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I have done a SMALL BTC withdrawal (under 1btc) and it worked last night. Not trying to minimize the problem you are having, just saying there is some automation working.
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That thread clearly belongs in Pools minimally, but even could be put in the MAIN "bitcoin discussion" forum as it crosses many topics and involves many key players in Bitcoin.
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Yes, really, how can something even be 'illegally invented'? |
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BTC withdrawals work. Just did a small one.
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Understood. But under those rules I would not play. Figuring out who is a bum buyer is just too tough.
Fine. It's a free market, but you'll be throwing away a lot of business. You have both a history to look at (just as does a buyer), and a situation where there is very little reason for a buyer to screw you unless you totally fail to deliver. Your call. I do not agree. The buyer can be paid for screwing the seller, so there is a huge reason for the buyer to screw the seller in that case. |
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I think fraud and abuse are big issues. I have never been scammed personally, but I have had bidders just decide to not pay. What then? My only recourse was to have him kicked out of the bidding site. Not much of a penalty.
I'm exclusively a buy-side user. I have enough trouble getting my merchandise out of sellers even with chargebacks, especially lately for some reason. A fair percentage of sellers will screw you even when they when chargebacks ensure that there is a minimal chance that they will end up with the buyer's coin. Without them, I shudder to think of what the fraud rate would be. If a seller will ship me the merchandise before I send them my BTC, I'm in. That is why I like a tracking # based escrow. They have to ship to get the coin. A feedback system would give negative feedback to sellers who ship empty boxes or bad product. Combined a tracking/escrow/feedback solution with the ability for the buyer to destroy the BTC associated with a transaction if the shipment is unsatisfactory, and I'll think about playing. Once you start things like that, buyers start to negotiate price after receipt of product. Yes, the product is exactly as described but has a small scratch or other minor ailment that does not effect use for a used product. Buyer then asks for half off or seller gets no BTC. There is a whole bunch of game theory based on similar scenarios but now buyer ALREADY has product so they have nothing to loose. When you have a GOOD feedback/rating system in place, the seller treasures their positive rating and will address most valid concerns so as not be loosing rating. Add a system in where buyer can get a financial reward for complaining and the number of complains will rise dramatically. This is also a headache for the customer service of the auctions site. I disagree. A seller would be leery about doing business with a buyer who had a history of causing issues, so a buyer would be reticent to cause needless grief. If/when I am a seller, I'll specify that only buyers with a certain percentage are qualified to bid. Also, I did say that the BTC would be destroyed. e.g., sent to a black hole address in the event of a dispute. Thus, the only way to game things would be for the buyer to release the funds and trust that the seller (who had just been a victim of buyer fraud) would send him back the 50% or whatever that the buyer just extorted. Unlikely unless there was a good-faith agreement. I would anticipate that in a vast majority of the times funds were black-holed, it would be clear that it was the seller's fault. Understood. But under those rules I would not play. Figuring out who is a bum buyer is just too tough. |
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New battery ordered. Price adjusted.
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I think fraud and abuse are big issues. I have never been scammed personally, but I have had bidders just decide to not pay. What then? My only recourse was to have him kicked out of the bidding site. Not much of a penalty.
I'm exclusively a buy-side user. I have enough trouble getting my merchandise out of sellers even with chargebacks, especially lately for some reason. A fair percentage of sellers will screw you even when they when chargebacks ensure that there is a minimal chance that they will end up with the buyer's coin. Without them, I shudder to think of what the fraud rate would be. If a seller will ship me the merchandise before I send them my BTC, I'm in. That is why I like a tracking # based escrow. They have to ship to get the coin. A feedback system would give negative feedback to sellers who ship empty boxes or bad product. Combined a tracking/escrow/feedback solution with the ability for the buyer to destroy the BTC associated with a transaction if the shipment is unsatisfactory, and I'll think about playing. Once you start things like that, buyers start to negotiate price after receipt of product. Yes, the product is exactly as described but has a small scratch or other minor ailment that does not effect use for a used product. Buyer then asks for half off or seller gets no BTC. There is a whole bunch of game theory based on similar scenarios but now buyer ALREADY has product so they have nothing to loose. When you have a GOOD feedback/rating system in place, the seller treasures their positive rating and will address most valid concerns so as not be loosing rating. Add a system in where buyer can get a financial reward for complaining and the number of complains will rise dramatically. This is also a headache for the customer service of the auctions site. |
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I think fraud and abuse are big issues. I have never been scammed personally, but I have had bidders just decide to not pay. What then? My only recourse was to have him kicked out of the bidding site. Not much of a penalty.
