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3861  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: Can MtGox legally deny me access to my account if I forgot/lost my OTP? on: October 02, 2012, 09:21:26 AM
have my OTP unlinked by MtGox if I supply verification

Was the account already a verified? (Level 1)?
3862  Economy / Currency exchange / Re: Exchange bitcoins to Gold at GoldExpert.com on: October 02, 2012, 09:14:28 AM
All feedback from our customers is very welcome.

I see that your site also cashes out gold.  Can the payout be made in the form of bitcoins?

Also, is there a Twitter account for your site?
3863  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Deterministic wallets and sharing private keys on: October 02, 2012, 09:10:01 AM
Can someone please crosspost this to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=19137.0 (I can't due to newbie rules, sorry never bothered posting anything despite using bitcoin for years).

An update on the wiki article would be good too:

 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Deterministic_Wallet
3864  Economy / Goods / Re: 3456 x 2304 pixels flower picture for sale! on: October 02, 2012, 07:23:41 AM
I took this pic at our local garden center, its a beautiful flower.

You might find sales through CoinDL:

 - https://www.coindl.com/page/category/photography
3865  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Misuse of my wallet address on: October 02, 2012, 06:27:29 AM
What's stopping someone from obtaining my wallet address and stealing from me?

It seems to me that once you have the actual address you can pretend to be that person with any other wallet application out there.

Take a look at BitAddress:

 - http://www.bitaddress.org

After wiggling your mouse It shows a paper wallet.  It has a private key and a public address.

All that is needed to spend is the private key.  From that private key, the public address can be determined.

The Bitcoin.org client doesn't let you see the private key, only the public address.   In your wallet.dat are the private keys for each of your addresses.

As long as those are kept protected from unauthorized access nobody else can spend your funds.   You might want to use the passphrase encryption available to help protect the keys in your wallet.dat from some of the theats to it -- but don't lose the passphrase and make backups after you've encrypted.

3866  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: [ANN] LocalBitcoins.com - a location-based bitcoin to cash marketplace on: October 02, 2012, 05:22:53 AM
Other than that, we will keep developing the site further and making it easier (and safer) to use.

I'm noticing the number of countries and cities increase.

Can you provide an updated total of active traders?  Maybe broken down as total (buying), total (selling) and total (buying and selling) (which would be less as a person that both buys and sells shouldn't be counted twice)
3867  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: What is the best country to start a "bitcoin" business ? on: October 02, 2012, 05:10:39 AM
If Iceland were to pass the proposed "Virtual LLC", that would probably work:

 - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=80139.msg928020#msg928020


Also, I just noticed this thread:


Most Bitcoin friendly country for founding a company
 - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=112026.0


[Update: Not sure which forum board this thread is best fit under but Trading Discussion wouldn't be it.]
3868  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Gray bar at Mt.gox? on: October 02, 2012, 01:21:10 AM
Can someone explain me what the gray bars mean?

It was neither green (closed up) nor red (closed down).   It opened (last trade from prior day) at $12.40 and closed (last trade for the day) at $12.40.  
3869  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: buying bitcoins, why are sellers so crazy? on: October 02, 2012, 12:44:28 AM
perhaps an E-transfer if you reside in canada?


Nanaimo Gold in Canada accepts Western Union.  There have been reports of problem trades with this vendor, but that may be due to Western Union sucking hind tit as a payment network:
 - https://www.nanaimogold.com/buy_DGC.php

Accepts Western Union for the purchase of Bitcoins:
 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/ECurrencyZone  <--  Relatively new vendor though

Bitcoins Direct also will accept Western Union, but only for purchases of $500 or more:
 - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=87094.0

Are you sure sending cash via XPressPost to Canadian Bitcoins isn't a method that works for you?  Their site even shows cash deposit at TD Bank though it may be unclear if that is still a supported method.
 - https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Canadian_Bitcoins

You could also try sending cash (CAD) in the mail to Bitcoin Nordic in Denmark:
 - http://www.BitcoinNordic.com

BitInstant now supports online bank transfer from Canada:
 - http://www.bitinstant.com

Perhaps there is some other method that will work for you as well:
 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Buying_bitcoins
3870  Economy / Speculation / Re: Gold collapsing. Bitcoin UP. on: October 01, 2012, 05:04:32 AM
I'ld love to see them plot Bitcoin in this as well:

Done:



 - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/oimg?key=0AmcTCtjBoRWUdEgxb0lEb1h1M2htM05sY0pXd3FXQ2c&oid=3&zx=tlf2rfn4lktf
3871  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: What is the best country to start a "bitcoin" business ? on: October 01, 2012, 12:17:41 AM
What do you think is currently the best country to start a "bitcoin" business ?

Wirtland.

 - http://www.wirtland.com

3872  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: BitCoin Legal Issues on: October 01, 2012, 12:14:23 AM
Any and all suggestions/comments are appreciated.

