RT @oleganza: Crypto-anarchy marches on. Facebook announced a nicely bruteforced facebookcorewwwi.onion hostname. https://t.co/X1DnlJIDoG
@saifedean @ryanxcharles Well… the term “computer” is meant for general purpose devices that can perform wide ranges of computations.
Being able to withstand computational attack by all of the world’s supercomputers is not the same as being a supercomputer.
I cringe every time I see someone refer to the Bitcoin network as “the world’s most powerful supercomputer.”
@BitcoinAverage Do you need any help running / maintaining your Twitter bot?
@Jeremy_DeGroot In the eyes of a defensive developer, the user is the enemy.
In my experience, well-written software is actually mostly sanity checks. Code defensively. Code as if lives depend upon it.
@el33th4xor Such entrepreneurship. Very quenching.
@Coinometrics I recommend using a service like uptimerobot.com to check bitcoind port every few min & alert if it stops responding.
@Coinometrics looks like your bitcoind instance is down…
@orweinberger Yep, I’m sure they are - we just hit a wall with our needs. Here’s a good comparison: http://t.co/xyx2HAagXE
@orweinberger It depends upon your use case. Also, we were stuck on an old version due to incompatible changes made to Cassandra client.
@danielpbarron @Pierre_Rochard @aantonop If I’m understanding this correctly, anyone outside the WoT is a “derp” rather than a “person?”
@roasbeef Though the CPU spikes are a direct result of a cron job that calls getUTXOSet via bitcoin-cli in order to update certain metrics.
@roasbeef I have system metrics @ http://t.co/udOjX9fkaJ - it’s a close approx to Bitcoin Core usage. Could be more accurate if I use psutil
@roasbeef Totally. I haven’t played around with btcd yet but I’d like a better understanding of node performance across implementations.
RT @roasbeef: .@lopp I have a similar project of my own, but for btcd: http://t.co/KaGufyJlrT. Repo located at: https://t.co/rFumvLHnrV.
@grafana Any recommendation for visualizing min/median/max when max can be order of magnitude greater than median? http://t.co/cjAL3Gu9H1
Are you one of the few dozen people who is both a @grafana and a #bitcoin expert? I’m looking to brainstorm ideas for statoshi.info
@Pierre_Rochard @aantonop Gotcha; are there any efforts under way to make WoT easier to use? Wouldn’t the value of WoT grow w/more users?
@Pierre_Rochard @aantonop Is there a manifesto / summary of your views? I keep seeing “spend months on #bitcoin-assets to understand”
@Pierre_Rochard @aantonop Seems WoT users believe no one outside of the WoT can be trusted, but my understanding is that WoTs can be gamed.
@aantonop I’m interested in the WoT fixation myself; I can understand the other things but have yet to grasp the first.
@mikestable Bro, do you even julienne? http://t.co/eKvTEd8jee
Creator of the plug & play node hardware project is making good progress; I suspect it will be ready in time for Bitcoin Core 0.10 release.
@M_Gauche @deepakshenoy @balajis False. If holding a volatile asset that suddenly increases in value, investors diversify & lock in gains.
New Statoshi dashboard for function timings: http://t.co/cjAL3Gu9H1
TechCrunch Solid Concepts announced their second 3D-printed metal gun tcrn.ch/1Djz5jv pic.twitter.com/uHIynM12VX
@OverstockCEO How much did @MerrillLynch profit from it? If it was more than $6M, they’ve been incentivized to continue breaking law.
Seems like it should be possible for a sidechain to impose additional scarcity constraints such that only X BTC could be pegged to it.
Common misconception: cryptocurrency mining power is not directly related to tx volume. We don’t need more power to process more txs.
@mikestable Another reason to upgrade to e-cigs
Upgraded http://t.co/HPKs2f141W to a custom @grafana build from master, added a meta “Stats Stats” dashboard. http://t.co/okLa57bw6n
@ryanxcharles “some” sounds like an insufficient quantity for handing over that level of information.
