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Wiring money to mexico is a big business. Bitcoin alone won't change that. they need a simple to use system. with bitcoin as the backend.
Jose in US goes to ATM machine puts in dollars and activities 2 cards. He sends one to Mama in mexico. She can take out pesos from ATM in her local store. Now he can go to any of right type of ATM put in more dollars for mama.
Instead of cards being Visa Amex debit cards they are keys to a cloud wallet. the activation gives them access to the one account.
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So, it sounds like its just a case of Wal-Mart noobing, not the US Government's cards actually glitching out. Yes and no. EBT system did go down nation wide. as it came back up one Walmart location accepted the cards when they should not have. system was 1/2 up. Everyone else waited until it was fully back up. |
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As I understand it the system verified a valid card but did not return a balance of the card.
I have not hear an official answer but my guess is Walmart eats the loss.
There was a report of one person that was checking out as the balance info was restored. ~$700 on a $.49 balance. Walmart just asked him to leave without food and did not press charges.
1) Walmart can press charges on something like that? TBH I get that its unfair that these people get to spend however much they want, but it seems sorta like Walmart's fault. Also, "Walmart" didn't just ask him to leave, and employee did. Individuals tend to be much less vindictive than faceless corporations. 2) So basically these cards function like Walmart giftcards. Could they be used at other stores, and if so, were those other stores affected by the glitch, and if so, did those other stores have to eat the loss, or did Walmart (which would be sorta weird), or did the USG? 1. yes it's fraud. like writing a bad check.(not a lawyer) I just repeating news reports I have no firsthand knowledge of any of this. Also watching people in checkouts using them legally. It's more like a debit card for food stamps that the USG deposits into. It can be used in many places but there are restrictions on what kind of items it's good for. Walmart corp did tell the local store to accept the cards without knowing the limit. nowhere else did that I have heard of did that. |
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As I understand it the system verified a valid card but did not return a balance of the card.
I have not hear an official answer but my guess is Walmart eats the loss.
There was a report of one person that was checking out as the balance info was restored. ~$700 on a $.49 balance. Walmart just asked him to leave without food and did not press charges.
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Nice.
Can we change avatars here yet?
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Is the encryption client side it needs to be Trust no one (TNO). If you can decrypt the email I must assume there will be a time you will do so.
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Could anybody summarize that to 10 points? So long to read.
Onion router for packages |
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i like the idea, but there is one possible problem. What if I used your service to deliver a bomb to an enemy? Could you find me after I dropped off the package?
I would venture to say no. Keeping tabs on senders is a costly endeavor that even the post office doesn't take on, as you can see with all the public and unmonitored mailboxes all over the place. Hmm. I never thought about it, but your right. The post office does not know the sender either. I guess that is why the anthrax killer got away with it. And why there are a lot fewer mailboxes than there used to be. Fedex has many drop off boxes. You can ship already to a pickup location. All they need to add is buy for cash shipping accounts and the verification of user step. But I don't they there is enough demand to make it worth their while and Government will want to stop it as well. |
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Yes I have it.
Coinbase changed my delivery date on BTC will place new order on 10/18.
Sharing it with coworkers tempting them to get int bitcoin just to get their own coffee.
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Well we already missed one difficulty increase and it looks like we will have another before they are in our hands. Not your fault you can't ship what you don't have but ouch.
Next week means by the 26th so maybe by Nov 1 in our hands?
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Hey she can use them as a prop on a webcam show then sell sell them as 'slightly used' to watchers
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"2, 3, 5 and 7 are the first four prime numbers."
"Maybe. We'll see."
Jesus. 1 isn't prime? Nope:) off topic so this will be my last comment on this Why not? 1 is only evenly divisible by 1 and it's self (just happens to be one again) |
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Oddly you can vote both yes and no.
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"2, 3, 5 and 7 are the first four prime numbers."
"Maybe. We'll see."
Jesus. 1 isn't prime? |
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I think these will get messed up again but here goes  |
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Thanks all and thanks Mogrith!
I used localbitcoin to set up a meeting with someone local. A little lower than the current rate, but I'll have the money in my hand tomorrow which helps tremendously.
Glad I could help. rates will tend to be lower sell / higher buy as payments for work and risk involved. |
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