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12721  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: cash remains the only option if there's an emergency on: October 19, 2015, 09:50:14 AM
I think nothing can replace cash in the next 10-20 years, using credit cards have it's disadvantages as well because of its interest rest and possibility of being cloned. Same with using prepaid and debit cards. Bitcoin will be used only online. 

What do you mean by that exactly? Of course Bitcoin will be used online,  but from using it you can get something, some food or some services, in real life.

IMO to say "Bitcoin will be used only online." is like to say "cash is only paper".
12722  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Do you believe we need more ways of advertising Bitcoin currency? on: October 19, 2015, 08:56:44 AM
i feel like bitcoin is already getting fairly popular even without advertising because it is just so great. "great things don't need advertising"

Well, I disagree. Great things do need advertising nowadays and we all know that.

Just name one thing which is great and we know it without advertising. I mean a human-made thing not one of the bounties of Nature of course.
12723  Economy / Exchanges / Re: MasterXchange is closing - get out now on: October 19, 2015, 08:10:44 AM
Due to the trouble with the small blocks and recent stress testing, the owners of MasterXchange find it too difficult to continue.  So, these stress tests have resulted in more than one person throwing in the towel.  Too bad.  Better go withdraw any residual funds you have there.

They seem nice and honest people, they adress their customers beforehand with this message:

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Please check your account balances and withdraw your coins before November 15th 2015

I wish MtGox did the same. I wish all exchanges be like this:

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We stored millions worth of your mastercoin and maidsafe and were never hacked.

That's a shame it didn't work out for them.
12724  Economy / Gambling / Re: BitKong.me - Bitcoin Game (beta testing invitation) on: October 19, 2015, 07:59:43 AM
I have some problem verifying my bet, and I would like to know if I did something wrong in the process.

Hash: FA0CDD2ADE57124373BF56A3F13F60E1DB2201FDAA2FA0A4C3567583F3095AC1
Number: AA67C03CC2B48EC04C2C61D30068A46DC449D808D14736DAFC680A6C76492F20
Server Seed: 0111001111

The "Hash" is supposed to be calculated as SHA256(SHA256(Ticket Number + '-' + Server Seed)), but SHA256(AA67C03CC2B48EC04C2C61D30068A46DC449D808D14736DAFC680A6C76492F20-0111001111) is b765049511c7ee93d6ae9dcc9bd9125504cd90925f4ea04cff74b7767f1af76d and
SHA256(b765049511c7ee93d6ae9dcc9bd9125504cd90925f4ea04cff74b7767f1af76d) is 6ee32217ef397baeacc6f04a3024f4b06bac56777bf56bf93a5bc1c25c078fee



Sorry I was busy last week and did not have the time to make an update on this. In fact, I received a PM from OP a week ago (just shortly after I raised the question).

Hey, thanks for verifying bets!

After first SHA256 everything is right as you use UTF8 and result is b765049511c7ee93d6ae9dcc9bd9125504cd90925f4ea04cff74b7767f1af76d, but for second SHA256 no need to use UTF8 as there is no string separator, so input of second SHA256 will be just binary representation first hash.

You can try it in Bitcore playground http://bitcore.io/playground/#/units bitcore.crypto.Hash.sha256(bitcore.util.buffer.hexToBuffer('b765049511c7ee93d6ae9dcc9bd9125504cd90925f4ea04cff74b7767f1af76d'))

And that gives me the exact same hash I received before playing the game. Another way to do that is to use http://www.fileformat.info/tool/hash.htm to do the first hash as string and do the second hash as binary data.


TL;DR: The site is provably fair. The bet verification can be done easily. The OP is helpful and answers my question promptly.

Thanks for the update! So it looks like the site is worth trying.

As far as I understand the site works with Testnet Bitcoins which you can get free and with real bitcoins which you can deposit there right? So, no faucet with real bitcoins?
12725  Economy / Economics / Re: Bitcoin or Gold? What would you pick? on: October 19, 2015, 07:11:17 AM
First of, this is a great video and that's a shame it has only 1,5k views. The more videos like this one the more popular BTC will be.

