I'll be there, and look forward to the surreal experience of being entirely surrounded by people who actually know what Bitcoin is.
Yeah thats going to be weird, my wife still has trouble accepting that I do something legit and it's bitcoin that pays the bills. I think she's expecting the police to show up any moment. How ironic. LOL +1 to astute Wifey & lets hope that it's only the polies that show up if he doesn't get a move on & send the issuers their client info. |
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Yep, very needed imo, ideal would be if www.casascius.com had this on their home page as the most prominent landing info, then links to buy coins etc on other pages, someone is given a coin as a gift/tip etc they see the URL on the coin & visit where it's geared to show them super easy how to set up a blockchain.info wallet or cash out/trade/hold with Mt. Gox Etc. ATM one lands on the order page which I think should be a level under a complete newbies how to use, save or redeem coins landing page so one can give/gift them with no additional info needed. |
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I would recommend NOT sending donations to the coin. This would be giving them reasons to take the coin down. Likewise, I would recommend leaving them alone!
It is very nice that they chose to display this coin. Please don't make them regret it. They are likely doing so as part of an exhibit on the history of money, not because they want to use their good name to endorse Bitcoin. If their choice to display it comes with a paparazzi, or a perceived legal or accounting burden (the same way if I mailed a coin to the EFF and put the address in a forum post that said "look everybody donate to the EFF through this coin") or they start to feel like they're being made into a billboard, the only thing that could do is motivate them to take it down.
Well it's an exhibition on the evolution of money & it's them who have posted the public address on their own collection website so if ppl wish to send to it then they will, that is part of the experiment of this new tech, I've dealt with them a lot in the past on various issues like authentication & commissioning photos of their objects & they are most cool, I can only see them being amused & intrigued by the purported value of their exhibit increasing, they won't open it to cash out anyway so treat it as fun & good PR, they also won't pull it from the exhibit as if they did that would give way more publicity & just make them look petty/silly - which they certainly are not. But you are right in that any coins sent to it aren't a donation to them as such, they won't redeem them, but more of just adding value to the item that they have which I can't see them having any problem with, in countries like Thailand when images of the Buddha etc were being cast ppl who wished to add their input to the statue or object would throw gold jewellery/coins & silver in to the vat of molten bronze more as a symbolic act than otherwise though also a genuine sacrifice from them but when sufficient did so this can be seen in the final object to great effect & to me this is a version of that & something that they will be more than capable of appreciating. It is in this sense that I sent coins to an address they showed as being that of one of their of their first bitcoin acquisitions/exhibits, I doubt that it will trouble them. |
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Edit: Cool that one can see the addresses of the 4 donated to them on the large BM inventory pics, I will send them a few Satoshis or coins to 1NyVMo79Vanhbu92MpPQgCbu9MDV5a4NhW when next drinking & feeling flush. FirstBits: 1P5mrivM for 1P5mrivMGaLoXiMjJmN56sBsyANEYiw3mE <- REDEEMED FirstBits: 1NyQJk2W for 1NyQJk2Wh1YVnp6pxpBux4W35TFyd4Avpj FirstBits: 1NyVMo79 for 1NyVMo79Vanhbu92MpPQgCbu9MDV5a4NhW <--- visible on their display FirstBits: 1Caqfyjn is in a different style which seems harder to make it out but finally got it for 1Caqfyjn3KigaSPFdcYrjJqjpYZoXvxCPz good choice to send to 1NyVMo79. Stupid me sent to the coin that had been redeemed already (see my previous post). Just sent their display coin a 1 btc + Satoshis donation, I know of no other items that they display where this can be done so easily & openly - I would encourage more donations to this address: https://blockchain.info/tx/ea89dc6b9cb9b7417d58a92fa6c2c329864fbda1ceafe893872ff687b4304ee6https://blockchain.info/address/1NyVMo79Vanhbu92MpPQgCbu9MDV5a4NhW |
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Congrats! cc here: Excellent! I visited their history of money through the ages exhibition, which btw is permanent & not just a temporary exhibition though it evolves as they add stuff & I noticed the lack of any Bitcoin reference or samples whilst visiting London last August & having just bought some Casascius coins from molecular & others had thought to donate some to that department - I didn't get around to it that visit but it's much better to have come from Casascius himself in any case, it would be nice if they had the full range of Cas coins issued, if I am able to afford a 1 Oz gold 1,000 btc one day then I would be happy to loan it if insured to them & if a sufficiently tamper proof container could be made to house it inside their already secure display cabinets so that no staff/researchers could peal the hologram. Edit: Cool that one can see the addresses of the 4 donated to them on the large BM inventory pics, I will send them a few Satoshis or coins to 1NyVMo79Vanhbu92MpPQgCbu9MDV5a4NhW when next drinking & feeling flush. FirstBits: 1P5mrivM for 1P5mrivMGaLoXiMjJmN56sBsyANEYiw3mE <--- has been peeled to redeem & show the private key (edit) FirstBits: 1NyQJk2W for 1NyQJk2Wh1YVnp6pxpBux4W35TFyd4Avpj FirstBits: 1NyVMo79 for 1NyVMo79Vanhbu92MpPQgCbu9MDV5a4NhW <--- visible on their display FirstBits: 1Caqfyjn is in a different style which seems harder to make it out but finally got it for 1Caqfyjn3KigaSPFdcYrjJqjpYZoXvxCPz The one shown on display is 1NyVMo79, they have big barrels for fiat donations around the place but may also like the idea of accepting bitcoins too sent to their sample for all to see & could put up a QR code to scan for this maybe if ppl requested it & even perhaps a tablet or something to display it's blockchain balance. |
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The longest to date generated by ThePiachu's Vanity Pool & thread btw is 9 chars after the initial 1 for 1 ELiZABETHdzGTuQeg2RnCcWBMVo3ySfTz that I'd requested as a gift for someone. |
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Hey Yochdog:
Can we get a statement of October operating results and balance statement? And any progress at all on being able to distribute dividends once again? There needs to be a secondary plan beyond "waiting to hear from Nefario", don't you agree?
