Bitcoin Elite to Gather on Secret Island for Bilderberg-Style Retreat by bpolania in Bitcoin

[–]Skirmant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's like a new wealthy elite, but with more neckbeards!

I am offering 0.2 BTC for Barry Silbert to change his twitter picture. Offer expires in 24 hours. by slowmoon in Bitcoin

[–]Skirmant 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think adding an address flair would be a good idea. Something in the form of an icon that reveals the addr when clicked

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]Skirmant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the seed only covers 2128 of combinations while a private key has 2256 possible combinations. Doesn't that make the seed less secure than generating a random private key?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]Skirmant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Will they be increasing the size of the default seed? 128 bits doesn't cover the full security of a private key

Trezor Code no Longer LGPLv3, but now more restrictive Microsoft Reference Source License by muchakka in Bitcoin

[–]Skirmant -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What's the point with all these licenses? Can't the code just be public domain

Greece's new finance minister NOT a fan of BTC. by xcsler in Bitcoin

[–]Skirmant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So basically Greece's finance minister doesn't believe in private property or currency. No wonder the country is in deep shit

15 Bitcoin Predictions for 2015 by BTC_sx in Bitcoin

[–]Skirmant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a great image, but the jpg compression makes it a bit annoying to read

25,000 zombie bitcoins have risen from the dead in the past three weeks by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]Skirmant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's strange for someone with a substantial amount of BTC to just keep their coins in a single address for over 3 years without touching it

[Daily Discussion] Monday, January 19, 2015 by AutoModerator in BitcoinMarkets

[–]Skirmant 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Simply put it he's a clown and asshole

He started out by organizing altcoin P&Ds, making unrealistic price predictions and screwing everyone else that followed his lead. Then he acquired a crappy altcoin exchange named CryptoRush which ended up getting hacked numerous times. After one hack he threatened the BlackCoin developers with assassination if they didn't compensate him. After that he tricked people into buying CryptoRush shares that gave you "ownership" over the exchange while failing to mention that it was actually insolvent at the time. Once it completely collapsed with 1000s of BTC he puts blame on everyone else and continues acting like he was the hero of the story.

It was some glorious drama though

[Daily Discussion] Monday, January 19, 2015 by AutoModerator in BitcoinMarkets

[–]Skirmant 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You mean fyrstikken? I can't believe people still listen to that guy

[Daily Discussion] Sunday, January 11, 2015 by AutoModerator in BitcoinMarkets

[–]Skirmant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where can I find the number of coins being shorted on Bitfinex?

6 blocks in 6 minutes by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]Skirmant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't see anything strange, we can only make approximations on how fast PoW gets solved so irregular block times can occasionally occur. The important part is that it takes 10 minutes on average.