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I used to run a full-node on a Raspberry Pi, has the transaction volume made this unfeasible?

Plus indirect fees due to the exchange rate volatility.

The debit card is definitely the weak link, I should get into a habit of minimising its balance. The internet banking is a lot better, they do guarantee it and have two factor auth…

Most of the mining is now done in large data centres packed with ASIC miners. Ban it, seize the equipment and the government can immediately begin a 51% attack. Shut down the excha…

I see the term critical mass being used a lot within the Bitcoin community. What's your opinion on what would constitute critical mass?

I've been working on a Bitcoin card over the past twelve months so I have had a lot of time to think about the benefits and drawbacks of using Bitcoins for everyday transactions an…

Software! Every time I poke around the code of any sufficiently complex piece of software I find myself overwhelmed with the endless levels of abstraction. One benefit of plateauin…

http://coinjar.io/ I have had no issues with them, was about 48 hours after signing up to get my first Bitcoins. Supports 24 hour bank transfers or 1 hour cash deposits if you need…

Absolutely, I had great fun running all kinds of custom ROMs on my Galaxy s and One X but at no point did either of them function 100%.

Using Apples definition of Retina 140dpi is Retina quality when viewing from approximately 60cm. That is about how far I sit from my screen, 140 would definitely be great.

Around Singapore surprised me as well. Reading a few reports they mostly robbing the crews valuables, I guess you wouldn't really have anywhere to take a hijacked ship in that area…

BitPlastic[1] is a about as close as you can get right now. I have been working for the past year on a prototype Bitcoin smart-card compatible with existing contact less terminals,…

Back then almost all UI rendering was software based. The graphics card just needed a large enough frame buffer. The lack of fancy compositing and animation effects gave these high…

It is possible to project directly into the retina: http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/09/avegant-retinal-hmd/ Definitely dangerous but I see a lot of potential in the technology with…

Aim for the stars, land on the moon. It's not the comparison that's sad, letting it define your worth is. It's something I struggle with, almost 30 still struggling through my degr…

The Silk Road and similar protect the seller. There is just no way to protect the buyer, you are buying a physical product and at some point have to take physical possession of it …

The Silk Road has been notoriously unreliable. Constantly "Down for maintenance" and often just unresponsive for hours at a time. Besides the government it has also come under a nu…

and the Galaxy S is Ice Cream Sandwich. It can run Jelly Bean but doesn't really have the RAM to run it well.

I think of regulation as a constant negotiation between the regulators and the regulated industry. By putting measures in place to bar those with industry experience from working a…

I wouldn't say Google desperately wants you to have one. I use three separate Google accounts and switch between them with ease. YouTube is the only one that hassles me to merge, b…

Actually you can, rather expensive though.

And all for nothing - none of my Android devices have ever restored my wifi passwords, it is always a mission to find and input my password on a fresh phone.

I'm working on an NFC card for Bitcoin for my final year engineering project. Aiming for a credit card sized final product.