David Schwartz

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I am OpenCoin's Chief Cryptographer and one of the architects of the Ripple payment system.

I live in California's Gold Country, east of Sacramento.

Bitcoin: 1Gonhezk1ScHaFqUSYH9VQThaDS4PJSq1o

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365 Answers

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41	Does hoarding really hurt Bitcoin?
33	Should I leave the Bitcoin client open?
24	What methods could a government use to shutdown Bitcoin?
24	Have any cryptography experts vetted the bitcoin source code?
21	What exactly is Mining?

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19,535 Reputation

+10	How is the network hash rate calculated?
+10	I traded XRP for BTC. How do I withdraw my bitcoins from ripple.com?
+10	What is the different between Open Transactions and Ripple?
+10	How does change work in a bitcoin transaction?

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5 Questions

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20	Are there algorithms that could have been chosen for mining that balance CPU/GPU?
9	Would a reduced block generation time make the Finney attack more difficult?
7	Are there algorithms that could be used for mining that resist acceleration with ASICs?
6	Can an SMPPS (Shared Maximum Pay Per Share) pool be hopped?
6	Which Bitcoin weakness most hinder Bitcoins ability to gain market and mind share? [closed]

204 Tags

352 mining × 66	129 protocol × 33
329 transactions × 62	121 economics × 20
236 ripple × 64	116 blockchain × 27
213 security × 30	97 exchanges × 15
155 client × 24	96 network × 17

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