Re: Bitcoin harddisk attack

Quote from: farmer_boy on November 24, 2010, 12:17:03 AM

Quote from: MrFlibble on November 23, 2010, 11:18:39 PM

Sounds like the problem I noticed, only with spinny disk instead of Compact Flash (cheapskate SSD drive).
https://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=274.msg23624#msg23624 (a sticky topic)

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I suppose it depends on where you live, but in an area where power supply is stable, I think keeping everything in memory and writing it in one go would be best. [...]

Yes. I used /dev/shm and a symlink, until the blockchain download finished.

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I still have the problem of building the application, which is also bad for adoption; many people don't like it when they are running black boxes. Can someone look here? http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1898.0

(Sounds like wx was broken. I haven't messed with it yet, sorry. Does it have a helloworld you can build?)

I don't like running black boxes, but I don't have time now to read the source so I see little benefit in compiling. (I have read "Reflections on trusting trust".) I have a DMZ and that's good enough for now.

HTH,