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Are there any completed clients yet? Wallet software
As far as I know, the only codebases that have any real usage with actual end us…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 29, 2011, 07:49:00 AM |
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Are there any completed clients yet? Wallet software
There's only one codebase that fully implements the Bitcoin protocol, and that's…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 29, 2011, 05:41:33 AM |
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[ANNOUNCE] BitCoinJ/BitCoinSharp v0.2 Wallet software
It's not difficult really. It's just a bunch of work to make sure all the loose…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 02, 2011, 05:09:17 AM |
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[ANN] BitcoinLocator Bitcoin Discussion
The OpenID logins don't seem to work properly? I clicked the G logo to use my go…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 28, 2011, 06:39:10 AM |
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Any way to get client startup faster? Development & Technical Discussion
The loading of wallets, block chains etc should happen after the GUI is brought…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 27, 2011, 05:25:31 PM |
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Any way to get client startup faster? Development & Technical Discussion
Yeah, you only need one good peer. Older peers have a serious bug that makes the…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 27, 2011, 11:52:18 AM |
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[PAPER] Bitcoin Gateway - A Peer-to-peer Bitcoin Vault and Payment Network Development & Technical Discussion
I didn't really understand your key scheme, sorry, but khals patch/system solves…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 27, 2011, 11:46:22 AM |
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Any way to get client startup faster? Development & Technical Discussion
Startup time on the main client comes from the following sources:Loading of the…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 27, 2011, 06:56:14 AM |
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[PAPER] Bitcoin Gateway - A Peer-to-peer Bitcoin Vault and Payment Network Development & Technical Discussion
Thanks for an interesting document. I scan read it, so apologies if I make a poi…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 27, 2011, 06:41:28 AM |
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I just got hacked! Bitcoin Discussion
This usually means a site you signed up with has been hacked and the password da…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 26, 2011, 01:48:22 PM |
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Oracle transactions Development & Technical Discussion
Yes, you can bribe all the oracles. But when the signed transaction is broadcast…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 26, 2011, 05:03:34 AM |
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Oracle transactions Development & Technical Discussion
No, that's the point of an oracle. You pick someone you trust to measure the wor…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 25, 2011, 06:42:41 PM |
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Oracle transactions Development & Technical Discussion
I rewrote the proposal for oracle transactions on the contracts page, after real…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 25, 2011, 01:35:50 PM |
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Oblivious merged mining, or getting miners to work for free Development & Technical Discussion
Yeah, I understand your proposal. It's a lot more efficient than putting all dat…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 25, 2011, 01:29:56 PM |
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Multicoin, Namecoin, Goldcoin, Silvercoin, OilCoin, 1971coin, backed by bitcoin! Altcoin Discussion
I think creating Bitcoin-like currencies backed by national currencies might mak…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 25, 2011, 11:44:32 AM |
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Rational for specifically ten minute block generation rate Development & Technical Discussion
Netrin, I suggest reading the FAQ at some point https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/FAQ#W…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 25, 2011, 11:17:27 AM |
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Extending the Alert messages in the protocol Development & Technical Discussion
The Bitcoin protocol already has a meet-in-the-middle broadcast channel system. …
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 25, 2011, 11:13:58 AM |
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Oblivious merged mining, or getting miners to work for free Development & Technical Discussion
There are many things that can be done if you assume the block chain is basicall…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 25, 2011, 11:08:49 AM |
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Why do you hoard bitcoin? Would you spend them if they were easier to obtain? Bitcoin Discussion
I've got more than I can spend right now. I'm not hoarding them as a speculative…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 25, 2011, 06:02:25 AM |
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Request for Standardization Wallet software
The Bitcoin Consultancy implementation seemed very far from complete when I look…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 25, 2011, 05:27:37 AM |
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libbitcoin Wallet software
Could you summarize what this library is capable of and what remains to be done?…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 21, 2011, 09:12:30 AM |
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BTC/NMC merged mining available for testing Altcoin Discussion
You need a new Bitcoin if you want to partake in merged mining. You don't need a…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 21, 2011, 06:57:15 AM |
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BTC/NMC merged mining available for testing Altcoin Discussion
Yes, coblee is right. The 33 bytes goes into the Bitcoin block chain.
