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mircea_popescu: for all the usg knows, we all have a copy, and the keys, and are sitting here lolling at their punk ass.
mircea_popescu: info wants to be free.
mircea_popescu: they don't have the EXCLUSIVE now do they
Naphex: here is a question, will USMS send the bitcoin to the winer or give him private keys/paper wallet?:)
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mircea_popescu: all too often it goes like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-d5yU-aQ34
TheNewDeal: MP, i thought the US has the wallets, but they do not have the password to unencrypt
mircea_popescu: the difference between us being, of course, that i've had occasion to beat things out of people.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony: they don't have the keys (at least not that they've admitted to), but once they have them they can beat the keys out of him with a wrench << this is a dubious proposition at best.
mircea_popescu: los_pantalones: does anyone know if the us govt has control the private keys on the silk road wallets ? << they claim they do.
Naphex: doubt it would sound that good in english
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mircea_popescu: or that sad sad mic.ro debacle ?
mircea_popescu: Naphex not gonna happen. remember patriciu thinking he's going to be rich by copying berlusconi (adevarul),
mircea_popescu: ok so believe it or not, trilema credits just had its first hash collision. two guys with very reasonable emails + their ips hash as the same thing. who knew.
mircea_popescu: <Naphex> tre' sa fie si puletii nostri in rind cu puletii lor, nu se poa'.
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> ^ choice turdlets << ahahaha the ips are the lulzy part.
mircea_popescu: * chetty thinks MP has been reading tea leaves again// << the funny thingbeing... i don't even drink that much tea :D
mircea_popescu: <punkman> 9393 was only the winners' input btw << well yes.
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punkman: ah thx ;)
dignork: tl;dr version: we add another puzzle with controllable difficulty, which pool will have to solve, but it uses privkey, so he won't outsource it.
dignork: punkman: this proposition does not solve anything really. gigahash will run his private servers to solve the second puzzle, happily keeping 99% of hashing power.
fluffypony: someone should add that
assbot: How to Disincentivize Large Bitcoin Mining Pools
punkman: yo dawg I heard u like difficulty: "The header is signed with the coinbase transaction's private key, and the hash (SHA256(SIG(header, privkey))) of that signature is smaller than a second difficulty parameter Y. "
mike_c: if only there were a way to verify who wrote an email..
fluffypony: "If you are on my investors mailing list this is the email number. Please cross check.
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mike_c: (and i may or may not be talking my book here)
mike_c: i would hope so. diff flipped on the 18th though.
asciilifeform: herr taleb alternates between ruminating on his personal sense of brilliance and excellent pedigree, and... punching a boxer's bag. how much fun to watch a man punch a bag?
asciilifeform: it is very reminiscent of the 'atheism books' one finds in u.s. shops. if you were never a christian, they're a total snore.
asciilifeform: ^ finally forced myself to read that book - not a fan. despite not really disagreeing with the arguments (to the extent the man bothered to make arguments)
assbot: Nassim Taleb on Anti-Fragility - YouTube
asciilifeform: ;;later tell mircea_popescu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs_DORLTWLU
jurov: yes, it's frozen on coinbr and I would like to close it today, tmrw will be mostly afk
fluffypony: chetty: it's like Bitcoin but centralised and it has a random annual inflation set by this centralised issuer. also no block reward, lame.
mike_c: dangerous trading on settlement day.
mike_c: i assume that means it will be capped.
l337: it must be painful spending it once the dollar goes to shit
gribble: One would be wise to think so.
fluffypony: ;;8ball will 1 Bitcoin = 1 Bitcoin by the time we hit 2030?
fluffypony: by the time we hit 2030
fluffypony: long-term I already know the price of Bitcoin
l337: I seem to know that already, it's the long-term value I am interested in
FabianB: l337: if you don't look short-time you might realize it's not current fiat/btc price that matters
davout: there are a few addresses that have no associated name, a couple folks that lead to multiple google hits
los_pantalones: sorry, per'aps that was something i shouldn't have asked
los_pantalones: and are you bidding or just asked them a question ?
los_pantalones: oh, fo realz? why didn't they get dox'd with the rest ?
fluffypony: I wish that was in there :(
l337: what would constitute a good price signal tho?
chetty: I dont think we actually have very good price signals atm
chetty: well he is making a point about not selling cheap if you got em to hold
l337: is MP pricing bitcoin @ $10k, did I get that right?
assbot: People! US Dollars are not worth a fifth of a Bitcent. STOP SELLING! pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
l337: regarding this http://trilema.com/2014/people-us-dollars-are-not-worth-a-fifth-of-a-bitcent-stop-selling/
l337: ah, didn't notice that
l337: oh, thanks chetty
los_pantalones: don't think there were any bcc
los_pantalones: i think that was the full list
Naphex: anyone got the full bcc?
Naphex: anyone did any intel on the bidders yet?
Naphex: so there is a list of bidders
nubbins`: nanotube, first name on the list
punkman: why isn't the hashbang working, how do I linux?
punkman: there's some work to get to AMAZING
kakobrekla: only amazing edition can top that
punkman: mike_c: fresh out of the oven https://bitbucket.org/abfg/bitbet.py/src
asciilifeform: 'Avarus, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on September 20, 2010. The Company was originally organized as a “blank check” shell Company to investigate and acquire a target company or business seeking the perceived advantages of being a publicly held corporation.' << lol!
benkay: ;;later tell BingoBoingo herbi's back?
empyex: FabianB: Traded in last 24 hours: S.MPOE X.EUR
los_pantalones: "welcome to jail for life"
los_pantalones: but if it comes AFTER the conviction
los_pantalones: ha, idk, i don't doubt they will try
fluffypony: they don't have the keys (at least not that they've admitted to), but once they have them they can beat the keys out of him with a wrench
los_pantalones: i thought i was crazy
los_pantalones: fluffypony you understood that was the process or that the feds do not have the private keys
fluffypony: that's the way I understood it too
los_pantalones: but still only theoretically
los_pantalones: yes, i think that is true
asciilifeform: los_pantalones: dpr might be sitting on a stake as we speak, coughing up the keys
los_pantalones: i was always under the impression that they didn't have control of that
los_pantalones: does anyone know if the us govt has control the private keys on the silk road wallets ?
assbot: BitBet - Silk Road Coin Auction Extravaganza :: 1.39 B (58%) on Yes, 0.99 B (42%) on No | closing in 1 week 1 day| weight: 92`453 (100`000 to 1)
davout: how does this guy get resolved if the auction is kept private? --> http://bitbet.us/bet/951/silk-road-coin-auction-extravaganza/
mike_c: yeah, very cool. when do we get to play with it?
benkay: punkman: that's lookin all right man
benkay: <mircea_popescu> incidentally, what's the us black slang to denote a woman in her 20s that spends her life naked in the household of some local lord / trap star ? // video ho in the rap industry
asciilifeform: (not to be confused with 'puppet state')
asciilifeform: mthreat: the bnd thing is old hat.
mthreat: asciilifeform: that nsa-spiegel-snowden PDF is pretty interesting. It seems like Germany is basically part of the "five eyes" countries, which would make it "six eyes"
chetty: asciilifeform, greping for ips? wish I had some time for funs
asciilifeform: punkman: snippets from the new spiegel collection
punkman: asciilifeform: what's that
asciilifeform: ^ choice turdlets
chetty: the states stand up so well to the feds these days
asciilifeform: there are still state-level trademarks, afaik