http://projects.metafilter.com/tags/bitcoin Posts tagged with 'bitcoin' at Projects. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:45:22 -0800 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:45:22 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://projects.metafilter.com/3475/Bitcoinlike%2Dcryptocash%2Dwhich%2Dis%2Dtradeable%2Dfor%2Dcomputation There are huge computational resources devoted to the proof of work which authenticates bitcoin transactions, and I've been thinking about ways to turn all those resources to more broadly useful computations. I've come up with a design for a bitcoin-like cryptocurrency which in which computation in the proof of work can be purchased using the currency itself. The design's described in the <a href="http://mit.edu/alex_c/www/nooshare.pdf">PDF</a> I linked at the project URL. tag:projects.metafilter.com,2012:site.3475 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:45:22 -0800 bitcoin cryptography Coventry http://projects.metafilter.com/3140/Buttcoin An archive of Bitcoin culture. tag:projects.metafilter.com,2011:site.3140 Mon, 30 May 2011 21:46:35 -0800 bitcoin shii