmers who took turns using it.

While a person may indeed have established Bitcoin, it is just as listed data and isn’t so owned in the sense that a firm like ‘Paypal’ is possessed.

Can Be Bitcoin legitimate?

Bitcoin has had a chequered history. It’s at times been tagged a “electronic Ponzi scheme” and having an online technology, it’s been connected to the “Deep Web” or “Dark Web” — that is the 90 percent of the net that may only be obtained with a ‘Tor Browser Bundle’ (instead of Google Chrome!) .

This is the planet of ‘Silk Road’, drug dealing and other crime.

And since you do not need to use a title when you’re creating a Bitcoin trade, then it’s also the money of choice for hackers!

Besides associations using the murkier side of the world wide web, Bitcoin has had other issues.

MtGox, a top Bitcoin supplier, dropped in February 2014 leaving Bitcoin owners having tens of thousands of dollars worth of reductions.

Despite setbacks, Bitcoin has certainly come of age, and it has gone very much mainstream. As we mentioned at the start of the report, a growing number of web hosts accept Bitcoin, but also the likes of Microsoft today take it — and it will not get much more mainstream than that!

Other firms such as online travel booking service Expedia take Bitcoin, as does WordPress, and, as you may imagine, numerous pizza delivery providers accept Bitcoin!

What’s Bitcoin appreciated?

Bitcoin’s worth is set by a set of complicated mathematical formulas and above the previous year its worth has practically doubled.

As with other monies, it’s also valued based on what the market will cover it and also the quantity of action around the money.

Unlike conventional legal tender, there aren’t any Bitcoin coins and notes. A Bitcoin ledger exists that is in essence a listing of every Bitcoin trade that has ever taken place.

In the time of going to press on the worth of a single Bitcoin is well worth a staggering $2,841.25!

Its degree of expansion means that if you had purchased $1,000 of Bitcoin in 2010 you’d be a millionaire 35 occasions more than now! I know I will make Bitcoins. How can I do this?

1 way you may make Bitcoins would be to you involve yourself in ‘Bitcoin mining’.

Bitcoin mining is the practice of incorporating trade records to Bitcoin’s people ledger of previous transactions.

‘Bitcoin miners’ get Bitcoins as a reward for doing so.

Having said that, nowadays you require a LOT of servers to create any real cash Bitcoin mining. Exactly how extensive is Bitcoin?

Presently there are roughly 15 million Bitcoins ‘in flow’, however, the highest quantity of Bitcoins cannot exceed 21 million. This offers the money more stability when compared to other monies where printing cash is uncontrolled — Bitcoin is controlled and consequently has real price.

What’s Bitcoin controlled? There’s a massive database of all Bitcoin trades past and current. A community of ‘nodes’ track when Bitcoins are sold and comprehend efforts to re-spend Bitcoins who have already been invested. It is a relatively stable system.

How can you utilize Bitcoin?

To utilize Bitcoin you have to set up a ‘virtual pocket’. Virtual pockets are offered via a range of sites — Blockchain being the most recognized.

As an alternative, you can purchase Bitcoin through internet exchanges. A number of the best known exchanges comprise Coinbase, LocalBitcoins, Kraken, BitStamp and BTC-e.

Believe it or not, Bitcoin ATMs are also now available, as are lots of Bitcoin mobile programs.

How can you get Bitcoin?

To acquire your Bitcoins you want a ‘Bitcoin speech’. Each wallet is related to an address.

It is possible to save digital pockets onto a computer hard disk or onto a cell phone, but recall — in case your hard disk fails or your cellular phone bricks, then your Bitcoins have gone forever!

To acquire your Bitcoins you will need a ‘Bitcoin speech’. Each wallet is related to an address. It is possible to save digital pockets onto a computer hard disk or onto a cell phone, but recall — in case your hard disk fails or your cellular phone bricks, then your Bitcoins have gone forever!

How can you invest Bitcoin? A Bitcoin address comprises 24-34 letters and numbers and Bitcoins are just transferred between addresses. As each pocket has a Bitcoin speech, sending and receiving cash is rather easy – Bitcoins are just eliminated from 1 pocket and additional to another.

Is it here to remain?

Whether Bitcoin is here to remain very much depends upon who you talk to.

A Forbes post in June 2017 inquires if Bitcoin is intending to “self-destruct” (Bitcoin Is At An All-Time High, But Can It Be About To Self-Destruct? ).

The issues Seem to lie inside the Bitcoin community itself:

“The power battle” this report implies is “within the apparently straightforward question of how to update the system to handle more trades”.

Though the tiniest Bitcoin unit is your “Satoshi” — just one hundred percent of a Bitcoin — its rising value means transport fees are rising and it is becoming almost unsuitable for some kinds of trades.

