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What else can bitcoin inventory vectors be used for?
As described in the protocol specification bitcoin nodes respond to the inv command, which queries a node's knowledge of one or more objects, with an inventory vector. According to the bitcoin wiki, ...
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Blockchain long run issue
the last days I have thinking about the bitcoins and the technical issues that can have this currency, I am a computer science guy, with many interest in the global economy.
The first question that I ...
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What happens when someone dies?
Who keeps the bitcoins?
If he didn't left to anyone his private key, will the bitcoins be lost forever and ever?
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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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Can the Bitcoin system be changed?
Are we stuck with what is here now? or if 10 years down the road serious changes need to be made to the system; can that be done with a decentralized system? How would you make changes to a ...
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Is Kim Dotcom's “Megacard” a viable possibility for bitcoin?
A week ago Kim Dotcom posted that a Bitcoin Credit Card would be something that he would be keen to support. Apart from Bitcurex, which is a different system and slightly lacking in credability and ...
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Will general non-standard transactions ever be allowed?
To the best of my knowledge, currently "Satoshi" client relays and most pools accept only standard (transfer or generation) transactions. Besides, community is working on M-of-N transaction type. ...
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bitcoins from the future
It is likely that the Galaxy Note 2 will be launched in August. As it has taken two weeks to mine my very first bitcoin, it seems unlikely that I will have mined enough to purchase a Note upon ...
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Capabilities of Bitcoins and their place in the future
I`ve recently read a presentation that mentioned a couple things about how big would be the potential bandwidth if Bitcoins would handle the transaction volume of Visa:
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What does the Bitcoin community need the most now? [closed]
The Bitcoin project has grown many-fold since its creation, but since we haven't taken over the world yet, there is still some room for growth;). Is there some consensus on what does the Bitcoin ...
