Package bitcoin: Information

    Source package: bitcoin
    Version: 0.6.0-alt1.4.qa1
    Build time:  Apr 19, 2013, 11:52 AM
    Category: Networking/Other
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    License: MIT
    Summary: peer-to-peer network based anonymous digital currency
    Description: 
    Q. What is Bitcoin?
    A. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer currency. Peer-to-peer means that no
    central authority issues new money or tracks transactions. These tasks
    are managed collectively by the network.
    
    Q. How does Bitcoin work?
    A. Bitcoin utilises public-key cryptography. A coin contains the owner's
    public key. When a coin is transferred from user A to user B, A adds B's
    public key to the coin, and the coin is signed using A's private key. B
    now owns the coin and can transfer it further. A is prevented from
    transferring the already spent coin to other users because a public list
    of all previous transactions is collectively maintained by the network.
    Before each transaction the coin's validity will be checked.

    List of rpms provided by this srpm:
    bitcoin (x86_64, i586)
    bitcoin-debuginfo (x86_64, i586)

    Maintainer: Dmitry V. Levin


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    Last changed


    April 19, 2013 Dmitry V. Levin 0.6.0-alt1.4.qa1
    - NMU: rebuilt for updated dependencies.
    Feb. 10, 2013 Eugeny A. Rostovtsev 0.6.0-alt1.4
    - Rebuilt with Boost 1.53.0
    Nov. 29, 2012 Eugeny A. Rostovtsev 0.6.0-alt1.3
    - Rebuilt with Boost 1.52.0