bryant, we saved the slides of the first 90 minutes, and transcribed some of the text. will post later 

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Yes, this is possible but I assume you want to use tor for anonymity.

In general this is the idea of TOR:

You always want to use encryption, because the actual data going over the line may link to you. And so you do not want to connect in plain text to a web interface, where the web interface connects to TOR. The web interface may contain a backdoor, making you not anonymous.

Instead use tails https://tails.boum.org/  or the tor browser bundle https://www.torproject.org/.

Another option to be anonymous would be to use VPN services. You could get several VPNs and connect one to the other. This is not free however, it is generally much faster;




It depends. The final node know what unencrypted communication (plain text data).
For example if your final node is skype:


You must realize that al though the communication going over the tor network, with skype all data is being recorded, stored and analyzed by microsoft & friends. (Skype contains lots of spyware, you can see it when looking in the data files which you can find in \%AppData%\Skype\   you can open these files simply with notepad. In addition there are the PRISM files leaked; ). If you have a conversation "Lets meet in LA next Tuesday 2pm" they know that, despite you running it over the tor network.  So the final node is very important. Just using tor does not mean you are anonymous, but you are harder to find than using nothing.




TOR servers can be run by anyone. There are groups who want information by any means possible, this includes secret agencies but also others.
Whether this 'means' is technical, psychological, physical or other means.

blockchain.info is an online wallet?

My dream job is do whatever i want, and get paid for that

you could also use the term 'satoshis' or an abbreviations 'sats'.

Thesis defense tips
Then they may ask several things during your thesis defense such as:

• The original author of bitcoin says it is an electronic cash system, so was your research really necessary?
• You claimed it is not money, but at the same time  I have read papers who claim it is money (or opposite). Are these people wrong?
• Is Bitcoin not a Ponzi scheme?
• Why did you not talk about any other currencies, such as Litecoin?

Paper tips
As a general tip, there are a few pages very important in your paper. These include the conclusion page, the introduction and research question - because the professors will not likely read your entire paper line by line. Usually, professors are under a tough schedule to publish, prepare classes, get funding etc.



After all, they probably have 5000 student papers to read. You want your sources cited everywhere. Try to avoid introducing topics by terms, but start with the story that explains the term, this is more easy to read. Example:

(good example)

(bad example)

The first reads easier, but thats just my opinion  You want your references to be in order, perhaps from newest to oldest. You want some recent publications in your list, perhaps from 2013 or 2012. Otherwise they could say your data is old. Given that Bitcoin is not so old, it may not be a problem; But keep in mind there has been research into crypto-currency before bitcoin, but there was still a problem to be solved. Finally you may want to use TeXmaker, its a headache to use it, but it generate a very professional looking paper. http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/

Another tip is to put a sound recorder on, read out look your introduction page. Then play it back. How does it sound? Its exciting or boring? You want this page is interesting, because it is one of the few pages the professor will actually read in detail. This also helps against language mistakes that you normally would over-read.

Hope this was useful. 

these people will use bitcoin as currency, or emigrate abroad 

for security, avoid any browser plugins and port-scan yourself using nmap or a tool like this.

You need some scripting code + database.
Example:
https://github.com/Greedi/bitcoin-faucet

it should be pretty easy to program, especially if you do payout manually. 

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Bitcoin is actually gaining popularity among the industry and others, even bloomberg - banks and the government talk about them, have a look on bitprize.org crypto news for example.

Alt coins are interesting, but be careful, pump and dump schemes happen.  The market cap of them is nowhere near as bitcoin (6 billion usd economy) at the moments. My expectation is that some will rise, some will fall.

I never heard of bicoin before. Good thing I have bitcoins 

Time is what a clock measures.

Imagine you have a best friend, living on a planet in the universe near one of the stars. You decided to talk on http://bitcointalk.org by private message, at exactly 3pm.



Your friend, on the planet, is 94607304725808000 meters from earth.
He looks on his clock, it's 3 'clock.
You look on your clock, it's 3 'clock

Yet, he is not there  why is he late? how is this possible?



Say your internet speed is the speed of light: 299792458 metres per second. Remember the earth is 94607304725808000 meters from your friends planet, so it would take many seconds for a signal to go from the planet to you. (you can do  the calculation if you wish). Thus, you get that the time, even for the most near stars or planets is not the same on both clocks.

In fact, this also happens on the smaller scale. Say the:
 moon is at 356.400.000 meter from earth
 lightspeed is at 299.792.458 meter / second. So your view of the moon, is little bit more than a second old.

Now imagine an nice lady 2 meters from you. But.. you do not  see the lady, you see how the lady looked like 
about 0.00000001 seconds ago.



0.00000001 seconds is not a big deal for us. Thus what a clock measures 'time' is connected with space.



This is a tiny tiny explanation of the theory of relativity by Albert Einstein.  I tried to explain it as simple as possible.
(if you have any spare money left, send 0.0001 B or less to 1BmXxf38SXuTk73X1HgmVF5SgpgbZUdFcX  )

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All money exists online, including fiat. There is no avoiding this, even if you don’t use a computer.

 and so what does he mean by 'true' money.. everything is bits in a computer, the whole world economy is bits. 

If you know the future market prices, you can retire in 2 month

do you need to get full member status, or any status? what is the url?

* is payout in bitcoin?

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Informative:
A lack of copyright can be a good thing. For example, if you are a young musician and want to be famous, you could reach many people on piratebay.
Of course people want to make money, but there are many more ways to make money than selling discs