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This Woman called Mother
By: Ruth Folorunso
Tags: Motherhood, Thoughts And Feelings, Poetry On Medium, Violence, Writing

trigger warning for violent imagery

I am a mother who wants to eat her children. I sit alone in the kitchen. I have cleaned everything in sight.

I have fed my husband. I have fed my children.

I am counting my ribs.

There is little flesh to pinch, to fondle, and I wonder at how

the skin dips into a hollow that is deepening, even

now, as I sit in this kitchen that I clean

come morning, come night. My youngest pulled on my apron. I caught his wrist and

felt the skin. I ran my hands across his

eyes, his nose, his ears, his hands, and

I wondered.

I wondered why there was silence where

the heart should beat.

When he looks at me and I return his steady gaze,

I see distorted reflections of myself -

my eyes, my nose, my ears, my hands, mine, mine, mine, filthy parasites, thieves, draining me of all vitality.

First in the womb, then on the birthing table,

mutilating my body as I sweat and bled to push

out their feeble bodies that now bloat

always wanting, always taking, growing fatter whilst

I become an afterthought in my own home, a shadow against the bare linoleum of the kitchen walls. The floor is cold. The sensation travels through my feet,

up my limbs, into my chest, lodges in my head.

Clarity like white light in the mind. The door opens. As I press the pillow to her face, I am amused

by the way her body spasms, her fingers

clawing at my arms.

Her little nails barely dent the skin.
Chords of Mental Health
By: Cosmental Eqlibria
Tags: Music, Mental Health, Thoughts And Feelings, Psychology

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul - Plato

Photo by OC Gonzalez on Unsplash

It’s been a rough day at work. The brain just refuses to cooperate, and emotions are in a dangerously turbulent state; frustrations are rife and all you want to do is scream at someone- This all sounds very familiar, doesn’t it? For some of us, this may even sum up what today feels like! In dealing with this endless cycle of emotional upheavals, I’ve been fortunate to discover the one thing that keeps me happy- Music.

Be it the lilting notes of the flute or the melodies of the piano, the brisk beats of the drums or the rhythmic bols of the tabla- there’s music for every mood and everyone. I’m sure we each have our very own playlists full of songs that keep us company through ups and downs. But what I’ve discovered is a slightly different joy- the joy of Making Music!

You’d be surprised how cathartic it is to channel your innermost emotions into music. It is not just a great creative outlet for the pent-up emotional baggage, but also a wonderful way to work through any excessive physical energy that you may have. While it is an established fact that music can reduce anxiety, it is also one of the best workouts for the brain. It is known to increase mental alertness and aid in memory.

Therapeutically too, playing music can not just re-invigorate you, but also set the mood for a wonderfully productive day ahead. Playing the tabla is my way of relaxing and reenergizing before getting down to work. And while a lot of people hesitate to take up playing an instrument because they may not know how to, or feel they’re not good enough, remember this — play music for yourself! You don’t have to be an expert to enjoy the process of making music. Get yourself a guitar, pluck a few strings, look up beginner tutorials on the internet and, believe me, you’ll thoroughly enjoy the process! And that’s all that is needed to help you feel great.

I’ve seen a lot of the youth taking to music in the recent past, and that gladdens me. While many of them may not have faced the stresses that some of us have, they’ve already figured their way out of it. As I once heard a friend say, “The key to happiness is C major!”
Thirty-something Red Balloons
Tags: Thoughts And Feelings, Growing Up, Millennials, Self Love, Thoughts

THOUGHTS

Artwork by Author Agnes

We consume all these stories when we’re young-er, like school-young, that tell us to dream big. They do this by explicitly, Hollywood-style saying “dream big.” They also do it by showing us characters who dream big, then face some hardship or a lot of hardships, or barely any, and then come out the other side happy and healthy and in love.

A lot of the books I’ve been reading lately (that’s the magic of algorithmic recommendations) seem to be about the characters who came out of the twenties tunnel only to find that The Dream wasn’t on the other side. Maybe it got caught on the tunnel wall, maybe we dropped it in one of the dark bits, maybe we were going too fast for it to keep up, or too slow, and it just sped ahead.

Who knows?

Suddenly, these characters, not me — never first person — these characters are thirty (and then some), and it’s supposed to feel significant and incite some sort of revelation. It’s supposed to feel BIG, like a checkpoint or a marathon mile-marker: collect ribbon and retinol cream here.

Thirty, apparently, is like a lap flag in F1. So you look at it, and you take stock. The tires are tired but working. You have fuel, and your vision is clear (maybe a little myopic, yet nothing hipster glasses can’t fix). But the guy is just a guy, or lo and behold: there is no guy. Friends are not sit-com co-dependent, or they’re too dependent, or maybe they’re all living abroad — ‘cos that happens.

Your job is just a job, or it’s a shitty job or a regular job with a shitty boss, or it’s a great job with no pay, or it’s a good job, but you’re still wondering if you should be doing something else, something more because it feels like everyone else is.

