Re: academic analysis of bitcoin including gentle introductory material

On 8 March 2012 16:55, David Nicol <davidnicol@gmail.com> wrote:

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> http://crypto.stanford.edu/~xb/fc12/bitcoin.pdf
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An awesome analysis.

However I think with bit coin there's some left brain / right brain 'magic'
going on that has allowed it to resonate with so many people.

I'm reminded of this article from a magician on how he made his tricks
popular ...

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Teller-Reveals-His-Secrets.html?c=y&story=fullstory


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> on the outside of the bottom of the barrel, that's how much of an outlier
> it is.
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