No it isn't. Blockexplorer.com hasn't been working right for... I can't even remember how long.
It was correct when I posted, looks like it's broken now (it's showing 196298 now). |
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Those are normal errors, associated with relaying p2p transactions for others while not having a complete blockchain. The post I linked to has "bad" errors. Keep in mind that when importing a bootstrap.dat file (like if you use the torrent, it will only import 189xxx blocks)the rest of the blocks still come from the network. After Bitcoin connects to other network clients after importing, it will slowly learn and trust the answer from others of how many blocks total there actually are. As long as the blockchain is increasing (there may be periods of over a minute without the block count going up, some blocks are big) then you are doing fine. This is how many blocks there are right now: http://blockexplorer.com/q/getblockcount |
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I think you can buy whatever you want with a Dwolla payment, and MtGox codes are specifically for sending USD payment. The terms Dwolla has requiring a 30 day wait after account creation are just for sending payment to exchanges directly. The recipient of the Dwolla should just remember that it is not an irreversible form of payment (just ask Tradehill).
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Enabling port forwarding is not an answer to the original question here, ignore the first answer in this thread. The original poster just has misconceptions about the time required for confirmations (the time required for new bitcoin blocks), which has nothing to do with your connection quality.
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That card will be an power-efficient miner, but still so slow you won't make back enough in two months to pay you minimum wage for two hours of getting it working.
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It is peculiar if the client is showing that the current block is only 194649 - at that block number, blockchain blk000x.dat files would only be 2GB + 0.5GB. The size of the blockchain files you have is similar to a complete download (as you saw if the green "blocks remaining" bar disappeared once). Likely something has gone strange with your client. The rescan option doesn't fix anything, you only need to use it if you have completed the blockchain download and suspect that your wallet balance is missing some payments. The bootstrap.dat torrent file has blocks 0-193000, your client says you already have more blocks than that. When you hover your mouse over the bottom right icon, this tells you the current blockchain height, if that's where you are seeing something like "catching up...downloaded 194649 of 208730 blocks" and it's never increasing then your database likely has an error which prevents it from being read correctly. Opening and analyzing any errors near the end of the debug.log (in the Bitcoin data directory) will help discover the solution. Likely the fastest steps to get the blockchain database working again is to follow the steps at the end of this post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=122902.msg1323417#msg1323417 - you won't need to do any downloading with this procedure. |
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I had a 2 year old Samsung LCD TV, not only did it have an ethernet port where you could share files to it using a DLNA server on your computer, but also a flash card reader and a USB port where you could hook up a hard drive and watch movies (in supported formats). If you wanted to do any TV watching from online, you got the wrong TV.
About all you can do is build a media center PC with Win7 ultimate or something like MythTV. You can add a TV tuner card that gets ClearQAM for basic cable or a CableCard for more channels to use PC media center software like a DVR too. An Apple TV is $100 but it has more Apple store lock-in.
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What would be the point of this. When you get the blockchain through the QT client, you are getting it in a fashion similar to how bittorrent distributes files. The time delay for synchronization is because the QT client takes a long time to verify the whole blockchain.
Bitcoin isn't so clever as to use bittorrent-like technology, it really just picks one peer and requests 500 blocks at a time from them. After that's done being processed, it requests 500 more blocks. It doesn't consider that a peer could have low outbound bandwidth or be halfway around the globe. In the thread linked above which I created, I have complete blockchain files you can just drop into the data directory and start using Bitcoin (if you trust me to not have altered them some way so clever others haven't detected it - you will get identical datadir files if you do a full import with verification). I also have links to two different torrents, the complete Luke-Jr torrent (linked in that thread under blk0001.dat) is also immediately useable (it has a minimal/stripped index file where all spent transactions have been removed), however 1.5GB of blocks since July 11 2012 will still need to download. The more "official" 193000-block torrent ( linky) does need to use the slower import feature, which takes similar CPU time and system resources as normal initialization, but you remove inefficient networking from the equation. Notably though, the current version of Bitcoin has a bug and will only import up to block 189205 of that torrent unless you do some tricks. "How do I torrent the blockchain?" Download one of these torrents, and leave it seeding for others after you are done. |
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How about a business like CoinStar machines giving out BitCoins. They already have a business model charging dummies 9.8% for exchanging USD->USD. You'd only need a better way of giving machines your address than typing in 34 digits, a "print qr code for this address" in Bitcoin is a first step. Make a good usage model where interacting with the machines isn't hard (starting with a universal "pay to me" card that can give differing machines your bitcoin address) and they might consider it. "An estimated 84 percent of coinstar users are women". Not going to comment on this one. They recently sold off their money transfer business to Sigue, a company that profits from what Bitcoin does for free ( http://www.sigue.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=122&Itemid=114), so they don't have a conflict of interest in now promoting an instant and free money transfer method. |
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Your checking account -> Dwolla -> Mtgox costs $0.25 + 0.6% total, but working with them both is a hassle:
MtGox:
You will need a Dwolla.com account and a verified account with Mt.Gox to be able to make Dwolla deposits.
