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j"1LAnZuoQdcKCkpDBKQMCgziGMoPC4VQUckMä<div class="post">1-3:<br/>For that level of anonymity you need to connect through TOR, which will be possible with version 0.2, which is only a few weeks away. &nbsp;I'll post TOR instructions at that time.<br/><br/>4:<br/>Version 0.1.5: backup the whole %appdata%\Bitcoin directory.<br/>Version 0.2: you can backup just wallet.dat.<br/><br/>5:<br/>Nope. &nbsp;The whole design is all about preventing that from working.<br/><br/>6:<br/>Those coins can never be recovered, and the total circulation is less. &nbsp;Since the effective circulation is reduced, all the remaining coins are worth slightly more. &nbsp;It's the opposite of when a government prints money and the value of existing money goes down.<br/><br/>7:<br/>It's currently 29,296 blocks. &nbsp;The circulation is the number of blocks times 50, so the current circulation is 1,464,800 bc. &nbsp;<br/><br/>If you only have 24k blocks, it must not have finished the initial block download. &nbsp;Exit bitcoin and start it again. &nbsp;Version 0.2 is better/faster at the initial block download.<br/><br/>8:<br/>Typically a few hundred right now. &nbsp;It's easy now but it'll get harder as the network grows.<br/><br/>9:<br/>Good question, it's TCP. &nbsp;The website needs to be updated to say TCP port 8333.<br/><br/>The port forwarding is so other nodes can connect to you, so it helps you stay connected because you are able to be connected with more nodes. &nbsp;You also need it to receive payments by IP address.<br/><br/>10:<br/>No, the other nodes won't accept that.<br/><br/>Being open source means anyone can independently review the code. &nbsp;If it was closed source, nobody could verify the security. &nbsp;I think it's essential for a program of this nature to be open source.<br/><br/>11:<br/>Slower machines produce fewer coins. &nbsp;It's proportional to CPU speed.<br/><br/>12:<br/>There are more coming.<br/><br/>13:<br/>It uses a transactional database called Berkeley DB. &nbsp;It will not lose data in a system crash. &nbsp;Transactions are written to the database immediately when they're received.<br/><br/>14:<br/>For now, you can just multiply the total blocks by 50. &nbsp;The Bitcoin network has been running for almost a year now. &nbsp;The design and coding started in 2007.</div> text/html