You have your own place, or you don’t, and maybe it looks like you thought it would, and maybe it doesn’t. You’re living with your parents and saving a load of money, or have a love-hate relationship with your roommates, or you have to put up with your significant other’s cat, or you live by yourself in a tiny place you love but had to kill the cockroach yourself and can sometimes feel lonely at the end of the day.

You are one app away from tracking your expenses like a grown-up. You are a grown-up, but you have no idea what that means. You are not like your parents were at this age. You’ve got no frame of reference.

We don’t really know how to be ‘grown-up millennials.’ If our generation’s mandate was “find your bliss”, then there is no map. There is no golden compass. And as exciting as that can feel sometimes, it can also feel scary or frustrating or all of the above. It can be a lot of pressure. There isn’t a participation ribbon for getting here, whatever that would look like. And because we’re all going at it a different way, it’s easy to forget that we’re all trudging along. We’re all just figuring it out.
The Launch of Common.Fund
Tags: Blockchain, Crowdfunding, Blockchain Application

Common.Fund is a non-custodial crowdfunding platform, very similar to Indiegogo and Kickstarter, with our unique twist being that at our core we’re smart-contract driven. What’s interesting about our approach is that as a result, by default, we as a platform never directly ever touch any of the campaign funds raised. This also substantially mitigates risk for all parties involved.

Instead, any campaign that launches on Common.Fund will be entirely managed through auditable smart contracts that manage the fundraising campaign in escrow via a completely transparent and decentralized manner.

The vision of Common.Fund is to be a platform where projects are able to raise the support they need to bring forth wonderful ideas and initiatives into the world through decentralized cryptocurrencies. This way, projects can garner support from anyone from anywhere in the world. It is our hope that we can become a platform to help projects organize their early global communities in order to bootstrap the resources they need to achieve product-market-fit and positively alter the course of the world!

We chose to launch on NEAR Protocol, because from their early days their researchers and developers built their chain with usability in mind. This means transactions must be fast, secure, and cheap — all things NEAR Protocol achieves. Their documentation and developer ecosystem allowed us to launch our smart contracts on NEAR with relative ease allowing us to go-to-market faster. It is our goal to fully decentralize Common.Fund in the years to come.

We are currently seeking 3 more campaigns that would like to launch on Common.Fund from the NEAR community before the end of February. Please reach out to us on Twitter if you’re interested to launch a campaign that will be funded in the NEAR Token: https://twitter.com/common_fund

Visit us today at Common.Fund
Building a banking ledger for a currency to fight carbon emissions
By: Filip Dite
Tags: Blockchain Ledger, Blockchain Application, Blockchain Banking, Blockchain, Case Study

95% cost savings

20x PoC time reduction

Background

CO2IN is an ambitious project that aims to turn European businesses, communities, and citizens into active participants in the fight against global warming. How? By buying up carbon allowances that would otherwise be used by Europe’s worst polluters.

With CO2IN, users can purchase carbon offsets that are backed by real and limited underlying assets. With many carbon offset programs, companies sell offsets with the promise that they will do something environmentally beneficial — like planting trees or otherwise contributing to sustainability initiatives. However, when users buy a carbon offset with CO2IN, they remove an EU-issued carbon allowance from circulation. Organizations typically use these allowances to allow them to pollute more. By buying them up, CO2IN users are making a real and measurable impact on the environment.

The Challenge

CO2IN approached Tatum with their ambitious plan to create a currency to fight carbon emissions. The CO2IN currency is based on an app that enables users to buy and sell carbon allowances. They required a fast, secure, and scalable banking ledger to underly the whole solution, as their currency ecosystem would potentially have to accommodate millions of daily users. They had no previous experience with building a ledger and needed a solution fast.

The Solution

Tatum designed and created a banking ledger that seamlessly integrates with the CO2IN app and offers unparalleled performance. The solution saved CO2IN enormous amounts of time and money, and the entire ledger and integration were ready in just a couple of weeks.

Tatum enabled us to build a banking ledger in weeks without any prior experience in blockchain development. We saved a lot of time and money thanks to their solution.

— Jan Palaščák, CEO of CO2IN

With Tatum Private Ledger, CO2IN was able to leverage the unique features that make blockchain technology desirable, such as security and transparency, without even connecting to a blockchain. Because the private ledger is not constrained by transaction fees or limits, it is also faster and more cost-effective than most blockchains. It can be connected to a blockchain (public or private) with the flip of a switch, maintaining its speedy off-chain functionality while periodically synchronizing with the blockchain.

As the fight against global warming ramps up, demand for CO2IN’s solution could skyrocket at any moment. Tatum Private Ledger will allow them to scale to keep up with their growing user base, however quickly that needs to happen. We at Tatum truly believe that the CO2IN currency ecosystem is an innovative and inspiring solution to combat global warming, and we are proud to be a part of their journey.
Customer Spotlight: AMPnet
By: Karel Striegel
Tags: Blockchain Application, Arkane Network, Blockchain As A Service, Blockchain Development, Aeternity

AMPnet

AMPnet, a Croatia-based company, active in the energy market, is offering a white-label, all-in-one platform for running energy cooperatives and energy communities. AMPnet consists of an investment platform for running renewable energy crowdfunding campaigns, a retail energy platform to issue bills, track consumption and manage subscribers of an electric utility, and an electricity exchange to sell excess electricity on regulated electricity exchanges and leverage licensed brokers to manage trades.

