Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-14 Thread Ted Smith
On Wed, 2012-11-14 at 13:21 -0800, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > When I referred to "these" attacks going away, I was talking about > implementations > of the Kaminsky attack, or efforts to link an IP address with a > transaction even > without connecting to all nodes (say, making inferences from the da

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-14 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
- Original Message - > From: Ted Smith > To: freedombox-discuss > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 8:51 AM > Subject: Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition) > [...] > For reference, it's really, really, really hard to ta

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-13 Thread Ted Smith
On Mon, 2012-11-12 at 22:11 -0800, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > My initial point might not have been clear. To keep an ISP from spying it > makes > no sense to grab a different IP from the pool every time you view a web page-- > this will not impede the ISP from reviewing their log of your activity i

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
- Original Message - > From: Ted Smith > To: "freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org" > > Cc: > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 8:00 PM > Subject: Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition) > > On Mon, 2012-11-12 at

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Ted Smith
On Mon, 2012-11-12 at 14:13 -0800, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > I'm with you so far. > > > > > When the attacker has the IP address of a Bitcoin address, they're one > > step away from getting the underlying home address -- but they have to > > go through either the legal system or an existing attac

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
- Original Message - > From: Ted Smith > To: "freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org" > > Cc: > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 3:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition) > > On Mon, 2012-11-12 at

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Ted Smith
On Mon, 2012-11-12 at 11:56 -0800, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > > > > The Bitcoin transaction log records transactions between addresses. If > > you never change your Bitcoin address, the transaction log will > > accumulate records of your transactions. > > > > Without a very significant amount of w

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
- Original Message - > From: Ted Smith > To: freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 1:43 PM > Subject: Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition) > > On Mon, 2012-11-12 at 10:28 -0800,

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 12/11/12 19:43, Ted Smith wrote: > On Mon, 2012-11-12 at 10:28 -0800, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > With very little work (running Tor and using new addresses), you can > anonymize your Bitcoin participation to the same extent you could > anything. > > Further, is the FBX going to tunnel all traffi

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Ted Smith
On Mon, 2012-11-12 at 10:28 -0800, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > - Original Message - > > > From: Daniel Pocock > > To: freedombox list > > Cc: > > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 3:32 AM > > Subject: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the p

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
- Original Message - > From: Daniel Pocock > To: freedombox list > Cc: > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 3:32 AM > Subject: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition) > > > > I'm just wondering if anybody has done any analysis of

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 12 November 2012 13:43, Natanael Arndt wrote: > Am 12.11.2012 13:29, schrieb Eugen Leitl: > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 01:15:53PM +0100, Natanael Arndt wrote: > > > >> I don't say it is impossible to run a BitCoin client on a FreedomBox but > >> I say the systembehind is not good, because it re

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Natanael Arndt
Am 12.11.2012 13:29, schrieb Eugen Leitl: > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 01:15:53PM +0100, Natanael Arndt wrote: > >> I don't say it is impossible to run a BitCoin client on a FreedomBox but >> I say the systembehind is not good, because it rewards people for >> burning electricity to get the virtual cu

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 01:15:53PM +0100, Natanael Arndt wrote: > I don't say it is impossible to run a BitCoin client on a FreedomBox but > I say the systembehind is not good, because it rewards people for > burning electricity to get the virtual currency, that's not better than At the current d

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Natanael Arndt
Am 12.11.2012 12:43, schrieb Eugen Leitl: > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:01:31PM +0100, Natanael Arndt wrote: >> I don't know why BitCoin or Money in general should be somehow >> integrated in the FreedomBox project? Furthermore I think BitCoin is no >> good concept e.g. because of the huge amount of

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread RĂ¼diger Koch
2012/11/12 Melvin Carvalho > > > On 12 November 2012 09:32, Daniel Pocock wrote: > >> >> >> I'm just wondering if anybody has done any analysis of the suitability >> of Bitcoin for FreedomBox? >> > > Bitcoin is quite resource intensive, the block chain is large and growing, > so to set it up tak

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 09:59:57AM +0100, Melvin Carvalho wrote: > Bitcoin is quite resource intensive, It isn't. It works on smartphones and tablets, over 3G. > the block chain is large and growing, You don't need fully validating clients. You don't have to connect to hundreds of peers, eithe

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 12/11/12 12:43, Eugen Leitl wrote: > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:01:31PM +0100, Natanael Arndt wrote: >> I don't know why BitCoin or Money in general should be somehow >> integrated in the FreedomBox project? Furthermore I think BitCoin is no >> good concept e.g. because of the huge amount of ele

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:01:31PM +0100, Natanael Arndt wrote: > I don't know why BitCoin or Money in general should be somehow > integrated in the FreedomBox project? Furthermore I think BitCoin is no > good concept e.g. because of the huge amount of electricity just burned You don't need to min

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Natanael Arndt
I don't know why BitCoin or Money in general should be somehow integrated in the FreedomBox project? Furthermore I think BitCoin is no good concept e.g. because of the huge amount of electricity just burned to get some virtual money, as the "lottery" comparison says. But I like the idea of Melvin

[Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Daniel Pocock
I'm just wondering if anybody has done any analysis of the suitability of Bitcoin for FreedomBox? For example, Bitcoin provides a certain amount of anonymity, but not complete privacy. In other words, anybody can create an anonymous Bitcoin account, but anyone else can trace the movements of Bi