How are you going to do a Bitcoin tx when neither party has access to the internet?
<sigh> Do some research on the matter. No thanks. No reason for a smartphone to have internet when you don't want it to. "Airplane mode" disables all radios at the device level. Kinda hard to be online when you have no signal.  Unless you intend to carry a second phone to actually make calls, texts or use the Internet while mobile; you're going to turn that mode off eventually. I'm not concerned about a live hacker taking my money, I'm concerned about a worm or virus that steals android wallets. That only takes a few seconds. So what is the difference between 1 phone + 1 phone being used as a dedicated bitcoin device vs 1 phone + dedicated bitcoin device. My point is the hardware already exists. It is called a smartphone. It has everything you need including connectivity and software. For most casual users a single device is fine for the paranoid just carry two. The aim here is to provide (maybe a niche but I think not) a device that has better properties then a smartphone for bitcoin. 1) cost - no smartphone I know of will be able to do a BTC transaction without costing over $100 or requiring a contract. I assume bitcoincard will be under $50 2) size - no smartphone fits in the wallet 3) security - maybe through obscurity but most of the smartphones that COULD run a BTC transaction are running Android and would be more susceptible to a hack then the bitcoincard. Malware may be on as much as 20% of all Android phones making it a bad place for the masses to store BTC. |
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No, it has to be the board game......   |
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can't demand to return something. If it's "broken", they'll have to take their argument up with the USPS. They are paying for the POG, Bitcoins are an extra bonus that comes completely free. The value of the POG is questionable since it's a collectors item. Everything is covered by Ebay's Seller Protection. I should be good to go.
You must be new to eBay. You are using the words seller and protection near each other. You still can make a business model out of it if the number of scammers is low enough. The problem is each scammer counts against some kind of hidden rating at PayPal. Even if you are willing to accept the fraud, PayPal will close your account. |
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I think the pin code is sent via email to you when you first join. Check your emails from them. If you CHANGE your pin, I think you can not withdraw for 24 hours so do not do it if you need to withdraw.
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I do not believe that is true. Currently, SS is running a SURPLUS (not that the rest of the government is not stealing that money). Even in 2033, SS should be able to pay out 77% of benefits. If current benefits were cut NOW by 10%, the surplus would take us through the 'hump' created by the baby boomers. After that wave passes, SS is again sustainable. Short sighted politicians are doing what is best for them now in exchange for screwing up the future.
http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-money/2010/07/27/selling-the-big-lie-on-social-security/They are a bit more optimistic then others I have read, but generally agree with that is said there. A small cut now would satisfy the tougher projections though. |
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The basic idea of SS is sound. The two problems are that the money is not being kept in the trust fund. It is being used as an interest free loan by the government, so basically it is not there. The second problem is the payout needs to be reduced NOW but it is politically much easier not to. So future generations are ripped off by the current one. It is sad, because the reduction needed is actually doable. Seniors would of course object to a 10% cut in current SS benefits, but with that the system would be sound (SS, not medicare/medicaid).
It will have to be means tested for any shape of it to stay viable. People still believe the money they put in for 50 years was theirs. I blame the government for that illusion and not clarifying it. You will have 1 worker trying to support more than 2 people on SS very shortly. Can't be done. I do not believe that is true. Currently, SS is running a SURPLUS (not that the rest of the government is not stealing that money). Even in 2033, SS should be able to pay out 77% of benefits. If current benefits were cut NOW by 10%, the surplus would take us through the 'hump' created by the baby boomers. After that wave passes, SS is again sustainable. Short sighted politicians are doing what is best for them now in exchange for screwing up the future. |
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The basic idea of SS is sound. The two problems are that the money is not being kept in the trust fund. It is being used as an interest free loan by the government, so basically it is not there. The second problem is the payout needs to be reduced NOW but it is politically much easier not to. So future generations are ripped off by the current one. It is sad, because the reduction needed is actually doable. Seniors would of course object to a 10% cut in current SS benefits, but with that the system would be sound (SS, not medicare/medicaid).
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So imagine: it is year 2112 and for one bitcoin you can rent a nice apartment for one month...
