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There are 17 964 063 bitcoin[0] in circulation which means that this transaction accounts for 0,5261% of all Bitcoin. I wonder how common transactions that account for one half a percent of total markets are.

[0] https://www.blockchain.com/charts/total-bitcoins

Re:WeWork CEO gives back $5.9M from 'We' trademark after criticism on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @02:42PM (#20880159)
Underwriters are not allowed to lend out shares for short sale until 30 days after the IPO. Other investors could lend out shares but there are not going to be that many shares on the market right after the IPO.

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/05/062905.asp

Re:OpenBSD was right to disable hyperthreading [video] on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @01:53PM (#20869152)
Do you have a similar opinion in regards to crimes? Do you think that there will be less crime if there are harsher prison sentences? Are you in favor of mandatory minimum sentences?

If not, why do you think harsher punishments are needed here but not for crimes?

Re:Banned from Google Ads for Using Apple Card on Friday August 30, 2019 @04:15PM (#20842226)
But as stated elsewhere on this post, Google's official policy states that virtual cards are accepted.

https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2375433

Credit cards and debit cards -> Make a payment with a one-time use credit card

>In addition to regular credit cards, you can also use a one-time use credit card (also known as virtual credit card). It's commonly used as an alternative to physical credit cards when making online payments.

Re:Go Module Mirror and Checksum Database Launched on Friday August 30, 2019 @03:47PM (#20841946)
The default behavior is to fall back to fetching from source control directly if the proxy fails.

https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.13

Maybe the documentaries on educationally focused services like Magellan TV or Curiosity Stream are of a higher standard than what you get on Netflix. I see advertisements for them but have not checked into them yet.
I don't think this is about lost sales from the small amount of people who buy both the audio-book and e-book. I think that publishers are just using this new feature to pressure Amazon into paying them more for the audio-book licensing,.
> Scientists studying satellite image data from the fires in the Amazon rain forest said that most of the fires are burning on agricultural land where the forest had already been cleared.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/24/world/america...