Teaming up with Arkane

AMPnet is using the Aeternity blockchain to enable each cooperative to run its business fully independent while retaining effortless transactions with partner coops. They’ve chosen Arkane as a tech provider to act as their gateway to the Aeternity ecosystem. We provide them with Aeternity based wallets and take care of all the security and required blockchain infrastructure, allowing them to focus on their core business.

Arkane provides AMPnet the following benefits
Blocktick — The Blockchain Powered Document Verifying Application
By: Blockchain Experts
Tags: Blockchain Application, Blocktick, Blockchain Development, Blockchain, Blockchain Technology

With the dawn of Blockchain technology, at once the future was redefined like never before. At the time when Cybersecurity was a blatant lie, blockchain technology gave way for a novel idea that ensured transparency, trustworthiness, detection, and elimination of any fraudulent practice in online data transactions. Simply put, blockchain is a back to back connected data packs distributed vastly over different databases around the world. Each of these individual blocks is time-stamped with the date of its creation and any manipulation of its content is only possible by altering all the sequentially connected blocks. Since each block is owned by different individuals who necessarily don’t know each other, manipulation of each block’s content is almost impossible. This whole idea was proposed back in the 1990s but the practical implementation came only in 2009 with the invention of bitcoin by Satoshi Nakamoto. The decentralized state or the lack of any ‘single authority’ is the highlight of blockchain, which in turn makes it super trustworthy and transparent.

Wielding a sceptre like this, its possibilities are enormous that it could be applied to literally anything. With document forgery becoming a major issue, an efficient means of document verification is the necessity of the time. The problem with the already existing document verification service is that it consumes a lot of time. Sometimes it may take like, days to check the genuinity of a document as the service provider would have to go through tons of documents.

Blocktick, the blockchain-based document verification application is the newest piece of innovation. Making use of the facilities provided by the blockchain technology and entirely run on the EOS blockchain platform, Blocktick is the most efficient tool for issuing and verifying document.

Why Blocktick?

Like mentioned before the existing document verification services have a lot of setbacks. When it comes to Blocktick, every issue regarding this process is rectified. The verification time is brought down from days to seconds, thanks to its superfast data processing capability. Blocktick can go through millions of documents, effectively within seconds. With Blocktick, one doesn’t need to depend on a third party, as the verification process is independent and void of any intermediary involvement.

With Blocktick, institutions can issue new certificates that are literally impossible to tamper with. The intricate cryptography for storing data in the blockchain is impenetrable and provides high-level security as there is no way to hack it. The whole process of certification is tiring as the authority has to go through a lot of paperback data manually for every individual candidate. But with Blocktick, everything is made simple. The paper works are minimized as there is provision for digital documentation.
Top 5 Blockchain Books for Beginners and Advanced Learners
By: Fathima Cybro
Tags: Ebook Publishing, Blockchain Application, Blockchain Technology, Blockchain, Blockchain Startup

Top 5 Blockchain Books for Beginners and Advanced Learners

With current trend focusing on blockchain and the cryptocurrencies many techno enthusiasts started to explore the technologies underlying with the blockchain. Financial Technology companies started to explore the capacity of blockchain outside the cryptocurrency world, now more and more companies with different backgrounds started exploring the technology.

Let us consider some real-life scenarios in Blockchain Technology

— Dubai signed a contract with ObjectTech to develop digital passports for entry at Dubai International Airport and to become the first free passport airport in the world.

— Korena Blockchain startup Medibloc and Hospitals in the US are collaborating in order to find a secure way of storing and sharing patient data.

— Walmart started using blockchain to control its supply chain with the help of IBM.

Conceivably, Many technology enthusiasts started to learn more about the Blockchain Technology and are generally interested to know more about the Blockchain. There are a lot of books available for beginners and for developers in the market. Since I have had enough research on the internet for good books, I met with few and thought of sharing those with you all.

Here is the list of books I’m recommending:

1. Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy

2. Blockchain Experts: E-Book

3. Ethereum: Blockchains, Digital Assets, Smart Contracts, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations

4. Blockchain Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction in 25 Steps

5. Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain
Online Competition: Trial of Champions!
Tags: Dapps, Blockchain Application, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Crypto

Play Horse Saga. Get a Legendary Steed. Win 500 MAN tokens!

Following a fierce community vote, five of Horse Saga’s Legendary Steeds pulled away from the pack and proved more popular than the rest. They are:

Angel Horse

2. Gumiho Horse

3. Samurai Horse

4. Ninja Horse

5. Gentry Horse

Voting, however, is often just a popularity contest. More challenging contests of will are often more rewarding — both figuratively and literally.

As such, we are issuing a Trial of Champions! The first person who successfully gets their hands on one of five Legendary Steeds listed above will win 500 MAN tokens!

