I got it too. I deleted it without clicking, so I don't know where the link goes.

How about just referring to "Internet Money" so that everyone can understand what you're talking about? Jargon doesn't help to spread the news.

Thank you. In case anyone else is interested, this description of the SHA-256 algorithm is actually quite readable.

Is there a way to store the result of the first few steps? Suppose we stored the partial hash of the first few bytes, then looked that up to save time at the start of each new hash?

(cue sound of ASIC makers hastily redesigning their circuits)

By following those complex instructions anyone can opt out, however neither employers nor the government will recognise the opt-out. Good luck trying though.

From page 6 of that document:

Hahahah, at least their heart's in the right place with the "return to your cage" bit.

Did you know that the Amish are exempted from paying Social Security? The basis for this is that they look after their own, and the history of how they fought against having to pay Social Security is quite interesting.

The current law exempts any sect who conscientiously object to the principle of compulsory insurance, provided that sect has existed since December 31 1950. So I doubt the "Bitcoin Sect" will have much luck.

If nothing else, this demonstrates clearly that your first priority is not Bitcoinica's clients.

Notice how the "reputed scientists" weren't invited to evaluate the device scientifically. Instead, they were invited to attend for a day or two, and write a report on what they saw.

These prototypes were producing milliwatts of power over a day or two. That's tiny! Notice how the construction depends on an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte? Notice how the construction includes nickel and manganese, typical components of a battery?

Like all these so-called "energy breakthroughs" where the owners do not permit serious scientific investigation, there's nothing going on beyond regular chemical energy.

If the developers really had what they claim, they would allow someone to test it for long enough to rule out chemical energy as the source.

What's probably happening is that they're sending the small payments, and the big amount is coming back to the same wallet each time as change.

The above system collapses if no-one chooses for their tax to be used to fund the violent taking of money from those who don't pay. Just sayin'.

You could try the correct URL if you want a better chance of seeing any updates:
https://www.bitcoinica.com/

No, a transaction only needs to completely spend all the balance of one payment that was received by an address, not all payments that were received by the address.

Maybe it's not due to random variance, because there is one thing that is not random: the per-play limit is dynamic and algorithmic. As such, it may be exploitable.

Any time the house has a big loss, the per-play limit is immediately reduced. So there's not so much chance for the house to have a big win on the next bet. In the long run, maybe the house's "big losses" are bigger than its "big wins".

I'm not sure how this interacts with players' typical betting strategies. But it's definitely worth increasing your working capital to the point where you can offer a stable maximum stake, before you decide that your losses are due to random variance.

Don't beg, hazek, it just gives power to the person you're begging to.

The only "wrong" that is being done is by the thief, and it is that person who should be pursued.

If someone unintentionally receives, as part of an honest and innocent exchange of value, a transaction descended from stolen coins, that recipient should not be penalised in any way.

To do otherwise would indeed be tyrannical.

Try the Magic The Gathering Online Xchange.

Maybe there's a big player buying them up progressively, in greater quantities when the price is towards $4.80, and in lesser quantities (or zero) when the price moves towards $5.20.

No way. The Greek government is in a mess is because they won't/can't balance their budget (even within the 3% leeway allowed by the Euro rules). If Greece leaves the Euro, it will be to a currency of its own that it can inflate ad lib.

Bitcoin has nothing of value to offer to the Greek government. To the Greek people, on the other hand...

A word of friendly advice, zhoutong: your life will be much easier and lower-stress if you leave this mess to Donald, Patrick and Amir to sort out.

I mean, we all appreciate everything you have done, and that you have been the most communicative representative of the service, but it's not your problem anymore.

So why not disable your forum login, block access to the forum in your computer's host file, back away from the keyboard, and focus on your studies and on enjoying the great lifestyle that Australia has to offer. It's not your problem anymore.

As I understand it, a "tax incentive" means you pay less tax. It isn't a government handout.

It's surely consistent for someone to want to reduce government spending and to want to reduce taxation.

Just think how different the outcome would be if there was a local Greek exchanger swapping cash for bitcoins instantly.

Maybe by the time Spain defaults, all the pieces of the Jigsaw will be in place.

(PS: Realpra is wise.)