In 2112 if bitcoin was around it would be worth a fuckton of money even after adjusting for the inflation of 100 years. By then it would be a large percentage of mainstream or it would simply not exist. I could not see a middle ground where it was still being used but by a tiny fringe of society that far out. The math is really simple. 1 BTC = 1 fuckton of money * the amount of inflation from now until 2112. There. An exact answer. |
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I placed an ad in there for cryptoanarchy.com for 10000 impressions. I was sure that the radio button was for 10000 impressions, but when it was running it was counting clicks down from 100 instead.
What? One impression per second per user? No, when you purchase there are two options, purchasing clicks or purchasing impressions. I purchased impressions and instead it gave me clicks (but 1/100 the amount of course). |
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I placed an ad in there for cryptoanarchy.com for 10000 impressions. I was sure that the radio button was for 10000 impressions, but when it was running it was counting clicks down from 100 instead.
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I have a metric fuckton of ideas, but lack the PHP and Java skills (let alone TIME) to make them happen.
This may be one of Bitcoins greatest benefits. Offer the coding work up for BTC or look in the services section. There are lots of people making code, doing artwork and other things for Bitcoin and below market rates. Find what you can do above average and offer it to the community. Some people buy and sell, some offer consistency, some do great art, some have access to a good deal that others don't and of course some people make things. |
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The electronic version will be released a few weeks after international customers get their printed copy.
Ok. Looking forward to seeing my ad! |
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Expect magazine within next 72 hours. The printers shipped a bunch of them on Friday and the remainder were shipped today.
The above is not exactly accurate, but pretty close. 72 by the way is the number of pages. This thing is out of our hands by now and is in shipping/handling stage. We have not seen actual printed issue #1 ourselves just yet. Some West Coast based subscribers will get actual printed magazine pretty soon, likely even earlier than anyone on Bitcoin Magazine team. There is also some surprise coming up for those who likes collectibles but details on that will not be revealed probably until #2 is out. Sorry about all the delays, but it takes time and money to turn a bunch of amateurs into a (semi)pro magazine team on a shoestring budget. It should be easier with #2 (which is being worked on now) and onwards. Still, #2 likely will take slightly longer than one month to push out. After that I hope we will be able to stick much closer to a monthly schedule. Those who want to get the best ad spots in #2 do contact us now. Also check out bulk pricing on the copies, with free shipping it is a very decent deal. This is not an official statement, just some random rant. If we paid already can we see it online yet? |
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All "virtual" crime can be prevented with proper IT security, so if we wanna keep the neutrality of the Internet, we should focus on prevention of virtual crime rather than punishment.
All physical thefts could be prevented with proper physical security. It's your choice whether you want to make your virtual belongings accessible remotely through the Internet. Anyone has the capability to simply pull the plug, and totally secure their virtual belongings from being accessed through the Internet. This is not the case with your physical belongings. It is your choice to have glass windows and doors that open with pocket sized keys. Anyone can have a house built without windows, in fact it should be cheaper. |
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Regardless of if they work or not, these attacks are illegal in many countries. They are certainly illegal in the US, even when going after illegal targets.
This hasn't stopped them yet. Correct, the people in those articles have purposefully stationed the programs in countries where it is legal. However, like Gavin said, there is protection within Bitcoin. If it was found that they are being paid by US sources even indirectly they still could be in trouble. N |
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All "virtual" crime can be prevented with proper IT security, so if we wanna keep the neutrality of the Internet, we should focus on prevention of virtual crime rather than punishment.
All physical thefts could be prevented with proper physical security. |
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There are so many ways to mix, disguise or confuse the coin trail. One is of course gambling sites. The other is random donations. Another pretty hard to counter trick is to buy bitcoin merchandise at bitcoin stores and send the merchandise to known members of the community or even just a random person. Now the 'taint trail' leads right to known people. Or does it? The point is almost any information you can glean from following coins may be there by accident, or on purpose. And unlike an unexpected 'donation' to a public address, how is a store going to know that the order it received was not genuinely from the person's name entered into the address field? It's not like the online store is going to write someone a letter to their physical address asking about the order first. Any email address used in the order could be controlled by the tainted coin holder. |
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