As for me I'd pick Bitcoin because for BTC0.1446 I can buy 2 grams of gold in the next year, but for $37.88 I will able to buy same 1 gram of gold in a best-case scenario.
12726  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: MMM Global Republic of BTC - Sergei Mavrodi ponzi scheme! Stay away on: October 18, 2015, 05:44:39 PM

Millions of simple people lost their money with MMM. I hope no one from the bitcoin community will ever follow the ponzi scheme.
12727  Economy / Gambling / Re: HubDice.ga - Brand New MoneyPot Dice. on: October 18, 2015, 05:32:52 PM
HubDice.ga

Hey guys/girls, HubDice created with moneypot, your bitcoins are secure. Go check us at: http://www.hubdice.ga

Features:

- 1% House Edge
- Chat
- Probably Fair.
- New features coming soon.
- Same Design as QDice.net

How to play:

Firstly you need a moneypot account.
Secondly choose the bet size and you're done. Easy right?

** .com domain coming soon and auto-bet too. Stay tunned. **

Thanks.




Wow! Gabon Telecom! It's the first time I see domain like this one. Are you really from Gabon or you just registered there?

If you need an advice about your site, make everything as simple as possible for users and then maybe they will gamble on your site too. Starting from "Firstly you need a moneypot account." I don't think is a good idea.

I wish you GL though. )
12728  Economy / Services / Re: Antminer s5+ purchase on: October 18, 2015, 05:19:10 PM
Are there any reputable sites where I can still buy an antminer s5+? I am thinkig of starting mining bitcoins and want a large machine to start it with! I am only willing to buy from reputable insured sites such as Amazon or Ebay.

(please do not post WTS posts here about antminer s5+'s)
http://bitcoinbg.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3293

This is in Bulgaria and I'm not sure what did they mean by the price "5800лв"

5800 Bulgarian Lev = 2,963 Euro

Even if it is for 3 miners looks a bit high for used s5
yes , I know. It isnt my offer. I ve just posted

I think they are mistakenly put extra zero in the price and it's actually 580 Bulgarian Lev (296 Euro)  for one s5 which looks reasonable.
12729  Economy / Gambling / Re: Primedice.com | Most Popular & Trusted Bitcoin Game | Huge Community | Free BTC on: October 18, 2015, 05:04:31 PM
Hey everybody.

So here we are.. I'm kleineaap and fibo.

Long long shit ass story about how I turned the faucet into real money, then lost it, then got it back, then got more into it, etc, etc.

My swings of losing and winning were so large that at some point I was -30 on two different accounts. I was broke. Waited a long time so I could buy in again and challenge my losses.

-30, -12, + 5, +17, -22, etc.

One night, facing the inevitability of my personal life, I put down 3 BTC that I turned into 20. Cashed out and put ten more. Lose, win, cashout, deposit. When I looked at my wallet again I had 60 BTC.

I decided to deposit 10 more for fun, which I lost.

Then I went all in. 50 BTC. Hardly got any greens, it was over in under 5 mins.

I lost 10k in my currency trying to gamble my future. The future I don't have anymore. A few months left to live. I will spend that time finding the best family to my little daughter.

I do have her covered. I'm not a jerk completely. I wanted to give her a plus, a push, a jump, so I risked around 2000 euros to make it happen.

It didnt work. My life in this forum is done as well.

Thanks for the company and support and the good wishes. I am fibo. I probably tipped and rained many of you. When I'm gone, make sure you tip yourself along the way.

Be good.

Sorry to hear that mate. You know sometimes the doctors are wrong about things so I wish they are wrong in your case and you will have  long and happy life. But remember you should never try to make money from gambling.

I wish you all good things, mate! Get well!
12730  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Methods of growing your Bitcoin? on: October 18, 2015, 04:33:30 PM
You could try my btc investment website after i'll update it.

You mean "Double your coins" type of a website?

