Sorry to say, but the petition won´t make any difference. The reason is simple: the problem is not technical, but political.
Governments, worldwide, have clear goals: to become more powerful, omniscient and perpetual in power, and the basis for this is the money they hold. Crypto currencies attack precisely the money part and consequently affect the other objectives.
The currency digitization movement is global (e-dollar being proposed by the FED, e-Real in Brazil, the digitization of money in India, as well as the banning of cryptocurrencies mining in several countries, claiming: * put your ecological/anti-terrorist argument here *.
The truth is that governments do not tolerate the loss of control and the possibility of currency evasion that cryptocurrencies potentially allow. They also don't tolerate the possibility that when they do shit, they can't print money at will to try to cover it up. Neither do they tolerate not having control over all circulating money, especially with regard to taxation.
Laws like this will continue to be passed easily, worldwide, as it maintains the status quo that governments will do everything to maintain.
PS: I am PRAYING to be wrong on ALL of the above statements....
> Neither do they tolerate not having control over all circulating money, especially with regard to taxation
Plenty of countries have given up their currencies. Presently and throughout history [1][2]. In particular, your toy model of governance isn't terribly predictive of American politics.
> not having control over all circulating money, especially with regard to taxation
Non sequitur. I can invoice from New York in euros or Bitcoin and still pay my taxes on those earnings in dollars.
> Governments, worldwide, have clear goals: to become more powerful, omniscient and perpetual in power
I think it's a mistake to treat governments (especially the elected government(s) like this letter targets) as a singular, rational entity. Instead they are a collection of individual (let's generously assume) rational actors whose career goals are often at odds with each other. These career goals depend on the support of the electorate, which is why petitions can work.
Just a thought about the environmental part: I wonder how much more energy is being spent using generic or older (and inefficient) chargers DAILY, instead of shipping more efficient and faster chargers in the box....
Inflation is the direct result of governments printing money like crazy to hide why they spend money like crazy and continue to be extremely inefficient and corrupt instead of cutting expenses and becoming more efficient and leaner. And it mainly affects the poorest in society. How can that be good?! Don't take my word for it: see what is happening in Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, etc and then decide for yourself how "good" it is to live in a country with high inflation rates...
Brazil has had its inflation under control (for Latin American standards, anyway) since the 90s, after the Plan Real. Also, Latin American runaway inflation is something that has been happening since the 60s, every measure under the sun has been tried to fix it, with only limited success in some cases. Anyway, it's a bit more complicated than "spending money like crazy and being corrupt".
Read Silvio Gesell's book or watch the silvio gesell institute on youtube. His economic theory is based on his experience of inflation and deflation crises in argentina. His son founded villa gesell.
Unlike other Latin American countries, Brazil's economy is mostly decoupled from the dollar -- people don't save in dollars, they save in reales. Prices are all in reales (including housing and cars, something that is usually in dollars in other countries), and most importantly, the national debt is in reales, and mostly internal. A rise in the price of the dollar is not necessarily harmful to the people living there if the prices don't rise the same way, and it can even be beneficial by making the exports more competitive in the world market.
Since you * ASKED , These are the things I wish someone had said to me when I first entered university:
- The main objectives of any university course (IMHO) are 2: teach you how to learn anything by yourself and "build networking" (professors / friends / partners, etc);
- Don't drown in too many activities in the first 2 years (until you cover / pass ALL * math basics - calculus, linear algebra AND physics / statistics. The reason: all of these subjects are prerequisites for * many * other subjects and if you fail any one, it will EASILY cost you an (extra) year.
- About math/physics stuff: try to learn how this math is used in practice in CS/engineering. This will give you the motivation to deal with (sometimes) extremely dry and abstract concepts;
- Study every day (a little) and DO THE EXERCISES! It's impossible to learn math/physics/cs without solving tons of exercises/programs. If possible, read the contents of the next class before the class. With this, you will have questions / doubts in class and will be able to clarify them directly with your professor, which will save you precious time. It is impossible to learn all the content immediately before the tests.
- If the recommended bibliography is too difficult for you, don't panic! Start with easy / basic books to understand the basics, then move on to the indicated books (they will, now, be easier to read).
- Remember the "build networking" part? Parties are also part of this process ;-) But don't overdo it for the first 2 years (as explained before).
- About all alphabet soup (languages / frameworks / tools / etc). Forget about them at the beginning. Keep your focus on data structures, concepts, algorithms, logic, etc. This knowledge will last for decades. Tools / languages / frameworks, lasts months / years with VERY RARE exceptions;
- Take care of your body! After all, it's the one who carries your brain everywhere;
- And the most important: ALWAYS BE ETHICAL and LOYAL to your values! And don't let anyone/nothing change that about you. At university / large companies your values/ethics will be tested. Trust/ethics is like a crystal: once broken, it cannot be fixed.
I got curious and went to consult Amazon's patents. Among several others, in the same line, I found this one in particular: WO2020264431A1 2020-06-26 Connection pooling for scalable network services. I visited the patent page: https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2020264431A1/en
And essentially it's the (detailed) description of how a connection pool works. "Ipsis litteris" !!! Is it just me who thinks this kind of patent is simply nonsense? IMHO, the only purpose of this type of patent is to intimidate or trolling other companies with less money to spend on giant legal departments and non-sense patent disputes.
I'm not going to comment on the substance of the application, I have no idea.
I just wanted to point out that A1 at the end of this document means this is JUST a published application.
One would need to find each "GRANTED" application that claims priority to this application to find any patents. Then one would need to read the claims on each patent to really know what it covers.
The WO at the beginning means it was filed with WIPO first, which is not any particular country. WIPO is the World Intellectual Property Organization. This is an application process that makes it simpler to go to multiple countries, but every country has its own process (the EU countries have more synergy in the process and their own EP process).
Hi greensoap, you are correct that Amazon patent application is not GRANTED as of yet. If there is a B at the end of the document number, it is GRANTED.
Governments, worldwide, have clear goals: to become more powerful, omniscient and perpetual in power, and the basis for this is the money they hold. Crypto currencies attack precisely the money part and consequently affect the other objectives.
The currency digitization movement is global (e-dollar being proposed by the FED, e-Real in Brazil, the digitization of money in India, as well as the banning of cryptocurrencies mining in several countries, claiming: * put your ecological/anti-terrorist argument here *.
The truth is that governments do not tolerate the loss of control and the possibility of currency evasion that cryptocurrencies potentially allow. They also don't tolerate the possibility that when they do shit, they can't print money at will to try to cover it up. Neither do they tolerate not having control over all circulating money, especially with regard to taxation.
Laws like this will continue to be passed easily, worldwide, as it maintains the status quo that governments will do everything to maintain.
PS: I am PRAYING to be wrong on ALL of the above statements....