The rules a simple:

1. Play the Matrix AI Network version of Horse Saga

2. Train and breed your horses until you get one of the 5 Legendary Steeds listed above

3. Tweet out a picture of your Legendary Steed to @HorseSagaGame. Include your Horse Saga Username and public MAN token wallet address

That’s it! The first person to get each Legendary Steed and tweet out a picture will win 500 MAN tokens. Five prizes are up for grabs — one per Legendary Steed.

The Trial of Champions runs until June 21st 2019 at 11:59pm (Beijing Time).
DCC Project Update — June 7, 2019
By: Dcc Official
Tags: Dccenglish, Blockchain Application, Bitcoin, Technology, Startup

Highlights from the “Bridging the Gap Between Secondary Markets and Blockchain” BINC Event

Check out some highlights from the last event with BINC and Fintech Connector, demystifying secondary market trading and how that fits into the blockchain world!

Tech Updates

The DCC Platform

- Development updates of the DCC framework for personal data management will be released on our GitHub page.

BitExpress Updates

The BitExpress Payment Gateway, a blockchain-based platform for payment collection and management, is up and running! Merchant users can set up payment details including summary, amount and currency, and then BitExpress will generate a QR code for customers to scan and pay. This platform automatically exchanges fiat currencies from customers to stablecoins selected by merchant users, and stores the assets in the merchants’ wallets. See more details on its website.

The latest version of BitExpress is now available in the Appstore. With an optimized payment confirmation process, this version can confirm fiat currency payments within 15 seconds. See details here.

BitExpress Vietnam continues to release eco reward programs to the user community. Visit its page on Google Play and join the community now!

Study: Over 74% of Bitcoin Mining is Powered by Renewable Energy

Cryptocurrency investment products and research firm CoinShares estimates that 74.1% of bitcoin (BTC) mining is powered by renewable energy in its bi-annual mining report published on June 5.

The report also claims that “at current prices, the average miner is highly profitable, with even older gear and high-cost producers currently able to make positive ROI.” The paper also notes that bitcoin mining operations are concentrated where there is ample renewable energy supply.

For the full story, click here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/study-over-74-of-bitcoin-mining-is-powered-by-renewable-energy

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Matrix AI Network Exclusive: Horse Saga Community Design Competition!
By: Matrix Ai Network
Tags: Matrix Ai Network, Dapps, Blockchain Application, Gaming, Cryptocurrency

Design the next Legendary Steed to be added to Horse Saga on the Matrix AI Network!

Horse Saga’s Community Design Competition is here! Both existing and future players have the opportunity to showcase their artistic skills! Not only will the winning artist receive 2500 MAN tokens, but his or her horse will be added to Horse Saga on the Matrix AI Network in a future update!

How to Enter:

1. Draw a horse! Entries that are compatible with Horse Saga’s existing style are preferred. However, that doesn’t mean that you need to be a professional artist to enter! Something as simple as a pencil drawing will do! Don’t be afraid to get a little funky.

2. Retweet the “Horse Saga Community Design Competition” tweet

3. Tweet out your design and @HorseSagaGame. Don’t forget to include your MAN wallet address in the tweet!

4. The winning horse will be voted by the community. Voting will take place from 2019/07/01 to 2019/07/03

5. The winning entry will receive 2500 MAN tokens!

Campaign Time:

Submission Deadline: 2019/06/28 at 11:59pm (Beijing Time, UTC+8)

Voting Period: 2019/07/01–2019/07/03 (Beijing Time, UTC+8)

Rules:

1. Do not infringe on any copyright, intellectual property rights or relevant laws. Make sure your entry is 100% original.

2. There is no limit to number of designs each participant can submit.

Please note:

By submitting a design, you are consenting to its use in Horse Saga. The winning design will become the property of Horse Saga.

Follow Horse Saga on Social Media!

Telegram English: https://t.me/HorseSagaGameEN

Telegram Japanese: https://t.me/HorseSagaGameJP

Telegram Chinese: https://t.me/HorseSagaGameCN

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HorseSagaGame

Medium: https://medium.com/@HorseSagaGame
Colorado lawmakers pass law to use blockchain for water management
Tags: Blockchain, Blockchain Technology, Blockchain Application

Colorado lawmakers pass law to use blockchain for water management CryptoCurry Follow Jun 28 · 1 min read

Colorado lawmakers have passed a bill that serves as foundation for the study and use of blockchain technology for water management. The bill also encourages the exploration of other emerging technologies that may help improve water management in response to the worsening drought. The bill, dubbed House Bill 21–1268, passed by both chambers of the Colorado legislature is now awaiting Governor Jared Polis to sign it into law.

Image by Tumisu from Pixabay

Forty-five legislators sponsored the bill which permits and orders the University of Colorado and the Colorado Water Institute to explore blockchain and emerging technologies to improve monitoring and management of Colorado water systems. Specifically, the institutions are encouraged to use “blockchain-based documentation, communication, and authentication of data regarding water use; fulfillment of obligations under Colorado’s system of prior appropriation, including augmentation plans; and water conservation.”

