The problem is not me using Apple products (I do), but the real problem is that my customers use Apple products. And guess what? They can pay with a credit card or Paypal or any number of other payment methods with their devices.
So, it is hurting bitcoin, not Apple. Every single person using an iPhone or IPad buying something online is someone not using bitcoins to make that same purchase.
That means a lot to people who sell things online, and it is really their support that bitcoin needs, not the other way around.
Oh c'mon, people with apple products are negligible. They are a minority. Still a large number of people not using Bitcoin... he has a point. They may be a minority, but it's still tens of millions (or hundreds of millions?) of people. |
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I find it fascinating that M4v3r is refusing to release the transaction(s) related to the Bitcoinica debacle. This is indicative of guilt. I would not be surprised to learn that he took those coins for himself at this point, never gambling with them at Bitcoinica but simply using that as an excuse. Hopefully he can prove me wrong on that...
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Received my coins today, great condition! Was a pleasure doing business!
dito. Yes, I took good care handling the coins. I didn't even touch them when putting them into the zip-bags (used gloves), because looking at old series 1 coins made me realize that in fact the fat or acid or whatever from human fingers will darken the brass considerably over time. One of the coins even has a very clear fingerprint on it. Some might like that kind of "patina", but it's up to my customers to decide that for themselves   (click for larger version)The one on the lower right has been the coin I've been carrying around in my wallet for quite some time. I touched it a lot and gave it to people. I can vouch for the excellent (looks to be untouched as molecular claims) condition of the series 1 coin he sent me. Even 1.5 years old, it has zero tarnish on it. |
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I'm a huge proponent of electronic freedom...but I will likely ways own an apple phone. Why?
It works. It works well and doesn't require me spending time to make it work well. If I really need freedom on it, I jail break it until they come out with new features on the sanctioned platform. Right now, I have blockchain.info app on my phone. If they take it away, I'll give it back to myself via jail breaking. I'd jailbreak 10 times before buying a non-apple phone.
That's not to say I'm happy about their self- interested policing of the App Store. But having a a non-vetted crap store is worse than useless to me.
iOS users are a small minority here, but I agree with you. For a phone, I want something that just works. I don't want to fiddle with it, or worry about what I am downloading might crash my phone, reduce battery life, contain malware, or something worse. I want to know that all of the apps I see listed work as intended and don't do anything I don't want behind the scenes. So, in that way, I appreciate Apple's stringent censorship - there are still so many apps to choose from I couldn't possibly have time enough to try them all. Also, the cross-compatibility is excellent. I think I have 8 relatives who all use iPhones, and I can text pictures and video to them for free without even having to pay for any sort of texting plan. That is great, and saves me a decent amount on my monthly bill. I know I can recommend an app to any of them and their phones will run it. With Android, I'd have to look up their model of phone, determine whether their system specs are up to snuff and if their current OS version is recent enough, or if they need to update it, etc. There is something to be said for this sort of simplicity. The ONE blackspot in my mind is their elimination of Bitcoin apps. However, I think that may change in the future. Apple allows a Paypal app, various banking apps, etc, without taking a cut of those transactions. I think as Bitcoin becomes more popular and more users complain about being unable to transact with Bitcoins on iOS without going through special gyrations to get blockchain.info running, Apple will eventually cave and allow it, just as they have with Paypal and banking apps. |
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200,000 sq ft house? Are those even a thing?
It's not that big, really, when converted to a metric measurement. About the size of three football fields. Yeah but, I think the largest house I've ever heard of was 140,000 sq ft. I don't think I've ever heard of one 200,000 before. |
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200,000 sq ft house? Are those even a thing?
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Did you give any thought to my suggestion to start verifying people?
