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mutatrum / getbitcoinpdf.sh
Created January 21, 2021 16:15
Get bitcoin.pdf from the bitcoin blockchain in one line
bitcoin-cli getrawtransaction 54e48e5f5c656b26c3bca14a8c95aa583d07ebe84dde3b7dd4a78f4e4186e713 | sed 's/0100000000000000/\n/g' | tail -n +2 | cut -c7-136,139-268,271-400 | tr -d '\n' | cut -c17-368600 | xxd -p -r > bitcoin.pdf

A description of known problems in Satoshi Nakamoto's paper, "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System", as well as notes on terminology changes and how Bitcoin's implementation differs from that described in the paper.

Abstract

The longest chain not only serves as proof of the sequence of events witnessed, but proof that it came from the largest pool of CPU power.

@gdetrez
gdetrez / powerline-test.sh
Last active May 25, 2024 22:34
Powerine font test
#!/bin/bash
echo -e "Powerline glyphs:\n\
Code points Glyphe Description Old code point
U+E0A0 \xee\x82\xa0 Version control branch (U+2B60 \xe2\xad\xa0 )\n\
U+E0A1 \xee\x82\xa1 LN (line) symbol (U+2B61 \xe2\xad\xa1 )\n\
U+E0A2 \xee\x82\xa2 Closed padlock (U+2B64 \xe2\xad\xa4 )\n\
U+E0B0 \xee\x82\xb0 Rightwards black arrowhead (U+2B80 \xe2\xae\x80 )\n\
U+E0B1 \xee\x82\xb1 Rightwards arrowhead (U+2B81 \xe2\xae\x81 )\n\
U+E0B2 \xee\x82\xb2 Leftwards black arrowhead (U+2B82 \xe2\xae\x82 )\n\