@obvio171 Sure; sent one your way.
@mikestable Please tell me you took this photo.
@aantonop Alright, I’ll hop over to DC to meet you at @BitcoinBeltway - don’t be surprised if I bug you about speaking at @Cryptolina :-)
@BTCFoundation has released their 2013 IRS Form 990. https://t.co/7fMWvZAlaX
@cryptotraveler Certainly, a transparent centralized exchange that follows best practices is far superior to the mess that was GOX.
@paulbaumgart @pmarca I mused upon Death and Taxes last fall: https://t.co/norugZmmJX
@cryptotraveler No GOX, but we still rely upon centralized exchanges… only a matter of time before the next one buckles under the load.
HiddenCashNC Follow @HiddenCashNC we will be doing drops all over the state
At this rate, Lopp Holdings may not have another chance to lower its Bitcoin cost basis below $630…
@barrysilbert I want beer for my bitcoins from @FortnightBeer @fullsteam @mysterybrewing @trianglebrewing @carolinabrewery @tylerstaproom
@cryptotraveler @UncontrolRisk Obviously by “one share” he meant 1 bit. Which is currently trading for $0.006. Professor Bitcorn wins again!
@mark_a_howard @tim_cook @pschiller Apple did? I’m not sure I would trust Apple crypto hardware unless the architecture was opened for audit
@btcplanet @DarkcoinCrypto @monerocurrency @ZerocoinProject I haven’t; new crypto is coming out faster than I keep up with. Will investigate
@cryptotraveler @jessevanek @adam3us I guess implementation is key. It needs to be even easier to do than typing a captcha.
@cryptotraveler @jessevanek Well… @adam3us wrote HashCash as a DoS / anti-spam measure, but it never took off. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashcash
@pig_poetry Can this generate a printable file that we could take to @splat_space?
@jessevanek Yes, and I hope that this becomes a standard. The Bitcoin wiki, for example, requires a 1 millibit tx to unlock edit access.
@btcplanet @DarkcoinCrypto @monerocurrency @ZerocoinProject In general, trying to determine qualifications of the dev teams.
This captcha arms race is getting out of control. i.imgur.com/8WqkpVe.gif
coinffeine And @coinffeine was born! @gotoalberto shows the paper wallet we have used to do it. pic.twitter.com/BT24nXk7kV
@davidlatapie @monerocurrency @DarkcoinCrypto @ZerocoinProject I see you’re trying to improve upon Risto’s SSS - I’m a fan.
@tim_cook @pschiller It’s funny that Apple thinks banning Bitcoin wallets is a good business decision.
@fluffyponyza @monerocurrency Happy to continue chatting elsewhere when I can devote more time. Lots of people seem excited about MRO.
@fluffyponyza @monerocurrency Anonymity is fine, as Bitcoin grew despite Satoshi’s anonymity. But it took years to bootstrap and gain a rep.
@monerocurrency @DarkcoinCrypto @ZerocoinProject If the anon devs had lengthy histories / reputations, I could overlook the anonymity.
@monerocurrency @DarkcoinCrypto @ZerocoinProject As a potential investor, I want to vet the devs. “NoodleDoodle” doesn’t inspire confidence.
@Bytecoin_BCN @monerocurrency @DarkcoinCrypto @ZerocoinProject It certainly appears so, though I haven’t done a full code review yet.
@monerocurrency @DarkcoinCrypto @ZerocoinProject This is not to say that they definitely are not qualified; I’m just not convinced.
@monerocurrency @DarkcoinCrypto @ZerocoinProject After perusing MRO commits, I still have no reason to believe the MRO devs are qualified
@monerocurrency Unlike @DarkcoinCrypto and @ZerocoinProject, it appears MRO devs are anon. Yet we know they did not create Bytecoin.
@monerocurrency @DarkcoinCrypto @ZerocoinProject Sure. While Monero appears to have superior obfuscation algorithm, my issue is w/the devs.
RIP @Cheezburger API; our FAILBlog integration will be missed by @Bronto engineers.
@mikestable crossfit! i.imgur.com/TUPDUkA.gif
I sum up several months of research with “The State of the Bitcoin Network” on @coinchomp http://t.co/ezHMHudyyZ
“You don’t know if your code is secure until it is securing something that’s actually valuable.” - @gavinandresen
Code is law. Math is law. Physics is law. The “laws” of humans are simply suggestions.