Lawmakers hope that using such technologies would help reduce inefficiencies and waste in water management, as well as provide data that are more transparent and reliable. The University of Colorado is expected to provide both a written report and a live testimony on the results of their feasibility studies and pilot deployment on or before July 15, 2022.

Source: CoinGeek
Enterprise Blockchain: What it means for Organizations(Pt. I)
By: Kolade Afolabi
Tags: Organizations, Blockchain Applications, Blockchain, Enterprise Blockchain, Blockchain Technology

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Blockchain, blockchain, blockchain — everyone seems to be talking about it now. Just about two years ago, the term was meant for anyone in the crypto industry but modern blockchain has gone beyond that. A new term is “Enterprise blockchain” and companies are just looking for ways on exploring this new tech. But in case you don’t know, what really is Enterprise blockchain?

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What is Enterprise Blockchain?

An enterprise blockchain is more of blockchain for organizations. In a ‘normal’(public) blockchain, data and details of this data are recorded on a public, transparent ledger. Therefore, anyone with an internet connection can view this data. Just like the Bitcoin blockchain.

Seen the problem? Organizations do not always want people outside the organization to view their data and trade secrets. Therefore they adopt an ‘enterprise blockchain’ — a type of permissioned blockchain. Therefore, not just anybody can be part of the blockchain or view blockchain data, they need permission. Also, network users can choose who’s allowed to use it or not.

Types of Enterprise Blockchain

Private Blockchain: A private blockchain is one that is used usually within an organization. It is only open to members of an organization. Consortium Blockchain: This is used for organizational collaboration. Quick example. Suppose a group of organizations are operating a supply chain, but these organizations don’t trust one another. Each organization wants to monitor the progress of the goods. They don’t want it to be public but at the same time want to achieve organizational collaboration and transparency. A consortium blockchain is best for this. All organizations can track data of goods(current location, description, e. t. c) at real-time. Completely transparent, fraud free and secure!

So which major companies are currently using blockchain technology. Below is the list of the most popular

Supply chains are just one amazing use case of blockchain. Blockchain is not all about cryptocurrency. Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency is just a titbit of the world of blockchain technology. Blockchain has numerous use cases.

The World Economic Forum(WEF) estimated that by 2027, 10% of the world’s GDP will be stored on blockchains. This is a relatively new technology that will benefit organizations immensely. However, not all organizations will be benefited. Computer science researchers put forth a formal paper for determining which scenarios blockchains are best suited for. To know more about this technology beyond enterprise blockchain and even in art, music and entertainment, subscribe to my articles. Watch out for Part II!
Hypnotryst
By: Belinda Lapage
Tags: Books, Lesbian, Doctorpatientrelationship, Erotica, Hypnotism

From the Patient Case History of Susan Richards

Dr. Tamara Watkins, PhD, ABPP, APA

Tuesday September 30th, 2014

(EDIT: At this point in Susan’s narrative, she slides down lower in her chair and lifts her skirt. When she opens her legs, I can see a moist spot on her panties. She slips her fingers beneath the waistband and begins to masturbate — slowly at first, but with increasing vigor as the heat of her narrative rises. TW)

(Transcribed from voice recording.)

TW: What’s the woman doing?

SR: Nothing. It looks like she’s passed out. Ryan pulls me back away from her and lifts my ankles over his shoulders. I look down and I see his cock for the first time, the head swollen and purple, twitching and throbbing against my open pussy lips. I don’t know whether I’m ready or not, but I know I only have a few more seconds to decide. Ryan is stroking my breasts and lightly pinching the nipples. I can’t think straight and I’m having trouble focusing, but I know I want more control of the situation, so I reach between my legs and grab his cock around the middle.
Bursting myths Associated with Lesbianism and Feminism
By: Manju Makhija
Tags: Lesbian, Writer, Writing, Pride Month, Awareness

It’s the 21st Century and in the year 2021, same-sex marriages are legal in many parts of the world and people have started to believe that there’s nothing wrong, sinful, and ill (as it was believed for many centuries) about being attracted to the same sex. Slowly and gradually some people are evolving and accepting this fact, it’s just that many of them have fed false information from their ancestors so it takes time to digest the correct knowledge. While it’s 2021, there are some myths associated with people relating Lesbianism to feminism and giving wrong and disgusting information about them. If we talk about stereotypes that are there for many years which have been shown to us through movies, shows, etc. well, the content that has been served to us is extremely cringing. (there are exceptions too)

Let’s look into some stereotypes regarding lesbianism:

Lesbians hate men because they are feminists. They are mentally ill, or due to some black magic, they like other women. Who will be dominating in the marriage of two women, if there’s no man? Lesbians wear manly clothes. (Judging someone based on appearance is something you should stop doing if you do) Also, if she’s all girly, wears lipstick or high heels; she’s straight.

Above mentioned sentences are myths and people have been blindly following them.

Why does this happen? Well, the answer is because of the lack of education in society. People inherit such thoughts, then they talk the same with the people they interact leading to narrow-mindedness among many.

