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Hedging against the bubble popping - where's the leverage?
My friend has a rather large store of bitcoins that he bought about a month ago. I think it makes sense for him to hedge his recent gains, since the price run up looks like a bubble.
What is a high ...
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Is Ripple's Contract language intended to be Turing complete or sub-Turing complete ?
The wiki seems to imply Turing-completeness because no restrictions on jumps are specified here https://ripple.com/wiki/Contracts#Foundational_Ops.
Which is it and what (if any) is the actual ...
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Is there a listing of strange or unusual scripts found in transactions?
I'm studying scripts and am looking for strange or unusual scripts that have appeared in any of the *coin networks..(outside the standard ones listed on this page)
Is any one person, or website ...
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In a given contract, should the “LockTime” timestamp include an extra hour for confirmations to prevent a double spend?
Anytime a transaction has a timestamp attached to it, and there are signed but not submitted transactions at play, shouldn't the holder of the non-submitted tx have to take into account the ...
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Bitcoin contracts. Are there good examples in the blockchain?
I have been checking the Bitcoin wiki for script and Bitcoin contracts and I have some doubts about advanced contracts.
For instance, I have seen in many places references to password controlled ...
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Using Bitcoin contracts to run a betting site without the need for deposits?
There are a couple of bitcoin betting sites, but they all seem to require making a deposit with them. Is it possible to somehow use the Bitcoin contract system to establish a distributed betting pool? ...
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Contracts: Will this be possible?
I would like to know if this will be possible with Bitcoin:
Create a key with the following features:
Only be able to spend btc if a % of pre-definied keys allow it
The own of the key need for ...
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How do I implement an escrow service using Bitcoin contracts?
I can see that Bitocin can provide escrow contracts. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Contracts#Example_2:_Escrow_and_dispute_mediation
Can someone provide a worked example or even better a pointer to a ...
