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Bug#578157: ITP: bitcoin -- peer-to-peer network based anonymous digital currency



On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:41:11 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> wrote:
...
> Bitcoin is a free open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system that
> is completely decentralized, without the need for a central server or
> trusted parties.  Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and
> transact directly with each other, with the help of a P2P network to
> check for double-spending.

Hi Jonas,

I have a suggestion while you're waiting for developments in WxWidget
packaging.  How about packaging the command-line bits of bitcoin (as
bitcoin-cli or bitcoin-headless, say)?

I'd imagine that quite a lot of Debian users would end up running the
cli stuff anyway (since having coin generation ticking away on some
server seems like a fairly likely scenario, and seems likely to be good
for the P2P network)

Then, once the WxWidget stuff becomes available, that can be generated
as another package, possibly depending on the cli one.

Cheers, Phil.

P.S. I note that 0.3.14 just got released.
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