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jamespeerless: doesn't
this lend itself
to a couple big corps from releasing
their own widely adopted forks.. similar
to os x and
the 5000 flavors of linux?
mircea_popescu: it DOES however
threaten any one actor, and ESPECIALLY actors acting on deluded presumptions,
mircea_popescu: this will be a major resource black hole in
the coming years, but it does not
threaten
the system itself.
mircea_popescu: and with "the network accepts it" as pretty much
the only measure of good or evil.
jamespeerless: how can it work if everyone is using
their own in-house modified version yet
they all need
to communicate
together
mircea_popescu: this will aggravate over
time, with miners and large merchants all pushing on
the code,
mircea_popescu: 5.
the situation has evolved in
the exact direction i was expecting : absent a specification everyone is using
their own in house concoctions.
mircea_popescu: this, obviously, is a very hard
task.
they, aware of
their intellectual limitations, eschewed
this
task.
mircea_popescu: 4. at
the right
time (ie 2012) i pointed out
to
them
that
their only chance
to maintain any semblance of relevance is
to fully specify
the code.
mircea_popescu: basically a collection of people with poor iq and worse skills, hanging on because
they perceive
this as sexy, and imagine hanging on makes
them somehow important.
mircea_popescu: 3. once satoshi left
the dev
team never recovered. it's roughly what
the linux dev
team would be if linus left.
mircea_popescu: 2. people started using it anyway, because it was
there.
this is how
things usually work.
mircea_popescu: 1. bitcoin was released as a prototype.
that means something specific, and what it means doesn't include "to be used for any actual purpose". prototypes are
there
to
test.
jamespeerless: if you're saying
the current dev's contributing
to bit coin are no good and its clear bit coin will require more work
to be 'production ready'
then without some change
the future is bleak
mircea_popescu: but anyway, rather
than have you shoot in
the dark, here's
the story :
jamespeerless: so your outlook on
the future of bit coin protocol is bleak?
mircea_popescu: cause
the credibility of
the dev
team is somewhere between nil and epsilon
mircea_popescu: however, wallets made by
those versions won't see a significant chunk of actual bitcoins... likely ever.
mircea_popescu: it's possible
that a significant chunk of users (by headcount) are on .7/.8 or w/e
mircea_popescu: as best as i can determine everyone is on some
trunk from .4
to .6 with a bunch of in house patches
jamespeerless: so because of
these limitations sounds like you need
to do some manual work
to resolve payouts
mircea_popescu: Duffer1 it's impossible
to accurately calculate
the value bitcoin
transmits
ozbot: Bitcoind : not quite ready for prime
time pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
Duffer1: has bitcoin already surpassed western union in
terms of value
transmitted?
mircea_popescu: if you look at
the stats, Confirmed bets: 7123 Confirmed
total: 9,728 BTC
mircea_popescu: jamespeerless not moreso
than
the average site
taking bitcoin
jamespeerless: micea_popescu: continuing discussion from yesterday.. since you have a new address per user per bet, don't you end up with a
ton of addresses with a
tiny amount of coin in
them? what do you do with
them once
the bet is over?
KRS|gotyawallet: i quit and
told
them
they could keep
their fucking laptop..think
they'll let me get my shit off it?
gribble: (changekey <keyid>) -- Changes your GPG registered key
to <keyid>. <keyid> is a 16 digit key id, with or without
the '0x' prefix. We look on servers listed in 'plugins.GPG.keyservers' config. You will be given a random passphrase
to clearsign with your key, and submit
to
the bot with
the 'verify' command. You must be authenticated in order
to use
this command.
pankkake: I'm
thinking of changing mine
to a stronger one
KRS|gotyawallet: i've got 20 btc on a hard drive around here somewhere but i'm just
too lazy
to find it.. meh
mircea_popescu: suppose i show up one day
to find my gpg key was helpfully changed.
KRS|gotyawallet: you'd
think i'd know better being in IT 14+ years..did it on my laptop..just
too lazy.
KRS|gotyawallet: i lost my gpg key..should have known better
than
to create it on a company computer =/
mircea_popescu: well i ain't changing
that, but you should start your own
troll school./
gribble: You rated user dub on Wed Dec 19 17:11:23 2012, with a rating of 1, and supplied
these additional notes: he's been around a while..
mircea_popescu: bonus points for firing acetone charged magnets at
the sun
to generate extra gamma particles <<< bwhaahahajh omfg
mircea_popescu: is probably going
to make someone a few bitcoin down
the road.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform actually,
the application where you generate all bitcoin addresses whose private key is an ascii string
pankkake: there are some css options for
tables
to avoid it IIRC
dub: did
they get piped
to yr wallet
mircea_popescu: i misread a blank line because your name is so long it bumps
the
table
kakobrekla: can you link
to a particular blank line
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo lol
that got her well fuming. apparently it's some scammy
thing
that is
trying
to pretend like
they're less scammy because
they're associated with credible people, by
the procedure of giving
those people free shares
they never asked for.
mircea_popescu: dub i suppose someone should
tell
them my henchman snackman was jus'
trolling
them
mircea_popescu: true
to form
the usual
tard brigade
took
the bait, gmax and phantomcircuit << lawl.
mircea_popescu: verge, computerworld and
the rest of
the
trade rags quite 100mn
Vexual: but im far more interested in
the exchange rate bedoming irrelevant
Vexual: id
take some of
that 10000 2014 bet
ozbot: BTC raise
to US$ 1800 can happen
this week !! - JDBIF -
The Bitcoin Investment Fund.
Vexual: you can't force nayone
to use gpg, but you can sign your kids up for a jungle war easily enough
Vexual: but
trying
to cover it up
to protect
the way
the info was obtained is an exercise in futility, fact check or no
Vexual: i
think
the signals directorate has our press
BingoBoingo: If only
there were a "Nation of Bitcoin"
tattoo
Vexual: it may be an oversight, but
the real story is
that
this ASIS agent, and his lawyer, preparing
to appear in a hauge court where
they have been summoned, have been relieved of all
their documents by other agents on PNG soil.
ozbot: Would spying on East
Timor by
the Australian Secret Intelligence Service be illegal? - Fact Check -
Vexual: This article from
two hours ago, from our supossedly, yet state funded press...
KRS|gotyawallet: Namworld: I'll do it for you for 10% of
their payment. np.
benkay: oh no jokes my bad
there's
totally character coding shit still in
there and etc
benkay: oh hey wouldja lookit
that mircea_popescu fixed
the footnotes on
trilema
Namworld: Nah, didn't want
to paste
that.
BingoBoingo: It may have been prudent
to write a contract before starting
these
things limiting your responsibility so you aren't pursuing
this Sisyphean
task until death?
BingoBoingo: Namworld: Because your worth as a person is only worth
the reputation attached
to your Public keys?
Namworld: Can anyone remind me why I have
to run after people
to pay
them hundreds or
thousands of dollars? or even 10000s for a few people?
dub: the look on
their face when
they find out you weren't joking when you said 'cosmic rays'
dub: in my world its always fun
to see new players flapping about random ECC error alarms
dub: bonus points for firing acetone charged magnets at
the sun
to generate extra gamma particles
dub: still seems like a rather larger collision space
than some well known short domain names