most people already have smartphones.. i have one that cost under $50 that has the blockchain.info wallet on it.. i cant see a problem....
but a person having to have a second device that's only function is transferring money. and IF NOT using a mesh network (with its own problems) it would require its own call plan to have internet access.
i think App development is the way forward, not device development for wallets
+1 Smartphones are quickly becoming prevalent (at least here in the US) and already seem to be taking the place of other physical documents such as airline and event tickets and even payments (using NFC). I think we'll see smartphones replacing even more currently used technology once NFC becomes more widespread, and I think this will be great for Bitcoin since people will only need to install an app to use it. Phones are currently replacing other physical devices (cameras, PDAs (lol), GPS's)) and the addition of another physical device seems like a step backward. I think the future of person-to-person bitcoin payments will be in the form of a NFC-enabled smartphone app. Scanning QR codes is too annoying to be used for everyday purchases but using NFC can be made even easier than using a credit card. I do not deny that, smartphones are great, they just function very poorly as wallets, plus they have flaws such as vulnerability to viruses, human error, no easy of use etc etc. Utter crap, I was thinking a scientific calculator-like device the size of a bracelet (perhaps even looking like one of those charity rubber bracelets) with a SMALL keypad, 2 led lights and a small screen, completely minimalistic, there would probably be virtually no alternatives other than using 3G but there are probably ways to do it in a decentrallized manner without downloading the whole blockchain, plus it needs to be fast enough to pay for day to day items.
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Bitcoin is all good and dandy the only issue is that you cannot use it as means of transfer on a personal, physical, day-to-day level efficiently, phones batteries do not last that long these days and phones are relatively expensive, e.g. you should "own" 400$ worth of assets to be able to spend 100$.
What seems to be most beneficial to the community at this stage is if a company would crowd fund a device with a modern, stylish and cheap design which is capable of transferring coins from Bob to Alice nearly instantly with a low chance of a double spent transaction.
The design would include dual processors, one almost always in sleep mode unless hashing is needed and the other one is there solely for the purpose to wake the first one up should the event fire, the battery would last say 30 days without recharging. All of this is possible with modern technology except for the limitations imposed by Bitcoin/the state inherently, such as police not willing to arrest the owners of fraudulent "miner" points which are likely to be needed to synchronize all the devices that are near.
I am curious as to what would be the best scheme for all of this to work together effectively?
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There are a thousand reasons why Bitcoin could not be called anonymous and this is not one of them.
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Scams in Cyprus catching on to bitcoin?
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Again I'm unable to login through Facebook, tried with Chrome and Firefox, latest release, anonymous windows, keep getting errors.
Can you implement your own login system or ad Twitter?
Facebook is a lot of trouble...
Ah sorry for that one, all better not, authorizing still takes up too much time but we will solve it soon. The reason we do not use any other form of login other than facebook is because facebook provides enough entropy for our collusion algorithms, none of the info is stored raw, just hashes and number of times you were in a table with a specific player etc.
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am missing someone so bad... need a hug...again not to close coz i get jealous even to myself M4KE £0VE N0T W4R!!!!!<3<3 THANKS !
Help!! Your game is not working. I have sent my bet to 1MJh4scArNLGyXFr5fe5z2v6vpDbLCqaZr 4 times but there was nothing happened Could you check for me? My address is 19adFcd27XUCtLKruJU3VmkftE7KZM9g3t
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One hug please I wanna my hug Sorry for the delays ladies and gentlemen, have been pretty busy lately.
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Sorry for all the delays guys, the new version with the fancy animations is up, authorization may take some time, deposit and withdraw DO NOT WORK, they are here for testing purposes.
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how is iq related to unemployment? if anything it has a negative correlation. please explain your hypothesis.
The idea is that as unemployment rises due to lack of opportunities (it doesn't happen because people are getting more stupid) the amount of intelligent individuals that would otherwise be employed also rises. im gonna disagree with you on this, ever seen idiocracy? secondly, intelligent people are hardly ever unemployed as they can acquire new skill sets relativley quickly or are in a field that is economy proof. Lol
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how is iq related to unemployment? if anything it has a negative correlation. please explain your hypothesis.
