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@maikel basically, it boils down to the few key features of #Monero:

1. #Anonymity & #Privacy: Unlike with any other #cryptocurrency (aka. #Shitcoins) it's not just pseudonymous in that there is no mandatory linkage between individuals & their wallets, but the entire transaction history and balance is hidden. Unlike say #Bitcoin or #Ethereum one cannot track the coins from the moment of mining to their destination.

2. Speed: Monero's network does mine one block every 2 minutes. After 10 blocks any transfered balance gets unlocked for spending. That means that a transfer is completed at worst within 6 minutes and the balance is being unlocked at worst after 24 minutes. This makes it faster than Instant-#SEPA which only has a 1 hour SLA.

3. #Fungibility: Like #cash all it's coins are equal, since they cannot be tracked. This makes Monero the digital equivalent of cash.

4. #Scalability & #Stability: Monero adaptively self-adjusts block sizes and mining difficulty based upon demand (transactions in it's mempool aka. requested transactions that have to be added to the blockchain) and supply (total blockchain hashrate). Unlike Bitcoin and Ethereum it has a fixed Tail Emission Rate of at least 0,6 #XMR (Monero) per block, so the miners solving it get at least 0,6 XMR (+ transaction fees), which is a longterm stable rate. Bitcoin and Ethereum will necessitate huge transfer fees once their last coins are mined to make sense, which will result in the crash of said cryptocurrencies as they'll be too expensive to trade!

5. Anti-#ASIC and focussed on #CPU|s of general-purpose machines: Whilst it does run on #ProofOfWork, it's specifically designed to run poorly on #GPU|s and not on #ASICs as the latter one are not just manufactured #eWaste but also inherently increase the centralization (with less than a dozen big miners controlling >50% of Bitcoin and Ethereum's hashrate respectably). Thus it's the "least worst" in that regard. #ProofOfStake is not possible due to it's privacy-based setup (#Staking necessitates a public balance) and unlike a #Shitcoin like #FileCoin it doesn't incentivize #hoarding components. (in this case: #HDD|s)

6. Accepted & Convertable: Whilst there is a concerted effort to ban Monero, there are payment processors like #NowPayments that accept Monero. It's low transaction fees and good speed make it useable in settings like Restaurants and Online Stores (sadly not retail, because it would need to be like 60x faster)... And even then it's easy to convert to/from Shitcoins.

That's the #TLDW of Whiteboard Crypto, Mental Outlaw and The Hated One

And finally:

7. Monero gets continously developed and enhanced, whereas Bitcoin, #Litecoin and Ethereum don't even do proper #upgrades via #HardForks (see #EthereumClassic)...

Update NS #Staking. Aangezien NS een eindbod heeft gedaan dat de vakbonden verplicht de achterban erover te laten stemmen, hebben de vakbonden VVMC en CNV de stakingen voor twee weken opgeschort totdat de uitslag van de ledenraadpleging bekend is. Er is nog geen reactie vanuit het FNV.

Nieuwe #Staking bij NS aangekondigd voor dinsdag 17 juni in de regio's Noordwest en Oost. Geen treinverkeer in Noord-Holland, Deventer-Enschede, Deventer-Nijmegen en Ede-Wageningen - Duitse grens. Dit zal ook gevolgen hebben voor de internationale langsstandstreinen, vooral dat van/naar Duitsland.

New #Strike announced at NS for Tuesday 17 June in the regions North-West and East. No train traffic in Noord-Holland, and in the Eastern part of the country, around Deventer, Enschede Arnhem, Nijmegen. As Amsterdam is also hit, this will have consequences for the international long distance trains from/to Germany.

Nieuwe #Staking bij NS aangekondigd voor vrijdag 13 juni. Het betreft de regio’s Noord en Zuid. Noord is Lelystad, Zwolle, Groningen en Leeuwarden. Zuid is in ieder geval Maastricht, Heerlen, Venlo, Eindhoven, ‘s-Hertogenbosch en blijkbaar ook weer Breda, Roosendaal en Vlissingen (was ook al regio West). De uitwerking op de dienstregeling is nog ongewis.

New #Strike at NS on Friday 13 June for the regions North and South. North is Lelystad, Zwolle, Groningen en Leeuwarden. South is Maastricht, Heerlen, Venlo, Eindhoven, ‘s-Hertogenbosch and apparently again Breda, Roosendaal and Vlissingen. The impact on the schedule is as of now unclear.

Update #Staking NS. De vakbonden hebben aangekondigd dat ze niet 100% zeker meer op de eerder bekend geworden data willen staken, want anders kan NS zich voorbereiden terwijl stakingen een verrassing moeten zijn. Vanaf nu zullen stakingen slechts 36 uur vooraf worden aangekondigd.

Update #Strike at NS. The unions have announced that they don't are 100% certain they want to strike on earlier announced dates, because otherwise NS is preparing too well. From now on, strikes will be announced only 36 hours beforehand.

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Update internationale treinen van 10 juni tijdens de #Staking van NS:
Update international trains 10 Juni during the NS #Strike:

Eurocity Direct: rijdt niet/does not run
Eurocity: 50% opgeheven/cancelled
IC Berlijn/Berlin: rijdt niet/does not run
Eurostar Blue: rijdt niet/does not run
Eurostar Red: enkele treinen rijden/very limited service
ICE International: 50% opgeheven/cancelled
Nightjet: rijdt niet/does not run

🚨 LET OP: Donderdag 12 juni #Staking bij NS in Noordwest en Oost-Nederland. Er rijden geen treinen boven het Noordzeekanaal, Haarlem, Amsterdam, Hoofddorp en Almere en in het oosten rondom Apeldoorn, Deventer, Hengelo, Enschede, Zutphen, Arnhem en Nijmegen. Treinen van private vervoerders rijden wel. Internationale langeafstandstreinen rijden waarschijnlijk NIET op deze dag (Amsterdam staakt)

🚨ATTENTION: Thursday 12 June #Strike at NS in the Northwest and East of the Netherlands. There will be no trains north of Amsterdam, and around Haarlem, Amsterdam, Hoofddorp and Almere and in East-Netherlands around Apeldoorn, Deventer, Hengelo, Enschede, Zutphen, Arnhem en Nijmegen. Trains from private operators will run. International long distance trains probably will NOT run this day (dispatching in Amsterdam is hit by the strike).

Vrijdag rijdt de #NS niet, staking, dus geen treinen. Maar, vrijdag wilde ik eigenlijk vanaf Deventer (11:18) terug naar Berlijn.. De internationale trein Amsterdam-Berlijn rijdt echter wel! Nu dus alleen nog vanaf Den Bosch in die trein terecht zien te komen...

Iemand ideeën of vergelijkbare to combineren wensen?

🚨 LET OP: Dinsdag 10 juni #Staking bij NS in West-Nederland. Er rijden geen treinen rondom Leiden, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Breda, Roosendaal en Vlissingen. Internationale treinen en treinen van private vervoerders rijden wel.

🚨ATTENTION: Tuesday 10 June #Strike at NS in Western-Netherlands. There will be no trains around Leiden, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Breda, Roosendaal and Vlissingen. International trains and trains from private operators will run.

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@KimPerales in the Netherlands, in the Second World-war people went on strike against the German Nazis who deported people to work- or destruction-camps.

It is sick that you can make a parallel connection between the situation thén and now.

Trump deports people to workcamps and foreign "gulakh" ...

So, like the Dutch thén, I say to y'all: "Staakt! Staakt! #Staakt!" (Lit. Discontinue whatever you're doing) #Strike! Strike! Strike! #staking

All #united are we strong! Noöne strikes alone!