On 23 June 2011 22:17, Rob Myers <r...@robmyers.org> wrote: > On 23/06/11 20:38, jwm.art....@gmail.com wrote: >> Very interesting links again Rob. > > Thanks. > >> are you a bitcoin user? If so, anything to say about it? > > I'm running Bitcoin on my computers, and I donated some to Dope Stars > Inc for their new album. > > I also have some LETS: > > http://www.letslinkuk.net/ > > And some Linden Dollars: > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Economy_of_Second_Life > > I don't find the objections to Bitcoin convincing, especially those that > argue that Bitcoin couldn't support the economics that led to the recent > crash, but then again it is untried both technologically and socially so > I'm very wary of it. I expect that if it does turn out to be effective > it will either be destroyed by the state, destroyed by organized crime, > or both. > > Like eGold: > > http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/06/e-gold/ > > So I'll keep a small Bitcoin reserve, and see if I ever manage to mine any. > > The funniest thing about Bitcoins are the people pointing out that, > unlike real money, their value is imaginary. :-D
The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin is an interesting read, and in my mind gives the impression bitcoin is a serious project, although the page does seem to repeat itself and need some tidying up. Somewhere I read that the original developer, Satoshi Nakamoto has since left the project, which is slightly concerning, BUT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Nakamoto "Satoshi Nakamoto is the creator of an open source project called Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a digital currency that garnered mainstream financial media attention.[1][2][3]Satoshi first published a white paper on Bitcoin in 2008 and then in 2009 founded an open source project called Bitcoin. The real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is unknown." Installing the software required a few additional dependencies to be met. I'm not a big fan of wxWidgets. It wouldn't be on my system if it wasn't for me wanting to try the bitcoin software. Apparently it has a headless mode but I've not made the effort to see if the software can be built to run only in headless mode and thus avoid the wxWidgets dependency. Upon running the software I am left wondering what on earth to do with it. Apparently there is a way of generating bit coins by mining them. Unfortunately you need powerful computers with powerful graphics cards running as part of a mining farm 24 hours a day. So you kind of need a bit of money for both the hardware and electric to mine bitcoins. But never fear, you can get free bitcoins by whoring you name, email address, telephone number, and home address via freebitcoins.org and the completion of 'fun' and 'free' free offers and mouth-watering surveys. My partners sometimes does the surveys and gets clubcard points or whatever. From the amount of time it takes her, she's getting paid less than minimum wage. So no, I'm not going down that route, that's what I've got a job for, and that's ******** tedious enough as it is. So come on, where are my bitcoins!?!? Just give them to me! I've installed the software goddamit! Just kidding. Don't think I've got time for this. James. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