Sublime - that debate is for the thread John split off. |
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No doubt you would  but if I understand things correctly due to the 1/3 shipping policy I don't think there would be that great an advantage to being first in line. So in that light I think a more reasonable price range would be in the $1299 to $2000 range or maybe a little bit more than $2K. Ok, thanks for the specifics. I'm not interested in letting mine go for that cheap, but I hope you find a seller. |
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Does that motherboard have DDR3 support? I'm too lazy to look it up, but I have a friend who is on the lookout for a DDR3 775 board. If so, let me know. If not, don't worry about it.
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What pricerange are you looking to pay? Because I'd sell my first-day SC order for $10,000 in an instant, but have a feeling you're looking for something a wee bit cheaper than that. At least give us an idea of what you would consider reasonable.
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5% now, 5% a couple years from now. 50% into real estate (without leveraging) for solid income, and the other 40% into stocks and mutual funds.
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Yeah, I gave up on this project due to lack of interest. bitcoinforum.net has also been sold to someone else - I no longer own that domain. I do still own bitcoin-forum.net though. |
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21 million divided by what? there are basically infinite number of coins or hundreths of coins or thousandths of coins or billionths of a coins it is just numbers. How many numbers are there? I guess you could say the same about gold though when it got to thousandths of a gram I think people might start to think there was nothing there. The point is gold is real bitcoin it just and idea in the cloud just 1's and 0's.
Why does it matter how many decimal places you can divide a Bitcoin into? 1 Bitcoin is still 1 Bitcoin, just like 1 ounce of gold is still 1 ounce of gold. Just because you can divide it into lots of little pieces doesn't make it any more common. |
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I've had a few days where suddenly, no one (besides my own default useless ad) is advertising on minecraftcc.com's banner ad at the bottom of the page. In the past, it's always been 0.05/day or greater. Now, it is down to 0.002/day. So, now is your chance to advertise cheaply at minecraftcc.com! Shortcut to advertise: https://www.operationfabulous.com/advertiser/index.php?e=site_page&wid=158 |
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Casascius - have you ever done any heat-testing with your coins? I am curious what temperatures they would be able to withstand while still having a legible private key. In other words, would they be more or less safe than a piece of paper in the average firesafe?
The private key is a piece of paper, so it should be roughly similar. It'd probably be harder to ignite than an unprotected piece of paper because it's behind the hologram. btw: just made some shots of older coins to show the "patina"  (click for post with larger version) btw2: I increased the number of coins I will sell for BTC 1.5 including shipping (16 left).I was more concerned about it browning, but again, that'd probably be a bit delayed because it is covered by the hologram. |
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I'm still willing to take anyone up @ 20 BTC that BFL will deliver ASICs to at least 3 end customers by July 2013.
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Do the words "optional" not mean anything to you?
2FA is optional.
If IP geo was implemented, it should be optional.
If withdrawal delays of any kind are implemented, they should be adjustable and, of course, optional.
There. No inconvenience to people like you who don't find those options useful, but better security for those who do.
2FA while optional is the only way to properly secure your Mt Gox and should be told to everyone, I will admit that is a failure on Mt Gox's part to not reforce that to new users more. BUT it is a false security those options, and we all know someone will easily get thru those if they want too. Lets face it they get your password, the only thing stoping them is 2FA. COME ON you have to agree. Those options are too niche, maybe stop 10% maybe 15% if lucky. Huh? If they get my password, and I have some sort of IP lock on my account, then I could receive an email notification of someone else logging into my account from Russia or wherever, indicating there is a problem. They couldn't withdraw because of the lock though, which would be undone with password + email verification. If I had a withdrawal address change delay of 7 days, then I could get an email as soon as someone else changed the withdrawal address on my account. I would then have 7 days to do something about it. Ok, so maybe my email account is compromised as well. I'd figure that out once I was no longer able to log in. Or maybe the attacker is really clever and doesn't change my password, but simply deletes the email so I wouldn't see it. MtGox could, upon login, still display a very large colorful warning for the next 7 days that the IP lock was removed or that a new withdrawal address was created. And if I didn't have access to my MtGox account, ideally, support could reset the password for me and send me an email link. If I didn't have access to my email and attempts to regain access were futile, support could freeze the account in the interim and I could resend identity docs to prove I am the proper owner of it. But in the meantime, my Bitcoins are SAFE. They could not be touched with this sort of delay in place, whereas as soon as an attacker compromises an account right now, they can empty it out to the extent of the daily withdrawal restrictions. So no, I don't "have to agree", nor do I agree with you at all. I think the more security options we have, the more secure we can make our accounts. |
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Those look great! How heavy are they, and how do they feel compared to other coins? I might be interested in a couple...
