Bitcoin 0.8.4 Update Offers Security Improvements

http://thegenesisblock.com/bitcoin-0-8-4-update-provides-security-improvements/

by CrunchyJams • 13 years ago

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Techasura• 13 years ago

is there place or link that explains bitcoin in pure english, i'm so pissed off that i'm unable to understand thoroughly.

CrunchyJams• 13 years ago

bitcoin.org and the SecondMarket Bitcoin Education Center (https://www.secondmarket.com/education/learn/bitcoin-educati...) are great resources

FlailFast• 13 years ago

Another couple of potential resources: http://www.weusecoins.com/ and http://trybtc.com/ . Khan Academy also did a series of videos if you want more of a deep dive -- approachable to anyone with a tech background and really answered a lot of questions about the protocol for me: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-fi...

bredren• 13 years ago

We put up a very brief intro page here: https://gli.ph/bitcoin.html

But you may also enjoy the recently published "Practical Aspects of the Bitcoin System"

http://cryptome.org/2013/09/bitcoin-practical-aspects.pdf

swswsw• 13 years ago

This could be another resources. It is a video series by Charles Hoskinson. https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worry...

discountgenius• 13 years ago

A buddy and I created http://bitcoinsimplified.org to try to solve that problem.

mrb• 13 years ago

My attempt at a super simple non-technical explanation: http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=66

jared314• 13 years ago

On a broader note:

I have started to think it isn't practical to explain how Bitcoin works to non-technical people. For a long time, I tried to explain it to my parents Then, I realized that people don't understand the payment systems they already use (credit cards, debit cards, bank transfers, even cash). They just know that it has value, when numbers go up or down, who to call when something goes wrong, and how to give someone enough information to handle the transfer process for them. The same thing happened with certificate-based authentication / encryption.

brandonheato• 13 years ago

http://trybtc.com/

patio11• 13 years ago

[Edit: This post should have been to a security contact. Nevermind.]

tlrobinson2• 13 years ago

You should just delete this post rather than taunt us.

gojomo• 13 years ago

An even bigger tease is here:

https://twitter.com/patio11/status/375290368004067328

Though, it's unclear if Patrick means to include 0.8.4 in his warning, or is just reasoning back from what the fixes in 0.8.4 have revealed about risks for people running earlier versions.

Bitcoin 0.8.4 Update Offers Security Improvements

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