Has there been a concerted effort to attack, subvert, or break Bitcoin? One way to test that it is secure from attack would be to actually try to undermine it, by double-spending coins, creating fake coins, posting false transactions, etc… and if flaws are found, better that they are found […]
Read moreRe: bitcoin 0.3 win64 – broken access to APPDATA if non-latin characters in username
I know it’s not the smartest move to name my user account using non-latin characters. Anyway, 0.2 has no problems with this. Verified as follows… created a ‘normal’ new user and 0.3 opened the data folder. Created new, fresh data folder and copied it to the non-standard user – 0.3 […]
Read moreRe: BTC Vulnerability? (Massive Attack against BTC system. Is it really?)
Hi. (I’m sorry if I don’t understand any concept). What you think if anyone intruder will buy up bitcoin currency and erase all binary data. This way can destroy bitcoin systems. Is btc network protected against that attack? What the OP described is called “cornering the market”. When someone […]
Read moreRe: bitcoin 0.3 win64 – broken access to APPDATA if non-latin characters in username
I know it’s not the smartest move to name my user account using non-latin characters. Anyway, 0.2 has no problems with this. Verified as follows… created a ‘normal’ new user and 0.3 opened the data folder. Created new, fresh data folder and copied it to the non-standard user – 0.3 […]
Read moreRe: Anonymity
Not bad. As far as anonymous internet connections go, prepaid phones aren’t a bad choice either. They’re cheap, nearly impossible to tie to the user, and can be destroyed when finished. Again, they can be bought in densely crowded shopping malls or walmarts. Dont forget to use an anonymous method […]
Read moreRe: bitcoin 0.3 win64 – broken access to APPDATA if non-latin characters in username
I know it’s not the smartest move to name my user account using non-latin characters. Anyway, 0.2 has no problems with this. Verified as follows… created a ‘normal’ new user and 0.3 opened the data folder. Created new, fresh data folder and copied it to the non-standard user – 0.3 […]
Read moreRe: On IRC bootstrapping
Maybe we should have an option dialog that allows you to choose the IRC server and channel you connect to? Everybody needs to connect to the same IRC server and channel so they can find each other. Quote from: Vasiliev on June 25, 2010, 23:50:15 You may want to leave […]
Read more[bitcoin-list] Bitcoin 0.3 released!
Announcing version 0.3 of Bitcoin, the P2P cryptocurrency! Bitcoin is a digital currency using cryptography and a distributed network to replace the need for a trusted central server. Escape the arbitrary inflation risk of centrally managed currencies! Bitcoin’s total circulation is limited to 21 million coins. The coins are gradually […]
Read moreRe: 0.3 almost ready — please test the Mac version!
0.3 released http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=238.msg2004#msg2004 Related posts: Re: 0.3 almost ready — please test the Mac version! Mac OS version – requires Intel processor and 10.5 (10.4… 0.3 almost ready — please test the Mac version! I finished everything on my list to do for version… Version 0.3.9 rc1, please test Here’s […]
Read moreBitcoin 0.3 released!
Announcing version 0.3 of Bitcoin, the P2P cryptocurrency! Bitcoin is a digital currency using cryptography and a distributed network to replace the need for a trusted central server. Escape the arbitrary inflation risk of centrally managed currencies! Bitcoin’s total circulation is limited to 21 million coins. The coins are gradually […]
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