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Other information is stored in the wallet other than your keys. Application settings, last seen block number, transactions. If you downloaded any blocks, then at the very least the wallet will be updated with the number of the block that was last scanned for transactions. This is to make startup quicker.
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The inputs are where the script belongs…the script (which would typically include one or more public keys) must hash to the value specified in the corresponding output. This allows the recipient to always specify the conditions for spending (they create the script, hash it, and that's the bitcoin address they give to the sender). The script can be a simple, single signature, or something more interesting involving multiple signatures. I feel like I know a decent amount about the workings of Bitcoin - enough to comprehend this explanation but not come up with it - and I agree. For this reason, I think it would be very advisable for everyone to upgrade their clients when either BIP-16 or BIP-17 get adopted. I think the concern is that this is not likely to happen. I saw a figure somewhere that 70% of clients are running a version lower than 0.5. What about a staged update like when the default fee changed 0.3.22/23? |
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you're only thinking about what benefits you without thinking about the horrible consequences to the magazine's future. I already purchased a 12 month subscription... I don't really care either way. I know enough so that I can strip any DRM off of a digital copy, and will do so in order to use it on the device of my choosing (thinking my new Nook Simple Touch). I guess I can see your side of things, that it will either be a game of cat and mouse or an all-out massive surrender. Either way is fine by me-- I'm just the founder and editor. All I care about is: If a magazine gives up DRM or simply doesn't offer the digital copy for free-- how does it provide income to cover the costs of printing the physical copies? Everyone here understands that we're losing money the first month, right? Does everyone here know how much it actually costs to print even 200 issues of a magazine by our specifications and at 64 pages? I literally would need to be charging $40 per issue at this point to break even. Releasing a free issue is not really on the top of my mind right now. Volume is. If that volume is in the form of more free issues, that's the wrong kind of volume. lol I think you're misunderstanding me. I'm not suggesting you give away the digital copy for free. I'm suggesting that for those who purchase it, you don't restrict which devices they can read it on by using only specific content marketplaces or DRM laden formats. Anyway, it's your magazine, do whatever you want. I just think your perception of the benefits of DRM and copying restrictions are flawed. |
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you're only thinking about what benefits you without thinking about the horrible consequences to the magazine's future. I already purchased a 12 month subscription... Plus, I know enough so that I can strip any DRM off of a digital copy, and will do so in order to use it on the device of my choosing (thinking my new Nook Simple Touch). Everyone already knows my viewpoints, but more important than viewpoints, they know that I am willing to meet needs, adapt and adopt new strategies. I just need in put into a way that makes sense to me. How about this? Do you really want to read a magazine on your phone!? |
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@ Gavin
Call me dumb, but I absolutely do not understand how you are supposed to create a whole address out of partial sigs?!? Wouldn't it be necessary for all sigs to come together at one point to create a single address hash to which you can then send the coins?
And if so, why don't you just take one private key, divide it into two or three or more parts (like this: 5JMhGPWc3pkdgPd9jqVZkRtEp3QB3Ze8ihv62TmmvzABmkNzBHw ) and then give each part to different people or devices.
Can you please explain in more detail?
I think the code is saying "in order for this transaction to be spent, it must be signed by private key (X and Y) or Z". This allows more flexibility, because Z can be printed out and kept physically safe, in case X or Y (kept in separate locations) is lost. You can also say something like "...it must be signed by at least 51% of A through Z". |
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My job is to find the best way to distribute it to the largest audience without bankrupting the initiative. PDF if a widely supported standard. You can even lock down a PDF with DRM, though it can be broken like any other. Not by Joe Bloe, though, he'll just have to suffer the negative consequences of DRM. Polly Pirate will break the DRM, and Techie Timmy will download it off of Polly's site. Thank you for your suggestion, I will discuss it with the group but I think this method is a fast track to bankruptcy.
You can separate all of humanity into four categories: 1. People who aren't interested at all 2. People who are interested but won't pay 3. People who are interested and might pay 4. People who are interested and will pay Groups 1 and 2 are off the table. You'll never get any money from them. Group 4 is a sure thing. Group 3 is the one you want to convince to pay. Do you think there are more people in the Bitcoin community who... Will be upset that you use technological measures to prevent copying & sharing, making them not want to support you financially? or Will be happy to donate Bitcoin to you after downloading your magazine for free (say from The Pirate Bay) and enjoying your content? |
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Yes it will be pirated with and without DRM, but that will not prevent the Magazine for being successful.
That to me smells of speculation. If it were even remotely true, people wouldn't be using DRM in the first place. DRM prevents people who don't know what they're doing from copying a "protected" work. It doesn't stop people who know what they're doing, or people who don't know what they're doing form getting it from those that do. see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management#Impossible_task(read from Impossible Task on into Shortcomings) I'm not aware of a single type of DRM that has not been broken. That of Blu-ray discs took a very long time, but it was supposed to be unbreakable. P.S. I ordered a 12 month digital + analog subscription. I really hope you reconsider treating your customers like criminals, and give us the digital content in format that we can use on all of our devices. I think that the digital edition is offered so cheaply is going to get anyone who is going to pay for it to pay for it. Anyone else who gets a copy without paying isn't going to pay you no matter what. So what if they read your content? Maybe they'll like it enough to pay. |
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As for the issue with Schildbach wallet, that's a wallet I'm not familiar with. That's the Bitcoin Wallet by Andreas Schildbach, one of the more popular Android wallets. It uses BitcoinJ and as far as I know, does not require you to be caught up with the block chain (nor received transactions to be confirmed?) in order to spend. |
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I sent a donation of 9.74853958 BTC to the address in the OP, but I will also be sending out a 10 BTC donation to the miners using the following command sometime in the next week. bitcoind sendmany "" "$(GET http://forre.st:9332/patron_sendmany?total=10.0)" |
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Here's what I see: $ strings .bitcoin/blk0001.dat | grep -i p2sh
NOP2SH
NOP2SH
NOP2SH
NOP2SH
NOP2SH;p2sh/CHV
NOP2SH;p2sh/CHV
NOP2SH;p2sh/CHV
NOP2SH
p2sh/CHV
What's with those "NOP2SH;p2sh/CHV"? |
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This looks like a boring series that I will probably never watch again, though I liked their Bitcoin coverage. My favorite part was the implication that Bitcoin is something that all young people are familiar with. Like it's an integral part of Internet culture. Not really true yet, but I like the idea.
