On Sat, 03 Nov 2012 09:10:54 +1000 "James A. Donald" wrote: > Bitcoin wallets are based on a collection of secrets held by a > particular install of the program - public keys, private keys.
Yes, and you can have as many wallets as you want, but it won't give you more coins because they are based on proof of work. > Gold was abandoned? News to me. Yes it was. Gold is no longer the base of any official currency since the convertibility of the US dollar was abandoned in 1971. Wikipedia has a good article on this topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
