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Does the creator of BitCoin hold a 'master' private key?
If the creator of BitCoin, whoever he/she is, was the one that started the block-chain and with every cryptographic operation deriving from that initial key, would the network be under the complete ...
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What are the problems with normal currency that may be solved by using Bitcoins?
I've watched the video on weusecoins.com and read some of the FAQ, read information about wallets etc, but I still can't find any information about why we should use Bitcoins? What are the issues with ...
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Why does Bitcoin-QT have no HELP File? [closed]
The HELP menu is totally feeble. 3 entries: Debug window, About Bitcoin, About QT.
For QT developers perhaps the idea of an actual HELP file is a whole new concept they've never been taught.
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Why was Bitcoin designed with a decreasing production rate?
I have no doubt that the person who designed Bitcoin was many times smarter than me but with the benefit of hindsight was the decreasing number of bitcoins a good design decision given the 'hoarding' ...
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Running Miner as embedded system (No OS) - Can it be done?
I've been messing about with TCP/IP stacks on some fairly powerful MCU's lately (mostly the ARM M4 series), and this sort of led to the crazy idea, that I could somehow create an embedded platform ...
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Is there any consensus over specific improvements Bitcoin needs?
There has been some criticism from cryptography experts about the current Bitcoin algorithm(s). Now that Bitcoin has been released to the wild and everyone has had time to study it, is there any ...
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Are there algorithms that could be used for mining that resist acceleration with ASICs?
In my related question about mining algorithms that balance CPU and GPU it came up that such an algorithm would tremendously increase the incentive for people to create mining botnets. The prospect of ...
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Are there algorithms that could have been chosen for mining that balance CPU/GPU?
The mining algorithm for Bitcoins (and most alternative but similar currencies as well) is purely computation hard, but not decision hard or memory hard. This caused the unexpected effect that GPUs ...
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Is there a way to set up proof-of-work systems so it would be even more useful?
One of the arguments made against bitcoin's design choices is that is wastes resources authenticating transactions. In particular, finding small hashes is completely useless for the world.
Are there ...
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What are the differences between Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies?
What is it that makes Bitcoin unique amongst crypto-currencies? Is it just the most popular one or does it have better design aspects too?
