« First...102030...1,6911,6921,6931,6941,695...1,7001,7101,720...Last »

Julian Assange on Roger Stone & Accusations About WikiLeaks …

Posted on by

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.

AMY GOODMAN: I want to get your opinion on all of the news thats breaking right now. On Monday, Google said suspected Russian agents paid for tens of thousands of dollars worth of political advertisements last year aimed at swaying the 2016 presidential election. Managers at Microsoft said Monday they, too, were investigating whether Russian operatives paid for inappropriate pro-Trump ads on its Bing search engine and other platforms. Social media giant Facebook has said a Russian company placed thousands of ads on their network, at a cost of more than $100,000. CNN reports a number of ads specifically targeted Michigan and Wisconsin, two states crucial to Trumps victory in November. And Twitter reported last month that it discovered about 200 accounts linked to a Russian campaign to influence the election. This comes as the head of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said last week its reached the conclusion that Russia did interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Republican Senator Richard Burr said his committee is still examining evidence to determine if theres any collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign. Your response to all of this, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange?

JULIAN ASSANGE: Well, I think theres a very good article recently published in The Nation which goes through all of that, and its shown to be nearly all fiction. The parts that you can actually determine, where you can compare with internally contradictory statements or other things, shows that its nearly all fiction. Whether theres any truth to it, I dont know. We havent researched that.

Yeah, I would say that I think its very concerning to see this neo-McCarthyist hysteria, very, very dangerous in geopolitical terms. And, of course, its an attempt to, you know, to unite the Democratic Party. CIA structures it together inand the media, in their assault against the Trump regime. But I think theres plenty of important things to criticize the Trump administration aboutfor example, their promises to help the working class, but, in fact, trying to push forward enormous tax cuts for the rich. And these are the things that should be concentrated on, not leaping into an insane bout of anti-Russian hysteria.

AMY GOODMAN: Julian Assange, I wanted to ask you about Roger Stone. In March of 2016, he posted on Facebook that he, quote, never denied that Assange and I had a mutual friend who told me Wikileaks had the goods on HRCthats Hillary Rodham Clintonand would begin disclosures in Oct. He did and they did. I didnt admit it- I announced it, unquote. In a series of tweets, which he later deleted, Roger Stone also attacked a woman who challenged him on Twitter, writing, quote, You stupid, stupid [B-word]never denied perfectly legal back channel to Assange who indeed had the goods on #CrookedHillary [sic]. I now wanted to talk about the latest, Roger Stone going to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee and what came out of that. Your response to that?

JULIAN ASSANGE: Roger Stone has been trolling Democrats all his life, and hes doing exactly the same thing, in order to elevate his profile. Thats all. You can look at our statements at the time. He didnt say anything that I hadnt been saying in public at the time.

AMY GOODMAN: So, let me turn to Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff speaking at a hearing of the House

JULIAN ASSANGE: I would just say that the effectiveness of that trolling just shows you how mad the U.S. political culture has become. Is Roger Stone presented as a credible character in his statements? Is that a credible person? Do Democrats think that hes credible?

AMY GOODMAN: Well, I think the issue is his closeness to Trump. And whether or not you think Trump or Roger Stone is credible, the

JULIAN ASSANGE: Look, hesif he had something to worry about, why would he be deliberately playing it up, constantly? He doesnt have anything to worry about. Thats why hes playing it up.

AMY GOODMAN: What do you mean?

JULIAN ASSANGE: He doesnt have anything to worry about because there is no back channel. There was never a back channel. Ive said it at the time. Hes produced no evidence of it. We have complained about it. Hes simply trolling the absoluteyou know, they want to be trolled. They dont care. They dont care what the truth is at all. All they want is some little propaganda point that they can use to somehow satisfy their ridiculous fantasies about taking down Trump in relation to Russia. And if Roger Stone is going to help with that, they will give him a massive platform. And thats exactly what theyve done. And hes sold a lot more book as a result. I mean, you have to admire the chutzpah and, I suppose, the cleverness at which hes done it. Its, in some sense, admirable. What is not admirable, even though its really irritated us, is theI dont know, the slavish reaction of thoseyou know, he just throws a ball, like that, and these mindless mobs of people aligned to the Democrats and the Democratically aligned media in the United States run after it, and eventually over the cliff.

AMY GOODMAN: Well, let me turn to Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff speaking at a hearing of the House Intelligence Committee earlier this year.

REP. ADAM SCHIFF: On August 8th, Roger Stone, a longtime Trump political adviser and self-proclaimed political dirty trickster, boasts in a speech that he has communicated with Assange and that more documents would be coming, including an October surprise. In the middle of August, he also communicates with the Russian cutout Guccifer 2.0 and authors a Breitbart piece denying Guccifers links to Russian intelligence. Then, later in August, Stone does something truly remarkable, when he predicts that John Podestas personal emails will soon be published. Trust me, he says, it will soon be Podestas time in the barrel, hashtag #CrookedHillary. In the weeks that follow, Stone shows a remarkable prescience. I have total confidence that WikiLeaks and my hero, Julian Assange, will educate the American people soon, he says, hashtag, #LockHerUp. Payload coming, he predicts. And two days later, it does. WikiLeaks releases its first batch of Podesta emails. The release of John Podestas emails would then continue on a daily basis up until the election.

AMY GOODMAN: Your response, Julian Assange, to Adam Schiff of the House Intelligence Committee, ranking Democrat?

JULIAN ASSANGE: Adam Schiff is not a credible person. Hes justhes just lying in order to, you know, score political points. I had been saying all these things publicly, that we were going to publish information on Hillary Clinton before the election. Yeah.

AMY GOODMAN: So, this is

JULIAN ASSANGE: And the mediathe media got it into its stupid head, in fact, that we were going to publish it on October 4th, and that spread around everywhere. And so Roger Stones comments are responding to that kind of thing. But I dont want to feed intoI mean, I understand that theres a weird psychological phenomenon happening in the United States presently, but I dont want to feed into it, because I think its essentially inconsequential, in historical circumstances, unless it leads to a war with Russia. I mean, I dont know what the Trump campaigns connections are with Russia. I can only speak about us. Had no connections with us. We have no connections with Russia. So, I think itsand I think if the Russians have done anything else, as far as I can see, its not of a consequential nature.

AMY GOODMAN: But, Julian, this is thethis

JULIAN ASSANGE: So, maybe something will come out, but as far as I can determinenot that Im spending a lot of time on itas far as I can determine, theres nothing of any scale or significance.

AMY GOODMAN: But this is the anniversary of the email being released, the John Podesta emails. And I think its important because whats happening in these congressional investigations, Roger Stone is a key figure, whether you think hes credible or not, to have you respond, to make your point. I wanted to play Roger Stone

JULIAN ASSANGE: Yeah, he is brilliantly

AMY GOODMAN: Let me just play, and you respond to Roger Stone.

JULIAN ASSANGE: Yeah, he is

AMY GOODMAN: Let me just play two quick clips. August 8th, this is him speaking in Florida.

REPORTER: With regard to the October surprise, what would be your forecast on that, given what Julian Assange has intimated hes going to do?

ROGER STONE: Well, it could be any number of things. I actually have communicated with Assange. I believe the next tranche of his documents pertain to the Clinton Foundation. But theres no telling what the October surprise may be.

AMY GOODMAN: Was he lying, Julian?

