Mined by Bitclub network (haven't heard of them until now). https://twitter.com/aantonop/status/725042693500346368Hey @BitClub_Network. Will you do the right thing? The entire community is watching. Your chance to demonstrate your principles On the bright sight, TX got confirmed pretty quickly.
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The roadmap should be on, or at least linked on, the core homepage. The url should be /roadmap. It should be graphical and easy to read for the average customer of the currency. It should be titled "roadmap" and it should explicitly state whether a hard fork is or isn't planned. If there is a HF planned it should have the size and the date. Otherwise it should state there is not plan yet. This. Because no one else has posted any support, I will note that I agree here. The software is open source, but an ambiguous/hidden roadmap on a project of this size represents anything but the ideals of community and open source. #1 there are no customers of bitcoin #2 3 words "bitcoin core roadmap" on a common search engine (guess which) result in these results as the first two links -> https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/capacity-increases-> https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/capacity-increases-faq#3 this is result #4 -> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1349965.0Calling the roadmap "hidden" is hilarious. That's a roadmap for capacity increase, not for scalability. So what comes next? Are LN + Side Chains officially proposed as a way of scaling to the mythical 'Visa level of transactions'? As far as I know, they're not. So what's the long term plan? What about economic model, is 'fee market' officially viewed as desirable by majority of Core devs? They're not very vocal on that.
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Bitcoin Exchange Bitstamp Wins EU Approvalhttp://fortune.com/2016/04/25/bitcoin-exchange-eu-approval-bitstamp/Say hello to the European Union’s first nationally licensed Bitcoin exchange.
Bitstamp, a Slovenian Bitcoin exchange now based in the United Kingdom, said on Monday that it had received a license from Luxembourg’s Ministry of Finance to operate as a payment institution. The regulatory approval extends beyond the country’s borders to the rest of the 28 EU member countries.
This is the first time that a Bitcoin exchange has achieved such official backing in Europe, Wired reports, citing Jean-Louis Schiltz, a lawyer in Luxembourg who helped Bitstamp win the approval. The licensing, which took nearly two years of regulatory scrutiny to realize, could present a clear path for gaining government endorsement to other Bitcoin exchanges. ...
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Bitstamp Becomes First Bitcoin Exchange To Be Granted National License Across Europehttp://www.ibtimes.com/bitstamp-becomes-first-bitcoin-exchange-be-granted-national-license-across-europe-2359099Bitstamp has become the first bitcoin exchange to be granted a national license after Luxembourg classified the company as a fully regulated payment institution. The move lets Bitstamp operate across all 28 countries in the European Union.
Bitstamp, which has been operating since 2011, is the world's third-largest bitcoin exchange by volume of currency traded. The move by Luxembourg to grant the license will allow Bitstamp to operate in all EU member states due to the EU passport program, which lets financial institutions licensed in one country do business in the others. The move puts the bitcoin exchange on the same footing as traditional financial institutions for the first time in terms of security and consumer protection.
Bitstamp has also announced it will begin offering customers the ability to exchange bitcoins for euros and vice versa, a service that's available on only a handful of other exchanges. The process to obtain the license, which goes into effect July 1, took more than two years and involved the small country's financial regulator, the Luxembourg Financial Industry Supervisory Commission, and included security reviews in addition to an audit by Ernst & Young. ...
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A Bitcoin Exchange Just Got Approval to Operate Across the EUhttp://www.wired.com/2016/04/bitcoin-exchange-receives-approval-operate-across-eu/Fifteen months ago, hackers lifted more than $5 million from the bitcoin exchange operated by Bitstamp, a Slovenian company that aspired to push the digital currency across Western Europe. The hack wasn’t nearly as large or as devastating as the one that pilfered $460 million from Mt. Gox and sent the Japan-based exchange, then one of the world’s largest, spiraling into bankruptcy. But it was yet another black eye for bitcoin, the digital currency that holds so much promise as an alternative to fiat currencies but has never really broken into the mainstream.