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 20, 2011, 05:11:25 AM |
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Request for Standardization Wallet software
There are quite a few pages on the wiki already, I think you can probably contri…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 19, 2011, 03:56:55 PM |
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Request for Standardization Wallet software
See here for some:https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_rulesHowever, I think you'…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 19, 2011, 11:58:37 AM |
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BTC/NMC merged mining available for testing Altcoin Discussion
TeraPool is correct. Merged mining does not pollute the Bitcoin block chain with…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 19, 2011, 05:06:06 AM |
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Pool for Testnet Coins !! Pools
Please don't do that. The testnet is not intended for "testing rigs". It's meant…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 18, 2011, 04:45:56 PM |
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Bitcoin Crashes My Wireless Development & Technical Discussion
If this happens with a regular wifi router, check the logs on the device. It may…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 18, 2011, 04:39:49 PM |
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Introducing Bitcoin for Android Bitcoin Discussion
Hi there,I'm the creator of BitCoinJ which this app is based on.It's really earl…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 17, 2011, 04:04:07 PM |
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Design notes for sharing work between multiple independent chains Development & Technical Discussion
I'm happy to see Vince came through on his promise, and that the document I wrot…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 17, 2011, 03:55:46 PM |
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BTC/NMC merged mining available for testing Altcoin Discussion
Merged mining is an implementation of the design outlined in this document I wro…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 17, 2011, 03:52:44 PM |
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bitcoind not working on SPARC (and PPC) Development & Technical Discussion
Not a bug so much as a design decision. The Satoshi Bitcoin implementation does…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 15, 2011, 06:08:00 AM |
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Android Bitcoin Wallet Hardware wallets
Yes. Currently though the first key will always be used for change. Maybe that's…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 14, 2011, 03:49:00 PM |
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Android Bitcoin Wallet Hardware wallets
Actually the app has an address book, and BitCoinJ supports multiple keys.There…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 14, 2011, 03:15:21 AM |
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Patching The Bitcoin Client To Make It More Anonymous Development & Technical Discussion
I hadn't seen it before. It looks neat. I worry about UI complexity though. This…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 13, 2011, 02:22:34 PM |
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Daily blockchain updates on Android Market? Project Development
Rename your apps to be clearly different and this type of confusion will go away…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 13, 2011, 05:30:15 AM |
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Bitcoin's disk activity issues Development & Technical Discussion
I think you'll find it's the addr.dat file and a fix has already been checked in…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 13, 2011, 05:20:24 AM |
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Signature Generation/Verification - WTF? Development & Technical Discussion
If you can't read C++ you may find the Java version easier: http://code.google…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 13, 2011, 05:18:22 AM |
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Proof of stake instead of proof of work Development & Technical Discussion
By the way, if you're interested in delegated voting, I wrote a paper on using i…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 11, 2011, 02:53:28 PM |
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Proof of stake instead of proof of work Development & Technical Discussion
If there are relatively few delegates then what you have is effectively similar…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 11, 2011, 06:31:23 AM |
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[DRAFT] qwk'n'easy instant payments Development & Technical Discussion
QuoteI'm not sure why you are specifying that this be a "real merchant". If the…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 11, 2011, 06:28:02 AM |
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Proof of stake instead of proof of work Development & Technical Discussion
You need to run some simulations to prove out your theories first. I agree with…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 11, 2011, 04:46:48 AM |
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[DRAFT] qwk'n'easy instant payments Development & Technical Discussion
There's already a way to handle over-centralization of payment processing - it's…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 10, 2011, 12:35:29 PM |
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[DRAFT] qwk'n'easy instant payments Development & Technical Discussion
See this FAQ entry on the vending machine use case: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 10, 2011, 09:36:27 AM |
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Non-standard transactions in the block chain Development & Technical Discussion
There are more on the testnet. Also depending on how you define "standard" there…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 10, 2011, 09:24:00 AM |
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[DRAFT] qwk'n'easy instant payments Development & Technical Discussion
It's not "grossly irresponsible". It's quite safe to sell material things for ze…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 10, 2011, 09:23:00 AM |
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[DRAFT] qwk'n'easy instant payments Development & Technical Discussion
I don't think anything is needed beyond what Bitcoin already offers. "Instant pa…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 10, 2011, 08:24:28 AM |
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Non-standard transactions in the block chain Development & Technical Discussion
See the "strange transactions" list on blockexplorer.com
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 10, 2011, 08:19:04 AM |
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Bitcoin Android Released Project Development
The problem is the Bitcoin network is generally kind of broken right now. You ne…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 09, 2011, 07:25:24 AM |
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Daily blockchain updates on Android Market? Project Development
The apps aren't fraudulent but:1) They have names that are far too similar to ea…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 09, 2011, 07:23:36 AM |
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Bitcoin slow to download the block chain? Bitcoin Discussion
There are a couple of different problems here:Problem 1 is that the network is c…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 08, 2011, 04:06:33 AM |
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Lots of disk activity on Bitcoin startup: easy fix? Development & Technical Discussion
You're right, patches would be welcome. Also see the bitcoin-development mailing…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 06, 2011, 03:59:38 AM |
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Android Bitcoin Wallet Hardware wallets
