A very nice one-liner to return the Bitcoin price in USD.

This is a nice one-liner, it will return the current Bitcoin price in USD. ┌──(john㉿DESKTOP-PF01IEE)-[/mnt/c/Users/Intel i5] └─$ curl -s usd.rate.sx/btc?T | grep avg: | awk ‘{ print $2}’┌──(john㉿DESKTOP-PF01IEE)-[/mnt/c/Users/Intel i5] └─$ curl -s usd.rate.sx/btc?T | grep avg: | awk ‘{ print $2}’ This is the script in action. ┌──(john㉿DESKTOP-PF01IEE)-[/mnt/c/Users/Intel i5] └─$ curl -s usd.rate.sx/btc?T | grep … Read more

Mt Gox source code leaked to the Internet. This is a good example of how not to setup a bitcoin exchange.

This is a screenshot of some leaked source code for a Bitcoin exchange. This source code is intended to access a MySQL database. Here is the full code listing: http://pastebin.com/W8B3CGiN. The bitcoin digital currency was devised to allow payment over the Internet using a digital currency. This breach shows that security is not absolute. But … Read more