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2023-10-18 06:14:54

The continent’s most prestigious Bitcoin conference, Bitcoin Amsterdam, has come to an end. We have summarized the highlights of the event. Europe’s largest Bitcoin conference, Bitcoin Amsterdam, is now available to a global audience as all videos from the event have been uploaded to video sharing platforms including YouTube, Rumble and X. The event, now in its second year, drew an estimated 2,500 attendees from around the world, and over the course of two days discussed how Bitcoin might lead to a new era of financial freedom. The most important events of the first day Edward Snowden, the IT specialist who became famous as a whistleblower, expressed his excitement regarding Bitcoin, emphasizing the importance of financial data protection and decentralization in a world where personal freedom of movement is becoming increasingly narrow and almost all our movements can be tracked. Reiterating his position, Snowden emphasized that Bitcoin aims to take power away from authoritarian regimes and further emphasized the importance of increasing individual freedom of movement. Stella Assange emphasized the role of Ordinals in supporting freedom of expression. Julian Assange’s wife has broken her silence on the mysterious Spartacus project, which aims to make the entire contents of the Afghan war diaries available forever on the Bitcoin blockchain. Assange believes that Bitcoin opens up new frontiers of freedom through the decentralized and immutable nature of publication. Dutch political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek got a taste of the world of Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s new friend made a massive debut at the event, downloading his first Lightning wallet, receiving his first Bitcoin, and expressing his belief that Bitcoin can be a tool for free speech to limit government repression of the disappearance of cash in his home country. The conference presentations and discussions then continued on an action-packed second day. Highlights of the second day Prince Philip, a member of the Serbian royal family, called Bitcoin “an open secure protocol similar to the Internet” and emphasized its role as a technology of the future that might help shape a decentralized financial future. Madeira’s president welcomed all things Bitcoin to the independent Portuguese region and announced the launch of a Bitcoin business center aimed at promoting local innovation. Regional leadership support is a remarkable development in the world of cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin Magazine editor Pete Rizzo and RGB creator Giacomo Zucco had a more thoughtful, informal conversation regarding the Ordinals protocol, its technical advantages, and why some members of the Bitcoin community are looking for better ways to verify data using the protocol.
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2023-10-17 20:51:21

Recent study carried out by Portal Solar estimated the financial movement generated by the national solar energy market until 2050. Cross-referencing official data and projections from sectoral entities, government bodies and international institutes, the franchisor of photovoltaic projects estimates that the demand for photovoltaic energy in Brazil will move around R$2.2 trillion by the year 2050.

This extra demand would be generated mainly by the electrification of the vehicle fleet and the production of green hydrogen, activities that also depend on investment in photovoltaic energy. It is estimated that it will be necessary to add 540 GW in photovoltaic systems over the next three decades, to meet the economy’s decarbonization efforts.

Also according to the study, the electrification of the vehicle fleet would create an additional demand of 403 terawatt-hours per year, a value that is almost the total capacity of the current National Interconnected System for generating electrical energy. For comparison, five new Itaipu hydroelectric plants would be needed if this amount of energy were not generated by taking advantage of the country’s photovoltaic capacity.

“The electrification of transport is a fundamental step towards a more sustainable future, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting the transition to clean energy sources”, says Rosane Roverelli, General Manager of Advantech Brasil Ltda, a company specialized in industrial automation. “The integration of electric vehicles into the energy grid opens the door to greater use of renewable sources, such as solar energy, to supply this growing demand.”

O latest Monthly Energy Bulletin, carried out by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, highlighted the growth in the use of solar energy in Brazil. The report, with data accumulated until May this year, showed a 69% growth in centralized solar energy generation, compared to the same period of the previous year.

Growth trend

Roverelli believes that this growth trend will continue. “Brazil has immense potential for solar energy generation, with an abundance of natural resources. Furthermore, awareness of the importance of sustainability and the need to reduce the carbon footprint is growing rapidly across the world,” he explains. She also adds that energy storage technologies are constantly evolving, which makes green energy generation an increasingly attractive and affordable choice.

In the May Energy Bulletin, the accumulated data has already made it possible to identify a “more renewable internal energy supply in 2023”. Renewable energy generation increased from 47.4% in 2022 to 49.2% in 2023 of the total energy generated in the country. While the supply of energy from burning oil decreased from 35.7% to 34.8%, that of solar energy grew from 1.2% to 1.7%. These numbers, while already showing a growth trend, also indicate room for further expansion.

“We have great solar potential, vast areas of available land and expertise in renewable energy. Furthermore, the Brazilian government has shown interest in promoting renewable energy and the electrification of transport”, recalls Roverelli. She warns, however, that to fully take advantage of all this potential, it is necessary to maintain the pace of investments in infrastructure, tax reform and technology research.

“It is a rewarding effort in the long term: it is a paradigm shift that benefits not only the environment, but also the economy and society as a whole, towards a sustainable future”, concludes Roverelli.

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2023-10-18 04:50:06

Do you find that your postman is not going fast enough to deliver the mail to your home? Consider yourself lucky: for these inhabitants who live on the water, the postman goes by boat and can only count on his knowledge so as not to lose your letters…

In this corner of France, it is the only place in the country where the postman’s tour is done by boat ! The postman must manage with his boat to distribute mail to residents of around fifteen municipalitiesdistributed between two departments.

And this factor is the only one that can do it because there are many pitfalls…

Delivering mail by boat: when La Poste adapts

The Audomarois marsheslocated in Hauts-de-France, is the last marsh still inhabited today in France. Covering no less than fifteen municipalities between the Nord and Pas-de-Calais, it has around fifty inhabitants per yearand around a hundred in the middle of the summer season.

On this UNESCO World Heritage site, the challenge is immense for La Poste. In fact, there is no no street names or numbers on mailboxes and as the place is classified and the banks reinforced, You have to avoid swirls and the maximum speed for moving is 6km/h!

For this job, several criteria are required

Recently interviewed by Neo, Arnaud is the postman in charge of mail delivery in the zone. He explained that for this work, it is necessary fulfill several criteria starting with an already known practice of boating; especially escute, a wooden boat typical of the marsh. But a training of “several days” is also provided in advance. We imagine that the latter sometimes takes vacations and necessarily has a replacement if necessary…

The postman, well aware of doing an atypical job even if he believes that his task on the water is ultimately not so different from on the road, explained that he distributes mail only using residents’ last names and this therefore implies an increased knowledge of places and people!

For La Poste, very proud to carry out this public service in very original conditions, “the job of postman in a boat shows the importance of the postal service in isolated areas. Although technology has made communications easier than ever, there remain places where mail delivery is essential to maintaining strong human connections.”

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