@anjiecast Walmart’s going to end up dealing with a lot of complaints… $300 for 10 GH/s is a ripoff.
The more I research @DarkcoinCrypto and @monerocurrency , the more disappointed I become. I shall continue to wait for @ZerocoinProject
TrueCrypt replacement options: https://t.co/B68UHGXZdM
@FnxTX @coinbase Ah, you mean lag time when using them as a wallet? Yeah, I don’t use them to make payments.
This is what happens when you try to blackmail a Bitcoin Baron. http://t.co/qWgLd9XVAv
RT @coinbase: DISH Teams Up with Coinbase to Become Largest Company to Accept Bitcoin - We’re excited to announce that… http://t.co/evlZy…
@abbydactyl all your base are belong to us
matthew_d_green I think it unlikely that an unknown hacker (a) identified the Truecrypt devs, (b) stole their signing key, (c) hacked their site.
@JtotheOE @BryceWeiner Have any thoughts on Darkcoin vs Monero?
RT @cynicalsecurity: So, the source diffs as noted by @MiodVallat and confirmed by my eyes consist of AbortProcess(“INSECURE_APP”);
sprinkl…
RT @cynicalsecurity: For the curious the unidiff between 7.1a and 7.2 source is here: https://t.co/tkCdTjfcNw #TrueCrypt
runasand The signature of the TrueCrypt .exe was made on Tue May 27 12:58:45 2014 EDT using DSA key ID F0D6B1E0.
Can anyone out there in the crypto world confirm if TrueCrypt’s site has been hacked? truecrypt.sourceforge.net /cc @matthew_d_green
@mysizelindsey1 @dapak That is most certainly NOT cheese!
@CathyReisenwitz Your favorite Bitcoin Baron, @Mircea_Popescu, just got banned from Twitter for making a death threat against Andreas.
RT @balajis: MIA’s new video has 3D printed guns and drones center stage. An A-list #bitcoin rap video can’t be far behind. http://t.co/5I0…
RT @bendavenport: Very excited to announce I’ll be joining @mikebelshe and @willobrien at @BitGoInc! And to be full time on Bitcoin! http:/…
@mikestable That’s a very professional profile photo you’ve got thar
@Coinometrics Great analysis of 51% attack cost here that directly references your dashboard. https://t.co/EM9PHATAMe
@BjorkmanJesper No, I hadn’t - just watched it. Great analysis and a healthy dose of paranoia!
@Cryptolina Could also invite @TheBlueMatt since he’s in Chapel Hill. I’ll even provide transport, Matt ;-)
BrontoKegbot Latest @BrontoKegbot upgrade: 3D printed circuit board enclosures courtesy of @splat_space! pic.twitter.com/DNrGYWMPR6
@Cryptolina It’s probably a long shot, but I’d love to see @aantonop at NC’s first Bitcoin conference.
@tylerwinklevoss It would be a more solid argument if he used the appropriate capitalization of “Bitcoin.”
@TriangleBitcoin Local folks should check out @Cryptolina - first NC Bitcoin conference coming in August.
@PallidaMors76 @CoinChomp Be sure to check out the rest of the series: http://t.co/Q5vmCU9p1o
@Cryptolina If you are in need of technical speakers, I’m happy to help. My areas of expertise: http://t.co/6xf7NAyCd6
The first NC Bitcoin Expo will be held in Raleigh on August 15 & 16. Of course I’ll be attending @Cryptolina cryptolina.com
@danlowe Yep, it increased at around noon EST today.
@Magnus919 @Jeremy_DeGroot Yeah, but I nope’d right out in front of the storm band.
@safe4retirement FYI, this is how I invested in Bitcoin within my IRA. http://t.co/JPRIozvjJ9
@tuurdemeester I can understand buying crypto after a 3rd party fueled (Gox style) panic, but buying after a protocol failure seems risky.
@robustus @tuurdemeester I must agree with Dan. Monero seems a better implementation while Zerocash sounds like the holy grail.
Looks like the launch of Darkcoin “masternodes” was a fail. http://t.co/Gwmq7fF93z
@mikestable People who hold AMEX / airline / hotel points are not that different from those who hold gold or bitcoins http://t.co/hVXKHy9d93
“This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.†-Shakespeare
@Magnus919 Looks like the standard CYA prediction of spontaneous summer storms. I’ll be riding today.