I'm exclusively a buy-side user. I have enough trouble getting my merchandise out of sellers even with chargebacks, especially lately for some reason. A fair percentage of sellers will screw you even when they when chargebacks ensure that there is a minimal chance that they will end up with the buyer's coin. Without them, I shudder to think of what the fraud rate would be. If a seller will ship me the merchandise before I send them my BTC, I'm in. That is why I like a tracking # based escrow. They have to ship to get the coin. A feedback system would give negative feedback to sellers who ship empty boxes or bad product. |
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I think Solidcoin is a joke...BUT please bitcoin developers, do not file DMCA Takedowns. We are supposed to be encouraging internet freedom, not the policing of the internet. Does it really matter if they claim that your code is their code? Anyone can verify the claim for themselves.
The solidcoin people (person?) can easily comply with the basically free license. What they did is wrong as they took the code and put new terms on it (which they can not do) as well as stripped out the proper credits. Making it right is near trivial and should be done to respect everyone who put in code into the bitcoin project. Ironically they CAN change the terms. MIT license has no "copyleft" (google it) provision. You can take Bitcoin and make a closed source, pay only version if you want. MIT license allows you to do that. MIT license allows you to do almost anything EXCEPT: a) remove copyright from other's work b) remove the MIT license notification. That's it. That is literally all you need to do to be compliant and somehow King RealScam figured out a way to mess that up (willfully IMHO). Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Bitcoin Developers
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE. Ok, but adding terms is a whole lot less effective if he has to keep the MIT license and copyright in there. But you are correct, so all he has to do is put that text back in there. |
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the biggest hurdle to overcome in such platform is setting up and establishing effective dispute system which would protect the business, sellers and buyers
associated risks would probably add-on ebay like commission rate.
Step 1 (the hardest in the bitcoin community): Do reasonable steps to positively identify sellers and eliminate fake registrations. That could be with a copy of an ID and a small bitcoin payment. If you do not prevent people from making fake registrations and giving themselves positive feedback through multiple accounts you will have too much fraud. Step 2: Tracking # based escrow. Funds are released when a valid tracking # goes from seller zip to buyer zip. This does not stop all fraud, but it stops a good deal of it. A feedback system can provide a rounded protection for the buyer. Step 3: Fees. Please charge, but not too much. This stops spam/junk auctions. Make it be MUCH less then ebay but just enough to stop crap from being posted. Maybe 10 cents (in BTC) to list and 1% final price. Step 4: Advertise and promote a series of absolute auctions (shipped by auctions site itself) of items people want. There will be some money loss involved. Space them at one every other day for a month. This will generate lots of traffic. |
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The market is not yet mature enough. More people are on this board then on any of the bitcoin auction sites yet it is still hard to sell many non-bitcoin related items here. This is not because people here are bad or cheap, it is just the number of people in the audience. I put things here at a 10% discount to my ebay prices as about 1/4 of them sell. I then take the item and sell i on ebay, in most cases it sells for 10% higher dollar value. I price most items so they sell in a few days or one auction cycle.
That is the difference when on here 200 people who are really not specific buyers versus eBay where 2000 people specifically seeking to buy exactly what you are selling.
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I think Solidcoin is a joke...BUT please bitcoin developers, do not file DMCA Takedowns. We are supposed to be encouraging internet freedom, not the policing of the internet. Does it really matter if they claim that your code is their code? Anyone can verify the claim for themselves.
