The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) developed “The Onion Routing Protocol” (Tor) to securely relay intelligence online via layered encryption. This tutorial demonstrates how to build a Tor-Bridge relay with a Raspberry Pi 2, which is essentially a decentralized node relaying a constituent layer of encrypted-data that is ultimately combined with the entire layer of data processed in part… Read more →
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How to Run a Bitcoin Full Node on a Raspberry Pi 3/B+
Parts List Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Please note, this demonstration does require at least a Raspberry Pi B + (also note, as of this tutorial release date (08/25/19) there is no stable Ubuntu distro available for Raspberry Pi 4 models). Samsung 512GB 100MB/s (U3) MicroSDXC Evo Select Memory Card with Adapter (MB-ME512GA/AM). Mouse and Keyboard. HDMI monitor. CAT-5/6E cable. MicroSD… Read more →
How to Create an E-mail with a Decentralized Identity Sent over the Ethereum Blockchain
Part 1: Set-up a Metamask Wallet on Firefox or Google Chrome Part 2: How to Create an E-mail with a Decentralized Identity Sent over the Ethereum Blockchain BONUS: Using macOS Mojave Screen Share to Access Hackintosh If you noticed, I was screencasting this tutorial from my iMac macOS Mojave Desktop while accessing my 2012 Macbook Pro which is now running… Read more →
Healthcoin
“Why does a one-month supply of insulin cost over $1,000.00 in the USA whereas a six-month supply of the very same insulin, produced by the same Big-Pharma manufacturer, cost less than $100.00 in Tijuana, Mexico? Shouldn’t a product like insulin cost the same all around the world- or at least be priced in the same unit of account, like Bitcoin,… Read more →
InfoSexy: How to use Hashcat to Crack Passwords in Ubuntu 18.04
This tutorial is a mash-up derived from several blogs and presentations: LinuxBabe’s 2 Ways to Install Nvidia Drivers on Ubuntu 18.04 Changjiang’s Blog re: Nvidia GTX 1080 on Ubuntu 16.04 for Deep Learning Install NVIDIA GPU Drivers on Kali Linux Infosec Institute’s Hashcat Tutorial for Beginners A special thanks to the great @nstarke for once again sending me down the InfoSec rabbit-hole.… Read more →
How to Build an Ethereum Mining Rig
In the next evolution of my GWMSIST independent studies developing a Bitcoin Mining Rig with a Raspberry Pi, I constructed a mining-rig capable of mining Ethereum i/a/o 240 Mh/s. I include in-depth documentation and a YouTube screencast divided into three-parts- beginning with: Parts List and Building the Rig; Configuring the Miner to Mine Ethereum with ethOS and nanopool; and the… Read more →
How to Mine for Bitcoin with a Raspberry Pi
As a part of my independent-studies at GWMSIST, I researched how to build cryptocurrency mining rigs; this blog is segmented into a two part-series tutorial which I’ve outlined below, beginning with the purchase of a parts list and Raspberry Pi set-up segueing into configuring the Bitcoin mining client with Minera; each part includes the corresponding YouTube screencast embedded directly beneath… Read more →
BBVA Compass Search Engine Marketing Case-Study via GWMSIST
My most recent GWMSIST case-study analyzing the lower costs and increased efficiencies leveraged by search-engine marketing (SEM) and search-engine optimization (SEO) scaled with social-media. Harvard Business Review via GWMSIST | BBVA Compass: Marketing Resource Allocation by Alex Singleton on Scribd Read more →
GWMSIST Rental Car Inventory Relational Database System Research
– data analysis is easy but insight is paramount for actionable reporting: getting the right data is just as important as getting the data right. Database administration — from architecture to deployment — is always easier said than done because it requires multi-dimensional professionals empowered by unique intersections of skill-sets in order to interpolate reality into business-logic for data-processing; databases are just as easily taken for… Read more →
Creating a MariaDB Instance via Amazon Web Services
Bucephalus Web Development CEO, CTO and Founder, Alexander J. Singleton, demonstrates how to create a MariaDB micro-instance with Amazon Web Services. Please refer to his GitHub repo for additional information if need be: Read more →