On the other hand, the overall consensus is that Bitcoin has got this way and it’s going to be here for the long haul!

How can I accept Bitcoin obligations for my (web hosting) company?

There are a vast selection of Merchant Services that will allow you to accept Bitcoin payments.

You might even use ‘Point-of-Sale’ hardware terminal alternatives like Coinkite, XBTerminal, and BitStraat.

These components are extremely reminiscent of the payment terminals it is possible to use for credit card transactions.

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What is Bitcoin?

Should you keep current with all the web hosting business news you may have encounter ‘Bitcoin’.

It appears that barely a day goes by with no web host announcing they’ve embraced Bitcoin as a payment method.

However, is Bitcoin just another PayPal? Can it be a brand new money?

What’s Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is a ‘cryptocurrency’ (or even ‘virtual money’) which may be utilized as a payment method, but it is not a physical money like pennies and dollars. It arrived on the scene in 2009 as a “peer reviewed” payment system that contested more conventional kinds of online payment.

Up until Bitcoin individuals had accepted the concept that a third party intermediary was required to create a payment on the net. Whether it had been a lender, or even a company like PayPal, the intermediary acted as the medium of transport, and naturally, took a commission for the services.

Without a middlemen so to speak, moving cash by Bitcoin means substantially lower transactional fees. And the other reasons, making Bitcoin incredibly appealing.

Who possesses Bitcoin?

Internet folklore has it that Bitcoin was made by Satoshi Nakamoto. Though Nakamoto’s name appeared on the first 2008 research paper that initially mentioned Bitcoin, he’s never been correctly identified.

Back in February 2014, Newsweek magazine failed to locate somebody named Satoshi Nakamoto they believed was that the Bitcoin founder, but after contested, the guy they discovered indicated that he understood nothing concerning the cryptocurrency!

Since that time several titles are indicated, culminating in Australian entrepreneur Craig S. Wright in late 2015. Other suggestions have included the title ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ was really passed around a succession of programmers who took turns using it.

While a person may indeed have established Bitcoin, it is just as listed data and isn’t so owned in the sense that a firm like ‘Paypal’ is possessed.

Can Be Bitcoin legitimate?

Bitcoin has had a chequered history. It’s at times been tagged a “electronic Ponzi scheme” and having an online technology, it’s been connected to the “Deep Web” or “Dark Web” — that is the 90 percent of the net that may only be obtained with a ‘Tor Browser Bundle’ (instead of Google Chrome!) .

This is the planet of ‘Silk Road’, drug dealing and other crime.

And since you do not need to use a title when you’re creating a Bitcoin trade, then it’s also the money of choice for hackers!

Besides associations using the murkier side of the world wide web, Bitcoin has had other issues.

MtGox, a top Bitcoin supplier, dropped in February 2014 leaving Bitcoin owners having tens of thousands of dollars worth of reductions.

Despite setbacks, Bitcoin has certainly come of age, and it has gone very much mainstream. As we mentioned at the start of the report, a growing number of web hosts accept Bitcoin, but also the likes of Microsoft today take it — and it will not get much more mainstream than that!

Other firms such as online travel booking service Expedia take Bitcoin, as does WordPress, and, as you may imagine, numerous pizza delivery providers accept Bitcoin!

What’s Bitcoin appreciated?

Bitcoin’s worth is set by a set of complicated mathematical formulas and above the previous year its worth has practically doubled.

As with other monies, it’s also valued based on what the market will cover it and also the quantity of action around the money.

Unlike conventional legal tender, there aren’t any Bitcoin coins and notes. A Bitcoin ledger exists that is in essence a listing of every Bitcoin trade that has ever taken place.

In the time of going to press on the worth of a single Bitcoin is well worth a staggering $2,841.25!

Its degree of expansion means that if you had purchased $1,000 of Bitcoin in 2010 you’d be a millionaire 35 occasions more than now! I know I will make Bitcoins. How can I do this?

1 way you may make Bitcoins would be to you involve yourself in ‘Bitcoin mining’.

Bitcoin mining is the practice of incorporating trade records to Bitcoin’s people ledger of previous transactions.

‘Bitcoin miners’ get Bitcoins as a reward for doing so.

Having said that, nowadays you require a LOT of servers to create any real cash Bitcoin mining. Exactly how extensive is Bitcoin?

Presently there are roughly 15 million Bitcoins ‘in flow’, however, the highest quantity of Bitcoins cannot exceed 21 million. This offers the money more stability when compared to other monies where printing cash is uncontrolled — Bitcoin is controlled and consequently has real price.

