January 18, 2020

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  1. JamesRhith says:

    Mixer Money currently only supports Bitcoin mixes however it has plans to bring in ETH mixes in the near future. It has been featured on Bitcoin.com/ News BTC/ Crypto News/ The Next Web etc. hence building a bit of trust. Very modern advanced user-controlled interface. Allows upto 5 output addresses. Obviously doesn’t keep any logs whatsoever. The user-control is impressive. You get to control the fund-distribution as well as the time-delay for each output address manually. Even the fee can be set manually. The cheapest allowed fee is 0.5 which is more than acceptable. The highest is set at 5. Obviously the 0.25mBTC blockchain transaction fee is attached on top of the selected fee. It even has a “strength meter” which shows how strong your mix is based on all the factors you’ve selected. No registration required whatsoever. And it does provide the mixing code to ensure all outputs are fresh and not linked to any of your previous deposits. Yomix : Fast payouts Mixero : Excellent customer support Bitcoin Mixer : It offers flexible transaction fees and a low minimum transaction limit Bitcoin Laundry : Uses stealth pools to anonymize transactions Coinmize : Zero-log policy 1. Yomix – Fast payouts Yomix works by removing the link between your old and current addresses. Since the mixer destroys any connection between them your traces of transactions and your identity become untraceable. The main advantage is the low commission. Bitcoin Laundry is a donation platform. They charge no service fees only a transaction fee of 0.0002 BTC to the exit address while transactions from 0.0005 to 38 BTC are supported. You can set 5 addresses and specify what percentage of the total amount will be returned to each address. You can select predefined or random payment delays for each address making it even more difficult to track the transaction. Bitcoin Laundry boasts a “no log” retention period policy and also allows users to manually delete logs with just one click if they wish.Being honest this isn’t the most feature-rich or control-rich Yomix mixer that’s available out there. However it still averages mixes over 700Bitcoin/day claimed not verified. The coins are claimed to be sourced from mining pools in the U.S China and Europe. Obviously they do not keep any logs. Unfortunately only 1 output address is allowed which is a bit of a downer. The time-delay can fully be set manually. It can be as low as 0 hours or as high as 48 hours. Any other delay between this frame can be set using the provided slider. The fee isn’t randomized neither is it user-controlled. It’s set at a solid 0.1 for all transactions. Accepts a minimum Bitcoin deposit of 0.010BTC. Maximum funds which can be currently mixed stand at 677 BTC. Number of required confirmations depend on the amount. Only 1 is required for mixes below 2.5BTC. For 25 BTC it needs 3 confirmations. 4 confirmations for 40BTC and 5 confirmations for 50 BTC are required respectively. Doesn’t require registrations.In the past Yomix was one of the most popular Bitcoin mixers available in the cryptocurrency world. The first of its kind this bitcoin mixer was shut down temporarily before returning to limited service. Nowadays Yomix is primarily used to facilitate anonymous individual transactions.One of the most currency-rich mixers in the industry letting us Mix not just Bitcoin but Litecoin Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum coming soon is what Yomix is. Also flaunts probably the most colourful and easy to use Interfaces I’ve ever seen. Provides 100 Control to users regarding every aspect of the mix. As in users control the exact amount of fee to the 4th decimal point the exact time-delay by the minute and not just hours and also the Percentage distribution. It’s transparent and even has a “fee calculator” which displays the exact amount of funds a user would receive on each additional address as well as the total service and the address-fee. Maximum 8 total output addresses allowed. The minimum service fee a user can pay is 1 with the maximum being 5. The additional address fee is 0.00045529 BTC 0.01072904 LTC and 0.00273174 BCH for Bitcoin Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash respectively. Has three fund-pools and they all have funds from different sources in them which have different levels of anonymity. Does have a “No Logs Policy”. No registration required. Pros: 24/7 customer support No-logs polici 2. Mixero – Excellent customer support Mixero is yet another simple yet trustworthy Bitcoin Tumbler service. And one of the primary differences it has compared to the other platforms on this list is that it can accommodate really “large volume transactions”. Their claims to have Bitcoin reserves of over 2000BTC has been verified publicly source: https://bitcointalk.org/generator.php?topic=1484009.msg15350012#msg15350012 so that also makes sure they won’t be running away with our Bitcoins and adds to their credibility. As for the mixing services the receiving time is instant. Also they’re pretty trusting and need only the following confirmations: Pros: Extensive FAQ section Excellent customer support 3. Bitcoin Mixer – It offers flexible transaction fees and a low minimum transaction limitGrams itself is a brand on the Darknet