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lol'ed at "technotarians".
Yeah, I red this word for the first time as well. I like it. |
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1. Bitcoin is a technologically sound project.
2. Bitcoin is unstoppable without end-user prosecution.
3. Bitcoin is the most dangerous open-source project ever created.
4. Bitcoin may be the most dangerous technological project since the internet itself.
5. Bitcoin is a political statement by technotarians (technological libertarians).*
6. Bitcoins will change the world unless governments ban them with harsh penalties.
 My god, is economic freedom so scary? |
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the red sculpture
+1, it's easliy spotted, going up to the arch elevator is far from most metro exits Then what about the metro exit itself. I presume most of us will use it to go there anyways. There are several metro exits. I agree with the arch being quite far away (not even mentionning the stairs). The red sculpture is a good meeting point. Plus, there are several benches nearby, as we'll certainly have to wait for some people. As far as time is concerned, I suggest half past noon. |
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Underneath the arch?
I was rather thinking about the red sculpture, as the arch is a bit too a big place for a meeting point. But I guess it will be much easier to spot on for people who don't know the place well. So the arch it will be. |
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What is stored all over the internet is the full history of all transactions of everybody.
What is stored on your PC and your PC only is the set of private keys that you use to sign your transactions. If you lose those keys, nobody can help you to recover them.
The file you should backup is called "wallet.dat".
All these are standard newbie questions, please read the FAQ and visit the wiki.
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Mining is an investment. There are risks because there are costs and no guarantee that the income will cover the costs.
Miners should always keep in mind that mining is a race between all miners. And everyone can not be a winner.
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"Should I transfer some money? No prob, gimme your public key. Ok, done!" This is not fiction anymore. #bitcoin
I think this short dialog sums up bitcoin pretty well! |
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Franchement je trouve que prononcer bitcoin à l'anglaise, c'est à dire "bitekauyne", ça fait encore plus ridicule dans une phrase française que la version francisée, c'est à dire "bitcoin" avec le coin comme dans le mot... coin, justement. D'ailleurs, un rapide coup d'oeil sur un dictionnaire ethymologique me confirme mes soupçons que les deux mots ont une origine commune: coin (n.)
c.1300, "a wedge," from O.Fr. coing (12c.) "a wedge; stamp; piece of money; corner, angle," from L. cuneus "a wedge." The die for stamping metal was wedge-shaped, and the English word came to mean "thing stamped, a piece of money" by late 14c. (a sense that already had developed in French). The verb meaning "to coin money" is from mid-14c. To coin a phrase is late 16c. Cf. quoin, which split off from this word 16c. Mod.Fr. coin is "corner, angle, nook."
Coin est un mot en français qui n'est pas si rare, c'est pas qu'une blague débile au sujet du cri du canard sur #fdn. Le site "leboncoin" par exemple ne s'appelle pas "leboncaujne". |
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Lol, I was hanging around on some forum about japanese anime, and I had the idea of using "Satoshi Nakamoto" as a pseudo for posting a comment.
I think it could be cool if all bitcoin users were doing the same. It could get people curious if they keep seeing this name everywhere they go.
Somehow, it could turn "Satoshi Nakamoto" into a new "John Galt".
It's a nice non-intrusive way to promote bitcoin, imho.
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I buy at any price. If price gets very high, I just buy less, but I still buy.
Every day I receive some stupid euros as dividends from my stock portfolio. I must get rid of them and buying bitcoins is a nice way to say xxxx to JC Trichet, Ben Bernanke and cie.
In other words, you forgot one type of buyer: the one who is politically motivated.
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"bitcoins are not good for anything besides trading."
How stupid is this assertion, seriously!
When I hear it, I can't help thinking "yeah but trading is what money is about, you moron!"
It is just as silly as saying:
"a telephone is not good for anything besides talking to people."
pff...
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Guys, I suck at organizing this kind of things, but I'm pretty sure it will not be difficult to find a nice place even if we don't book a table. I used to work at La Defense and we often had lunch at various places without booking. So unless an other french guy wants to book something, there won't be any specific preparations. It should be fine, really (and possibly more fun, too). However, considering the fact that we don't know each other (only Gavin's face is known, and no, I won't post a photo of my ugly face on this forum  ), I will PM my phone number to whoever on this thread wants it. I'll also see if I can make a photo of the meeting point and post it on this thread. Once we are gathered, we will search for a café/restaurant/whatever. I hope it sounds good to you. |
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Asking stability in a currency that's probably going to dominate the world economy or fall apart in ten years time is nut.
To me, it's rather like wishing for a nice sunny weather every day. If the market is not stable, be it. Let the market do its job, whether or not people like the way it does it doesn't matter. |
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Ça manque de sondage ici. |
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... if it was to happen ... we would have to switch to another hash function, but we would also have to start an other block chain, thus a new currency.
If 50% of the hashing power agreed (which they would), the new block chain would be initialized to include all the transactions from the old block chain prior to the breakage of SHA256. Yeah but is there any way for sure to know when exactly the breakage occured? Anyway, don't bother to answer, as this is extremely unlikey anyway. We might as well discuss about the arrival of aliens on Earth. |
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If SHA256 were to fall completely it would allow for double spending, until node software was upgraded to lock in the last agreed reliable block and switch to a different algorithm. It would not allow you to steal peoples coins, create value out of nothing etc. By the time this is actually a risk the Bitcoin network will probably look very different. I don't think the risk of this is worth worrying about.
I doubt SHA256 will be broken (and not just one collision found!) any time soon, but if it was to happen, don't underestimate the consequences on bitcoin, as anyone could create a longer block chain "from scratch", thus totally destroy the current one. We would have to switch to another hash function, but we would also have to start an other block chain, thus a new currency. IMHO |
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sudo accept bitcoin payments
error: administrator Bernanke has not granted you sudoer privileges. $ sudo apt-get fire bernanke && sudo apt-get remove federal-reserve lol |
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I buy at any price below 1000EUR/BTC. I can offer you 5 BTC at 999$each - interested?  No, since I can find cheaper at mtgox. Saying that I buy at any price doesn't mean I chose the worst offer. |
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