Re: [ilugd] [Ilugc] Off-topic: Bitcoin's Potential for Social Change

2013-05-11 Thread Supreet Sethi
On May 12, 2013 4:39 AM, Ashwin Dixit ganeshacompu...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Supreet Sethi supreet.se...@gmail.com wrote: ... Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? Thank you Supreet, for inspiring me to investigate the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. I think I have guessed

Re: [ilugd] [Ilugc] Off-topic: Bitcoin's Potential for Social Change

2013-05-01 Thread Anupam Jain
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Supreet Sethi supreet.se...@gmail.comwrote: Bitcoin is evil. Comparison to FOSS movement is ill thought out. Although there is political channelling of thought which is common between the two, the actual implementation is bitcoin is marred by several questions.

Re: [ilugd] [Ilugc] Off-topic: Bitcoin's Potential for Social Change

2013-05-01 Thread Tavish Naruka
Hi Replying now since the thread has been revived. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Supreet Sethi supreet.se...@gmail.comwrote: Secondly: When bitcoin infrastructure was started Satoshi or some (one/people) pretending to be Satoshi, he started mining coins himself. At the time, the yield was

Re: [ilugd] [Ilugc] Off-topic: Bitcoin's Potential for Social Change

2013-05-01 Thread Supreet Sethi
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Anupam Jain ajn...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Supreet Sethi supreet.se...@gmail.comwrote: Bitcoin is evil. Comparison to FOSS movement is ill thought out. Although there is political channelling of thought which is common between the two,

Re: [ilugd] [Ilugc] Off-topic: Bitcoin's Potential for Social Change

2013-04-17 Thread Supreet Sethi
Bitcoin is evil. Comparison to FOSS movement is ill thought out. Although there is political channelling of thought which is common between the two, the actual implementation is bitcoin is marred by several questions. To start with: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? I know RMS and Linus, I can talk to

Re: [ilugd] [Ilugc] Off-topic: Bitcoin's Potential for Social Change

2013-04-15 Thread Tavish Naruka
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Ashwin Dixit ganeshacompu...@gmail.comwrote: Greetings fellow-Linuxers, I have a vision to share with you. Whether you call it a utopia, or a dystopia, I leave up to you. There is great power in people's numbers. I feel that a critical mass is gathering