There is an attitude, common among bitcoiners, that centralization is always bad, all the time. (Not saying this is your attitude, @kepford.) Centralization has some amazing benefits, and I want to live in a world that has lots of kick-ass centralized services and institutions to take advantage of. I just don't want crucial things (like money) to be centralized, and I don't want to depend on any centralized entity so totally that my life will be crippled if they turn evil or something bad happens to them. [...]
Our (Japanese wholesale oyster) company (1% of company reserves in BTC, we accept lightning/Bitcoin on our online shop, only in Japan samuraioyster.com) has a HACCP certification consulting meeting today, starts in like half an hour, just killing time before that. [...]
Missing @natalia (and @nemo)