Let's say I were to make a copy of my wallet to a usb or cd. If i take that copy and install it on an extra computer will the original wallet still be useable on the first computer?
Yes. Once. If I make a transaction on one computer will it update on the other?
Not automaticly, at least not yet.
Sorry if this is a stupid question. I'm asking due to me traveling a lot my desktop having my wallet is somewhat inconvenient, so I had came with the idea to install it to my laptop as well. Is this possible? Is it a bad idea?
Possible, yes. Still a bad idea, generally. If you travel much, mybitcoin.com is likely the best balance of convience and security. Having an unsecured bitcoin wallet.dat file on a laptop is the worst of worlds; not only could you get hacked into while trying to surf at a public hotspot, a snatch-thief could take off with your actual laptop. |
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I sent you a bit-quarter. This is a great idea.
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People started borrowing money on credit cards or any source they could find. Then take the money, buy bitcoins and then file bankruptcy?
Prison. That would be fraud. |
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Did it make it to your MtGox account? If not, you should be worried.
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A late-night TV ad that sells an e-book might spread the word, but what word will it spread? Bitcoin will be forever associated with the Ronco smokeless ashtray or pocket fisherman.
Now hang on just a sec. That pocket fisherman is damned useful. Not for fishing, mind you, but for slinging a field expedient wire antenna over a tall tree limb to get your ham radio DX'ing in a hurry at the campsite, it's the best tool evar! |
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Incidentally, exact what I'm talking about has already been proposed to decouple the backend from the UI. I just want to move the backend to a remote location.
Yes, I was describing an alternative solution. A full client could still run on android, if the blockchain was kept on a fault tolerant network shared drive of some sort, and only a local copy of the locally important blocks were held on disk. |
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I think we should use the money to do some sort of promotion on facebook since we all know that people on facebook are somewhat savvy and have a computer.
LOL! The majority of people on facebook have a computer, but the average facebook user knows next to nothing about security, money or the reasons for Bitcoin to exist. Posting on facebook, twitter or youtube is not a skill; it's simply a process. Most users have no better understanding about how it all works than the average 16 year old "valley girl" understands how her engine in her new convertable works. Asking your average facebook user anything specific about the functions of the Internet that s/he utilizes many times each day is like asking that same "valley girl" how to check the oil. |
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To all the frostbacks on this forum, have a happy Canada Day!
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People might be weakened and beaten but they are usually never stupid.
Amen. I can honestly say that I've known very few truely stupid people, but truely ignorant people are f'ing everywhere I go. |
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The easy explaination is that, if everyone knew what you knew, they would be just like you. There is a give and take with diversity.
Whats interesting about this though is that a lot of people feel that their currency is backed by something, they just dont know what. When questioned, gold is the first thing that comes to mind. It was a real mind job for me when I learned that our money isn't backed by anything (except force of government) and that, worse, it can be created and destroyed at whim. Thats what got me interested in money, which eventually led me to Bitcoin. Which is exactly my point. Almost everyone who ventures down that rabbit hole ends up in pretty much the same place, intellectually speaking. If you tell someone who doesn't already know that currency isn't backed by anything more than faith, they will either reject you out of hand and forget about it, or check your facts and eventually end up just like most of us on this forum. Even the bitcoin detractors who spend their lifespan here arguing against Bitcoin (or it's particular features) know that basic fact. It's almost like a entry qualification. |
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Did somebody just have a brain fart?
I think that might have been some cognative dissonance antimatter coming together with a *bang*. |
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You can already use bitcoin for MetroPCS phones and service.
Not here I can't. |
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The New Remote-Controlled Chatroom-Controlled Quadricopter with 2 Live Streaming Cameras on it WILL be in the Studio at 10am tomorrow! #bitcoin Pls RT
Do you know hardware hackers from NYC Resistor or what? |
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The easy explaination is that, if everyone knew what you knew, they would be just like you. There is a give and take with diversity.
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I don't think the transaction list even shows a from address.
The inputs in a transaction reference other transactions, and by looking up those other transactions, the address is revealed. I'm not positive that this is what the 'from' field in the client actually is referring to, however. |
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I thought I was going to jump into the currency exchange area with my shiny, newly minted bitcoin. Waiting can be healthy though.  You'd have better luck on one of the exchanges anyway. |
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More or less, yes. If you are absolutely certain that the funds sent to you came from a single user's client, and did not come from any shared wallet service (online or otherwise) you can safely assume that the 'from' address field is one of your sender's addresses. It's not entirely safe to do this, however.
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Nice people but enemies of reason.
Wow, that sums it up nicely. I lived near Oceanside, California for a time, and can honestly say that those six words are truth incarnate. |
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