[lol bitcoin] breaking: bitcoin accidentally forks

[Ixiterra]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=152030.0

cliffs: lots of transactions will be reversed in the irreversible payment processor

Apparently a bug in the old software's database chokes on the spammy newer blocks. The solution is apparently to go back to the older software?

Bit hard to follow at this point, but the next few days (weeks?) should be interesting for bitcoin

 

[mjoe]

breaking: fed is printing money

 

[amRam]

oh sweet a huge emergency and possible crash of an entire currency is happening and the announcement is a forum post

 

[Odio]

They're very informal over there. Most transactions happen on IRC.

 

[Data]

Where's triple to tell us everything is totally fine?

 

[Ixiterra]

oh sweet a huge emergency and possible crash of an entire currency is happening and the announcement is a forum post

and MtGox is still going on trading with no announcement whatsoever haha.

 

[HaPpY]

derp derp dabuu!

 

[-Jekyll]

oh sweet a huge emergency and possible crash of an entire currency is happening and the announcement is a forum post

yea because nothing could ever go wrong with bitcoins

 

[SmallKiwi]

I guess the problem is fixed. It wasn't really a big deal? But still the spike in trading is pretty interesting

 

[bam]

You people are so fucking dumb.

 

[hyung]

y u say this bam...

 

[caelum]

Bam mad he not bitcoinanaire

 

[bam]

A currency, whose entire purpose is illicit means, is volatile? Well I never...

 

[Dead Ben]

Has anyone here made money on this?

 

[Denver]

Has anyone here made money on this?

yes, bought when they were little less than a dollar.
sold all when they were around 4 dollars!
made about 300$ ... not sure if worth the time invested

 

[Legend]

PLAESE REASSURE US EVERYTHINGS IS OK TRIPLE

 

[Flunky]

bItCoIn_MoRpHeUs will save us!

 

[Skibbi9]

papacy to switch to bitcoins

 

[triple]

It's already fixed, miners just switched back to 0.7. Gox crashed to 36 but it's already back up to it's normal price. Resume panicking!

 

[Legend]

It's already fixed, miners just switched back to 0.7. Gox crashed to 36 but it's already back up to it's normal price. Resume panicking!

thx