Soulbound-tokens (SBT) is digital identity token. It represent the traits, features, and achievements that make up a person or entity and was developed by Vitalik Buterin in 2022.
SBT is a non-transferable NFT. It doesn’t have a price and can't be transferred to another person. Soulbound tokens may present CV information, medical insurance, university degree, credit history, rental contracts, and so on.
Soulbound tokens are locked in the personal wallet “Soul”. However, unlike other blockchain identity solutions, SBT can be restored if the owner of soulbound-token loses his or her keys. There is an opportunity to choose trustees, who would help to restore access.
A soul doesn’t necessarily have to represent a person. Institutions, companies, and governments could all have souls that they use to issue SBTs.
Inter TV Channel is the Ukrainian national broadcaster. The company was founded in October of 1996 in the capital of Ukraine - Kyiv. And was established by the Ukrainian Independent TV-Corporation. Inter is a part of Inter Media Group. The Media Group also includes TV channel as Inter+, NTN, K1, K2, Enter-film, Mega, ZOOM and Pixel.
Inter TV channel broadcasts for young and old audience. TV programme includes movies, own morning show "Ranok z Interom", news programme "Podrobnosti", documentaries, adverts, talk show with celebrities, sport programme.
Inter covers of 94,3% of Ukrainian territory. Since the December 2002 the channel's programs can be watched over 24 hours a day. And since January 2016 satellite reception of the group's TV channels performed with the ASTRA 4A satellite.
On 13 January 2004 Inter launched its international version Inter+. The round-the-clock broadcasting of Inter+ is aimed, above all, at outreaching ethnic Ukrainians living abroad, as well as Ukrainians who staying away from their homeland by giving them a true picture of life in modern Ukraine.
Today Inter+ broadcasts in encrypted form with three satellites covering the whole of Europe (including Iceland), the entire territory of Turkey, the entire territory of the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East, the entire territory of the United States (including Alaska), southern Canada and the northern part of Mexico, as well as the Baltic states.
Inter TV channels got into several troubles with National Counsil of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine.
The information war is not a new type of attacking an opponent. But in XXI century it became a main weapon in the struggle for power. Mostly this had been happened thanks to globalization process, economic interconnection, Internet, social media and TV. The information can circulate free and fast among countries and continents, so it is some kind of fast food for human's brain. And from this moment business, government and propagandistpropagandists start to fill audio, video and articles with senses they need.
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Ukrayinska Pravda[406] was founded by Georgiy Gongadze in April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukrainian with selected articles published in or translated to Russian and English, the newspaper has particular emphasis on the politics of Ukraine. Freedom of the press in Ukraine is considered to be among the freest of the post-Soviet states other than the Baltic states. Freedom House classifies the Internet in Ukraine as "free" and the press as "partly free". Press freedom has significantly improved since the Orange Revolution of 2004. However, in 2010 Freedom House perceived "negative trends in Ukraine".
Ukraine is on the 97th position in the World Press Freedom Index in 2021 (out of 180 countries). A significant challenge that Ukrainian media market faces is oligarchs’ grip over TV, radio, mews agencies and so on.
"Ukrayinska Pravda" was founded by Georgiy Gongadze in April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukrainian with selected articles published in or translated to Russian and English, the newspaper has particular emphasis on the politics of Ukraine. Freedom of the press in Ukraine is considered to be among the freest of the post-Soviet states other than the Baltic states. Freedom House classifies the Internet in Ukraine as "free" and the press as "partly free". Press freedom has significantly improved since the Orange Revolution of 2004. However, in 2010 Freedom House perceived "negative trends in Ukraine".
Kyiv dominatesis kind of a headquarter of the media sector in Ukraine: the Kyiv Post is Ukraine's leading English-language newspaper. National newspapers Den, Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, tabloids, such as The Ukrainian Week or Focus, and television and radio are largely based there. The National News Agency of Ukraine, althoughUkrinform was founded in Lviv is also a significant national media centre. The National News Agency of Ukraine, Ukrinform was founded here in 1918. The Ukrainian publishing sector, including books, directories and databases, journals, magazines and business media, newspapers and news agencies, has a combined turnover. Sanoma publishes Ukrainian editions of such magazines as Esquire, Harpers Bazaar and National Geographic Magazine. BBC Ukrainian started its broadcasts in 1992.
Ukrainian footballer Andriy ShevchenkoAndriy Shevchenko celebrates a goal against Sweden at Euro 2012
Vitali Klitschko and his brother, Wladimir
Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko
Ukrainian boxers are amongst the bestmost famous Ukrainian athletes in the world.[408] The brothers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko are former heavyweight world champions who held multiple world titles throughout their careers. Also hailing from Ukraine, Vasyl Lomachenko, a 2008 and 2012 Olympic gold medalist. He is the unified lightweight world champion who ties the record for winning a world title in the fewest professional fights; three. As of September 2018, he is ranked as the world's best active boxer, pound for pound, by ESPN,[409]
Ukrainian athlete Anzhelika Terliuga won the qualification to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 as the second best-ranked athlete in the Olympic standings in the category of Female Kumite -55kg. Young woman is a Ukrainian star in karate. One of the most popular athletes of the international scene with an ample number of followers on social media, Anzhelika Terliuga is a first-Dan black belt in Shotokan.
The Corporation is not a state media, but is a public organization with a Board of Control, consisting of 12 Trustees appointed by the Queen. The company is funded by a special licence, an annual fee charged that households pay in the UK.