Dwolla:
A small minority of our merchants, along with Dwolla, require you to meet and maintain certain criteria in order to send funds to their account. This includes:
1. Establishing a 30 day transaction history. This means that you have to have at least one successful bank-funded deposit into your Dwolla account that is older than 30 days before sending funds to this merchant. This deposit does not need to stay in your Dwolla account for the entire 30 days, you can withdraw it back to a bank account or transfer it to another user within that time period.
2. Get verified by providing and verifying your social security number.
3. Turn on the Hub Page on your Dwolla account. You can do this under ‘Enable/Disable Features’ and clicking enable next to the Hub Page option.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_pig  I think you will be fine as long as you arent putting disney's characters in there. Also maybe Pig-let would work better (piglet being a combonation of piggiebank and wallet) The characters and images are protected by copyright. The word and name is protected by trademark. You'd probably be fine because they'd never notice. I could make a "Zune" FPGA miner and might not get cease-and-desisted or sued by Microsoft, but the possibility is there. |
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You would think "Phoenix" would be a word you could use, but it didn't fly, and neither did "Firebird", and then even "Firefox" took licensing agreements because a EU trademark turned up later. The Diamond "Viper" video card name had to be licensed from a car alarm company. A EU or US name has a trademark infringement if it can be put in a category (numbered above) where there is a previous trade use.
Are trademarks valid also for categories which are out of business for trademark holder? I mean - can Disney really protect "piglet" for some electronic gadget? Disney does business in electronic gadgets, and they have a trademark in that business category.   Btw Honda Firebird is also motorbike and Dodge Viper is a car. I'm not affraid that Disney will go over us with USB gadget (as far as we won't misuse Disney's piglet images).
Viper the car is in a different category than computer peripherals, but Viper the car alarm was found to be in the same electronics category as a video card. This is an example of how different products will be found to occupy the same trademark category. Firebird the vehicle is a different product class than software, so using this name for something completely different would be fine if there was no trademark in the other area. Firebird also ended up being the same name as database software though, so the name was already taken in the same category. Thunderbird for an email reader doesn't infringe on Thunderbird the car. Firefox FAQ: Why did you choose Firebird in the first place?
With the assistance of attorneys we assessed other uses before selecting Firebird and did not consider these uses to be in the same domain as our web browser. It is very difficult to come up with a good name that is not also used by some other company or project, so choosing and verifying the availability of a name is a complicated process that involves many difficult judgment calls. If you have a small project, likely a large monolithic corporation won't come after you. That is, unless they are part of a large copyright and trademark cartel that enforces the status quo of media consumption and international limitation of free commerce, with lots of lawyers, and they don't like what you are doing. |
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Isn't "piglet" casual english word?
Btw I don't wee "Bitcoin hardware wallets" in the list ;-).
You would think "Phoenix" would be a word you could use, but it didn't fly, and neither did "Firebird", and then even "Firefox" took licensing agreements because a EU trademark turned up later. The Diamond "Viper" video card name had to be licensed from a car alarm company. An EU or US name has a trademark infringement if it can be put in a category (numbered above) where there is a previous trade use. "Popsicle" is a nice name, but also happens to be a trademark of a large company http://www.unileverusa.com/brands-in-action/detail/Popsicle-/296139/ - they will likely defend it's use to prevent it from becoming generic like many people think it is. In the UK, this is an "ice lolly". "Oink" sounds like a search engine. |
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I'll assume that That photo means that Piglet is the winner of the bounty?
