Article up on CCN about BK's book. Maybe start a discussion there?

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/tulipmania-2-0-critic-brian-kelly-releasing-book-bitcoin-bitcoin-big-bang/

ASICs are good.

People think ASICs are bad because they were not or chose not to be early adopters.

Yeah, Isis is that powerful.

You know, people in Isis breathe air and use USD too. Must be the end of breathing and USD. Hey, I heard some of those guys got their hands on some water... I think we're in trouble.

Um. I would rather ISIS use bitcoin than the US government...

Truthfully I would prefer both but I got a good laugh out of "We don't want the little governments fighting for land to use Bitcoin" compared to asking permission from the big governments that already have land

Amazon admits to a known flaw in their Wish List system and externalizes the effects to the consumer. First hand account of Brawker dealing with this issue and scammer is included after the jump.

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/how-avoid-amazon-wishlist-scam-on-brawker-purse-io-whos-at-fault/

Hey All,

I'm still new to crypto and I've been approaching it in pieces on the weekends. I recently did some experimenting and took some time to understand proof of work better. For any of the veterans around the board there won't be of much value here but your feedback/guidance/support would be appreciated if you have the time. Though I still wanted to share because I know many of us who browse these forums want to learn more and maybe there's someone who could benefit.

Everything is shared on my blog, here:
http://thetenthirtyone.com/?p=65

And on github, here:
https://github.com/tenthirtyone/Proof_of_Work

There's a PoW script you can customize that I think explains the principles of PoW fairly clearly.

There's a script to test your cpu hash rate.

And some of the data I collected included in github.


I explain the different parts on my blog and can answer any questions here or there if anyone is interested.

This is already detailed in the Bitcoin documentation under "HIerarchical Deterministic Wallets"

Well, it is detailed similarly.

Generated a private/public keypair like normal. Come up with your passphrase.

SHA256(privKey + passphrase + pubkey + index)


You keep the priv/public private as well as your passphrase.

Why hasn't the price rallied!

Let's be honest, TCP/IP shouldn't be what we use. Since the government held a monopoly on the early Internet for the first half of the Internet's existence they got to embed whatever they thought worked best instead of what actually worked best.

That said, I think Bitcoin is so revolutionary that no one is going to line up to build a second crypto infrastructure for a competitor coin anytime soon.

Actually, the US is exactly what a Democracy really is.

Regulation will bring stability and prosperity to Bitcoin.

I want to reach through the monitor... every time.

Of course, the worst part about Bitcoin gaining momentum is that the newer followers cannot keep up or won't participate in the education campaign required for them to understand basic economics.

You should hire a regulator to make a law preventing idiots from handicapping those who can care for themselves responsibly. Then you'd get all the regulation you could ever want.

Those of us who were around towards the end of last summer may remember a fun Kickstarter called the "NFC Ring." In short, it was wearable technology. It featured a writable NFC card that could hold a Bitcoin public key.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mclear/nfc-ring

I was incredibly excited by this product. So much so I decided to be an Erli Bird backer. According to the Kickstarter delivery was promised in September of 2013. And as you can see they were wildly successful. It is a nifty product and a fair price.

Unfortunately that's where it ends. To date no rings have shipped despite being 6 months past the original delivery date. I had reached out multiple times in the past checking in on updates and shipping questions (I had moved, name change, etc) but never received a response. Weekly/Monthly updates always said the same thing: "Something is wrong, delays expected." but there was never a solid answer or date set, just more reasons why shipping wasn't occurring.

Today I emailed John McLear the entrepreneur running the Kickstarter. I asked when the Erli Birds should expect to see their rings since it was now half a year late. I was told to be more understanding and appreciative of his hard work and to go back and read the 50,000+ words of updates that are mish mashed with ring features that don't exist yet. Spoiler: All of them say the same thing: "Delays expected." I followed up explaining that I didn't share the passion for reading the NFC Ring novel and instead John just canceled my preorder.

I was asked by a few sources to follow up on my experiences with this company. So this is my summary. Try to avoid them, maybe in a year or two they will be together enough that you can pick up a ring but it's definitely not happening right now. Customer service is definitely the pits. Luckily, they had the rings manufactured in China so we will likely see cheaper knock-offs available soon. Perhaps wait for those instead.

If you are interested here is a pastebin with my name removed:

http://pastebin.com/fgDD2wfz
http://pastebin.com/sEEgXxVd[url] - with updates

tldr: Apparently Inaba runs NFC Ring & BFL and cancels preorders when you ask questions about 6+ month shipping delays.

I would have some interest in this but I don't think I would be the best representative by my onesies. If I had enough time I could make it so I'm at least on the East Coast around that time so I could make it.

Hmmm hmmm hmmm. Are you in Windows or Linux? This is probably a better place than PMs to get everyone else's feedback.

To confirm, in PM I asked how many active connections eeh had and clarified addnode servers could be down and it would not help. I don't know enough about the devcoin network to help much more other than to say try running it with -rescan but I think the client does that automatically.

to everyone else:
Can you download the blockchain like other coins? If so I can set up a link to download a copy later tonight for you.

I'm sorry, wait. Now you are changing your story. First you said "I also asked the moderator to take the HUGE image in the middle of the discussion down "

Now you used the report mod button. Ok, well hunny, when you do that it just sticks the message in a queue. All that does is show the post to a moderator doing reviews. There is no context. Which apparently you know, as you stated for a fact you know it works on my forum. So you're a liar too. Because you didn't communicate with anyone or make any effort on your part other than hitting a button. But you're willing to trump it up like you took the effort to PM a moderator and make a request and have it blatantly denied. Oh you are such a victim.

And I can personally guarantee you the thread moderation is working. You're just too lazy to look below your Username in the thread you started. Honestly, do you ever take responsibility for yourself or do you make a habit of blaming other people for your shortcomings all the time?


Yeah I unlocked it. You're not going to come in to my house, make a mess and then think you can just walk away without letting other people say their final peace either. You are some entitled piece of work you know that. I thought Australians were a higher caliber than that. Throw all the tantrums you want but if you do it publicly be prepared to eat the crow your sow.


Yeah, your communication and people skills are garbage. I at least know to be nice until it's time not to be nice. Clearly if you don't get your way or what you want or if people don't magically understand the nonsense you type they're inferior to you.

Oh yeah what does "its all I have but it is yours > lol" mean by the way? You have my customer service but mine is greater than laughing out loud.

Thank you?


Apparently not. Continue to spin your bullshit where I am concerned and I will continue to call you out for the drama queen you are.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xcNHKZwD-54/S6N7G3M0uhI/AAAAAAAAAjg/wxbV9IZI9d0/s1600/kevin_oleary_0904.jpg

 

Try adding a seed node. PM me for instructions if you need them.

Sometimes my client would take forever to download new blocks. It had no network connections.