TransactionID?: 38d2b91f7918ccaae687529522814c3c9f87910760d580bfcc71faefaacc94af

Now it has three confirmations.

If you give it 4-24 hours it will likely be picked up by some miner; if MtGox was throwing all it's transactions into the permanent bit bucket, there might be just a small outcry.

Someone is sending your node fake info or is testing out how much they can fork testnet with their ASIC? Are you using a release build?

The current block count is 63414 and nothing strange is going on with the network.
http://blockexplorer.com/testnet/q/getblockcount

The number of peers you connect to may affect the answer, the blocks remaining is from a majority of other nodes, so one bad actor can do some tomfoolery when there's only eight nodes and two miners.

Actually, I see a lot of that getblocks -1 to .. in my logs also, but I was never showing out of sync or wrong height. My found blocks are followed by lots of legit "received getdata"; the weird message shows up only when I wasn't 51%ing the network.

MtGox is notorious for not including fees when they are required by the network, especially if you clicked the "green" option. Not much you can do, if the priority is under 57,600,000 and there is no fee, it is considered blockable spam by nodes.

This is probably the case already, that he's behind unforwarded NAT:

Please attempt this command:
in Bitcoin: Help -> Debug window -> Console
paste this line:
getrawtransaction 4dd6dd583c9cb82c1f03ccfbd7b7982fbc593af82d3ee1c6243348d97678421c 1

You can paste all the resulting info here (or PM me if you think there is something in there all of us wouldn't already know by being part of the Bitcoin network).

What you are looking for is the lines with
"vin" : [
{
"txid" : "90d5103866b2...75a68bad30380a4a6e8037",
"vout" : 0,

Of course you'll have different strings of letters and numbers.

The vin txid entries are the transactions that are the source of the funds. This is what we are examining - if the previous transaction outputs have already been spent by another transaction besides 4dd6dd583 then you definitely have someone attempting to double spend you and play a game we call "April fools".

If you have a result "No information available about transaction (code -5)" then you no longer have any information about the transaction saved either, it's super-gone.

OP removed original transaction info:

tx: 4dd6dd583c9cb82c1f03ccfbd7b7982fbc593af82d3ee1c6243348d97678421c
35BTC
1Hv9Q3Vw6UP6DJNjKBk1DyxLrtr9YQ5jLV

I found this transaction in my logs:
CTxMemPool::accept() : accepted 4dd6dd583c (poolsz 698)

This transaction is not in my memory pool any longer. If you saw the payment immediately pop up in your Bitcoin client while it was running, and it still remains, you may be able to get some details from the tx data in the wallet with the console command:

gettransaction 4dd6dd583c9cb82c1f03ccfbd7b7982fbc593af82d3ee1c6243348d97678421c

You may be able to dump it also, which can be decoded to show the source of the funding:

getrawtransaction 4dd6dd583c9cb82c1f03ccfbd7b7982fbc593af82d3ee1c6243348d97678421c

If it is even wiped from your client upon restart, likely the sender has double-spent the funding inputs, causing it to be wiped from everyone's memory pools as invalid.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-28/bitcoin-may-be-the-global-economys-last-safe-haven

One of the oddest bits of news to emerge from the economic collapse of Cyprus is a corresponding rise in the value of Bitcoin, the Internet’s favorite, media-friendly, anarchist crypto-currency. In Spain, Google (GOOG) searches for “Bitcoin” and downloads of Bitcoin apps soared. The value of a Bitcoin went up to $78. Someone put out a press release promising a Bitcoin ATM in Cyprus. Far away, in Canada, a man said he’d sell his house for BTC5,362....

derp, repost: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=160033.0, Google lied about "four hours ago"

"Don't Screw up" (sic) is overemphasized - Bitcoin addresses include a checksum. The chance of you mistyping a Bitcoin address and still being able to send coins is about four billion to one. Irrevocable payments is only a problem if you do something like pick the wrong recipient from your address book.

Also, this will always get you an A on your papers:

• Introduction and thesis statement
• Supporting argument A
• Supporting argument B
• Supporting argument C
• Conclusion

I have to enable remote image loading to see what the heck you posted. Enabling cross-site requests allows an image site to at the very least log viewers of this thread. Then the image site tries to stick a cookie on my browser. That's not so secure.

Pressing the "print" button in your browser is more practical and reliable than transcribing a public key off the screen - one character missed when you are writing down the private key and [poof!] your bitcoins are gone. Just don't print to workgroup printers with a hard drive in them or leave the printer un-power-cycled if it might have a "reprint" feature.

If you want to discourage curious eyes, labeling the outside "Jubalong's fungus specimen" would be better than "Jubalong's paper wallet" .

