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Topic: A very good and thorough Microsoft Research talk about Bitcoin and Zerocoin (Read 1033 times)

newbie
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cant even fast forward in the video...

microsoft cant even create a video player that works... ironic.
hero member
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well now that was interesting and yet intense.

sounds like it would be a great idea if it wasn't so resource intensive.  i guess the devs have already decided it's too confusing for the community.  

too bad.  they may be right.

OT sounds to me like a more realistic idea for anonymity.

I think it's a great concept one which I hope to someday see.

However knowing the mindset of our developers, anything that requires inserting itself into the protocol just won't happen for fear of making a mistake.

That's understandable.

I think for now OT's place is being an anonymous and untraceble bitcoin exchanging platform, there will be people who need it, and this can be platform independent.
legendary
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well now that was interesting and yet intense.

sounds like it would be a great idea if it wasn't so resource intensive.  i guess the devs have already decided it's too confusing for the community. 

too bad.  they may be right.

OT sounds to me like a more realistic idea for anonymity.

I think it's a great concept one which I hope to someday see.

However knowing the mindset of our developers, anything that requires inserting itself into the protocol just won't happen for fear of making a mistake.

That's understandable.
hero member
Activity: 784
Merit: 1000
well now that was interesting and yet intense.

sounds like it would be a great idea if it wasn't so resource intensive.  i guess the devs have already decided it's too confusing for the community. 

too bad.  they may be right.

OT sounds to me like a more realistic idea for anonymity.
legendary
Activity: 1764
Merit: 1002
well now that was interesting and yet intense.

sounds like it would be a great idea if it wasn't so resource intensive.  i guess the devs have already decided it's too confusing for the community. 

too bad.  they may be right.
full member
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Merit: 100
http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/dl.aspx?id=192058

The site has slides and transcription too. I'm only 1/4 in, but so far it has been very, very good. If you still have some questions about how Bitcoin works, I highly recommend this video.

Taken from Press sub-forum: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/2013-04-24-zerocoin-video-presentation-at-microsoft-research-213685
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