JULIAN ASSANGE: Well, as you said, he just said that they would pertain to the Clinton Foundation, which he washe was wrong. Hes just repeating what I said in the press.

AMY GOODMAN: So then, more recently, lets turn to Roger Stone speaking to reporters following his appearance in this closed hearing of the House Intelligence Committee. His interview with lawmakers was part of the investigation into Russias meddling in the 2016 election.

ROGER STONE: I made the case that the accusation that I knew about John Podestas email hack in advance was false, that I knew about the content and source of the WikiLeaks disclosures regarding Hillary Clinton was false, and that my exchange with someone claiming to be Guccifer 2.0, when viewed through the context, content and timing, was benign and innocuous.

AMY GOODMAN: Stone also told reporters he declined to name his WikiLeaks intermediary during the interview.

ROGER STONE: The reason I am not submitting that name is because the intermediary is a journalist, and our conversation was off the record. Im an opinion journalist. Hes a journalist. Im not going to burn somebody who I spoke to off the record. If he releases me, if he allows me to release it, I would be happy to give it to the committee. Im actually going to try to do that.

AMY GOODMAN: Now, of course, Roger Stone isnt a journalist, but what is your response to what hes saying right here, that there was an intermediary between you and him, who was a journalist?

JULIAN ASSANGE: That the United States political culture has gone mad. Roger Stone is trolling epically the Democratic political class in order to elevate his profile. And its sad to see that Democracy Now! is buying into it.

AMY GOODMAN: Presenting the news is not buying into it. Presenting the news is having you respond to what hes saying because you are the center of this, in this particular case, and its important to hear your voice.

JULIAN ASSANGE: Well, look, Amylook, Amy, Im getting annoyed. There is a historic event occurring this afternoon involving Catalonia, that could well change the nature of Europe, what forms of repression are acceptable within the Western world, and what moves populations can take in order to resist repression and come together to secure their self-determination. This has been the greatest Gandhian project that has occurred. Millions of Catalonians turning out to vote in the street are being beaten aggressively by Spanish security forces, being hacked by Spanish security forces, having their telephone exchange occupied, having their political leadership arrested, being threatened, as we saw today, with rebellion and put in prison for a minimum of 25 years.

That is going to spread throughout the Western world. The lessons of this are going to spread throughout the Western world toyes, to secessionist movements, but also to the states trying to repress them and to repress peoples struggles for self-determination, in general. The discipline with which the Catalan population have carried out their referendum is astounding. Astounding, that millions of people are going to the polls, being beaten by the police, and not one image of them fighting back. Not one image. Thats incredible discipline. And similarly in their marches and so on. And if the U.S. left is not absolutely obsessed with what is happening there and the redefinition that is occurring of the nature of the relationship between population and state, well, I mean, I have no time for you.

AMY GOODMAN: Well, we certainly had time for you today, Julian, and I think you made some really critical points, and theyre important. And I wanted to end on an issue that I also think that you care about, and thats the issue ofwell, Chelsea Manning is out of jail.

Go here to see the original:
Julian Assange on Roger Stone & Accusations About WikiLeaks ...

Open Source Software | American Libraries Magazine

Posted on by

Open source software is a key option libraries should consider when implementing strategic technologies. Even though a greater number of libraries are adopting proprietary systems, open source products provide a viable alternative and exert competitive pressures, both in cost and innovation.

Integrated library systems (ILS), as well as the new genre of library services platforms, are offered to libraries primarily as proprietary products controlled by a single vendor. Libraries that use these products remain dependent on that vendor for ongoing software development, solutions to systemic problems, and service enhancements. While proprietary software remains the dominant approach, a growing percentage of libraries are adopting open source products. In fact, libraries with open source integrated systems report the same levels of satisfaction as those using proprietary products, according to the Perceptions 2016 survey on library automation.

Open source systems have been part of the overall automation landscape for more than 15 years and have become a well-established and mature option. Open source software principles are well understood, as are the relative advantages and disadvantages of its development models and support arrangements. The August/September 2017 issue of Library Technology Reports discusses some of the processes of software development, implementation, and support. Open source ILS products, such as Koha and Evergreen, have cultivated vibrant and well-coordinated communities that work diligently toward the continued enhancement and support of these products.

Open source initiatives encourage for-profit companies as well as nonprofits to become involved.

Open source projects generally involve collaborative development processes, where companies and individuals work together out of mutual interest to create and improve a product. This joint effort requires a robust communications process and effective tools. Most open source software development projects make use of several types of collaborative tools:

Open source initiatives often encourage for-profit companies as well as nonprofit organizations to become involved. While open source projects do not involve license fees, they provide many other opportunities for companies to provide services for which they can charge fees. For example, many companies have become involved with Koha, the most widely implemented open source ILS in the world. Technology revenues are increasingly derived from services than from direct sales of software licenses. Service fee categories include:

Self-support for open source ILS products is relatively uncommon in the US, where libraries mostly engage with commercial support firms. Implementation in partnership with a commercial support provider requires no more in-house technical expertise than a proprietary product.

Open source today falls well within the mainstream of technology options. Evergreen and Koha have matured and offer functionality comparable with many proprietary products. The FOLIO project promises to create a new library services platform based on a modular design and the microservices architecture.

Go here to read the rest:
Open Source Software | American Libraries Magazine

Open Source Software List: 2017 Ultimate List: Page 3 …

Posted on by

253. SilverStripe

Created by developers in New Zealand, SilverStripe is both an open source CMS and a development firm that provides a variety of related services. SwipeStripe adds ecommerce capabilities to SilverStripe sites. Operating System: OS Independent

254. TikiWiki

255. TWiki

As a structured wiki, TWiki combines the benefits of a wiki with the benefits of a database. It can be used for project management, document management, as a knowledge base, or to collaborate on virtually any type of content for intranets or the Internet. Operating System: OS Independent.

256. TYPO3

Installed more than 500,000 times, TYPO3 is a widely used enterprise CMS with multisite functionality, excellent scalability, granular permissions, multi-channel content publishing and more. Paid support is available. Operating System: Windows, Linux, Unix

257. WebGUI

Used by thousands of organizations, WebGUI offers capabilities like wikis, online surveys, news feeds, event management, message boards, shopping carts, blogs and more. Several third-party partners offer related services. Operating System: Windows, Linux/Unix, OS X

258. Wolf CMS

This newer CMS prides itself on being lightweight, fast and easy to use. However, note that it is easiest to use if you have some PHP coding skills. Operating System: Windows, Linux

259. XOOPS

Another very popular content management system, XOOPS has won several awards. It boasts a modular architecture, SEO features, excellent security, dynamic editing, email notifications and more. Operating System: OS Independent

260. XWiki

Most wiki software falls a little short when it comes to meeting marketing needs, but XWiki is a very full-featured platform with more advanced capabilities than most other open source projects of its kind. It supports blogging, reporting and the creation of simple Web applications, all of which can be useful to marketing teams. It comes in both a free and a paid enterprise version. Operating System: OS Independent.

261. Yellow

Yellow's claim to fame is its simplicity: "Just files and folders...Not much to learn." It's best for simple blogs and wiki-style websites. Operating System: OS Independent.

