MUSQET
@Musqet_Bitcoin
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The UK’s first self-custodial, merchant payments platform integrating #BTC Lightning⚡️ and credit + debit card 💳 payments. In-person + online.
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Thanks to everyone who came last night!
The food
@indiansummerbn1
, live jazz, speakers
@DominicFrisby
@freddienew
, were all outstanding, and our new born
#bitcoin
⚡️payment system achieved a 100% hit rate on its first outing 💥.
👏 Musqet is officially open for business 👏
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Canadian MP
@JoelLightbound
thanks Satoshi and advocates for people to “study
#Bitcoin
” on the floor of the Canadian parliament yesterday.
Drawing on compelling quotes by
@Jack
and
@GaryGensler
, he outlines the power of
#Bitcoin
to empower people everywhere.
👏
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The UK is undermining its own vision to be a 'Crypto Hub' at the same time that it is becoming easier to participate in the US.
This must change if we are to catch-up and compete, let alone lead.
Article by
@DecentraSuze
for
@Forbes
.
@TheFCA
@RishiSunak
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📣 Announcement 📣
Indian Summer, an award winning restaurant in the heart of Brighton, chooses
@Musqet_Bitcoin
for
#Bitcoin
payments.
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From land-ownership to serfdom - and back again?
Listen to how
@freddienew
's family survived the ravages of Zimbabwean hyperinflation, and their ingenious solution for evading strict capital controls.
Watch
@DominicFrisby
share his story of the Italian ‘Mezzadri’ and how one family transformed their fortunes with one, simple trick.
#Bitcoin
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🤔 Are your customers complaining about inflation?
Talk to us about how
#Bitcoin
can help them - and you.
👉
#forthekids
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Yesterday we saw 1+ year
#BTC
holders at an ATH, now we are seeing mining difficulty at all-time highs too - with a 27% increase in less than three months. But is this just a warm-up?
via
@MartyBent
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Watch
@DominicFrisby
share his story of the Italian ‘Mezzadri’ and how one family transformed their fortunes with one, simple trick.
#Bitcoin
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Interested in the MUSQET story to date?
- Who we are?
- What makes us tick?
- What we're trying to do, and why?
- Why we think this
#Bitcoin
thing is important?
- Which industry veteran serves as our chairman?
- What he really thinks of our CEO?
- What challenges we've had so
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Onboarding complete!
@essexosteopath
now has a fully integrated fiat card and
#Bitcoin
lightning terminal⚡️
We also managed to deliver a 40% cost saving on fiat fees! 📉
💻 Contact us at hello
@musqet
.tech
Received the first
#bitcoin
payment at my osteopathic practice, 10 May 2024! I’ve been set up to accept it since April 2022 thanks to
@bridge2bitcoin
.
It’s instant, cheaper & the future of payments. Next step
@Musqet
.
Does this make me the first in the UK to accept bitcoin?
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“$IBIT is the fastest growing ETF in the history of ETFs.”
Larry Fink reflecting on his decision to let the world’s apex predator asset into his company’s stable.
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But we thought that it was
#Bitcoin
that enabled illicit activities?
Any comment
@SenWarren
?
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We are
#buidling
. And we are launching on Thurs 21-Mar-24 in Brighton 🏴
An evening of talks, food + a screening of Stranded.
@DominicFrisby
,
@freddienew
@Musqet_David
& co. will be there.
Come and see how MUSQET is gunning to use
#BTC
to change the payments industry forever.
Tickets for our launch event are now available on Eventbrite. ⚡️
@indiansummerbn1
@Musqet_Bitcoin
It might make sense to get some in case it catches on…
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UKdians - if you still can’t access the
#Bitcoin
White Paper via , we’ve got you.
#CraigWrightIsNotSatoshi
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In the coming years, paying for goods and services using the world's best money will be as normal as card payments are today.
The companies that are working with us to embrace this today not only stand to be seen as visionaries and pioneers for making this move, but will be in
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Congrats! Prepping the terminal as we speak! ⚡️🔥
Received the first
#bitcoin
payment at my osteopathic practice, 10 May 2024! I’ve been set up to accept it since April 2022 thanks to
@bridge2bitcoin
.
It’s instant, cheaper & the future of payments. Next step
@Musqet
.
Does this make me the first in the UK to accept bitcoin?
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🔥FULL TALKS🔥
Watch
@FreddieNew
+
@DominicFrisby
share their unique insights & perspectives on the real world problems that result from fiat money printing & inflation, and how
#Bitcoin
can help people to solve and escape them.
