auf bitcoinupdate.com ist soeben die neue Episode 22 des wöchentlichen Podcasts erschienen. Diesmal sogar mit Jingle. Wir freuen uns über Feedback!

Die Themen diesmal:

- MtGox offline für über 4 Stunden
- Bitfloor schließt, Bankkonto gesperrt
- Bitcoin 24, Hausdurchsuchung
- MtGox trading volume all-time-high
- PirateBay akzeptiert Spenden in Bitcoin
- BFL liefert Jalapeno demo unit aus
- Julian Assange erzählt Google CEO Eric Schmidt von Bitcoin
- Western Union und MoneyGram überlegen Bitcoin zu verwenden
- Sealand zieht Bitcoin in Erwägung
- bitcoin.de plant Kooperation mit Bank

because of the BDB locking problem in 0.7. basically, we want to at least allow 1 MB blocks as intended.

i have not seen this yet, but NPR planet money did bring two very fair pieces on Bitcoin in their audio podcast. And they are also sponsored by banks.

i think it would make sense to have a url structure like

https://wallet.is/key/5KdN2Qrb5peKKmtpFU9A6owijy1a2sHNo6JcuGMy1iTn5dBjKWt

where the key is the actual private key.

that way, you only have to maintain a generic index of all adresses. Intentionally do no keep any logs.

if your service goes offline anyone can still import their key into a wallet.

fyi, we are doing a WEEKLY bitcoin podcast since about half a year.. it is currently in german, though, and we did a shoutout to the daily bitcoin don't disappoint us and keep throwing out these great episodes.

you can check it out at http://bitcoinupdate.com

we are in a continous process of making it more professional. once we reach a level we are confident with, we will actively promote it..

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter

just to throw in some doubt: have you verified that the random number generator has enough randomness? that there is no known secret seen involved in the key generation?

is 1AnixjBYxpTzAmfSa8kRdBiUaSGV2e9d26 the cold wallet address eventually?

if so, there is hope  - maybe not all is lost.

my deposit which i traded for eur and tried to withdraw yesterday went there.

einmal mit profis ...

aktuell ist die seite down.

hat jemand eine ahnung was hier los ist?

RAmen!

i think i am going to claim the instawallets for my friends and relatives. i even think i can provide the signed messages for most of them.

does anyone think this will be a problem if i claim multiple wallets to my name?

i certainly respect your opinion, but there is a third possibility: overwhelmed by success.
tons of people use their service everyday, and i am certain they make good profit off that.

they would be really stupid if they decide to rip of every 100th customer.

so my advice: if you have a legitimate claim and enough evidence continue trying to reach them, eventually they will answer.
if that does not work in a few days, present the whole evidence (with sensitive info greyed out) to the community. a little shitstorm does wonders

wow, this makes an interesting story. SDL always comes up with all kinds of in-depth bitcoin knowledge.

that makes me think -> SDL==SN

i have to admit i have given loaded instawallets (with trivial amounts back then) to friends as gifts. now i have to contact them and lead them though the recovery.
looking forward to the start of the claims process.

/push

neue folge (7.4.) unseres bitcoin podcasts online:

http://bitcoinupdate.com/

Bitcoin Central Hack
DDoS Angriffe auf Mt.Gox
BTCguild knapp bei 50% der Hashleistung
Drama in der Welt der Altcoins
Neuer Antrag für das Bitcoin trademark
Torbroker: anonymous stock exchange
Datenleck bei Coinbase
Bitcoin in der Presse
Bitcoin Vortrag von Peter Surda

because Bitcoin is so simple 

his arguments are not totally outlandish. they are a bit far-reaching, since they imply governments are putting in substantial effort in auditing the blockchain. this will eventually happen, but not today.
His argument against "structuring" relies on a very literal application of fiat money laws to bitcoin. For technical reasons most transactions appear structured already, and today this is not illegal.

funny, but too much text to read, imo.

here is another, old one about bitcoinica which i think its funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK-Um8GdqmY

well, we could also drastically reduce the number of humans available so we have more bitcoins per person. the historic average durign the middle ages would be 42 bitcoins per human.