In small ways, however, bitcoin is climbing back towards respectability. This morning, Bitstamp announced that it has received a license from the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance to operate as a payment institution, and according to the company, this license applies to the European Union as a whole. “With this,” says Dan Morehead, the chairman of Bitstamp and the CEO of Pantera Capital, a firm that specializes in investments related to bitcoin, “Bitstamp is able to do business in all 28 countries of the EU.” ...
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But worst that might happen is someone asks me to take it down.
Why would you think that's the worst thing than can happen? If some big entity (or its lawyers) is after you for infringing copyright, they'll often ask for much more than 'take it down'. I think you're safe on this one tho, as the image has been significantly altered.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/22/ten_years_for_filesharing/Some disturbing news from UK. After running public consultation, in which vast majority disagreed with such high and disproportionate punishment, UK gov decided to ignore it and will be pushing for up to 10 years in prison for filesharing. On the ten-year jail sentence proposal, the official summary notes: "Concerns were also raised about the proposed increase in maximum sentence, which was criticised for being the same or higher than other serious offences such as rape, some firearms offences, rioting and child cruelty." I want off this ride.
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Sorry but the link you provided in op is not working for me.Getting this msg " We're sorry but the page you are looking for cannot be found..." Can you please check again?
Link from the first post works fine for me, but I'm getting the same error message when clicking link from his signature
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This guy sounds like Tony G This guy looks like Tony G Holy Balls! IT IS TONY G!!! Professional poker player. This guy is hilarious. There's plenty of him on youtube. Random one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzM8hHisFYcHow the hell did he get to European Parliament? And he's pro bitcoin. This made my day.
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is transaction fee only based on the size of the transaction?
Short answer - yes. But you can manually set the fee yourself (most of wallets give such choice), therefore you could send your txs even with zero fees, but those would unlikely ever be confirmed. Historically there was something like 'priority of transaction', a formula based both on size and input age, so it was possible to successfully send even zero-fee txs, but I think that's no longer a case.
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... Well, the best proof would be what the exchanges found as a legal proof for government. They demand a copy of the ID. Back and front. A picture of the person holding the ID beside his face. Then a utility bill as proof of address or so. Don't know if I forgot something. ...
That's indeed a solid proof but sharing those on the forum is a very bad idea. Any scammer could use such photos to steal OP's identity.
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... She is Slovakian but that operation needs to take place in Czech Republic. Because it is in Czech Republic the health insurance doesnt want to pay. There will be other expenses as well but the operation it self cost 7000 euros (with 50% discount because of history of Czechoslovakia) ...
You mean private or public health insurance? If it's a case of Slovakia not being able to provide necessary treatment (lack of facilities/specialists) and referred her to Czech Republic, then by all means the cost of surgery should be covered by insurance (whether private or public). But that's just my understanding and I might be wrong. And if it's a case of private insurer trying to weasel-out of paying, often the best course of action is to contact the local/national media, the risk of bad PR should be enough to make them change their decision. Hope everything goes well. Guess I can't believe such stories anymore. Each day not a few of such messages are deleted on the forum. Simple tries to get some free coins. And till now everything you did could be easily done by a scammer that thought it through a bit more. A website, twitter, unique text, users coming in here and wanting to tip instantly... well as long as you are not able to provide real proof of the story and your identity... I doubt you will convince a real tipper. The reason is that this place is filled with so many scammers that it is quite unbelieveable.
OP seems to be keen on providing proofs. Just let him know what kind of proofs are you looking for and give him a chance to deliver.
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... If you have any other questions please ask
Who are you? What's your relationship with Ms Adamcova? Care to provide any proofs? The cost totals to 7000Euros. Only this operation can save her life! Both Czech Republic/UK (not clear what's her country of residence) have free healthcare. She wouldn't be charged anything for the surgery. And if for some reasons she/her family have chosen to do it elsewhere and pay for it, it would cost way more than 7k EUR. This story just doesn't add up, unless there are some additional details which you failed to describe.
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This Story About a Florida Man Involves Bitcoin and J.P. Morganhttp://fortune.com/2016/04/21/florida-man-bitcoin/A Florida man was arrested on Thursday for participating in a bribery scheme aimed at supporting an illegal bitcoin exchange operated by his son and owned by an Israeli behind a series of hacking attacks on organizations such as J.P. Morgan Chase.
