Well theres a few ways to do it, ranging in difficulty:
The most basic way is to run bitcoind, a headless wallet, on a linux server, this is what I think they are doing, since their website went up in a time when bitcoin was less advanced than now in terms of online services. This method is as safe as your server is, I believe there was a scandal on lithium host where one of the employees simply opened up a customers vps and took the wallet.dat and thus were able to steal coins for themselves.
Another easier way, is to just use an online service, like bitpay, blockchain, or coinbase, and just listen for callbacks on a url you specified. This is easier and was less worries, as coinbase, bitpay, or blockchain take lots of precaution to prevent stolen coins and would possibly spot with their own money a theft (unlikely if large amount). These services usually have nicely generated html buttons to put on your website and actual payment pages you can setup.
An interesting service is inputs.io, they sorta function like visa in which you can pay/get paid with bitcoins, but the transaction happens off the blockchain, and instantly. Off the blockchain in the sense that when you pay with a credit card, actual physical money isn't being moved.The also provide a payment button html code generator and pretty easy api to work with.
Bitcoind, you are going to definately need knowledge of how to program. Online services, less so depending on what you will be doing, running a poker site you will 100% need to put together something in a programming lanuage.
just saw inputs.io sounds pretty interesting wonder who else would use it and whether i should trust it. i don't want to have to rely on some other site though. |
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thanks torba, would there be a resource where i could learn to use bitcoind for this type of process to talk with my website? if someone has written the code i'd be willing to pay some bitcoins for it, but most of the resources don't seem very good.
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Does anyone know how sealswithclubs.eu do their bitcoin transfers? Can someone point me in the right direction for how the server knows when to send chips after you sent bitcoins and how they automate the chip withdraws? Thanks.
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I have been thinking about how one would create a safe marketplace that handles disputes fairly - let's just say I want to be a part of a safe one hence maybe I might want to create one.
One of the issues I've come up with is how does one handle a dispute when a buyer of an item claims the item is faulty or not as described and wants a refund, but the seller is quite confident the item is working and nothing affected the items on delivery.
In most jurisdictions, the buyer has statutory rights -- they should be able to return an item for a full refund even if it is not faulty, for a period of 30 days or so. This might cost the seller somewhat (wasted time, shipping fees etc.), but they should price this into their business -- all sellers have to deal with it. The Bitcoin community isn't immune from this. The best thing you can do is encourage sellers to live up to their statutory obligations (unless there's a good reason (e.g. digital goods) why they can't), and encourage users to rate accordingly. Sellers with nice return policies (e.g. 30-days no-questions-asked) will do brisker business than those who will enter into an online tiff when the buyer states the items were damaged. Another issue I've thought about is how does one prevent scammers from a marketplace aside from relying on user ratings/ratings ( which could be skewed from people wanting to boost their ratings by making duplicate accounts). One thing I thought about is requesting more information aka driver's license or some type of way to background check a person.
If anyone could chime in with systems already in place I'd appreciate it. Also if anyone has other issues they've seen which weren't able to be handled correctly, please describe them here. Thanks and appreciated.
Most ratings systems are based on the number of transactions rather than the number of users. Sock puppet accounts shouldn't have any bearing on that? You could also do a pagerank-style algorithm, where feedback from users with high feedback themselves is rated higher than newbies -- but you'd have to monitor it carefully to avoid cronyism. Hope that helps :-) thanks for the thoughts that rating system based on feedback from users with high feedback is interesting and maybe i'll look into that. also, while i do like buyers being able to return items, what about for sellers who are like the average citizen an only have a few items. would you still prefer a lenient return in that case? |
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bytemaster, my example is for creating a system where users on a website can trade safely lol.
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I was also looking for a solution to this. Could someone point me about how to set it up on a vps or maybe my own server?
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What about if trades were for actual items as well, say bitcoins for underwear as an odd example.
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Thanks for the response. That's what I'm talking about  . |
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I have been thinking about how one would create a safe marketplace that handles disputes fairly - let's just say I want to be a part of a safe one hence maybe I might want to create one.
One of the issues I've come up with is how does one handle a dispute when a buyer of an item claims the item is faulty or not as described and wants a refund, but the seller is quite confident the item is working and nothing affected the items on delivery.
Another issue I've thought about is how does one prevent scammers from a marketplace aside from relying on user ratings/ratings ( which could be skewed from people wanting to boost their ratings by making duplicate accounts). One thing I thought about is requesting more information aka driver's license or some type of way to background check a person.
If anyone could chime in with systems already in place I'd appreciate it. Also if anyone has other issues they've seen which weren't able to be handled correctly, please describe them here. Thanks and appreciated.
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if anyone wants to sell their batch 2-7 to me, plz pm me chip amount + batch #. Thanks!
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Looking to buy some avalon chips from any April order, does not matter which group buy. Please pm me chip price and chip order date. Thank you.
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i don't get how you got those figures lol. what time frame are you looking at. like 1 year +?
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You won't gain anything if it ships november to be honest, i wish they had lowered prices to be competitive.
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What's a fair offer for this?
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Ladies and gentlemen, We've just launched pre-orders for our brand new product... the LittleFury! The world's fastest usb powered bitcoin miner :-) I'd like to keep this thread reserved for Metabank related orders, so for more details, please visit: 1) Our website: https://bitcentury.io (watch the latest video in the blog and also visit the store) 2) Our bitcointalk thread related to the LittleFury: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=258926.0I'll also be sending out emails shortly to everyone with a brief update related to this  Cheers, Luis Not to be a spoil sport, but the pricing is high if you plan to deliver in october. this is a rough estimate and likely a bit undershooting even, but you still won't even profit if you use this tool http://mining.thegenesisblock.com/ |
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so how can we buy said machines from them are they selling any? i read them talk about soldering for people.
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if you've been watching and seeing what is about to happen in the next few months, you would understand. i guess in the long run its fine, i mean if bitcoin survives you'll get your ROI maybe after 8+ months. Not bad, but its risky.
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Why are all the chips in China still  . |
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130 btc is a fair offer. try calculating what you think difficulty goes to in 6 months and all i can say is you will likely not make back the return of 130. more like 80-100 btc.
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I'm interested in buying a preorder but strongly prefer that TH formally changes its ownership. (I'd give them $ for the trouble.) I haven't been able to contact them by phone or support ticket.
Has anyone had any luck changing ownership of a TH preorder? Similarly, do you know if it's possible to change a hosted preorder to a local pickup?
Thanks!
I think they had some talk about this and it wasn't possible due to some rights. I think hosted orders might be able to change hands easier though and you could probably sort something. What kind of machine were you going to buy/how much are you paying? |
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