grubles

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by grubles 12y ago
This probably isn't quite what you're looking for but, Ford MyKey exists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyKey .
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by grubles 12y ago
>lying and abuses in virtual currency systems - that surpass anything physical currency systems have experienced. Bernie Madoff wasn't using dollars to run his scheme? What about the housing market bubble? Bank bailouts? I don'
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by grubles 12y ago
>one of the primary uses of Bitcoin is to engage in illegal transactions. Do you have a source for that statement?
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by grubles 12y ago
That's a great movie as well. Roddy Piper also shows up in an episode or two of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia".
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by grubles 12y ago
Bitmessage is also used for decentralized mailing lists, which are known as "chans".[0] Also, check out bitchirp.org, which is a twitter-like public website that publishes messages sent to the BitChirp chan. [0] https://
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by grubles 12y ago
Bitmessage uses proof-of-work to prevent spam. "When you send a message, your client must first compute a Proof of Work (POW). This POW helps mitigate spam on the network. Nodes and other clients will not process your message if it doe
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by grubles 12y ago
The wording is inaccurate in that instead of /all/ users it should say the /majority/ of users must accept changes proposed to bitcoin. Regardless, you honestly don't see how that gives the decision-making power to
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by grubles 12y ago
Actually, you can absolutely have a say in bitcoin's operation or design decisions. From the bitcoin FAQ: Bitcoin is a distributed network, so any changes implemented to the system must be accepted by all users. Someone trying to chang
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by grubles 12y ago
Bitcoin can change, but it's up to the people who use bitcoin to accept or reject said change. From the bitcoin FAQ: "Could miners fundamentally change the nature of Bitcoin? Once again, almost certainly not. Bitcoin is a distribu
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by grubles 12y ago
It seems the author of the article had spent a lot of time in a windowless, fluorescent-lit room. No wonder the urge to be outside is so great for them.
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by grubles 12y ago
Your fictional world exists already. A couple examples: [0][1]. [0] http://www.coindesk.com/companies-paying-employees-bitcoin/ [1] http://rt.com/usa/vicco-kentucky-bitcoin-salary-725/
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by grubles 12y ago
Not sure, but you might be able to gain some insight due to the fact that multisig addresses all start with a "3".
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by grubles 12y ago
"Hacking" isn't exclusive to computers and software. Also, at the time of writing this, the #1 article on Hacker News is "Most types of cancer not due to “bad luck” [pdf]" which has little to do with computers or so
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by grubles 12y ago
Which is why multi-signature transactions eliminate this negative.
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by grubles 12y ago
If you are buying bitcoin, all you need is the seller's (seller of bitcoin) address to send the cash to.
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by grubles 12y ago
Sorry, I replied to the wrong comment.
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by grubles 12y ago
I have read about people buying bitcoins by sending cash through the mail. That is perhaps the most anonymous one can get.
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by grubles 12y ago
As a buyer, you can use multi-signature transactions.
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by grubles 12y ago
In a store with cameras.
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by grubles 12y ago
>when I can just pay with my dollars directly? Credit card transactions take something like 180 days to confirm. Within those 180 days one can issue a chargeback. Bitcoin transactions take ~10-60 minutes (depending on the required number
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by grubles 12y ago
How, exactly? The point is: drug and crime are currency-agnostic.
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by grubles 12y ago
What happens when you get robbed at gun-point and have your cash stolen? What will the bank do then?
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by grubles 12y ago
People can whine all day long about exchanges being hacked but until there is a significant vulnerability within bitcoin itself, it isn't dead. If you were around when everyone was excited about the technology of bitcoin and not excite
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by grubles 12y ago
Bitcoin is underpinned by drugs and money laundering, you say? That is funny considering "the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world" just had 32 people arrested for running a multistate gold-for-cash scheme that
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by grubles 12y ago
You don't, however, have to trust a central entity with your government ID, utility bill, etc.
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by grubles 12y ago
You can use Bitcoin without an exchange. Have you ever heard of the #bitcoin-otc IRC channel? It is a peer-to-peer marketplace.[0] [0] http://bitcoin-otc.com/
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by grubles 12y ago
Some have. One datacenter that I am aware of is the Toomim Brothers Bitcoin Mining Concern Ltd.[0] which uses hydro-electric power. [0] http://toom.im/
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by grubles 12y ago
The bubbles have been foreseen years ahead of time. A quote from Gavin Andresen in 2010 (core bitcoin dev): "I predict there will be between one and five Bitcoin bubbles (price will double or more and then crash back down below the sta
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by grubles 12y ago
Then what is Coinbase Vault? https://www.coinbase.com/vault
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by grubles 12y ago
Free* *If you purchase a computer that supports OSX, which just so happens to only be overpriced Apple computers.

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