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mircea_popescu: Chillum generally, the idea being that running
a wallet client and
a bitcoin node on the same system (let alone in the same program) is beyond idiotic.
Chillum: how would you import
a key into
a wallet if not with the API?
assbot: Proof That Mycelium Knows How To Make
A Better RNG For Its Entropy Dongle. And Isn’t. | Contravex:
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funkenstein_: for example if i am trying to publish
a transaction to the world with my wallet, why would i encrypt it before sending?
Chillum: if you were not using
a wallet then I agree SSL is pointless
Chillum: yes I am building
a full node on
a raspberry pi 2 to be used as
a hot wallet
ben_vulpes: <Chillum> [14:55] In my opinion SSL is not
a turd to be ripped out << dude this is
a something like 4 month long project going on here
mircea_popescu: i don't think that's
a supported usecase as of yet ? mebbe i'm behind here.
Chillum: asciilifeform: nobody is disputing that SSL has issues, but plaintext is not
a better alternative
Chillum: I certainly did not mean to offend anyone by saying SSL is not
a turd, if this is
a controversial statement I will keep it to myself
mircea_popescu: but
a debate doesn't become religious by declaratory relief from having to think about it.
funkenstein_: sslsniff is
a tool you can use to capture ssl data
Chillum: It is clear I have stumbled into
a religious debate. I have no more interest in changing your mind about SSL than I do with you changing my mind. I will run SSL on my bitcoind API if you don't mind.
Chillum: plaintext also has
a history of failure
Chillum: I think it should come with
a big "NO SSL" warning next to the download so people are not caught unaware
mircea_popescu: with the advent of bitcoins, things have changed.
a stolen bitcoin is
a stolen bitcoin no matter how the theft was perpetuated, or under what color of law.
Chillum: I have worked in computer security for 15 years. While many implementations of SSL host checking are flawed and the hierarchial trust model is
a joke the underlying encryption is solid until some learns to find prime factors of large numbers easily.
Chillum: In most practical scenarios the enemy is
a person trying to steal bitcoins
Chillum: exactly, not
a reason to stop fucking
mircea_popescu: Chillum i suspek you have to do
a bunch of log reading to acclimate to the groupthink.
assbot: Logged on 28-03-2015 14:56:34; Chillum: In my opinion SSL is not
a turd to be ripped out
nubbins`: i always wondered why there was
a Future Shop and
a Best Buy less than
a block away from each other
thestringpuller: I'm thinking of making
a bot to determine uptime of other bots ;)
PeterL: #b-
a is special, we get
a special bot
felipelalli: I was asking because gribble is kind of "universal", it is in everywhere, including here, and also in #bitcoin-bra --- I thought assbot was
a kind of universal WoT like gribble.
nubbins`: if -otc wants
a new bot, someone there can set one up
nubbins`: felipelalli here's
a question. you bake
a cake. why didn't you bake your neighbour one?
PeterL: they make
a more resilient system with two nodes rather than one
PeterL: well, not really replacement, just not
a backup
felipelalli: PeterL: replacement, not backup? hmmm, but if it is
a replacement, why it isn't in #bitcoin-otc so?
PeterL: assbot is
a gribble replacement
Chillum: the bandwidth that goes through the API is so small that the SSL module would be using
a negligible amount of resources
felipelalli: I thought assbot also worked as
a gribble backup?
Chillum: In my opinion SSL is not
a turd to be ripped out
☟︎ Chillum:
A great idea for
a light node though, if the security situation permits it
Chillum: I can understand it. It is removing
a security layer, presumably for speed
Chillum: I just need to make
a $100 node
Chillum: but I am making
a security app for
a client. Security is
a priority over speed.
nubbins`: the idea here is to get
a bare-bones reference implementation
Chillum: If anything QT should have nothing to do with bitcoin other than being in
a client that accesses the daemon
felipelalli: I want to buy 1 BTC in Monero. Here is
a good place to ask?
Chillum: Glad it is still being worked on. But frankly I would like to see
a complete re-write of the client
nubbins`: there's
a RELEASE NOTES included that lists the patches applied
nubbins`: with
a bunch of plain unix patches applied
Chillum: There is so little information on that site about what the changes actually are or how they have been audited. It seems to have been made in November. It would be
a bit like running
a custom code version of PGP
Chillum: Trying now on
a Pi 2 and it is going well( at 250,000 block)
nubbins`: this particular one got its NAND rewritten in
a not-fun way, so i'm gonna be adding
a serial port
Chillum: Nice. I tried that on
a Pi 1 but it chocked
nubbins`: soooooo, the pogoplug mobile (non-sata) has solder pads for attaching
a SATA connector
PeterL: hardware b-
a is our capital now?
Chillum: well, they declared
a tax so an embassy must be around the corner
PeterL: When does #b-
a start our own emabassies?
nubbins`: like
a web ring, but funner and in meatspace
nubbins`:
a peer review and citation ring
nubbins`: o hey i took everyone's advice and started
a blog
nubbins`: and finally found
a good price for purple pogos, two of them on the way
nubbins`: okay, sweet. i've got
a 60GB SSD and
a 64gb UHS-1 SD card on the way.
nubbins`: first comment: "Don't know if this is an actual notebook or
a laptop" hahaha
nubbins`: "Hey guys I am down at the Texas Bitcoin Conference and someone took my red notebook. There was not
a whole lot of valuable info in it but it was
a gift. If you saw it tonight at marias taco xpress or know where it wound up please notify me. I thought this was outside bitcoiners' character but I am never surprised in this space"
nubbins`: "that's such an /american/ thing, hey? 'mentoring'? movin' to
a big city and getting yourself
a mentor or five?"
pete_dushenski: is there nothing unworthy of having
a conference about ?
trinque: dunno that there ever was
a time where rule of law did matter here; I'm neither old enough nor educated enough to say
trinque: "looks like
a cocaine running air submarine to me"
mircea_popescu: it's not
a question of "where it's from", but "why have you not reported it". which ideally you have reported.
mircea_popescu: it can't ask me "hey where you got your money from". unless im
a politician and submitted some sort of "this is what my fortune is" statement.
pete_dushenski: "The CRA has broad powers to investigate suspected tax cheats. In the process of conducting
a civil audit to assess how much tax
a person really owes, the tax agency can call up bank records, freeze accounts, compel the release of business, payroll and other records, and root through land registries and other government data." << sop
assbot: Logged on 27-03-2015 23:32:15; asciilifeform: <mircea_popescu> who the fuck explains their income ? <ben_vulpes> in the states, if they think they have
a case they freeze your assets. << aha. sit on the stake until explained, yes.
mircea_popescu: i mean,
a biased source is
a biased source. do you mean it's not actually biased, but the bits are correlated ?
Chillum: but if the source is
a lamp humming 60hz how does the algo filter the pattern from the entropy without diluting the entropy?
pete_dushenski: "The Cadbury Creme Egg was
a rare thing in this modern age. Its subtle blend of delicious chocolate and sweet, creamy/cremey yolk was
a throwback to the days when chocolatiers took pride in their work." << right. the thing of which 500 mn are made per year, 2/3 of which are consumed in the uk (no wonder they have rotten teeth), is "boutique"
Chillum: we were talking about sound as
a source of data