Paying homage to Pratyeka of Wikipedia for Bitcoin's inclusion.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

I can't believe that after all Pratyeka went through to get a Bitcoin article on Wikipedia, he's never been mentioned on this forum prior to this thread/post.

Whois Pratyeka: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Pratyeka&oldid=495060747

I argued bitterly for the restoration of the Bitcoin article from the evil hands of the deletionists, and have since been vindicated in my judgement as Bitcoin's rise to prominence has continued.

Now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
First iteration: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bitcoin&oldid=275832581

Bitcoin is an open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system developed by Satoshi Nakamoto that's completely [[P2P|decentralized\\, with no central server or trusted parties. Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and transact directly with each other, with the help of the network to check for double-spending.
See also

Anonymous internet banking
eCache
Pecunix
Ripple monetary system
Yodelbank
External links

Official website
This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Therefore, I want to be the first to say, "Thanks, bud!" if you're lurking on this forum using another pseudonym.

~Bruno~

[bg002h]

+1

We need more Internet/RL PR stuff like this and the coinabul posters. Well done Pratyeka!

[nedbert9]

.....What?


So, Wikipedia's position was that Bitcoin and foundation protocols held no historical significance?

Wow, I kind of think less of Wikipedia now.

[John (John K.)]

A great thanks to Pratyeka.  And I'll probably donate less to wikipedia this year...

[Littleshop]

A great thanks to Pratyeka.  And I'll probably donate less to wikipedia this year...

I stopped donating when they started deleting.   They have deleted a huge amount of interesting material since the rise of deletionism at Wikipedia. 

[Gabi]

A great thanks to Pratyeka.  And I'll probably donate less to wikipedia this year...

I stopped donating when they started deleting.   They have deleted a huge amount of interesting material since the rise of deletionism at Wikipedia. 

+1 to both you

[01BTC10]

Let's start Anarchypedia!

Thank's Pratyeka!

[kokojie]

A great thanks to Pratyeka.  And I'll probably donate less to wikipedia this year...

I stopped donating when they started deleting.   They have deleted a huge amount of interesting material since the rise of deletionism at Wikipedia. 

I thought deletionist were always dominant at Wikipedia.

[niko]

A great thanks to Pratyeka.  And I'll probably donate less to wikipedia this year...

I stopped donating when they started deleting.   They have deleted a huge amount of interesting material since the rise of deletionism at Wikipedia. 

I thought deletionist were always dominant at Wikipedia.

It all ended well. There is a Bitcoin entry (thanks to everyone who contributed and fought for it), and it is relatively more prominent because there is less noise (thanks to deletionists).

Having said all that, the current version has some excellent writing, but the introductory paragraph is too technical and surely turns off many curious people. While I am qualified to bitch about it, I don't think I'm qualified to re-write. Hopefully the likes of Erik and Stephen can get to it soon.

[mpfrank]

Looks like a good article!

[FreeMoney]

.....What?


So, Wikipedia's position was that Bitcoin and foundation protocols held no historical significance?

Wow, I kind of think less of Wikipedia now.

Yeah, it was deleted pretty much as soon as interest in Bitcoin started to build.

Obv thanks to anyone working at spreading bitcoin, but we missed any benefit a wiki article could have given us in the beginning and at this points it's totally unstoppable even without an advocate. I mean what encyclopedia can just ignore 100000000 dollar thing?

[blablahblah]

...I mean what encyclopedia can just ignore 100000000 dollar thing?

One that's controlled by an alphabet agency that likes to be in control?

This development seems bullish, in a slightly backhanded kind of way.

[FreeMoney]

...I mean what encyclopedia can just ignore 100000000 dollar thing?

One that's controlled by an alphabet agency that likes to be in control?

This development seems bullish, in a slightly backhanded kind of way.

Presumably alfabet soup guys want to keep the credibility so they can exclude or slant other stuff. Being pig headed about something that has already arrived is futile.

[John (John K.)]

Guy here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=46139) states that he's Pratyeka in PM. Whitelisted him.

[walter]

Yes that is me.

I have to say I was pretty amazed to be shown this thread by a friend. How great is the internet? Hehehehe.

For those interested, we are looking for more contributions to Bitcoin ecosystem related standards proposals at http://ifex-project.org/

- Walter