THIS DAY IN BITCOIN HISTORY
What happened in Bitcoin on December 11: “The swarm is headed towards us” (2010). Plus 6 of Satoshi’s emails and forum posts from this date.
PC World links Bitcoin to WikiLeaks. One of Satoshi’s last public posts.
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 towards us.
satoshi · December 11, 2010, 11:39:16 PM UTC
Right, the SVN has the almost-release-candidate 0.2 source, which can also be built and run on Linux. It hasn't been tested on FreeBSD. Quote from: madhatter2 on December 11, 2009, 04:59:19 AM If we can get to the poi…
Re: Questions about BitcoinThat's true, with the send-to-IP option, you are sending to whoever answers that IP. Sending to a bitcoin address doesn't have that problem. The plan is to implement an IP + bitcoin address option that would have the…
Re: Bitcoin and buffer overflow attacksQuote from: da2ce7 on December 11, 2010, 05:49:22 AM 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: witchspa…
Re: BitDNS and Generalizing Bitcoin@dtvan: all 3 excellent points. 1) IP records don't need to be in the chain, just do registrar function not DNS. And CA problem solved, neat. 2) Pick one TLD, .web +1. 3) Expiration and significant renewal costs, very…
Re: minimalistic bitcoin client on D language?Quote from: Hal on December 11, 2010, 08:08:45 PM I'd like to hear some specific criticisms of the code. To me it looks like an impressive job, although I'd wish for more comments. Now I've mostly studied the init, ma…
Re: PC World Article on BitcoinIt would have been nice to get this attention in any other context. WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us.
The design outlines a lightweight client that does not need the full block chain. In the design PDF it's called Simplified Payment Verification. The lightweight client can send and receive transactions, it just c…Read the full quotes ↗
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