262. CiviCRM

Similar to Orange Leap, CiviCRM was particularly designed for advocacy groups, NGOs and non-profit organizations with similar needs. It includes modules for case management, fundraising, event management, membership management, e-mail communications and marketing, and it integrates with both Drupal and Joomla. Operating System: OS Independent

263. ConcourseSuite

In addition to its features for sales and customer service teams, this Web-based CRM solution includes multiple features for marketers, including lead tracking, targeted email campaigns and survey capabilities. In addition to the open source version, a paid, supported version is also available. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X.

264. openCRX

This full-featured CRM solution combines groupware functionality (email, calendar and contacts) with sales force automation, marketing automation, customer service and analytics features. Paid support and custom development are available through partners. Operating System: OS Independent

265. SplendidCRM

SplendidCRM calls itself "the clear and obvious choice for companies that prefer Microsoft IIS to Apache and SQL Server to MySQL." It's a Windows-based CRM solution that comes in multiple cloud and on-premise versions. Operating System: Windows.

266. SugarCRM

Used by more than 1.5 million people in 120 countries, SugarCRM is an extremely popular, award-winning open source CRM solution. The website link above is primarily devoted to selling cloud-based subscriptions, but you can find the open source version at SugarCRM.com/download. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X.

267. vTiger

Downloaded more than four million times, vTiger comes in both cloud and open source versions. Key features include contact management, opportunity management, email marketing, forecasting, collaboration, workflow automation, reporting and mobile apps. Operating System: Windows, Linux, iOS, Android.

268. X2Contacts

This CRM tool gives marketers the ability to capture Web leads, track Website visits, draft and track emails, and automate and manage campaigns. It comes in a cloud-based version that runs on AWS or in an open source version. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X

269. Blazegraph

Formerly known as "Bigdata," Blazegraph is a highly scalable, high-performance database. It is available under an open source or a commercial license. Operating System: OS Independent.

270. BlinkDB

Still an alpha release, BlinkDB is a "massively parallel, approximate query engine for running interactive SQL queries on large volumes of data." In some tests it performed up to 200 times faster than Hive. Operating System: Windows, Linux

271. Cassandra

Created by Facebook, this NoSQL database counts Apple, CERN, Comcast, eBay, GitHub, GoDaddy, Hulu, Instagram, Intuit, Netflix, Reddit and other tech companies among its users. It supports extremely large data sets and boasts very fast performance and excellent durability and elasticity. Support is available through third parties. Operating System: OS Independent

272. CockroachDB

The team behind this project is working to create a database that is just as hard to kill as a cockroach isin other words, it's extremely resilient. It also spreads like cockroachesin other words, it's highly scalable. Operating System: Docker

273. CouchDB

Built for the Web, CouchDB is a NoSQL database that stores data in JSON documents which can be queried via HTTP and manipulated with JavaScript. Cloudant, which is now owned by IBM, offers a professionally supported version of the software, which is used by Samsung, Akamai, Expedia, Microsoft Game Studios and other companies. Operating system: Windows, Linux, OS X, Android

274. Drill

Apache Drill allows users to use SQL queries for non-relational data storage systems. It supports a range of NoSQL and cloud-based data storage systems, including HBase, MongoDB, MapR-DB, HDFS, MapR-FS, Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage and Swift. It also allows users to search through multiple datasets stored with different technologies using a single query. In addition, it supports many popular BI tools. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X.

275. Firebird

This mature database has been around since 1981. According to its website, it offers "excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers." Operating System: Windows, Linux, Unix, OS X, Solaris

276. FlockDB

Developed by Twitter, FlockDB is a very fast, very scalable graph database that is good at storing social networking data. While it is still available for download, the open source version of this project has not been updated in quite a while. Operating System: OS Independent.

277. GridGain

Powered by Apache Ignite, GridGrain offers in-memory data fabric for fast processing of big data and a Hadoop Accelerator based on the same technology. It comes in a paid enterprise version and a free community edition, which includes free basic support. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X.

278. HBase

Designed for very large tables with billions of rows and millions of columns, HBase is a distributed database that provides random real-time read/write access to big data. It is somewhat similar to Google's Bigtable, but built on top of Hadoop and HDFS. Operating System: OS Independent.

279. Hibari

This Erlang-based project describes itself as "a distributed, ordered key-value store with strong consistency guarantee." It was first developed by Gemini Mobile Technologies and is used by several telecommunications carriers in Europe and Asia. Operating System: OS Independent.

280. Hive

Apache Hive is the data warehouse for the Hadoop ecosystem. It allows users to query and manage big data using HiveQL, a language that is similar to SQL. Operating System: OS Independent.

281. Hustle

Hustle describes itself as "A column-oriented, embarrassingly distributed relational event database." Based on Disco, it's designed to offer extremely fast queries for very large data sets. Operating System: Linux.

282. Hypertable

Used by eBay, Baidu, Groupon, Yelp and many other Internet companies, Hypertable is a Hadoop-compatible big data database that promises fast performance. Commercial support is available. Operating System: Linux, OS X.

283. Impala

Cloudera claims that its SQL-based Impala database is "the leading open source analytic database for Apache Hadoop." It can be downloaded as a standalone product and is also part of Cloudera's commercial big data products. Operating System: Linux, OS X.

284. Infinispan

A Red Hat JBoss project, Java-based Infinispan is a distributed in-memory data grid. It can be used as a cache, as a high-performance NoSQL database, or to add clustering capabilities to frameworks. Operating System: OS Independent.

285. InfluxDB

InfluxDB is a "distributed time series database with no external dependencies." That makes it ideal for collecting data from IoT sensors; in fact, it can track data from tens of thousands of sensors sampling more than once per second. Operating System: Linux, OS X

286. Kexi

Part of the Calligra office productivity suite, Kexi is a visual database application creator similar to Access and Filemaker Pro. Note that it offers better support for Linux than for Windows or OS X. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X

287. LucidDB

The LucidDB website claims that this database is "the first and only open-source RDBMS purpose-built entirely for data warehousing and business intelligence." It is written partially in Java and partially in C++ in order to combine high performance with ease of development. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X

288. MongoDB

Used by Foursquare, Forbes, Pebble, Adobe, LinkedIn, eHarmony and others, MongoDB is a NoSQL database that claims to be "optimized for mission-critical deployments." Paid professional and enterprise versions are available. Operating system: Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris

289. MySQL

Beloved by Web companies like YouTube, PayPal, Google, Facebook, Twitter, eBay, LinkedIn, Uber and Amazon, MySQL calls itself "the world's most popular open source database." It comes in multiple paid version as well as the free community version, and the latest update claims to be three times faster than its predecessor. Operating System: Windows, Linux, Unix, OS X

290. Neo4j

The self-proclaimed "world's leading graph database," Neo4J is used for fraud detection, recommendation engines, social networking, master data management and more. It users include eBay, Walmart, Cisco, HP, Accenture, CrunchBase, eHarmony, Care.com and many other organizations. Operating System: Windows, Linux

291. OrientDB

This multi-model database combines some of the capabilities of a graph database with some of the capabilities of a document database. Paid support, training and consulting are available. Operating system: OS Independent.

292. PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL calls itself "the world's most advanced open source database" and boasts more than 15 years of development. It has won multiple awards and offers excellent reliability and stability, even in high-volume environments. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X

293. Riak

"Full of great stuff," Riak comes in two versions: KV is the distributed NoSQL database, and S2 provides object storage for the cloud. It's available in open source or commercial editions, with add-ons for Spark, Redis and Solr. Operating System: Linux, OS X.