Now talking about feminism, it simply means equality in society in terms of opportunities as same as men. Some cringe-worthy shows and movies have shown us feminism is only associated with sex which is wrong at many levels. Due to this, some people now make fun of feminism and troll anyone talking about it. There’s a lot of negativity, hatred, and lack of knowledge leading to toxicity. I can understand some content is wrong which is making us believe that feminism is wrong or it is the community of women-hating other men but it’s our responsibility too to find out the meaning and gaining knowledge rather than spreading hate even when you don’t know anything about it. Also, a man can be a feminist too and there’s nothing to be ashamed of it. After all, we live in a society together, so let’s lift each other and support.

Let’s make each other more educated, aware and try to remove hatred. No one has the right to question anyone’s sexuality. We can do our bit. Most importantly don’t believe anything blindly. Do your research first then pass comments because your silly comment can hurt someone.
Celebrating Lesbian Visibility Week
Tags: Lesbian, Relationships, Love, Taimi, LGBTQ

Celebrating Lesbian Visibility Week

Taimi — world’s largest LGBTQ+ platform wants all of us to celebrate great lesbian womxn in our lives. Taimi Follow Apr 25 · 2 min read

Lesbian Visibility Week 2021 is April 26 — May 2.

Taimi — the Home of Diversity reminds everyone that Lesbian Visibility Week starts this Monday! The week aims to encourage people to show solidarity with every kind of lesbian womxn in the LGBTQ+ community.

Lesbian Visibility Week celebrates the incredible diversity of women loving women around the world. It is important for all of us who are LGBTQ+ as well as allies to be the voice of unity when it comes to recognizing incredible LGBTQ+ womxn around the globe.

Research shows that gay womxn often hide their sexual orientation and identity at work, in fact they are twice as unlikely to be out as gay man.

Unfortunately in many places around the world lesbians tend to face double discrimination. Identifying as a woman who is LGBTQ+ can often come with awful consequences in societies that are misogynistic and homophobic.

So it is crucial to have visibility weeks and days that celebrate and support LBGTQ+ womxn.

TAIMI, wants to salute all lesbians and remind them to be visible, to speak out against bullying, anger, harassment and discrimination.

So be sure to celebrate all the incredible lesbians in your life this week, but remember being strong, resilient, proud is not limited to a calendar!​

About Taimi: Taimi is the world’s largest LGBTQ+ platform that features a social network and dating app. Taimi offers the safest and most secure user experience on the market — with its several verification layers, 24/7 profile moderation, PIN/Fingerprint/Face ID, and live support. The platform’s fundamental policy is zero-tolerance for judgment, discrimination, hate, or aggression.

Taimi is free to download. Taimi XL subscription provides access to features unavailable or limited in the free version of the app.

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USDT beats XRP in market capitalization, and why bitcoin becomes digital gold
Tags: Tether, Ripple, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Bloomberg: Bitcoin is maturing toward digital gold

Analysts at Bloomberg pointed out the reasons why Bitcoin is maturing from an unstable asset into a digital version of gold.

The first factor is the decrease in volatility. On an annual scale, fluctuations in the cryptocurrency rate are decreasing while BTC has fallen in price by 5% since the beginning of 2020, the S&P 500 index has dropped by 22%. The second reason, according to the analysts, is an increase in trading volumes of futures, which reduces the speculative component of the cryptocurrency bitcoin price.

Moreover, Bitcoin quickly regains its position — after the March collapse by 45%, the price has returned to its previous level in less than a month.

“An increasing futures open interest, declining volatility and relative outperformance despite the stock-market shakeout indicates Bitcoin is maturing from a speculative crypto asset toward a digital version of gold,” analysts conclude.

USDT beats XRP in market capitalization

Tether stablecoin entered the top three cryptocurrencies in terms of market capitalization, moving the Ripple token to fourth place. According to Messari, the total value of USDT today is $7.484 billion, and XRP amounts to $5.576 billion.

Ripple has long occupied the third position, however, in recent months, Tether periodically released new coins to the market, which allowed to bypass XRP.

In addition, the Ripple price has been in a downtrend since the beginning of 2018 — when the coin set a price record at $3.84, and is now trading near the $0.18 level. The value of the USDT tied to USD has fluctuated in a narrow range of $0.96–1.05 for the last two years.

Research: the issue of stablecoins does not affect the price of bitcoin

Specialists from the Center for Economic Policy Research analyzed the issuing of USDT and other stable coins over the past three years. Contrary to popular belief, it turned out that it does not affect the course of bitcoin.

“We find no systematic evidence of stable coin issuance driving cryptocurrency prices.” the analysts conclude.

They also came to the conclusion that investors prefer to transfer funds to stablecoins during periods of increased volatility of other cryptocurrencies — at these moments the price of stable coins slightly rises. For example, in January and February of this year, USDT was trading at $1.05, when bitcoin showed a decrease in value.

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Results of the Champions League of the Altcoins 2020
By: Rapids Network
Tags: Rapids, Ripple, Rpd, Altcoins, Rapids Network

Good morning, good evening, everyone!

We (Rapids Network) would like to thank you all for allowing us to live this great adventure organized on The Crypto Hero’s Twitter.