Yes, if you're OK with relying on a third party server you might prefer the WebC…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 01, 2011, 07:49:16 AM |
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Bitcoin-Qt, the future Bitcoin client GUI [user input needed] Wallet software
I'd suggest having two edit boxes that reflect the contents of the currently sel…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 01, 2011, 06:14:09 AM |
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[ANNOUNCE] BitCoinJ/BitCoinSharp v0.2 Wallet software
Full mode is a lot of work. You have to store all transactions in a database, lo…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 01, 2011, 06:10:36 AM |
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Android Bitcoin Wallet Hardware wallets
Actually I implemented re-orgs and a fix for the memory problem some time ago.Th…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | July 01, 2011, 06:08:17 AM |
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Trust-free crypto-currency exchange with time-conditional scripts Development & Technical Discussion
Please feel free to add this as another example to the Contracts page so it does…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 30, 2011, 11:59:10 AM |
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[ANNOUNCE] BitCoinJ/BitCoinSharp v0.2 Wallet software
The pools are an implementation detail of how the wallet works, that's why. Ther…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 29, 2011, 12:24:45 PM |
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[ANNOUNCE] BitCoinJ/BitCoinSharp v0.2 Wallet software
Not, if there is a way to ask the full nodes how many confirms a transaction has…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 28, 2011, 06:06:31 PM |
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[ANNOUNCE] BitCoinJ/BitCoinSharp v0.2 Wallet software
Sorry for so many questions, but is a pretty useful library.What is the thread s…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 28, 2011, 01:44:39 AM |
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[ANNOUNCE] BitCoinJ/BitCoinSharp v0.2 Wallet software
[also sent to bitcoin-development@]I'm pleased to announce BitCoinJ v0.2. There…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 27, 2011, 03:49:44 PM |
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Proposal to solve bitcoin scaling problem Development & Technical Discussion
This forum isn't /dev/null, the maintainers do read it. But for discussion of sp…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 27, 2011, 04:33:32 AM |
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Merkle tree of open transactions for lite mode? Development & Technical Discussion
A network node already has to hold all unspent transactions in memory anyway. O…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 26, 2011, 04:12:39 PM |
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Designing distributed contracts Development & Technical Discussion
The oracle transaction can be combined with another signature so only the grands…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 26, 2011, 04:10:13 PM |
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Proposal to solve bitcoin scaling problem Development & Technical Discussion
It might make more sense to think about this as a case of a new block structure…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 26, 2011, 07:44:16 AM |
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Merkle tree of open transactions for lite mode? Development & Technical Discussion
Ah sorry, then I misunderstood your proposal and my points don't apply. Let's st…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 26, 2011, 07:37:28 AM |
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Split private keys Development & Technical Discussion
That's a BitBank more or less, and unfortunately I doubt you could avoid being r…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 26, 2011, 07:22:49 AM |
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Split private keys Development & Technical Discussion
OK. For a lightweight client, check out BitCoinJ which implements this mode alre…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 26, 2011, 06:52:56 AM |
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Thought experiment. Coding a stable exchange rate. Development & Technical Discussion
I think it would technically work. I agree that it's likely to lead to weird edg…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 26, 2011, 06:39:46 AM |
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Merkle tree of open transactions for lite mode? Development & Technical Discussion
The memory pools of each node are not synchronized, so you can't require the coi…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 24, 2011, 11:31:13 AM |
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Block header should be 81 bytes but getwork:data is 128 bytes Development & Technical Discussion
Yes, that constructor isn't intended to take the output of getwork.Presumably th…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 24, 2011, 11:27:56 AM |
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Designing distributed contracts Development & Technical Discussion
Contracts are only of interest to people willing to modify the core Bitcoin code…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 24, 2011, 08:38:15 AM |
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Designing distributed contracts Development & Technical Discussion
But what's the justification for such a complicated opcode and set of changes? A…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 24, 2011, 07:06:42 AM |
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Hard wired/client based p2p escrow ? (Fees and forfeit transfers go to miners) Development & Technical Discussion
There are several ways to do this. See example 2 onhttps://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Co…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 24, 2011, 02:13:46 AM |
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Designing distributed contracts Development & Technical Discussion
You can't construct the reclamation tx without the hash of the transaction it's…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 24, 2011, 02:02:19 AM |
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Designing distributed contracts Development & Technical Discussion
If you want the operation to be atomic you can create the initial send, hash it,…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 23, 2011, 05:46:28 PM |
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Designing distributed contracts Development & Technical Discussion
OK, I'm going to be busy for a few days so I added a final fourth example of how…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 23, 2011, 05:25:11 PM |
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Designing distributed contracts Development & Technical Discussion
(edit) The article this thread discusses can now be found here: https://en.bit…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | May 18, 2011, 02:29:16 PM |
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Designing distributed contracts Development & Technical Discussion
I thought about it more since I wrote that post.Something like OP_BLOCKNUMBER is…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 23, 2011, 03:49:52 PM |
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Designing distributed contracts Development & Technical Discussion
ByteCoin and a few others asked for more detail on the SIGHASH flags.I added a b…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 23, 2011, 03:20:55 PM |
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Split private keys Development & Technical Discussion
You can just leverage Google or Facebook authentication if you want 2-factor on…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 23, 2011, 02:16:09 PM |
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Who updates www.bitcoin.org? Development & Technical Discussion
Sirius and Gavin have access to the website.