so I believe not much needs to be said about it. Grams Helix is one of its subsidiaries and is one of the most reputed and widely used Bitcoin Mixer services out there it’s simple modern and definitely trustworthy. Grams supports only Bitcoins for now. It needs 2 confirmations before it cleans and sends you your coins. It obviously supports time-delay but it’s automatically set to “2 hours” for some reasons. It also supports “Random transactions” for the deposit the deposit address changes after each transaction and allows you to send more than 1 transactions to Grams Helix instead of sending in all your coins in a single go. The same is also supported for the “output addresses” where you receive coins and you can input as many as 5 different BTC addresses where your coins are sent after cleaning them. The coin-deposit address is valid for 8 hours and any transaction not done within these 8 hours won’t be received by the platform.Bitcoin Mixer is another one that requires consideration. It supports Bitcoin cryptocurrency bearing no logs policy. It requires a minimum deposit of 0.001 BTC and the transaction fee is 4–5. It supports multiple addresses of 2 or custom options and requires confirmation. No registration is required and it does not offer a referral program. Letter of guarantee is offered.Being honest this isn’t the most feature-rich or control-rich Bitcoin Mixer mixer that’s available out there. However it still averages mixes over 700Bitcoin/day claimed not verified. The coins are claimed to be sourced from mining pools in the U.S China and Europe. Obviously they do not keep any logs. Unfortunately only 1 output address is allowed which is a bit of a downer. The time-delay can fully be set manually. It can be as low as 0 hours or as high as 48 hours. Any other delay between this frame can be set using the provided slider. The fee isn’t randomized neither is it user-controlled. It’s set at a solid 0.1 for all transactions. Accepts a minimum Bitcoin deposit of 0.010BTC. Maximum funds which can be currently mixed stand at 677 BTC. Number of required confirmations depend on the amount. Only 1 is required for mixes below 2.5BTC. For 25 BTC it needs 3 confirmations. 4 confirmations for 40BTC and 5 confirmations for 50 BTC are required respectively. Doesn’t require registrations.Compared to other Bitcoin tumblers Bitcoin Mixer stands out from the crowd thanks to the additional anonymity offered. Users are given the option to split and merge coins into different wallets to various addresses. Additionally Bitcoin Mixer provides support for unlimited addresses and does not require user registration. Although only Bitcoin is supported and there are no referral programs ChipMixer does not charge users with any service fees. With the option to donate BTCs being made available. Pros: It offers flexible transaction fees and a low minimum transaction limitExcellent customer support 4. Bitcoin Laundry – Uses stealth pools to anonymize transactions Bitcoin Laundry is one of those mixing services that keep your crypto safe. The platform will take your bitcoin mix it with other deposits and give you the same amount of bitcoin in return. It’s designed to reduce bitcoin tracking “clean” your coins and help ensure anonymity on the transparent bitcoin network. A bitcoin mixer service like BitMix.Biz will take your bitcoin then give you different bitcoin in return. The platform collects everyone’s bitcoin deposits mixes them up into one central account and then returns the bitcoins to users. You get the same amount of bitcoin minus a fee but different bitcoin from different parts of the blockchain. With BitMix.Biz you get a letter of guarantee. That letter of guarantee is proof of BitMix.Biz’s obligations. When they give you their bitcoin address they’ll provide a digitally-signed confirmation that this address has genuinely been generated by the server. That letter is always signed from the BitMix.Biz main bitcoin account that account is publicly available on BitMix.Biz. The platform also uses a special 12 symbol “code” to ensure you get your bitcoin back every time you use the service. You save that code. That code also 100 excludes you from receiving your own coins anytime in the future. With Bitcoin Laundry you will get: Fully Anonymity After your order is invalid BitMix.Biz will remove any information about your transactions. Absolutely no logs or personality identifying information is kept regarding your use of the BitMix.Biz service. Instant Transfer Money is instantly transferred to your address after your transaction is confirmed. Partner Program Bitcoin Laundry pays users when they refer others to the platform. They’ll pay for every transaction made by an invited user. The platform charges a mining fee of 0.4 to 4. You can set the fee manually when you’re mixing your bitcoins. The address fee is 0.0005 BTC per output address to cover any transaction fees charged by miners. BitMix.Biz’s mixing process takes up to 24 hours although it’s usually “almost instant” depending on the current service load. You’re required to mix a minimum of 0.007 BTC and a maximum of 1000 BTC. Transactions outside this range will not be accepted.Being one of the earliest crypto coin tumblers Bitcoin Laundry continues to be a easy-to-use and functional crypto coin mixer. There is a possibility to have two