On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Roy Badami wrote:
> Oh, I see - so it was. It wasn't announced here though - is there
> some other list I need to be on, too? It would be nice if
> announcements like this were posted to a mailing list as well as
> bitcointalk.org (is there a bitcoin-announce li
On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 02:55:02PM +, Drak wrote:
> On 9 December 2013 13:52, Roy Badami wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 01:39:51PM +, Drak wrote:
> > > Someone needs to update the bitcoin.org website, it still points
> > downloads
> > > to 0.8.5
> >
> > Perhaps because 0.8.6 hasn'
+1
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Gavin Andresen wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Ryan Carboni wrote:
>
>> The exchanges that are kept track of could be hard coded into Bitcoin or
>> the miner could choose, how this works is not something I'm personally
>> focused on.
>>
>>
> That is l
Ryan Carboni wrote:
Bitcoin lacks a Central Bank.
This is a feature, not a bug.
Also, this is offtopic. Political debate is thataway ->.
bitcoin-development is for development and technical discussion.
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You're just closed minded.
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Ryan Carboni wrote:
> > It is not a violation of the trust of those holding the currency. Many
> > people bought Bitcoin in the hopes that it's value in the relation of
> other
> > c
Bitcoin is made of many parts, yes, but not all parts were developed
simultaneously.
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Gavin Andresen wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Ryan Carboni wrote:
>
>> The exchanges that are kept track of could be hard coded into Bitcoin or
>> the miner could choos
I've got a better idea. Ben Bernake needs a new job. Let's just let him
set the block reward.
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Jameson Lopp wrote:
> To piggyback on Jeff,
>
> Any proposal that is going to add reliance upon data from third parties
> outside of the Bitcoin network itself is like
To piggyback on Jeff,
Any proposal that is going to add reliance upon data from third parties
outside of the Bitcoin network itself is likely going to be rejected
outright. This opens far too many potential vulnerabilities.
"The exchanges that are kept track of could be hard coded into Bitcoin
or
For what it's worth, once upon a time I pushed this agenda on Bitcointalk. I'd
say early 2011 or so. The response I got was so strong and unanimous in favor
of this point being absolutely non-negotiable that if the money supply were
anything other than fixed, Bitcoin may as well be pretend e-d
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Ryan Carboni wrote:
> It is not a violation of the trust of those holding the currency. Many
> people bought Bitcoin in the hopes that it's value in the relation of other
> currencies will increase, not because there's a fixed money supply. The
> majority of people
It is not a violation of the trust of those holding the currency. Many
people bought Bitcoin in the hopes that it's value in the relation of other
currencies will increase, not because there's a fixed money supply. The
majority of people using Bitcoin as a currency in exchange for real goods
are us
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Ryan Carboni wrote:
> The exchanges that are kept track of could be hard coded into Bitcoin or
> the miner could choose, how this works is not something I'm personally
> focused on.
>
>
That is like saying "We need a way to travel around the world quickly.
There w
This is no doubt probably a very controversial Bitcoin Improvement Proposal
and is also a very rough draft of one.
Bitcoin lacks a Central Bank. This is good and bad. A central bank benefits
those with political connections. But Bitcoin lacks price stability, this
generates menu costs, and incenti
Interesting post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=364877.0
Would be worth a try :-)
I'd like to see bitcoin running on Fedora >= 20 out of the box.
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On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Drak wrote:
> looking sticky posts at bitcointalk like this one:
> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=364353.0. Was that an official
> announcement?
Yes.
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On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Drak wrote:
> actly the point and the moment they are publicly available you cannot stop
> people talking about it or noticing it, or posting official looking sticky
> posts at bitcointalk like this one:
> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=364353.0. Was that
On 9 December 2013 15:35, Wladimir wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Drak wrote:
>
>>
>> IMO, to avoid that, no files should be placed online unless they are the
>> official release.
>>
>
> They *are* the official release as soon as they're uploaded. We may wait
> for some extra gitian b
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Drak wrote:
>
> IMO, to avoid that, no files should be placed online unless they are the
> official release.
>
They *are* the official release as soon as they're uploaded. We may wait
for some extra gitian builds to be more confident and make the announcement
on t
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Drak wrote:
> Why would it be made available for download at sourceforge.net if it's not
> actually released? The files are available here:
Because it takes time to put the files up, propagate to mirrors, check
by multiple people that the downloads work an the sign
On 9 December 2013 15:07, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Drak wrote:
> > It was released and it's all over bitcointalk/reddit
>
> It has not been released. It's queued for announcement. We were
> waiting for another independant gitian build before sending out the
> anno
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Drak wrote:
> It was released and it's all over bitcointalk/reddit
It has not been released. It's queued for announcement. We were
waiting for another independant gitian build before sending out the
announcement.
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On 9 December 2013 13:52, Roy Badami wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 01:39:51PM +, Drak wrote:
> > Someone needs to update the bitcoin.org website, it still points
> downloads
> > to 0.8.5
>
> Perhaps because 0.8.6 hasn't been released yet? Or did I miss the
> announcement? I think it ma
On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 01:39:51PM +, Drak wrote:
> Someone needs to update the bitcoin.org website, it still points downloads
> to 0.8.5
Perhaps because 0.8.6 hasn't been released yet? Or did I miss the
announcement? I think it makes sense that release candidates are not
promoted on bitcoi
Someone needs to update the bitcoin.org website, it still points downloads
to 0.8.5
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> The bitcoin.org domain is controlled by me, Sirius, and an anonymous
> person. Control will not be lost if Sirius becomes unavailable.
I know this will be a controversial viewpoint in some quarters, but
I'm not a fan of anonymity, or of pseudonyms. As far as I know
(please correct me if I'm wro
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