RT @gendal: A simple explanation of Bitcoin “Sidechains†http://t.co/AuQhBoXZrm
“Seeking Superior Subscriber Segmentation System Scalability” - my latest @bronto Engineering blog post. http://t.co/J4HxW2l83W
@FortuneMagazine Pawning off digital cryptographically backed assets as “pretend” commodities is proof of Jeffrey’s ignorance.
@WritingFactory Bahaha hey @NakamotoInst, we have a new candidate for The Skeptics page. nakamotoinstitute.org/the-skeptics/
@covati If you still wanted to support pull mechanism, imagine being able to create a unique CC # that only allowed payee X to pull.
@covati There have been CC providers that supported one time use numbers but they didn’t focus on ease-of-use.
@covati CC systems could be revamped to use pub/priv key tech, or they could have deterministically generated one time use numbers.
@covati Payment systems based upon push models rather than pull models.
Multiple companies this month requested I send my CC info via cleartext email. Including the company licensing @BitcoinDoc screenings. ಠ_à²
@danlowe Don’t Rubb too hard.
@balajis said he was looking for the Red Hat of Bitcoin; is @TheBlockstream going to fill that void?
RT @TheBlockstream: The AMA on Bitcoin sidechains is underway with authors and @TheBlockstream co-founders: http://t.co/C17YpaJOPg
@el33th4xor Myself, not at all, I just think it’s a neat concept. Looks like some big names are invested, though.
@el33th4xor Not supported by physics? Somebody should tell the various companies planning on mining asteroids… https://t.co/LUcL4UHzUd
@el33th4xor I don’t see them claiming it will happen soon…
adam3us re-centering innovation around bitcoin core: side-chains paper. blockstream.com
This is what happens when a cryptocurrency service doesn’t upgrade after a hard fork. 350,000,000 DOGE missing. mcxnow.com/#news1413792704
balajis Different mental models.
Pass a law: force someone else to do something.
Write some code: I will do something.
@TriangleTodd @pmccall777 @Magnus919 Correct; demand is exceeding supply at the moment. Re-ups get priority, though.
ziggamon I built a site: Bitrefill.com @bitrefill. Lets you top up prepaid phones with Bitcoin. 115 countries. Beta. Plz test and feedback!
@pig_poetry @pmccall777 @Magnus919 Good news, @soylent 1.1 was recently released! http://t.co/GNNrSvWpIZ
@pmccall777 @Magnus919 If you need sustenance that tastes great, @soylent is not for you.
EFF We oppose NY’s BitLicense proposal to regulate virtual currency. Our joint comments with Internet Archive, reddit: eff.org/r.kr97
@danlowe The game is rigged, yo.
@danlowe It’s gonna be tough to get headshots with those specs.
“I never understood autographs. Seems like a really bad idea to give anybody who asks a sample of your signature….” - @gavinandresen
@oleganza This is certainly possible given that the economics of mining drive miners to operate on the brink of profitability.
@realytcracker Looks like BandCamp doesn’t support bitcoin; will there be a BTC option to buy Introducing Neals?
@flyosity I have yet to hear of any that accept any form of payment other than cash. If Apple Pay supports chargebacks, it won’t work.
@twitter Android Version 5.32.0-alpha.177 is horribly broken and the Alpha program feedback site won’t let me authenticate…
RT @ncpolicelogs: Charlotte PD has been collecting info from phones & wireless devices belonging to innocent citizens for past 8 years. htt…
The Goxxings shall continue until everyone figures out the point of trustless irrevocable money.
Abhaxas go home twitter, you’re drunk. i’ll accept my bugbounty via bitcoin thx pic.twitter.com/iZOoa0hSEb
@VentureBeat @emilepetrone @wadhwa A ban is a ridiculous proposition; humans will be incentivized not to drive via time & money savings.
Supposedly the first Bitcoin ATM in NC just came online today on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. https://t.co/YE66KZkCH2
@mikestable HELLO M’LADY i.imgur.com/eamX6xp.gif
@MichaelCasp You pointed the camera the wrong way - it’s supposed to be pointed at the food.