All those sites proved to be a scam. So how is yours different?
12731  Economy / Economics / Re: Ten men on an island -- inflation and deflation on: October 18, 2015, 04:21:53 PM
I stop issuing tickets.  Hearing the news, people suddenly want those tickets again, and they begin to buy just enough to eat.  There is fear in the air and everyone has trouble selling things.  I will be OK since I have stored up so many tickets, but, for prudence's sake, I have to dismiss my cook and my tailor.  These men are in trouble, since they have sold their fishing gear and farm land, and have invested so much time learning their new trades.  They will barely survive, if they treat every ticket they own like their last.


This is where i see Bitcoin will have problems. Well this is where i see we will have problems when Bitcoin will be one of main currencies on the world. But maybe not spending more then we need will actually return us to our cores. And will actually give Earth chance to recover of devastation we made in 20th and 21th century.

Exactly! Just imagine even now when Bitcoin is not the main currency in the world if people who have them would just spend as much of them as they need for their daily needs the demand would outbalance supply and the price of BTC will go up which most of us here are longing to.
12732  Economy / Services / Re: Antminer s5+ purchase on: October 18, 2015, 02:55:55 PM
Are there any reputable sites where I can still buy an antminer s5+? I am thinkig of starting mining bitcoins and want a large machine to start it with! I am only willing to buy from reputable insured sites such as Amazon or Ebay.

(please do not post WTS posts here about antminer s5+'s)
http://bitcoinbg.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3293

This is in Bulgaria and I'm not sure what did they mean by the price "5800лв"

5800 Bulgarian Lev = 2,963 Euro

Even if it is for 3 miners looks a bit high for used s5
12733  Economy / Gambling / Re: New site for the betting unirates.com on: October 18, 2015, 12:51:00 PM
Who want to see how make a bet, but don't want to register:

Login: TestUser
Password: TestUser

Tested your site using provided login and password. Made a 1000.00 dm bet on Nico Rosberg. Seems working.  Smiley

I suugest you to make the layout more appealing and there are no other sections apart from 2015 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX yet. At least I can't see any.
12734  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: cash remains the only option if there's an emergency on: October 18, 2015, 12:25:23 PM
Get a satellite phone with internet. Problem solved.

In an emergency, there is no electricity or battery.

No electricity? - yes. No battery - hard to imagine.

Many places like hotels, restaurants, stores etc have their own power generators. In a state of emergency they most likely will help you to charge your phone.
12735  Bitcoin / Mining / Re: Placing machines outside on cold winter? -20 on: October 18, 2015, 10:03:43 AM
Nice experiment man! Don't forget to write down the results you get for yourself and for public knowledge as well  Wink

Specifications usually mention 0 deg C as a minimum, because equipment is not tested below that, but this doesn't mean it won't work. Maybe you can even give feedback to the manufacturer saying that you tested it for X time and worked / did not work.

As for your cables, others said as well, look into them. Burned cables are no good. Also, 4A/mm2 can be taken as the rough measure on how much current you can push through a copper cable. Don't go above it when operating continuously.

Cables are not that expensive they really need replaced with proper cables.  It appears like it burnt  through coating on parts and is covered with electrical tape.  Just almost asking for electrical fire with that.

You will think us one day if you spend the money to get new wires.

Yes, I agree. Even if they are working ok now as OP says it's still better replace them because electrical tape is not a good coating for cables.
12736  Economy / Economics / Re: Elasticity and inelasticity of bitcoin's supply and demand on: October 18, 2015, 09:56:59 AM
Demand:

1) My experience as a seller on localbitcoins.com tells me that there is a baseline daily demand of bitcoin coming from people who are price-agnostic such as Joe Schmoe who is buying $2000 worth of bitcoin per day for.. something. Maybe remittances. I never ask. But I will tell you that every day he needs $2000 worth of bitcoin no matter what the price is. He doesn't care what the price is. This component of total demand, measured in USD, is inelastic.


