[P2P-F] Bitcoin donation

Sat Jan 15 15:30:23 CET 2011

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 5:54 AM, 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

I agree, although as far as I can see, the application at least takes
care of this for the user. Still, your point is valid in that some
people may not understand what is happening.

Most of the users of bitcoin now are early adopters, however. So, if
p2pf did support donation via bitcoin, it would be joining an ecology
of early adopters, and would likely only receive donation from those
early adopters.

> - 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
>

Seems reasonable. If p2pf changes it's mind, I'm willing to
participate in any experiments with bitcoin

> 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
>>> >> >>
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