Cryptography Mailing List 8 messages
Bitcoin v0.1 released
Cybersecurity expert Dan Geer extends the botnet discussion with a biological metaphor, arguing that 'parasites have no reason to kill their hosts' and that botnets maintain strict security on controlled machines. He quotes Lynn Margulis — 'Life did not take over the globe by combat, but by networking' — and recommends Daniel Suarez's novel Daemon.