+1 Brock Tice

Just did the #5th sale. I keep reloading #s and they keep selling. Ahh!

I'll consider the code debugged now.

Changed:

Oh crap... thanks for pointing that out. They are Canadian Dollars.

More stuff to add to the FAQ!

Hello,

Those are good questions. I'll likely add them to my FAQ.

I am the issuer. The banks I use are in Canada. Not to knock the USA or anything, but I think that having your funds outside of the USA is a good thing. Look to e-gold, Liberty Dollar, and GoldAge as examples.

The banks typically charge a 2% spread on foreign exchange. Visa takes some, the bank takes some. This is typical of all credit cards.

That's expensive gum. You'd have to buy something for $13 or less or make smaller purchase until the balance is depleted.

The best deal is on the $100 VISA, currently. I am keeping the price artificially low on that one on purpose to pick up some Bitcoins for B4C. This is a limited time offer -- so act fast. (end of sales pitch).

Cheers!
The Madhatter

Hello all,

I just increased the inventory and lowered the price. I'm running this service almost at cost to get it going. I'll likely raise the prices once I get some trade velocity happening. Get your cards while the pickin' is good!

Cheers!
The Madhatter

The port isn't unknown. The IP/port are published to the network once the client has seeded successfully. Every other node writes that to their addr.dat.

As far as I can tell the addr.dat contains IP/port already.

I'm still advocating for a few small changes to the protocol now before it becomes too much of a PITA to change later. (I mentioned this on the forum about 10 months ago.)

1. The handshake should be reversed. An open Bitcoin port shouldn't identify what it is. The connecting client should initiate the handshake. This improves privacy a lot. Think nmap. Think spies. Think any tool that can fingerprint (I use telnet) a service by simply connecting to an open port.

2. The connections should be SSL. We should try to emulate FF connecting to Apache or DPI will eventually become our worst enemy. We should take what the Tor developers learned the hard way into account early on.

3. The Bitcoin client should choose a random unused port to listen on when it is first installed. For a ISP or even a nation to block port 8333 is quite easy and is becoming easier all the time.

4. UPnP is a must. The Bitcoin client should automatically open up whatever port it decided on with UPnP. This will relive a lot of NAT problems and will extend the P2P network a lot better.

Bitcoin2CC just did its first real trade!

It's allivveee!!

Thanks for being so understanding.

Ahh.. I was confusing you with someone today who was trying to rip me off. My apologies.

Yes, I see all of the correspondence now. I sent you a quote on the 9th, and replied with delivery instructions on the 15th. You replied again saying that you had made other arrangements.

That was during that gap of time when I was relocating my office. (It's mentioned briefly on the forum.)

I wasn't trying to screw with you or anything. I really was away.

Automating the site should solve problems like this going forward.

Huh?

You emailed me on the 17th wanting to trade, I replied with a quote (@0.2739) which read: "If we have an accord, please reply and I'll send delivery instructions.".

You replied today (22nd) wanting those instructions right after the price moved over 0.30.

Nice try.

Thanks for all of the positive feedback guys!

I'm working on that.

Huh? I don't know what FlyingMoose is talking about.

I don't pull any nasty tricks like that.

I'm in the process of automating B4C now. Customers will be able to lock in a rate instantly without having to email with me back and forth. I'm sure it will make the experience better for myself and my customers.

Hello all,

I'm pleased to announce the latest Madhatter site!

Bitcoin 2 Credit Card

This site will enable anyone to sell me their Bitcoins for a virtual credit card.

Best of all: it is 100% automated.

Please use this thread to post suggestions, comments, and other 'beefs' with the service.

Enjoy!
The Madhatter

Bitcoin2CC.com now accepts Bitcoins for virtual credit cards.

FYI: The merchant system @ mybitcoin doesn't need javascript.

Oh, well that's new. I haven't looked at the source since 0.3.10.

PHP's float precision can be adjusted in the php.ini file too.