With this weeks lawless governmental -attacks on Wikileak, it has become obvious that paypal, visa and -mastercard can not be trusted to handle money transactions. -A blog -post from Simon Phipps on bitcoin reminded me about the project -that a friend of mine mentioned earlier. I decided to follow Simons -example, and get involved with -bitcoins. I got some help from -my friend to get it all running, and he even handed me some bitcoins -to get started. I even donated a few bitcoins to Simon for helping me -to remember bitcoins.
+attacks on Wikileak and +free +speech, it has become obvious that PayPal, visa and mastercard can +not be trusted to handle money transactions. +A blog post from +Simon +Phipps on bitcoin reminded me about a project that a friend of +mine mentioned earlier. I decided to follow Simon's example, and get +involved with BitCoin. I got +some help from my friend to get it all running, and he even handed me +some bitcoins to get started. I even donated a few bitcoins to Simon +for helping me remember BitCoin. -So, what is bitcoins, you probably wonder. It is a digital +
So, what is bitcoins, you probably wonder? It is a digital crypto-currency, decentralised and handled using peer-to-peer -networks. It allow anonymous transactions and prohibit central -control over the transactions, making it impossible for governments and -compaines alike to block donations and other transactions.
+networks. It allows anonymous transactions and prohibits central +control over the transactions, making it impossible for governments +and companies alike to block donations and other transactions. The +source is free software, and while the key dependency wxWidgets 2.9 +for the graphical user interface is missing in Debian, the command +line client builds just fine. Hopefully Jonas +will get the package into +Debian soon.Bitcoins can be converted to other currencies, like USD and EUR. -There are companies accepting bitcoins when selling services and -goods, and there is even currency "stock" markets where the exchange -rate is decided. There are not many users so far, but the concept -seem promising. If you want to get started and lack a friend without -any bitcoins to spare, you can even get +There are companies accepting +bitcoins when selling services and goods, and there are even +currency "stock" markets where the exchange rate is decided. There +are not many users so far, but the concept seems promising. If you +want to get started and lack a friend with any bitcoins to spare, +you can even get some for free (0.05 -bitcoin at the time of writing).
+bitcoin at the time of writing). Use +BitcoinWatch to keep an eye +on the current exchange rates. -As an example, I've set up bitcoin and will be accepting donations -to the address 15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b. If you want -to support me, send me some bitcoins. :)
+As an experiment, I have decided to set up bitcoind on one of my +machines. If you want to support my activity, please send Bitcoin +donations to the address +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b. Thank you!