[2017-01-11] Did Julian Assange Just Use the Bitcoin Blockchain to Prove He Is A

[Gembul]

News Bitcoin  -Did Julian Assange Just Use the Bitcoin Blockchain to Prove He Is Alive?

There had been some speculation that Mr. Assange was dead or lost control of his online identity. Instead of holding up today’s newspaper, as might have happened historically, the Australia-native used the blockchain technology to prove he is alive, contained at the Ecuadorian embassy. He referred to it as “proof of life.”

As a public cryptographic ledger, the bitcoin blockchain allows anyone to “mine” and add pieces of information (known as ‘blocks’) to the blockchain, but only upon completing a computer process known as “proof of work”.

Bitcoin’s hash algorithm, known as SHA256, scrambles data stored in the blocks (in the case of bitcoin, mostly transaction data) into a string of letters and numbers referred to as a hash. Knowing what data went into creating a hash is very hard. However, it is very easy to determine the hash of a particular piece of data.

A bitcoin block hash represents a random group of letters and number virtually impossible to predict. Once distributed via the blockchain, however, the hash is widely available and cannot be altered. By reading the most recently published block hash, Mr. Assange could prove today’s interview had not been pre-recorded.

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[digaran]

I can see that his foundation has received 4k bitcoins 4 years ago   when the price was at $10 lol only if they kept the coins the difference would be tremendous, I think many altcoins hoping to be like bitcoin and have an increase in value by a few thousands percent wishes are not crime for the young.
How much data he has anyways? is he constantly hacking then leaking them or what?

[LLec]

Proof of life.
I like that term and it is good to know that one can prove they are still alive if they still want to stay off the grid that Assange still does. He is wanted by governments and entire countries for what he and his wiki-leaks have done to them and their security of their information.
He will be in hiding for a very long time.

[darkangel11]

I can see that his foundation has received 4k bitcoins 4 years ago   when the price was at $10 lol only if they kept the coins the difference would be tremendous, I think many altcoins hoping to be like bitcoin and have an increase in value by a few thousands percent wishes are not crime for the young.
How much data he has anyways? is he constantly hacking then leaking them or what?

He probably spent the money to pay his little birds or snitches as some might name them. You also need a lot of money to provide the level of security that he needs.

It's good that he's promoting bitcoins, though. He may be a controversial person, but as the old saying goes: no publicity is bad publicity.