These talks were given at
@Musqet_Bitcoin
's
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Block just entered the hardware wallet market at a time when self-custody has never been more important.
#Bitcoin
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"If you come at the king, you best not miss" ~ The Wire
In a searing and scholarly work of academic research, Margot Paez has expertly rebuked
@UNUniversity
's misleading
#Bitcoin
mining study.
Forbes writer
@DecentraSuze
takes a look.
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For many merchants, accepting payments through
@Musqet_Bitcoin
will be the first step on their journey down the
#Bitcoin
rabbit hole.
We want to start them off on the right foot; one of the ways we do that is by making more complex parts of their sovereign stack more simple.
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Yesterday evening german politician Joana Cotar MP
@JoanaCotar
spoke out in the Bundestag against the Digital Euro - whilst wearing a
#Bitcoin
shirt.
🔥
Transcript in the tweet that follows.
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The Sunday Times has published a piece on Bitcoin spending & merchant acceptance.
TLDR: it’s early days but the opportunities for growth are huge.
#Bitcoin
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“CBDCs reduce the cost of authoritarianism for governments”.
An eye-opening discussion about
#CBDCs
, smart ways we can fight them, and the promise of
#Bitcoin
.
@freddienew
@bitcoinpolicyuk
@efenigson
@wmiddelkoop
@ck_SNARKs
@TheBitcoinConf
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London's Stock Exchange has announced that it will accept listing applications for
#Bitcoin
ETNs. The exact launched date is TBC.
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#Bitcoin
block 820,000 found.
We are at 44,000 USD with 20,000 blocks to go to the Halving.
It’s probably nothing. 👀
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#Bitcoin
for the Masses: An interview with our CEO + CTO, outlining what Musqet is and how we are gunning to bring about a sound money revolution.
👉 link below
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@Stromens
@Printer_Gobrrr
LND
@lightning
nodes via the great folks at Voltage
@voltage_cloud
We use a combination of auto loop and other wizardry to make sure that merchants don't need to worry about it.
Once we have happy with everything and passed our audit, all FOSS GPLv3.
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“A growing number of people, disillusioned by inflation devaluing their hard-earned savings, are considering a new money model that was created in 2009 —
#Bitcoin
.”
What a great opening to a great article. Well done
@EmmaLuther
+
@soglos
👏.
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Happy St George's Day to our fellow Britcoiners!
The fiat dragon🔥 has been burning a hole in our pockets for too long. But today we stand ready to slay it and restore harmony to our savings!
#StGeorgesDay
#Bitcoin
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Watch
@bankofengland
’s deputy governor Sarah Breeden respond to
@danny__kruger
on whether spending via its ‘digital pound’ will be controllable by the State.
Once this system is in place, it seems we may be one committee meeting or one change in legislation away from it.
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#Bitcoin
mining makes hydro-electric projects viable where they previously were not. Empowering people, strengthening families and lifting up communities.
Incredible.
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“Today, money moves in the same way that it did in the 1970s.”
“SWIFT is a messaging system sitting on top of traditional banks accounts around the world which closes at Friday at 5pm.
“It’s expensive for consumers and businesses.”
“It’s a closed [permission-based] network
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#Bitcoin
is set to bring about a
#sustainability
revolution. Innovations in cooling, energy repurposing, grid stabilisation + waste reduction mean
#Bitcoin
is on track to become a strategic part of the global energy grid.
By
@DecentraSuze
for
@forbes
:
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Gandlaf21 is also part of our engineering team
@Musqet_Bitcoin
. Great to see him at last week’s
@BitcoinConfAsia
with
@Obi
helping the audience to understand the nuances of L2 scaling solutions.
#Bitcoin
What is a layer 2 though?
What is e-cash?
Why e-cash on
#bitcoin
?
@obi
and
@cashubtc
(
@gandlaf21
) at
@BitcoinConfAsia
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"As of today, only about 1.2 billion people enjoy the benefits of liberal democracies that protect property rights and free speech and a native reserve currency."
As
@Gladstein
explains, that leaves everyone else - a staggering 80% of humanity - living under antidemocratic
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A change in tune from the FT today:
"Everything has been thrown at bitcoin and it’s held up, whether you like it or not, it’s going to command a place in portfolios.” ~
@FT
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Great chat with
@freddienew
on the political & regulatory environments operating around
#Bitcoin
in the UK currently, how
@bitcoinpolicyuk
is working to improve them, and how innovative tech companies (that’s us!) are building the future of payments right now.
