what does that mean? Im intrigued. why do you think hes dead. Im sure there are some good arguments.. Maybe thats why he hasn't sold any of his bitcoins. Maybe thats why he handed over to Gavin, because he was terminally ill?

Its a gripping mystery and we are lucky enough to be living through it. Happy ending or tragedy it will be a film one day so soak it up you are part of this drama.

Totally agree, not knowing is so much moor fun than knowing

That statement is meaningless without giving a reason for the flaw in my logic.

I know what Gavin and co say they are doing and i know what Satoshi said he was doing, however, even if Satoshi did go to work on something else, he is holding a billion dollars of bitcoin and he knows the current code cant handle the speed of uptake. So unless his baby or a billion dollars dont mean anything to him. He has dropped whatever he is doing now and probably reached out to Gavin and is working 24 7 to sort it out before the rate of adoption defeats it.

Hes developing the hard fork, 100%, maybe with the developers or maybe on his own but thats what hes doing. If he is still alive of cause.

Think about it, he owns a billion dollars worth of bitcoin which he hasn't sold any of (which is great because he has confidence in the currencies future) but we all know bitcoin is in alpha and carnt handle massive scaling yet. But scaling is coming quick and without the hard fork it will fail to deliver.

So what would you be doing? Either selling (which he is not) or making sure it gets a smooth passage to mass adoption.

comments please..

All seems positive, i hope they work with the bitcoin developers and dont try to go it alone. When you read it like that its kind of an ultimatum. We wont go to 51% but we want additional services? 

Yes its a possibility, but if Gavin and crew have any sense (which clearly they do) they will meet with the heads of the largest mining pools to get backing before trying to implement the new fork. It would be nice to think that the code is already written and they are negotiating the features and specifics right now.

Hi
Can anyone help me with some nodes so i can sync my wallet? Im cleaning up my computer and want to move the few i have elseware.

If it solved conformation times, block chain bloat, tps and centralisation. Then we would all be happy, no? so long as it was marketed well. With those problems solved there would be no limit to scale and therefore no limit to the value of bitcoin.

All im saying is we are all praying that Gavin and satoshi are working quietly somewhere on a hard fork to solve these problems. But it might not be Gavin and team or even Satoshi that solve it. it might be done through the feared 51% attack.

If these problems are not sorted out soon it wont take too many Zynga's and overstock.com's coming on board to cripple bitcoin.

Ive read about the problems of a pool having 51% of mining power but as they have most to loose by damaging the system.
Isnt it moor likely that they get frustrated by development not progressing in the direction they would like or at the speed they would like. Then creating a fork (which would have to be better as they have most to loose) as the fork is better it is accepted?

Maybe a miner with 51% isnt all bad, they certainly dont want to damage the system but they could put pressure for the much needed changes for bitcoin to scale?

Love to know your thoughts, Im no expert so maybe what i am saying isnt even possible but please comment.

that is great news, the start of micro payments. Hope your ready with the fork Gavin 

Is anyone actually selling these? I mean do we have a reliable price?

To be honest the longer it takes to get a market and get on an exchange the better.

As soon as these have value it will attract all the miners that just mine and then sell. Of cause a market is important but how about putting the breaks on, lets get this coin distributed to those who are either playing the long game or genuinely believe that this voting system with paid developers could really accelerate the crypto movement.

While im here HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you all

This happens to me every now and then (windows If its the same bug i get then restarting the computer will sort it out

Just came back after leaving 8 miners running for 8hrs. Mined one block   and only one miner crashed (just got stuck, running fine after a restart)

Thought i better add a positive post after reading everything since i left.

I am using windows 8 a variety of i5 and i7's some with GPU's mining LTC so they are only on 2 threads.

Good luck all

+1

Frustrating... hows your nerves Freetrade? Hold it together we are all backing you

i just got a sync, on ones i had and hadn't added extra nodes, maybe just patience?

tryed that? still on 607

only the version number is wrong? just that its a waste of 20mins to do them all again

To be sure i have the right one. Its version 0.8.53.0 unk?