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Oh, it's definitely worth the read.

Same situation for me. Been doing it for a long time now. Just remember to take time out to spend with the kids. Sure, the old adage that they grow up so fast is true, but also spe…

Nexus and Artifactory can be configured to check the signatures, but you're into Web of Trust territory. I wrote an article about mitigating this attack vector a while back which m…

I wrote a Maven plugin to avoid this. It's available under MIT licence: https://github.com/gary-rowe/BitcoinjEnforcerRules

These guys need to be investing in hierarchical deterministic wallets (BIP0032 and BIP0039). That would take away all their private key issues.

Probably not Playfair since there are repeated digraphs.

But it has built-in scarcity which means it possesses a characteristic of a commodity. Maybe a bitcoin is currmodity?

Bitcoin is a protocol. There is nothing stopping the UN from creating their own currency using the Bitcoin protocol with all the characteristics they require of a reserve currency.…

Low transaction costs translates directly into increased profit margin. Surely every business wants that?

A more sensible approach would be to take advantage of TradeHill's "dark pools" which enable very large BTC transactions to take place outside of the public order book.

Not every online transaction requires a chargeback. Perhaps donating to your favourite artist, author, charity would be easier in Bitcoin. And would mean you don't have to keep car…

As an alternative to the ACH approach, Bitcoin offers this bitcoind sendtoaddress Works anywhere in the world, not just USA.

Lots of choices here: http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/

Already in place: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/FAQ#What_do_I_call_the_various_de...

Detailed technical questions are answered on Bitcoin Stack Exchange. See http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com .

You can use a Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) client like MultiBit (see http://multibit.org ). From scratch it takes about 5 minutes to start using Bitcoin.

You might to look at http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/

NO BUG FOUND: (Spoiler Alert) You haven't activated the Orb of Flounderment which is in the Antideulivation Room.

Interesting tool. The concept of high entropy from passphrases rather than passwords will be very useful for deterministic Bitcoin wallets (see https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Determini…

Solve the Time Problem. As in "I'm a developer with a great idea but no time to do it". Perhaps if someone has a bit of spare cash left over from the day job they could pay someone…

Might be worth reading about smart property. There is more detail here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Smart_Property

You make instant payment through a QR code as well, if you accept bitcoins. Here's some details if you're interested: http://gary-rowe.com/agilestack/2012/01/09/how-to-accept-bit..…

For anyone considering investing in bitcoins, first read this: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/405/what-are-some... And for the avoidance of FUD: https://en.bitcoin.it/w…

If you want some help getting started with Java, I'm willing to give you some pointers so you can feel confident developing web applications. I can be found on gary-rowe.com.

If I were 20 now, and I wanted to be financially independent by 35, I would be doing the following: 1) Building an asset base that provided me with an unearned income equal to what…