What were your other potential runnerups? Some of us might want to know how close we were
If so, that probably wouldn't work - Disney has an EU trademark for "piglet" that they have filed for every category under the sun: Nice class number: 3
List of goods and services: Bleaching preparations and other
substances for laundry use; cleaning, polishing, scouring and
abrasive preparations; soaps; perfumery, essential oils, cosmetics,
hair lotions; dentifrices; after-shave lotions; antiperspirants;
aromatherapy oils; artificial eyelashes and fingernails; baby oil;
baby wipes; bath gels; bath powder; beauty masks; blush; body creams,
lotions, and powders; breath freshener; bubble bath; cologne;
deodorants; dusting powder; essential oils for personal use; eye
liner; eye shadows; eyebrow pencils; face powder; facial creams;
facial lotion; facial masks; facial scrubs; fragrance emitting wicks
for room fragrance; fragrances for personal use; hair gel; hair
conditioners; hair shampoo; hair mousse; hair creams; hair spray;
hand cream; hand lotions; hand soaps; lip balm; lipstick; lipstick
holders; lip gloss; liquid soaps; makeup; mascara; mouthwash; nail
care preparations; nail glitter; nail hardeners; nail polish;
perfume; potpourri; room fragrances; shaving cream; skin soap; talcum
powders; toilet water; skin creams; skin moisturizer; sun block; sun
screen; decorative glitter.
Nice class number: 9
List of goods and services: Scientific, nautical, surveying,
photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring,
signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching
apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting,
switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling
electricity; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of
sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; automatic
vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash
registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and
computers; fire-extinguishing apparatus; computer hardware and
computer software, peripherals; operating and user instructions
stored in digital form for computers and computer software, in
particular on floppy disks or CD-ROM; eyeglasses and sunglasses;
protective helmets; swimming jackets, life jackets; cinematographic
films, exposed films; audio cassette recorders; audio cassette
players; audio cassettes; audio discs; audio Speakers; binoculars;
calculators; camcorders; cameras; CD-ROMs; CD-ROM drives (as part of
the computer); CD-ROM writers (as part of the computer); cellular
telephones; cellular telephone accessories; cellular telephone cases;
face plates for cellular telephones; compact disc players; compact
disc recorders; compact discs; computer game programs; computer game
cartridges and discs; computer keyboards; computer monitors; computer
mouse; computer disc drives; cordless telephones; decorative magnets;
digital cameras; DVDs; DVD players; DVD recorders; digital versatile
discs; digital video discs; electronic personal organizers; eyeglass
cases; headphones; karaoke machines; microphones; MP3 players; modems
(as part of a computer); mouse pads; motion picture films; pagers;
personal Stereos; personal digital assistants; printers; radios;
telephones; television sets; video cameras; video cassette recorders;
video cassette players; video game cartridges; video game discs;
video cassettes; videophones; walkie-talkies; wrist and arm rests for
use with computers.
Nice class number: 14
List of goods and services: Precious metals and their alloys and
goods in precious metals or coated therewith (included in class 14);
jewellery, precious stones; horological and chronometric instruments;
alarm clocks; belt buckles of precious metal (for clothing); bolo
ties with precious metal tips; bracelets; busts of precious metal;
candle snuffers of precious metal; candlesticks of precious metal;
charms; clocks; earrings; jewelry cases of precious metal; jewelry
chains; key rings of precious metal; lapel pins; letter openers of
precious metal; neck chains; necklaces; necktie fasteners;
non-monetary coins; ornamental pins; pendants; rings; slides for bolo
ties; stop watches; tie clips; tie fasteners; tie tacks; wall clocks;
watch bands; watch cases; watch chains; watch straps; watches;
wedding bands; wristwatches.
Nice class number: 16
List of goods and services: Paper, cardboard and goods made from
these materials (included in class 16); printed matter; bookbinding
material; photographs; stationery; adhesives for stationery or
household purposes; artists' materials; paint brushes; typewriters
and office requisites (except furniture); instructional and teaching
material (except apparatus); plastic materials for packaging
(included in class 16); printers' type; printing blocks; address
books; almanacs; appliqués in the form of decals; appointment books;
art prints; arts and craft paint kits; autograph books; baby books;
ball point pens; baseball cards; binders; bookends; bookmarks; books;
bumper stickers; calendars; cartoon strips; christmas cards; chalk;
children's activity books; coasters made of paper; coin albums;
coloring books; color pencils; comic books; comic strips; coupon
books; decals; decorative paper centerpieces; diaries; disposable
diapers for babies; drawing rulers; envelopes; erasers; felt pens;
flash cards; gift cards; gift wrapping paper; globes; greeting cards;
guest books; magazines; maps; memo pads; modeling clay; newsletters;
newspapers; note paper; notebooks; notebook paper; paintings; paper
flags; paper party favors; paper cake decorations; paper party
decorations; paper napkins; paper party bags; paperweights; paper
gift wrap bows; paper pennants; paper place mats; paper table cloths;
pen or pencil holders; pencils; pencil sharpeners; pen and pencil
cases and boxes; pens; periodicals; photograph albums;
photo-engravings; pictorial prints; picture books; portraits;
postcards; posters; printed awards; printed certificates; printed
invitations; printed menus; recipe books; rubber stamps; score cards;
stamp albums; staplers; stickers; trading cards; ungraduated rulers;
writing paper; writing implements.
