What's a "cancer" node?

Tell me more about how every regular user is going to run a 10 or 20 terabyte storage array just to support their individual copy of the blockchain?

Only number 2 sounds like a real potential solution but you haven't given anything of substance WHAT PROTOCOL CHANGES?

Any ideas?

I'm using the latest version of the standard bitcoin-qt.

https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size

Well speaking of it being a lost cause... any response to this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfeA94BedQI

Everybody with their head screwed on right does too.

Yea, it's called USD.  What an asshole.

My question is how do you know what to add to the end?

Absolutely it's valid.  I did it on two different computers same result.  Don't get me wrong it works fine.  I get the balance on the key and I can send and receive no problem.

The issue is that:

1.) THe response in the console that I assume should probably say "Success" or something is blank.

2.) The public address appears in the address book instead of my receiving addresses until a restart of bitcoin.  Then it moves over where it belongs and everything works as normal.

What is "coinbase"?  How do you get a block that has "less than the full possible reward"?



How do you get a valid address with a key that "doesn't exist"?  How is an address where nobody ever had the key any different than an address where somebody had the key but has really absolutely permanently lost it.  Let's say they generated it in volatile memory, wrote it on paper, shut down the computer and then burned the paper...  how is that any different to a valid address where nobody ever really had the key?

And on that note how do you make a valid address but without ever getting the private key?  Aren't valid addresses generated from private keys?  I mean when I import a private key it knows the address without me telling it just from the private key.

I have a mac but I was able to download this intel program from your link and run it successfully.  What I'm looking for is somebody I can compare notes with on performance and operating temps.  It's an intel core based mac so I suppose (but not sure?) the raw performance and operating temps should be comparable to any other computer with the same chip?

I am interested in this too.  I had some flakey performance at times on one of my computers.  That forum has registration disabled.  Any other resources where I can compare notes on temperatures and GFLOP rating, etc. to see if everything is running as it should?

Thanks.

It doesn't seem to effect the functionality but it's weird.  I duplicated it on two different computers running OS X 10.9 and v0.8.5-beta.

When using the importprivkey command when the command completes the success message is blank, there is just an icon with a blank line.

After completion the key you just imported shows up in your address book (i.e. like an outgoing address) instead of under receive as incoming address.  The coins still show up in your balance but the address is on the wrong screen.  When you restart the program this corrects itself.

I am not sure what "just a rescan" means in this context but yes I can confirm I can import an address with a balance.  Thanks.

Ouch.... 

Luckily it only has 1.6 BTC right?  Or did I look that up wrong?

Hope so.  I'm testing now.  It sure takes a lot longer than a minute or two if you don't have a very fast computer.  And if you stop it in the middle of the scan you can corrupt your blockchain and/or wallet.   

What good is being able to import a key if you can't import one that's been used before?  Is this a typo?  Is this a joke?  What good is backing up my key pairs for a rainy day if I won't be allowed to import them if they've been used before?  This can't be right, is it?

I didn't understand your answer. 

Here you say:

"That would be why the paper backup states that anyone with the keys on the paper would have unrestricted access to the wallet."

Which sounds like you do NOT need the passphrase only the paper backup to use the wallet, including spending.

Here you say:

"If you're looking to spend, you would still only require your wallet password as normal."

Which sounds like you would need the passphrase to spend.

I don't undserstand, which is the case?

Regarding the last part of your answer, maybe you didn't quite get what I'm asking.  What I'm saying is let's say that today I use armory to create a wallet (maybe an offline wallet) and a paper backup.  Then let's say I put in a safe box for 5 years.  Then when I want to finally retrieve it and spend, let's say armory hasn't been updated in years.  Maybe the last version is no longer even compatible with the current releases of bitcoin.  How hard is it going to be for me to get access to my coins?

What I'm getting at is I want to make some kind of paper backup that will allow me to easily access the coins even if all the current clients are no longer being kept up to date.

Do you know what I mean?

If I use armory following this tutorial there is one point I'm not clear about... http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1qcrzn/protect_your_btc_investment_how_to_make_an/

If I encrypt the wallet does it mean I need the encryption pass passphrase AND the paper backup in order to do anything with the paper backup or just the paper backup?

If armory becomes no longer supported anymore - how hard is it going to be for me to restore and utilize the funds?  What kind of backups should I be making?  Is the paper backup only good enough?

How did he manage that?