Which is a design issue that could be fixed in a much cleaner way than "Hey I got an idea, let's just copy and paste the whole source tree!"


The fallacy here, in my mind, is that Bitcoin (and BillyBobCoin and InsertPersonsNameHereCoin and TotallyDifferentFromBitcoinCoin and whatever other name Bitcoin carbon copies will have) all share the same flaw. And your proposed solution to fix this - as far as I can infer - is to start completely anew, rather than solve the problem properly. It doesn't sit well in my mind and there has to be a more elegant solution.


My apologies in advance if I've misinterpreted anything, by the way.

Point taken. I always forget about the obvious things, like free markets and basic supply/demand.

Scalability problem?

And frankly, I personally think a carbon copy coin is a wasted effort. Why not roll in some changes to tackle a few issues bitcoin is currently facing? And what's to stop each user on this forum from just creating their own coin and flooding the world with hundreds of copycat branches?

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3to8gn/


And that's all I have to say about that.

Shit happens. Learn something from the experience, and move forward with new wisdom.


(Also, my condolences  )

Point taken.

However, my main criticism still stands: Bytecoin offers no improvements over Bitcoin, and I still think it will die in a very short amount of time.

Might I recommend some slogans?



ByteCoin! Because RUC was a great, innovative idea...forking the Bitcoin repo and just changing the name?! BRILLIANT!


ByteCoin! Missed out on the "good ole days" of Bitcoin? Too cheap to buy a real mining rig? Haven't bothered to learn your history lessons about the altchains that didn't make it big? Fear not - this is the currency for you!


ByteCoin! The latest cryptocurrency backed only by mindless hype and naive speculation!


ByteCoin! See how much you can mine before the chain gets 51% attacked and killed off!


ByteCoin! All the cool kids are "creating" their own "unique" cryptocurrency with "significant improvements" over the altchains with any real value, and you should back this one for no discernible reason!






But seriously now: This is just RUC with a new name and a whole fresh wave of sheeple working themselves into a mindless circlejerk over it. Once the hype dies, so will this "new" coin. Enjoy it while it lasts, I guess...

By design, there will be 4 times more Litecoins generated than Bitcoins. So the perfect balance point for LTC in an ideal world is 1/4 the value of BTC. Anything beyond that is, frankly, just hype.



Not that I'm complaining about today's rally. Ed likes free money!

Tempted to purchase and publish contents for free, just for a laugh. Obvious scam is hilariously obvious.

Frankly, I'm surprised Luke-Jr's description of Litecoin is still used on the Bitcoin Wiki...


Also, in my totally-not-biased-at-all opinion, the Devtome wiki page for Litecoin is far more objective and more useful to new members.

Newbie question for the devtome wiki: How does one go about putting pictures onto a wiki page? When I go to the "Media Files" link, I get a warning saying that I don't have enough rights to upload files...

PROTIP: If you want to be taken seriously, you should probably provide more details than "I want to sue <insert company name here> over <insert seemingly ridiculous claim here>"


Frankly, it sounds like you can get this resolved without a lawsuit, given the current information...

Awesome. Looks like we'll be doing a divide-and-conquer then!

And I'll be sure to use the new Category for the articles.

Happy to be aboard. I like the idea of doing constructive things and getting rewarded for it 


Also, if there are no objections, I'll keep on spitting out Computer Science-related articles for now.

As an FYI: The "Litecoin" page on Devtome now links to this post. Because, unlike jasinlee, I'm too lazy to update the page manually for each new service.

Successful troll is successful

For the same reason RUC was only removed from btc-e recently...I suppose they have their biases like everyone else. Or their devs don't have the time or energy.

Been there and done that myself. http://javascriptweblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/json-and-jsonp/ explains the difference pretty well, if you have the patience for it.

As to your specific question, would you like to continue with Javascript or are you open to using a different language?

I'm assuming you grabbed this code from StackOverflow, since this snippet looks familiar. 