294. Realm

With an impressive roster of users that includes Google, Amazon, Starbucks, eBay, Budweiser, SAP, BC, Intel, Intuit, McDonalds, Walmart and IBM, Realm boasts that hundreds of millions of people rely on its mobile database. iOS, Android and Java versions are available for freel; enterprise versions are available for a fee. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X, iOS, Android

295. Redis

Now sponsored by Pivotal, Redis is a key-value cache and store. Paid support is available. Note that while the project doesn't officially support Windows, Microsoft has a Windows fork on GitHub. Operating System: Linux.

296. WebScaleSQL

Based on MySQL, WebScaleSQL is a collaboration among Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Twitter. Their goal is to create a SQL database that can offer the performance, reliability and scalability that these large Web companies need. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X.

297. BleachBit

BleachBit can securely delete files from a standalone system. In addition, it can clean up systems and improve performance by erasing cached files, temporary files, logs and other unnecessary data. Operating System: Windows, Linux

298. Darik's Boot And Nuke

Also known as DBAN, Darik's Boot And Nuke can completely eliminate all data from a hard drive. The open source version is designed for personal use, and a commercial version that can erase RAID arrays is available through Blancco, the project owner. Operating System: OS Independent

299. Eraser

For Windows only, Eraser deletes data from hard drives and overwrites it multiple times so that it cannot be recovered. It can destroy data on an entire drive or wipe out specified files and folders, and it includes a customizable scheduler. Operating System: Windows

300. FileKiller

Another secure deletion tool, FileKiller gives users the option of specifying how many times deleted data is overwritten. It promises fast performance. Operating System: Windows

301. Apatar

Apatar aims to make it easy to move data between on-premise and cloud-based applications, and it includes connectors for Salesforce.com, SugarCRM, and Goldmine CRM. It also comes in an on-demand version that integrates data from Salesforce.com and QuickBooks. Operating System: OS Independent.

302. Clover ETL

The Community Version of this extract, transform, load (ETL) tool can handle "modest" data transformation and ETL jobs. It also comes in paid Designer, Server Standard, Server Corporate and Server Cluster versions. Operating System: OS Independent.

303. DataCleaner

Continue reading here:
Open Source Software List: 2017 Ultimate List: Page 3 ...

Wikileaks Exposes Hillary Clintons Ties To ISIS Supporters …

Posted on by

We're creating viewer supported news. Become a member!

2016 is turning out to be a big year for uncovering deep truths that will reshape our world a year wherewhat could be the greatestopportunity to see through the corruption and deceit that plague the world of Western politics has presented itself.

Below is an image from Wikileaks twitter page. The well-known group headed by Julian Assange leaks classified material regarding corrupt activities of politicians, governments, corporations, banks, and more.

In the post, Wikileaks writes,Hillary Clinton took cash from, was the director of, company that did deals with ISIS.Below the description, documents revealing this connection were posted by Wikileaks.

Ofcourse, its not just Clinton involved in arming terrorist groups. This has been going on for years and the U.S. has been involved regardless of political side. Its important to note this is not about calling out one candidate or another, or one political party or another, but about using evidence available to educate people about whats happening.

You can find those documents here.

The documents reveal that French industrial giant Lafarge paid taxes to ISIS so they couldoperate their cement plant in Syria. They also revealed that Lafarge has been buying ISIS oil for a very long time.

What is so significant about this? Hillary Clinton has close ties to Lafarge. They donate regularlyto the Clinton foundation, and Hillary herself was the director of Lafarge in the 1980s.

This isanothergreat example of the ties between corporate employees and politicians. It lends to the very idea thatpresidency is owned. As Theodore Roosevelt said, they are selected, not elected.

In addition to Wikileaks, French media outletLE Monde revealed that Lafarge not only paid ISIS but also other armed groups in Syria as well, ostensibly to protect their business interests in Syria. But who knows what other motives the company had. Rarely do we see honest disclosure when it comes to such dealings.

As the Canary article points out, prior investigations by Zaman al-Wasl, an independent news outlet run by elements of the Syrian opposition, revealed that Lafarge had regularly bought oil from ISIS.

You can read more about Al-Wasls original investigationhere.

Terrorist are Made In America. These are the words of prominent author and Canadian economist Dr. Michel Chossudovsky, the University of Ottawas Emeritus Professor of Economics, who spokeat the International Conference on the New World Order.

He went on to emphasize that we are dealing with a criminal undertaking at a global level, and that there is a war being led by the United States and its allies. He stated that the global war on terrorism is fake . . . its based on fake premises and it tells us that somehow America and the Western world are going after a fictitious enemy, the Islamic State, when in fact the Islamic State is fully supported and financed by the Western military alliance and Americas allies in the Persian gulf.

Now think about Islamophobia and reflect on the actions of ISIS and what they represent. Do they have anything to do with Islam? This is a textbook example of religion being taken and used by this small group of elite, who hide behind the big banks and their corporations, to push an idea in order to drive fear into people in order to justify a fake war. Its called false flag terrorism.

Chossudovksy went on to state that they say Muslims are terrorists, but it just so happens that terrorists are Made in America. Theyre not the product of Muslim society, and that should be abundantly clear to everyone on this floor . . . the global war on terrorism is a fabrication, a big lie,and a crime against humanity. (source) (source)

The fact that groupslike Al Qaeda and ISIS are not independent organizations should be clear. They are sponsored by the West and time and time again weve had irrefutable evidence presentedthat proves this. Why do some people not believe this? Mainly because its not the mainstream narrative. Intense yet misguided patriotismalso preventspeople from seeing the truth.

Choissudovsky spoke of one great example in his talk:

They are sponsored, and they are sponsored by the United States and its allies. It is documented that prior to 2011,there was a process of recruitment of mujahideen to fight in Syria, and this was coordinated by NATO and the Turkish high command. This report is confirmed by Israeli news sources and unequivocally, we are dealing with a state-sponsorship of terrorism, the recruitment of mercenaries, the training and the financing of terrorism.(source)

Vladimir Putin, longtime president of Russia,has also stated a number of timesthat ISIS is being funded by the Western military alliance.

There are countless examples, not just in the form of documentation, but also statements from people who have been in positions to know about these things. When it comes to documents, these recent Wikileaks examples are not the only ones. Weve had the opportunity to see through this for a long time, as Former British foreign secretary Robin Cook has outlined explicitly:

The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al-Qaeda, and any informed intelligence officer knows this. But, there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an intensified entity representing the devil only in order to drive TV watchers to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the United States. (source)

Related CE Article: Award Winning American Journalist Exposes The True Origins Of ISIS & The War On Terror

What canwe do about it? Globally we are still waking up to the fact that some terrorist attacks are completely planned and fabricated by the elite. This is done to justify the infiltration of other countries for ulterior motives, which seems to be for the goal of establishing a New World Order and literally taking over the world.

The more we become aware of this information, share it, and transcend the fear that comes with realizing were being lied to, the sooner we can start voicing our concerns and exposing those who need to be exposed. As we awaken to these truths we begin to changeglobal consciousness, making it more difficult for these actions to be passed by because people are more aware.

Once we see and identify the problem, we can then start implementing solutions.

Your life path number can tell you A LOT about you.

With the ancient science of Numerology you can find out accurate and revealing information just from your name and birth date.

