Wow, geeky dream come true! VERY appreciated, thanks!  Ok, gotta go to bed now...

electrum.bitcoins.sk & ecdsa.org

i'm curious what the problem could be. you could also try renaming your wallet file and trigger the recovery procedure to see if that helps.

Hi,

I haven't had any such issues, but I will try to help:

are you sure the problem is specific to Electrum?
Are you able to ping those servers when the problem occurs?
 (electrum.novit.ro does not respond to Ping requests but the other 2 servers do)

Have you made any firewall or other network-related changes in the last few days?

thanks for your feedback! I really like that font too, so will add it in when making my next package.
Most probably before the end of this week.  Need to find an hour or two in my schedule...

Thanks for the detailed response! I actually fully agree with everything you said.

Regarding the risks and benefits of using a self-contained binary vs manually installing
python and required packages and running the source code (a little burdensome on Windows),
I will prepare a FAQ item on my web page to address that, as well as who I am, so that ordinary
users can make an informed decision.

Cheers

True, automated valuations vary wildly but currently range between $290 (http://www.valuate.com/) and $1540 (http://www.urlappraisal.net/) - I will update the OP with this information.

anyway, whatever the true value of this domain, do you realize that this auction allows you to get it at a tiny fraction of these prices - heck, probably even less than the regular registrar's annual fee ($15)?

But it seems there's not much interest in this domain here.  I guess I will just try to sell it in a more traditional way if I see no action in this thread in the next 2-3 days.

Hi minimalB, would you like the below font better?

Personally, I find it easy to read and better looking than Lucida Console...

lawwl

Hi Thomas,

I just read this on the bitcoin wiki FAQ:


Why would they say such a thing? To the contrary, I have the feeling that Electrum has extremely good security. Would like to hear your thoughts on that.

Keep up the great job!

This is one reason why I require that transactions are accompanied by a post here. Just so we know who is sending what. And the fact that Newbie accounts can't post here reduce the risk of me (or anyone) creating multiple accounts to cheat the system.

Of course, this isn't a perfect solution, but should work well enough. And I am definitely not interested in scamming people and the last thing I want is losing my credibility on this forum, as an application developer.
 


But I will take your advice and consider the other sites you have mentioned to see if they are suitable for any future auctions. As for the current one, I'm totally open to moving it to the auctions subforum. As it would at least guarantee that the OP is non-editable...

Turned this into a little game/competition! See top post.

What does being ignorant about the domain name valuation have to do with being stupid?

Anyway, no need to be aggressive just because you are not interested in this.

Good-sounding, easy-to-remember domain names typically fetch nice prices on the secondary market.
I know firsthand, having bought and sold a couple of domain names in the last few years.
It's just supply & demand...  

For recent examples of domain name sales, check out the NameBIO database (http://namebio.com)
(See the sale price of domain names containing 'cash', between 7 and 10 characters, ending with '.com')

OK, I'm changing the format of this sale to make this a bit more fun and exciting.

Rules

1. I will transfer full ownership of the ethercash.com domain name (market value potentially in the 4 digits
    USD!) to the originator of the first 0.5 BTC transfer to my address that is followed by a period of 48 hours during
    which no further transfers come in, OR the first 1.0 BTC transfer followed by 24 hours of no transfers.

2. Please post a reply to this thread referring to your transaction ID RIGHT AFTER you have made the
    transaction. This is ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED to avoid abuse and make sure I'm transferring the domain to
    the correct person.

3. I will trust blockexplorer.com and blockchain.info for transaction timestamps.


So, in other words, the winner will get this domain name at a tiny fraction of its actual value
- possibly for just 0.5 BTC. Kind of a gamble, but can pay off big!
  

The address for this competition: 1E1CTr1sQtRRkJSsigSuXfQ2T1LeNmb4mZ

Good luck!

PS: Automated valuations for this domain name vary wildly, but currently range between $290 (http://www.valuate.com/) and $1540 (http://www.urlappraisal.net/)

42!

OK, thanks for the fast response! I haven't had any problems either.

Hi Thomas,

Just a quick question:

Is it bad to have 2 instances of Electrum running at the same time (on the same machine, reading and writing the same wallet dat file)? For instance, can it cause wallet corruption or other bad things?

The reason I'm asking is, when clicking a bitcoin URI on a website, it will correctly launch Electrum and populate the Send tab with the requested parameters, but if Electrum is open already, a second instance will open.

Everything appears to work fine, but I was just curious if you could confirm that this is not a problem
regarding the wallet file consistency.

Thanks!

Hi honest bob,

have you tried my optimized stand-alone builds for Windows XP & 7? They should work just fine, let me know if not.

And the main thread about these builds is: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=73651.0

Frankly, I'm willing to bet you'll never return to the default client once you try Electrum!

I've also just updated my build to 0.43b. See top post. Hope it solves your issue.

Thanks, posted 0.43a stand-alone build for Windows.