Just want to know if this bounty is still good since it says that it would end New Year's Eve of 2011. The time was very short as most businesses at that level would take almost a year to make a final decision. If it is still good I have been talking to my store director at Best Buy as well as on their suggestion DB and they seem interested. In fact they have asked me to write up a presentation which I just completed and will submit sometime this week to the store director and/or corporate leaders. Let me know if I will qualify for the bounty because I would like it.  Sorry, the bounty is closed already. Hopefully someone else would be willing to donate for the cause. |
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They don't actually sell anything so they wouldn't qualify for this bounty. However, I'd be happy to offer a separate 500 BTC bounty if they accept BTC deposits and withdrawals to/from USD accounts. |
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I don't understand this offer. In my point of view it doesn't make any sense. You could also say: "I will give 1000 BTC for free, if you are a big company and accept Bitcoins".
I don't mind if the bounty recipient works for the big company. You can freely divide the bounty in any way you want. What I care about is that the big company starts accepting BTC  It is nearly impossible to "convince" a huge company to accept Bitcoins. And even if I'm successful and get a company to accept Bitcoins, why should the company tell anyone that it was me who had the idea for it? In fact, if they get to know that you will pay 1000 Bitcoins, they will just create a fake account and get the money for themselves. Even if I post in this thread that I've asked company xyz to do it, someone else (or a fake account from the company) could show up and say "I asked them 3 days ago! I was first!".
So what's the point?
You should contact me when the business has initially shown interest in accepting BTC. You can make any arrangements you want that help you prove that you should get the bounty. I'll use my best judgement to reward the right person. |
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I'm offering a 1000 BTC bounty for getting a major business to accept Bitcoins as payment. Conditions: - The business should have at least tens of thousands of customers and a revenue of at least 50 -100 million USD.
- The business must accept Bitcoins as payment for the most of their services.
- The business must provide a reasonably convenient way to pay with Bitcoins. If it's an internet business, they should process the Bitcoin payments automatically.
- The bounty recipient(s) must prove that they convinced the business to start accepting Bitcoins. Contact Sirius by a PM or IRC when the business has shown interest in accepting Bitcoins.
- The bounty will be paid when the business has accepted Bitcoins as payment for 3 months. If they accept Bitcoins for less than 3 months but at least 3 weeks, the bounty will be 200 BTC.
- The bounty expires on 31.12.2011. The business must make the decision to try out Bitcoins before that.
- These terms are subject to change.
Ask me if you're unsure if your business qualifies. Feel free to contribute to the bounty amount. Suggestion: Try to get a poker site to accept BTC |
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100 BTC offered. 1. Buy bitcoin related domain name for 10$ 2. Start selling thread for 1000$ 3.  4. PROFIT!!! I bought it back in 2009 and ran my own exchange for some time. |
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Exchange owners, here's your chance to be the first Google result for "bitcoin exchange" Auction starting price 100 BTC. Auction closes when it seems that nobody is offering more. I'll announce all bids here, you can send a PM if you don't want to post. Minimum raise 5 BTC. Highest bid so far: 250 BTCSold for 250 BTC. |
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Bitcoin value will go up again when practical and easy client programs hit the market. That's when non-geeks can start using Bitcoin in everyday transactions. The Android app is a step in the right direction and BitcoinJS sounds very promising.
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+1 EDIT: Wait, does +1 count as a zero-value post? Depends on context  Perhaps we can get a good post / bad post mod up and running to do the job. |
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The policy to not remove anything worked when the forum was small. Now that we have thousands of posts a day, we can't afford 50% of them being junk. The moderators are now instructed to be less tolerant of low-value posts.
Some guidelines:
1. Free speech - you can say anything as long as it is relevant and presented in a calm and polite manner. Swearing, SHOUTING etc. make your post more likely to be removed.
2. No zero value posts or threads, like "SELL SELL SELL"
3. No pointless or uninteresting threads.
4. No referral code spam
5. No NSFW content
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Running an exchange takes more time than anybody can give out for free. Intersango is the open source exchange platform developed and used by Britcoin. |
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We could set up some post quality requirements and hire more mods to enforce. But the forum policy has always been contrary to that. Thread rating and autohide of bad threads would be better, if there are suitable smf plugins for that.
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It's the profit margin of mining that will go down, not the bitcoin value. Growth of the bitcoin supply stays the same.
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Bitcoin.org moved to sf.net hosting, which unfortunately doesn't support https.
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all the hype and news surrounding bitcoins sound like they exactly did back in 1999 when pets.com stock was worth $600 per share.
Please use irc instead of chat threads like this. |
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Bitcoin.org is at sf.net and devs have access.
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Nordea is a nordic bank that serves internationally and offers a (fairly complex) XML API you can use for all that. Danske Bank uses the same api afaik.
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Just get a bank account with an API, start an exchange with lower fees and you'll surely attract a lot of users. Automated transfers are the key feature.
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I think I saw Bitcoin connect to tor nodes even in the early days.
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I don't think linking to a gambling site is illegal in Japan?
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