Hey sorry for my typically dismissive not very open-minded write up here, but I'm just trying to be practical. It was my experience, and it appears to require more time to get involved in than I'm prepared to give. That's how it was for me.
On 24 June 2011 09:31, James Morris <jwm.art....@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
