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Jack Recider

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Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

But then you have to keep paying them to maintain control of it. Seems like I don't own it if I have to pay someone over and over to keep it mine. On top of that, governments can go to domain registrars and take over a domain that's being used for illegal purposes.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

But then you have to keep paying them to maintain control of it. Seems like I don't own it if I have to pay someone over and over to keep it mine. On top of that, governments can go to domain registrars and take over a domain that's being used for illegal purposes.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

So yeah, I'd say I don't actually own my domain if someone else can rip it out of my hands like that, or if it'll expire after a while. But domains on the dark web are different. I'm talking about on Tor, the dark net. See, on the dark web, domains look awful. They're like a long string of random letters and numbers. You'd never be able to memorize it. And then it ends in .onion.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

So yeah, I'd say I don't actually own my domain if someone else can rip it out of my hands like that, or if it'll expire after a while. But domains on the dark web are different. I'm talking about on Tor, the dark net. See, on the dark web, domains look awful. They're like a long string of random letters and numbers. You'd never be able to memorize it. And then it ends in .onion.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

So how do you get a domain on the dark web? Is there a central body like ICANN where you go to register domains with? No, no, not at all. You create the domain yourself. Yeah, that's right. You generate a private public key pair and that public key is your domain name. So with this system, the person who has the private key controls that domain.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

So how do you get a domain on the dark web? Is there a central body like ICANN where you go to register domains with? No, no, not at all. You create the domain yourself. Yeah, that's right. You generate a private public key pair and that public key is your domain name. So with this system, the person who has the private key controls that domain.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

Now, to me, this is true digital ownership, and I love that. Unless someone comes and steals my key from me, nobody can ever take my .onion domain from me. It's never going to expire, and it can't be seized by the feds. This is why a lot of people are drawn to the dark web, to have something on the internet that's truly yours, and nobody can ever take it away from you.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

Now, to me, this is true digital ownership, and I love that. Unless someone comes and steals my key from me, nobody can ever take my .onion domain from me. It's never going to expire, and it can't be seized by the feds. This is why a lot of people are drawn to the dark web, to have something on the internet that's truly yours, and nobody can ever take it away from you.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

Another thing that I think gives you true digital ownership is cryptocurrency. Not all money is like that. Your bank can refuse your service if they want. They can cancel your credit card and kick you out of the bank and freeze your money. I know PayPal has frozen my account before, trapping my money in there.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

Another thing that I think gives you true digital ownership is cryptocurrency. Not all money is like that. Your bank can refuse your service if they want. They can cancel your credit card and kick you out of the bank and freeze your money. I know PayPal has frozen my account before, trapping my money in there.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

But because cryptocurrency is built on decentralized blockchains, there's no one managing it to kick anyone out or freeze an account or take over an account. Everyone and anyone is welcome.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

But because cryptocurrency is built on decentralized blockchains, there's no one managing it to kick anyone out or freeze an account or take over an account. Everyone and anyone is welcome.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

at all times forever and the best part is you truly own your crypto wallet because to get a cryptocurrency wallet you just make it yourself by generating a random private key and then using that to derive a public key when you do this only you are the only person who's ever seen that private key and whoever has that private key controls that public address or wallet

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

at all times forever and the best part is you truly own your crypto wallet because to get a cryptocurrency wallet you just make it yourself by generating a random private key and then using that to derive a public key when you do this only you are the only person who's ever seen that private key and whoever has that private key controls that public address or wallet

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

There's no admin that can revoke your key or move your money without your permission. Your key is your key forever and ever. The blockchain is a fascinating invention, and whether you love or hate cryptocurrency, the technology behind it is very interesting. Take the Ethereum blockchain, for example.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

There's no admin that can revoke your key or move your money without your permission. Your key is your key forever and ever. The blockchain is a fascinating invention, and whether you love or hate cryptocurrency, the technology behind it is very interesting. Take the Ethereum blockchain, for example.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

It popularized something called smart contracts, which allows people to add code into the blockchain, which means you can program money and even create apps integrated directly into cryptocurrencies. This is wild, and it's opening up a whole new future that we never imagined.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

It popularized something called smart contracts, which allows people to add code into the blockchain, which means you can program money and even create apps integrated directly into cryptocurrencies. This is wild, and it's opening up a whole new future that we never imagined.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

For instance, people are making entire video games with these smart contracts where the whole game lives on the blockchain, which means the in-game currency is actually real cryptocurrency. Not only that, but the apps you make on the blockchain are truly yours, where nobody can ever seize it from you or stop you from making it. It's time we step foot into this big, new, wild digital world.

Darknet Diaries
147: Tornado

For instance, people are making entire video games with these smart contracts where the whole game lives on the blockchain, which means the in-game currency is actually real cryptocurrency. Not only that, but the apps you make on the blockchain are truly yours, where nobody can ever seize it from you or stop you from making it. It's time we step foot into this big, new, wild digital world.