[Bitcoin-development] Coinbase TxOut Hashcash

2013-05-10 Thread Peter Todd
It has been previously(1) proposed that hashcash using the same PoW function as the Bitcoin block hashing algorithm be used to create hashcash whose value is denominated in Bitcoins. This poses two problems however: widespread use of such hashcash would harm overall network security and determining

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Automated Weekly Testnet Alerts

2013-05-10 Thread Caleb James DeLisle
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[Bitcoin-development] Automated Weekly Testnet Alerts

2013-05-10 Thread bitcoin-list
In order to provide developers with a reasonable way to test their alert-handling code, starting next Thursday, automated weekly alerts will be made on testnet. They will contain the message "[TEST] This is a test alert broadcast at $TIMESTAMP" (where $TIMESTAMP is the unix timestamp of initial

[Bitcoin-development] 0.8.2rc1 ready for testing

2013-05-10 Thread Gavin Andresen
Bitcoin-Qt version 0.8.2 release candidate 1 is now available from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.2/test/ This is a maintenance release that fixes many bugs and includes a few small new features. Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: https:/

Re: [Bitcoin-development] minor bitcoin-qt gripes moving BTC off specific key

2013-05-10 Thread Jesus Cea
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/05/13 14:16, Adam Back wrote: > 3. a UX way to transfer BTC off a specific adress (eg choose from > address), rather than having to spend the entire wallet onto a new > address, just to get BTC off a specific address. Doing it that way > has p