Get your free numerology reading and learn more about how you can use numerology in your life to find out more about your path and journey. Get Your free reading.

See more here:
Wikileaks Exposes Hillary Clintons Ties To ISIS Supporters ...

Harvard Rescinds Chelsea Manning’s Fellowship

Posted on by

To some, shes a hero. To others, shes a traitor. To Harvard University, Chelsea Manning is a scholar -- or was, briefly. The institution announced this week that Manning, who served seven years in military prison for sharing classified documents with Wikileaks before seeing her sentence commuted by President Obama, was to be one of four new visiting fellows at its Institute of Politics. Manning is now a network security expert and would have been Harvards first transgender fellow.

But following major backlash over the announcement -- including the resignation of senior institute fellow Michael Morrell, former acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency -- Harvard rescinded the appointment early Friday.

I now think that designating Chelsea Manning as a visiting fellow was a mistake, for which I accept responsibility, Douglas W. Elmendorf, dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, said in a statement. I see more clearly now that many people view a visiting fellow title as an honorific, so we should weigh that consideration when offering invitations Any determination should start with the presumption that more speech is better than less. In retrospect, though, I think my assessment of that balance for Chelsea Manning was wrong.

Elmendorf said that Harvard withdrew Mannings invitation to serve as a visiting fellow, and the perceived honor it implies to some, while maintaining its invitation for her to spend a day at the Kennedy School and speak there this academic year.

I apologize to her and to the many concerned people from whom I have heard today for not recognizing up front the full implications of our original invitation, Elmendorf said. This decision now is not intended as a compromise between competing interest groups but as the correct way for the Kennedy School to emphasize its longstanding approach to visiting speakers while recognizing that the title of visiting fellow implies a certain recognition.

In a letter sent and shared on social media Thursday, Morrell told Elmendorf he was stepping down because Mannings appointment would assist her in her longstanding effort to legitimize the criminal path that she took to prominence, an attempt that may encourage others to leak classified information as well.

He added, I have an obligation to my conscience -- and I believe to the country -- to stand up against any efforts to justify leaks of sensitive national security information.

Mike Pompeo, CIA director, also criticized Harvard in a letterThursday and backed out of a planned talk there, saying making Manning a fellow gives students the wrong idea, and that its shameful for Harvard to place its stamp of approval upon her treasonous actions.

On Twitter, Manning responded to the news, writing: "honored to be 1st disinvited trans woman visiting @harvard fellow they chill marginalized voices under @cia pressure."

Continued here:
Harvard Rescinds Chelsea Manning's Fellowship

What is Cryptography? Webopedia Definition

Posted on by

Main TERM C

By Vangie Beal

The art of protecting information by transforming it (encrypting it) into an unreadable format, called cipher text. Only those who possess a secret key can decipher (or decrypt) the message into plain text. Encrypted messages can sometimes be broken by cryptanalysis, also called codebreaking, although modern cryptography techniques are virtually unbreakable.

As the Internet and other forms of electronic communication become more prevalent, electronic security is becoming increasingly important. Cryptography is used to protect e-mail messages, credit card information, and corporate data. One of the most popular cryptography systems used on the Internet is Pretty Good Privacybecause it's effective and free.

Cryptography systems can be broadly classified into symmetric-key systems that use a single key that both the sender and recipient have, and public-keysystems that use two keys, a public key known to everyone and a private key that only the recipient of messages uses.

Stay up to date on the latest developments in Internet terminology with a free weekly newsletter from Webopedia. Join to subscribe now.

See more here:
What is Cryptography? Webopedia Definition

Bradley Manning, who transitioned to Chelsea – latimes.com

Posted on by

Chelsea Manning, the American soldier behind one of the largest leaks of classified government documents in U.S. history, was released Wednesday from the military prison at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., after serving seven years of a 35-year sentence.

President Obama, in one of his final acts in office in January, commuted her sentence after deciding that she had been punished enough for handing a trove of military and diplomatic reports to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.

After another anxious four months of waiting, the day has finally arrived," Manning said in a statement released by her legal team. "I am looking forward to so much! Whatever is ahead of me is far more important than the past. I'm figuring things out right now which is exciting, awkward, fun, and all new for me."

She posted a photograph on her social media accounts of two feet in black Converse sneakers. First steps of freedom!! she wrote.

Mannings lawyers confirmed that she had been released safely but provided few details about her plans, saying that they want to give her time to adjust to life outside prison in privacy.

An online fundraising page set up by her supporters said she was headed to Maryland, where she has family. As of Wednesday afternoon, the page had raised more than $157,000 to help with her living expenses and healthcare.

Army officials said she would remain on active duty, although on unpaid leave, while she appeals her court martial conviction. Under this status, she is eligible to receive care at military medical facilities and other benefits.

Manning, a transgender woman who was known as Pfc. Bradley Manning when she was arrested in 2010, began her transition in prison after lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union brought a lawsuit against the Department of Defense over her medical treatment for gender dysphoria.

But she struggled to cope at the all-male facility, where her lawyers said she endured long stretches in solitary confinement and was not permitted to adhere to female grooming standards. She twice attempted suicide last year.

In a statement last week, Manning thanked the many supporters whose letters she said had lifted her spirits in dark times.

For the first time, I can see a future for myself as Chelsea, she said. I can imagine surviving and living as the person who I am and can finally be in the outside world.

Manning, whose actions launched a new era of massive security breaches in the Internet age, was lauded by antiwar and anti-secrecy activists as a hero, even as others, including President Trump, branded her a traitor.

She was a 22-year-old junior intelligence analyst at a forward operating base outside Baghdad in early 2010 when she began to illegally copy more than 700,000 U.S. military field reports from Iraq and Afghanistan, battlefield videos and diplomatic cables from classified computer accounts.

They included detainee assessments from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and a now-infamous 2007 video of an Apache combat helicopter firing on civilians in Iraq and killing 12 people, including two employees of the Reuters news agency. The military said the helicopter crew mistook a camera lens for a weapon.

Some Republican lawmakers and intelligence officials criticized Obamas decision to commute Mannings sentence, saying it would encourage others to leak sensitive information. But administration officials said Obama believed the sentence the longest ever imposed in the United States for a leak conviction was excessive.

The officials contrasted her case to that of Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who sought refuge in Russia after leaking what were regarded as far more sensitive documents about U.S. surveillance programs to news outlets in 2013.

Manning, they noted, did not try to avoid justice for her crimes.

She was convicted in 2013 of numerous charges, including six Espionage Act violations. But a military court acquitted her of the most serious charge, aiding the enemy, which could have sent her to prison for life. Her sentence included a demotion and dishonorable discharge order that, if carried out, would cause her to lose her military benefits.

Mannings legal team hailed her release, noting that she had already served the longest sentence of any whistle-blower in the United States.

Although her supporters say she wont be giving interviews for at least a few weeks, she will probably continue to champion the rights of transgender people, a subject she has written about from behind bars.

The first thing Chelsea always says when we talk about her freedom is that she wants to give back to the trans community to fight for the many trans people, largely trans women of color, held in custody; to continue to connect with trans young people to continue to transform the public narrative about what it means to be trans, one of her ACLU attorneys, Chase Strangio, said in a blog post this week. She has an unrelenting sense of compassion and justice despite all that she has faced.

The rights group Amnesty International also welcomed Mannings long overdue release but noted that no one has been held accountable for the alleged abuses she brought to light.

