Auctions need to have an end date so that the highest bidder gets to take the product at that bid else in this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1005469.0 the auction will go on till dooms day 

I guess the member just forgot to add an end date.

One cannot sell illegal things on this forum. A person few days back tried to sell PayPal guides to chargeback and I reported the same along with few other members and now the thread is deleted. You just need to report the thread and MODs will take action. If they don't means the trade isn't illegal.

That thread is discussing about DDos cases I guess with some log files mentioned. The person whose username was "DD4BC" was banned.

So we may have a downtime again as the attack is still ON? Internet is prone to such attacks and hence such attacks take place day in and day out due to loopholes.

http://ddos-protection-services-review.toptenreviews.com/ This shows that Cloudfare is the 6th in the list compared to Incapsula DDoS Protection.

Excellent. Thanks Theymos. I hope now Mother Mary is visible in my Avatar  

As DDos attacks usually happen when a virus has been downloaded or uploaded to the websites but it's not always the case. Earlier it happened because someone uploaded a virus as an avatar which led to the Ddos attack I read about Ddos attacks here: http://www10.org/cdrom/papers/409/

Theymos managed to recover the forum from this attack pretty soon as I have seen cases where it takes weeks to recover if the attack is a big one.

No. Bitcoin transactions are anonymous and by a wallet ID/address one cannot prove a transaction as the wallet does not hold any proof like ID card or address proof. Only the IP address is recorded which is not sufficient that you have sent the bitcoins to the person. Xapo uses mobile verification but still it is not a solid proof.

That's why people prefer using Virwox or localbitcoins for exchange. Even Ebay transactions can be chargedback.

There is no way to be safe from cashbacks unless you are dealing with physical goods/products that are couriered or things that can be proved on paper. I don't think for Bitcoins, anyone would provide a legal document for an exchange but if there is any signed document like in case of physical goods where you can produce a courier receipt while selling/buying the product, then chargebacks couldn't be successful.

You can read about it here: https://www.paypal.com/in/webapps/mpp/chargebacks

But Avatars are still enabled. I don't think this was the issue else Theymos would have again disabled it after the attack.

I just checked Twitter which mentioned it was a DDos attack and so I deleted my post  


LOL! I know but what if scammers would take your post seriously and start sending their applications to theymos   Anyways, I enjoyed the joke  



I was present when Obama signed the order coz  he considers me his child ROFL


Yeah my avatar has not changed and I also thought the same that it was attacked due to avatars like it happened earlier. It has been 10 hours since that tweet was made but I checked this forum just 3 hours back.

Yeah, your account was permanently banned as there is no message like "14 days ban or 60 days ban" as you have mentioned in the first post. the person who has sold you this account must have been banned twice earlier and unfortunately you were banned once and it was the third time for the account. You can appeal again by contacting the admin after 2 weeks and giving proof that you bought this account.

The rules say:

Q: Why was my account banned?
A: You probably have broken one of the rules. Try emailing a message to the specified appeal email shown in your ban message.

Reference: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0

@bold: That's not yet a part of the rule stated in the above thread.

It was a selling trade.

I am talking about listing my trade. They dint let me advertise my trade without having 0.4 BTC in my account and I guess you directly traded with the buyer/seller.

This is the message I get when I try to advertise a trade:

The advertisement is not currently running, because your LocalBitcoins.com wallet does not have enough bitcoins to automatically fund the escrow in the case a buyer responds to this advertisement. You need at least 0.40 BTC and advertisement minimum limit.

I am seriously a TUBELIGHT  . I read the above message over 5 times but I am still blank. I don't know whether theymos is going to disable the avatars on April 2nd or this post was serious that the feature will work tomorrow. I don't want to have my current avatar for the rest of my life. Should I remove my avatar?

Edit: I removed my avatar 

With regards to fees, yes Virwox is not good enough but even Localbitcoins has a $20-$25 difference in the rates as per the market price.



I personally too don't like Localbitcoins as it does not let me open a trade without having 0.4 BTC in my account. I have seen the rates are higher than the market rate.



Most people seemed unhappy about the website and in case of Localbitcoins, yeah the method is fast but even VirWox is a trusted site.

I don't want to sell my avatar else people will start ignoring my PMs as well   I won't be able to even sell my gift cards or exchange money due to that. Selling my signature space is enough  

BTW, did Theymos actually play a prank? I don't like this man in my avatar. He looks awful  



I want my "Mother Mary" avatar back.

Coz I don't trust exchange websites. So many have turned scam. I have been exchanging with members only for a long time and it's safer than websites.

Thanks Theymos. Finally I am able to have my avatar and feel peaceful and blessed. I don't plan to change it ever so I don't mind if it's disabled again  


Now I realized that having so many colorful avatars are disturbing and so we may soon see a post "Disable all avatars" like we have "Disable all sig ad campaigns"   Just kidding  

It's a phishing attack and don't click on the link. I'm surprised that your email is hidden and still the hacker could send you an email? Did you post your email ID here on bitcointalk forum?

I have 0.04457712 BTC in my account. Am interested in a 1:1 exchange. PM me if interested.

The site was an obvious scam as they did not even try to add more information on their homepage and make it look legit. Now I feel that they aren't sending bitcoins as bitcoin transactions cannot be reversed unlike their PayPal transactions. I hope you get your money back.