Ledger Nightmares, Marketing Cringe & a Hard Fork: GM Farcaster ep395

Hello dear reader! It's been a minute but I'm committing to getting back to my blog on @paragraph "Unpacking with Prof" at least weekly. I lost my drive to write for a bit there but I think it's back. Thanks for joining me on this journey. I'll also be publishing these over on Substack if you'd like to follow me there as well. ✍️ ✍️ ✍️ Latest post: Who is Satoshi? an exercise in critical thinking for my students Last week, my Blockchain for Entrepreneurs class started back up; a 8 week introduction to all the things starting with Bitcoin. I created this course in the Fall of 2021 and it launched as a special topics course at FGCU's School of Entrepreneurship in January of 2022. Since leaving my full time position in 2024, I've kept teaching this course as I didn't want to see it die. No two semesters have been the same. I've said many times that a student could have taken this class every semester I've taught it and still learned something new each time. The only module that has remained somewhat constant has been Week 1: Bitcoin. After watching an interview with the documentarians of Finding Satoshi, the latest exploration on the mystery, I decided to add a new assignment for week 1: Who is Satoshi. Read the rest on Paragraph or Substack https://paragraph.com/@nounishprof/who-is-satoshi https://profwerder.substack.com/p/who-is-satoshi

the Ledger implant stuff is nightmare fuel. it's very easy and pretty safe to open a Nano. make sure your seed phrase is backed up and pop it open with a putty knife. (especially if you purchased from a reseller outside the US) https://x.com/MagicalTux/status/2109144643405504573

once upon a time….@boxyandmathcan just popped up in my photo memories cc: @toadyhawk.eth @chriscocreated @bradq @supertightwoody @sasquatch @benbodhi @theboneys @gami @joshuafisher.eth @mikegood (not 📦 but 🗑️)

Ledger Says All Confirmed Cases in Suspected $87M Drain Tied to Reseller CryptoBilis The wallet manufacturer said its own systems and direct sales are unaffected, and that the reseller has stopped selling hardware wallets.

29 Seconds of Farcaster ... What did you miss this weekend? Ok, we are going to need an announcement because I can't fill 29 Seconds anymore...yet alone what /gmfarcaster has to do... On that note, @cassie has heard nothing on her proposal and assumes that means someone else is buying FC & the hard fork is going forward. Read more here: https://farcaster.xyz/cassie/0xdea9eb05 If you haven't seen Farfeld Episode 2 from @kenjiquest please do so: https://farcaster.xyz/kenjiquest/0x93fccc64 I haven't seen a /gmfarcaster post for today which usually means @adrienne & @nounishprof are altering the schedule so I'm thinking they are on tomorrow but keep an eye out

Oh, so that's why Trump was mad and Elon said that Zelensky went too far. Alt right bot farms. Lol, pathetic

🏆 Top viniapps this week in @viniapp: 1) GLOBE by @1dolinski

retro rewards: vesting has finished and no more retro rewards will be issued. claims close 31 Oct. after that, any unclaimed rewards are effectively burned. if you have an allocation, claim it before the deadline. after the fork you can bridge tokens between Ethereum and hypersnap. https://hypria.app 9/11

hi folks, been a minute. wanted to give a progress report, and speak transparently about the current state of things. i do not know why others are not clarifying their end, and i think it's worth pushing on. so let's begin. 1/11

CFTC Draws the Line Between Prediction Markets and Gambling in New Rules A proposed rule would expressly fold event contracts tied to sports, politics, culture and weather into the “swap” definition, while an interim rule excludes casino-style gambling—sharpening the agency’s claim to exclusive jurisdiction.

Pretty proud of this one if you guys wanna take a look https://x.com/internetphysics/status/2108589478105301223?s=46

NFL Sides With States Against Kalshi in Supreme Court Prediction Market Fight The NFL urged the Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split over whether states can regulate sports contracts on prediction markets, arguing they're gambling, not federally regulated swaps.