Tutorial: how to harm bitcoin's reputation and make money while doing that - page 2.

MrVivaldi

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Quote from: grondilu on February 22, 2013, 12:15:29 PM

Quote from: MrVivaldi on February 22, 2013, 12:07:18 PM

This is possible but not feasible. Good luck.

I think the OP was not trying to claim he intended to realize such a scheme. It was rather a way of pointing out proprietary bitcoin clients which could indeed be following such an evil plan.

If you are using Bitcoin you accept responsibility for your money. If you don't take that responsibility seriously you may loose your money.
"A fool and his money are soon parted."

grondilu

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Quote from: MrVivaldi on February 22, 2013, 12:07:18 PM

This is possible but not feasible. Good luck.

I think the OP was not trying to claim he intended to realize such a scheme. It was rather a way of pointing out proprietary bitcoin clients which could indeed be following such an evil plan.

MrVivaldi

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This is possible but not feasible. Good luck.

susanne

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Quote from: str4wm4n on February 22, 2013, 11:22:06 AM

wait....there's a backdoor in uTorrent? Huh

Can you tell there isn't one if you don't have the source code? It has adware and spyware by default, so why not also backdoors?

The server database program Interbase had a backdoor until it was released as open source:
http://it.slashdot.org/story/01/01/11/1318207/interbase-backdoor-secret-for-six-years-revealed-in-source

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wait....there's a backdoor in uTorrent? Huh

susanne

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1. Observe that Bitcoin-Qt is released under the MIT license, not under any of the copyleft licenses. This allows you to modify the source code and distribute it as proprietary software. So, you can take advantage (and continue to take advantage) of all their work, but they can't do the same. Cool.

2. Develop a very fast bitcoin client, with an attractive but minimalistic GUI that's easy to use and has lots of great features.

3. Make an Android, iPhone, Windows, Linux, Mac, etc versions of it.

4. Make it proprietary. Never give out the source code! This is the most important thing.

5. Install adware, spyware and backdoors such as in uTorrent/BitTorrent^tm. Don't worry about people finding out about the back doors, they can't tell if it's there without the source code. Tip: don't activate the adware/spyware features until enough people are using it. Let them get accustomed to the program first. Most are too lazy to switch to another client despite the adware and spyware if they are already accustomed to it. Want proof that they won't switch? Take a look at uTorrent/BitTorrent^tm.

6. Advertise and get more people to use it.

7. Sell out to any company or government agency of your choosing.

8. ….

9. Profit!

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