Michael Murgio, who serves on a school board in Palm Beach County, was charged in an indictment filed in federal court in Manhattan for participating in a scheme to pay bribes to let the bitcoin exchange’s operators gain control of a credit union.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Murgio, 65, in Palm Beach on Thursday morning, a spokeswoman for Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said. His lawyer did not immediately respond to requests for comment. ... Murgio, who prosecutors say operated the unlicensed bitcoin exchange, Coin.mx, and was involved in the bribe scheme. ...
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Steam is reportedly planning to accept Bitcoinhttp://www.pcgamer.com/steam-is-reportedly-planning-to-accept-bitcoin/Valve is preparing to implement Bitcoin support on Steam, numerous reports today suggest. The digital currency is likely to be a payment option quite soon, too, if screenshots taken from Steam's private developer forums are accurate.
"We are excited to announce that Steam is going to start accepting payments via bitcoin," reads the announcement (via PCGamesN). "We’re using an external payment provider to process Bitcoin payments to help partners reach more customers on Steam.
"Bitcoin is becoming an increasingly popular online payment method in some countries, and we’re enabling a system that insulates partners from risk and volatility while still providing value to the end customer."
Steam will charge the user based on the current value of Bitcoin in their region – so it's not an exciting new way for Australians, for example, to bypass common region-specific cost increases. For developers and publishers, no action is required: they'll continue to set their prices according to whichever currency they prefer, and Steam's external payment provider will operate the currency conversion automatically. ...
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Steam to start accepting Bitcoin – reporthttp://www.vg247.com/2016/04/22/steam-to-start-accepting-bitcoin-report/The Steam storefront is going to start accepting Bitcoin payments in the near future. Initially reported by PCGamesN, Valve has revealed the move to developers on the Steam developer forums.
These forums are not accessible to the public, but a screenshot of Valve’s post has since appeared on Reddit. The company is using an “external payment provider” to process Bitcoin payments, according to the post.
“Bitcoin is becoming an increasingly popular online payment method in some countries, and we’re enabling a system that insulates partners from risk and volatility while still providing value to the end customer,” wrote Valve.
Customers who wish to use this option will be charged the price already set in their local currency. The mediator will then convert that amount into Bitcoin based on a daily exchange rate.
“So the user pays [the amount] in Bitcoin, and the [payment provider] pays [Valve] in traditional currency. At no time does Valve receive or hold Bitcoin,” continued the post.
According to Valve, this process removes the need for developers to keep track of Bitcoin prices, while at the same time makes their games available to buy using one more currency. ...
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So until approximately year 2140, every new block generated will be with fixed reward (x BTCs per block generated reward). But after this date, block will be generated but with no reward at all. however, those blocks will still collect transaction fee.
Am I missing something?
Correct. Although 'fixed' block rewards will likely become irrelevant long before year 2140. 90% of the 21m total supply will be mined in ~2021-2022. See this for reference: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Controlled_supplyThe initial idea was the hope that Bitcoin usage will grow significantly to the point when transaction fees will become sufficient incentive for miners to carry on. Although, with currently dominating vision of keeping small blocks and pushing users off the blockchain, I don't know what's the long term plan (if there's any).
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Hello guys, is there any way to locate someone by his bitcoin address?
Yes. Suppose someone posts their address in their signature. And then use the same username on other social media sites. With careful trawling of other sites, you can glean clues to who they are. Some people's Facebook profiles list the school they went to, the university they went to, where they live. Plus they post pictures of themselves, so you can pinpoint them with facial recognition technology. You can even entice them into an email correspondence - and most people have their real name on their email profile. For example with yahoo, even though your email will say cutepseudonym@yahoo.com, when you actually receive an email from the person, their name is at the top... Put all that together, and you have matched the identity to the email address and their bitcoin address. Other way is to trace transactions and wait until 'wanted' person purchases some physical goods involving shipping. Then you could ask/bribe/trick/harrass merchant (especially smaller one) to provide you the person's details.
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