@ncweaver @kristovatlas @pierebel I think we have different definitions of “criminal” and “legitimate,” which is fine…
@ncweaver @kristovatlas @pierebel Oh, OK, so you consider all “criminal” activities to be immoral / evil. *shrugs*
@ncweaver @kristovatlas @pierebel Bitcoin is evil? Is that you, @NYTimeskrugman?
@danielpbarron testnet is the currency of the future!
I could be wrong, but logs suggest one of my testnet nodes hit a 2,000+ block orphan chain during last block storm. pic.twitter.com/9QV8ymIDav
RT @NickSzabo4: Origins of smart contracts:
First paper: http://t.co/5fhxZsAHZD
Peer-reviewed extended version: http://t.co/xB3dCNM7py
@maraoz Audio is going in and out; kind of jittery. We’re getting this error when closing the stream: http://t.co/p1sBvB9CwE
@maraoz crank the music!
@Awyee707 @anarcholiberty @ErikVoorhees Only if you value your bitcoins in terms of fiat ;-)
@anarcholiberty @Awyee707 @ErikVoorhees Exactly; there is no such thing as “stable value” - all value stability is relative.
@Awyee707 @ThomasPaine5 @ErikVoorhees @ponli137 And that is different from any other publicly traded asset… how?
@Awyee707 @ThomasPaine5 @ErikVoorhees @ponli137 51% ownership of all bitcoins is not a magic number; you can “manipulate” market w/far less.
Is it ironic that many crypto & security development mailing lists use Mailman software that emails your passwords to you in cleartext?
5) Thus it will still be imperative that any launched PoW sidechain has sufficient mining power protecting it against computational attack.
4) If a miner attack prevents txns from being confirmed, you couldn’t post your “locking†proof on the sidechain to redeem your bitcoins.
3) However, if a sidechain uses a PoW mining mechanism, it seems to me that certain mining attacks could break the pegging process.
2) This is because the 2 way pegging process allows you to convert your sidechain tokens back to your bitcoins if the sidechain fails.
1) Sidechains are meant to make it easier to experiment with significant changes to blockchain systems while eliminating many risks.
@Rothbardian1627 Well the bill is available at http://t.co/oqTu5b0ROG or you can talk to @DanSpuller @Cryptolina @PerianneDC