0xbitcoiner

Stacker Saloon

saloon

lightning

> **Speaking to Atlas21 microphones, Marco Argentieri, CEO of Ark Labs, talked about the Ark protocol, its synergy with LN and the debate on OP_RETURN.**
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> ![](https://m.stacker.news/94671)
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> During the Tuscany Lightning Summit 2025 in Viareggio, Marco Argentieri, CEO of Ark Labs, explained to Atlas21 microphones why Ark is not a competitor to the Lightning Network and discussed the role that the protocol can play in the ecosystem.
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> The conversation opened with a reflection on Bitcoin’s role as programmable money: “I believe Bitcoin must be programmable money not only because Satoshi himself put a script in Bitcoin, therefore a programming language, but also because when you start working with merchants, companies, payment processors, we realize that we need Bitcoin to be programmable to make payments effective,” Argentieri explained.
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> **[...read more at atlas21.com](https://atlas21.com/marco-argentieri-ark-will-make-lightning-more-efficient-its-not-a-competitor/)**

Marco Argentieri “Ark will make Lightning more efficient, it’s not a competitor”

security

> ### Disclosure: Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android
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> ![](https://m.stacker.news/94669)
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> We disclose a novel tracking method by Meta and Yandex potentially affecting billions of Android users. We found that native Android apps—including Facebook, Instagram, and several Yandex apps including Maps and Browser—silently listen on fixed local ports for tracking purposes.
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> These native Android apps receive browsers' metadata, cookies and commands from the Meta Pixel and Yandex Metrica scripts embedded on thousands of web sites. These JavaScripts load on users' mobile browsers and silently connect with native apps running on the same device through localhost sockets. As native apps access programatically device identifiers like the Android Advertising ID (AAID) or handle user identities as in the case of Meta apps, this method effectively allows these organizations to link mobile browsing sessions and web cookies to user identities, hence de-anonymizing users' visiting sites embedding their scripts.
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> This web-to-app ID sharing method bypasses typical privacy protections such as clearing cookies, Incognito Mode and Android's permission controls. Worse, it opens the door for potentially malicious apps eavesdropping on users’ web activity.
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> **[...read more at localmess.github](https://localmess.github.io/)**

Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers

bitcoin

People rush to exchange gov vouchers for gold in China

Are they forbidden to buy and hold bitcoin?

I read that! Ahah! 

I'm asking about the hidden purpose, and why gold?

BooksAndArticles

Book Review | Life After College

I don't know how it works in the US, but here in Portugal we have very widespread professional courses. It usually gives you the equivalent of a 12th grade education, which is the last year before going to university (at the age of 18).

Golden Oldies #48

siggy47

Politics_And_Law

> WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Funnull Technology Inc., a Philippines-based company that provides computer infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of websites involved in virtual currency investment scams, commonly known as “pig butchering,” along with its administrator, Liu Lizhi.  Americans lose billions of dollars annually to these cyber scams, with revenues generated from these crimes rising to record levels in 2024.  Funnull has directly facilitated several of these schemes, resulting in over $200 million in U.S. victim-reported losses. 
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> “Today’s action underscores our focus on disrupting the criminal enterprises, like Funnull, that enable these cyber scams and deprive Americans of their hard-earned savings,” said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Michael Faulkender.  “The United States is strongly committed to ensuring the continued growth of a legitimate, safe, and secure digital asset ecosystem, including the use of virtual currencies and similar technologies.” 
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> **[...read more at home.treasury.gov](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0149)**

Treasury Takes Action Against Major Cyber Scam Facilitator

> #### TL;DR
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> - Bitcoin has evolved from a niche cryptographic experiment into a serious facet of global finance, prompting governments to assess its potential as a strategic asset.
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> - With countries like the United States announcing plans for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and others beginning to explore similar paths, a new phase of institutional and sovereign engagement with digital assets has begun.
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> - Forfeited bitcoin from criminal enforcement actions is becoming a growing source of sovereign holdings, creating debate on whether to liquidate or retain these assets.
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> - This article examines how sovereign bitcoin reserves might shape regulation, adoption, financial security, and global monetary frameworks.
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> Bitcoin has transcended its beginnings as a niche cryptography experiment into the high stakes domain of global finance, regulation, and sovereign policy. As the demands of an increasingly global, digitally connected world tests limits of legacy financial systems, bitcoin is emerging as a decentralized, transparent, and provably scarce alternative (or complement) to fiat currencies and more traditional assets. The question is no longer if bitcoin matters, but rather how it fits into long-term financial and strategic frameworks.
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> The concept of a bitcoin strategic reserve marks a new phase of institutional and sovereign engagement with digital assets. For many institutions, holding bitcoin is more than a speculative maneuver, but also a statement of alignment with a digitally native economic future. The historic growth of regulated investment vehicles like bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETPs) along with rising long-term holdings, demonstrates bitcoin’s maturation into a credible asset commanding serious institutional attention.
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> **[...read more at chainalysis.com](https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/bitcoin-strategic-reserves/)**

Bitcoin Strategic Reserves

> # Life After College
> *By Arnold Kling*
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> Can the four-year degree be saved? Not for most learners, I would argue. Once less expensive alternative pathways become clearer and surer, a full-on degree will seem impractical… But why does the degree have to be the only product that colleges sell? And why can’t the American Dream be achieved by other college products, other constructs of career preparation and adultification?
—Kathleen deLaski, Who Needs College Anymore? (page 166)
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> **For many years, America’s leaders adopted the goal that college should be for everyone. Kathleen deLaski says that it is time to provide a different path for young people to follow to find their place in the workforce.**
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> DeLaski has spent decades in the field of alternative approaches to workforce development. Her focus is almost entirely on how young people can prepare for jobs. The larger question of how college might lead to a “life well lived” is largely outside the scope of her book.
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> **[...read more at econlib.org](https://www.econlib.org/library/columns/y2025/klingcollege.html)**

Music

Daily Discussion Thread ~Music Saloon!

Public_N_M_E

No idea what you're on about! Plus, I didn't know who Dr. Frank was, so I had to go check him out. 😂

Stacker_Sports

The Hidden Physics Behind Tom Brady's $300,000,000 Throw

I catch a game here and there, but I don't really know much about the sport. That video was super interesting, especially the physics of throwing balls, and seeing Tom Brady be humble and say he learned something new – that's cool!

That's a sick physics and aerodynamics lesson from Veritasium with Tom Brady. Blew up with 2M views in a day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3i3F2e4IYs

Democratizing Bitcoin App Development

charts_and_numbers

How Europe Is Losing the Global Tech Race

zuspotirko

> This article is part of a six-part educational series in cooperation with the non-custodial, peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange Vexl.
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> “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”
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> – Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
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> A few years ago, I met a man called Karl. I’d see him almost every day, selling newspapers on the street for change, camping out in front of my local supermarket. At some point, we struck up a conversation. He told me that he used to be a dog trainer, “before everything, you know.” Since I am always looking for dog sitters, and Karl is always looking for money, we decided to give it a shot: Karl would watch my dog when I went to the gym, and I paid him in return.
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> “Couldn’t this be something, to sign you up to one of these dog walking apps?” I said to him, offering that I could manage the account for him. He laughed. “That would be a great idea, but I don’t have a bank account.”
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> **[...read more at therage.co](https://www.therage.co/the-myth-of-financial-inclusion/)**

The Myth of Financial Inclusion

tech

Trends in artificial intelligence report by Bond

aljaz

interesting report! thanks

![](https://m.stacker.news/94557)

![](https://m.stacker.news/94561)

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