israfelwater (OP)
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August 15, 2013, 01:24:33 AM |
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Wouldn't it be great if everyone started using bitcoins. And wouldn't it be nice if everyone stopped using Windows and Macs. Maybe we can combine these two movements and start a bitcoin OS for everyone. I put together Bit-OS on sourceforge, but I am more interested in what you think. Everything is set up out of box to make using and trading bitcoins more user friendly. Do you think the world needs a bitcoin OS? Do you see how these two ideas coincide and would make the world a better place? Thanks, http:// |
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August 15, 2013, 05:59:22 AM |
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What would make it a bitcoin OS? It comes packaged with bitcoin-qt?
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August 15, 2013, 06:13:05 AM |
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I think it would be a good idea to do not so much a Bitcoin OS but a general privacy OS. It would have bitcoin functionality, automated encryption of everything, TOR, bitmessage and other similar software. There's Tails which is super tight for security but expansion is limited as it is designed to run off a DVD/thumb drive. Something in the middle between Tails and Ubuntu would be awesome.
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August 15, 2013, 06:23:13 AM |
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If someone could modify the kernel to somehow be optimized for mining....
The Cryptographic API of the Linux kernel has a sha256 module.... maybe that can be used.
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August 15, 2013, 07:19:23 AM |
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Building on the privacy idea, I'd appreciate something where two factor authentication is built into the operating system. Two factor is in everything already... It should be a staple in operating systems too.
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August 15, 2013, 07:33:11 AM |
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A minimalistic linux with tor and bitcoind and armory, plus a version with no network connection and armory, for offline wallets, something like Ubuntu Privacy Remix with Armory added. Yes it could be useful.
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bitfromit
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August 15, 2013, 07:46:20 AM |
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Seems Windows 8 is going to force everyone onto their cloud like it or not. (About as bad as it gets for privacy)
Time to ditch it for good.
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tiptopgemdotcom
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August 15, 2013, 07:48:56 AM |
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I think it would be a good idea to do not so much a Bitcoin OS but a general privacy OS. It would have bitcoin functionality, automated encryption of everything, TOR, bitmessage and other similar software. There's Tails which is super tight for security but expansion is limited as it is designed to run off a DVD/thumb drive. Something in the middle between Tails and Ubuntu would be awesome.
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jarhed
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August 15, 2013, 09:22:04 AM |
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A Bitcoin distro will fail for lack of support.
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August 15, 2013, 09:32:07 AM |
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Sounds like a terrific idea.
We should definitely work on a bitcoin distro of linux..
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August 15, 2013, 11:39:34 AM |
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Do you mean you have the making of a distributed OS? Like... part of my operating system is being hosted from the cloud? is it fully distributed? different parts managed by dedicated computers that manage other computers in the same way? It would be interesting to see a torrented operating system being compressed, encrypted and streamed with only the decoding left to be done, that would be an interesting service to pay for, using Bitcoin.  ... Or hay, what if all that power from all the member computers was funneled into one efficient super computer for calculations available for everyone... that just so happens to be distributed. |
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August 15, 2013, 12:14:15 PM |
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If someone could modify the kernel to somehow be optimized for mining....
The Cryptographic API of the Linux kernel has a sha256 module.... maybe that can be used.
what's an OS kernel to do with mining these days  |
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stefffe
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August 15, 2013, 01:31:48 PM |
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Windows 8 with pre-installed Bitcoin client = bitcoin os? derp
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ninjarobot
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August 15, 2013, 05:16:35 PM |
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I would love to see an Android custom ROM with native bitcoin support. Maybe something Cyanogen could add in future versions?
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Singlebyte
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August 15, 2013, 05:57:45 PM |
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I would like to see a bitcoin TV! {sarcasm}
What would a bitcoin OS have over any other OS?
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August 15, 2013, 06:45:58 PM |
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If someone could modify the kernel to somehow be optimized for mining....
The Cryptographic API of the Linux kernel has a sha256 module.... maybe that can be used.
what's an OS kernel to do with mining these days CPU mining is going to make a comeback!  |
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israfelwater (OP)
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August 16, 2013, 07:27:28 AM |
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What would make it a bitcoin OS? It comes packaged with bitcoin-qt?
And a bitcoin miner. Maybe the app/SW is setup to accept payment via bitcoin. A Bitcoin distro will fail for lack of support.
haha, it shouldn't be the case with bitcoins trading for $100, sheash, it should create more excited and funding for development. Do you mean you have the making of a distributed OS? Like... part of my operating system is being hosted from the cloud? is it fully distributed? different parts managed by dedicated computers that manage other computers in the same way? It would be interesting to see a torrented operating system being compressed, encrypted and streamed with only the decoding left to be done, that would be an interesting service to pay for, using Bitcoin. ... Or hay, what if all that power from all the member computers was funneled into one efficient super computer for calculations available for everyone... that just so happens to be distributed. No, that's not what I was thinking at all. That is much better. That is so flawed I love it. Wasn't there some openCloud project like this? |
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cassieheart
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August 16, 2013, 08:34:49 AM |
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That is an awesome idea i would totally rock a Linux / bitcoin Os  |
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jarhed
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August 16, 2013, 02:12:10 PM |
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A Bitcoin distro will fail for lack of support.
haha, it shouldn't be the case with bitcoins trading for $100, sheash, it should create more excited and funding for development. ....or one could start from scratch, an alt-coin distro, mine-able only on said distro. No GPU or ASIC advantage....Then again, someone would simply launch a clone army on a virtual server somewhere..... I'm sure there's some old post somewhere as to why none of this will work. |
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August 16, 2013, 03:19:48 PM |
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The idea of a secure os rocks. But perhaps it should be created from scratch. Even though I worked on unix for many years, it never seemed to be an ideal operating system for most things. Sort of like Pascal. And I've never quite understood why everyone raves about the latest hardware advances in CPUs, cell phones and laptops, and then raves about coupling that gorgeous, ultra fast, ultra capable new hardware with a 45 year old dinosaur operating system. Thus I end up with quad core galaxy note 2 that can't handle real-time multi-track recording ... that a 30 year old atari would have pissed on.
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