Someone’s trying fairly hard to spearphish @coinbase users with emails claiming there is a new user agreement that must be reviewed.
@matthew_d_green @secparam If Zerocash tx details are private, how do we prove no one has exploited a hole to spend coins that don’t exist?
RT @polemitis: “This makes the government the single largest employer of undocumented immigrants in the country” From @nytimes http://t.co/…
@pmccall777 Sure, the “I’ve got nothing to lose” mindset. I’d say first worlders stifle themselves thinking that they have too much to lose.
@pmccall777 Not necessarily. For example, look at people in 3rd world countries who risk a lot to sneak into first world countries.
New charts are now live on statoshi.info: UTXO set attributes, TX mempool, TX cache, block height, & block announce metrics.
@abbydactyl Reward!
I believe that far too many people risk far too little. They spend their lives avoiding danger. Then, after a long, low-risk life, they die.
secparam With a 1kb tx, zerocoin/cash hides you among everyone in the system, bytecoin/ring sigs/conjoin hyde you amongst at most 30 people(1 of n)
@Jeremy_DeGroot That’s fine; the important part is that the information is peer reviewed. If rejected by peers, the rejection will propagate
@Jeremy_DeGroot Proper science uses peer reviews.
When you trust an authority for information, you don’t have knowledge, you have faith.
oleganza Bitcoin bubbles form every 8 months on average. pic.twitter.com/YJ9L0zfbUt
@CathyReisenwitz Sex sells. pic.twitter.com/vngaEOJ5yM
Ideas are plentiful and cheap while labor is scarce and valuable. Labor is time; time is money. Time is the ultimate scarce resource.
@mikestable I think you’ll appreciate reddit.com/r/combinedgifs
oleganza While proving that PoW is the only solution to sync problem, found that any “ASIC-resistant” schemes are always less secure, not more.
RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: Amazon will be using 10,000 robots in its warehouses by the end of the year. http://t.co/YTR15FQwvo http://t.co/qINeCjF 
@knucklesandwich What do you do? https://t.co/Rl5sbtmrcx
secparam Darkcoin isn’t. Your transactions aren’t invisible, only mixed with noise and probably not enough of it. And you must trust the master nodes
Sent 1 millibit to gain edit access on the Bitcoin wiki (an anti-spam measure.) SMOOTH FAST TRANSACTION AS DESCRIBED A+++++ WOULD BUY AGAIN
balajis Risk aversion is reward aversion.
@danlowe Dangit, why is the URL still screwed up?
@orweinberger Are you going to hold on to some of the donations to smooth out the # of nodes so that you aren’t de-provisioning as often?
@orweinberger Check out my node related posts on @CoinChomp http://t.co/6xf7NAyCd6 - I need to add host namespacing to the stats though.
@orweinberger If you want, we could work out a way for you to run statoshi nodes that all send their metrics to a single graphite server.
@orweinberger I certainly hope that Statoshi will be useful to node operators, especially people who run lots of nodes.
@orweinberger Yeah that’s a good start to prove that you own the server; verifies your list of IP addresses on fullnode.co
@orweinberger Excellent. I’ve discussed such systems with people but always got stuck on how you as an operator prove you run honest nodes.
orweinberger @lopp Hey Jameson, fullnode.co is completely automated!
@orweinberger So it monitors the donation address and uses the funds to purchase VPS instances?
@CathyReisenwitz Good point - major oversight right there. Hopefully Titcoin doesn’t discriminate.
Mostly automated provisioning of full Bitcoin nodes is now possible by donating to fullnode.co
@CathyReisenwitz Are you pro or anti Titcoin? vimeo.com/92087150
@emilepetrone Politicians and lobbyists ain’t cheap, bro.
Straight from the mouth of @jonmatonis: “We [@BTCFoundation] don’t attempt to represent the community at large.”
It turns out that @BTCFoundation has $4.6M in assets, 90% in BTC. Current burn rate of $150,000 per month. https://t.co/MiTMXPo3fm
@emilepetrone Yeah, tipping mainly occurs on /r/bitcoin. However, on /r/dogecoin, you can’t scroll a single page w/o seeing tipping.
It’s great to see the resurgence of bitcoin tipping now that community moved to using units of bits. Looks like dogecoin educated us. :-)
@mattmeis Currently have two so-so beers due to unexpectedly running dry last week. http://t.co/cBLWYu4WeU and http://t.co/2Ohj8N3i7o
@mattmeis Will do! Did you see I installed a @Kegbot in the @Bronto kegerator? It’s tweeting from @BrontoKegbot; will make a blog post soon.