The solidcoin people (person?) can easily comply with the basically free license. What they did is wrong as they took the code and put new terms on it (which they can not do) as well as stripped out the proper credits. Making it right is near trivial and should be done to respect everyone who put in code into the bitcoin project. |
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The data can be corrupted in so many ways it is pointless. Not only can bad people put in GOOD addresses into your database, but someone holding 'bad' bitcoins can spend them at any number of stores (like mine) is SOMEONE ELSES name. If they want to finger their enemy, they just place an order for stuff with the address and all contact info to that persons address. Pretty much any data you can scrape from this process is pointless.
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got all 4 2 days ago, will replace a few tonight.
Why bother with replacing fans and not get an aftermarket cooler ? Aftermarket cooler : -much cooler so more OC and stability -less noisy -easy to work on if fans die ( unlikely with aftermarket fans ) compared to hassle of stock cooler + fan Depending on the rig, aftermarket can be better or worse. In open frame rigs they are better, in closed case rigs they are worse. I know of no aftermarket fan that routes the heat of the GPU right outside of the case. Aftermarket kits are usually much more expensive. |
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Running one of those fans at 100% will do more than just shorten it's life a bit... there's a good chance it wont make it past a few weeks. Those fans are notorious for failing and aren't meant to run at 100 percent duty. I keep spares around and have already gone through 2 of them. The two fans that I ended up replacing were brand new and only a couple weeks old. My girlfriend forgot to turn up my window fan one day and the room got pretty warm. The GPU fans had ramped up to 76 percent to compensate. One fan failed and the other fan failed 2 days later. All of the cards that weren't at the top of the room did just fine.
Where do you get those replacement fans? Need a couple here too! I've been sending cards back for RMA whenever the fan fails. I sell them for btc. http://cryptoanarchy.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=66 |
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I just have to say that Virgin Am is an excellent airline.
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Need something reasonably small to compute with? This basic laptop has a webcam, DVD burner, and a fingerprint reader. I have it running XP Pro but you may want to load Linux on Windows 7 with a memory upgrade. Makes a good FGPA miner control computer. Located in USA. I have loaded the basic drivers in, wireless, video, sound. I have not installed the camera and fingerprint reader. Problems: The battery is DEAD. It does not run on the battery. A compatible battery is $25 on ebay new..
New battery ordered will be included with unit. The DVD drawer is a little loose. It is possible to pull the bezel off, though that might be fixable with a bit of glue. Included: The computer and the power pack. Nothing else, no disks, manuals cables etc. Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo T2400 1.83 GHZ Hard Drive: 120GB 5400rpm Serial-ATA G-Sensor H-HDD Memory: 1024MB (2048MB max) PC2-4200 | Memory Slots available for Upgrade: 0 | Maximum RAM per available slot: 1024MB Optical Drives: DVD±RW : DVD+R DL Write : 2.4x (max.), DVD+R Write : 4x (max.), DVD+RW Write : 2.4x (max.), DVD-R Write : 4x (max.), DVD-RW Write : 2x (max.), CD-R Write : 24x (max.), CD-RW Write : 10x (max.), CD Read : 24x (max.), DVD Read : 8x (max.) Cache: 2 MB L2 cache Graphics and Audio Screen: 13.3" WXGA XBRITE (Resolution: 1280 x 800 pixels) Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (128MB) Audio card: Sony Sound Reality - Audio Enhancer Speakers: Built-in stereo Connectivity & Interface Networking: Bluetooth WWAN (CIngular Wireless Edge Network) Intel PRO/WIRELESS 3945 (802.11.a/b/g) 10/100Base-TX v92/90 modem Ports/Slots: port replicator connector, Memory Stick Media Slot, ExpressCard Slot, USB2.0, FireWire/iLink, VGA out (Monitor), Ethernet Jack Mouse/Pointer: Electro-Static touch pad Keyboard: QWERTY, 82 keys with 2mm stroke and 18.05mm pitch Power & Dimensions Battery [Life]: Lithium-ion battery (VGP-BPS2C) [6.0hrs max] (DEAD) Power Req: 105W+10% Size: 12.5 x 1.0-1.5 x 9.3 inches Weight: 4.1 lbs (1.8 kg)      |
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