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361  Economy / Web Wallets / Re: BTCC is conducting a survey on wallet apps: please help by filling one out! on: February 17, 2017, 09:53:16 AM
Sir, I don't remember having seen the domain bt.cc before, but you appear to have my cell phone number where you sent the above message. Could you explain where you got my number?
If that's the case, I would like to see the answer posted by the OP.

Cannot believe there is still 1 app in existance that doesn't try to copy one's phone book. Cellphones have been made for stealing data. Naturaly those end up on sale somewhere.

How is the App supposed to keep ballances safe? I assume there should be as least trust onto the hardware platform as possible. Maybe a second factor auth using one time passwords distributed on paper.
362  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Bitmain's Released Antminer S9, World's First 16nm Miner Ready to Order on: February 17, 2017, 12:03:05 AM
I have a 100% failure with #iHateFedEx on international shipments.

EDIT: On anything other than documents.

Would just object, they aren't that bad.
So S9's are in delivery, good news.
363  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitfinex: Short > Long positions (Will end violently) on: February 16, 2017, 05:17:31 PM

The red line had a single rise at the 13th (which been on a friday last month btw) but the green one grows steadily. I can sense a single personality took that short bet on a single day but the market is moving against that in high numbers.
If one runs an exchange one should keep an eye onto customer numbers, refraining from insider jobs just for a quick bang.
364  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: 1MB is still silly..BU seems to be gaining traction .. :S.. on: February 16, 2017, 05:02:10 PM
United we stand, divided we'll fall.

There are some several coding projects out there that announce adaptable blocksize or blockchain structures that run in parallel (however timescale can apply there, that concept seems faulty) and they will eagerly dillute the initial ideal of a limited supply.
People watching this will consider sticking with traditional greenbacks instead.
365  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Buy Bitcoin and store in wallet? on: February 16, 2017, 07:40:24 AM
Hi there,

I am a newbie in the UK trying to get started. I'm trying to read and understand the available info out there and jeez its hard!

I was going to have my account through Coinbase but apparently thats not the best.

So I have set up Breadwallet on my iphone and Electrum on my Mac desktop.
How and where do I buy Bitcoin and how do I transfer that to my wallets on phone and/or desktop?

I would want to do a tiny amount to see how this process works.

Help please. Smiley

Electrum has been the right choice. Regarding Coinbase well I dont want to diss them, at least they provide a quick entry point. For "tiny amounts" they are completely justified.
Register a trade account on Kraken or Bitfinex. Upload some documents regarding residence or ur passport to qualify for Fiat to BTC exchange.

In some years onwards you will feel like having obtained gold bullion in a failing economy, having saved some value.
366  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: bitcoins and mining on: February 16, 2017, 07:33:33 AM
Hey Danny after seeing your reply I have a question regarding the altcoins. Are all of them scam ? Can't they be exchanged somewhere for bitcoin or did I miss something from your explanation ? Cloud mining I know and have read here it's a scam.

There has been Ethereum, most rigs built for BTCs moved onto that. They are turning POS at some point in the future, so this will run stale. Another one beeing Monero, which isn't really AMD GPUs focused but more Nvidia.
Regarding scam or not ... if miners gain some revenue by mining that, where is the scam? It's honest bussiness providing computational power for crypto returns.
367  Economy / Economics / Re: Investors dumping gold-switching to bitcoin? on: February 15, 2017, 06:18:50 AM
Real gold bugs are not going to sell their gold, just for a price fluctuation, they are probably planning to hold for the entire lives, so those that are making the switch are speculators trying to get more profits, I don’t blame them just stating things as they are.

@andrei56 you got it  Cheesy yes the plot is all about to pay the debt of nature finally filthy ritch, marvelling about where live has been gone nearby.

Confessions of a bug: I'm doing both. Bitcoins and Bullion coins. For reasons like diversification, and different timescales of course. Both have their advantages and handicaps. On my personal ranking gold and bitcoin are playing on a similar level both aren't infinitely inflateable.
368  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What are your thoughts for Bitcoin in 2017? on: February 14, 2017, 08:58:39 AM
I believe only a small fluctuations in the price would take place throughout the year and in the end the price would be in early 1200$
That's not what I see, the current price will double just like what 2016 has achieve. Our investment is just like earning a compounding interest that will grow substantially overtime. 2017 will be a good year for bitcoin as people are very attracted with the value which is currently at $1,000, this achievement means a lot to us as there will be a media support too, who are keeping an eye for this price to break what has previously achieve as the highest value so far.

We have had a Halving in 2016. The next Reward-Drop ETA has been assumed to meet the 27 June of 2020. A doubling and halving event are related.
369  Economy / Economics / Re: The future of the paper money on: February 13, 2017, 09:17:22 AM
It should be. It is more convenient for us and more people will be seeing it. We know that USD is very much accepted spevially in poor countries. If the two can be combined then a big change will happen for both bitcoin value and USD. Just have to be careful with the illegal transactions though.

For USD paper bills to be acceptable worldwide they need to be save from counterfeits (the "funny money") and exactly there digital signatures are reaching new frontiers
370  Economy / Economics / Re: Japan now #1 in volume on: February 12, 2017, 08:40:00 AM
That's a good thing as long as their exchanges are regulated. Don't forget MtGox was located in Japan, and they dropped the ball in monitoring it.

