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eMansipater

http://www.jeffcoleman.ca/

Interested in technologies, learning, and helping other people understand counter-intuitive things. A full time blockchain consultant active in the space since 2010.

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Top Questions
259 votes

What is meant by the term "gas"?

transactions gas economics terminology denial-of-service asked Jan 20, 2016 at 16:49
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139 votes

Why does Ethereum plan to move to Proof of Stake?

proof-of-stake casper consensus serenity asked Jan 20, 2016 at 16:57
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133 votes

How can a contract run itself at a later time?

contract-design blockchain timers scheduling asked Jan 20, 2016 at 17:25
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124 votes

Which cryptographic hash function does Ethereum use?

cryptography sha3 hash-algorithm keccak asked Jan 24, 2016 at 8:32
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100 votes

What is an uncle/ommer block?

consensus mining forkchoicerule blockchain uncleblocks asked Jan 20, 2016 at 17:17
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79 votes

How can I accept bitcoins on my website?

transactions ecommerce asked Aug 30, 2011 at 23:09
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74 votes

What's the difference between proof of stake and proof of work?

proofofstake consensus proofofwork asked Jan 20, 2016 at 20:48
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68 votes

How many bitcoins will there eventually be?

limit reward-schedule asked Aug 30, 2011 at 23:57
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68 votes

Where do bitcoins come from and what gives them their value?

mining-theory mining-reward economics value key-selling-points asked Aug 31, 2011 at 0:38
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57 votes

Can bitcoins be counterfeited?

security doublespend asked Aug 31, 2011 at 0:33
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Top Answers
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What is meant by the term "gas"?
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What exactly is Mining?
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189
What are "bitcoin days destroyed"?
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What is a good way to concisely explain Bitcoin?
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Why does Ethereum plan to move to Proof of Stake?
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What are the limitations to estimateGas and when would its estimate be considerably wrong?
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For pool mining, what exactly is a share?
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What proof of work function does Ethereum use?
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What is a sidechain?
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What happens if I mistype the address when making a payment?
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Will deflation destroy Bitcoin?
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Where do bitcoins come from and what gives them their value?
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Where is the private key for a contract stored?
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When a block is "discovered" how is the nonce determined?
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Why don't Ethereum addresses have checksums?
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Can a contract safely rely on block.timestamp?
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How many bitcoins will there eventually be?
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What's the difference between proof of stake and proof of work?
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When can BLOCKHASH be safely used for a random number? When would it be unsafe?
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32
How would I explain Ethereum to a non-technical friend?
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31
Is bitcoin protocol future-proof?
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Why is there something instead of nothing?
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Is Bitcoin a scam?
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How does Chaum style e-cash work? (all the Wiki links are broken)
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How does Oraclize handle the TLSnotary secret?
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What is the difference between "necessary" and "sufficient"?
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Security measures to overcome 51% attack
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What is the current DAG size? When do we expect to hit GPU limits?
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What is a blockchain? What is the concept behind it?
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How do I see the IP address of a bitcoin transaction?
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