You might want to check into CLAG:

 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cryptocurrency_Legal_Advocacy_Group

Also:

 - http://www.lextechnologiae.com/2011/06/26/why-bitcoin-isnt-a-security-under-federal-securities-law/
 - http://surprisinglyfree.com/2012/01/31/reuben-grinberg/
3873  Economy / Services / Re: BTC for Dwolla....looking for small trades 1:1 on: October 01, 2012, 12:03:39 AM
Ooops! I posted this in the wrong place. Meant for Currency Exchange. Mod, please help. Thanks

You can move the thread yourself ... bottom left, click "Move"
3874  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Simply looking to purchase bitcoins for personal use on: October 01, 2012, 12:02:46 AM
any help would be much apreciated thanks

For PayPal specifically, the only option I know of is:
 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beautiful-Physical-Bitcoin-Currency-Note-100-Cotton-32lb-Paper-Loaded-w-Ten-BTC-/320981224642

For credit card, there are a couple options:

With VirWoX you can buy SLL using credit card, then trade SLL for BTC:
 - http://www.VirWoX.com

Physical Bitcoin, paid for with credit card:
 - http://memorydealers.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=bitcoin

3875  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Simply looking to purchase bitcoins for personal use on: September 30, 2012, 11:56:59 PM
I have no trustable bank accounts currently

This won't help for getting any coins in the next day or so, but you do have options.

Get a Western Union prepaid card, which carries no monthly fee.  Then you can transfer your PayPal funds to it (ACH/direct deposit).   Then from there, you can link that account using Dwolla and from there move funds to an exchange which accepts Dwolla.

In the meantime, if you have a PayPal debit card, you can withdraw cash from the PayPal account and then deposit that cash into any of the many methods where bitcoins can be purchased with cash, including BitFloor (Chase and Wells Fargo), BitMe (Chase), or for $500 worth, Bitcoins Direct (Bank of America, Wells Fargo or PNC Bank).  Of course BitInstant adds thousands of additional locations like 7-11, Walmart, CVS, Moneygram locations, etc.
3876  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: ASIC power consumption estimates on: September 30, 2012, 11:01:30 PM
One of the biggest costs in running mining equipment is going to be power consumption.

A 1,500W BFL Mini Rig SC costs $5.40 per day using the U.S. average residential rate of electricity around $0.15 per kWh.

So that is under $2K USD per year in electricity.  For an investment of $30K, $2K going to electricity isn't a particularly huge issue, though definitely operating one where electricity costs are $0.03 per kWh (like it is near Hydro electric generation) is going to be more profitable than running it where electricity costs are above average.

This compares to GPUs whose capital costs were low compared to the cost of the electricity to run them.

For comparison, a $1,100 GPU rig consuming 700W has electrical costs of $2.52 (using U.S. residential average of $0.15 per kWh) and $919 per year.

Of course, figure in the cost of capital per hash and this difference is even more pronounced.  Capital costs: GPU rig: $785 per Ghash/s.  ASIC rig: $30 per Ghash/s.

So ya, the cost of electricity is becoming much less of a factor than it used to be.
3877  Bitcoin / Mining / Re: Default transaction fee is too low on: September 30, 2012, 08:42:28 PM
It should be 0.001 for the time being.

Are you saying this because 0.0005 transactions aren't first in line?   So what happens when everyone is at 0.001 and you have do be 0.002 in order to get first in line, will a 0.001 fee then be too low?

The answer, is yes, of course.  So the fee you pay should be on your individual circumstances. If you want to improve the changes of getting into the next block, then a higher fee can help.
3878  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: [ANN] Easywallet.org - web based wallet, iPhone/Android clients with QR Codes on: September 30, 2012, 08:24:11 PM
Another new feature: One-Tap payments. If you really want to make fast payments...

http://localbitcoins.blogspot.fi/2012/09/one-tap-bitcoin-payments-with.html

Would there be room to display the value of those coins in USD or currency that I choose?

The reason is, if I am purchasing in dollars but the amount presented to me for payment is in bitcoins, I can't easily know how much I am actually paying.    If I can see the USD equivalent (using Mt. Gox last, or maybe 24 hours VWAP, for instance) I can know pretty quickly if the merchant is taking a little too much liberty with the exchange rate.
3879  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: miners: how are you going to react to the reward halving? on: September 30, 2012, 08:15:56 PM
We're already at the expected price increase (from $5ish to $12ish) 

oh I hadn't thought so...

pure speculation on my part of course, but I'm expecting to see ~25% increase in price within a week of the halving.

I edited my post, as that is pure speculation on my part.  I don't know if it is priced in or not.  I was just relaying how when the exchange rate was $5 the argument was that as people consider the block halving, the exchange rate should double.   And I was just trying to make the argument that perhaps this has already occurred, is priced in, and won't be going up further just because the halving is about to arrive.
3880  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: 0 Connections on bitcoin client on: September 30, 2012, 08:09:55 PM
Forgive me for hijacking the thread, Embarrassed but under what circumstances does the the latest bitcoin client warn you that the wallet is out of sync? Huh

I believe simply nothing more than is the timestamp for the last block in the longest chain older than it should be.  I don't know if that is like 30 minutes or two hours, but if it hasn't gotten a block in a while, then more blocks are needed, and thus the warning.
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