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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Wallet Security Methodology
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on: June 18, 2012, 09:08:15 PM
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For my savings, I've been using an offline brainwallet. I reboot into a clean USB Linux distro with no network access and use it to generate a Bitcoin address. I use the tools from brainwallet.org (downloaded to my flash drive) and a certain passphrase that is about 25 letters/symbols/numbers to generate the keypair. Then, I copy the public Bitcoin address to a text file, reboot, and send coins there. The private key isn't recorded anywhere, but both myself and my wife know the passphrase very well.
This. I never understood the point in copying encrypted files all over the place and doing the hokey-pokey rain-dance between each step when you can just create a paper or brain wallet for secure cold/offline storage.
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Bitcoin / Mining software (miners) / Re: Modular Python Bitcoin Miner - Official Thread
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on: June 16, 2012, 05:10:33 AM
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Only REV1 BFL Singles work with MPBM
a worker module for the REV3 has been on do list but TheSeven just hasnt gotten around to it yet.
So unless you have all BFL REV1 singles they will not work with MPBM
That isn't true. I have rev.3 singles and they have worked just fine with MPBM since the first time I plugged them in. I am running linux though, so if you are referring to a Windows-specific problem you may want to be more explicit with your statement.
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Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: FPGA Rig Photos
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on: June 07, 2012, 08:40:26 PM
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What are all the different types of hardware your running with MPBM?
BFL single, Icarus, and x6500 (rev 2 & 3). I will hopefully be adding some ztex quads if the group-buy makes some progress soon.
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Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: FPGA Rig Photos
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on: June 07, 2012, 08:17:26 PM
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That pic is actually a few months old. Right now I have things taken apart and strung all around. I'm waiting for a few final components before I put it back together again and will take some more pics then.The current mix is doing 12.7Gh/s @ 815W 13.8GH @ 875W (kill-a-watt). MPBM runs everything together perfectly. It is the best FPGA mining software IMHO.
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Largest block to date
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on: June 04, 2012, 09:01:52 PM
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This will not come to pass. Way too complicated indeed.
I disagree. Bitcoin is complicated, not just this pruning/compression solution. I'm not saying that the linked thread is "the best way", but I assure you there will be no simple way to do it. However, the solutions are usually very simple in concept: represent the current state of the network as only the remaining unspent coins, you can throw away everything else. The details are in the algorithms for computing these unspent-output-trees, and sharing/verifying answers with other nodes. I used to think this was a pipe dream, because it would cause a hard fork to implement this securely in the network (because you'd have to modify the headers), but the linked thread brings up the fact that it can be done in a parallel blockchain with merged mining. This means that the pruning/compression would be strictly opt-in: users who don't care only use the regular network. Nodes that want the compression/pruning, can subscribe to the second chain and only download the most recent unspent-output-tree and latest blocks. With this in mind, it's actually feasible. And if there's a strong enough incentive -- like ensuring decentralization by enabling home computers to still participate in the network as full nodes -- then something should be done, even if it's not exactly this solution. I had a similar reply started but this says it perfectly. A "rolling balance" alt-chain is a very interesting idea and complementary use would present a lot of potential benefits. What would need to be worked out is how to pay miners to mine the chain independently of block rewards and transaction fees paid by the bitcoin network, assuming another alt-coin is undesirable. On the other hand, if the difficulty of a balance chain is 1000x higher maybe it could spit out a single indivisible "bitdiamond" every time a block is solved and do so indefinitely. That would appease the deflationary-spiral folks too...
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The Demise of BitPak
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on: June 01, 2012, 02:33:11 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology, where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our unification of thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death, and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!
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Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: X6500 Custom FPGA Miner
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on: May 30, 2012, 03:38:28 PM
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Well, I guess technically it's not "passive cooling", they just happen to sit directly in front of the air conditioner vent... I'm using the same Enzotech copper heatsinks that were used in the mineral oil submerged rig a few posts back in this thread. Temps are usually ~25-35C depending on how hot it is in the room.
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Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: BitForce SC - full custom ASIC
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on: May 30, 2012, 03:34:16 PM
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I find it depressing that people are anti-ASIC and suggest algorithm changes. Luddites!
