Congress passed the laws, it has nothing to do with Coinbase "turning evil." A little bit of reading comprehension work is an investment that will pay out forever. I understand what you wrote and I am saying it is ridiculous. Coinbase is following the laws voted in by Congress and the money to do it comes out of their profits so they have incentive to do it themselves. The other option is to go out of business and then you have no Coinbase. They are not sitting around making plans to become an evil fascist dictator. Call your Congressional reps and tell them to change the laws and thenCoinbase won't spend their profits hiring someone to send out the questions. |
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Congress passed the laws, it has nothing to do with Coinbase "turning evil." "Frankly, Coinbase is turning into a worst kind of fascist dictatorship." - oh sure. They are running a business and they have to do this stuff to stay in business. |
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Then the site should say "Saivann decides on the content of this site with input from the public" if that is what is happening. This statement that it is "community ... controlled" is simply not true if Saivann is the sole decider. The site is Saivann-controlled.
The site clearly says it is sponsored by the Foundation so it is perfectly reasonable for people to believe the Foundation is responsible for the content. Until I see something to the contrary that is certainly what I believe. Maybe it is right, but maybe it is wrong but I believe Saivann does what the Foundation wants for the most part. I believe the answers by Gavin are meant to try to claim that is not the case. Of course I don't know what happens behind the scenes at the Foundation or the web site so I can only go by what I see. The Foundation has generated a large number of complaints over this type of lack of transparency.
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Aged domains? What's the deal with them, not like they have any extra value because they are old or something like this. Old domain without traffic is same as brand new one. Please explain benefit of those you are selling?
Googles gives a slightly higher score to aged domains for search rankings. No it doesn't, sorry but that's just BS. Look up SEO and Matt Cutts and domains. Things like the extension, age of the domain, whether you use https, etc. all matter to a certain extent but they change the algorithms all the time so it is hard to say how much. It has been well known for years that aged domain score slightly higher. .com scored higher over .info, etc. The effect is small so for big sites it won't matter. See http://www.theshortcutts.com/ |
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The problem is if someone ever finds a weakness in ECDSA that might enable a private key to be recovered from a public one. Although in general this is a "theoretical" problem a "real" problem was found (last year from memory) due to the use of "non-random" K values (you'll need to google that to find out the gory details).
http://www.nilsschneider.net/2013/01/28/recovering-bitcoin-private-keys.html |
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Hi, I'm studying Bitcoin protocol and I have a question: why can't we use public key as an address? Why is it not enough? Address is simply obtained from public key that is hashed ecc.. I can't understand why we need an address and we can't use public key instead. Public key is public as it is defined so I can only imagine that we don't use that because it is too long. Is this the reason? I've found this question here http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3600/why-are-bitcoin-addresses-hashes-of-public-keys but there is only one answer and it is about the size of the public key and some not specified security problem. Anyone can explain with more details this problem? Thank you I think one reason was that it uses multiple types of cryptography so if there was issues with one type being broken you still can't reverse the public address into a private key. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Technical_background_of_version_1_Bitcoin_addresses is the process |
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I see the disputes are starting to arise over the content at Bitcoin.org. the latest is the includion of the Pheeva wallet (see http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2g4oqb/why_is_bitcoinorgbitcoin_foundation_shunning_the/) Gavin of the Bitcoin Foundation posted this unhelpful reply "The Foundation sponsors Bitcoin.org, but has no control over the content-- the content is community-created and controlled." of course this is meaningless statement that does not clarify who exactly has control over the content at Bitcoin.org. I know anyone can submit a request at Github but that does not explain who makes the final decisions about what gets published. Gavin's statement is meant to divert attention from telling everyone who actually makes the decisions concerning what is published. This constant lack of transparency has caused many people to leave the Bitcoin Foundation. It is about time the people involved tell everybody who decided which wallets get listed, which conventions get promoted, which people are put on the press list and why, and on and on. Nonsense replies that claim some "community" did it are not helping. |
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Bitcoin is about a software program and protocol, essentially a tool, that people can use for all sorts of things and agendas. Some people like to attach their personal agenda to it.
The Bitlicence problem is caused by all the Bitcoiners who complained when they lost money with things like Mt. gox, Inputs.io, pirateat40, etc.
One use of the Certification program is to filter people whose authority consists of writing hundreds of useless comments on discussion boards.
nah more like people will pay $50 to pretend they are experts to then make useless comments, as they think they need a certificate to validate what they say, rather then saying what they have too say and people automatically recognize the comment itself hold merit. i have employed more people not based on certification but on example of actual skill. as i said before the certificate validates the user is not a noob, but still does not confirm that the person is either mature or an expert. I think most of time wasters and drama queens will not bother to get any certification. In fact several of the complainers in this thread were already on my ignore list. Deepceleron is an exception as he is an expert and if he wants a certification I will pay for it. |
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Aged domains? What's the deal with them, not like they have any extra value because they are old or something like this. Old domain without traffic is same as brand new one. Please explain benefit of those you are selling?
