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mircea_popescu: danielpbarron
this being
the most dangerous part of someone getting 51% : he now has a serious incentive
to ddos
the world.
danielpbarron: a miner doing 51% can
take a ddos; any others would not be able
to make
the longest chain without up-to-date blockchain data
Mats_cd03: do miners necessarily have
to be vulnerable
to ddos? i cant say i understand how mining works in depth
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Mats_cd03: jihadis have a flair for
the dramatic. ends up with p good war porn
mircea_popescu: cazalla: ISIS videos have been on
there for weeks << yeah but who ever cared about
that :p
Mats_cd03: are miners generally vulnerable
to ddos?
mircea_popescu: TheNewDeal: wouldn't be
too far-fetched
to see people being paid in bitcoin, avoiding government
taxation << inasmuch as you've seen
this like... yesterday ? yeah.
mircea_popescu: TheNewDeal: seems like
that is going
to happen a dozen
times over << im hoping about 5 (of which 3 already happened. 2 moar reserved for WCs)
pankkake: do ddos
the farm, you'd have
to know what ips
they have. pretty easy
to hide from
the public
mircea_popescu: least ddos-able miner farm ever (which currently is
the major problem)
mircea_popescu: pankkake plus you get unexpected bonuses. such as parking one in every
trailer park in
the us.
mircea_popescu: pankkake course i see
thsi was announced 2006. my idea was cca 2002 :p
pankkake: perhaps you want
to quickly change
the state you operate in. because power costs, laws…
mircea_popescu: also you have
to steal
the whole
thing. if people had
to steal
the WHOLE old lady,
they a) couldn't use bikes and b)wouldn't be bothered.
mircea_popescu: you need machinery for
that, not really
the same as backing in some pickup
trucks.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony who's going
to steal from a steel container ?
fluffypony: mircea_popescu: if you want
to expand I
think grabbing an existing warehouse and expanding within
the warehouse is eminently more manageable, both from expansion and security perspectives
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mircea_popescu: but i was
trying
to sell a sysadmin friend on
the concept of ironman isp, doing something quite similar.
fluffypony: but it doesn't seem
to be a very clever use of space
fluffypony: it seems nice from a visual perspective, all
these shipping-container-modules
mircea_popescu: asic miners are also
the eminent
tool for
this. an isp can't do it because customers wil want upgrades etc
mircea_popescu: seeing how you
then don't need a warehouse anymore, just a lot.
fluffypony: they've now secured ALL OF
THE FUNDINGZ
pankkake: I don't need
that much ssds. or I would be very very well paid if I moved everything
to ssds
pankkake: anything's better
than fiat. I have not had much success yet
though
nubbins`: landed a job making
t-shirts for my favourite sushi restaurant :D
ThickAsThieves: USD falls
today due
to decreased github developer interest!
pankkake: so pantera is going
to invest in companies, not coins?
mircea_popescu: this sticks until you actually get
to know
them financial minds, and find out
that yes,
they are actualy
that
mircea_popescu: under
the very flimsy - VERY flimsy - excuse
that
they aren't really
this stupid,
they're just
trying
to cater
to
the stupid.
ThickAsThieves: The research report also announced
the launch of
the Pantera BitIndex. Measuring seven data points, according
to Pantera Capital
ThickAsThieves: i'd guess it's cold storage and only
tapped into when hot wallet is abnormally low
kyuupichan: That cosmic ray
that does a bitflip between you pressing enter on
the password and
the software signing
the
txn
kakobrekla: question, do make withdrawals from
that addy or
they move
the whole
thing?
pankkake: right; but
the point shouldn't be more addresses, but more holders or locations
mircea_popescu: <pankkake> why would more addresses be more secure? << one address can't be in
two wallets.
pankkake: what's
the other largest address?
kyuupichan: It's ironic
the
two largest BTC addresses are coins held in custody for others
kyuupichan: Why
TF does bitstamp put all
their coins in one huge address? Doesn't seem
the smartest plan.
pankkake: though it definitively is easier on
the eyes with 110%
text-only zoom
pankkake: no, never felt
the need
to zoom it
pankkake: funny how many hipsters' websites have big fonts, yet
those guys are young with big glasses
ThickAsThieves: to be fair i have more
than half my websites zoomed in
davout: kakobrekla: no actually
the
terrorists do right align
ThickAsThieves: how is bitbet sposed
to be
the furst biggest if so small?
pankkake: I have a narrow browser, because it's easier
to read
ThickAsThieves: i just realized ive had it zoomed way in, cuz
the WoL ad is all blurry
fluffypony: ThickAsThieves: I'll bet he gets into
trouble with some countries for
trying
to import food
to
them
ThickAsThieves: just a random note, isnt
the bitbet website kinda small, by
today's resolution/monitor standards?
kakobrekla: all i can say it isnt me. which is also what i would say if i wanted
to you
think it isnt me. so whatever.
davout: they won 6 million
to zero against israel back in
the day
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla well yes but someone can't put all
their net worth into btc.
davout: germany scoring 7 goals against brazil isn't
that bad
kakobrekla: hm, internets say
theres liek 7mio millionaire households in usa alone
mircea_popescu: so it seems we're having further problems with
teh disks.
mircea_popescu: Duffer1:
they'll price it at whatever
the hell
they want << haven't managed it so far, no. if only it were
that easy.
mircea_popescu: kyuupichan: I wonder what it'd
take
to get BTC
to 10k by 29 Nov. World financial crisis perhaps? << lol. no, actually, any one of about a million or so people could do it
today.
mircea_popescu: kyuupichan: Right. Notice
they were placed at
the same
time - making it highly likely
they knew each other were going
to bet.
There was no public discussion. Hence my suspicion it's kako. << kako only has 31.35 btc.
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davout: mircea_popescu:
they're
the guys who give
the balls
to robben
pankkake: hm, right, you cannot be sure of
that
too
kakobrekla: yeah but i can see how
time sync can also be problematic
davout: pankkake: because answer got lost on
the way
kakobrekla: mpex model is
to requery stat and hope
to see if its in
pankkake: the other advantage is
that you can wait for
the return… and give up waiting after expiration
kakobrekla: so i guess giving it an expiration date fixes
this in most if not all cases