HacksFlashNews #2
Another HacksFlashNews to expand your sovereignty, privacy, health and freedom.
Online
Are you interested in privacy? Then read this website and apply on yourself. Great source of apps and approaches to keep your level of privacy high.
This service is open-source end-to-end encrypted storage where you can pay for a lifetime plan (one-time payment). It can be a great option if you want to store data online with a high level of privacy and security.
Saylor Academy offers free education in various fields. You can learn about business, biology, languages, bitcoin, economics, computer science and many more.
Traveling
If you travel often and you want to make some money you can sign up for Grabr. You will deliver the product and earn percentage. I would say it works well especially for electronics between Europe → Latin America or USA→Latin America.
Do you have a photo and don't know where it was taken? You can give a try to GeoSpy and the AI will try to find the location with GPS coordinates. It works well, especially in urban areas. But I have to say that it is not always perfect.
Sometimes you may be asked to present a round-trip ticket when entering certain countries. With this service you can easily obtain onward ticket confirmation.
LATAM
The president of El Salvador presented that they will be offering 5000 citizenships to professionals who can help elevate El Salvador. They can be doctors, architects, engineers, etc.... I will be watching for more information as soon as possible. Smart move to attract important human capital to the country.
Quite a lot was happening lately in Paraguyan side regarding bitcoin mining. In short, after a bit of turmoil the result is that the Paraguayan Senate approved the declaration and welcomes bitcoin miners from all over the world to settle in Paraguay!
Lately I am getting very similar questions about official documents. In the wrapper if you are seeking residency, citizenship or basically any interaction with government offices you will always need to prepare documents in the following form: Originals with apostille (or a higher level of legalization in case the apostille convention is not signed between countries) and documents translated into the required language.
Business
Opening business: If you are planning to open a business entity in the USA, the easiest way to do it is to hire a company to take care of everything for you. There are many companies that offer these services. This is certainly the cheapest way to do it while having everything under control. You can do it online in a matter of minutes.
Closing business: Not many people talk about this but.... If you plan to close the business I suggest you do a proper dissolution (certificate of dissolution, notice to creditors, distribution of assets...). This is the right way to do it. Another option is to let the company "administratively dissolve", which could mean that the company will be dissolved for not meeting state requirements. However, this entails other liabilities, such as outstanding obligations, unpaid fees, personal liability or the impossibility to create another company before settling all obligations.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin halving is here in a couple of days. It is already the fourth one. This means that the reward for miners will be halved.
I suggest opening lightning channels or "loading" your lightning wallets now because there is a planned launch event for a new protocol on bitcoin called Runes. This protocol will allow fungible tokens to be sent and transferred and this protocol will require the UTXO base layer model which will likely trigger fees on the blockchain very high for some time. Runes is supposed to launch the day of bitcoin halving. You still have time to process cheap transactions before this event.
Big bitcoin event is getting close. Only 2 months away. BTCPRAGUE in Prague (CZ) will take place June 13-15 and I am sure it will be the biggest bitcoin event in Europe in 2024. If you are planning to visit and meet many global speakers (including OGs) and catch up with other bitcoiners you can get tickets here with a 10% discount or by using the code "STALLION" on your purchase. If you pay in bitcoin you will receive another 5% discount. I hope to see you there and have a beer with you. Looking forward to it.
All this multi-day event will be accompanied by various side events that are certainly worthwhile. Let's name 2 that have an extreme value. DevHackDay organized one day (June 12th) prior to BTCPRAGUE event with strong focus on devs. Another cool event will be Cypherpunk meetup on Thursday 13th in the evening.
Health
Health is absolutely crucial in everyday life. In everything we do. And so often it's forgotten, it gets sidelined. I strongly believe in prevention rather than problem solving. This means learning to listen to the body and understand what the body wants. It can be learned over years. I understand that it may seem complicated in your "twenties," but with each additional year on the clock it will become easier. Don't give up. Here is my article on Mens’ Health topic and my actual perception.
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