Googles gives a slightly higher score to aged domains for search rankings. |
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Does the certification fee provide you with study materials too? I could see that being worth the $50, considering the list of topics covered, but if all you get is an online quiz and a fancy piece of paper...
BTW, I noticed a list of some high level people in the About section. Asked them to confirm whether they are actually responsible for this (I could maybe sorta see them putting something like this together, but want to make sure this place isn't just dropping names without permission). I'll get back to you with their reply
It was $75 CAD total, $50 for the test and $25 for the certificate. I saw the thing posted on reddit. I saw Peter Todd as the top advisor. I listen to him on let's Talk Bitcoin and I trust what he says so I figured it was OK. they also said they have a registered non-profit and any extra funds will be donated. |
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hasnt anyone realised that bitcoin is not about holding pieces of paper that have been rubber stamped by a central agency.
i bet 2 satoshi's that those thinking bitcoin certification is good are also the same people that see a bitlicence as a good thing.
both of which do not help real people with real lives, they are just a money grabbing exercise purely to look official, even if your sat on a sofa trading in your underpants, rubbing a ball of freshly pick snot into the arm of the chair.
all i can see happening is a bunch of bitcoin scammers waving round useless pieces of paper shouting out how they are bitlicenced and professionally certified to hold your money.. then 3 months later wave their plane ticket to the Caribbean at customers as they run off
Bitcoin is about a software program and protocol, essentially a tool, that people can use for all sorts of things and agendas. Some people like to attach their personal agenda to it. The Bitlicence problem is caused by all the Bitcoiners who complained when they lost money with things like Mt. gox, Inputs.io, pirateat40, etc. One use of the Certification program is to filter people whose authority consists of writing hundreds of useless comments on discussion boards. |
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The skills that would actually make someone an employable "Bitcoin Professional" would take more that a few questions. I'd want an answer of how you would make web sites and their wallets steal-proof. I'd need to see you code a web interface and a database along with the code to talk to Bitcoin showing you have the skills required to run your own exchange or ecommerce site. A list of commits you've made to Bitcoin itself, or the wallet software you wrote. Being able to "use" Bitcoin doesn't make one a professional any more than your 5000 followers is going to get you a job at Twitter.
See my new signature; also applies to Microsoft, Cisco, and Redhat.
Actually something like Bitcoin needs all types of professionals, not just coders. I do have a degree in Com Sci but that was ages ago. I could write code to talk to bitcoid but I would not attempt to code an exchange or any commits but that is a tiny subset of the things that are needed to bring Bitcoin from code to a system usable by millions of people. But, yes, the certification does not mean much just like many people act like a CISSP is a PhD. |
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Why did you take this certificate quiz, pay so much for it, and post about it on the forum? Are you partnering with these guys to try to earn money on what looks like a ripoff at least, and an "online university/certification" scam at worst?
I already explained but you are a drama queen so you are asking again. |
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I think you got ripped off. I paid only about $30CAD to order a sign from VistaPrint that has a big bitcoin logo and "Bitcoin Expert" text on it. Saved $45, and looks much better at conventions.
You run a non-existent charity, plan to break into FBI computers while you work for the State of MD, and looking silly in videos. You are certifiable so you should get the certificate that says so. |
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How can you be a "professional"?
Seems like a fancy way of you giving them 50$, and them giving you an "Internet Certificate" that holds no real value to anyone else.
Yes, many certifications seem that way. I have a CISSP as well and there are similar complaints about that. I am retired so I don't really need any kind of certification. I saw the list of advisors and I it looked legitimate so I went ahead with it. I think I've talked to you before - on Millybitcoin.com? If you're not seeking any jobs or anything with it - bravo. Thanks for learning about BTC  Yes, that is it. I just launched http://Bitcoin.me and I had that video made. I used the weusecoins video as a basis but I geared it towards how Bitcoin can be used. I also got that ruling from FinCEN about mining: http://www.coindesk.com/fincen-bitcoin-miners-need-not-register-money-transmitters/ |
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How can you be a "professional"?
Seems like a fancy way of you giving them 50$, and them giving you an "Internet Certificate" that holds no real value to anyone else.
Yes, many certifications seem that way. I have a CISSP as well and there are similar complaints about that. I am retired so I don't really need any kind of certification. I saw the list of advisors and I it looked legitimate so I went ahead with it. |
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I completed the certification process at https://cryptoconsortium.org/. Took the 20 minute/75 question multiple choice test, paid $50 CAD test plus $25 CAD certificate application fee (BTC only) and uploaded a resume. Got my CBP certification in a few hours. |
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I think you need to set up OpenCL so your graphics card or processor can communicate with the mining software.
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