The idea is that as unemployment rises due to lack of opportunities (it doesn't happen because people are getting more stupid) the amount of intelligent individuals that would otherwise be employed also rises.
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You speak as if IQ is correlated in any way to how well a person will be able to perform in a job or how "smart" he is.
Often times I see the biggest fools get the highest IQ, Benjamin Netanyahu is alleged to have an IQ of 180 which makes him the 8th most intelligent person on earth, now that makes me think either the test was horribly flawed or the organization that issued it is corrupt.
Benjamin Netanyahu is the biggest ice cream eating, war mongering idiot the face of the planet has seen.
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People who don't want to pay taxes should stop using everything that was funded with taxpayer money. Don't travel on public roads, create your own roads. Don't call the police when you are robbed, pay some private investigator or hoodlum to get what was robbed back. Don't call the fire department when your house is on fire, pay someone to put it down. Don't use the internet, set up your own mesh net, etc.
Otherwise you'd be very hypocritical you want to keep all of your money but don't mind using things which other people payed for yet you refuse to pay for.
... The main problem with taxation in my opinion is that it completely swaps the natural order of things, What, if not "the natural order of things," brought taxation into being? Unnatural anti-humanity from not the antiverse? it disables the tendency of earth to harmonize, especially in todays society where there are many completely unnecessary programs to support the squalled and the mean on the behalf of the successful and the healthy.
All drugs should be legal, and if you have a problem with drug addiction then you can hire a guard to follow you around and babysit you, same thing for junk food, prostitution, gambling and so on, if you want a nanny state pay for your own.
If today's reality is what you are calling "a nanny state," it follows that no one needs to do anything to continue living in one. If you want change, it's *you* who has to pay for your own. Hookers & blow are neither here nor there. The point is that I do not attempt to impose restrictions upon my fellow citizens and tell grown human being what to put in their body and what not to put in their body, they do. According to you then anything that humans ever did was natural, call me cold blooded but I don't want a cure for HIV or cancer to be found, I don't want drugs to be made illegal because some people struggle with addiction, people ARE going to take drugs, people ARE going to gamble and they WILL eat big macs regardless of the consequences or what the scale in their bathroom says and I think it is our responsibility as human beings to spare the future unborn generations of debt that was made using our piggish system.
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People who don't want to pay taxes should stop using everything that was funded with taxpayer money. Don't travel on public roads, create your own roads. Don't call the police when you are robbed, pay some private investigator or hoodlum to get what was robbed back. Don't call the fire department when your house is on fire, pay someone to put it down. Don't use the internet, set up your own mesh net, etc.
Otherwise you'd be very hypocritical you want to keep all of your money but don't mind using things which other people payed for yet you refuse to pay for.
Yeah, after a lifetime of paying taxes if you want to stop you need to also stop using the roads that were built on your blood and sweat. The main problem with taxation in my opinion is that it completely swaps the natural order of things, it disables the tendency of earth to harmonize, especially in todays society where there are many completely unnecessary programs to support the squalled and the mean on the behalf of the successful and the healthy. All drugs should be legal, and if you have a problem with drug addiction then you can hire a guard to follow you around and babysit you, same thing for junk food, prostitution, gambling and so on, if you want a nanny state pay for your own. Watch the first 10 minutes: http://www.solarmovie.so/link/play/1286514/
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What exactly does he mean?
According to him acquiring any asset which later on inflates as people adapt renders it a ponzi scheme. Real estate bubbles really are a ponzi schemes, yet people keep buying in.
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I just love it how it is always mentioned that Bitcoin is linked to illegal money laundering and/or underground, how come this never comes up with the USD?
Because along with stuff like dope & guns, dollars are also known for paying for hospitals & food, something which Bitcoin is not. Get it now? Well from what I understand there are quite a few restaurants that accept BTC, it would probably be used in paying for hospitals unless it was illegal.
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I just love it how it is always mentioned that Bitcoin is linked to illegal money laundering and/or underground, how come this never comes up with the USD?
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We have added a rake, 5% up to 0.025 BTC, it is likely to stay with us for a while, we have also added an affiliate system, it's quite simple really, your user id is your affiliate id, every person you refer from your affiliate ID will give yo 30% off our profits instantly for lifetime.
The server is still offline, sorry for that guys, we are working on adding cool new features.
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