In the quarter-finals, our community gave us a great victory, we were in Group B, with

ASAFE allsafe coin

RDD reddcoin

KYDC know your developer

Voting started on January 15, 7 days later we reached the semi-final, with 46.6% of the votes in our favour.

For the semi-finals, which started on January 31, we were competing with ECA electra, after 734 voters, we won with 71.8% of the votes for RAPIDS, propelling us directly to the final, we just had to wait, who from TEZOS or XRP would win the semi-finals, to play the final versus RAPIDS.

On February 5th, the announcement of the 2nd crypto qualified in the final, is announced, RAPIDS will face XRP for a grandiose final.

On 13 February, the Grand Final of the Champions League of the Altcoins 2020 begins.

Who from XRP, 3rd biggest capitalization of cryptocurrencies (dated 13/02) with $14.18 Billion, a huge community, or RAPIDS, 815th capitalization (dated 13/02) with $660k, with its active and committed community going to win?

I think many would have bet on XRP, because it’s a known crypto, which has proven itself, and is one of the most famous for cryptocurrency enthusiasts.

I don’t hide the fact that at the beginning we were a bit afraid, XRP had already started from the first day to dig a considerable gap (from memory), on February 14th there were about 70% of the votes for XRP, and only 30% for RAPIDS.

BUT! Rapids community responded very well, we solicited all of our communities around the world, we pushed the Social Networks, we motivated everyone on Telegram, without respite for a week we did our best to solicit as many people as possible, and we also thank the Uptrennd Community for helping and supporting us.

Today the final vote has arrived, after 1411 votes.

XRP wins with 51% of the voters in their favour

RAPIDS finishes big second with 49% of the results

It was a close call for RAPIDS to finish first, BUT we don’t experience this as a defeat, but as a great victory.

We know that we can count on all our communities and networks to make a difference.

Losing by such a small margin (XRP 51% vs. RAPIDS 49%) is just an exceptional result!

Here’s how a young and small crypto is making its mark in the history of cryptocurrencies, by accomplishing such feats, we competed against one of the biggest crypto community, and we have emerged stronger!

It is now time to celebrate this VICTORY for RAPIDS (Defeat for the Champions League of Altcoins 2020), and tomorrow we will accomplish other great things

Once again, we can never thank you enough, because of you we are living great events, and we hope to live them again in 2020 and for the years to come.

We are proud of you, and we will continue to do our best to always satisfy you.

See you soon for new adventures

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Coin Market Cap — Ripple (XRP) Price & Analysis, June 17, 2021 [CoinMarketCap]
By: Coin Market Cap
Tags: Cryptocurrency Market Cap, Ripple, Coinmarketcap, Crypto Market Cap, Xrp

XRP price continues to drop and is down 5.2% on the week.

It has been an amazing year for the digital property XRP, which showed fantastic development in the last number of months. Announcing in December 2020 that the SEC would take legal action against Ripple for performing an unregistered securities offering had a substantial influence on the value of XRP going into the brand-new year.

XRP has actually continued to post three-year highs since then, and reached $1.9669 in mid-April, despite the SEC news. Unfavorable news struck the crypto-verse again in the last couple of days of May, causing Bitcoin and XRP dropping to a low of $30k and $0.65, respectively.

Crypterium research study analysts anticipate that if the $0.80 support is not preserved, XRP might retest $0.65. XRP is presently trading at $0.8464. This is what they stated:

“XRP price continues to drop and is down 5.2% on the week. A coming down triangle pattern shows up on the chart. Purchasers provide strong support around the $0.80 mark.

The coin has actually not yet revealed any signs of growth after the current decreases. As a result, we prepare for a decrease to $0.65, with a possible breakdown above that level.

The 200-day moving average is presently the last line of defense of XRP from a bear market, as is true with most digital assets in the crypto market at the moment.

XRP/USDT chart shows that the important moving average is providing support at $0.72.

A weakened structure by XRP is visible from XRP’s everyday MACD, MFI, and RSI indicators, all of which indicate a retest of the 200-day moving average.

Simply put, if bulls fail to safeguard XRP at the 200-day moving average, the remittance coin will probably go on to retest its previous low of $0.65.
Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple — Daily Technical Analysis
By: Wenx Official
Tags: Technical Analysis, Ripple, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin (BTC)

Bitcoin price started a downside correction from well above $40,000 against the US Dollar. BTC is now trading near a major support at $38,000, where the bulls are currently active.

Bitcoin started a downside correction after it failed to stay above $40,000. The price is currently just below $39,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There was a break below a key contracting triangle with support near $39,900 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair. The pair is likely to start a fresh increase unless there is a close below the $38,000 support.

The first major resistance is near the $39,750 level. The main resistance is now forming near the $40,000 zone. A clear upside break above the $40,000 zone is likely to set the pace for a fresh rally in the near term.

If bitcoin fails to clear the $39,750 resistance and $40,000, it could extend its decline. An initial support on the downside is near the $38,150 level.

The first major support is near the $38,000 level. A downside break below the recent low and the $38,000 level could open the doors for a larger decline towards $36,500.