They are small and light. I think smaller than a quarter. I don't have mine onhand at the moment to compare though. |
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Two-factor Authorisation is useful for some people, but other things that have been suggested are useful too and would stop this. Its possible to make the account secure, even IF the password becomes known to a dishonest person, so why not do that? 2FA certainly does not suit everybody.
Actually its hard to say vote with your feet because thats the problem: there are not that many exchanges, and for many practical reasons the choice often comes down to 1 or 2. The exchanges therefore become complacent because people dont vote with their feet.
But you can be sure it reflects or will reflect badly on bitcoin even though actually it has nothing to do with Bitcoin. If someone using Bitcoin for a year can loose 200 BTC, then they are hardly a Noob.
I would strongly and politely suggest to the exchanges that it is very much in their own interest to implement these things. And it will be all the better for Bitcoin if they do, so lets start writing emails to our favourite exchange. I already have!
So when do you actually take responsibility for securing your funds? First off IP geo will be a pain for most people, I know I change my location a lot thru my VPN's and just internet connections, now if I am using Mt Gox, I can't. So that option is out. Second now you want to setup withdrawling that takes a couple days, that defeats the purpose of bitcoins. It suppose to be quick transfer of wealth. Do you not see how these while you may think better protects the user, are the users responsibility and if you can't setup up Google 2 Factor Auth or buy a Yikub key then maybe you shouldn't be using an exchange. Look at ATM's it is one pin code, that you have and if someone gets hold of it then your screwed but do you line up at the bank going add that they have to show there driver's licenses no you accepted it because you know that is your responsibility to not share it. You expect the job of the bank to be secure inside, you deal with outside. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF, I THINK TOO MANY BITCOINERS DON"T UNDERSTAND IT and frankly it is boring to keep iterating this point to people. Do the words "optional" not mean anything to you? 2FA is optional. If IP geo was implemented, it should be optional. If withdrawal delays of any kind are implemented, they should be adjustable and, of course, optional. There. No inconvenience to people like you who don't find those options useful, but better security for those who do. |
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Even the subject line sounds complicated. Grr. I'd absolutely love to use bitcoins in order to recieve donations for a project I'm part of; the plus side for me is the anonymity that I wouldn't get by accepting donations through PayPal for example, which remains the fastest and easiest way for supporters to donate. The problem here is that in my experience, Bitcoins seem so, so hard to get. Typically my donators would have to confirm their bank details with a trading platform then make a non-automated trade, or buy far too much bitcoin compared to the amount they want to donate, etc. Or mine the bitcoins themselves. But of course, most of my supporters haven't got or most likely haven't even heard of Bitcoin; so that's out of the question and the likelihood they'll have a bitcoin wallet with bitcoin ready to donate is next to none. Therefore I'm coming to you guys to ask you if, honestly, Bitcoin is a viable donation currency? Be realistic, most people are unlikely to donate if they have to do a great deal more work than click a paypal donation button. So what would be the fastest way for people to get bitcoin in order to donate to me? I wouldn't even care if I only received 70% of the value of their actual donation or something, I'm non-profit, I just need to have enough so that I don't have to pay out of pocket in order to support my project. Thanks veteranBtc is just saying that Paypal sucks. Anyway, if you're looking at your current donor base, then no, BTC isn't a viable option. You're right - the likelihood that any of them know about Bitcoin is quite slim. What would work though, is accepting BTC donations, then creating a thread here and in other Bitcoin communities displaying your works and telling them that you accept BTC donations. |
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