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May 26, 2012, 02:11:28 AM
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"#agora - a novel?" is a fascinating 126-page story that follows the adventures of a young wannabe-cryptoanarchist, Bitcoin, certain illegal substances, and well... sex. Danny, the author, has agreed to offer free downloads of this eBook for 24 hours only The free-eBook promotion has ended but we now have an interview with the Author at CoinDL.onHover. Read the first Bitcoin-related novel ever for a price you can't beat! https://www.coindl.com/page/item/204CountdownYour "#agora"-related comments/reviews/rants/ and diatribes are welcome. -weex |
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Each block is stacked on top of the previous one. Adding another block to the top makes all lower blocks more difficult to remove: there is more "weight" above each block. A transaction in a block 6 blocks deep (6 confirmations) will be very difficult to remove.
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divergenta
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May 26, 2012, 02:16:24 AM |
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Nice. I'll read it  |
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ineededausername
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May 26, 2012, 02:25:59 AM |
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I love the :wq at the end  |
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weex (OP)
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May 26, 2012, 02:38:05 AM |
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I love the :wq at the end Wow, you're fast!  |
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May 26, 2012, 02:45:32 AM |
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Thanks, will definitely check it out.
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May 26, 2012, 02:56:54 AM |
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Im loving these free giveaways!
Great way to push CoinDL!
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Bitcoin pioneer. An apostle of Satoshi Nakamoto. A crusader for a new, better, tech-driven society. A dreamer. More about me: http://CharlieShrem.com |
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weex (OP)
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May 26, 2012, 03:06:54 AM |
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Im loving these free giveaways!
Great way to push CoinDL!
My favorite part is getting to review all this stuff for free and I'm not just saying this. Bitcoin has attracted some very talented and creative people! |
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May 26, 2012, 03:12:30 AM |
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Nice thanks, I'll take a read.
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May 26, 2012, 04:23:05 AM |
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Sweet. Any book with the word "fuckknuckle" on the first page can't be all bad. Thanks!
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May 26, 2012, 04:25:15 AM |
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Thanks for the freebie! I bought a book on regression analysis while I was there.  |
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May 26, 2012, 05:02:06 AM |
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Thanks for the freebie! I bought a book on regression analysis while I was there. Can't think of a better literary pairing. May I suggest a vintage Max Min album with that? |
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May 26, 2012, 09:08:07 AM |
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After the first page, I didn't think I was going to enjoy it. 20 pages in, I don't want to stop reading it. It kind of reminds me of Daniel Suarez's work in Daemon and Freedomtm. Hopefully it maintains the pace and fun but informative tone through the next 100.
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May 26, 2012, 12:55:36 PM |
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I tried to read it, but wasn't impressed. The writer seemed to want to talk about sex and anarchy at the cost of actual literary coherence.
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kangasbros
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May 26, 2012, 02:05:20 PM |
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Where is the sex part, I'll skip the rest.
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May 26, 2012, 04:59:16 PM |
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slightly too "educative" for my taste of an easy read. When the author invites you to follow some link twice per page, this gets kind of annoying. Instead of "on blabla.org/blabla/bla.html I found bla" I would prefer "I read bla" with a footnote that bla really exists or even more literary freedom on those references making them more exciting and an annex talking about all the actual sources. Reading the author is totally into one real thing that I don't like makes it harder to sympathize when he's into another thing I actually like  Still I got to page 28 |
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jwzguy
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May 26, 2012, 10:10:36 PM |
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Writing in present tense infuriates me, sorry.  I like the site a lot, though!! |
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May 26, 2012, 10:47:18 PM |
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I just read 57% of the book while simultaneously watching Eurovision.. on my Kindle DX I bought for Bitcoins of course Good enough to finish.. |
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May 26, 2012, 11:24:51 PM |
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Looks interesting, thanks for the heads up.
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May 27, 2012, 01:14:19 AM |
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Not too bad a story. A little too obsessed with sexuality, and obviously the whole thing is some anarchist fantasy, but not bad.
I am still looking forward to some speculative fiction about life in a resource based economy.
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