It took me forever to find out about the restrictions since I registered before they were there. That was a bit frustrating. Now that I know about them, they don't seem so bad.

Hi all,

I'm thrae. I joined before the newbie forum was created, but wasn't wise enough to make 5 posts. But it's okay, cause now I get to hang out with you guys.

thanks guys

Stephen Gornick - good point. I guess this would only work if person A paid coins to person B. Person B held on to them for a long time. Person A then paid the same coins to person C.

Enochian - if subsequent transactions by any person protect my previous transactions, then my whole point was moot. I think that's what you're saying. I wasn't sure from reading http://www.bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf. Is there a more detailed document?

Hi, I couldn't find any mention of this so I thought I'd bring it up. What happens if a person holds on to their coins for a long time, say 10 years? At the time, it may have been hard to forge an alternate history for the coins, but 10 years later, it may be much easier. Would this enable attackers to steal the coins?

If this is true, would it be a good practice to create dummy transactions to yourself (don't know if this is possible) every month or so to safeguard your coins?