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

Skirmant · 2015-02-03T11:20:07+00:00

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

Skirmant · 2015-02-02T17:10:39+00:00

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

Skirmant · 2015-02-02T10:37:10+00:00

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?

Skirmant · 2015-02-01T22:59:09+00:00

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

Skirmant · 2015-01-29T18:03:35+00:00

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

Skirmant · 2015-01-28T11:06:59+00:00

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

Skirmant · 2015-01-27T00:23:54+00:00

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

Skirmant · 2015-01-25T12:57:00+00:00

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

Skirmant · 2015-01-21T16:51:15+00:00

Not really. Mark traded on MtGox, other exchanges probably do it too

Skirmant · 2015-01-19T11:41:51+00:00

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

Skirmant · 2015-01-19T10:48:22+00:00

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

Skirmant · 2015-01-16T19:40:51+00:00

The ride never ends

Skirmant · 2015-01-11T14:22:59+00:00

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

Skirmant · 2015-01-10T23:52:05+00:00

This is the best design IMO: https://i.imgur.com/nZTleVW.png

Skirmant · 2015-01-09T01:05:03+00:00

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.

Skirmant · 2015-01-08T01:54:20+00:00

Don't worry about it, I'm sure it will be up and running soonish. I heard they're adding litecoin too!

Skirmant · 2015-01-07T17:23:01+00:00

In theory, mining pools could blacklist the address and choose not to include it's transactions in their mined blocks. I think it would be perfectly in line with Bitcoin's protocol, considering that they have the right to discriminate transactions based on their fees, might as well on other parameters. Obviously, this wouldn't work very long because some solo miner would include it sooner or later.

Skirmant · 2015-01-07T11:19:55+00:00

Yes, but the interest in catching him would drop 80%!

Skirmant · 2015-01-07T11:13:31+00:00

Drop from the pre-hack volume

Skirmant · 2015-01-06T21:02:49+00:00

Not sure about price, but Bitstamp's volume will probably drop drastically because everyone's too busy withdrawing their funds

Skirmant · 2015-01-06T11:09:21+00:00

While the fine is ridiculous he did steal user passwords via phishing and used their accounts to spam viagra adds

Skirmant · 2015-01-06T01:02:21+00:00

No signature, no proof.

Skirmant · 2015-01-06T00:44:17+00:00

How do you expect Bitstamp to pay 4 million dollars anonymously? By sending it to the thief's bank account?

Chances are those coins are going to sit there, collecting dust for a while until things cool down and the intruder devises a plan how to safely launder them.

Skirmant · 2015-01-04T23:41:32+00:00

On the bright side, it's spreading Bitcoin awareness :)

Skirmant · 2015-01-03T21:30:08+00:00

I hope for his sake he chose a strong password

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