[P2P-F] Bitcoin donation

Michel Bauwens michelsub2004 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 15 13:57:30 CET 2011 

ok, I leave the decision on this to the techies in our team!

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 5:54 PM, james burke <lifesized at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Michel,
>
> Yes, I do have a public key, but yet again,
> another nice idea with terrible interaction design and userbility
>
> - most people have no clue about public private keys, so this keeps it a
> geek thing
> - the actual app upon launch is unclear. Where to click, what to do,gah!
>
> I can't really support this even if it is a p2p solution.
>
> James
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 5:57 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> James,
>>
>> do you have a public key?
>>
>> Michel
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> This is a p2p application, so we would need to post your's or James's
>>> public key, and people who want to donate bitcoins would need then
>>> send you the bitcoins by downloading the bitcoin application and
>>> sending it to you
>>>
>>> quote:
>>>
>>> "Bitcoin utilizes public/private key digital signatures (ECDSA). A
>>> coin has its owner's public key on it. When a coin is transferred from
>>> user A to user B, A adds B’s public key to the coin and signs it with
>>> his own private key. Now B owns the coin and can transfer it further.
>>> To prevent A from transferring the already used coin to another user
>>> C, a public list of all the previous transactions is collectively
>>> maintained by the network of Bitcoin nodes, and before each
>>> transaction the coin’s unusedness will be checked."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Michel Bauwens
>>> <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Sam, can you help us install it on the wiki and blog?
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I've downloaded and installed and am game to try with p2pf network
>>> folks.
>>> >>
>>> >> This could actually be really useful for lots of local economy efforts
>>> >> too.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:32 AM, Michel Bauwens <
>>> michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > Dear,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > thanks a lot for this email,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > it seems that it is worthwhile for us to experiment with this, but I
>>> >> > will
>>> >> > forward this to James Burke for possible implementation
>>> >> >
>>> >> > James, I think we should do this, what do  you think?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Michel
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:42 PM, <cyclonite at safe-mail.net> wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>> >> >> Hash: SHA1
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Dear friends,
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I have been looking in your site for any reference to Bitcoin for
>>> >> >> making a
>>> >> >> small donation.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> As  you  probably  know,  Bitcoin  (bitcoin.org)  is  a  new kind
>>> of a
>>> >> >> P2P
>>> >> >> crypto-currency in which the general public can  make donations,
>>> macro
>>> >> >>  or
>>> >> >> micropayments   in  a  secure  and   anonymous  way  usually
>>>  without
>>> >> >>  any
>>> >> >> transaction fee involved.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> You can change Bitcoins for real money (eg: https://mtgox.com) or
>>> >> >> purchase
>>> >> >> services or goods in an increasing number of sites.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> In  order to  receive  donations you  only have  to  publish  one
>>>  of
>>> >> >> your
>>> >> >> accounts  as generated  by the  bitcoin client  or any specialized
>>> >> >> bitcoin
>>> >> >> trader (eg: mybitcoin.com).
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Currently  some   projects  as  www.i2p2.de,
>>> www.torrentservers.net
>>> >> >> and
>>> >> >> organizations like the EFF are accepting donations.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> In  my  opinion  this  kind  of decentralized solution without the
>>> need
>>> >> >> to
>>> >> >> trust  any  middlemen  is much better than  Paypal, Visa or
>>> Mastercard
>>> >> >> for
>>> >> >> security-minded people as most of your donors are.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> If  you  are  interested in  pushing  Bitcoin forward,  do not
>>> hesitate
>>> >> >> to
>>> >> >> contact me if you have any doubt.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Yours,
>>> >> >> Cyclonite
>>> >> >> __
>>> >> >> OpenPGP Email: https://privacybox.de/cyclonite.msg
>>> >> >> bitcoin donations: 16FVZweaaJLvhAy91oDugqaf84kXiDJ9PG
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>> >> >>
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>>> >> >> 0tGlIY+zf3Pov32FEJrI/VlSfRdtIENaoVzWXMvoaH5eVVUD/iVH0lqVrdVMqtJD
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>>> >> >> aF54XrOaKeZYXPWO4TZLQWTOjNE8UVz7j05ilaQkwYFJ0HxuR+knciM4eDCwHv5j
>>> >> >> Buueis3OAs1+lVUAM676h6HaU5CBRYqfr4we9DvdKk9rZWcXlJpcUGykcGIVxB4a
>>> >> >> sfhx5vc+jyNCYMMWbaulVhDMlI9ReA5WIpNpEQhh5gFALrwewF1uWBLJ9EjeDkja
>>> >> >> 4DOspqg6Kregt8LKEN5ozvaA6AFdWjuJxm0HHVNoZt7dy3zET7Wr/uf4B3g6JtMd
>>> >> >> iZY0cioLj/3TVVy6llWS
>>> >> >> =50gB
>>> >> >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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