Nice class number: 18
List of goods and services: Leather and imitations of leather and
goods made of these materials (included in class 18); animal skins,
hides; trunks and travelling bags; umbrellas, parasols and walking
sticks; whips, harness and saddlery; all purpose sport bags; athletic
bags; baby backpacks; backpacks; beach bags; book bags; calling card
cases; change purses; coin purses; diaper bags; duffel bags; fanny
packs; gym bags; handbags; knapsacks; key cases; leather key chains;
lipstick holders; luggage; luggage tags; overnight bags; purses;
satchels; shopping bags; tote bags; waist packs; wallets.
Nice class number: 20
List of goods and services: Furniture, mirrors, picture frames; goods
(included in class 20) of wood, cork, reed, cane, wicker, horn, bone,
ivory, whalebone, shell, amber, mother-of-pearl, meerschaum and
substitutes for all these materials, or of plastics; air mattresses
for use when camping; bassinets; beds; benches; bookcases; cabinets;
chairs; coat racks; computer furniture; computer keyboard trays;
cots; couches; decorative mobiles; desks; drinking straws; engraved
and cut stone plaques; figurines and statuettes made of bone,
plaster, plastic, wax, or wood; flagpoles; foot stools; gift package
decorations made of plastic; hand fans; hand-held mirrors; jewelry
boxes not of metal; key fobs not of metal; lawn furniture; love
seats; magazine racks; mattresses; non-Christmas ornaments made of
bone, plaster, plastic, wax or wood; ottomans; party ornaments of
plastic; pedestals; pillows; plant stands made of wire and metal;
decorative wall plaques; plastic flags; plastic name badges; plastic
novelty license plates; plastic pennants; plastic cake decorations;
sea shells; sleeping bags; tables; toy chests; umbrella stands;
venetian blinds; wind chimes.
Nice class number: 24
List of goods and services: Textiles and textile goods (included in
class 24); bed and table covers; afghans; barbecue mitts; bath linen;
bath towels; bed blankets; bed canopies; bed linen; bed sheets; bed
skirts; bed spreads; blanket throws; calico; children's blankets;
cloth coasters; cloth doilies; cloth flags; cloth pennants;
comforters; crib bumpers; curtains; fabric flags; felt pennants; golf
towels; hand towels; handkerchiefs; hooded towels; household linen;
kitchen towels; oven mitts; pillow cases; pillow covers; pot holders;
quilts; receiving blankets; silk blankets; table linen; textile
napkins; textile place mats; textile tablecloths; throws; towels;
washcloths; woollen blankets.
Nice class number: 25
List of goods and services: Clothing, footwear, headgear; belts;
athletic shoes; bandanas; baseball caps; beach cover-ups; beachwear;
bibs; bikinis; blazers; boots; bow ties; bras; caps; chaps; cloth
bibs; coats; dresses; ear muffs; gloves; golf shirts; halloween
costumes; hats; head bands; hosiery; infantwear; jackets; jeans;
jerseys; kerchiefs; leotards; leg warmers; mittens; neckties; night
shirts; night gowns; pajamas; pants; panty hose; polo shirts;
ponchos; rainwear; robes; sandals; scarves; shirts; shoes; skirts;
shorts; slacks; slippers; sleepwear; socks; stockings; sweaters;
sweat pants; sweat shirts; swimsuits; tank tops; tights; t-shirts;
underwear; vests; wrist bands.
