Welcome to SatoshiNakamoto.me. This website is dedicated to preserving the history and integrity of Bitcoin’s mysterious and elusive creator. Every single public post that Satoshi Nakamoto wrote until he stopped posting publicly on December 13, 2010 is cataloged and categorized in chronological order for a searchable database to serve as future reference. There […]
Read more[bitcoin-list] Bitcoin 0.3.19 is released
This is a minor release to add some DoS protection. Changes: – Added some DoS limits, though it’s still far from DoS resistant. – Removed “safe mode” alerts. http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=2228.0 Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.3.19/ Related posts: [bitcoin-list] Bitcoin 0.3.18 is released Version 0.3.18 is now available. Changes: – Fixed a wallet.dat… [bitcoin-list] Bitcoin […]
Read moreAdded some DoS limits, removed safe mode (0.3.19)
There’s more work to do on DoS, but I’m doing a quick build of what I have so far in case it’s needed, before venturing into more complex ideas. The build for this is version 0.3.19. – Added some DoS controls As Gavin and I have said clearly before, the […]
Read moreRe: PC World Article on Bitcoin
This article is surprisingly balanced and accurate for a mainstream publication. PC World is a big deal. I am psycheless. Time to restore the Wikipedia article. It would have been nice to get this attention in any other context. WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet’s nest, and the swarm is headed […]
Read moreRe: minimalistic bitcoin client on D language?
Quote from: farmer_boy on December 10, 2010, 22:43:43 Another client is useful, especially since the current Bitcoin client is a big mess. I was *shocked* that cryptography code looked like this. Quote from: Hal on December 11, 2010, 20:08:45 I’d like to hear some specific criticisms of the code. To […]
Read moreRe: Bitcoin and buffer overflow attacks
Quote from: da2ce7 on December 11, 2010, 05:49:22 direct to IP address transfers seems like a obvious surface area to attack. If you ever find anyone who turned it on. It’s disabled by default. Quote from: witchspace on December 11, 2010, 09:59:40 There is no way to be absolutely sure […]
Read moreRe: BitDNS and Generalizing Bitcoin
After reading through this whole thread, I’ve got a couple of comments that I think would be helpful: 1) Everyone in the thread seems intent on replacing the entire DNS infrastructure in one fell swoop, which I think is the wrong approach. The real problem with the DNS system as […]
Read moreRe: BitDNS and Generalizing Bitcoin
OK so if there are going to be bitdnscoins (aka DCCs, DomainChain Coins) then they have to be useful for something. Otherwise every BitDNS miner is going to fill every block with his own domain name registrations, rather than replace one with someone else’s registration in exchange for a transaction […]
Read moreRe: BitDNS and Generalizing Bitcoin
Quote from: Hal on December 10, 2010, 19:14:04 additional block chains would each create their own flavor of coins, which would trade with bitcoins on exchanges? These chain-specific coins would be used to reward miners on those chains, and to purchase some kinds of rights or privileges within the domain […]
Read moreAccounts example code
Some sample pseudocode using the new Accounts based commands in 0.3.18. print “send to ” + getaccountaddress(username) + ” to fund your account” print “balance: ” + getbalance(username, 0) print “available balance: ” + getbalance(username, 6) // if you make a sale, move the money from their account to your […]
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