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lhgaghl
13y ago
Say public key x receives 1 BTC in block A. I'm guessing it's encoded as ripemd160(sha256(o)) -> 1 BTC -> ripemd160(sha256((x)) where o is some other public key with sufficient funds. I create a new key pair with public key
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lhgaghl
13y ago
...and brendan eich checked all the boxes
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lhgaghl
13y ago
I'm confused, how can you break EC but not be able steal people's money? Similarly, if you found had preimage attack for ripemd160(sha256(x)) (you can find a public key with the same hash as any other hash), how could you not stea
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lhgaghl
13y ago
You provided no proof that USD is stable, just a bunch of handwaving. > He's the single person YOU rely on. For security, no. The protocol is public. So I assume you mean only by market manipulation. But how so? Is this the same way
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lhgaghl
13y ago
Again, you speak of a con of Bitcoin, but I don't see how any other system solves what you complain about. Please explain to me (or refer me to material explaining) how USD can possibly be stable when used by billions of people. Just b
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lhgaghl
13y ago
such sophisticated recovery process very bend over to customer who loses pass so fuck user who retains pass and cares about security much credible company cloud wow 2013 very XSS
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13y ago
> 51% attack publication didn't kill it. Are you talking about some new attack? The "51% attack" is a security property that fell out from the design of bitcoin: A cooperating group of people needs "51%" of the c
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lhgaghl
13y ago
> Why do Bitcoiners believe so much in a currency that allowed the originator to pull so much wealth out of thin air? Even if you don't believe in bitcoin, the problem with fiat currencies is that they are insecure. > Baaaaaw Bit
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13y ago
This really illustrates the true power of the web. No construct has a stable definition. If we can't or don't want to use JS to write algorithms, just add new features to CSS until it has the ability. Nobody needs a reliable forma
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lhgaghl
13y ago
This is stupid. You should learn C properly (know how to avoid undefined behavior) or not at all. Exception if you're doing something that can tolerate remote code execution.