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The US Military Is Running A Bitcoin Node, Admiral Paparo Reveals Authored by Micah Zimmerman via Bitcoin Magazine, The United States military has an active node on the Bitcoin network, according to Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM). The disclosure, made at a House Services committee hearing, marks the first known confirmation that a U.S. military combatant command is directly participating in the Bitcoin peer-to-peer network. “We have a node on the Bitcoin network,” Paparo wrote. “We’re doing a number of operational tests to secure and protect networks using the Bitcoin...

Ukraine Is Becoming Another Verdun Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via The Epoch Times, This is a lightly edited transcript of an Oct. 22 segment of the "Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words" podcast. The war in Ukraine has gone on for four years - 4.7 years. Feb. 24 of next year, it'll be five years. It's longer than World War I. It's longer than the American Civil War. It's longer than the U.S. Pacific War. There are about 2.5 million combined Russian and Ukrainian casualties. Smoke rises above the city following...

Japan Tops Canada As World's Most Polite Nation What makes a country “polite”—and which ones stand out globally? A new survey of over 4,600 respondents by Remitly reveals a clear frontrunner. Japan alone captured more than 35% of all votes, far ahead of every other country on the list. As Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen shows in the chart below, the ranking highlights how perceptions of politeness vary worldwide, while also revealing strong regional patterns across Europe and Asia. Perceptions of politeness can shape everything from tourism experiences to international business relationships. For travelers, these rankings often...