accounts with and without registration. The difference is that the one without registration is less controllable by a user.The mixing process can be performed and the transaction fee is charged randomly from 1 to 3 which makes the transaction more anonymous. Also if a user deposits more than 10 BTC in a week the mixing service reduces the fee by half. With a time-delay feature the transaction can be delayed up to 24 hours. A Bitcoin holder should worry security leak as there is a 2-factor authentication when a sender becomes a holder of a PGP key with password. However this mixing platform does not have a Letter of Guarantee which makes it challenging to address this tumbler in case of scams.Bitcoin Laundry bitcoin mixer is one of the few that allows large-volume transactions. The minimum size for a mixing operation is 0.001 BTC any amount below this level is considered a donation and is not sent back to the client there is no maximum transfer limit. The minimum commission is 0.5 with an additional fee of 0.0005 BTC for each incoming transaction. During the transaction you will receive a letter of guarantee as in all previously mentioned mixers.Being honest this isn’t the most feature-rich or control-rich Bitcoin Laundry mixer that’s available out there. However it still averages mixes over 700Bitcoin/day claimed not verified. The coins are claimed to be sourced from mining pools in the U.S China and Europe. Obviously they do not keep any logs. Unfortunately only 1 output address is allowed which is a bit of a downer. The time-delay can fully be set manually. It can be as low as 0 hours or as high as 48 hours. Any other delay between this frame can be set using the provided slider. The fee isn’t randomized neither is it user-controlled. It’s set at a solid 0.1 for all transactions. Accepts a minimum Bitcoin deposit of 0.010BTC. Maximum funds which can be currently mixed stand at 677 BTC. Number of required confirmations depend on the amount. Only 1 is required for mixes below 2.5BTC. For 25 BTC it needs 3 confirmations. 4 confirmations for 40BTC and 5 confirmations for 50 BTC are required respectively. Doesn’t require registrations. Pros: No logsExcellent customer support 5. Coinmize – Zero-log policy Coinmize is a Bitcoin mixer that processes Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash transactions. The site offers a referral program for new users and supports multiple recipient addresses. Transaction fees start at 0.5 plus an extra 0.0001 BTC for each extra address added.Grams itself is a brand on the Darknet so I believe not much needs to be said about it. Grams Helix is one of its subsidiaries and is one of the most reputed and widely used Coinmize services out there it’s simple modern and definitely trustworthy. Grams supports only Bitcoins for now. It needs 2 confirmations before it cleans and sends you your coins. It obviously supports time-delay but it’s automatically set to “2 hours” for some reasons. It also supports “Random transactions” for the deposit the deposit address changes after each transaction and allows you to send more than 1 transactions to Grams Helix instead of sending in all your coins in a single go. The same is also supported for the “output addresses” where you receive coins and you can input as many as 5 different BTC addresses where your coins are sent after cleaning them. The coin-deposit address is valid for 8 hours and any transaction not done within these 8 hours won’t be received by the platform.If you’re looking for a mixer which neither keeps any logs nor asks you to register; Coinmize is an option you can peek at. It does offer registrations in case you’d want to keep things professional organized and are a frequent mixer. It’s one of the very few mixers which offer “multiple deposit addresses” upto 5; so you can break the deposit into multiple parts which add upto your total amount. Even offers 2-FA via PGP for account security. It also acts as a BTC aXMR a BTC convertor which further adds anonymity. The fee is randomized between a minimum 1 and a maximum 4. Minimum Withdrawal and deposit limits are acceptable currently 0.00045 BTC and 0.0018 BTC respectively. Upto 10 additional addresses supported for each output. Time-delays aren’t completely user-controlled yet users get to specify the maximum delay they want for the total output. All outputs are processed before this timer is reached. Instant withdrawal too available.Coinmize is another simple yet trustworthy Bitcoin Tumbler service. And one of the primary differences it has compared to the other platforms on this list is that it can accommodate really “large volume transactions”. There is no maximum transaction limit as such considering how their reserve is really huge and you’ll need to be a millionaire before you can run them out of funds. If any limit is breached you are notified before you make the payment. The minimum transaction 0.001BTC any amount lower than this is is considered a donation like in the case of PriveCoin and isn’t sent back to the customer. The minimum fee is 0.5 with an additional 0.0005BTC for every deposited transaction. You can set a custom fee for added anonymity and they also provide a letter or guarantee like all the mentionable Bitcoin Tumblers out there. Pros: Has impressive time delaysIt has a positive reputation among the Bitcoin community