Pretty cool adaptive robot demo; apparently the hardware only costs $25,000 https://t.co/4hFhU0XwIc
Today I got to use my first @oculus_rift and I saw this USB stick malware demo. https://t.co/liF5oFlHh4
Apparently student interest in computer science has exploded past few years. UNC-CH reports 3X-4X increase in CS undergrads since 2008.
At my alma mater, UNC-CH, celebrating the 50th anniversary of our Computer Science dept founded by Dr. Fred Brooks. pic.twitter.com/zhy1wG3J19
@pmccall777 I thought about leading you, but then decided otherwise.
@mikestable only n00bs throw haymakers i.imgur.com/7sKRArO.gif
@el33th4xor Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior, Satoshi Nakamoto?
@el33th4xor You hate Bitcoin? Could have fooled me…
.@FEhrsam “As one of the largest merchant payment processors, I don’t think new merchants accepting BTC puts selling pressure on market.”
@mikestable nailed it i.imgur.com/ImQ4t4R.gif
I seriously doubt legal systems can keep pace with innovation unless software dev practices are incorporated into the legislative process.
@orweinberger You know what a scammer says when confronted about their history? “My identity is irrelevant.”
RT @ryanxcharles: If you commit the crime of not identifying yourself, the government will take your money. https://t.co/bH2g1SD5gm
RT @soroushjp: Deploying Your Own Toshi API Bitcoin Node Using CoreOS + Docker + AWS http://t.co/Cx2WFA3Bjq @FEhrsam @brian_armstrong @coin…
RT @jonmatonis: Economics of block size limit by @oleganza http://t.co/jE2RUcMVqj #bitcoin
BTCFoundation Blocksize Economics by @gavinandresen, Chief Scientist ow.ly/CQZY1 #Bitcoin
@ollekullberg I’ve been parked in cash all year, still holding out for a bigger correction…
It’s been a popcorn-filled week in the world of cryptocurrencies with the @robocoin & @moolah_io scandals. Reputation is key!
@flyosity @awilkinson moolah had a history of scandals & a mediocre reputation much like Gox. It wasn’t a surprise to me for them to close.
@flyosity @awilkinson On a related note, Dogecoin just got Goxxed by Moolah.io
@flyosity @awilkinson yup, it’s at the top of /r/bitcoin - don’t send money to businesses without an established reputation!
TriangleBitcoin Screening of “The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin” this Monday, 6:30 at @AmerUnderground #pizza! RSVP here trianglebitcoinmeetup.eventbrite.com/?aff=twitter @BitcoinDoc
@felixsalmon @anjiecast I guess that answers my question… https://t.co/9SRW3kSMWQ
felixsalmon Dorian Nakamoto is launching a Legal Defense Fund, which is really more of an Attack Fund. He wants to sue Newsweek: newsweeklied.com
@pmccall777 It never ends.
How to compile Bitcoin Core on Raspberry Pi: http://t.co/qZDzD0RhJH
balajis As each of these apps comes online, is polished, and succeeds the non-Bitcoin alternative, floor on BTC demand (and price) keeps moving up.
balajis Worth reiterating: Many Bitcoin apps don’t depend on price at all, like proofofexistence.com. Many more only need price > 0, like payments
@emilepetrone @cdixon @yishan Last I heard, @ryanxcharles wasn’t particularly keen on forking Bitcoin.
Headers-first blockchain syncing test:
6 min to height 100,000
22 min to height 200,000
144 min to height 300,000
Fully synced in 248 min.
Testing @pwuille’s headers-first Bitcoin node w/parallel syncing from multiple peers. It not only works, it’s achieving bootstrap speeds.
The Tragedy of the Commons does not apply to p2p networks like Bittorrent or Bitcoin because using them does not deplete a finite resource.
csoghoian The FBI argues they can hack into any foreign computer without a warrant, but it is the Chinese government who are cyber criminals. Got it?