Yes, there is a number of people (and this number is increasing on daily basis) who buy Bitcoins without bothering about the price bacause they spend them the same day. If their demand exceeds the current supply the price of BTC will rocket up.
12737  Economy / Economics / Re: Bitcoin is Becoming a Global Currency on: October 18, 2015, 08:39:25 AM
I wonder? Well in a 3rd world country like Philippines in which only a few percentage of the population knows what is "BTC".

But I'm pretty sure it will become a trend once bigger companies push bitcoin in PH. Some already adapted BTC as it payments.

This will take decades or so to be recognized as a "Currency" like paper money.

In the Philippines im sure they could make big profit out of stuff like signature campaigns. If they knew about it they would get into it, probably they would be able to get higher than minimum wage (not sure what minimum wage is on there but im sure it's rather low). Same goes for loans etc. Of course it would require a lot of posting and it would require that whoever is doing it is somewhat competent with the english language.
yeah bitcoin is the biggest thing and the easiest way to earn money i ever known here in Philippines, its a great help to the students that can't study because of financial problem, and also its a great help to a person who doesn't have a job they can use bitcoins as an side earnings. yeah your'e right many of filipino's does not speak english especially in those poor area and can't access to internet.

Okay, but they will have motivation to learn english which is a goog thing and IMO access to internet will be affordable to everyone on Earth very soon. People just should know that there is an opportunity to make some money and they will find a way to use this opportunity.
12738  Other / Off-topic / Re: BIBINKA WORD GAME! on: October 18, 2015, 08:21:30 AM
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12739  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin will grow, if we create opportunities for people to earn it. on: October 18, 2015, 08:02:08 AM
What is the difference between "earning bitcoins" and earning dollars and buying bitcoins? I don't see a difference so I don't understand why it is important to "earn bitcoins".

If you can buy btc 1:1, yes, it is the same. But in most places you will have to buy that btc from "resellers" (localbitcoin, etc.), why would you exchange, say, 1000 USD for 950 USD worth in bitcoin (just an example, comission may be lower or higher, but definitively not low) if you are to spend them?

So, the benefit of earning bitcoins directly is that the cost and burden of obtaining the bitcoins is placed on the employer.

The benefit of earning Bitcoin directly and not in any other fiat currency, is as follows :

1. The receiver do not have to go through all the trouble to convert fiat to BTC and pay extra fee's to get it done.
2. The receiver do not have to figure out how exchanges or Localbitcoins work. {Easier learning curve} Until he wants to convert it back to fiat.
3. Once the receiver acquired the BTC he will look for ways to spend it and where to spend it.

Let's take this forum as a example.... A lot of people here said in other threads, that they heard of Bitcoins and they started to search for information about it and then landed on

this forum. If you look in the newbie section... most people ask, "where can I get Bitcoin" or "How can I earn Bitcoin" ...So most of them got their first Bitcoin from this forum

either through faucets or signature campaigns. This sparked more interest and things progress from there.

We should find more ways for people to "earn" Bitcoins and they will come... I am not saying employers should pay salaries in Bitcoin.. BitPay already does that. I am saying

offer some sort of payment for things people do every day, and once they get paid, they will be more interested in Bitcoin.  

I absolutely agree with this. Some respected memebers of this forum are saying that signature campaigns are a plague, but c'mon! This motivates more and more people to use Bitcoin.

I even propose to make more boards (or to split the Off-topic in sections) where people which can't make a valuable contribution in Bitcoin related topics still have a chance to show their talents and earn some BTC, for example from winning in "Best Funny Pic Of The Month" or "Best Joke Of The Month" or something like that.

 We can create a fund, make contributions, say 50k sats, which is not a big deal I guess, and then choose the winner by voting.

12740  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Banksy's Erdogan Graffiti is Crossed in London on: October 18, 2015, 07:20:10 AM
Yes, that's a sad news. Saw this today.
Yeah I agree with you but here's a thought. If Banksy suddenly admitted tomorrow that he himself threw the paint on his own picture, would you suddenly like it?


haha, why would I? You mean if Banksy did it we shpould call it an art then?

No, Banksy's works are not like that and that's why I like them. He can really draw a nice picture, not some abstract s**t.
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