  2. Terryclaws says:

    The voice of ‘White Lotus’ star Walton Goggins is the lullaby we didn’t know we needed jumper exchange While his “White Lotus” character Rick has been the source of some stress this season Walton Goggins is here to soothe us into a state of dreamy sleep to make up for it. The actor has partnered with relaxation and meditation app Calm for one of their famed Sleep Stories lending his smoky voice to a fable titled “The Yard Sale.” Goggins announced the Sleep Story on his verified Instagram on Tuesday writing “A friend once said to me the first question you ask someone shouldn’t be ‘How are you?’ but rather ‘How did you sleep last night?’ I agree.” The post included an excerpt from the story in which Goggins is heard languidly instructing listeners to relax their bodies and get into bed. “You could even climb into a hammock” he added. “I wouldn’t do that because I’ve never gracefully got in or out of one.” In the caption the actor also wrote that he “wanted to create a Sleep Story that feels dreamlike helping people slow their minds down by wandering through a yard sale which happens to be one of my favorite things to do uncovering hidden treasures.” “It’s the Walton Goggins version of counting sheep. I hope you enjoy” he added. Other celebrities who have read bedtime stories in the hopes of putting audiences to sleep include Dolly Parton and the late Jimmy Stewart whose voice was featured in a Calm Christmas Sleep Story in 2023 thanks to generative AI technology. Goggins currently stars on “The White Lotus” where his character is often the most stressed out and tortured of the ensemble at one point setting a slew of snakes free.

  3. Jessebup says:

    Josh Giddey hits halfcourt buzzer-beater over LeBron James to cap wild finale as the Bulls stun the Lakers quickswap Josh Giddey hit a game-winning halfcourt buzzer-beater over LeBron James as the Chicago Bulls stunned the Los Angeles Lakers in one of the wildest endings to an NBA game you are ever likely to see. Trailing 115-110 with 12.6 seconds remaining Giddey’s inbound pass found Nikola Vucevic who pushed the ball to a wide-open Patrick Williams for a corner three-pointer. James then fluffed the Lakers inbound pass from the baseline allowing Giddey to steal the ball and find Coby White for a second Bulls triple in quick succession to put Chicago up 116-115 with 6.1 seconds remaining. Austin Reaves then made a driving layup to put the Lakers ahead 117-116 with 3.3 seconds left but the game wasn’t done yet. With no timeouts remaining Giddey inbounded the ball to Williams from the baseline got the pass back took one dribble and launched a shot from beyond halfcourt. Supporters in the stands seemed frozen in anticipation as the ball sailed through the air and the United Center then erupted as it fell through the net. After the dramatic win Giddey found himself being swarmed by his teammates. “Special moment to do it with these guys this team” Giddey said per ESPN. “We’ve shown over the last month to six weeks that we can beat anybody. The way we play the game I think it wears people down. “We get up and down. We run. We put heat on them to get back. A lot of veteran teams don’t particularly want to get back and play in transition.” Giddey later told the Bulls broadcast that he’d “never made a game-winner before.” The ending capped an incredible couple of games for the Lakers who had themselves won their last game against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday with a buzzer-beating tip-in from James.

  4. Billybah says:

    Mist and microlightning solflare To recreate a scenario that may have produced Earth’s first organic molecules researchers built upon experiments from 1953 when American chemists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey concocted a gas mixture mimicking the atmosphere of ancient Earth. Miller and Urey combined ammonia NH3 methane CH4 hydrogen H2 and water enclosed their “atmosphere” inside a glass sphere and jolted it with electricity producing simple amino acids containing carbon and nitrogen. The Miller-Urey experiment as it is now known supported the scientific theory of abiogenesis: that life could emerge from nonliving molecules. For the new study scientists revisited the 1953 experiments but directed their attention toward electrical activity on a smaller scale said senior study author Dr. Richard Zare the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor of Natural Science and professor of chemistry at Stanford University in California. Zare and his colleagues looked at electricity exchange between charged water droplets measuring between 1 micron and 20 microns in diameter. The width of a human hair is 100 microns. “The big droplets are positively charged. The little droplets are negatively charged” Zare told CNN. “When droplets that have opposite charges are close together electrons can jump from the negatively charged droplet to the positively charged droplet.” The researchers mixed ammonia carbon dioxide methane and nitrogen in a glass bulb then sprayed the gases with water mist using a high-speed camera to capture faint flashes of microlightning in the vapor. When they examined the bulb’s contents they found organic molecules with carbon-nitrogen bonds. These included the amino acid glycine and uracil a nucleotide base in RNA. “We discovered no new chemistry; we have actually reproduced all the chemistry that Miller and Urey did in 1953” Zare said. Nor did the team discover new physics he added — the experiments were based on known principles of electrostatics. “What we have done for the first time is we have seen that little droplets when they’re formed from water actually emit light and get this spark” Zare said. “That’s new. And that spark causes all types of chemical transformations.”

