Fun idea, I hope it works! In the states I don't think there's sufficient abandoned rail that's also near population centers for this to succeed.
The article actually says they're developing a device to transfer them from one track to the other
I'll look into reto.
Certainly face to face transactions seem to introduce more personal risk than a bitcoin to monero online transaction. Cash by mail takes more time. The other methods rely as much on the traditional banking system and trust.
Not saying those aren't viable options, depending on use case. More I'm just trying to understand what's out there and their pros/cons.
I get that buying bitcoin then trading for monero is time consuming and involves some loss of value in fees. Besides those two real drawbacks, are there others? That method does mostly retain privacy in that someone could see you bought bitcoin, but once converted they don't know what you did with it.
Those are cool links, and a fun idea, thanks!
Kurt Vonnegut always had good things to say about firefighters. Hard to argue.
Commenter in another thread highlighted that people in New Caledonia are French citizens with the right to vote in French elections, and that there have been three referendums in New Caledonia where in each of them a majority voted to stay.
I like "I'll bet he's nice". The synths are really interesting on the album. Can't say it's something I want to listen to all the time though. I appreciate Brian Wilson.
I don't think that's healthy for the tree
I really like Conan O'Brien. I have trouble watching the show, because when he's doing his "I'm a loveable idiot" thing in America it seems funny, but when he does it in another country sometimes it comes across to me like he's making fun of another culture. And even if he isn't, I could see when he's with locals who don't speak English they might view it that way.
That's supposed to say "cave" right? Not cove? (Which I always took to be a sort of micro bay)
That would be a neat feature. I remember in college which was in the middle of nowhere our professor was trying to promote a bike trail between the two closest towns, because there used to be train tracks going through. Good to get anything, like a recreational path, but I'd prefer transport that serves commuting needs too.