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Google & Co. Mining ?!?? Beginners & Help
If a Big Player™ decided to undermine bitcoins then they could do so very easily…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 09:58:50 AM |
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Libertarianism and externalities Politics & Society
So assuming a free-market and the pollution problem. You mention a multi-millio…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 09:47:18 AM |
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Google & Co. Mining ?!?? Beginners & Help
This scenario is really unlikely. But it would be terrible for miners, great for…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 08:53:28 AM |
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Why btc/usd not rise since difficulty update? Economics
There was a huge diffuculty update last time, its not easy to mine bitcoins now.…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 08:47:46 AM |
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[RFC] Betcoin Project Development
Neither Alice nor Bob can cheat each other.Ben cannot collude with either becaus…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 08:35:51 AM |
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Libertarianism and externalities Politics & Society
Someone generally would have only acquired the "right to pollute" in one of two…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 08:24:22 AM |
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Client Feature Suggestion - RFC1751 Key 'Export' Development & Technical Discussion
You can store only the private key. I think a checksum is a pretty good idea. If…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 07:40:29 AM |
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[RFC] Betcoin Project Development
It seems pretty simple to do this with no third party verifier:1) To place a bet…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 07:10:56 AM |
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Infinite Pyramid Beginners & Help
I'm pretty new here so correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that this cou…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 06:49:54 AM |
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Client Feature Suggestion - RFC1751 Key 'Export' Development & Technical Discussion
It seems to be something more funny than useful. These "words" don't add anythin…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 06:44:43 AM |
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Valuing your coins correctly.. Mining
Please for the love of god have some balls and demand a proper price for your co…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 06:29:33 AM |
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Bitcoins interest rates possible? Bitcoin Discussion
What it is true is that under a deflationary system there is less incentive to g…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 06:26:31 AM |
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Bitcoins interest rates possible? Bitcoin Discussion
But bitcoin is a currency with deflation. If mtgox takes 500 btc, and returns 50…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 06:11:40 AM |
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Client Feature Suggestion - RFC1751 Key 'Export' Development & Technical Discussion
I came up with a few more use cases. Mailing BitCoins to someone on paper, commu…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 06:21:56 AM |
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Bitcoins interest rates possible? Bitcoin Discussion
But now one of my friends said, that with Bitcoins its still possible to have a…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 06:09:37 AM |
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Virtual GPU can it be done? Development & Technical Discussion
GPU are massively parallel and are extremely good at solving computation that do…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 05:16:41 AM |
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Client Feature Suggestion - RFC1751 Key 'Export' Development & Technical Discussion
I have an idea for a feature that could easily be added to the client. It would…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 05:13:17 AM |
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Add option to add a fee to dead transactions Development & Technical Discussion
You'd have to empty the account you were sending from. Otherwise, nothing would…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 25, 2011, 11:44:33 PM |
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How to audit the mtgox and mybitoin? Bitcoin Discussion
This is not really a post concerning about mybitcoin, but about the future of th…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 03:59:13 AM |
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Addresses piling up Beginners & Help
I just noticed that I have a lot of different addresses for receiving and that t…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 03:54:59 AM |
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The Vault (Non-Fractional Reserve BTC Banking) Project Development
That's not really my point. It seems like any loan made in bitcoins is inherent…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 03:53:58 AM |
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Majority Protected Wallet Storage Development & Technical Discussion
While this would work, it's not a particularly good algorithm to use. The proble…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2011, 12:00:22 AM |
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Virtual GPU can it be done? Development & Technical Discussion
Perhaps somebody has already thought of this. Perhaps it's unfeasible. But I'tho…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 25, 2011, 11:55:24 PM |
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Hash-based chainless transactions theory Development & Technical Discussion
All it has to do is this: Define a hashing function GETTHEBLOCK_1( inputs ) whic…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 25, 2011, 11:52:20 PM |
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How to audit the mtgox and mybitoin? Bitcoin Discussion
This is not really a post concerning about mybitcoin, but about the future of th…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 25, 2011, 11:40:58 PM |
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Anti solo mining myths debunked Mining
Again, I didn't claim that pools are considerably worse, they just don't have be…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 25, 2011, 09:07:55 PM |
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What's the deal with block 133233? Beginners & Help
It's very weird. The transactions form a chain. My bet is that some automated sy…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 25, 2011, 09:04:38 PM |
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Transactions won't announce/process Bitcoin Technical Support
Your balance, as shown by your client, is totally irrelevant. All that matters i…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 25, 2011, 08:20:17 PM |
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Libertarianism and externalities Politics & Society
And, as I asked in another thread, what prevents the people with money (which, w…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 25, 2011, 08:16:26 PM |
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8pin pci-e connectors. Mining support
The number of power connectors is decided by the card manufacturer based on wors…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 11:53:37 PM |
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Libertarianism and externalities Politics & Society
I actually tend to have the same view. I am reminded of a David Friedman (anarc…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 10:36:45 PM |
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Im confused, where is this money coming from? Bitcoin Discussion