The real Satoshi story is way more interesting than the story in the show, though.
Let's hope they don't trace his IP address from one of the encoded blocks! I actually like the show, my girlfriend got me hooked on it a couple of seasons ago. There's some good drama, and it is a story from an interesting perspective, that of the wife of a cheating, dirty politician. |
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Could this be tested on testnet before it becomes mandatory in prodnet? Isn't that a good place to test potentially forking changes?
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I have a useful LinuxCoin setup script that I'd like to post in the thread in Project Development. You set this up to run automatically upon boot and it will create all of the miner scripts, the auto start script, the restart script, etc based upon the devices installed in your system. #!/bin/bash
xhost +
echo $DISPLAY > /home/user/.display
echo "Configuring on first run..."
while [ -z $IP ]; do
sleep 1
IP=`/sbin/ifconfig | grep 192.168 | awk '{ split($2, ip, "."); print ip[4] }'`
done
sudo awk '{
if($3 == "linuxcoin") {
print "127.0.0.1 localhost stimbo102" >> "/etc/hosts.new"
} else {
print $0 >> "/etc/hosts.new"
}
}' /etc/hosts
sudo mv /etc/hosts.new /etc/hosts
sudo hostname stimbo$IP
AMDOverdriveCtrl -h | awk -v ip=$IP '
function append(data, file) {
print data >> file
}
function write(data, file) {
print data > file
}
function write_miner(device) {
file = "/home/user/miner" device ".sh"
write("#!/bin/bash", file)
append("cd /opt/miners/phoenix", file)
append("sudo ./phoenix.py -u http://stimbo10." ip ":stimbo789@api.bitcoin.cz:8332/ -q 7 -k phatk BFI_INT VECTORS FASTLOOP=false AGGRESSION=11 DEVICE=" device, file)
system("chmod +x " file)
}
function start_miner(device) {
file = "/home/user/miner" device ".sh"
system("lxterminal --title miner" device " --command sh " file)
}
function write_autostart() {
file = "/home/user/.config/autostart/auto.desktop"
write("[Desktop Entry]", file)
append("Encoding=UTF-8", file)
append("Name=coin", file)
append("Exec=lxterminal --command \"sh /home/user/start.sh\"", file)
append("Terminal=true", file)
}
function write_start() {
file = "/home/user/start.sh"
write("#!/bin/bash", file)
append("sleep 20", file)
append("xhost +", file)
append("echo $DISPLAY > /home/user/.display", file)
system("chmod +x " file)
}
function append_start(adapter, device) {
file="/home/user/start.sh"
append("AMDOverdriveCtrl -i " adapter " -b", file)
append("lxterminal --title miner" device " --command sh /home/user/miner" device ".sh", file)
}
function write_restart() {
file = "/home/user/restart.sh"
write("#!/bin/bash", file)
append("export DISPLAY=`cat /home/user/.display`", file)
system("chmod +x " file)
}
function append_restart(adapter, device) {
file="/home/user/restart.sh"
append("pc=`ps waxuf | grep miner" device ".sh -c`", file)
append("ld=`aticonfig --odgc --adapter=" device " | grep \"GPU load\" | cut -c 30-35 | cut -d % -f 1`", file)
append("if [ $pc -lt \"2\" ] || [ $ld -lt \"50\" ] ; then", file)
append(" kill `ps -ef | grep miner" device " | grep -v grep | awk \x27{print $2}\x27`", file)
append(" lxterminal --title miner" device " --command sh /home/user/miner" device ".sh &", file)
append(" date +\"%D %r miner" device " restarted\" >> /home/user/cron_job.log", file)
append("fi", file)
}
BEGIN {
n=0
write_autostart()
write_start()
write_restart()
}
{
if($5 ~ /active.*/) {
device = substr($4, 1, length($4) - 1)
devices[n++] = device
}
}
END {
for(device in devices) {
print "Found device number " device " in adapter slot " devices[device]
write_miner(device)
append_start(devices[device], device)
append_restart(devices[device], device)
start_miner(device)
}
}'
if [ -f /home/user/.config/autostart/firstrun.desktop ]; then
rm /home/user/.config/autostart/firstrun.desktop
fi |
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I'm at a bit of a loss how to run a Bitcoin node that accepts incoming connections through the Mullvad VPN service. I was able to get more than 8 connections by using their software to open a port (you can't choose, it creates a random one) and then using -port=X, but that only got me 12 connections, and my understanding is that doing it like that makes the node not discoverable.
Any ideas?
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