X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/1432244e531d5772276d39b059c33c26815235eb..24523cebc41afe2517f196791191b52df087433a:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index b8d8ed1b5c..5a3575febf 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,57 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Now acceting bitcoins - anonymous and distributed p2p crypto-money + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Now_acceting_bitcoins___anonymous_and_distributed_p2p_crypto_money.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Now_acceting_bitcoins___anonymous_and_distributed_p2p_crypto_money.html + Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:20:00 +0100 + +<p>With this weeks lawless +<a href="http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/06/wikileaks/index.html">governmental +attacks</a> on Wikileak and +<a href="http://www.salon.com/technology/dan_gillmor/2010/12/06/war_on_speech">free +speech</a>, it has become obvious that PayPal, visa and mastercard can +not be trusted to handle money transactions. +A blog post from +<a href="http://webmink.com/2010/12/06/now-accepting-bitcoin/">Simon +Phipps on bitcoin</a> reminded me about a project that a friend of +mine mentioned earlier. I decided to follow Simon's example, and get +involved with <a href="http://www.bitcoin.org/">BitCoin</a>. 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.</p> + +<p>So, what is bitcoins, you probably wonder? It is a digital +crypto-currency, decentralised and handled using peer-to-peer +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 +<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/578157">will get the package into +Debian</a> soon.</p> + +<p>Bitcoins can be converted to other currencies, like USD and EUR. +There are <a href="http://www.bitcoin.org/trade">companies accepting +bitcoins</a> 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 without any bitcoins to spare, +you can even get +<a href="https://freebitcoins.appspot.com/">some for free</a> (0.05 +bitcoin at the time of writing). Use +<a href="http://www.bitcoinwatch.com/">BitcoinWatch</a> to keep an eye +on the current exchange rates.</p> + +<p>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 +<b>15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</b>. Thank you!</p> + + + Martin Bekkelund: En stille bønn om Datalagringsdirektivet http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Martin_Bekkelund__En_stille_b__nn_om_Datalagringsdirektivet.html @@ -990,35 +1041,5 @@ gnash buildbot slave on the Debian Edu/Skolelinux this weekend.</p> - - Nå er 74 norske overvåkningskamera registert i OpenStreetmap.org - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/N___er_74_norske_overv__kningskamera_registert_i_OpenStreetmap_org.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/N___er_74_norske_overv__kningskamera_registert_i_OpenStreetmap_org.html - Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:25:00 +0100 - -<p>Jeg oppdaterte nettopp kartet med overvåkningskamera som -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Kart_over_overv__kningskamera_i_Norge.html">jeg -startet</a> for ca. et og et halvt år siden, og nå er det 74 kamera på -plass. I prosessen med å oppdatere kartet oppdaget jeg ved en -tilfeldighet at webreferansen til registermeldingen hos Datatilsynet -nå ikke lenger er gyldig (se -<a href="http://hetti.datatilsynet.no/melding/report_view.pl?id=31062">tidligere -melding</a>). Antar Datatilsynet fjerner utdaterte meldinger fra -databasen. Konsekvensen blir at kameraoversikten i OSM må ha med -søkekriteriene som ble brukt for å finne registermeldingen -(dvs. virksomhetsnavn og organisasjonsnummer), slik at eventuelt nye -meldinger for samme kamera kan finnes igjen.</p> - -<p>Det er dukket opp kamera på -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.no/pere/surveillance-norway/">kartet</a> -i Bergensområdet, Stavangerområdet, Osloområdet, Gjøvikområdet og i -Troms. Mange områder og kamera mangler, og jeg er overbevist om at -bare en brøkdel av den enorme mengden kamera som nå finnes i det -offentlige rom er registrert så langt. Instrukser for å legge inn -kamera finnes på websiden for kartet hos -<a href="http://personvern.no/wiki/index.php/Kameraovervåkning">personvernforeningen</a>.</p> - - -