Africa -- the next frontier for virtual currency? Emily Alpert 2012-04-03 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/04/bitcoin-virtual-money-africa-rudiger-koch.htmlSo far the idea hasn't caught on in Africa. Though Bitcoin is based on free software that anyone can use, “we have to admit that Bitcoin is at this point a currency that's almost exclusively used by computer geeks and libertarians,” who are more common in the developed world, Koch wrote in an email. “You can count African Bitcoin users on two hands, literally.” |
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A fascinating (and complex) post about 'mental poker'. (URL dated April 1st - but the topic is too complicated for me to judge if any of it is a joke!) Reminds me of the Bitcoin brain wallet. Poker is hard, especially for cryptographers Matthew Green (cryptographer and research professor at Johns Hopkins University) 2012-04-02 http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2012_04_01_archive.htmlI may not be a poker player myself, but decentralized mental poker appeals to me, mostly because it would be a lot harder to shut down -- especially if it was tied to a peer-to-peer currency such as Bitcoin. (On the other hand, you'd be playing for Bitcoin. So there's that.) ... ... This has been a long post, and while I hope it's given some of the flavor of the problem, obviously there's still tons I haven't said. For example, how do you check for winning conditions? How do you handle players who 'drop out' when the cards don't go their way? And finally, how would you tie the result of the game to a Bitcoin 'pot'? (Bitcoin script seems like a great candidate for this, but unfortunately it's not well supported on the actual Bitcoin network.) |
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(calvinayre.com is an online gaming news site, Calvin Ayre being the founder of the Bodog online gaming and entertainment brand) |
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This puzzled 'international ECommerce specialist' still hasn't understood that the utter non-reliance of bitcoin upon it's founding coder is a strength. Forbes Still A Bitcoin Fan? 2012-04-02 Melody Wigdahl http://www.onlinepaymentnews.com/forbes-still-a-bitcoin-fan-4922.html/... considering that the ‘alternative’ currency is anonymous, decentralized and virtually nothing is known about the coder that originally created the system – and who now seems to have disappeared…..one has to wonder why it continues to get so much press? |
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Related to the Reuters hit above.. same author released a brief overview of bitcoin: |
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Not a press hit.. but a notable use of bitcoin. Bitcoin prices being offered at InfoSec Southwest 2012 march30- april1, austin texas Demolition Derby CTF http://www.infosecsouthwest.com/demolitionderby.html... Prizes Prizes for this competition will be based on points collected from captured flag files. Top-ranking competitors will all receive a complimentary pass to next year's conference, as well as their choice of one of the following prizes: A 25 BTC Casascius Bitcoin, courtesy of Trammell Ventures A Bug Hunter's Diary, The IDA Pro Book, and Gray Hat Python book bundle, courtesy of No Starch Press wi*spy 2.4x, courtesy of Harris Crucial Security DIY Security Camera Kit, courtesy of Harris Crucial Security In addition to the prizes awarded for points, each flag file will contain an encrypted Bitcoin private key which will have some Bitcoin value sent to it. The list of Bitcoin addresses for the keys and their values has been posted here and can be independently verified using Block Explorer. Once the competition is complete, we will publish the encryption key used to encrypt the Bitcoin private keys here on our website. At that point, the "gold rush" phase will be on for the competitors to decrypt and import these keys into their Bitcoin wallet and "sweep" (claim) the Bitcoins for themselves. Each flag file will also contain the cleartext Bitcoin address for the encrypted private key so that competitors may verify the key's value on the Bitcoin network and keep a running total of how much BTC their flags are worth. GOLD RUSH!!! The encryption key pair used to encrypt the Bitcoin keys included in the flag files has been posted! Grab them here! ... |
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Guy, I couldn't stop laughing for the last 15 minutes. I guess you really have to be a bitcoin guy to make these vids. lmao!!!
Please do one for the IBB @senbonzakura, Senbonzakura is a good guy. I'm still lmao at Don't Get Zhou Tonged... hahahahahhaha
ZT, we love you man, but this video is just too fking funny.
I agree ^^ - he should do one that is like islamic tune to it! hahahaha ha.. how about to the 'dirty kuffar' tune! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9083681522527526242Bitcoin jihad against the banks  |
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I'm jealous! I've been waiting over 30 days for a deposit into one of the major Bitcoin exchanges to go through  (As I don't know if it's the fault of the banks or the exchange - I'm *still* giving them a chance to sort it out without naming them here) Looking forward to when bitinstant has cash deposit options for Australia. |
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Would you consider providing a page to give a device-pairing QR code minus the password, and a mechanism to pair by manually entering the pass?
I see the device-pairing QR contains the guid + sharedkey + password.
I thought it might be handy to have such QR codes printed out so I could easily change between wallets, but didn't like the idea of having the password included.
I assume the sharedKey shouldn't really be left around.. but isn't really much use to anyone else without the password?
Also.. what is the reason for including ones own active receiving addresses in the autocomplete for the 'pay to' bitcoin address?
It seems a little confusing. e.g I might label one of my receiving addresses as 'Fred' for funds from him.. but it would be very easy to accidentally send to this address when I later go to send coins to Fred.
Even if you did want to send to one of your own addresses in the same wallet.. it would be better as a hidden more advanced option no?
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