After suffering defeat to the tyranny of the majority in 2012, I’m happy to see NC’s ban on gay marriage struck down. http://t.co/n6kBrS5xLm
RT @OswaldoRoneel: SOBRE ALMACENAMIENTO SEGURO DE BITCOINS “Thoughts on Secure Storage of Bitcoins and other Crypto Assets†by @lopp https…
Currently trending on @netflix - Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem http://t.co/SbKPXKnwea
@flyosity Baller advice. pic.twitter.com/9r4CotBYxn
T-minus 60 minutes until the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission begins their discussion of Bitcoin derivatives http://t.co/wzSgJtg4ON
Talked last night with a fellow who is designing a plug & play Bitcoin node on the Odroid U3 platform. Hope to see it on @tindie soon!
@Pierre_Rochard @Bitstein @DanielKrawisz Invest everything in Ethereum. #thistimeitsdifferent
Highly recommend watching @aantonop’s testimony to the Canadian Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. https://t.co/EW6JFuR8lU
CA Senator: “Banks won’t allow BTC to make them obsolete.”
@aantonop: “That’s what people said about telecoms & the Internet. They adapted.”
@cryptotraveler My favorite part was when @aantonop told the committee that centralized systems are regulated by corruptible committees. ;-)
Please join @TriangleBitcoin Meetup on October 20th for our screening of “The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin” http://t.co/KQ66QooNgI
.@aantonop “Whether you agree with Bitcoin’s monetary policy or not, it is well defined and predictable. If you disagree, create your own.”
Q: How do we know terrorists aren’t using Bitcoin?
@aantonop: Empowerment of economic inclusion outweighs illicit use by tiny minority.
67-year-old Canadian Senator: “We’re on our 11th meeting about Bitcoin and I still don’t understand it.” Observes generation gap w/new tech.
@ollekullberg @oleganza @pete_dushenski @nycbtcpros @bitocracy Would be nice to know how @gavinandresen came to that conclusion.
@ollekullberg @oleganza @pete_dushenski @nycbtcpros @bitocracy IDK, @gavinandresen calculated that residential ISP can handle 5K TPS today.
@bitonbit Error 404: fiat not found
@oleganza @ollekullberg @pete_dushenski @nycbtcpros @bitocracy And operational costs to run nodes are trivial in comparison to mining.
@kneath @pmccall777 “Sociopaths gonna sociopath” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
.@aantonop will be addressing Canada’s Senate at 4:15PM EDT today; this should be interesting. http://t.co/ozezVpnirL
@thumperward @ameir @flyosity You think rape threats are the same as pointing out publicly unprofessional behavior to someone’s boss?
@ameir @flyosity Also, I operate under the premise that whoever loses their temper in an argument first, loses.
@mach2600 @polybore @flyosity @Spacekatgal Gotcha; I figured that there was more to it than that single screenshot.
@polybore @flyosity @Spacekatgal @kevinmitnick @freebsdgirl That appears to be a possible interpretation but hard to tell w/o rest of convo.
@Spacekatgal @flyosity @freebsdgirl Yes, I’m skeptical about everything. And I’m being asked to believe something without sufficient context
@flyosity @Spacekatgal @kevinmitnick @freebsdgirl If you say so. Not enough context provided here for me to make such a judgement.
@Spacekatgal @flyosity @kevinmitnick @freebsdgirl “I like calling old friends” is a threat?
.@port8333 has added node latency charts. Here’s http://t.co/Y4pPR9rV5z’s: https://t.co/bSSgKzXjCn
@davidgraeber Have you written any pieces about cryptocurrency?
@pmccall777 @ATCDurham It’s OK, they’re all-natural AND local.
MyceliumCom Mycelium Wallet 2.0 (HD) is out!!! ow.ly/3srm98
@pmccall777 Ah, yep. He actually lost 2.5% of his total retirement assets. “The bitcoin investment is less than 5% of my overall portfolio.”
@pmccall777 @safe4retirement A SEP-IRA is a retirement fund; the title is completely accurate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickbait
blockio Block.io V2 with Multisig + Green Addresses (instant transactions) is live! Give us some upvote love on #Reddit redd.it/2ijzzz
@safe4retirement I’m with ya ;-) https://t.co/MCYyclywuG
@mikestable Business opportunity: retrofit jumbo jets for persons of greater girth, charge a premium, offer complimentary insulin shots.