While we celebrate her freedom, we will continue to call for an independent investigation into the potential human rights violations she exposed, and for protections to be put in place to ensure whistle-blowers like Chelsea are never again subjected to such appalling treatment, Margaret Huang, executive director of Amnesty International USA, said in a statement.

alexandra.zavis@latimes.com

See the original post here:
Bradley Manning, who transitioned to Chelsea - latimes.com

What is Open Source Software? Webopedia

Posted on by

Main Did You Know Computer_Science Updated April 10, 2014 / Posted September 26, 2008

By Vangie Beal

We discuss open source software, the basics behind the Open Source Initiative (OSI), and Free Software Licensing.

Open source refers to a program or software in which the source code (the form of the program when a programmer writes a program in a particular programming language) is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge. Open source code is typically created as a collaborative effort in which programmers improve upon the code and share the changes within the community.

The rationale for this movement is that a larger group of programmers not concerned with proprietary ownership or financial gain will produce a more useful and bug-free product for everyone to use. The concept relies on peer review to find and eliminate bugs in the program code, a process that commercially developed and packaged programs do not employ.

The basics behind the Open Source Initiative is that when programmers can read, redistribute and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. Open source sprouted in the technological community as a response to proprietary software owned by corporations.

Proprietary software is privately owned and controlled. In the computer industry, proprietary is considered the opposite of open. A proprietary design or technique is one that is owned by a company. It also implies that the company has not divulged specifications that would allow other companies to duplicate the product.

Open Source is a certification standard issued by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) that indicates that the source code of a computer program is made available free of charge to the general public. OSI dictates that in order to be considered "OSI Certified" a product must meet the following criteria:

Open source software is normally distributed with the source code under an open source license. The Open Source Initiative sets the following distribution terms that open-source software must comply with;

Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open-source software must comply with the following criteria:

The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.

The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in source code as well as compiled form. Where some form of a product is not distributed with source code, there must be a well-publicized means of obtaining the source code for no more than a reasonable reproduction cost preferably, downloading via the Internet without charge. The source code must be the preferred form in which a programmer would modify the program. Deliberately obfuscated source code is not allowed. Intermediate forms such as the output of a preprocessor or translator are not allowed

The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original software.

The license may restrict source-code from being distributed in modified form only if the license allows the distribution of "patch files" with the source code for the purpose of modifying the program at build time. The license must explicitly permit distribution of software built from modified source code. The license may require derived works to carry a different name or version number from the original software.

The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons.

The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.

The rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom the program is redistributed without the need for execution of an additional license by those parties.

The rights attached to the program must not depend on the program's being part of a particular software distribution. If the program is extracted from that distribution and used or distributed within the terms of the program's license, all parties to whom the program is redistributed should have the same rights as those that are granted in conjunction with the original software distribution.

The license must not place restrictions on other software that is distributed along with the licensed software. For example, the license must not insist that all other programs distributed on the same medium must be open-source software.

No provision of the license may be predicated on any individual technology or style of interface.

[Source: Open Source Initiative, "The Open Source Definition"]

All open source software is not distributed under the same licensing agreement. Some may use a free software license, a copyleft, or GPL compatible. The GNU GPL license is a free software license and a copyleft license, while a "GNU Lesser General Public License" is a free software license, but not a strong copyleft license. There are many different types of licenses for free software . some GNU GPL compatible, some not.

The Open Source Initiative approves open source licenses after they have successfully gone through the approval process and comply with the Open Source Definition (above). There is currently well over fifty licenses that have been approved by the OSI.

For example, the GNU General Public License (GPL) is one license that accompanies some open source software that details how the software and its accompany source code can be freely copied, distributed and modified. The most widespread use of GPL is in reference to the GNU GPL, which is commonly abbreviated simply as GPL when it is understood that the term refers to the GNU GPL.

One of the basic tenets of the GPL is that anyone who acquires the material must make it available to anyone else under the same licensing agreement. The GPL does not cover activities other than the copying, distributing and modifying of the source code.

Other open source licenses include the following:

[Source: You can read the details and newly added approved licenses on the OSI Open Source Licenses Web page]

A software programmer really has his or her own reasons for contributing to open source projects. Some may just be looking for fun or a challenge, while others are looking to improve skill and build on their programming abilities, or they may want to belong to a group project. In many instances there is the opportunity to make money as open source projects can be funded by government or corporate sponsors. Unlike commercial projects, open source projects allow the programmer's name to be known, which benefits a programmer's name and portfolio which can lead to future jobs with other funded open source or commercial projects.

The hype and benefits of open source has not gone unnoticed in the commercial world where some corporations have jumped on the open source bandwagon. Since commercial software is sold for profit, one may wonder why a company would be interested in open source projects. In many cases companies are able to profit through selling add-on tools or modules, or paid consulting services and technical support for the program.

Sendmail is an open source mail transfer agent (MTA) used for routing and delivery e-mail. The original version of Sendmail was written by Eric Allman in the early 1980s. It is estimated that Sendmail is installed on 60 to 80 percent of the Internet's mail-server computers.

Often referred to as simply Apache, a public-domain open source Web server developed by a loosely knit group of programmers. The first version of Apache, based on the NCSA httpd Web server, was developed in 1995. Core development of the Apache Web server is performed by a group of about 20 volunteer programmers, called the Apache Group. However, because the source code is freely available, anyone can adapt the server for specific needs, and there is a large public library of Apache add-ons.

(Pronounced lee-nucks or lih-nucks). A freely distributable open source operating system that runs on a number of hardware platforms. The Linux kernel was developed mainly by Linus Torvalds. Because it's free, and because it runs on many platforms, including PCs and Macintoshes, Linux has become an extremely popular alternative to proprietary operating systems.

Acronym for GNU Network Object Model Environment. (Pronounced guh-nome) GNOME is part of the GNU project and part of the free software, or open source, movement. GNOME is a Windows-like desktop system that works on UNIX and UNIX-like systems and is not dependent on any one window manager. The current version runs on Linux, FreeBSD, IRIX and Solaris. The main objective of GNOME is to provide a user-friendly suite of applications and an easy-to-use desktop.

open sourceGenerically, open source refers to a program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge, i.e., open.

GPLShort for General Public License, the license that accompanies some open source software

GNUSelf-referentially, short for GNU's not UNIX, a UNIX-compatible software system developed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF).

LinuxPronounced lee-nucks or lih-nucks. A freely-distributable open source operating system that runs on a number of hardware platforms.

GNOME Acronym for GNU Network Object Model Environment. (Pronounced guh-nome.) GNOME is part of the GNU project and part of the free software, or open source, movement.

Did You Know... The Open Source Definition was written by Bruce Perens as "The Debian Free Software Guidelines", and refined it using the comments of the Debian developers in a month-long e-mail conference in June, 1997. He removed the Debian-specific references from the document to create the "Open Source Definition."

Based in Nova Scotia, Vangie Beal is has been writing about technology for more than a decade. She is a frequent contributor to EcommerceGuide and managing editor at Webopedia. You can tweet her online @AuroraGG.

See the original post here:
What is Open Source Software? Webopedia

Julian Assange and #MeToo: Skeevy guys strike back – Salon.com

Posted on by

If I hadkilled somebody, it wouldnt have had so much appeal to the press, you see? Polanski told author Martin Amis in a 1979 interview. "But fucking, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to fuck young girls. Juries want to fuck young girls everyone wants to fuck young girls!"