If I had to hazard a guess, what the answer on stackoverflow says still may hold true:


Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with the MtGox API to say if they have implemented this or not. My first 2 thoughts to fixing this would be:
1) Try jQuery.ajax() instead and see if you can get a proper error message, or
2) https://github.com/cronopio/hook.io-mtgox might be a workaround

There's probably a few other examples of mtgox + javascript on github. Give me a holler if you'd like any extra help with this!

I always see a ton of "coder LFW" or "programmer LFW" posts here, but I'm not sure if I have ever seen anything about code maintenance as opposed to code creation...there is much, MUCH more to code's life cycle after it's been created. I'm also aware that there have been recent issues with underaged/underskilled programmers, making the need for (at least) half-decent code reviews that much more pressing.

None of what is intended here is directed as an insult towards any other coders here; bugs in production code are inevitable, even with legions of trained engineers and dozens of code reviews. I sinceerely apologize in advance if anyone takes offense to any part of this message...I merely think I could help improve some of the code quality before it bites someone in the butt later down the line.


So, based on that, here's my proposal:
- Do you have a busted project?
- Did the code monkey you hired for 6 bitcents per day fail to deliver?
- Not sure if your project’s design is feasible…or even possible?
- Got a nested loop 15 layers deep and can't see any way to flatten it?
- Are you hitting serious performance issues now that your site has 3,000 users instead of 30, and not sure where the bottleneck is?
- Or are you even just stuck with a dumb bug you can't find the answer to on StackOverflow?

I can help. Or, at the very least, I promise you I will do my best to. I've been poking around in various programming languages for the last 8 years, majored in Computer Science and Engineering in college, and currently work as a Software Engineer at one of the larger companies in Silicon Valley. Yes, I am over 18...and I'll gladly submit any proof as to that, or to my engineering skills.


If you are interested, throw me a PM with the following:
1) Language the code is written in
2) Brief description of the issue you're facing
3) What you want to have happen
4) If you want, any up-front cost you're willing to pay. Totally optional though  

We can also discuss over gchat, skype, or whatever else, but my full-time job will take priority over such conversations.


Pricing:
Given the difficulty in predicting how much effort any particular project might require, I'll keep this fairly vague for now. I apologize if this sounds evasive.

- I will give you a free estimate when presented with a task. I may need to ask for more information before providing such an estimate though.

- If the task is very simple (such as requires me just redirecting you to a StackOverflow question to resolve), then I will not as for anything. Donations are always welcome though  

- For code reviews and debugging help, it will depend on the length of the code.

- For discussions about projects, these will be free for a certain amount of time and questions. For now, let's call it 5 minutes or 8 questions. This is pretty arbitrary though. In any case, after the set limit, I will start charging a small agreed-upon amount to continue.

- Finally, actually writing or re-writing code will probably be the most expensive of these categories. However, I promise that you will get more than what you pay for.

Basically, when in doubt about about how much a job will cost, I will leave it up to how much it’s worth to you to have your code fixed. I think that sounds pretty fair.


Technical Skills:
Not to come across as arrogant, but I can probably learn anything not listed here if needed.

- Know and love: C, C++, Python, Django, Java, SQL (MySQL and PostgreSQL), miscellaneous *nix knowledge (mainly RedHat and Ubuntu)
- Know, but less fond of/less proficient with: HTML, JQuery, Ruby on Rails, PROLOG, Perl, C#, Android programming, Windows batch files
- Don’t know, or prefer not to use: PHP, vanilla Javascript, Lisp, MATLAB, Objective C

If your project/question is in any other language, I’ll still gladly take a look at it if you would like. However, I promise no miracles!


FINAL NOTE: Nothing illegal. Even borderline-gray-area-but-it-should-be-ok-cos-I-have-a-buddy-who-tried-it-and-didn’t-get-in-trouble-for-it-so-no-worries-right is thin ice.




Thanks for your time and for reading all that mess. [/wallOfText]