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Bitcoin 0.8.4 Update Offers Security Improvements

46 points by CrunchyJams 13y ago

Techasura 13y ago
is there place or link that explains bitcoin in pure english, i'm so pissed off that i'm unable to understand thoroughly.
- CrunchyJams 13y ago
  bitcoin.org and the SecondMarket Bitcoin Education Center (https://www.secondmarket.com/education/learn/bitcoin-education-center https://www.secondmarket.com/education/learn/bitcoin-educati...) are great resources
- FlailFast 13y ago
  Another couple of potential resources: http://www.weusecoins.com/ http://www.weusecoins.com/ and http://trybtc.com/ http://trybtc.com/ . Khan Academy also did a series of videos if you want more of a deep dive -- approachable to anyone with a tech background and really answered a lot of questions about the protocol for me: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-what-is-it https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-fi...
- bredren 13y ago
  We put up a very brief intro page here: https://gli.ph/bitcoin.html https://gli.ph/bitcoin.html But you may also enjoy the recently published "Practical Aspects of the Bitcoin System" http://cryptome.org/2013/09/bitcoin-practical-aspects.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/09/bitcoin-practical-aspects.pdf
- swswsw 13y ago
  This could be another resources. It is a video series by Charles Hoskinson. https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/ https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worry...
- discountgenius 13y ago
  A buddy and I created http://bitcoinsimplified.org http://bitcoinsimplified.org to try to solve that problem.
- mrb 13y ago
  My attempt at a super simple non-technical explanation: http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=66 http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=66
  - jared314 13y ago
    On a broader note: I have started to think it isn't practical to explain how Bitcoin works to non-technical people. For a long time, I tried to explain it to my parents Then, I realized that people don't understand the payment systems they already use (credit cards, debit cards, bank transfers, even cash). They just know that it has value, when numbers go up or down, who to call when something goes wrong, and how to give someone enough information to handle the transfer process for them. The same thing happened with certificate-based authentication / encryption.
    - MichaelGG 13y ago
      Certainly to non-technical people, it's just digital cash that takes a bit of time to hand from one person to another? Isn't that a nearly perfect understanding for someone that doesn't want to know about hashing, blockchains, double spends, etc.?
- brandonheato 13y ago
  http://trybtc.com/ http://trybtc.com/
patio11 13y ago
[Edit: This post should have been to a security contact. Nevermind.]
- tlrobinson 13y ago
  You should just delete this post rather than taunt us.
  - gojomo 13y ago
    An even bigger tease is here: https://twitter.com/patio11/status/375290368004067328 https://twitter.com/patio11/status/375290368004067328 Though, it's unclear if Patrick means to include 0.8.4 in his warning, or is just reasoning back from what the fixes in 0.8.4 have revealed about risks for people running earlier versions.
    - tlrobinson 13y ago
      I was going to say I can't imagine anyone exposing that endpoint directly to the internet, but unfortunately I can.

46 points by CrunchyJams 13y ago

is there place or link that explains bitcoin in pure english, i'm so pissed off that i'm unable to understand thoroughly.

CrunchyJams 13y ago
bitcoin.org and the SecondMarket Bitcoin Education Center (https://www.secondmarket.com/education/learn/bitcoin-education-center https://www.secondmarket.com/education/learn/bitcoin-educati...) are great resources
FlailFast 13y ago
Another couple of potential resources: http://www.weusecoins.com/ http://www.weusecoins.com/ and http://trybtc.com/ http://trybtc.com/ . Khan Academy also did a series of videos if you want more of a deep dive -- approachable to anyone with a tech background and really answered a lot of questions about the protocol for me: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-what-is-it https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-fi...
bredren 13y ago
We put up a very brief intro page here: https://gli.ph/bitcoin.html https://gli.ph/bitcoin.html But you may also enjoy the recently published "Practical Aspects of the Bitcoin System" http://cryptome.org/2013/09/bitcoin-practical-aspects.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/09/bitcoin-practical-aspects.pdf
swswsw 13y ago
This could be another resources. It is a video series by Charles Hoskinson. https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/ https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worry...
discountgenius 13y ago
A buddy and I created http://bitcoinsimplified.org http://bitcoinsimplified.org to try to solve that problem.
mrb 13y ago
My attempt at a super simple non-technical explanation: http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=66 http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=66
- jared314 13y ago
  On a broader note: I have started to think it isn't practical to explain how Bitcoin works to non-technical people. For a long time, I tried to explain it to my parents Then, I realized that people don't understand the payment systems they already use (credit cards, debit cards, bank transfers, even cash). They just know that it has value, when numbers go up or down, who to call when something goes wrong, and how to give someone enough information to handle the transfer process for them. The same thing happened with certificate-based authentication / encryption.
  - MichaelGG 13y ago
    Certainly to non-technical people, it's just digital cash that takes a bit of time to hand from one person to another? Isn't that a nearly perfect understanding for someone that doesn't want to know about hashing, blockchains, double spends, etc.?
brandonheato 13y ago
http://trybtc.com/ http://trybtc.com/

patio11 13y ago

[Edit: This post should have been to a security contact. Nevermind.]

tlrobinson 13y ago
You should just delete this post rather than taunt us.
- gojomo 13y ago
  An even bigger tease is here: https://twitter.com/patio11/status/375290368004067328 https://twitter.com/patio11/status/375290368004067328 Though, it's unclear if Patrick means to include 0.8.4 in his warning, or is just reasoning back from what the fixes in 0.8.4 have revealed about risks for people running earlier versions.
  - tlrobinson 13y ago
    I was going to say I can't imagine anyone exposing that endpoint directly to the internet, but unfortunately I can.