When someone "mines" for bitcoins, where does the money come from? I know back i…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 10:33:16 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
[1]You cannot have transferrable property rights if contracts aren't enforceable…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 08:06:10 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
You cannot have transferrable property rights if contracts aren't enforceable ag…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 08:20:19 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
You cannot have transferrable property rights if contracts aren't enforceable ag…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 08:10:52 PM |
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Libertarianism and externalities Politics & Society
See 'The Problem of Social Cost' by Ronald Coase. It's surprisingly readable.IMH…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 08:03:13 PM |
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Libertarianism and externalities Politics & Society
I was referring to the fact that in that case, the polluter may have legitimatel…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 07:55:54 PM |
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Libertarianism and externalities Politics & Society
Well now this gets more complicated. The issue here depends on whether that lan…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 07:49:31 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
The idea that you only own something if every third party agrees to abide by the…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 07:43:03 PM |
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Libertarianism and externalities Politics & Society
Basically, pollution is a form of trespass on your property, and therefore pollu…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 07:33:52 PM |
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Can bitcoins be lost? Beginners & Help
Ok, so I guess, bitcoin has a limited lifespan even in the best-case scenario. A…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 06:41:42 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
That's only true if you refuse to separate the concept of ownership from the con…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 05:42:40 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
That would be fantastic. I don't think people in general would stand for all the…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 04:31:30 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
(With the obvious exceptions for things like verbal agreements to transfer owner…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 04:26:25 PM |
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Valuing your coins correctly.. Mining
Please for the love of god have some balls and demand a proper price for your co…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 04:04:26 PM |
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Anti solo mining myths debunked Mining
Statistically if you had enough hashing power to more or less assure yourself a…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 04:00:59 PM |
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EMERGENCY: Bitcoins lost after transfer to address of new "wallet.dat" Bitcoin Technical Support
The only thing in your wallet is keys to spend bitcoins. The actual bitcoins and…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 03:55:03 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
I never said verbal agreements were not valid. Or even the short-hand agreements…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 03:49:50 PM |
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Transactions won't announce/process Bitcoin Technical Support
In any case, this idea that you can perform a conflicting transaction on another…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 03:45:03 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
Laws are not the same as contractual terms. When I buy something at the store, t…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 03:27:44 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
Implicit contracts are not valid. this is the core of libertarian philosophy, an…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 03:21:58 PM |
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What you don't know about bitcoin... Beginners & Help
This is an obviously-incorrect conspiracy theory. If you want a more plausible o…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 03:18:11 PM |
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Anti solo mining myths debunked Mining
Statistically if you had enough hashing power to more or less assure yourself a…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 02:33:47 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
If You and I make an agreement to transfer ownership of a vehicle, the vehicle b…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 02:32:30 PM |
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Off-Topic: Beezid Off-topic
Absolutely. In fact, I'd bet the farm that beezid is using bots to artifically…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 02:28:50 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
Rights are not obtained by contract. Agreements are.I don't understand this dist…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 01:11:20 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
Rights are not obtained by contract. Agreements are.I don't understand this dist…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 12:03:10 PM |
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Anti solo mining myths debunked Mining
The logical extension of your mentality about this is that you shouldn't buy hea…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 12:00:48 PM |
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Transactions won't announce/process Bitcoin Technical Support
I dunno how to do what you just said. How do I transfer 1 of 10 bitcoins to you…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 11:55:53 AM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
You're free to ask purchasers to sign whatever contracts you like.Making things…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 12:09:55 AM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
tl;dr summary: in a free society, two contracting parties may create contracts r…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2011, 12:08:49 AM |
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Pay miners to rewrite block(s)? Development & Technical Discussion
My issue is that you are introducing path dependence in the chain. For example,…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 11:46:36 PM |
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Forgot transaction fee... Payment not showing up in client Bitcoin Technical Support
If the transaction is held unconfirmed in limbo for a long time (which currently…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 11:34:54 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
If I agreed to such a ludicrous contract, I would be bound by it.Exactly. In a L…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 11:28:42 PM |
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MTGOX has accounts with bogus balances ! Bitcoin Discussion
Obviously they're not up on sophisticated modern transaction processing techniqu…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 11:17:42 PM |
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Pay miners to rewrite block(s)? Development & Technical Discussion
Unless I'm misunderstanding, this means that two clients that both see precisely…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 11:00:06 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
By claiming intellectual property rights on the data in the book or CD or game I…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 10:56:17 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