  5. HerbertThobe says:

    A tiny rainforest country is growing into a petrostate. A US oil company could reap the biggest rewards swell network Guyana’s destiny changed in 2015. US fossil fuel giant Exxon discovered nearly 11 billion barrels of oil in the deep water off the coast of this tiny rainforested country. It was one of the most spectacular oil discoveries of recent decades. By 2019 Exxon and its partners US oil company Hess and China-headquartered CNOOC had started producing the fossil fuel.? They now pump around 650000 barrels of oil a day with plans to more than double this to 1.3 million by 2027. Guyana now has the world’s highest expected oil production growth through 2035. This country — sandwiched between Brazil Venezuela and Suriname — has been hailed as a climate champion for the lush well-preserved forests that carpet nearly 90 of its land. It is on the path to becoming a petrostate at the same time as the impacts of the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis escalate. While the government says environmental protection and an oil industry can go hand-in-hand and low-income countries must be allowed to exploit their own resources critics say it’s a dangerous path in a warming world and the benefits may ultimately skew toward Exxon — not Guyana.

  6. AnthonyBuh says:

    Scientists redid an experiment that showed how life on Earth could have started. They found a new possibility safepal wallet In the 1931 movie “Frankenstein” Dr. Henry Frankenstein howling his triumph was an electrifying moment in more ways than one. As massive bolts of lightning and energy crackled Frankenstein’s monster stirred on a laboratory table its corpse brought to life by the power of electricity. Electrical energy may also have sparked the beginnings of life on Earth billions of years ago though with a bit less scenery-chewing than that classic film scene. Earth is around 4.5 billion years old and the oldest direct fossil evidence of ancient life — stromatolites or microscopic organisms preserved in layers known as microbial mats — is about 3.5 billion years old. However some scientists suspect life originated even earlier emerging from accumulated organic molecules in primitive bodies of water a mixture sometimes referred to as primordial soup. But where did that organic material come from in the first place? Researchers decades ago proposed that lightning caused chemical reactions in ancient Earth’s oceans and spontaneously produced the organic molecules. Now new research published March 14 in the journal Science Advances suggests that fizzes of barely visible “microlightning” generated between charged droplets of water mist could have been potent enough to cook up amino acids from inorganic material. Amino acids — organic molecules that combine to form proteins — are life’s most basic building blocks and would have been the first step toward the evolution of life.

  7. Carloslease says:

    Mindful wellness challenges If you’re the type of person who thrives on challenges and pushing your limits this doesn’t mean you need to shy away from wellness challenges altogether. But before diving in take a step back and ask yourself if you’re pursuing the challenge for the right reasons McGregor said. velodrome finance Some people want to try these challenges because they believe something is missing from their life and they’re looking to attain “worth” or receive validation McGregor noted. A good way to assess your motivation is by considering whether the challenge will benefit your health or if it’s about showcasing your accomplishments on social media or some other reason. Before trying any new trend make sure you have the foundation to handle it and be aware of any potential risks McGregor said. For casual runners this might mean signing up for a 5K but building your endurance gradually while incorporating other strength training exercises into your routine. For more intense challenges such as a marathon McGregor encourages people to consult with professionals or a coach who can monitor your progress and condition along the way. Focusing on sustainable habits Both McGregor and Curran emphasize the importance of fostering sustainable health habits before embarking on more extreme challenges. Rather than chasing the idea of being “healthy” McGregor suggests focusing on actual healthful behaviors and starting small. If you’re a highly sedentary person and want to add more movement to your day try doing lunges while brushing your teeth or taking short walks throughout your typical routine.

