ARM I guess, or increasingly RISC-V
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Getting a 503 with Tor. For others with the same problem, here's an archive.org snapshot.
I couldn't find anything about what concrete technology they are looking at. Judging by the dates, it could potentially be GNU Taler! The dates coincide with the NGI Taler project: https://taler.net/en/news/2024-02.html
Thanks, clarified my comment!
As written in my other comment, "cash but digital" is a valid use case imo. It's just most cryptocurrencies are terrible for that.
XMR/Monero is the best one I've seen, but GNU Taler has the potential to do that without the ecological harm. I hope it comes soon™
Awwww I wrote my essay and here I come back to your comment saying everything better in one tenth of my words.
My most positive but realistic prediction: Bitcoin is gonna stay around as a pump-and-dump scheme to make the rich richer. Other cryptocurrencies will slowly fade away including (as one of the latest) ETH. They are not suitable as a currency and are more of a ~~gambling~~ investment opportunity. Per default, most cryptocurrencies are a privacy nightmare, especially Bitcoin.
There are exceptions. XMR is fairly stable in value and is actually really close to what many people want: cash but digital. If GNU Taler takes off, there's will be a more comfortable option for paying while retaining privacy, making XMR more obscure.
I assume laws and the state will also have an influence, especially with the climate catastrophe questioning the immense amount of energy necessary to run all of this. Even if crypto were more efficient if it replaced fiat, it's not gonna happen. There's hard power preventing it. Both at the same time is reckless when there are people dying.
Also money sucks in general so best case scenario it gets thrown onto the trash of history.
inb4 crypto shills: Remember that there are people whose income and investments depend on people believing bitcoin is more than gambling.
Then remove that for appropriate animal care! Do you want the cat to starve?
It is not convenience, it's being able to use a device at all in some cases. In others, firmware (updates) contain vital security and stability fixes.
I agree that proprietary software should not exist. I just think that the way you advocate treating firmware harms that goal.
But then the proprietary firmware is in the device. Why do you think it makes a difference if you load it at boot time?
It just restricts your options.
Also if you care about security, install goddamn firmware updates. The firmware on the devices is only going to get more insecure. If the company wanted to insert a backdoor, they have done it already. If an attacker wants to attack your device, an outdated device is simpler to compromise using publicly available info than to go the expensive route through the manufacturer. The first doesn't even need to be a nation state adversary.
If you want to protect yourself against rogue devices, IOMMU and microkernels are a better and more sensible solution.
That's already a thing, it's even packaged in postmarketos iirc