@mikestable A SHOT OF INSULIN IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR GLUTTONY! #priorities #realtalk #fatprivilege
@gigastacey @emilepetrone Sounds like a higher rate than Bitcoin ASIC miners ;-)
RT @gavinandresen: A Scalability Road Map https://t.co/XZkl8yoPgt #bitcoin
RT @WarTard: The West v ISIS: Air strikes just mean endless war minus victory.:   So there’s a US led war party in the des… http://t.co/…
@mikestable Guess which state? http://t.co/Jsm1sIn3ky
@pmccall777 @gigq Looks like you lucked out with your timing given that it was sub $300 for a whole 4 hours.
Long overdue dashboard of system level metrics now added. CPU spikes every 10 min are my cron job querying UTXO set. http://t.co/udOjX9fkaJ
@pmccall777 @gigq Sure; as soon as you start holding coins you become a speculator. But thanks to @circlebits & @coinbase you don’t have to.
My Thoughts on Secure Storage of Bitcoins and Other Crypto Backed Assets: https://t.co/KfLFNuAe5O
@pmccall777 @gigq OK, just realize that you can do the same things with Bitcoin when it’s $3,000 as you can when it’s $300…
@pmccall777 @gigq Ah, that seems rather… arbitrary. I guess that means you’re investing rather than using?
@pmccall777 @gigq Eh? What word?
RT @orweinberger: Programming just got way cooler, with #OculusRift https://t.co/nZSSmHqjBI #vr #dev #programming
@jefft Nope, though coming up with automated alerts for deviant behavior is certainly on the to-do list.
Anomaly seen today. 22 peers connected, sent sustained 1000+ tx inv messages per sec for 20 min, then disconnected. pic.twitter.com/VqFNLBYVIj
@pmccall777 Yes, there are very few pure ‘unit’ tests in this codebase.
If you add a unit test that sets an entire service to a mocked object and don’t set it back in a teardown… ಠ_à²
I highly recommend watching Print The Legend, a documentary featuring @Radomysisky http://t.co/FHiLPWTna6
RT @SDLerner: Are you mirroring the block-chain in a relational database? But are you doing it right? check –>
http://t.co/em0sij5LMR
ryanxcharles Bitcoin research. en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Research
soylent Excited to announce Soylent 1.1 GA. Includes changes to formula and packaging. Release notes: plk.tn/1BCiRkG pic.twitter.com/xmRqxS89x7
@Jeremy_DeGroot Silk Road was resurrected within a month of its demise. Dread Pirate Roberts can not be stopped.
1 year ago today, the FBI shut down Silk Road. Long live Silk Road :-)
@KoKyuBBQ Since you’re struggling for a space downtown, you should really talk to @StayandPlayCafe about their space’s availability.
@pmccall777 Psh, speak for yourself - I love that game! Extra points if you can identify the caliber.
@ilan @orweinberger Good advice for everyone IMO, entrepreneur or otherwise.
@fnxTX Yep, my main problem is folks who claim a cryptocurrency with 1min confs and a fraction of the hashpower of BTC is somehow better.
@ddahlke There was far too much good news in Q3; need moar strife.
A cryptocurrency with a shorter confirmation time makes it neither more useful nor more secure. In fact, the opposite tends to be true.
@orweinberger @reddit Why would they lay people off after raising $50M?
@ollekullberg Yeah, I’m not panicking. I’m starting to believe that there is a cycle between consumer adoption & merchant adoption periods.
Lopp Holdings LLC Q3 report: -41.5% YTD return, average cost basis $657.5 / BTC. Down 41% since Q2 report! i.imgur.com/bBqaYnE.gif
@JDWinkelman @heunland @itsjasonsantos @ErikVoorhees Link works for me; try again?
RT @jgarzik: “@GeorgiaTech, @BitPay Announce #Bitcoin Integration” http://t.co/uSNXuiGzbn
@RoyceMCutcheon @jgarzik The point is to greatly lower the barrier to entry w/regard to skills and tools. I’d say it accomplishes that.
@mikestable And they accept bitcoin! shitexpress.com
Radomysisky Ghost Gunner: youtu.be/xwRtll3jjU4 via @YouTube