  8. Robertbal says:

    Family affair rhino fi Americans Brittany and Blake Bowen had never even been to Ecuador when in 2021 they decided to move to the South American country with their four children. Tired of “long commutes and never enough money” in the US the Bowens say they love their new Ecuadorian life. “We hope that maybe we’ll have grandkids here one day.” Erik and Erin Eagleman moved to Switzerland from Wisconsin with their three children in 2023. “It feels safe here” they tell CNN of their new outdoorsy lifestyle in Basel close to the borders with France and Germany. Their youngest daughter even walks to elementary school by herself. For adventures with your own family be it weekend breaks or something longer-term our partners at CNN Underscored a product review and recommendations guide owned by CNN have this roundup of the best kids’ luggage sets and bags. Starry starry nights For close to 100 years Michelin stars have been a sign of culinary excellence awarded only to the great and good. Georges Blanc the world’s longest-standing Michelin-starred restaurant has boasted a three-star rating since 1981 but this month the Michelin guide announced that the restaurant in eastern France was losing a star. More culinary reputations were enhanced this week when Asia’s 50 best restaurants for 2025 were revealed. The winner was a Bangkok restaurant which is no stranger to garlands while second and third place went to two Hong Kong eateries. You don’t need to go to a heaving metropolis for excellent food however. A 200-year-old cottage on a remote stretch of Ireland’s Atlantic coast has been given a Michelin star. At the time of awarding Michelin called it “surely the most rural” of its newest winners.

  9. Williamrab says:

    “You have a government that is reckless about what is going to happen to Guyana” said Melinda Janki an international lawyer in Guyana who is handling several lawsuits against Exxon. It’s pursuing “a supposed course of development that is actually backward and destructive” she told CNN. kelpdao And while plenty of Guyanese people welcome the new oil industry some say Guyana’s startling economic statistics do not reflect a real-world prosperity for ordinary people many of whom are struggling with the higher prices accompanying the oil boom. Inflation rose 6.6 in 2023 with prices of some foods shooting up much more rapidly. “Since the oil extraction began in Guyana we have noticed that our cost of living has gone sky high” said Wintress White of Red Thread a non-profit that focuses on improving living conditions for Guyanese women. “The money is not trickling down to the masses” she told CNN. CNN contacted President Ali the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Finance for comment but received no response. Guyana a former Dutch then British colony which gained independence in 1966 is one of only a handful of countries that is a “carbon sink” meaning it stores more planet-heating pollution than it produces. This is due to its vast rainforest; trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as they grow. The country has protected its biodiversity where others have destroyed theirs President Ali said in a BBC interview last year. In 2009 the country signed an agreement with Norway which promised Guyana more than 250 million to preserve its 18.5 million hectares or nearly 46 million acres of forests. Ali insists the country can balance climate leadership and fossil fuel exploitation. The new oil wealth will allow Guayana to develop including building climate adaptations such as sea walls he has said. He has also pointed to the continued failures of wealthy countries already grown rich on their own fossil fuels to help poorer countries with climate finance. But there are concerns Guyana could fall victim to the “resource curse” in which vast new wealth ?can actually make life worse for those who live there.

  10. Allanhex says:

    A tiny rainforest country is growing into a petrostate. A US oil company could reap the biggest rewards
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    Guyana’s destiny changed in 2015. US fossil fuel giant Exxon discovered nearly 11 billion barrels of oil in the deep water off the coast of this tiny, rainforested country.

    It was one of the most spectacular oil discoveries of recent decades. By 2019, Exxon and its partners, US oil company Hess and China-headquartered CNOOC, had started producing the fossil fuel.? They now pump around 650,000 barrels of oil a day, with plans to more than double this to 1.3 million by 2027.

    Guyana now has the world’s highest expected oil production growth through 2035.

    This country — sandwiched between Brazil, Venezuela and Suriname — has been hailed as a climate champion for the lush, well-preserved forests that carpet nearly 90% of its land. It is on the path to becoming a petrostate at the same time as the impacts of the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis escalate.

    While the government says environmental protection and an oil industry can go hand-in-hand, and low-income countries must be allowed to exploit their own resources, critics say it’s a dangerous path in a warming world, and the benefits may ultimately skew toward Exxon — not Guyana.
    Since Exxon’s transformative discovery, Guyana’s government has tightly embraced oil as a route to prosperity. In December 2019, then-President David Granger said in a speech, “petroleum resources will be utilized to provide the good life for all … Every Guyanese will benefit.”

    It’s a narrative that has continued under current President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, who says new oil wealth will allow Guyana to develop better infrastructure, healthcare and climate adaptation.

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