The Internet Archive Team
http://www.archive.org has relayed to me that they began a "focused crawl" for
http://www.bitcointalk.orgI was reminded of how the Library of Congress archived all of early Twitter as a significant cultural record
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2013/01/update-on-the-twitter-archive-at-the-library-of-congress/I reached out to the Internet Archive shortly after the Bitcoin Talk forum was hacked
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/bitcoin-talk-forum-hacked-hours-after-making-cameo-in-silk-road-takedown/ And since I was involved (with Adam B. Levine) in breaking the BitBills story (which relayed prior art within Bitcointalk.org) I realized that BitcoinTalk.org is of historical significance and serves as a historical record.
Reference: BitBills Attempt to Patent Physical Bitcoins
http://letstalkbitcoin.com/477/A Prior Art Notice was recently filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office citing a message on BitcoinTalk: 301 Prior Art Filed Against BitBills Patent
http://www.cryptocoinwalletcards.com/press/301-prior-art-filed-bitbills-patent/P.S. On November 6 The Internet Archive's book scanning center in San Francisco was badly damaged by fire. You can read more at
http://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/scanning-center-fire-please-help-rebuild/. Donations to help offset costs not covered by insurance are appreciated and can be made at
https://archive.org/donateDonations are of course accepted in Bitcoin! Regards,
Brian
http://letstalkbitcoin.com/author/bcohen/http://bitcoinmagazine.com/author/brian-cohen/