Nice class number: 28
List of goods and services: Games and playthings; gymnastic and
sporting articles (included in class 28); decorations for Christmas
trees (except illumination articles and confectionery); playing
cards; action skill games; action figures and accessories therefore;
board games; card games; children's multiple activity toys; badminton
sets; balloons; basketballs; bath toys; baseballs; beach balls; bean
bags; bean bag dolls; board games; building blocks; bowling balls;
bubble making wands and solution sets; chess sets; children's play
cosmetics; christmas stockings; collectable toy figures; crib
mobiles; crib toys; disc toss toys; dolls; doll clothing; doll
accessories; doll playsets; electric action toys; equipment sold as a
unit for playing card games; fishing tackle; golf balls; golf gloves;
golf ball markers; hand held unit for playing electronic games;
hockey pucks; inflatable toys; jigsaw puzzles; jump ropes; kites;
magic tricks; marbles; manipulative games; mechanical toys; music box
toys; musical toys; parlor games; party favors in the nature of small
toys; party games; plush toys; puppets; roller skates; rubber balls;
skateboards; soccer balls; spinning tops; squeeze toys; stuffed toys;
table tennis tables; target games; teddy bears; tennis balls; toy
action figures; toy bucket and shovel sets; toy mobiles; toy
vehicles; toy scooters; toy cars; toy model hobby craft kits; toy
figures; toy banks; toy trucks; toy watches; wind-up toys; yo-yos;
paper party hats.
Nice class number: 41
List of goods and services: Education and entertainment services;
providing of training; sporting and cultural activities; production,
presentation, distribution, and rental of motion picture films;
production, presentation, distribution, and rental of television and
radio programs; production, presentation, distribution (publication),
and rental of sound and video recordings; entertainment information;
production of entertainment shows and interactive programs for
distribution via television, cable, satellite, audio and video media,
cartridges, laser discs, computer discs and electronic means;
production and provision of entertainment, news, and entertainment
information via communication and computer networks; amusement park
and theme park services; educational and entertainment services
rendered in or relating to theme parks; live stage shows;
presentation of live performances; theater productions; entertainer
services.
Here's mine, unsubmitted before because it seems more like a linux release name, but completely trademark-free, and you are able to build a brand without previous meaning associations (like how amazon.com has nothing to do with rivers, and few monsters are at monster.com): "Brookesia" btw: This is what a member of the genus brookesia looks like if you need the name to inspire iconography:  Specific species in this genus have names like "brookesia minima", "brookesia micra", "brookesia bonsi", if you want to borrow them for product names under a company name. |
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Want crazy talk? How about Bluetooth? Applications... -Transfer of files, contact details, calendar appointments, and reminders between devices with OBEX.-Replacement of previous wired RS-232 serial communications in test equipment, GPS receivers, medical equipment, bar code scanners, and traffic control devices. |
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I just dropped WordPress on my useless site http://we.lovebitco.in - as a webmaster I would say it's the worst of content management systems (I need to edit template files to disable comments??) and only have one client with it still, who basically uses a theme's front page and nothing else, but if you want a blog that works and looks like every other WordPress site it's pretty slick. |
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So fellow newbies, what are you mining with?
I have a dedicated single computer running 24/7 and here's it's specs:
-450 watt PSU
-AMD Sempron 145 CPU
-ATI 5850 graphics card
-1 GB ddr2 RAM
-windows xp x32
-16 GB solid state drive
-$45 micro-atx mobo
Basically I just got a graphics card with a cheap motherboard and CPU, but already had everything else in my spare parts bin. It currently gets about 300 mh/s, and I may eventually consider adding a second graphics card via a pcie 1 to pcie 16 adapter.
Pretty basic good config, but it is underperforming, you might want to check this thread to see how others have extracted closer to 400Mhash/s out of 5850s. |
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theymos can make a robots.txt with these lines added:
User-agent: *
...(other stuff)
Disallow: /index.php?action=printpage
Disallow: /index.php?wap2
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You also shouldn't expect too many fee-requiring transactions to get to your miner if they are paying less than .0001 BTC/KB, as that is the relay threshold, unless you publish your node IP so freeloaders can directly connect to you.
If transactions can be free, it makes spamming a million transactions almost free, which is why the minimum fee is mandatory for transactions under .01 BTC. Miners have an ethical responsibility to include transactions in a timely manner if they comply with network rules, and promote fee rewards with quick inclusion for extra fees paid, while keeping cheap junk out of the now-5GB of blockchain p2p downloading that burdens client installation.
If your client accepts any amounts of free transactions relayed to it, it also must keep all transactions in the memory pool until included in a block, which exposes Bitcoin to another DDOS vector - by sending you gigs of spam transactions directly, your memory can be used up.
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