Agreed, a statement of how much has been put aside per share & with regards to proving share ownership independently of Nefario I have held a constant number for many months & have promptly withdrawn from GLBSE the full amount of the dividends paid each month to the same address of mine that I still control over & the TX records in the blockchain demonstrate this. |
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Excellent! I visited their history of money through the ages exhibition, which btw is permanent & not just a temporary exhibition though it evolves as they add stuff & I noticed the lack of any Bitcoin reference or samples whilst visiting London last August & having just bought some Casascius coins from molecular & others had thought to donate some to that department - I didn't get around to it that visit but it's much better to have come from Casascius himself in any case, it would be nice if they had the full range of Cas coins issued, if I am able to afford a 1 Oz gold 1,000 btc one day then I would be happy to loan it if insured to them & if a sufficiently tamper proof container could be made to house it inside their already secure display cabinets so that no staff/researchers could peel the hologram. Edit: Cool that one can see the addresses of the 4 donated to them on the large BM inventory pics, I will send them a few Satoshis or coins to 1NyVMo79Vanhbu92MpPQgCbu9MDV5a4NhW when next drinking & feeling flush. FirstBits: 1P5mrivM for 1P5mrivMGaLoXiMjJmN56sBsyANEYiw3mE <--- has been peeled to redeem & show the private key (edit) FirstBits: 1NyQJk2W for 1NyQJk2Wh1YVnp6pxpBux4W35TFyd4Avpj FirstBits: 1NyVMo79 for 1NyVMo79Vanhbu92MpPQgCbu9MDV5a4NhW <--- visible on their display FirstBits: 1Caqfyjn is in a different style which seems harder to make it out but finally got it for 1Caqfyjn3KigaSPFdcYrjJqjpYZoXvxCPz The one shown on display is 1NyVMo79, they have big barrels for fiat donations around the place but may also like the idea of accepting bitcoins too sent to their sample for all to see & could put up a QR code to scan for this maybe if ppl requested it & even perhaps a tablet or something to display it's blockchain balance. |
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Bitcoin's zodiac forecast for Friday, 2 November 2012
Don't be in too much of a hurry to make anything happen this weekend. Other people may be in a rush but their deadlines need not become yours. In standing back, you are neither letting anyone down, nor acting out of disrespect. You are simply asserting your own entitlement to proceed at a pace that seems more appropriate to your own needs. Don't let anyone highjack your agenda or inject your life with a sense of tension that it really need not have. Just go at the pace that feels most comfortable to you.
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Many thanks, it's now working fine & I have the sum, sorry it was late at night when I tried before & for some reason I had an incorrect 2nd private key - now I rechecked & it's all fine, my apologies for the extra work & my thanks to the solvers - especially whoever just solved the hardest to date with 9 chars after the initial 1 & claimed the highest bounty paid out so far (though it wasn't much considering the difficulty unless one was very lucky).
1ELiZABETH for 3.18 btc before commission ---> 2.544 btc.
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it doesn't go to a blank page now but instead reports: Private keys are invalid
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Nope, it just goes to a blank page atm like it's stuck or something
Wow, that's the most annoying sig I've seen. Welcome to /ignore. LOL - BFL paid me to pimp them in my sig, I hoped to get a balance between getting attention for them & being annoying, obviously it's a fine line & I'm sorry that you've found it annoying, as it happens their last month's rental of my sig space ran out a few days ago & as I don't post every day on the forums as they require I doubt that they will offer to pay me to continue advertising for them so I expect that the sig will revert to something less in your face very soon, I am a big fan of BFL btw which is why I was happy to promote them. |
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Ah thanks, but how can I add the 2 private keys together to get the one for 1PepsiCosowjScTRFjSUvpgnEeEfC5Xbi
Edit - Ah I see that you'll said you would fix that on your site, np & no rush, I'll do it then
I think that if you add the private keys, it should work fine. The problem only appears to affect that public key at the moment. If you combine the private keys, you should get a proper private key you can import and so forth. Nope, it just goes to a blank page atm like it's stuck or something |
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Ah thanks, but how can I add the 2 private keys together to get the one for 1PepsiCosowjScTRFjSUvpgnEeEfC5Xbi
Edit - Ah I see that you'll said you would fix that on your site, np & no rush, I'll do it then
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opps, sorry I messed up, they are all fine - my mistake, just the 1PepsiCo one that is shown solved but the solution doesn't work, could you reenter it to be solved again, many thanks.
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seems to be broken atm, I've received notification of another 2 solved but they don't work to retrieve the solution??
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Bitcoin's stars for the week beginning 28 October 2012
Few things trouble you more than situations in which those you care about are upset, yet you're unable to do anything. However, these are part of a cycle that's breaking up both existing arrangements and reshaping future plans. With your ruler Saturn in a new position, and influencing others as much as it does you, this cycle of change will be far-reaching and profitable.
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feedback:
I put a generation request (MoLeCuLaR) with a much too low bounty.
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I'm sure you know that you can send additional bounty to the same bounty address if you wish to make it more attractive/realistic. |
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A bit late reporting on it but this weekend we have Mars opposition to Jupiter on Sunday, but already an active influence, not a great time to be picking fights though ppl will.
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