Amis declined to play along, writing, "Not everyone wants to fuck young girls. One cannot hide behind a false universality: one cannot seek safety in numbers."

Modern day anti-feminists no doubt would accuse Amis of "virtue-signaling," rather than accept that it might just be possible that Amis really found the idea of raping young womento be unacceptable. It is the nature of the right-wing troll of the 21st century to scoff at the idea that anyone actually cares about all manner of immoral behavior, from sexual abuse to racism. Outrage at victimization, in the eyes of the alt-right crowd, isnever more than a pose struck for financial, social or political gain.

It is worth noting here too that while Cernovich often claims to be an opponent of "false accusations", he himself is a false accuser. Cernovich, who has nearly 360,000 Twitter followers, was a major proponent of the clearly false Pizzagate conspiracy theory,which suggested that a sex trafficking ring was being run out of a Washington pizzeria, and that Hillary Clinton and other prominent Democrats were somehow involved.

Who knows whether Cernovich actually believes his ownnonsense. Ultimately, it's irrelevant. #Pizzagate is just one small part of the larger alt-right project to reframing sexual abuse allegations strictly in terms of political point-scoring. How "true" or "serious" an allegation is, in this view, is entirely determined by whether you support or oppose the accused person.

Here is the original post:
Julian Assange and #MeToo: Skeevy guys strike back - Salon.com

What is Cryptocurrency – earnlite.com

Posted on by

Everything You Need To Know about What is Cryptocurrency [Ultimate Guide]

Cryptocurrency has now become one of the most crucial digital terms.

It wont be wrong to state that all the financial institutes such as banks, central authorities, and accounting firms have conducted an extensive research on the working Cryptocurrency and how it aims to provide benefits to the parties involved in the money transaction process.

You must be thinking that what is Cryptocurrency and why financial institutes are so concerned about its working?

Cryptocurrency is a virtually encrypted currency which is backed by the security of cryptography.

The basic purpose of Cryptocurrency is to facilitate the easy transaction of money from one party to another and to keep a keen eye on the generation of currency units.

Cryptocurrency is one of those financial terms which aims to reduce the involvement of financial institutes in the transaction process.

You all must be aware of the fact that banks and financial intermediaries charge a huge amount of money before conducting any sort of monetary transaction. Cryptocurrency was introduced to solve the very similar problem.

It wont be wrong to state that originators of Cryptocurrency are still widely unknown however, some sources believe that foundations of cryptocurrency were established by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008.

Now if we talk about the need of Cryptocurrency and how it aims to facilitate its users then, it is quite interesting to see that origin of cryptocurrency is directly connected with the digital cash system.

Since many years, a number of banks were trying to introduce the facility like cryptocurrency however, they failed to do so because of the system limitations and keys encryption process.

It is interesting to see that initially Satoshi and his group also focused on the centralized digital cash system and because of the very same reason they failed to establish the appropriate foundations of the digital cash system.

Soon after his first try, he realized that a viable digital cash system cannot be operated under the centralized system. Though it is true that decentralization of the digital cash system decreases its overall security, however, this problem is relatively solve-able in nature and can be corrected with the proper encryption of public and private keys.

As online money has become one of the most things, therefore, it was highly crucial to introduce a technology which is capable of storing and transferring the money digitally in a secure manner.

Though it is true that many banks still facilitate the online payment process, however, the steep fees charged by banks are capable of eating up the entire share.

Cryptocurrency was launched with the vision of providing less expensive yet highly secure transaction platform to those individuals who are interested in the working of digital currency and its attached units.

As cryptocurrency is the digital currency system, therefore, it does not consist of any sort of physical money. All the transactions of cryptocurrency are done on the basis of coins, which are transferred and even stored in the virtual wallets.

The worth of cryptocurrency units is determined with the help of baseline. Normally, the US dollar is treated as the baseline and is used to compare the value of the other currencies.

Once the accurate value of the currency is identified then, next step is all about the creation of cryptocurrency units during the transaction process which is further backed by cryptography.

It is highly important to understand that the word cryptocurrency itself is a huge phenomenon, which is further divided into different units.

For getting information about some of the key concepts of cryptocurrency, continue to read on.

In literal terms, cryptography is basically the way of writing computer based codes, however, when it comes to the contextual meaning then, cryptography refers to the process of key encryption (public and private) which is used to monitor the procedure of coin creation and their transaction verification of cryptocurrency.

Cryptocurrency ledgers is basically a database, which is also called as transaction block chains in the language of Bitcoin are used to update and store the identities of those people who are making the confirmed unit transactions.

It is important to understand that the records of the transaction makers are properly encrypted, however, the records of the transactions are publicly shared with all the users for the proper verification process. The basic purpose of cryptocurrency ledgers is to keep a check on the balance of the digital wallets and identify a number of coins that can be spent.

Moreover, these public ledgers are also used to avoid the chances of any sort of scam because they tend to keep a check on the new transaction and the units of coins involved, in respective with the digital wallets.

Transaction process can be called as the initiator of exchange, which facilitates the transfer of coins in between the digital wallets.

Before the confirmation of transfer, the data is posted on the public ledgers to perform the basic tasks such as verification of accounts, and a number of coins requested.

It is interesting to see that all the data posted on public ledgers can be reviewed with the help of hex editor (the binary file reader) however, if you are interested in viewing all the technical data such as transaction history, acceptance procedure and monitoring of the current rate through a more viable source then, it is recommended to use blockchain browser.

Once all the data is properly stored in the public ledgers then, next step is all about waiting for the confirmation. During the confirmation process, the digital wallets start the encryption process with the help of cryptography, which consists of the mathematical signatures of the transaction maker.

The purpose of encryption or mathematical signatures is to ensure that transaction is made by the valid owner and they consist a spend-able amount of coins in their digital wallets.

Once the encryption process is done (normally takes 10-15 mints) then, next step is linked with the mining of public ledgers.

It is important to note that there is a huge difference between the transaction process and confirmation of the transaction.

When any coin owner starts the transaction then, public ledgers are used to perform the work of scrutiny and once its done then, next step leads to the confirmation and extraction of coins from the digital wallets.

If you are thinking that mining process is similar or confirmation process is all about just accepting the transaction requests then, you are wrong.

When an owner requests the transfer of coins or posting on the digital wallets then, certain mathematical algorithms are needed to be solved by the miner.

It is interesting to see that mathematical algorithms are highly complex in nature and their complexity tends to increase in a rapid speed. These algorithms are basically the strong mathematical computations and are designed to increase the security of the coins.

As mining is open for everyone, therefore, the algorithms are used to ensure that not every miner is capable of adding the blocks in the blockchain for the confirmation process. Moreover, this process also aims to ensure the fact that not all coins belong to the one miner.

Once the miner successfully solves the puzzle then, next step is all about the updating of the ledger.

If miner become successful in updating the ledger and transferring the blocks then, small amount of is provided to the miner, which is further backed by the subsidy (on the creation of new coins)

It is important to understand that mining is not an easy task because its basic purpose is to minimize the chances of double spending and to keep an eye on those users who are trying to double use the invested coins.

Mining is one of the most crucial parts of cryptocurrency because this process is actually responsible for giving value to the generated coins. The entire mining process is backed by the proof of the work.

