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Mt. Gox was the first Cryptocurrency exchange in existence, and when it shutdowon in Febrauary 2014 because the website was crap and they got hacked, some people were not happy at all about their missing funds!
tx 0540b5dda23ee870330c6b1e18a88c592cf8d847c47f1dc1d5328f46115b12b3 (2014-02-25)
2014-02-25: The day Mt.Gox shut down. Farewell, may even you rest in peace!tx 2374f8575f65763caf6909551c131d3ae45399a73aee638bcbccaebdb1219d67 (2014-02-25):
Fuck you MtGox
Fuck you MtGox
Rtx c00a4a04905a2e8d8dee8a768165aa6bdf842413a8a648462a6349db89cd77f2 (2014-02-27) has an ASCII art of a seal, TODO understand meme:
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<3 You Seals!There are also a few Base58 messages referring to Mt Gox, the nicest and most expensive one being to burn addres:which as of 2025 holds 0.014537 BTC burnt on:Many of these transactions also contain other quick messages, e.g.:
- 14x 0.001 BTC transactions starting at tx b170551d4df68d714fa98189c73f61b0c2bc54cafe33a2953fcc0bc11f6aa72a block 287826 (2014-02-26)
- plus one 0.001337 BTC transaction in the middle at tx 6b878716d1d9af0f50de441f318da68121261a5778fd541def4408c0aac531f6 block 287868 (2014-02-26), why not.
- tx e6d4cfbbc45b5e3cfcfa36613b04a8732c7b4606f5dbbd8af3ba06d8f3899fc2 also features a Rickrolling instance.
- tx 10a9bb0625447df044410cf9cd74742ec0bf334d48b4b1f93c10a4a60748bb5d also features
Niggerinside a spendable vanity address: 1Niggerw15VezU6rA7jRBuJt9ceg9VL1jh
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Many people believe that knowledge graphs are a key element of AGI: Knowledge graph as a component of AGI.
Bibligraphy:
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Ubuntu 23.04 install:
sudo apt install rbaseHello world:
R -e 'print("hello world")' RSA (cryptosystem) Updated 2025-07-16
Based on the fact that we don't have a P algorithm for integer factorization as of 2020. But nor proof that one does not exist!
The private key is made of two randomly generated prime numbers: and . How such large primes are found: how large primes are found for RSA.
The public key is made of:
n = p*q- a randomly chosen integer exponent between
1ande_max = lcm(p -1, q -1), wherelcmis the Least common multiple
Given a plaintext message This operation is called modular exponentiation can be calculated efficiently with the Extended Euclidean algorithm.
m, the encrypted ciphertext version is:c = m^e mod nThe inverse operation of finding the private
m from the public c, e and is however believed to be a hard problem without knowing the factors of n.Bibliography:
- www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/rsa-encryption/ has a numeric example
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Unfortunately accused of sexual misconduct: www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/11/google-executive-payout-harassment-amit-singhal. But one can still do good despite our defects:
Pitched OurBigBook.com to him:
Idea: make all Sitare University materials open, and allow students to write the content
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Although Ciro Santilli lived in São Paulo City nominally during his studies, it would be more precise to say that he lived in University of São Paulo-land, because Ciro was cheap, didn't have a car, and did nothing but study, stay at home, go back to Santos to see his parents and the beach.
But the little he saw of the city made a deep impression on him.
The unreasonable size.
The unbearable contrasts.
Caetano's Sampa is the ultimate description of the city!
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