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February 24, 2011, 05:31:06 AM
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I am in a writing mood tonight, so I wrote two short essays that I think will help Bitcoin along by answering in detail a few questions I think people have.  I posted them in the Wiki, for lack of a better place, and perhaps for some collaboration.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_to_accept_Bitcoin,_for_small_businesses

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Why_a_GPU_mines_faster_than_a_CPU




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Even in the event that an attacker gains more than 50% of the network's computational power, only transactions sent by the attacker could be reversed or double-spent. The network would not be destroyed.
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February 24, 2011, 06:27:28 AM
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I really like both articles. Deep yet understandable explanations of confusing subjects. My metaphorical hat off to you, sir.
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