@mattmeis I’m really into sours these days; my current fav is http://t.co/pVCz1q6dU2
RT @adam3us: nice #bitcoin summary paper covering many details you only find in source or #bitcoin-wizards minds by Chris Okupski http://t.…
@FEhrsam Interesting to see Fed’s viewpoint that Bitcoin is held back by the network effect whereas most users see it being propelled by it.
Federal Reserve: “[Bitcoin] volatility is likely to diminish over time.” http://t.co/rcNWReMeAo
@FEhrsam They got a few things wrong. “…all transactions [are] logged in a central and transparent block chain.”
@cryptotraveler oh look, the price just went up $10…
wikileaks @ggreenwald @johnjcook We will reveal the name of the censored country whose population is being mass recorded in 72 hours.
.@neiltyson blew my mind by teaching me that life (in the interstellar sense) may be a vastly distributed, decentralized network.
RT @JSDiedrich: #Bitcoin and the Youth http://t.co/Kiq8IjVbVa via @CoinChomp @sfliberty @yaliberty @GenOppWI
Magnus919 In America, life is cheap. Don’t believe me? Try commuting on a motorcycle, witness the risks people are happy to take w/ your life.
RT @matthew_d_green: Here’s the full version of our Zerocash paper. Now I know what it’s like to deliver a 56-pound baby. http://t.co/MHihH…
@flyosity Well well well, what have we here? http://t.co/Dt0yGkrWdT
RT @jony_levin: Einstein “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.†Age of metrics http://…
Lithuanian mobsters used homemade drone to smuggle cigarettes into Russia. Organized crime beats Amazon to the punch. http://t.co/wzBWWWME7V
Bitcoin Baron Olivier Janssens posts 250 BTC ($100,000+) bounty for software to replace @BTCFoundation http://t.co/hNgax5pCpH
@jefft Yo dawg, I heard you like Git so I put Git in your Git. https://t.co/8dmD6BWEb0
@ZerocoinProject Nice; congrats on yet another advisory role @petertoddbtc
NASCAR The @reddit / @dogecoin community has spoken!
@Josh_Wise has been voted into the #NASCAR #SprintAllStar Race!
nas.cr/tFCD
RT @ryanxcharles: Decentralized, peer-to-peer Git repositories aka “Git meets Bitcoin” https://t.co/iht8hOoibn
@NewbergNate Neat; this Internet marketing thing sure has become popular…
@NewbergNate @danlowe We just got both of our taps configured and calibrated.
danlowe Current @Bronto hackday status: Beer Ops w/ @lopp pic.twitter.com/oaseRFd1xT
BrontoKegbot Hello World!
@PerianneDC @gavinandresen I see what you did there. ;-)
#KegOps phase 1: root dat Nexus. @Bronto #HackDaze pic.twitter.com/Z7dWnQxGdS
I wonder how many years it will be before all @google Street View cars (and trikes and snowmobiles and boats) will be driven by computers…
@jbeardsley It’s Nagios all the way down.
It appears that I need to set up a monitoring service for my monitoring service. -___-
kimbatronic ‘Whatever you think of bitcoin, you can’t ignore the energy of 10,000 engineers creating new things with bitcoin’ @cdixon Q&A w@StevenLevy
@danlowe I’m looking at stats_counts for my node’s bandwidth counter which is called every time data is sent or recv http://t.co/ITUyjqudFT
@danlowe Sure, but this is all on the same machine so packet loss seems unlikely.
If I’m reading this right, StatsD can handle 20M events per sec on 1 core CPU w/o breaking a sweat. Also, time to decrease my sampling rate.
@mikestable Solution is obvious: ban governments.
secparam The new zerocash protocol is faster & hides how much you transact, not just where it came from. We are presenting it at IEEES&P next Tuesday
Phase 2 of the Statoshi Project is now live at http://t.co/ibV9BoAm74 - learn more about it at http://t.co/J5y9dZydKx
@luke9971 @cryptotraveler Sounds like it /could/ work, I’d just like to see more of the implementation details. Might be code audit time.
@luke9971 @cryptotraveler IDK, I only see Proof of Stake, not an actual Proof of Service model. I see no proof that nodes operate honestly.
@luke9971 @cryptotraveler Link?
