Re: Beta?

I think version 0.3 would be a better choice if Bitcoin wasn’t making financial transactions on Windows. A significant number of people, particularly Windows users, don’t trust software below version 1.1 or 1.2, but going from version 0.2 to 1.3 will backfire when those users find out we skipped the […]

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Re: 0.3 almost ready

(reverted to rc2) Links removed, 0.3 is now released, so go to http://www.bitcoin.org to download it. Related posts: Re: 1.3 almost ready Changed the version number to 1.3 and removed “Beta”. (links… Re: 0.3 almost ready Here’s RC1 for windows for testing: (removed, see RC2 below)… Re: 0.3 almost ready […]

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Re: Major Meltdown

What if a major flaw is discovered in BC’s cryptographic soundness?  Is there any way to prevent the complete dissolution of the system and of everybody’s wealth? Perhaps one way to do it would be to create a voluntary registry of non-anonymous addresses, to be shared and verified publicly.  Then, […]

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Re: Beta?

+1 NLS. Version 1.0 sounds better than 1.3. But 1.0 sounds like the first release.  For some things newness is a virtue but for this type of software, maturity and stability are important.  I don’t want to put my money in something that’s 1.0.  1.0 might be more interesting for […]

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