BTC moves too quick for real arbitrage (e.g. buy BTC on BTC-E, sell on Bitstamp, withdraw fiat and re-deposit on BTC-E). But since the spread narrows and widens, you can take advantage by, for instance, buying on BTC-E, selling on Bitstamp, and waiting for the spread to close before buying and sending back to BTC-E.
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Starting posts: 190 Bitcoin address: 1DhYK1GMz39rdTNRYPFFu8LtHSvCBFQifd
Changed signature from UpDown.bt to PrimeDice. I know Stunna is trustworthy and legit, and I also feel like UpDown.bt's gambling site might be easily manipulated in favor of the house. I only post relevant posts, no BS.
Thanks, snarlpill
Is that a reason not to advertise? Isn't it up to each user to examine the website they use for gambling on their own? Anyways, he clearly has issues with his campaign, therefore I also switched, haha. You don't have any ethical issues with advertising a business that you personally believe is deceptive or untrustworthy? I advertise for FXOPEN because they are a trustworthy business. If my opinion changes on that, I won't advertise. He didn't state that he things they're untrustworthy, and that's not what I replied to. "might be easily manipulated =/= it's manipulated". I think the implication there is clear. We're playing with semantics. Nobody would care if it could be easily manipulated if they were confident the owner wouldn't do it. (And why else mention it as a reason to stop advertising?) It seemed pretty clear what you were replying to when you suggested it was only on the users, not the advertisers, to examine the site. I disagree. I advertised for a while for Bitcoinsports.eu, who ended up scamming a bunch of people. Fuck doing that again.
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Yes, I would inquire as to what other proofs of residence they may accept. Bank statements? Student loan documentation? Tax returns? Back when I verified there, I had a utility bill.
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Blockchain and Blockexplorer having difficulties very recently. Something apparently wrong with both of their dbs and they appear out of sync. They display normally at first (outside of last block being over an hour and a half ago), but are showing 0 balances and searches aren't functioning properly.
Whether or not that's even relevant is arguable. It's Bitcoin and the price has been bouncing around a lot lately. It happens.
I noticed this yesterday as well. Was trying to pay for a few things in coins and was frustrated not being able to search for anything. Then I realized blockr.io was functioning fine.
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How about Bitstamp? They are probably the most reputable Europe-facing exchanging, and I have heard that SEPA transfers work pretty quickly. (I don't actually trade there myself, though, so I can't offer much more information)
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Initially, I was against buying these accounts because of scam potential but if you look at it from a strictly signature campaign money making perspective; it would actually be a good investment.
If you are active on this forum, it would only take 834 non-spammy posts a month (@ primedice rates), about 28 a day, to make back the 1 BTC you spent on buying the account.
Obviously use a trusted escrow to purchase the account but buying hero member accounts makes $en$e.
The problem is buying the account from someone trustworthy... I don't want a hacked account. Just because I want another account doesn't mean I intend to scam anyone. Somebody trustworthy probably isn't going to sell you their account. There's no way to tell if an account was stolen or not anyway, but most are probably just sold 'legitimately' rather than hacked, but that's the risk you take with this sort of deal. I don't think that's necessarily true. Money is money, and there are legitimate reasons to buy an account. I think selling accounts with neutral (or negative) trust is fine, really. Representing positive trust that was not earned -- that's a bit more dicey.
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Couldn't you just buy a gift card with paypal and then sell it for BTC ? This could possibly need an escrow , but would stop chargebacks in the long term. Steam gift cards seem like a likely winner , I can find quite a few websites selling for paypal with no additional fees ( http://www.pcgamesupply.com/buy/Steam-Gift-Card-20/) They are pretty high in demand , as steam wallet credit is nearly impossible to get for Bitcoin. Any possible downsides ? If not , this may solve paypal chargeback solutions for quite some time , atleast if the seller wants to buy under 1 BTC. If the gift card was purchased with Paypal, the Paypal user could report the gift card purchase as fraudulent in the first place. So it isn't safe for the user paying BTC. We would be buying this gift card from a reputed third-party so how would that happen ? If what you are saying is right , won't people be reporting amazon and getting a free refund on any goods ? If you trust the third party seller, there is no issue. But if you are dealing P2P, say, on the forum, and don't know the other party, Paypal is dangerous.
