jaekwon

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1. 181.▲
   by jaekwon 12y ago

   That's a big if. Vitalik is mostly looking at PoW ATM.
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   by jaekwon 12y ago

   Is there an implementation in the works? Also, if you're the author, find me on #tendermint on freenode. There are some things about PoS that I'd like to share with you.
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   by jaekwon 12y ago

   I would say that the security properties are different, with pros and cons for both. For clarification, Tendermint has strong security independent of external factors, while Bitcoin has simplicity but it is always vulnerable to an external
4. 184.▲
   by jaekwon 12y ago

   I hear of advances in program obfuscation. They're working on improving performance. Whether they are secure or not, I do not know. But if it is possible to obfuscate a program, I think it should be possible to create something on an
5. 185.▲
   by jaekwon 12y ago

   If this were to become a more serious (but still open/free) project, what is the projected speed, in your opinion, that can be achieved by a hobbyist with an FPGA board or similarly available technology, say by the year 2020? I ask bec
6. 186.▲
   by jaekwon 12y ago

   priorities. the whitepaper draft was meant to solicit criticism. it hasn't been shot down. there's no point trying to convince the general crypto community that believes bitcoin is the first solution to the byzantine generals prob
7. 187.▲
   by jaekwon 12y ago

   I second the old school research. If you have the funds, get an ACM membership or similar.
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   by jaekwon 12y ago

   For a while I wondered whether proof-of-stake is possible, or whether all attempts would suffer from the "nothing at stake" problem. About a year after my initial pondering, I found a solution after rummaging through old academic
9. 189.▲
   by jaekwon 12y ago

   Lewis, is that you? I wanted to tell Lewis that his domain (heylewis) is expiring. Also, yes. Keep it up!
10. 190.▲
    by jaekwon 12y ago

    I'm not a member on any of these groups but I did find one on facebook & messaged them.
11. 191.▲
    by jaekwon 12y ago

    What is that background image? Some fractal?
12. 192.▲
    by jaekwon 12y ago

    There is always a counter movement. It's going on right now, but for obvious reasons they don't make themselves known. Find each other.
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    by jaekwon 12y ago

    I wanted to add, among all the advice here, that you should consider improving your body. Work on getting as fit as you can reasonably become to attain your ideal self. That's something you can work on alone, it'll give you a gr
14. 194.▲
    by jaekwon 12y ago

    +1
15. 195.▲
    by jaekwon 12y ago

    What can an innovator do besides filing a defensive patent? I've heard of various strategies like publishing the work in as many forums as possible; publishing it on IP.com; filing a patent application and withdrawing it; filing it and
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    by jaekwon 12y ago

    Just call save(b.A) or save(&b.A). No need for methods, is performant. I can't think of a reason--besides extra typing--why this wouldn't be sufficient. http://play.golang.org/p/7vE_wN6EBv
17. 197.▲
    by jaekwon 12y ago

    Does this protocol use bandwidth to achieve consensus, or is there another consensus mechanism such as proof of work assumed to be available?
18. 198.▲
    by jaekwon 12y ago

    Yeah, I noticed that too. Is it actually the case?
19. 199.▲
    by jaekwon 12y ago

    > It has to not be a currency to be a virtual currency, by the definition you favor. incorrect.
20. 200.▲
    by jaekwon 12y ago

    Here's a simpler alternative if you don't want all the bells and whistles of Browserify https://github.com/jaekwon/demodule
21. 201.▲
    by jaekwon 12y ago

    Weird, why would it fail after reaching the US?
22. 202.▲
    by jaekwon 12y ago

    Hi guys, I'm very curious about the effects of this. What is the network like? Can you characterize it in terms of latency, dropped packets, bandwidth? Say if you wanted to upload/download a megabyte of data to a datacenter in th
23. 203.▲
    by jaekwon 12y ago

    I don't believe that any of us believe what we are writing.
24. 204.▲
    by jaekwon 12y ago

    Perhaps they got lost in their math. http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0507094
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    by jaekwon 13y ago

    I remember the story of a guy who could ride a bicycle by using his tongue to make a loud sound that bounces off of objects. Not sure if it's real, but it sounds plausible. And this. All of these are amazing.
26. 206.▲
    by jaekwon 13y ago

    This is insane. Go provides you with locks for those cases where you actually want to use a lock. And transactional balance logic absolutely screams for locks.
27. 207.▲
    by jaekwon 13y ago

    Well, now it's known that a placebo works, and the mind being mysterious still, a placebo is only a known unknown . But if you give a sugar pill to a person who had never heard of the placebo effect, and tell him/her that the p
28. 208.▲
    by jaekwon 13y ago

    If you do the calculations, you might find that the expected utility return from investment in Bitcoin is much greater than the expected utility return from bootstrapping a business.
29. 209.▲
    by jaekwon 13y ago

    Hey, just because it's a crapshoot for you doesn't mean it is for me. Arguably there is more solid data in Bitcoin than in other closed companies.
30. 210.▲
    by jaekwon 13y ago

    I've seen my bitcoin holdings rise and fall by orders of magnitude, but mostly it rises. You can get used to it if you have a bit of a buffer for living expenses. It's no more irrational than being an entrepreneur.