Author Archives: Aaron 'BingoBoingo' Rogier

Cody R Wilson Announces Candidacy for Vessenes' Bitcoin Foundation's Board

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In a busy day for Cody R Wilson he has now announced his candidacy for the board of Vessenes' Bitcoin Foundation. His platform consists simply of disbanding the organization from within. While others have different plans for taking on the organization, Cody clarified his plan in tweets:

Cody R. Wilson @Radomysisky  ·  16m 16 minutes ago
My platform is simple. The Foundation should be shuttered, the coins sold on the open market. I will name names.

Cody R. Wilson @Radomysisky  ·  15m 15 minutes ago
No quarter. No gentleman's agreements with legitimists.

Given the simplicity of the plan one has to wonder, why does it include topping up Buterin's Waterfall?

Stripe Breaks Up With Cody Wilson

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Payment processor Stripe has terminated their business relationship with Cody Wilson, an activist who designs 3D printed firearms and milling tools for completing AR-15 lower receivers. His charity Defense Distributed currently has listed for sale in their online store a t-shirt, a sticker, a PVC patch, and a nail suitable for use as a firing pin in a 3d printed firearm. Defense Distributed also sold out its limited pre-order of the tabletop CNC mill named "Ghost Gunner" which is the product for finishing lower receivers, though will also support an open design format so that it may also be used for other aluminum milling purposes.

Court Order: BFL to transfer Bitcoins to Court

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In a new development in the Case against Butterfly Labs, the Court overseeing the case has ordered bitcoins held by Butterfly Labs to be turned over to the Court appointed temporary receiver. The order also gives the receiver  authorization to convert the bitcoins "to cash on a systematic and reasoned basis." The justification for this measure is at least to ostensibly create reserves with which refunds for Butterfly Labs customers may be paid from. Continue reading →

7th Underhanded C Contest Going on Now

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The Underhanded C contest opened to challengers yesterday and continues though New Years day 2015. This year's challenge features oversharing sites and National Security Letters in its theme, but with a twist in that the surveillance function is to subtly leak information about the act of surveillance. Last year's challenge involved a social media theme as well, though with a different angle for mischief. Challenges from past years are featured on the site which feature solutions perfect for ramping up a person's paranoia about software quality.

War of Life Closing

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Parimutuel wagering game War of Life operating as S.WOL published their closing statement today. War of Life offered wagering based on the outcome of cellular automaton simulations. A distinguishing feature of War of Life was that it offered a more nuanced system of bet weighting than simple time weighting could offer. Shareholders will be issued a one time payment of 2978 satoshis per share which reflects the present book value of the venture. The clean closure of War of Life follows the example set last year when Satoshi Dice ended their public security and went private.

Disney Patents "Piracy Free" Search Engine

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Disney has been awarded a patent on a "piracy free" search engine technology according to Torrent Freak. The patent was originally filed in April of 2012and describes a mechanism based on "authenticity metrics" relative to a search term that is used to rank results. The presumption is that emphasizing "authenticity" of in presenting search results would diminish opportunities for content unfavorable to the "authoritative" arbiters of "authenticity" to be presented to users of the search engine. Continue reading →