update! the clock has just had a little makeover.  you may need to hard (SHIFT) refresh the first time you go there. (i still don't have explicit cache control worked out for individual files) p.s. could the owner of litecoinclock.com please get in touch? cheers
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Using bittorrent to download the block chain is a really interesting idea. I wonder if it'd go faster that way because of all the potential peers to download from... interesting idea.
as mentioned above, it's not the number of peers that makes it go faster, it's that it grabs any available data, in any order, and reconstructs all those pieces in the right order once they've been downloaded the bitcoin client on the other hand, downloads block 1, 2, 3, etc, in that order... if the peer that is sending them block #1000 is slow, that means all blocks #1000+ are delayed |
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Thanks I will give it another try - it does have that 40 character user name
you can choose a shorter, more memorable ID, which will do a look-up for the 40-char version |
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PC only wallet scares me - hardrives crash, and as I've read lately unless you backed up recently, it seems you have lost coin?
blockchain.info is great, but you still should back up your wallet (they have several options for doing this) |
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Why isn't the client a bittorrent client itself, like most p2p media distribution?
definitely room for improvement here... currently the client downloads blocks sequentially whereas bittorrent grabs whatever data it can, regardless of the order. |
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The official torrent still only nets you the first 90%, and the last 90% has taken me 2 days to download.
hehe with maths like that, i'm not surprised it's taking so long |
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In 3 more years, the system may be so complex that the only people who are able to run the client are the ones who have been running for the past 3.
or... people who realise the first 99% of the blockchain can be downloaded via torrent, purchased on BD-R*, etc, and then only use the client to download the remaining 1% maybe one day, your local library will have up-to-date copies of the blockchain on disc that you can borrow |
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LitesAfe.com is for sale (Lites Afe)
Click here to buy LitesAfe.com for $2,295
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i think anyone who understands the above post, would understand the labeling better if it were called 'OP-moderated'
i don't think 'self-moderated' is quite the right name
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it's probably a better idea just to buy 2000 bitcoins [with $10,000].
good luck with that  |
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Anyone online that offers escrow service? I need transaction right now.
http://thrucoin.com is automated and available 24/7. In the event of a dispute, support@thrucoin.com is the best way to get in touch. |
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Lots of butthurt from sublime5447 in this thread.
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This would make sense if you know the person, or are trading something flash/illegal.
However, if neither of these things is true, being on camera would go a long way to help w/security.
i agree cameras would help with security, but that's a tradeoff between security and privacy i'd generally go for the latter myself |
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If it's okay with everyone, I'd like to extend the auction until March 4th.
my guess is it's okay with everyone except for caffeinewriter |
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sent...
Repaid ahead of time. Will get E&G to verify. confirmed, easy money +1 |
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meanwhile, this stupid got up-voted: Right now the problem is the increasing value of a bitcoin - at $30 each, 1 bitcoin is seriously going to overpay for a lot - I mean, if 1 bitcoin buys you a 2 year domain registration, that's about 50% more than what it would cost regularly. Or say I ran a store offering 10 music tracks per bitcoin or 2 albums. Now with it going higher, it would mean having to let customers overpay, or give them stuff they don't want (e.g., 25 tracks, or 2 albums + 5 tracks), which if you only want ONE song, is kind of annoying. to misquote john lennon: 1 is the smallest number that he's ever seen |
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http://slashdot.org/story/13/02/28/1958208/bitcoin-hits-new-all-time-high-of-32"Bitcoin tops its previous all-time high of $31.91 and in doing so it proves to be quite a resilient virtual currency. To the supporters of Bitcoin this does not come as a surprise, since we have seen the likes of WordPress, Reddit and Mega embrace it. Recently Namecheap also confirmed that they will start accepting bitcoins. The new record price was reached on the same day that Mt. Gox, the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, reached an agreement with CoinLab to manage the exchange's operations in the U.S. and Canada."
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this is actually weirder than that used-underwear thread
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