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Starting posts: 190 Bitcoin address: 1DhYK1GMz39rdTNRYPFFu8LtHSvCBFQifd
Changed signature from UpDown.bt to PrimeDice. I know Stunna is trustworthy and legit, and I also feel like UpDown.bt's gambling site might be easily manipulated in favor of the house. I only post relevant posts, no BS.
Thanks, snarlpill
Is that a reason not to advertise? Isn't it up to each user to examine the website they use for gambling on their own? Anyways, he clearly has issues with his campaign, therefore I also switched, haha. You don't have any ethical issues with advertising a business that you personally believe is deceptive or untrustworthy? I advertise for FXOPEN because they are a trustworthy business. If my opinion changes on that, I won't advertise.
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Who gives a flying f*ck about China. They have lost the race. They chose to exclude themselves from Bitcoin, thus not being part of the revolution.
"They chose to"? People are not their governments, first of all. Secondly, the market should care about China, considering western exchanges are still largely following Huobi and OkCoin. Take yesterday's drop as an example.
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Most people are laggards. They aren't likely to start using bitcoin until it has a firmly embedded infrastructure and really catches on with financial institutions and superior UI apps. Right now, it's simply difficult to even buy them, or to know which bitcoin exchanges are trustworthy.
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Was dank always like this or is it just an act? Cant imagine people would loan him money if he was always this way,.
He used to be able to put together posts filled with interesting tibits, and handle himself quite well. Then he had a quick descent into drugs and injections, and his reality crumbled. All happened between November of last year and April of this year. Now he doesn't know his mind is gone. He views himself as a god and everyone else as delusional. This is why I said like a vod. Vod knows I have never injected any drugs into myself, yet he continues to spam his defamation posts. So yes, like a vod. It's possible to inject responsibly and safely. Some people with diabetes inject insulin all the time. And yet, I have a feeling most of us are pretty confident that he was not talking about injecting insulin. But hey, there's always that possibility, too.
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I have seen some people use SierraChart, but have only seen BTCUSD and LTCUSD (maybe LTCBTC). I use TradingView, which has a good deal of indicators and charting tools. They have charts for at least a handful of alts, but since I don't trade alts, can't get too specific. But I've seen LTC, PPC, NMC, XPM on there.
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Bitcoin + Gyft --> Amazon gift cards. I've bought quite a bit. Biggest single purchase was probably the Volcano Vaporizer -- classic solid valve system. $550 or thereabouts. Very happy.
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I'd say no. But, then again, they were worth it looking back to 2010 or 2011. And faucet payouts didn't seem like much back then. If bitcoin goes to $1 million, those satoshis will add up!
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I think we either got capped at this 680 resistance and that will end the rally, or we will chop down to 550 or 590 level for another leg up to 720-760. That's my noob prediction.
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Has Stunna mentioned anything about updating payout rates in the near future? I see they haven't been updated since early April. I wonder which direction they'll go...
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I don't know why you all are worried, I haven't been kept up on signature services like this. Has he shown in the past to be unreliable? I mean he did say 24 hours but life happens man, just let it go and eventually he'll pay. I'm more than certain anyone participating will be finding a balance in their account soon.
It's crazy that people get so worked up, it's weekly payments. If he didn't pay he'd lose all advertising and his reputation. Even weekly payments are not really the norm for signature campaigns -- monthly payments have been the norm, so to get bent out of shape after a few hours is crazy. And FXOpen has a good reputation, generally; I know a couple people who use the service.
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When scam accusations have been leveled against you, the easiest thing to do is to deflect blame, and then level scam accusations against someone else.
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Do people auction off their Jr.Member sig`s on the auction thread?
This is what I plan on doing, if I cant participate while I wait to be a member.
If never seen that happen but i suppose theres nothing stopping anyone. No, but it's probably one of the best ways to waste your time. It may work sometimes, as in the following post, but it seems OP of that thread is not happy with the pay rate. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=629215.msg7001360#msg7001360You won't get much for doing this. In fact, you'll probably waste quite a bit of time quibbling over mBTC that hardly anyone wants to pay out. Just wait until you have some activity under your belt.
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With the price of bitcoin on the rise, and competition for signature campaigns waning a bit from the peak (several have dropped out or are having issues with timely/accurate payouts), I'd say it's only going to get tougher for Newbies from here. Get that activity up!
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