Am 23.02.2011 03:16, schrieb Matthew Toseland: > See our web interface, or send BTC to: > 1966U1pjj15tLxPXZ19U48c99EJDkdXeqb > > I have signed this message so you can hopefully trust the value above. > > Bitcoin is a distributed digital cash system. I will blog about this shortly, > it's a fascinating system which has a number of issues. > > One interesting property is that bitcoin is transparent: You can see what > comes in to it: > http://blockexplorer.com/address/1966U1pjj15tLxPXZ19U48c99EJDkdXeqb > > Obviously this is anti-anonymity! Bitcoin is not anonymous as-is but can be > used in ways that are somewhat anonymous and it is likely that systems will > be built on top of it that have strong anonymity. It can be accessed through > Tor and there are people working on a Freenet transport. > > It's not an especially efficient way to give us money at the moment however. > If you have a large or regular donation we can arrange a bank wire. Paypal > and google aren't especially efficient but are more so than bitcoin, at least > in small quantity. > > Also it is deflationary. I expect eventually there will declines, so we > expect to avoid holding onto BTC long-term, although there is an argument to > hold on until we have a moderate amount because withdrawing funds is > significantly more efficient and safer in largish quantities (e.g. >$800). > Bitcoin is deflationary. The number of bitcoins, donated to the freenet-projekt, will decline in future because of the bitcoin-deflation. But because of the deflation, the small amount of donated bitcoins are the same value in dollar or euro as it was before the decline of nominal donations.
I think the bitcoin way of deflation is a good deflation. But i will not explain that because english is not my native language...
