Re: Bitcoin... Destroying the planet

2017-12-13 Thread Marina Brown
On 12/13/2017 10:01 PM, John Newman wrote: > > >> On Dec 7, 2017, at 9:26 PM, juan wrote: >> >> On Thu, 07 Dec 2017 18:10:32 -0800 >> g2s wrote: >> >> >>> >>>we are still waiting for you to show that you able to >>> calculate Blah blah... From that ars

Re: Bitcoin... Destroying the planet

2017-12-13 Thread Marina Brown
On 12/13/2017 10:01 PM, John Newman wrote: > > >> On Dec 7, 2017, at 9:26 PM, juan wrote: >> >> On Thu, 07 Dec 2017 18:10:32 -0800 >> g2s wrote: >> >> >>> >>>we are still waiting for you to show that you able to >>> calculate Blah blah... From that ars

Re: IAAF, USA and Canada demand Russian athletes represent "no country" at Olympic games

2017-12-13 Thread Zenaan Harkness
The ongoing saga of world financial interests and the political fallout continues. News at 7. http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/12/tues-how-americans-dope-and-get-away.html TUE's: How Americans Dope and get away with it http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/12/vice-comes-out-swinging-at-fort-russ.html

Re: Bitcoin... Destroying the planet

2017-12-13 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:01:50PM -0500, John Newman wrote: > > > > On Dec 7, 2017, at 9:26 PM, juan wrote: > > > > On Thu, 07 Dec 2017 18:10:32 -0800 > > g2s wrote: > > > > > >> > >>we are still waiting for you to show that you able to > >>

Re: Bitcoin... Destroying the planet

2017-12-13 Thread John Newman
> On Dec 7, 2017, at 9:26 PM, juan wrote: > > On Thu, 07 Dec 2017 18:10:32 -0800 > g2s wrote: > > >> >>we are still waiting for you to show that you able to >> calculate Blah blah... From that ars technical link > >> However, we can make some

Re: Bitcoin theft and the future of cryptocurrencies

2017-12-13 Thread Steven Schear
On the one hand Satochi pitched Bitcoin as a cash-like system. What can happen with cash under careless handling and storage? OTOH, Bitcoin's crypto nature lends itself to novel solutions such as multisig pools that can be used to prevent this type of fraud and theft. See Stash Pool explanation at

Bitcoin theft and the future of cryptocurrencies

2017-12-13 Thread Georgi Guninski
If your bitcoin wallet is compromised, all your bitcoins are gone forever. With a credit card, you have some chance of only minor damage. If your computer is owned, your wallet is at risk. This appears major problem for the widespread adoption of bitcoin IMHO. Fixing it appears to contradict

Re: What is consensus?

2017-12-13 Thread juan
On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:46:29 -0500 Steve Kinney wrote: > > > On 12/12/2017 07:02 AM, juan wrote: > > > I wanted to comment on the quaker thing as well. The > > word consensus is derived from and requires consent. > > Theocracy or religious fraud, especially of