We bought the land. We paid top dollar for worthless swamps, and worked hard to drain them and make them livable. The Arabs were envious of our success, much like a small child who only wants a toy when he sees another one playing with it. They attacked unprovoked, and we retaliated, repeating ad infinitum.

The only reason there are less Israeli civilian casualties than Palestinian, is that Israel protects its civilians with guidance and shelters, and Hamas uses civilians as human shields.

I'll admit no such thing. We do business in Tel Aviv and Israel just like everywhere else.

We've also had many Bitcoiners travel here (see for example some guest lectures we've had) and they always love it here.

It is usually very safe here. True, once in a while we have more troubled times, like now - but even then it shouldn't be blown out of proportion, the risk isn't bigger than what you're taking when driving a car. And of course, the fact of the matter is that people do have conferences and all kinds of other business here.

The airport wasn't closed - flights are still allowed (and encouraged) from our side, and I do believe many flights are still happening.

Now that this thread is about kittens, I'll allow myself to join the mudfight.

There are facts and there is propaganda. It's usually pretty clear which is which. The facts are:

1. The status quo is that the Palestinian leadership is using the available funding for combat measures rather than building civilian infrastructure, causing their population to live in terrible conditions.
2. Hamas has, without provocation, abducted and murdered 3 teenagers.
3. We've retaliated to clarify this is unacceptable. Hamas is deliberately putting civilians at risk during these attacks.
4. We're constantly seeking a truce, and Hamas constantly rejects it.
5. We're handling everything with velvet gloves. Our restraint is the paragon of countries everywhere. If someone did to the US what the Hamas does to us, they'd be crushed into little cubes.

Could we do the Jesus thing and turn the other cheek? Maybe... But there is such a thing as being too nice.

Regrettably, the conference has been postponed. As of yesterday I still believed we were able to make a great conference despite the situation, but the developments today with regards to flights, and the resulting cancellations, pretty much put the final nail in the coffin.

The official announcement is at http://bitcoin.org.il/files/Israel%20Bitcoin%20Conference%20Cancellation%20Notice.pdf.

I am truly sorry it turned out this way despite my earlier outspoken optimism.

Obviously Einstein didn't really say that. See for example http://skepticaesoterica.com/debunking-fake-albert-einstein-quotes/. Everyone loves to put words in his mouth, without any sort of reliable source, to gain credibility.

Anyway, you are all entitled to your own political agenda (even if a bogus one), but please leave Bitcoin out of it. Bitcoin transcends all this senseless hatred.

If your mother is Jewish, then you are Jewish.

Thanks, a list like this is badly needed.

Is it possible to add to each company some measure of how big it actually is? Some names are instantly recognizable, some not so much (to me anyway). Maybe also the date it started accepting Bitcoin.

Payment with Bitcoin is of course possible. The price is denominated in USD because the Bitcoin rate is still too volatile - lately it's been ok but if the rate doubles tomorrow the ticket price shouldn't double as well.

Looking forward to seeing you.

That's false. "Goy" means "a people". By extension, it refers to the peoples other than the Jewish people, that is, non-Jews.
 
In Judaism, there is a Satan, though his role is different than in Christianity. He indeed is not the bad guy. He works for God and his job is to strengthen people's spirituality by challenging them with temptations (which, hopefully, they overcome). Also to prosecute them for any sins they may have committed.

While the Halakha does have some laws that belittle non-Jews, they are not AFAIK considered "The bad guys".

Anyway, most Jews in Israel are secular and pay little heed to these matters.

It was a pun, meant in a humorous way. With a hidden message that the whole thing should be taken lightly, there is nothing to fear but fear itself.

You do know we've been working hard on this conference for the past 6 months, right? We'd need a good reason to throw our efforts down the drain.

Come on, it will be a blast!

SCNR. I just hope you'll reconsider.

Yeah But AFAIK flights aren't cancelled yet, and I do urge you to consider coming anyway:

1. Hopefully things will be better in 2 weeks.
2. Tel Aviv is protected by Iron Dome and statistically, I think getting hit by a missile is less likely than being in a car accident. Most of us just ignore alarms. For those who are more risk-averse, Tel Aviv is pretty distant from Gaza, there's 1.5 minutes to get to shelter which is more than enough.

Current guidelines apply only to cities up to 40km from the Gaza strip, Tel Aviv is outside this range - there's plenty of time to get to shelter; and that's assuming the whole thing doesn't blow over by then.

Why would you think that? Things are moving forward as planned.

Thanks, PM sent.

Crap, it's been a while since I traded on the forum and my scammer-sensor is uncalibrated...

The offer is open again.

Cool, sending PM.

Hi, I'm offering 0.2 BTC for PHP code that does the following:

1. Accepts a list of Bitcoin addresses as a parameter.
2. Queries each address on blockchain.info or equivalent.
3. Outputs a tsv of all transactions involving one of the addresses in the list. For every such transaction there should be a row with the following fields:
* The address involved
* The balance change for the address in this transaction (total value of all outputs to this address, minus total value of all inputs from it)
* The date at which the transaction occured.
4. For addresses that do not appear in the blockchain at all, there should be a row with the address and 0 in the other fields.
5. The rows should be sorted by the address (in the original order the addresses were given), and then by the transaction date.

The code should be safe against injection attacks (if there is such a risk in the first place).

שנה למאסטרקוין
http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/193275722/

A Bitcoin lecture, "Mastercoin - the 1st anniversary", has been scheduled for July 24, 19:00, in Google Campus Tel Aviv, Electra Tower, 98 Yigal Alon, Tel Aviv. Gathering at 18:30.

Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/193275722/.

Video: http://youtu.be/vHuSHAZC4EY
Slides: https://bitcoil.co.il/files/Mastercoin%20Jul%202014.pptx

למיטב ידיעתי הם השלימו את סבב הגיוס הנוכחי.