🔥
Huge privilege to be invited back on
@WhatBitcoinDid
and great to chat with
@PeterMcCormack
and
@_DannyKnowles
again. Less classic car chat, and fewer 80's movies; a lot more about the regulatory fight in the UK (if you prefer
#Bitcoin
to Arnie movies, though I love both).
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A final reminder that we’ll be at
@TheBitcoinConf
next week and that you can still use coupon code ‘musqet10’ 🏷️ to get 10% off your ticket.
Say hi below or drop us a DM if you’re heading out there. We’d love to meet you!
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14 yrs ago, Laszlo made history by becoming the first person to trade bitcoins for 2 pizzas 🍕.
If
@PapaJohns
had been using
@Musqet_Bitcoin
and kept those coins, they could have $700,000,000 in their reserves - which would now buy nearly half of the ENTIRE business 😂.
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London's Stock Exchange to Launch
#Bitcoin
ETN in May 2024.
Issuers proposing to establish one on the Main Market will need to submit applications to the Exchange by April 15.
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#Bitcoin
allows us to envision and build services that traditional fiat rails simply cannot compete with.
With sats-streaming ⚡️ you will be able to watch the last 10 mins of the Super Bowl 🏈, the Men’s Olympic 100m Final 🏃🏻, or the headline act at Glastonbury 🎤.
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Had a superb experience, meal & service last night with a group of six at
@indiansummerbn1
in Brighton
Bonus was being able to pay at the end using
#bitcoin
& watching 5 jaws drop around the table at how seamless the payment experience was via
@Musqet_Bitcoin
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#Bitcoin
Amsterdam 2023 was a gathering of minds discussing Bitcoin's promise of financial freedom for all, with
@Snowden
’s keynote highlighting its power for change.
This is not just about Number Go Up - we are part of a revolution.
By
@DecentraSuze
:
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Making systems that enable merchants to embrace and use
#Bitcoin
isn't easy - as this presentation by
@Ben_deWaal
at the recent
@AdoptingBTC
conference shows.
But it is important and someone has to do it.
So we are doing it.
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“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
~ Sun Tzu
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Bitcoin’s Lightning⚡️network has the power to unleash a vast constellation of new ways to exchange value.
- Rewards and incentives
- Peer-to-peer markets
- Content streaming
- Community apps
- Micropayments
- Crowdfunding
- Gaming
That’s just the start.
A bright future awaits.
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ERCOT operates the Texas power grid, supplying 25 million customers with 90% of the state's electric load.
It is now advocating to directly incorporate
#Bitcoin
mining into operations in order to improve reliability of the power grid.
Incredible 🔥
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#Bitcoin
has hit a new all-time high in GBP.
It is now up by 109,701,526% against the pound to date.
Each time Bitcoin has hit a new GBP ATH, it has gone on to hit yet another new ATH.
And another.
And another.
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The number of wallets holding
#Bitcoin
for more than one year has again reached an all-time high: 70.72%. Strong hands.
Source:
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“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle
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Great article. Thanks for the mention, Jason!
Just published this article looking at the state of
#bitcoin
merchant adoption AND, more importantly what us plebs can do to help. This is a free link (bypasses paywall) so please feel free to share & see if we can get some momentum going between us!
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34 TRILLION USD in $100 bills. Stacks of $1mn, $1BN, $1TR, and $34TR. This is the US National Debt.
Global debt levels - including governments, corporations and households - are now around 10x this.
Time to pay attention.
#Bitcoin
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If you like hearing about the latest
#Bitcoin
developments, meeting like-minded people and trail-blazing companies, join us
@TheBitcoinConf
next week!
🏷️ Coupon code ‘musqet10’ also gives you an extra 10% off at the checkout.
See you there!
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“
#Bitcoin
will transition from an exceptional store of value… to a currency that facilitates trade directly for goods and services. Bitcoin’s end game is as a price system.” ~
@parkeralewis
Ready?
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In the last two years, the
#Bitcoin
Lightning network has achieved astonishing growth.
- Nearly $1bn routed annually
- Over 1,000,000 active monthly users
- Average Tx size of ~45k sats / $11.84 - allowing Bitcoin to enable low-value payments.
👉
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@Bridge2Bitcoin
@btconlyscott
@hospotechuk
@ExCeLLondon
@HodlSolo
@BitcoinSurrey
@Bitcoinshire
@ChrisDan_EMC
@DecentraSuze
@BloodIron79
See you there guys!
