Re: [Bitcoin-development] DNS seeds unstable

2014-05-17 Thread Andreas Schildbach
I think the best way to contribute to the infrastructure is actually what we're doing: Test the current infrastructure and point out where it is not working. Trying to find solutions for problems. There is nothing gained by throwing additional hardware at a problem if the problem itself isn't

Re: [Bitcoin-development] DNS seeds unstable

2014-05-17 Thread Alex Kotenko
Agree. So, my understanding is that atm we have no working DNS seeds at the testnet3, right? There are two DNS seeds known, of which one is unreachable atm, and another one is giving just one IP address, which is also a dead node. If I'll start a DNS seed of my own and make sure it works well,

Re: [Bitcoin-development] DNS seeds unstable

2014-05-17 Thread Andreas Schildbach
On 05/17/2014 02:02 PM, Alex Kotenko wrote: So, my understanding is that atm we have no working DNS seeds at the testnet3, right? There are two DNS seeds known, of which one is unreachable atm, and another one is giving just one IP address, which is also a dead node. Yes, that's my

[Bitcoin-development] Paper Currency

2014-05-17 Thread Jerry Felix
It seems to me that there's a huge need for a paper currency that is counterfeit-resistant, inexpensive to print, internationally recognized (border-less), fits in a wallet, and machine readable. I pitched this idea at the Cincinnati Bitcoin meetup last week, and I didn't get thrown out, so I

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Paper Currency

2014-05-17 Thread Matt Whitlock
On Saturday, 17 May 2014, at 11:31 am, Jerry Felix wrote: I picked some BIP numbers myself that seem to be available. I'm quite certain you're explicitly *NOT* supposed to do this. -- Accelerate Dev Cycles with

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Paper Currency

2014-05-17 Thread Chris Pacia
Since these notes have to be redeemed immediately the number of use cases seems limited. I can't really just hand someone the note and walk away because they have to scan it to see if it is actually valid. Otherwise someone could just pass fake notes if they felt the recipient wouldn't redeem them

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Paper Currency

2014-05-17 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Chris Pacia ctpa...@gmail.com wrote: I can't really just hand someone the note and walk away because they have to scan it to see if it is actually valid. Not just scan it, but they actually must successfully sweep it— otherwise they can be trivially double