Bits and bob
J.P. and G.T. at The Economist - a high-level description of how Bitcoin works. I haven't grokked the spec yet, to be able to judge how good a job this does, but it seems about right. One day, I'll write my own Bitcoin client, just to be sure I understand it, but for now, Lisplog is my top priority personal project.
Heh. And that Economist
Heh. And that Economist article is greatly simplified from the actual Bitcoin spec. Guess you're not a programmer, or a cryptographer.
"grok" is a verb from Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land. To grok something is to understand it with your whole being.
Lisplog is my new blogging software, running this site right now. Quicklisp is a lisp library manager, of interest only to Lisp programmers, like yours truly.
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Hi Bill,
I hate to show my ignorance, but what are Quicklisp and Lisplog, and what do they do? What thing happens when one has "grokked the spec?"
I tried to read the bitcoin link, but midway through the page my head started spinning. It sounds even scarier, if that's possible, than Federal Reserve Notes.
Dave
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