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by jc123 12y ago
> "A private key is nothing but a large pseudorandom number roughly between 1 and 2^256 Note: Nearly every 256-bit number is a valid private key. Specifically, any 256-bit number between 0x1 and 0xFFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF
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by jc123 12y ago
> You can make the argument that the long term value of BTC is zero because there's nothing that guarantees it continued existence, like US law guarantees the existence of the dollar. The Internet guarantees the continued existence
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List of Topics for programming Competitions(docs.google.com)
4 points by jc123 12y ago|0 comments
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Follow the Cryptocurrency(graphlab.com)
3 points by jc123 12y ago|0 comments
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by jc123 12y ago
This footnote is also interesting by itself: http://cypherpunks.venona.com/date/1993/10/msg00759.html
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Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto? An inside look at the man behind Bitcoin(dave.liberty.me)
3 points by jc123 12y ago|1 comments
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by jc123 12y ago
Mining bitcoins is a hardware arms race that will be very hard for new entrants to join unless they are willing to spend a lot.
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by jc123 12y ago
The current coinbase reward is 25, not 50, bitcoins. Halves every 4 years.
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Cicada 3301(en.wikipedia.org)
95 points by jc123 12y ago|23 comments
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Haskoin – Haskell implementation of the Bitcoin specifications(github.com)
80 points by jc123 12y ago|20 comments
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On Mining(blog.ethereum.org)
168 points by jc123 12y ago|29 comments
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For Sale: 29,656.51306529 Bitcoins(usmarshals.gov)
580 points by jc123 12y ago|404 comments
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Timelock(github.com)
1 points by jc123 12y ago|0 comments
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Liquidprompt(github.com)
1 points by jc123 12y ago|0 comments
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by jc123 12y ago
Git is remarkably deep in its functionality that its possible to learn something new about it on a weekly or even daily basis: if you have the time. Whenever you are trying to manipulate code, there is usually a clean way of doing it in gi
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Bitcoin wizards(download.wpsoftware.net)
2 points by jc123 12y ago|0 comments
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by jc123 12y ago
http://tinyurl.com/ddddict I created a short link in case using someone else's computer.
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Triple Entry Accounting (2005)(iang.org)
60 points by jc123 12y ago|19 comments
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Zerocash(zerocash-project.org)
1 points by jc123 12y ago|0 comments
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by jc123 12y ago
They should avoid such gimmicks and I hope they remove them. It will be exciting if they can really focus on acquiring users and worry about revenues later and become consumer tech successes like Facebook, YouTube...
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by jc123 12y ago
Some more info: http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/reop
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Reop – reasonable expectation of privacy(github.com)
1 points by jc123 12y ago|2 comments
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by jc123 12y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJGIeSCgskc is the "live" talk which can help explain more. I'm not yet sure what to think of this.
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A decentralized web 3.0(slideshare.net)
2 points by jc123 12y ago|1 comments
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Sybil attack(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by jc123 12y ago|0 comments
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by jc123 12y ago
May be worth adding an update due to heartbleed.
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Merkle Patricia Tree(github.com)
44 points by jc123 13y ago|1 comments
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A Unified Model of Asynchrony in JS(speakerdeck.com)
2 points by jc123 13y ago|0 comments
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The Core Beliefs of the Delightfully Successful(linkedin.com)
2 points by jc123 13y ago|0 comments
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by jc123 13y ago
repost https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7506812

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