Ethereum (ETH)

Ethereum would need to move through the $2,425 pivot to bring the first major resistance level at $2,498 into play.

Support from the broader market would be needed, however, for Ethereum to break out from $2,450 levels.

Barring an extended crypto rally, the first major resistance level and Wednesday’s high $2,555.00 would likely cap any upside.

In the event of another broad-based crypto rally, Ethereum could test the second major resistance level at $2,629.

Failure to move through the $2,425 pivot would bring the first major support level at $2,294 into play.

Barring another extended sell-off, however, Ethereum should steer clear of sub-$2,200 levels. The second major support level at $2,221 should limit the downside.

Ripple (XRP)

Ripple’s XRP will need to move through the $0.8438 pivot to bring the 62% FIB of $0.8573 and the first major resistance level at $0.8608 into play.

Support from the broader market would be needed, however, for Ripple’s XRP to break out from the 62% FIB.

Barring an extended crypto rally, the first major resistance level and Wednesday’s high $0.87270 would likely cap any upside.

In the event of another extended rally, Ripple’s XRP could test resistance at $0.90. The second major resistance level sits at $0.8898.

Failure to move through the $0.8438 pivot would bring the first major support level at $0.8148 into play.

Barring another extended sell-off, however, Ripple’s XRP should steer clear of sub-$0.80 levels. The second major support level sits at $0.7978.

A sustained fall through the 62% FIB of $0.8573 would form a near-term bearish trend from 14th April’s swing hi $1.96598.
Where To Exchange Ripple Coins To AUD?
By: Dogecoin Price Prediction
Tags: Ripple, Xrp, Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency Investment, Crypto

There are different websites where we can exchange xrp to AUD. Crypto is useful anywhere. This is a global decentralized system of money. A person from anywhere in the world can take advantage of it. If you are in Australia or any other part of the world you can take the initiative of investing in XRP. The question arises, where to convert ripple coins to AUD in Australia? Different exchange platforms allow 200 crypto coins exchange and provide facilities in 100 plus countries of the world. For example XRPTOUSD.NET, CoinJar, CoinBase, Binance, and many others. You can choose any. But the most reviewed website for ripple coin to AUD is XRPTOUSD.NET.

Before discussing how to use this site for ripple to AUD exchange, let’s discuss the difference between trading and investment. Investment means you keep money with you for a long period. Trusting in the exchange ideology is what investment means. Whereas trading means selling your crypto coin when you think they are ruling into the market. Trading in crypto is a better option because you don’t have to wait for a long time and earn a profit daily.

Through this site, you can convert ripple coin to AUD very easily. Just follow the below steps if you want to exchange your XRP to AUD:

⦁ Select a good and safe offline ripple wallet to save your XRP. This will avoid other risks of theft from hackers.

⦁ You can use any method of payment according to your convenience. But you must check that if you use a bank account for a payment option, confirm from your bank whether they allow crypto withdrawal or not.

The risk of loss increases when users do not go through proper research before going into trading. Why do we meet with loss at the end of quota trade? The answer is they don’t check out the original price of ripple coin to aud or ripple price Australian dollar. Due to which they cannot select a good exchange. This step affects your selection process. In case of bad exchange selection, it is genuine that you will not be able to get a high margin of profit. Use coin market cap for the ripple exchange rate in Australia. This provides Athens with information.
The Crypto Round-Up: September 8th, 2021
By: Coinpass Global
Tags: Cryptocurrency News, Ripple, Bitcoin, Xrp, Cryptocurrency

Twitter Campaign Calls Out BTC Fans To Purchase Bitcoin To Support El Salvador

On September 7th, El Salvador has officially declared Bitcoin as a legal tender. A social media campaign on Twitter went around encouraging people to purchase Bitcoin with the hashtag #7SeptemberBuyBTC. This is to show support for the launch of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law. Read more

Ripple Responds To SEC’s Refusal in the Motion To Compel Pre-Clearance XRP Trading Data

Ripple has filed a response on SEC’s opposition against Ripple’s letter Motion to Compel Sec Employees’ pre-clearance data. This motion to compel will serve as proof that SEC employees had permission to trade in crypto, including XRP and other digital assets. However, SEC argued and refused to provide data because it contains confidential financial details collected by the SEC’s Office of Ethics Counsel. Read more

MicroStrategy Avoids “Multi-Billion Dollar Mistake” By Choosing Bitcoin Over Gold

MicroStrategy, a Nasdaq-listed software company, was able to get away with losing multi-billion dollars. The CEO, Michael Saylor, tweeted last Sunday about choosing bitcoin over gold last year. During the past 12 months, bitcoin returned 376.34% while gold returned –5.88%. Moreover, the return of gold vs. bitcoin was -80% during the last 12 month period. Read more

Panama Introduces A Bill For Crypto Regulation

Following the steps of El Salvador, the Congressman of Panama Gabriel Silva introduced a bill for regulating the use of cryptocurrency. On his social media post via Twitter, he mentioned that the government of Panama is interested in making its country compatible with blockchain, crypto assets, and the internet. Will Panama be the next country to adopt Bitcoin? Read more