# Summary of IRC Log from #hplusroadmap (September 29, 2014)

* Kanzure shared a link to Octopart's Common Parts Library (http://octopart.com/common-parts-library), a resource for standardized electronic components.

* A discussion about Scribd highlighted concerns about its business practices, specifically a case where a Colombian student faced prison charges for sharing an academic article that was initially free but later put behind a paywall.

* A Nature paper was shared about human artificial chromosomes (doi:10.1038/nature13769), with paperbot providing a link to access the full text.

* A detailed critique of Bitcoin's consensus mechanism was discussed, noting that Bitcoin achieves distributed consensus through economic incentives rather than cryptographic guarantees, making it vulnerable to 51% attacks.

* A Science paper was shared about what appears to be a significant scientific development (doi:10.1252945), with paperbot providing access to the full text.