Gox has been an international place from the beginning. Funded by americans, run by a frenchman, into the ground actually the smoldering remains are still not cleared up.
There are no explanations however why techaddicts in Tokyo didn't got onto the Bitcoint train. Some tamagotchi like toy and we would be living in a different world today.
371  Economy / Economics / Re: Japan now #1 in volume on: February 12, 2017, 08:38:00 AM
Good to know that the Chinese exchanges don't have a monopoly on Bitcoin trading.
We have been following Huobi for the whole ramp up right before christmas last year. Chinese trade side been several dollars leading, other places following. Strange how fast this gets forgotten.
372  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Neteller deposit declined. on: February 11, 2017, 11:10:05 PM
Transaction didn't confirm in time.
Basically, the network knows you sent the coins, but don't know if the transaction is legitimate or not.
Neteller definitely has to wait for at least one confirmation, it's very risky to cheap out on the transaction fee here.

Regardless of confirmation numbers there is no need to timeout a transaction once it reached the mempool. In the event of a txid arrival Neteller should expand the timeout onto at least network average confirmation delays.
The fifteen minutes should only be applied on slacking customers.
373  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Help! I want to know how to mine bitcoin. on: February 11, 2017, 10:31:21 PM
Almost the last option missing is "Cloud Mining" however there you will be running into difficulties on identifying the right provider. Nothing has damaged the mining bussiness more than scammy cloud mining providers.

I used some to stack up my racks "virtually" when difficulty increased, since my storage for hardware (heat disposual!) is limited. If you discover a valid one, that's the best current option.
374  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2017/02/09] Chinese Central Bank Warns Bitcoin Exchanges, Again on: February 11, 2017, 08:51:18 AM
Could it be possible the Chinamen are using Bitcoin exchanges to launder money or get money out of their country? Capital controls in China could be strict over there.

Another topic to note. What would happen if decentralized exchanges become popular in use with the Chinamen?
Good question, in another thread I commented on the use of decentralized exchanges, it is possible that a lot of individuals will be encouraged to use this in the future. With regard to the intervention of the Chinese government, I think the positive side of this is that people will realize that governments are starting to recognize Bitcoin as a currency.

Those tend to be slow on transactions, since they are not based on an on-site & quick database that handles the matching for trades.
Would move Bitcoin into the same area of over-the-counter business like seen on gold bullion coin.
375  Bitcoin / Hardware wallets / Re: Trezor from eBay, trustable? on: February 11, 2017, 08:33:33 AM
If you want to save money, you can always chose another option like paper wallets.

This! True crypto doesn't require any hardware at all. It's pure math.
(just keep an eye on partially sendings, missing return adresses)

Regarding a used Trezor for daily useage I believe it is totally secure. Reflash it, take a closeup look of the casing. Has it been opened?
The attack surface of those devices is really small. I would be more worried about other portable devices like dedicated cellphone since they arrive backdoored by manufactorer, or get a fresh backdoor upgraded via wireless update. Stealing data from phones seems to be common practise, everybody is trying that.
They got invented for stealing data.
376  Economy / Speculation / Re: Time to buy back up! on: February 11, 2017, 08:25:51 AM
Mr. OP,

your entire thread is borderline trolling and you will be ridiculed for starting it in such happy go lucky way in due time. Technical analysis or news do not support your Über-Bull position.

Sincerely,

Your common sense.

 Roll Eyes oh man, bulls are always bulls regardless of what happens outsides of the filter bubble.
If you are going back in time 50 days you will see there is 900 dollars as a sustainable level now.
The magical thousands are always only crossings, sometimes icebergs above but most of the times not.

1000 sell, 900 buy, simple
377  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: Looking for software to monitor bitcoin addresses on: February 10, 2017, 09:25:21 AM
You will get more features using Electrum, such as being able to make a transaction (unsigned) and signing it with your cold storage,...
Also blockchain.info used to let you add watch only addresses, and sending you a free SMS message when you received/sent a transaction.

I would be glad to hear what you thought about my little project, and whether you wanted any specific feature that I could add as improvement.

Just flipping through the https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#bitcoin-core-apis Remote Procedure Calls, remembering bitcoin-cli allowed simple requests about adresses or transfers send / recieved.

However the existance of some watchonly wallet on GitHub should have told me it isn't that easy.

Can someone confirm if running a bitcoin core client, empty wallet, can enable access to some blockchain explorer alike data? Just things like requesting current ballances associated with any given address (self owned or foreign) or last coin movements required.
378  Economy / Speculation / Re: Can the price of bitcoin still skyrocket on: February 10, 2017, 06:51:56 AM
Looking at the chart for recent months, and comparing with what happened in 2013, the impression is that the Bitcoin price can in fact skyrocket sooner than we think, but I think technical analysis is not enough, we need to know if the fundamentals are favorable for this to happen.
Not everything can be predicted with charts, there is also other stuff to take into consideration like political new, the influence of the Chinese government and miners, will segwit be activated? And a lot of other factors.

Would be nice if the Chin Gov twitters  Cool just to pick up some intelligence early. Some people allready got good results watching the twitterstream of US new president, affecting stock markets.
379  Economy / Speculation / Re: BTC is smiling at us :) on: February 09, 2017, 11:48:19 PM


This must mean something!
Wow i knew it he want us to be happy it because of the price happen to him bitcoin price rising it self very nice o really what you draw there i saw some comment that they blaming chinese for controling bitcoin price or trolling bitcoin price o don't beleived that they are reason bedinh this.

Sometimes the right side "handles" got interpreted to present some kind of cup and handle chart pattern. In a way they are .. repeating, which doesn't fit the pattern that well.
380  Economy / Speculation / Re: Calm those tits guys, the China "issue" is not an issue.. on: February 09, 2017, 11:22:35 PM
It's not like people didn't have plenty of warning to get their coins out... you know with the ongoing investigation into BTC exchanges in China.

Very disturbing timeframe, but indeed been not-so-threatening to people affected. Announced in advance.
But why are they acting that harsh right now, since on coindesk.com you could read the statement that PBoC did NOT forced them to halt withdrawals. This has been their own decision.
Totally uneccessary!
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