Bitcoin: Help -> Debug window -> Console
type importprivkey 5Ja83qanfha4aJ236jfaf.....JneEA "spending my paper wallet"

When these payments are sent to you from an account that has been hacked into and the original owner complains, or the payment is funded with a stolen or disputed credit card, you'll find out quickly how reversible PayPal is. PayPal isn't going to be left holding the bag, they pass their fraud losses on to you.

There have been an increasing number of posts from recently registered users wanting to buy bitcoins with PayPal. While new users may indeed be enthusiastic about Bitcoin and be accustomed to using PayPal for prior purchases, this type of request is also exactly what scammers do to steal bitcoins. It is relatively simple to charge back or dispute any PayPal payment after receiving irrevocable bitcoins, and scam purchases are used as a way to empty stolen PayPal accounts.

Traditional payment networks (including PayPal) suffer inherent weaknesses:

• Some payment fraud is unavoidable,
• Completely non-reversible transactions are not possible; payment processors are involved in disputes,
• Identity fraud and remote account takeover using stolen credentials are possible,
• Payment processors can block funds and freeze accounts,
• You must provide your credit card or account number to sites, which can be stolen by hackers to spend your money.

Bitcoin has none of these problems:

• Confirmed Bitcoin payments are absolutely trustable,
• Payments are non-reversible; money cannot be recalled by the sender,
• Identity theft is a non-issue - payment recipients don't need to obtain the identity of buyers or store personal information to take payments,
• Nobody else can interfere with your Bitcoin balance or your ability to send or receive money,
• You are in control of your money - when you send a payment, the recipient or hackers cannot make other fraudulent withdraws from your wallet.

Why is it difficult to purchase Bitcoins with your old-fashioned money?

If this is the fault of Bitcoin, it is because Bitcoin is too good. If you receive a payment with Bitcoin, you can be 100% sure that the money is yours and it can't be disputed or taken back out of your wallet. PayPal, Credit cards, ACH checking transfer and money wires, Chase Quickpay, Dwolla, and most any other banking payments, however, can be reversed - they are less trustworthy than the Bitcoins you are trying to buy.

This is why even Bitcoin exchanges have rigorous verification procedures - they need to verify your identity thoroughly, not because of Bitcoin, but because they are taking your government currency, transferred through banks and payment processors, which is fundamentally problematic. Exchanges that only deal with Bitcoin-based virtual currencies (such as Bitcoin to Namecoin) have no such identity requirements.

In addition, PayPal specifically disallows currency exchanges, and are Bitcoin-hostile. When you complain that you were ripped off, it's just as likely your account will be frozen.


So how can you obtain bitcoins, if nobody on the Internet can tell the difference between you and a foreign crime syndicate? If you don't wish to go through the lengthy verification procedures on exchanges, I recommend you first investigate local traders who are willing to exchange bitcoins in person. Sites such as https://localbitcoins.com/ or http://www.tradebitcoin.com/ may help you find local Bitcoin users. Also, Bitcoin is for commerce - sell something and accept Bitcoin!

When I generated these coins, sure it was fun to watch the BTC roll in, but more importantly, I was supporting the network for testing when few others were mining.

Some people may doubt, but I just sent all the coins to one address to show that I still have them: blockexplorer.

edit: APRIL FOOLS! I'm broke.
hint, look at the file name of the picture below. I pasted my testnet balance onto a screenshot of Bitcoin.


DEAL WITH IT.



I'm also giving them out, just post your address starting with the letter m or n.

RPC only allows a JSON output, and only shows the hashes of transactions, not the full content of the block.

It looks like what you are looking for actually existed before:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=928.0

pynode also is a good way to access raw blocks; look at how mkbootstrap pulls raw blocks out of the pynode blockchain.

The easiest (hardest if you expect someone else to do the work) solution if you want a web site that offers something different is to modify ABE to display data as you wish.

You back it up to protect against your computer dying or getting stolen.
You encrypt it so that others can't hack your computer and steal your coins.
You don't delete it, otherwise bitcoin would make a new blank wallet - deleting it is how you lose all your bitcoins (if you don't have a backup).

You should have made a backup after encrypting, and again after every 50 payments you send or addresses you create.

The pool look like you have it set up for proportional payments. If you want people to mine until you have 40% of difficulty shares and then abandon your pool forever, that is a perfect strategy.

I would recommend that if you want miner interest when starting a pool, you pay PPS until you have enough hashrate that you can find a block on a regular basis. PPS of course requires you have at least 500 BTC in the bank due to variance; just one block in the 1% percentile and you could be paying out 250 BTC before you find a block.

I created an account (SvbKErMk1b8JQMfRGA3).


using both IP and domain name and either port. Running a pool on your Comcast cable is not going to be very tolerant of DDOS either. DDOSs take down 3x100mbit pool connections.

Need help testing Bitcoin address.

The address in my signature needs some testing, keep sending until I get 25-250 Bitcoins.