So-called "intellectual property" violates real property rights, plain and simpl…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 10:47:41 PM |
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Transactions won't announce/process Bitcoin Technical Support
If they're not posted as unconfirmed transactions, in all probability they are o…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 10:39:19 PM |
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Pay miners to rewrite block(s)? Development & Technical Discussion
Unless I'm misunderstanding, this means that two clients that both see precisely…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 10:25:06 PM |
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Anti solo mining myths debunked Mining
bcpokey: In other words, reduced variance is the only advantage of pooled mining…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 10:19:55 PM |
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Grow your BTC...refer friends and earn! Marketplace
Why are pyramid schemes so popular around here?Seriously. Can we have a forum ju…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 09:04:29 PM |
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Convince me to use your Tradehill code Marketplace
TH-R17923I will get you the same discount everyone else will. And I just found o…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 09:01:46 PM |
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Pay miners to rewrite block(s)? Development & Technical Discussion
If chain reversal required an exponential increase in demonstrated difficulty, r…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 08:59:38 PM |
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SO if people sell off their coins the price will drop and......... Beginners & Help
if the price drops, some people stop mining will the dificulty decrase as well,…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 08:54:48 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
This is why libertarianism seems dogmatic to me. In this case, stopping someone…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 08:39:40 PM |
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How to sell Bitcoins on PayPal and not get scammed. Marketplace
Yeah, thats the point. Buyer: sell me some bitcoins! Seller: ok, plus you get a…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 08:33:32 PM |
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Pay miners to rewrite block(s)? Development & Technical Discussion
It is much harder to reverse a transaction that is buried in the chain than one…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 08:25:11 PM |
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Anti solo mining myths debunked Mining
bcpokey: In other words, reduced variance is the only advantage of pooled mining…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 08:22:02 PM |
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Question about Difficult 1 Hashes 0... Beginners & Help
Just one last question - some people mentioned opening ports, etc. Is it possibl…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 08:18:51 PM |
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Pay miners to rewrite block(s)? Development & Technical Discussion
It should be trivial to calculate how many blocks to wait before accepting a pay…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 07:52:58 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
I am interested in hearing how IP laws discourage innovation.Do you mean how the…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 07:51:26 PM |
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The Mt Gox Master Plan Bitcoin Discussion
One is "front-running". A player who passes along orders can insert their own or…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 06:55:42 PM |
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Is it common for the mining pools to get D.O.S. attacks? Beginners & Help
Thats what i thought that its others that dont like the difficulty going up. but…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 06:53:44 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
But what if anyone who discovers the recipe enjoys higher profits if the recipe…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 06:45:12 PM |
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Is it common for the mining pools to get D.O.S. attacks? Beginners & Help
Why would people do this i joined a small pool and it is always under attack. Bo…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 06:41:14 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
But your main point is that the publisher's rights to make money by printing a b…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 06:36:21 PM |
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Hardcore libertarians: explain your anti-IP-rights position to me. Beginners & Help
I am one of the world's finest doctors who is considering retiring. If I continu…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 06:25:54 PM |
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Call me crazy but.... Beginners & Help
Why make billions when you can make ... millions!
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 06:14:10 PM |
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Forum should use secure https:// logins Beginners & Help
(There's probably no clear need for all pages on non-financial sites like this o…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 04:44:17 PM |
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Here's and Idea Beginners & Help
Explain why you think if everyone held it would devalue the bitcoin?My reasoning…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 01:39:23 PM |
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.bitcoin top-level domain coming soon? Bitcoin Discussion
IMO, it only makes sense for the person who controls bitcoin.com to do so. That…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 01:30:54 PM |
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Pay miners to rewrite block(s)? Development & Technical Discussion
So a corrupt miner would, if he is rational, cooperate with other corrupt miners…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 01:28:36 PM |
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Is Bitcoin placebo-money? Economics
Which is what concerns me. Who the hell is buying bitcoins for 30 dollars when…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 12:42:08 PM |
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BTCrow.com - New Bitcoin Escrow Service Services
I get that your example is with big packages and multiple pieces, but the point…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 11:56:10 AM |
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"balance of accounts" block Development & Technical Discussion
it is confirmed by other nodes the same way transaction blocks are. aka a miner…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 12:23:05 PM |
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"balance of accounts" block Development & Technical Discussion
How would you know the balance of transactions block was valid?
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 12:20:01 PM |
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Pay miners to rewrite block(s)? Development & Technical Discussion
If all corrupt miners follow the same rule, then as soon as one of the pools tur…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 08:42:09 AM |
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BTCrow.com - New Bitcoin Escrow Service Services
Without published and detailed dispute resolution policies, an escrow service is…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 11:16:06 AM |
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MtGox won't "indulge" us with an answer to conflict of interest. Bitcoin Discussion
Since they made the decision that the overwhelming majority of disinterested obs…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 23, 2011, 11:05:09 AM |
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