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BlackRock’s spot
#Bitcoin
ETF is now listed on Nasdaq trade clearing firm, according to a Bloomberg analyst.
Is institutional interest in the apex asset set to explode?
We’re about to find out.
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Fidelity releases an investor report examining some of the most wide-spread concerns about
#Bitcoin
.
Which are myths and which have some validity?
Find out here:
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The first half of Bitcoin’s adoption story was powered by bold risk takers and speculation.
The second half will be powered by a global monetary and payment revolution 📲⚡️.
Image credit:
@JAN3com
@Excellion
.
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With a raft of Spot ETF applications on the SEC’s table,
#Bitcoin
is once again eyeing the $40K milestone.
By
@DecentraSuze
for
@Forbes
@ForbesCrypto
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After debasing the GBP for years via money printing, the
@bankofengland
has adopted an aggressive policy of job destruction: via interest rate hikes. It is, ostensibly, aimed at ‘bringing down prices’ and it seems to be ‘working’.
Welcome to the absurd world of Central Planning.
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60 Minutes has published an interview with Crusoe Energy, showcasing how
#Bitcoin
mining - a permissionless network and zero-hour contract buyer of wasted energy - can help to bootstrap production operations.
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The
#Bitcoin
Spiral 4 Year Cycle Chart by
@therationalroot
shows with extraordinary clarity its progression as an asset in its ascendancy.
It also reveals that new ATHs have historically been preceded by Halvings; but with the potential of imminent ETF news, could that change?
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Myth: “
#Bitcoin
is bad for the planet”.
Reality: Bitcoin’s unique design is providing solutions to some of the most difficult wildlife conservation problems.
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As we build out our
#Bitcoin
#Lightning
merchant payments platform, new industry rules from FASB means that holding those payments over the long-term are about to get more favourable accounting treatment —>
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Creator of
@btcmap
Nathan Day
@nathan_day
makes the case for making
#Bitcoin
part of our everyday spending habits, and presents an interesting snapshot into their project’s merchant adoption data.
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The Times has just published its most bullish ever piece on
#Bitcoin
, devoid of any of the usual FUD.
Mainstream media’s tone is turning. We are approaching total capitulation.
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When listening to easily-made promises about how a programmable ECB currency (CBDC) will be a "choice", remember that the promise of bank note convertibility to gold has been broken by every central bank in history.
Opt out while you can.
#Bitcoin
The euro is key to our European unity. A digital euro, existing alongside cash, would future-proof our currency. It would be safe, easy to use and free of charge.
While the decision whether to issue a digital euro will be taken later, we’re now launching the preparation phase.
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“By adopting a
#Bitcoin
standard, we can break free from the chains of broken money, build resilient communities, and set ourselves on a path toward a brighter future”, writes
@CityAM
’s
@DecentraSuze
—>
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The Argentinian government 🇦🇷 has introduced a bill to eliminate taxes on
#Bitcoin
.
This visionary move will attract talent from around the world, and propel Argentina towards a much brighter future.
¡Vámonos! 🔥
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The UN estimates that between $800 billion and $2 trillion are laundered through fiat channels each year - more than Bitcoin's entire market cap.
Since Bitcoin's launch in 2009, JP Morgan has been fined ~$40BN by US agencies for abusive practices and violations. (cont...)
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NEW:
#Bitcoin
ETF issuer VanEck says "Now, more than ever, merchants and businesses are accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment."
Bullish 🚀
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Is $48 trillion worth of managed USD wealth the reason for
#Bitcoin
’s current chart surge?
@DecentraSuze
examines the possible factors behind the latest Bitcoin price rise.
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With central banks working to introduce CBDCs, people are rightly concerned about the move away from cash.
The problem with cash, however, is that central banks can print unlimited amounts of it - destroying your purchasing power.
So what is the solution?
#Bitcoin
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Less than a week to go until our official launch event!
📅 Thurs 21-Mar-24
🕰️ 19:00 - 23:30 GMT
➡️ Indian Summer, Brighton
An evening of talks, food and a screening of Stranded with
@DominicFrisby
,
@freddienew
@Musqet_David
& more.
Tickets ⬇️
Tickets for our launch event are now available on Eventbrite. ⚡️
@indiansummerbn1
@Musqet_Bitcoin
It might make sense to get some in case it catches on…
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Could
#Bitcoin
unlock as much as 30% on people’s heating bills?
The team
@bitcoinpolicyuk
believe their innovative design could do exactly that, but need your input 👉
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