@MadBitcoins @jessevanek Sure, but all those leading zeroes make you sad when you check your account balance.
@jbeardsley @ameir or “Mark”
@port8333 Ah OK, so the crawling process doesn’t exclude nodes that already have connections open?
@emilyspaven @anjiecast @coindesk Glad you noted there are ~500 members; even better to note that this is less than 1% of Bitcoin users.
It appears that @port8333 connects & disconnects to my nodes every ~two minutes while crawling network. Why not just keep connection open?
TriangleBitcoin For tomorrow’s meetup @AmerUnderground: Tom from @risedurham will discuss accepting bitcoin. Plus donuts! 5:30. RSVP: trianglebitco.in
THIS is Krav Maga: thisiskravmaga.com
michael_saylor With each tech advance, tangible products de-materialize into software, & intangible ideas materialize into products. pic.twitter.com/ieBnjxmyNs
@JtotheOE Well, we’re always on the lookout for the next great thing. Are you thinking of writing an article about what you’re looking for?
@JtotheOE What is your conscience telling you is wrong with Bitcoin?
@NSKinsella @CathyReisenwitz What’s more interesting to me is not application of copyright, but using blockchain for digital asset mgmt.
@NSKinsella @CathyReisenwitz I agree, but that’s a different discussion - there are people who support copyright law and this may help them.
@NTmoney Which is also why Dogecoin is so special.
@pmccall777 Have you tried… not Facebooking?
@mikestable AKA “GIFcoin” :-P http://t.co/88mj9ML3jE
Been saying for a while that blockchain could provide elegant solution for applying copyright law to digital goods: http://t.co/88mj9ML3jE
@jessevanek PERMABULL!
I just bootstrapped the fifth Bitcoin node to operate within the country of Luxembourg. Tragedy of the Commons, my ass.
@knucklesandwich She’s obviously a Dogecoiner in disguise.
@CharlieShrem @emilepetrone I can’t legally sell my wine, though I may be able to ship some to you. Cost isn’t an issue - it’s cheap to make
@Kosmatos @cryptotraveler <sigh> and this is just pointless: https://t.co/ResHnvQKdd
@CharlieShrem @emilepetrone @Bronto Should be doable - I’m told that I make the finest Bathroom Wine in the land. i.imgur.com/fgERWSD.jpg
@emilepetrone I guess what I’m hoping for is an internet-enabled version of keg-meter.com to keep track of how full our kegs are.
@emilepetrone I hear that there may be some sensors available for using in kegerators… preferably with Internet-enabled APIs…
@emilepetrone I make wine, which is all done @ room temp. However, we’re thinking of doing a Hack Week project w/the @Bronto kegerator…
@CharlieShrem Hopefully we can all learn from this. Decentralize all the things; disperse all the power; flatten all the hierarchies!
@CharlieShrem Why support a centralized “foundation” that lends itself to such strife? Isn’t the very existence of this org hypocritical?
@AlexJamesFitz @jgarzik Wish I could have donated more than $100 to @jaredpolis ;-)
Magnus919 What I don’t understand is how the ping pong ball got up there in the first place. #bronto @lopp @dawleywood pic.twitter.com/iJarJNkPuL
One overlooked aspect of the FEC’s decision yesterday: it allows PACs to purchase bitcoins as an investment vehicle. http://t.co/x2aaBjRQUP
IIRC, 2 @BTCFoundation board members resigned due to scandal & a newly elected member already has scandalous history? grab_popcorn.jpg.to/gif
@blockchain @coindesk Doesn’t do a great job explaining why we actually need nodes, IMO. I recommend http://t.co/DvnSfNjNTz
@cryptotraveler Bitcoin is a protocol. People will use it in the same way that they use TCP/IP.
I’ve been dreaming of the future, waking up in the middle of the night, and realizing what is missing. Bitcoin on the brain.
@cryptotraveler @USATODAY Click the logo to see why.
@flyosity Well… that looks comfortable. Neck strain much?
polemitis 2/ @GoDecentral is 100% focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain based startups at the seed or ‘experimental’ stage.
polemitis 1/ I am excited to announce that we launched Decentralized Labs today (@GoDecentral); decentralized.com
RT @kyledrake: We are rate limiting the FCC to dialup modem speeds until they pay us for bandwidth https://t.co/PnYdl6wB6E
@BitcoinAverage Aw, are you saying I shouldn’t quit my day job?