The reality is that SOMEONE will develop an ASIC for mining in the next few years whether you like it or not. They may do it in the secretive manner described above and nobody would even know. I'm glad that BFL has openly stated they want to sell them to end users, and hopefully they will see some healthy competition from other groups developing ASICs. If bitcoin is going to continue the hashing arms-race is inevitable.
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Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: X6500 Custom FPGA Miner
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on: May 30, 2012, 02:56:54 PM
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I have an unopened set of 8 heatsinks/fans for these if anyone needs them. I used different heatsinks on mine for passive cooling.
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Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: BitForce SC - full custom ASIC
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on: May 27, 2012, 10:29:59 PM
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1. What is the BitForce SC? The BitForce SC processor is the result of our long term development of a multipurpose SHA256 hashing engine in full custom ASIC. The BitForce SC achieves an exponential increase in verification performance and power draw efficiency by using the latest semiconductor manufacture technology.
Why ASIC? ASIC is the final word in processor design. There is no next step threatening to change everything. This makes it the first stable ground for hardware investment as compared to prior stages which experienced unpredictable and violent change as technology moved up the ladder from CPU to GPU, then FPGA and sASIC / Hardcopy.
Pure custom ASIC is the end of the line. With ASIC comes not only a phenomenal performance increase, but also a stability in the rate of performance increase. Yes, improvements in ASIC will continue to occur, but only at the stable & predictable rate as followed by the rest of the semiconductor industry and not sudden exponential growth like the jump into ASIC itself. The volatile risk of hardware investment is now behind us and for the first time, high speed hash verification performance can be had in a convenient USB stick or clustered in a compact, yet face meltingly fast rack mount system without the traditional burden of power, heat or space constraints.
2. Hey, what the heck? Why’d you come out with this after I just bought a bunch of Singles? I’m not even to payoff and now I’m going to be left behind! We hear you loud and clear and we promise to stand by our customers through this technology change with an all inclusive trade in policy designed to protect the dollar value of your existing hardware.
Upon release of BitForce SC based Singles & Mini Rigs, all previous generation BitForce products will enjoy a full 100% trade in value when used towards the purchase of the newer generation replacements. This means your current device is protected from depreciation through this evolution in technology. This buy back offer is good for all previous generation BitForce units whether purchased directly from us or from a third party. Full terms of our obsolescence guarantee will be forthcoming.
Having said this, it’s also important to point out that current generation products enjoy strong relative hashing power today and that will continue to make them profitable up to and through the the point of ASIC market penetration when they can be traded in.
3. Why should I buy a Mini Rig or Single if the BitForce SC is coming out? It depends on the lead time difference between your product and the availability of the BitForce SC. As long as there is a sufficient gap in between the delivery of the two then it makes sense to enjoy the strong performance of current gen products before network difficulty increases as a result of ASIC market penetration. At that time, the your units can be traded in towards an upgrade to equivalent BitForce SC based replacements.
4. When will the BitForce SC be available, and how fast are they? Our full revealing announcement will come in June, just after initial shipments of the Mini Rig. However, for a basic summary, rollout is probably sooner than you might imagine and performance is really really fast.
The upgrade/trade-in offer is awesome. Exciting news indeed!
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Version 0.6.2 available
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on: May 15, 2012, 06:33:38 PM
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I'm running into a minor annoyance that is happening on two separate Windows 7 x64 machines. After exiting bitcoin-qt, the icon remains in the system tray until you move the mouse over it. I'm not sure if it is a Windows issue or something specific to my display settings, but I don't recall it happening with earlier versions. Anyone else seeing the same behavior?
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: [ANN] Critical vulnerability (denial-of-service attack)
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on: May 15, 2012, 04:36:56 AM
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For anyone who is unaware, Forrest is the creator of the decentralized peer-to-peer mining pool p2pool - which will now be even more DoS resistant. Uh, what? p2pool is more susceptible to DoS than other pools, and this fix to bitcoind/Bitcoin-Qt does nothing to change that. If you run a p2pool node you need run bitcoind, so with this vulnerability patched the net result is a system that is less susceptible to DoS, is it not? I didn't mean to suggest this bug had anything to do with p2pool itself, which Forrest made it clear in the p2pool thread. Regarding the DoS susceptibility, do you mind answering in the p2pool thread? I don't want to hijack/derail this thread with a pool discussion - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=18313.msg901218#msg901218
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