You know the only place you have to post stupid/pointless ideas is in the first five of the Newbie Section right?
Even if those 80% or whatever number you made up run bitcoin-qt and the code is subverted somehow those of us who "give you that shit" that we compile our own would then be rich.
So, please, destroy your coins. And don't give me that shit "LOL I ROLLED MAH FACE ON THE KEYBOARD BUT NOTHING WORKS"
Topic: Destroying bitcoin is easy... (Read 2337 times)
by the way, maybe I should start to read the stickys, this seems to be a good start to read:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/satoshi-client-operation-overview-41718
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/satoshi-client-operation-overview-41718
how would one do a review of the qt client code? I know you can download it all but where to start?
Go to the official website maybe?
that's correct, one could start there, but eventually what you'll find is a large collection of files and folders, which one to start with? I feel like the bitcoin-qt.pro might be a good start but is there some sort of architecture diagram of the structure out there?
how would one do a review of the qt client code? I know you can download it all but where to start?
Go to the official website maybe?
how would one do a review of the qt client code? I know you can download it all but where to start?
It's actually very easy, because only one person is compiling 'official' bitcoin client which is used by thousands users, force this person to corrupt, backdoor 'official' client and you can destroy bitcoin in just few second... and don't give me argument you 'can Compile it yourself' 90% use standard bitcoin-qt client.
No, they use gitian: https://gitian.org/
It's actually very easy, because only one person is compiling 'official' bitcoin client which is used by thousands users, force this person to corrupt, backdoor 'official' client and you can destroy bitcoin in just few second... and don't give me argument you 'can Compile it yourself' 90% use standard bitcoin-qt client.
No, they use gitian: https://gitian.org/ It's actually very easy, because only one person is compiling 'official' bitcoin client which is used by thousands users, force this person to corrupt, backdoor 'official' client and you can destroy bitcoin in just few second... and don't give me argument you 'can Compile it yourself' 90% use standard bitcoin-qt client.
Thanks to open source, backdoors is usually found and fixed, and the one how did it is recognized.
What worries me more than bitcoind is the java binaries that some wallets depends on. Those java binaries can contain anything and nobody would know about it.
It is also possible to create laws that require you to add a backdoor and another law that prevents you from being honest about it.
The best tool we have is to require all crypto related software (and even hardware) to be open source
It's actually very easy, because only one person is compiling 'official' bitcoin client which is used by thousands users, force this person to corrupt, backdoor 'official' client and you can destroy bitcoin in just few second... and don't give me argument you 'can Compile it yourself' 90% use standard bitcoin-qt client.
um. no.
it's not like in the movies where a person pushes the big red 'hack' button.
open source has a series of checks and balances with github builds.
It's actually very easy, because only one person is compiling 'official' bitcoin client which is used by thousands users, force this person to corrupt, backdoor 'official' client and you can destroy bitcoin in just few second... and don't give me argument you 'can Compile it yourself' 90% use standard bitcoin-qt client.
Perhaps you should google "open source" my friend.
...That's okay... you seem to be kinda new to this open source concept. We'll give you some slack.
I've read that the authenticity of the official binary is confirmed by many people before release (and anyone can do it afterwards too).
Include anything not in the public tree and itnwill be noticed very quickly.
Include anything not in the public tree and itnwill be noticed very quickly.
If anything ever threatens Bitcoin on a major level that affects every users balance. The network can do a rollback to before it happened.
Yes it would be bad for many merchants to rollback transactions but if it's either that or have the entire network destroyed it can happen!
All you need is 51% of the miners to agree.
I guess my point is, if 51%+ of users don't want bitcoin to die.. it won't.
Yes it would be bad for many merchants to rollback transactions but if it's either that or have the entire network destroyed it can happen!
All you need is 51% of the miners to agree.
I guess my point is, if 51%+ of users don't want bitcoin to die.. it won't.
It's actually very easy, because only one person is compiling 'official' bitcoin client which is used by thousands users, force this person to corrupt, backdoor 'official' client and you can destroy bitcoin in just few second... and don't give me argument you 'can Compile it yourself' 90% use standard bitcoin-qt client.
I compile from source. So I'm the only one in the world?
Fail.
Do you read source before compiling ? I used to but stopped when windows 95 was realeased.
Well no. But I sometimes look what changes have happened since last version.
You have to put some trust in at some stage. Be it hardware level, OS level or software level. There's no getting around it.
For example, do I check all the source code of Linux and compile it myself. Of course not. I take a leap of faith.
It's actually very easy, because only one person is compiling 'official' bitcoin client which is used by thousands users, force this person to corrupt, backdoor 'official' client and you can destroy bitcoin in just few second... and don't give me argument you 'can Compile it yourself' 90% use standard bitcoin-qt client.
I compile from source. So I'm the only one in the world?
Fail.
Do you read source before compiling ? I used to but stopped when windows 95 was realeased.
It's actually very easy, because only one person is compiling 'official' bitcoin client which is used by thousands users, force this person to corrupt, backdoor 'official' client and you can destroy bitcoin in just few second... and don't give me argument you 'can Compile it yourself' 90% use standard bitcoin-qt client.
I compile from source. So I'm the only one in the world?
Fail.
It's actually very easy, because only one person is compiling 'official' bitcoin client which is used by thousands users, force this person to corrupt, backdoor 'official' client and you can destroy bitcoin in just few second... and don't give me argument you 'can Compile it yourself' 90% use standard bitcoin-qt client.
wouldn't surprise me if that is how the prices are manipulated. money=greed
price is falling, you are creating post (useless) about destroying bitcoin and saying that you are not manipulating, right
edit: and btw, it is really easy to check what new parts of code had been changed since last version. Even if most people are using pre compiled versions still someone would raise an alarm on the forums.
It's actually very easy, because only one person is compiling 'official' bitcoin client which is used by thousands users, force this person to corrupt, backdoor 'official' client and you can destroy bitcoin in just few second... and don't give me argument you 'can Compile it yourself' 90% use standard bitcoin-qt client.
wouldn't surprise me if that is how the prices are manipulated. money=greed
It's actually very easy, because only one person is compiling 'official' bitcoin client which is used by thousands users, force this person to corrupt, backdoor 'official' client and you can destroy bitcoin in just few second... and don't give me argument you 'can Compile it yourself' 90% use standard bitcoin-qt client.
wouldn't surprise me if that is how the prices are manipulated. money=greed
It's actually very easy, because only one person is compiling 'official' bitcoin client which is used by thousands users, force this person to corrupt, backdoor 'official' client and you can destroy bitcoin in just few second... and don't give me argument you 'can Compile it yourself' 90% use standard bitcoin-qt client.
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