Is there any serious development underway to make the privacy more robust? There has been talk of "Bitcoin laundry", where large pools swap their coins around between each other to make it harder to connect a coin/address with an owner.
But for this to seriously work, it needs a lot more people to be involved in it, and it has to be integrated in a way that's secure (against someone just keeping coins in the middle of a shuffle) and transparent to the user (so they don't have to think about the new addresses they generate, or which coins are optimal to send where for the maximum shuffle). How soon can we expect something like this?
Also, how soon will smartphones be able to handle this with the same ease as desktops and notebooks?
Not a question, but I thought I'd point to this explanation as a good introduction, not so much to Bitcoin, but to the cryptographic background you need to even make sense of how something like Bitcoin can work in the first place. (Wikipedia is a way too verbose and doesn't answer a lot of what's on people's minds.)
Remember, people are uneasy about using something without a decent level of understanding about it, and it's hard enough for the average person to understand public key cryptography -- so you first have to accomplish that herculean task as a substep in explaining the specifics of bitcoin.
No, girls smoke because it (subtly) signals they put out, with sufficient plausible deniability, and so the non-virgin (read: with game) guys will pursue them.
I've caught a UPS deliverer just dumping it and running off even though the sender had requested a signature, and the only reasoning I caught him was because I was eagerly expecting the package, happened to be home, knew it would arrive soon, and knew a signature would be required. "Huh, oh yeah... it does say signature required... oops, yeah, sign there"
Another time a UPS deliverer just put a "you weren't there" notice while I was at home late one evening, never heard a knock and I would have.
In contrast to the *deep* understanding people infer in the purpose behind a giant Windows logo on a future Apple store location? W kind of message is that supposed to signify, exactly? "Learn about Windows"? "Apple couldn't stop someone from messing with their stuff"?
And don't forget all the people who set up rigs specifically optimized for computing lots of hashes quickly to mine bitcoins *looks around furtively*...
Yeah, this is a clear sign that the NYSE is decaying from inability to adapt. The whole idea that we should have people shouting across a densely-packed floor to trade securities is obsolete and they should have done who most other such exchanges did long ago: go fully electronic. The fact that someone today can still become a better trader via better shouting and physical skills is severe inefficiency and anachronism.
More and more the NYSE is acting as a gatekeeper and monopolist, making its money from its laurels and historical pedigree rather than from providing an optimally effective exchange.
Wow, good thing they didn't use it in a biological context, or that *would* have been an error! As it stands, it only trips up people who are bad at metaphors and other abstract thought.
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Is there any serious development underway to make the privacy more robust? There has been talk of "Bitcoin laundry", where large pools swap their coins around between each other to make it harder to connect a coin/address with an owner.
But for this to seriously work, it needs a lot more people to be involved in it, and it has to be integrated in a way that's secure (against someone just keeping coins in the middle of a shuffle) and transparent to the user (so they don't have to think about the new addresses they generate, or which coins are optimal to send where for the maximum shuffle). How soon can we expect something like this?
Also, how soon will smartphones be able to handle this with the same ease as desktops and notebooks?
Not a question, but I thought I'd point to this explanation as a good introduction, not so much to Bitcoin, but to the cryptographic background you need to even make sense of how something like Bitcoin can work in the first place. (Wikipedia is a way too verbose and doesn't answer a lot of what's on people's minds.)
Remember, people are uneasy about using something without a decent level of understanding about it, and it's hard enough for the average person to understand public key cryptography -- so you first have to accomplish that herculean task as a substep in explaining the specifics of bitcoin.
Great thinking, retard, I'm sure no one will ever figure out they can just pass the coin to a new address they generate!
FFS, Bitcoin exists so that people can get away *away* from these bullshit inflationary tricks!
No, girls smoke because it (subtly) signals they put out, with sufficient plausible deniability, and so the non-virgin (read: with game) guys will pursue them.
Yeah, good point, no one's ever bought a computer because they could just wait and buy a better one.
Ouch! Someone just got TOLD!
Yeah, the Android DUI app is so much better, and Google has really stood up to all those requests to take it down. (???)
I'm no Mac fanboy, but this is an odd reason to be glad you don't use an iPhone...
Confucius say: You should never piss into the wind, nor away from a gravity well.
*hits gong*
Not a good example, most people have more than 8 "two-bit" customers ;-)
If it's level 7, I think they mean the bad kind.
I've caught a UPS deliverer just dumping it and running off even though the sender had requested a signature, and the only reasoning I caught him was because I was eagerly expecting the package, happened to be home, knew it would arrive soon, and knew a signature would be required. "Huh, oh yeah ... it does say signature required... oops, yeah, sign there"
Another time a UPS deliverer just put a "you weren't there" notice while I was at home late one evening, never heard a knock and I would have.
In contrast to the *deep* understanding people infer in the purpose behind a giant Windows logo on a future Apple store location? W kind of message is that supposed to signify, exactly? "Learn about Windows"? "Apple couldn't stop someone from messing with their stuff"?
And don't forget all the people who set up rigs specifically optimized for computing lots of hashes quickly to mine bitcoins *looks around furtively*...
This makes sense since iron is magnetic and all over your bloodstream.
Iron content in human blood is measured in micrograms per deciliter. Look for yourself!
Um, they only turned the magnet's lights on to make people think it was running. The magnet itself isn't on, hypochondriac.
Kernel hacks?
I have it on good authority that the Japanese regarded the kamikazes (in WWII and elsewhere) as heroes.
Yeah, this is a clear sign that the NYSE is decaying from inability to adapt. The whole idea that we should have people shouting across a densely-packed floor to trade securities is obsolete and they should have done who most other such exchanges did long ago: go fully electronic. The fact that someone today can still become a better trader via better shouting and physical skills is severe inefficiency and anachronism.
More and more the NYSE is acting as a gatekeeper and monopolist, making its money from its laurels and historical pedigree rather than from providing an optimally effective exchange.
Fuck 'em.
No, I scrolled past about five mentions before I saw the GPs. Should have just voted redundant I guess.
Thanks! Glad to know someone likes it! :-)
Gee, thanks. I must have missed the ten other mentions of Scientific Linux in this discussion.
Skim the fucking discussion before you post.
Some do, sure. Most just churn out brilliant ideas from the top of a tower like,
"Let's make the employee uniforms say 'Sandwich Artist!'" (Subway) or
"Let's put up a big dorky sign with the manager's picture that says 'I am empowered!" (Home Depot), or
"Let's fire all our employees and re-hire them in the most degrading way possible!" (Circuit City) or
"Let's improve efficiency by making our employees watch the Fish! video" (too many of them).
The GP has a point.
Wow, good thing they didn't use it in a biological context, or that *would* have been an error! As it stands, it only trips up people who are bad at metaphors and other abstract thought.
Yes, so another similarity the entrepreneur has with the college grad...
And as good as they can be given the intellectual environment Ala-fucking-bama and Missi-fucking-ssippi can afford you.