October 18, 1922
Information warfare (IW) is an operation conducted in order to gain an information advantage over the opponent. It consists in controlling one’s own information space, protecting access to one’s own information, while acquiring and using the opponent’s information, destroying their information systems and disrupting the information flow.
The information war is not a new type of attacking an opponent. But in XXI century it became a main weapon in the struggle for power. Mostly this had been happened thanks to globalization process, economic interconnection, Internet, social media and TV. The information can circulate free and fast among countries and continents, so it is some kind of fast food for human's brain. And from this moment business, government and propagandist start to fill audio, video and articles with senses they need.
Information warfare can be divided into three general categories: offensive, defensive, and exploitative.
There is no reality, whatever they say will be a reality.
Information weapons can be classified according to the methods of influencing information, information processes and information systems of the enemy. This impact can be physical, informational, software-technical or electronic.
So government of Kazakhstan is exploring the ways of cooperation and using the cryptocurrencies. First, the effective partnership will allow the government of the country to take this huge market under control. Transactions might estimate at millions of dollars. Second, the government’s control potentially could prevent frauds and scams.
Representatives of the Central Bank of Russian Federation stated that cryptocurrencies may show signs of a financial pyramid. The government thinks this digital asset is used in illegal activities and carry risks for national financial stability.
If Russian authorities will ban financial operations with cryptocurrencies, it provokes an outflow of IT specialists from the state – this is the opinion of Russian famous businessman and billionaire Pavel Durov.
Russia is one of the three world leaders in Bitcoin mining among the USA and Kazakhstan. According to the information of the Central Bank of Russian Federation, the volume of transactions of Russians with digital assets could be nearly 5 billion dollars a year.
There is an interesting fact that in 2021 a team of young teachers, students and their parents created the first school cryptocurrency “umnikoins”. About 18,000 schoolchildren have already joined the program, although it has not yet been presented to the masses. The project has to be a motivation for students to study better. Within the theory every positive mark can be exchanged to “umnicoin”.
ChinaChina refused to look for a compromise in cryptocurrencies’ using. The local authorities have declared all transactions with electronic assets, without exception, illegal. And citizens who dare to circumvent the law face criminal prosecution. The official version of the ban is that cryptocurrencies contribute to money laundering and fraud, because transactions cannot be tracked. However, we should keep in mind the totalitarian habits of Chinese authorities. Most likely, the Chinese approach is similar to the neighboring (Indian) and the brightest minds of the country are already working on main national electronic currency.
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The parliament adopted BitcoinBitcoin as legal tender in September 2020
The International Monetary Fund and the World BankWorld Bank criticized the decision of the Salvadoran authorities. They said that cryptocurrency is an unreliable method of payment. At the same time, other experts assure that banks are losing their profits, so they speak out against electronic assets. Cryptocurrency investors are sure that such technologies allow not only to avoid tedious queues in financial buildings, and also to bypass the bank commission. Sounds like a nice bonus, isn’t it?
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The Indian authorities are also trying to keep up with this issue. The parliament said that they will ban all cryptocurrencies very soon. However, it will be done not to protect citizens from dubious transactions, but in order to present the national cryptocurrency. Responsibility for the development of the digital asset was assigned to the Reserve Bank of India. They look up to SingaporeSingapore and the United StatesUnited States, countries that have managed to create a progressive environment for the development of cryptocurrencies.
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El Salvador
The parliament adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in September 2020
In this Latin American country bitcoins have been approved by parliament. The decision was made in the fall of 2021. So you can pay by Bitcoin there as well as the national currency. This decision was made the country a real pioneer in a full legalization crypto currencies.
Of course, residents were afraid of the introduction of Bitcoin in their every-day life. This currency is super unstable. However, it might be both: advantage and disadvantage. And the government did some awareness-raising activities to improve people’s loyalty to Bitcoin.
Cryptocurrencies are stored on a personal account, access to it is available day and night - thanks to a mobile application. Not all residents of El Salvador appreciated the innovations. Almost immediately, the country was stirred up by mass protests against the legalization of Bitcoin. People were furious, and news of the conflict had been swirling in the information field for several weeks.
People were angry mainly because such an important decision government (which is considered to be democratic) took without any publics debates.
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank criticized the decision of the Salvadoran authorities. They said that cryptocurrency is an unreliable method of payment. At the same time, other experts assure that banks are losing their profits, so they speak out against electronic assets. Cryptocurrency investors are sure that such technologies allow not only to avoid tedious queues in financial buildings, and also to bypass the bank commission. Sounds like a nice bonus, isn’t it?
India
The Indian authorities are also trying to keep up with this issue. The parliament said that they will ban all cryptocurrencies very soon. However, it will be done not to protect citizens from dubious transactions, but in order to present the national cryptocurrency. Responsibility for the development of the digital asset was assigned to the Reserve Bank of India. They look up to Singapore and the United States, countries that have managed to create a progressive environment for the development of cryptocurrencies.
China
China refused to look for a compromise in cryptocurrencies’ using. The local authorities have declared all transactions with electronic assets, without exception, illegal. And citizens who dare to circumvent the law face criminal prosecution. The official version of the ban is that cryptocurrencies contribute to money laundering and fraud, because transactions cannot be tracked. However, we should keep in mind the totalitarian habits of Chinese authorities. Most likely, the Chinese approach is similar to the neighboring (Indian) and the brightest minds of the country are already working on main national electronic currency.