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 23, 2011, 01:25:47 PM |
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Split private keys Development & Technical Discussion
You always need a second factor. Phone calls can work but I don't think they wou…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 23, 2011, 01:25:15 PM |
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Designing distributed contracts Development & Technical Discussion
You can already do that (well, if the features were re-enabled). Send coins to a…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 23, 2011, 01:22:25 PM |
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Split private keys Development & Technical Discussion
The out index is a neat idea, but if you aren't a full node (and most users won'…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 23, 2011, 12:58:17 PM |
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Designing distributed contracts Development & Technical Discussion
What you suggest is what nLockTime does. OP_BLOCKNUMBER has been discussed befor…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 23, 2011, 12:49:35 PM |
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Split private keys Development & Technical Discussion
The point of the BitBank is to hold your keys. Obviously - the whole point is th…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 23, 2011, 09:11:52 AM |
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Android Bitcoin Wallet Hardware wallets
I already checked in a BoundedOverheadBlockStore which solves the memory problem…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 23, 2011, 03:03:38 AM |
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Split private keys Development & Technical Discussion
I think the right design is for a device that plugs in via USB, that provides a…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 23, 2011, 03:03:00 AM |
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Faster bitcoin alternative tied in to bitcoins? Development & Technical Discussion
Guys, please, this is actually an FAQ: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/FAQ#Do_you_ha…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 22, 2011, 06:59:12 AM |
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Designing distributed contracts Development & Technical Discussion
From the code:Code: bool IsFinal(int nBlockHeight=0, int64 nBlockTime=0) cons…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 22, 2011, 06:50:13 AM |
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Gmail unusual activity Bitcoin Discussion
Yes, we should have a message for when password leaks occur specifically. I will…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 19, 2011, 06:15:26 PM |
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Gmail unusual activity Bitcoin Discussion
Hi guys,The reason your Google accounts have been required to change the passwor…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 19, 2011, 05:14:57 PM |
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Proposal to solve bitcoin scaling problem Development & Technical Discussion
Checkpoints are orthogonal, I don't think anyone argued that they're enough on t…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 19, 2011, 04:02:16 PM |
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[RFC] When wallets conflict with the block chain Development & Technical Discussion
Incidentally, BitCoinJ now implements something like this. Transactions that con…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 19, 2011, 10:08:51 AM |
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Split private keys Development & Technical Discussion
Maybe better to discuss this on the mailing list?Anything that involves signific…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 19, 2011, 09:55:49 AM |
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Proposal to solve bitcoin scaling problem Development & Technical Discussion
Hi,This topic was already discussed back in May. There's no need for payment sch…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 19, 2011, 09:31:26 AM |
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[ANN] Bitcoin v0.3.23 release candidate available Development & Technical Discussion
Awesome turnaround guys! I tested the Mac version both with and without port for…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 13, 2011, 03:54:57 AM |
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Bitcoin Lawyer Introduction Thread Project Development
I'll chime in on the UK regulations here (obviously, IANAL and this legal advice…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 12, 2011, 07:33:13 PM |
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Make UPNP enabled by default? Development & Technical Discussion
Votes aren't a good way to decide these issues. I suggest Matt just submit a pul…
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n/a | Mike Hearn | June 12, 2011, 01:52:41 PM |
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