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This one https://www.b2brouter.net/global/prices/ allows free sending, but it does not offer reception.


Spanish police has begun seizure of the web site distributing the app https://app.tsunamidemocratic.cat/


Ergo, if you want something "not yet legal", you need violence and be sure to win. Really sad.


You can not just ignore the right of 2M people to self-determination, and that is exactly what Spain has been doing for many years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_independence_referendu...

The "Yes" side won, with 2,044,038 (92.01%) voting for independence and 177,547 (7.99%) voting against, on a turnout of 43.03%

Calls for dialogue and negotiation, which lasted until the very last minute, failed.


You also can't just ignore the Constitutional rights of the 3M Catalans who didn't vote yes and move forward unilaterally with a declaration of Independence. The Constitution holds the entire government accountable—there is no "dialog" to be had outside of changing it.

The Catalan Parliament didn't even have the votes to change their own Statutes of Autonomy!


Yes. You are right. Spanish government has failed miserably, just look at the images.

The next obvious step will be end-to-end auditable voting systems.


This is an example of a seized web site http://ref1oct.cat/ it had information about the poll.

The JS in the source is really sad, one of the options click baits you to an Spanish sports newspaper.


Wow the coat of arms of the Spanish government still has a fasces on it? You learn something every day.


Spain has been an actual fascist state, so historically this is unrelated, but you may find it interesting to know that it's also present quite prominently at the US Congress[0] as well as in the US Senate's seal[1].

[0] http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/imagenes_sociopol/icke110_...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_the_United_States_Sena...


That is not the Spanish coat of arms, it is the Guardia Civil coat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Guard_(Spain)


The Coat of Arms of Spain doesn't have fasces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Spain


Instead of augmented reality I would call this "distorted reality". People will prefer to visit places with Street View than being there. Real reality is uglier


And why not simply build an open source banking platform? Functionally speaking banks are not so difficult.


It's an interesting thought. Why not build an open-source credit card processor (not Stripe or Balanced, but First Data or Vantiv) as well? We'll get there.


Do you know of any European based company accepting bitcoins?


In Germany, there's a bar called Room 77 that only takes bitcoins:

http://www.npr.org/2012/06/01/154140277/berlin-restaurant-ex...


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