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If you can keep a node running that accepts incoming connections,
you'll really be helping the network a lot. Port 8333 on your
firewall needs to be open to receive incoming connections. The software is still alpha and experimental. There's no guarantee
the system's state won't have to be restarted at some point if it
becomes necessary, although I've done everything I can to build in
extensibility and versioning.
Congratulations to Satoshi on this first alpha release. I am looking forward to trying it out.
It's interesting that the system can be configured to only allow a certain maximum number of coins ever to be generated. I guess the idea is that the amount of work needed to generate a new coin will become more difficult as time goes on.
If each machine in a botnet sends 1 cent to a herder, that can add up to a significant amount of money. In other words, Bitcoin would make botnet herding and the assorted malware industry even more
profitable than it already is.
Rest of text upon request. Incidentally, I *highly* recommend
Daniel Suarez's _Daemon_; trust me as to its relevance. Try
this for a non-fiction taste: