Topic: Getting the foundations of bitcoin looked at by Bruce Schneier - page 2. (Read 6860 times)
February 19, 2011, 10:44:47 AM
Have you asked Gavin if he'd do this? If yes then I'm down for 250BTC
February 19, 2011, 08:59:01 AM
The value bitcoin gets from this is also greater public legitimacy (which would increase the value of bitcoins I hold).
This is a very good idea, as the layman always has questions as to security. I will watch the thread and consider donating. I met Bruce once at some hacking convention in Vegas years ago. Damn nice guy.
February 18, 2011, 03:10:59 PM
The value bitcoin gets from this is also greater public legitimacy (which would increase the value of bitcoins I hold).
February 18, 2011, 03:03:24 PM
ROUGH SECOND DRAFT
Bruce Schneier,
We of the bitcoin community respectfully ask you to review the cryptography techniques deployed in the bitcoin software. We are requesting a review of the foundational concepts deployed more than a line-by-line audit of the software (if you know of a good person to help us with that it please pass it along).
We will provide you with (total amount in pledges)/2 bitcoins for agreement to this effort, and (total amount in pledges)/2 bitcoins upon its completion. We will accept agreement via email to gavinandreses(get gavin's email), and completion once you post to your blog the findings.
To understand better what this is please visit http://bitcoin.org and start with this paper --> http://www.bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
Thanks for your consideration.
bitcoin community
Bruce Schneier,
We of the bitcoin community respectfully ask you to review the cryptography techniques deployed in the bitcoin software. We are requesting a review of the foundational concepts deployed more than a line-by-line audit of the software (if you know of a good person to help us with that it please pass it along).
We will provide you with (total amount in pledges)/2 bitcoins for agreement to this effort, and (total amount in pledges)/2 bitcoins upon its completion. We will accept agreement via email to gavinandreses(get gavin's email), and completion once you post to your blog the findings.
To understand better what this is please visit http://bitcoin.org and start with this paper --> http://www.bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
Thanks for your consideration.
bitcoin community
February 18, 2011, 03:01:43 PM
feel free to put some url's in this thread that you find interesting
The design of the Bitcoin system is described by this paper by Satoshi Nakamoto:
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
http://www.bitcoin.org/sites/default/files/bitcoin.pdf
The source code is here:
Bitcoin source code repository
http://bitcoin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bitcoin/
February 18, 2011, 03:00:18 PM
February 18, 2011, 02:53:07 PM
The letter probably needs to include links to Satoshi's paper and to the source code repository.
Yes... since this is an open letter please feel free to put some url's in this thread that you find interesting.
Thanks for the feedback!
February 18, 2011, 02:43:50 PM
The letter probably needs to include links to Satoshi's paper and to the source code repository.
February 18, 2011, 02:37:48 PM
ROUGH FIRST DRAFT
Bruce Schneier,
We of the bitcoin community respectfully ask you to review the cryptography techniques deployed in the bitcoin software. We are requesting a review of the foundational concepts deployed more than a line-by-line audit of the software (if you know of a good person to help us with that it please pass it along).
We will provide you with (total amount in pledges)/2 bitcoins for agreement to this effort, and (total amount in pledges)/2 bitcoins upon its completion. We will accept agreement via email to gavinandreses(get gavin's email), and completion once you post to your blog the findings.
Thanks for your consideration.
bitcoin community
Bruce Schneier,
We of the bitcoin community respectfully ask you to review the cryptography techniques deployed in the bitcoin software. We are requesting a review of the foundational concepts deployed more than a line-by-line audit of the software (if you know of a good person to help us with that it please pass it along).
We will provide you with (total amount in pledges)/2 bitcoins for agreement to this effort, and (total amount in pledges)/2 bitcoins upon its completion. We will accept agreement via email to gavinandreses(get gavin's email), and completion once you post to your blog the findings.
Thanks for your consideration.
bitcoin community
February 18, 2011, 02:20:51 PM
I believe that we all have a staked interest to understand better the mathematical foundations in which bitcoin is operating on.
I propose the following:
1 - We write an open letter to Bruce Schneier [1] asking him to spend sometime reviewing and writing about bitcoin (I can write this, and will publish it in this thread before sending)
2 - In return for Bruce's services we will give him bitcoins
3 - That Gavin Andresen (@gavinandresen) establish a bitcoin address for donations to serve this purpose [2]
4 - That if we can't get Mr. Schneier to respond in a positive fashion within 30 days that all coins will be delivered back to the donor
I pledge 100 bitcoins to this effort.
Thoughts please.
[1] author of (http://www.schneier.com/book-applied.html) such a great book. I wrote a Java class for public key encryption back in 1998 using this book
[2] I'd do it myself, but since I lurk mostly, I don't have an established 'credit' with the community here
I propose the following:
1 - We write an open letter to Bruce Schneier [1] asking him to spend sometime reviewing and writing about bitcoin (I can write this, and will publish it in this thread before sending)
2 - In return for Bruce's services we will give him bitcoins
3 - That Gavin Andresen (@gavinandresen) establish a bitcoin address for donations to serve this purpose [2]
4 - That if we can't get Mr. Schneier to respond in a positive fashion within 30 days that all coins will be delivered back to the donor
I pledge 100 bitcoins to this effort.
Thoughts please.
[1] author of (http://www.schneier.com/book-applied.html) such a great book. I wrote a Java class for public key encryption back in 1998 using this book
[2] I'd do it myself, but since I lurk mostly, I don't have an established 'credit' with the community here
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