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23 <div class=
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24 <div class=
"date">10th December
2010</div>
25 <div class=
"body"><p>With this weeks lawless
26 <a href=
"http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/06/wikileaks/index.html">governmental
27 attacks
</a> on Wikileak and
28 <a href=
"http://www.salon.com/technology/dan_gillmor/2010/12/06/war_on_speech">free
29 speech
</a>, it has become obvious that PayPal, visa and mastercard can
30 not be trusted to handle money transactions.
32 <a href=
"http://webmink.com/2010/12/06/now-accepting-bitcoin/">Simon
33 Phipps on bitcoin
</a> reminded me about a project that a friend of
34 mine mentioned earlier. I decided to follow Simon's example, and get
35 involved with
<a href=
"http://www.bitcoin.org/">BitCoin
</a>. I got
36 some help from my friend to get it all running, and he even handed me
37 some bitcoins to get started. I even donated a few bitcoins to Simon
38 for helping me remember BitCoin.
</p>
40 <p>So, what is bitcoins, you probably wonder? It is a digital
41 crypto-currency, decentralised and handled using peer-to-peer
42 networks. It allows anonymous transactions and prohibits central
43 control over the transactions, making it impossible for governments
44 and companies alike to block donations and other transactions. The
45 source is free software, and while the key dependency wxWidgets
2.9
46 for the graphical user interface is missing in Debian, the command
47 line client builds just fine. Hopefully Jonas
48 <a href=
"http://bugs.debian.org/578157">will get the package into
51 <p>Bitcoins can be converted to other currencies, like USD and EUR.
52 There are
<a href=
"http://www.bitcoin.org/trade">companies accepting
53 bitcoins
</a> when selling services and goods, and there are even
54 currency "stock" markets where the exchange rate is decided. There
55 are not many users so far, but the concept seems promising. If you
56 want to get started and lack a friend with any bitcoins to spare,
58 <a href=
"https://freebitcoins.appspot.com/">some for free
</a> (
0.05
59 bitcoin at the time of writing). Use
60 <a href=
"http://www.bitcoinwatch.com/">BitcoinWatch
</a> to keep an eye
61 on the current exchange rates.
</p>
63 <p>As an experiment, I have decided to set up bitcoind on one of my
64 machines. If you want to support my activity, please send Bitcoin
65 donations to the address
66 <b>15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b
</b>. Thank you!
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5)
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449 <li><a href=
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12)
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2)
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4)
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