The two major players of proof of work system are known as blocks header and the target. If you become successful in dragging the value to the target or even lower the header then, peer network will start accepting the transactions.

However, the working of proof of system is not easy as it seems because this entire processing is revolving around the concept of probability and if you are interested in hitting the right number then, you are no doubt supposed to play around a hundred of times for the desired results.

You must be thinking that whats the right away of understanding the difficulty level of mining and how it impacts the rate of block creation.

Well, cryptocurrency is all about using your brain and then, following the past trends for predicting the future.

If you are interested in gaining information about the difficulty level then, you need to look for the past transactions in the public ledger. For instance, you can identify the difficulty level after 2016 blocks had been placed.

According to the cryptocurrency researchers, the giants players like Bitcoin tend to change the difficulty level after 2016 blocks and it can be measured by applying the formula on the hash value and the target to be achieved.

The target which is needed to be achieved is usually based on the 256-bit numbers, however, this number is dependent on the joining of miners. For instance, if more miners are trying to perform the mining for the same transaction then, block generation rate will eventually go up thus making it difficult for individuals to hit the target.

It is important to understand that the calculated value of difficulty might not be very accurate in nature however, it can be used for generating the rough idea about the upcoming requirements of the blockchain.

If you are worried about the miners with malicious intents then, you need to understand the fact that working of cryptocurrency is backed by the proper network.

When one miner with malicious intents try to hit the difficulty and become successful then, all of his efforts are rejected by the peer network thus making the process zero. This system makes it pretty evident that each and every miner is supposed to full fill the requirements before starting the mining process.

Before Starting the discussion about the reward, I would like to highlight the fact that there are basically two parties involved in the process of the blockchain.

The first person is the one who is responsible for identifying the block in the blockchain. That person is called as the discoverer.

However, the person who is mining the block is different from the discoverer and his rewards are also different.

As discussed above, the miner is rewarded with the subsidy for solving the puzzle and the processing fees.

However, it is interesting to note that the fees of miners are dependent on the number of blocks they launch. For instance, if they become successful in mining more blocks then, their fee will automatically go up.

On the other hand, if the block is successfully discovered by the discoverer then, a certain amount of coins are provided to the discoverer on their success. The current amount of coins are provided are 12.5 bitcoins, however, it is important to note that this number might also vary with the change in difficulty level.

You must be thinking that whats the reason behind rewarding the discoverer when the complex task is being performed by the miner?

Well, here is the logic.

Discoverers are those people who are actually responsible for identifying the blocks based on the transactions. You must understand this concept like, if there are no blocks then, miners basically have no work to perform.

Discovery is the pre-requisite of mining and it should be performed with sheer perfection.

It is important to understand that cryptocurrency is basically a system which works on the principles of scarcity.

For instance, miners are responsible for generating the coins in the system and their scarcity is responsible for changing their value. This theory can easily be understood with a demand for gold in the realistic market.

For example, when golden prices are low in the market then, people start investing their money on it. Due to the low prices, the demand for gold increases which eventually causes the decrease the supply of the material.

Now when demand is boiled up then, producers start charging high amount thus leading to the change in the overall value of gold. It is important to understand that change in the value is not introduced by a single producer, however, the entire market participants in the decision-making and then, change the value of the gold.

Same happens in the market of cryptocurrency, however, instead of physical buying and selling procedure the transactions are made online and posted on the public ledger which is further approved by the entire network of the miners.

In simpler terms, the market of cryptocurrency is just like the foreign exchange and works in a similar manner. The extra units generated are always the reward for those people who are investing their money and expertise in the overall prediction process.

We do understand the fact that initially, it is difficult for people to digest the working process of cryptocurrency, however, once you start learning the basics of the system and start practicing it then, it gets easier with the passage of time.

Now, I would like to talk about some of the mining terms and how they tend to impact the entire mining process.

If you are interested in the working of cryptocurrency work system then, you must have heard about the cryptocurrency hashes and their working mechanism.

Well, if you are still confused about its working then, read on!

Cryptocurrency hashes are basically the computerized mathematical algorithms that aim to extract the data of a certain size as input which is further processed with the help of valid operations and then, a fixed output is generated for the meaningful use.

It is important to understand that the major function of cryptocurrency hashes is to gain information about the passwords and store them accordingly. Because of the very same concept, the working of cryptocurrency hash is not just limited to mathematical algorithms however, it also aims to impact the security of the stored data.

Now if we link the concept of mining with cryptocurrency hashes then, this function is used to determine the overall mining power based on seconds. It is important to understand that every time a miner become successful in solving the block then, new hashes are generated which are further processed for the generation of fixed length output.

This phenomenon is easy for coders to understand because coding is all about breaking or solving a number of hashes for the sake of data extraction. Same sort of formula is used in cryptocurrency hashes and is used by the miners for solving the algorithms for a successful transaction.

However, the transactions or algorithms which are being solved by the miners arenot confirmed in nature. Moreover, some people believe that small change in theoverall value of the hash wont impact its entire output, however, it is important tounderstand that a small change is no doubt capable of altering the proof of workthus resulting in the failure.

If you are interested in less failure attempt backed by the probabilitythen, you should also keep a keen eye on the working of hashes and how they areprocessing the input into fixed output.

Scrypt and SHA are both the valid components of hash function however, theydiffer from each other based on the level of difficulty involved.

As discussed above the entire working of cryptocurrency is dependent on thealgorithms which are responsible for the solving of blocks. Since mining is an opensource task, therefore, the high difficulty level is required to avoid the chances ofany fraud.

According to the cryptocurrency experts, SHA which is also abbreviated as SecureHash Algorithms with series 2, is backed by the highly secure encrypted keysknown as cryptographic functions.

It is important to understand that SHA-2 is designed by the National securityagency and they are operated on the digital data.

This function not only helps in solving of the complex security algorithms,however, it also aims to make the user aware of any changes made in thedownloaded files. For instance, if someone has tried to alter the algorithm filesduring their solving process then, the factor can easily be identified with SHA-2.

Moreover, SHA-S is said to be one of the securest systems because of its inputprocessing system. For instance, only one value is assigned to the single inputwhich is further responsible for the generation of unique hash.

In this way, it is relatively impossible for any person to malicious change thehashes associated with the block codes and use them for causing corruption.

On the other hand, if we talk about Scrypt then, this hash function is not used bythe majority of cryptocurrency however, it is still pretty famous amongst the usersof cryptocurrency.

The working of the Scrypt is basically backed by the password-based system andaccording to a number of researchers, the system of scrypt not highly secure innature, however, it is still capable of consuming a lot of time with money.

It is interesting to see that before the advent of SHA-2, many software companiesused to work on the principles of scrypt because they had no option. However,when SHA-2 was introduced in the market then, companies got the chance ofusing a less expensive coding system and they took the full benefit of theopportunity.

If we look at the entire workability of scrypt then, it is clear that scrypt isnt a badcoding system however, it is important to understand that during the algorithmsolving process, a number of computer intensive programs are running in thebackground and they need the right operations.

When software companies used scrypt, at that time, they faced the difficulty ofmanaging the background programs however, SHA-2 was introduced to solve thevery similar problem and now it is used by a number of cryptocurrencies.

More:
What is Cryptocurrency - earnlite.com


« First...102030...1,6911,6921,6931,6941,695...1,7001,7101,720...Last »