Bitcoin is memory:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=234731.0

bitcoin is whatever we make it

by the FBI

why so upset? it feels like everyone has had a go at this, just taking my turn, except not seriously.

Sarcasm + Internet is like dividing by 0

• Named Satoshi - check
• Programmer/Developer - check
• Interested in Virtual Worlds/Systems - check

...that's about it

It's great to see FeatherCoin going in such a positive direction. If you learn anything in your life it should be to value the constructive power of people working in common purpose. I noticed FeatherCoin about 4 months ago. What drew my attention was the community behind it rather than the project they were all involved in. I invested rather significant funds into the coin when it was at its lowest because I understood that this project was a medium in which the collaborative energy of ordinary people could be harnessed into shaping a successful coin. I own Litecoin, but I would back FeatherCoin over it in the long run solely because I see people behind FTC. I see the daily work being done on the coin. I see the forums overflowing with ideas and projects to enrich not only the currency, but the conditions of so many other facets of politics, economics, and society. This gives me confidence that there is a community of concerned, intelligent, and creative people working together. This is what I value. Only so much of this is about money or finance. To me this is about people, freedom, and self-determination.

Keep up the stellar work guys!


-Atlas

This looks good, though I can't wait for picocoin

Could it just be that we're not as familiar with Japanese names? If Bitcoin was invented by someone (supposedly) named Ethan Hilbert, and then we found someone named Nathan Gilbert who also wrote about cryptographically backed currency, would we make as strong a connection? Might just be a coincidence, coupled with cultural ignorance.

The revolution won't be televised, but is it going to be orchestrated through internet forums? What are we really doing? I believe in crypto's disruptive nature in regard to present monetary and social systems, but are we the revolution itself? Will it be through this passive non-engagement that we'll overturn the systems of power and exclusive control? In other words, if we just go off and play with our own currencies and pretend that the rest of the world doesn't exist, will it go away? Are we working under the premise that crypto will ultimately overtake the market-share of world currencies, rendering the status-quo obsolete (and in effect overthrown)?

I'm an ardent supporter of the Linux operating system. I believe it to be superior to the status-quo (Windows) in almost every way imaginable. However, I don't really have any expectations that Windows is going anywhere anytime soon. It has a stranglehold of most corporate computing, and through many different means, more software and services are written for it than any other OS. I can't change that. I can tell everyone I know how great Linux is, but I can't buy Linux boxes for them, and I definitely can't influence what major corporations are doing about their choices in computers. The centers of power (the major market players) are caught in vicious cycles, driven partly by their own influence of the very markets they are buying into and also by the market itself. Deviating from the well worn path presents itself with difficulties, despite how much more rewarding/productive/fulfilling the journey might be. I have to accept that fact that Linux is up against a system that has already been bought and sold by software monopolies which cannot afford to allow others to the table. They depend on exclusion, control, and an ultra-proprietary model of operation.

What I mean to suggest by describing the state of the computer OS ecosystem, is that hierarchically organized power is good at one thing, and that is attaining more power. This is its ultimate goal. Its medium of operation comes second place to its pursuit of power it seems. Monopolies don't have to worry about their products because they have no competition to respond to. In the same way, we could consider that the present banking and monetary systems are monopolies. Through their use of legal, military, corporate, and social engineering, they've crafted a rather comfortable seat for themselves in the global sphere. Do they really feel threatened by crypto? I know some of you will point to recent legal action as signs towards a positive affirmation, but do they really? Will oil reserves be bought in Bitcoin? Will Blackwater (or whatever they call themselves nowadays) be payed in Bitcoin? Will Halliburton be accepting Bitcoin any time soon? How about the bond payments due to China? What about BP? How about the major banks themselves? Will JPMorgan be paying its multi-billion dollar expenditures in Bitcoin any time in the near future?

What is my ultimate point, you might be asking...

I want to ask you one thing. What are you doing to change any of this? Buying weed off Silk Road? Maybe some video games or graphics cards from here or there? Trolling on the forums, or even worse, on the BTC-e trollbox? Are you day trading alt-coins? Maybe you're telling all your friends about crypto? Are you working on a Bitcoin startup? Maybe you're doing odd-jobs and hoarding crypto in hopes of getting rich? Are you mining? Is this your revolution? Is this what we'll write in the history books?

Let me state my point as explicitly as I can. Bitcoin will not change the world. People will change the world. Bitcoin is a symptom of a sick society, not the cure. You've become too comfortable with being a consumer. You consume things. Your food, goods, services, love, humor, compassion, pitty, and ultimately other human beings. As a consumer, you are fundamentally a spectator to the world around you. You are tossed in the wind, going in whatever direction the gusts will take you. As a spectator, your attention is fixed on what's immediately in front of you, and right now it's Bitcoin. Take a step back. Look around you. I don't need to tell you that we're in a load of shit. You already know that. But do you know exactly how deep we're entrenched? If you do, then you surely know we'll need a shovel or two. What's more, you'll know that things will have to get quite messy if we're going to dig our way out.

I'd say this should be a more general point. Major US companies should not be trusted with *anything*, nevermind Bitcoin. And to make an even more general point, putting blind trust in anyone or anything is generally a bad idea.

this....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgr3qEjbstM

oh...and this...>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3xhyj-e0Kk




.....and this lol...>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qSj24_E_lU

The good old fashioned way.

I think this could be a threshold for a new era in alt-coins. I'm pretty excited. However, now I'm expecting to see many more coin partnerships popping up.  This could either be a good thing...or not so much.

I'm happy we have people who are sincerely interested in a free and open system of finance. While your suggestions might not have been given much credence whenever you posted them, I'm sure there are many other people here who aren't just interested in a get-rich quick scheme. There are enough developers and enthusiasts interested in the concept of cryptocurrencies for many of these drawbacks in the Bitcoin protocol to be addressed sooner rather than later. The problem is that the development process can take quite a while and most people who are working on their own projects don't like to divulge all their developments until they have working prototypes available. The ball has already started rolling. I expect a bright future for open source currencies.

How's the progress on this? I see the last commit was back in March. Any idea on when a stable release will be available?

They're inviting the process of legally defining Bitcoin. This is how I see it at this point. Not only are they inviting it, they're guiding it. This is why I see this is a potentially detrimental set of circumstances.

if anyone's interested: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=204703.0

Some suggestions I made a while ago which might help Bitcoin kickstarters become more relevant.