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https://lwn.net/Articles/414452/I clicked a link to read a bitcoin related article and I was blocked by a paywall. I thought it was funny that someone wrote an article about bitcoin without realising they could be paid in bitcoin! 
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November 11, 2010, 02:56:29 PM |
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https://lwn.net/Articles/414452/I clicked a link to read a bitcoin related article and I was blocked by a paywall. I thought it was funny that someone wrote an article about bitcoin without realising they could be paid in bitcoin! It is a timed paypwall - the article will be avaiable in 1 week. |
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November 11, 2010, 03:20:40 PM |
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https://lwn.net/Articles/414452/I clicked a link to read a bitcoin related article and I was blocked by a paywall. I thought it was funny that someone wrote an article about bitcoin without realising they could be paid in bitcoin! It is a timed paypwall - the article will be avaiable in 1 week. I would have paid them bitcoins to read it now.... |
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November 11, 2010, 04:25:35 PM |
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https://lwn.net/Articles/414452/I clicked a link to read a bitcoin related article and I was blocked by a paywall. I thought it was funny that someone wrote an article about bitcoin without realising they could be paid in bitcoin! It is a timed paypwall - the article will be avaiable in 1 week. I would have paid them bitcoins to read it now.... Yeah, somebody should convince them to accept bitcoin... |
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November 11, 2010, 07:00:26 PM |
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https://lwn.net/Articles/414452/I clicked a link to read a bitcoin related article and I was blocked by a paywall. I thought it was funny that someone wrote an article about bitcoin without realising they could be paid in bitcoin! It is a timed paypwall - the article will be avaiable in 1 week. I would have paid them bitcoins to read it now.... why don't you email them and suggest it?  |
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November 13, 2010, 12:48:35 AM |
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Jeff Garzik, Bloq CEO, former bitcoin core dev team; opinions are my own.
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November 13, 2010, 01:54:11 AM |
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The writer have a very...sophisticated understanding of bitcoins.
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November 13, 2010, 06:01:13 AM |
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The writer have a very...sophisticated understanding of bitcoins.
Pretty good for someone standing at a distance looking in, but I noticed his understanding of how the system handles a double-spend is incorrect. |
"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
- Carroll Quigley, CFR member, mentor to Bill Clinton, from 'Tragedy And Hope'
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November 13, 2010, 12:45:28 PM |
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https://lwn.net/Articles/414452/I clicked a link to read a bitcoin related article and I was blocked by a paywall. I thought it was funny that someone wrote an article about bitcoin without realising they could be paid in bitcoin! It is a timed paypwall - the article will be avaiable in 1 week. I would have paid them bitcoins to read it now.... why don't you email them and suggest it? Perhaps I did more than email. Perhaps I setup a mybitcoin account for them and depsosited some coins and gave them the login.... They are very sympathetic to the goals of this project.  |
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November 19, 2010, 01:12:17 AM |
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This article is now outside the paywall; the subscriber link I made is no longer needed. URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/414452/ |
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November 19, 2010, 01:45:05 AM |
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I still donated to read it |
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November 19, 2010, 08:33:43 AM |
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I still donated to read it BTW, somebody of us should go there and answer questions/resolve issues asked in the comments below the article. LWN.NET may be read by some important figures in the geek world, so it would be probably good for Bitcoin PR if we do that. Perhaps it should be even Satoshi himself or Gavin Andresen, because they have the best understanding of the Bitcoin algorithms. |
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November 19, 2010, 11:38:03 AM |
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I still donated to read it BTW, somebody of us should go there and answer questions/resolve issues asked in the comments below the article. LWN.NET may be read by some important figures in the geek world, so it would be probably good for Bitcoin PR if we do that. Perhaps it should be even Satoshi himself or Gavin Andresen, because they have the best understanding of the Bitcoin algorithms. I second that request. |
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November 19, 2010, 12:02:28 PM |
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Perhaps it should be even Satoshi himself or Gavin Andresen Isn't the time that they spend on Bitcoin itself so valuable that they are the last people who should take on the job of roving ambassador correcting the world's misconceptions? |
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November 19, 2010, 01:35:36 PM |
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Perhaps it should be even Satoshi himself or Gavin Andresen Isn't the time that they spend on Bitcoin itself so valuable that they are the last people who should take on the job of roving ambassador correcting the world's misconceptions? I think that there are very few people on this forum except Satoshi and Gavin, who have the qualifications. |
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November 19, 2010, 06:45:42 PM |
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Perhaps it should be even Satoshi himself or Gavin Andresen Isn't the time that they spend on Bitcoin itself so valuable that they are the last people who should take on the job of roving ambassador correcting the world's misconceptions? I think that there are very few people on this forum except Satoshi and Gavin, who have the qualifications. And if his avatar photo is accurate, Gavin is pretty enough for television, whereas most of us likely have a face for radio. |
"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
- Carroll Quigley, CFR member, mentor to Bill Clinton, from 'Tragedy And Hope'
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November 23, 2010, 08:23:48 AM |
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Perhaps it should be even Satoshi himself or Gavin Andresen Isn't the time that they spend on Bitcoin itself so valuable that they are the last people who should take on the job of roving ambassador correcting the world's misconceptions? Fully agree |
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November 23, 2010, 09:04:39 AM |
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Perhaps it should be even Satoshi himself or Gavin Andresen Isn't the time that they spend on Bitcoin itself so valuable that they are the last people who should take on the job of roving ambassador correcting the world's misconceptions? Fully agree I completely disagree. It will never be good for bitcoin PR, if the creators never show anywhere. The truth is nobody can catch the concept & explain the idea better than the creator... |
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November 23, 2010, 09:28:01 AM |
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I completely disagree.
It will never be good for bitcoin PR, if the creators never show anywhere. The truth is nobody can catch the concept & explain the idea better than the creator...
I'll beg to differ. Often, people who aren't aware of all the technical internals are able to explain things in simpler ways. There's a reason why engineering and sales are different jobs |
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November 23, 2010, 09:36:45 AM |
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I'll beg to differ. Often, people who aren't aware of all the technical internals are able to explain things in simpler ways. There's a reason why engineering and sales are different jobs +1 (I am an engineer that has worked mainly as salesman. Not everyone is valid to work as a day to day engineer, and not everyone is valid as a salesman). |
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