Re: [Bitcoin-development] Looking for GREAT C++ developer for exciting opportunity in bitcoin space
On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 11:53:19AM -0700, Evan Duffield wrote: Hello, We’re a startup looking for 1 or 2 really good C++ programmer that is familiar with the bitcoin internals to help with a for-profit startup. We will be able to provide more information about the project after signing a non-compete/non-disclosure agreement. Our coin will be one of the truly unique coins that are not just a clone of the original Bitcoin code. In short the project will be a merge-mined altcoin that will provide a very useful service to the whole crypto-coin ecosystem. I would strongly suggest that if you have not done so already you hire someone competent to do an analysis of whether or not your idea makes sense at all; that you are using merge-mining is a red-flag because without majority, or at least near-majority, hashing power an attacker can 51% attack your altcoin at negligible cost by re-using existing hashing power. If you are starting a timestamping service that may be an exception, but how to turn a profit doing so is non-obvious. I would offer that consulting myself, but it would likely be a conflict of interest with my employers. I'd be happy to speak informally in private, but am explicitly unwilling to agree to any non-compete/non-disclosure terms. -- 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org 000f9102d27cfd61ea9e8bb324593593ca3ce6ba53153ff251b3 signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk___ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
Re: [Bitcoin-development] Looking for GREAT C++ developer for exciting opportunity in bitcoin space
On Monday, December 30, 2013 11:22:25 PM Peter Todd wrote: that you are using merge-mining is a red-flag because without majority, or at least near-majority, hashing power an attacker can 51% attack your altcoin at negligible cost by re-using existing hashing power. I strongly disagree on this isolated point. Using the same logic, Bitcoin is vulnerable to an attacker at negligible cost by re-using existing hashing power from mining Namecoin. Any non-scam altcoin is pretty safe using merged mining, since any would-be attacker is going to have it in their interests to invest in the altcoin instead of attacking it. It's only the scam ones that want to pump dump with no improvements, that are really at risk here. The rational decision for a non-scam altcoin, is to take advantage of merged mining to get as much security as possible. There are also some possible tricks to get the full security of the bitcoin miners even when not all participate in your altcoin (but this area probably needs some studying to get right). Luke -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
Re: [Bitcoin-development] Looking for GREAT C++ developer for exciting opportunity in bitcoin space
Hey, I doubt this list is for this kind of thing. I am following bitcoin-development since a long time but never participated because I believe discussions should be well-focused and I never had anything relevant to say. Evan, I am pretty sure that emails such as yours will cause the true discussions between core-dev (or those closely graviting around) to move elsewhere on a less public channel, where people like me won't be able to follow them anymore. Thus my request: please post this kind of things elsewhere, because you are hijacking a list just to target his audience, but not to contribute relevant content. (A definition usually describing spam). Cheers, Jeremie 2013/12/29 Evan Duffield eduffiel...@gmail.com: Hello, We’re a startup looking for 1 or 2 really good C++ programmer that is familiar with the bitcoin internals to help with a for-profit startup. We will be able to provide more information about the project after signing a non-compete/non-disclosure agreement. Our coin will be one of the truly unique coins that are not just a clone of the original Bitcoin code. In short the project will be a merge-mined altcoin that will provide a very useful service to the whole crypto-coin ecosystem. If you have added any features to Bitcoin or related technologies this is a definite bonus. Please include information about the work you’re done in the space. We have detailed plans on how to implement it and the roles we are looking to fill. If interested please email eduffiel...@gmail.com with a description of your work experience and we’ll vett the applications and share our plans to see if you’re interested. Thanks, Evan Kyle Hawk Financial Group, LLC -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
Re: [Bitcoin-development] Looking for GREAT C++ developer for exciting opportunity in bitcoin space
I'm not sure where you got the idea that Bitcoin-development was ideal for hiring scamcoin developers, but it's not. Most of the people on this list are smart enough to realize posts like this are dumb ideas backed by greedy entrepreneurs who don't understand the system they're trying to improve 99.9% of the time. Evan Duffield eduffiel...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, We’re a startup looking for 1 or 2 really good C++ programmer that is familiar with the bitcoin internals to help with a for-profit startup. We will be able to provide more information about the project after signing a non-compete/non-disclosure agreement. Our coin will be one of the truly unique coins that are not just a clone of the original Bitcoin code. In short the project will be a merge-mined altcoin that will provide a very useful service to the whole crypto-coin ecosystem. If you have added any features to Bitcoin or related technologies this is a definite bonus. Please include information about the work you’re done in the space. We have detailed plans on how to implement it and the roles we are looking to fill. If interested please email eduffiel...@gmail.com with a description of your work experience and we’ll vett the applications and share our plans to see if you’re interested. Thanks, Evan Kyle Hawk Financial Group, LLC -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk___ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