What’s Bitcoin controlled? There’s a massive database of all Bitcoin trades past and current. A community of ‘nodes’ track when Bitcoins are sold and comprehend efforts to re-spend Bitcoins who have already been invested. It is a relatively stable system.

How can you utilize Bitcoin?

To utilize Bitcoin you have to set up a ‘virtual pocket’. Virtual pockets are offered via a range of sites — Blockchain being the most recognized.

As an alternative, you can purchase Bitcoin through internet exchanges. A number of the best known exchanges comprise Coinbase, LocalBitcoins, Kraken, BitStamp and BTC-e.

Believe it or not, Bitcoin ATMs are also now available, as are lots of Bitcoin mobile programs.

How can you get Bitcoin?

To acquire your Bitcoins you want a ‘Bitcoin speech’. Each wallet is related to an address.

It is possible to save digital pockets onto a computer hard disk or onto a cell phone, but recall — in case your hard disk fails or your cellular phone bricks, then your Bitcoins have gone forever!

To acquire your Bitcoins you will need a ‘Bitcoin speech’. Each wallet is related to an address. It is possible to save digital pockets onto a computer hard disk or onto a cell phone, but recall — in case your hard disk fails or your cellular phone bricks, then your Bitcoins have gone forever!

How can you invest Bitcoin? A Bitcoin address comprises 24-34 letters and numbers and Bitcoins are just transferred between addresses. As each pocket has a Bitcoin speech, sending and receiving cash is rather easy – Bitcoins are just eliminated from 1 pocket and additional to another.

Is it here to remain?

Whether Bitcoin is here to remain very much depends upon who you talk to.

A Forbes post in June 2017 inquires if Bitcoin is intending to “self-destruct” (Bitcoin Is At An All-Time High, But Can It Be About To Self-Destruct? ).

The issues Seem to lie inside the Bitcoin community itself:

“The power battle” this report implies is “within the apparently straightforward question of how to update the system to handle more trades”.

Though the tiniest Bitcoin unit is your “Satoshi” — just one hundred percent of a Bitcoin — its rising value means transport fees are rising and it is becoming almost unsuitable for some kinds of trades.

On the other hand, the overall consensus is that Bitcoin has got this way and it’s going to be here for the long haul!

How can I accept Bitcoin obligations for my (web hosting) company?

There are a vast selection of Merchant Services that will allow you to accept Bitcoin payments.

You might even use ‘Point-of-Sale’ hardware terminal alternatives like Coinkite, XBTerminal, and BitStraat.

These components are extremely reminiscent of the payment terminals it is possible to use for credit card transactions.

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MongoDB extorted by a kraken ransomware virus. SOLVED

Recently plenty of servers became a victim of hacker attacks. The reason was the vulnerability of non-relational database mongodb. Hackers used this security hole to erase database from the server and demanded a ransom by inserting the following code in your database:

The victim could find this record in mongodb logfile (for ubuntu-servers the path is /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log).

When you recover the database hacker will erase it again, so even if you have backups on your server this will not solve a problem.

What should I do to protect my server?

DO NOT PAY TO THIS RASCAL! He will not return your database.

1. If your database should not be reachable for external ips, you may just disable remote access to a MongoDB server. Change mongod.conf (standart path for Ubuntu is /etc/mongod.conf) and uncomment or add the rule: If you need access to your database from external ip-address go to point 2.

2. Deny all incoming traffic from external ip-adresses on port 27017 (or your custom port for MongoDB server)! For Linux systems use iptables program. Remember that rules in iptables configurations fall into chains and chains have an order. At first you should open the port for some external ip and then close it for others. If you will change an order you will disable access for all ips. Insert this rule to open port for local database Insert rules for external servers that use your database (new rule for each ip) Then deny access for everyone else Attention! Do NOT use this command BEFORE you read next! Important additional information, you can read next rule in mongodb help Change Default Policy to DROP https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/configure-linux-iptables-firewall/ iptables -P INPUT DROP Unfortunately some people don't read all sentences. This rule you can use only after completing all iptables configuration, because this rule can close to You all connections to your server including SSH immediately. And you should not use this rule in this exactly case, because closing mongodb port are good enough. But do not worry if you lost connection to your server, just restart it from provider web interface. All iptables rules will be dropped. To check all iptables configuration use this command: To drop ALL iptables: Important! This rules will work up to server restart. So if some rule working wrong and you lost connection to your server, just restart it via your provider web interface. Use iptables-persistent if you need automatically restarting service. Installation: If rules are determined but iptables-peristent are not installed, rules will be saved automatically during installation. To start service: Rules are saved to /etc/iptables/rules.v4 and /etc/iptables/rules.v6

Using this service, you can check your server for open ports: https://www.shodan.io (Just type your server's ip in the search box)