The preference would be to let the donator choose how much they want to donate.
The folks at MyBitcoin.com are working on a donate button which will allow the sender to specify the amount. |
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Anyone know where to send a message to them?
Sorry. Did we ever find any contact information for Wikileaks, other than their postal mailbox....? I've added Wikileaks to our "target list" on BitcoinPromote.com |
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Possible to get a custom amount done as I need 25.81 USD on a Visa card and I don't want to pay for 50 USD.
I don't know if this helps or not... but whenever I have excess value left on a pre-paid Visa card... I simply pay my phone bill with the remaining balance. It's a bill that I will always have to pay anyway... and they will accept a payment in any amount. |
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16 year old here. I introduced the concept to many friends and a whole class. No dice.
Immanuel, YOU are here. And that's what matters. It's really cool that you are here. How did YOU first hear about Bitcoin? Maybe it would be more interesting to do a presentation to ADULTS... They might be so impressed that this concept is being presented to them by a teen, that they might take an interest in trying it. One selling point might be: A new way to energize the local economy. Local shops and merchants begin accepting Bitcoin, and keeping the money in the local community (mostly). Even write up a News Story --- just as if YOU were a newspaper reporter, exactly as it would appear in a newspaper --- all about "Local Teenager Introducing Futuristic Money to Boost Local Economy". Write the story. Make it sound real newsy. Then put the words, "PRESS RELEASE" on the top.... and "CONTACT DETAILS:" at the bottom along with your own email address and phone number. Send it to every newspaper and local TV and radio station. I'll bet money that one of them WILL run the story! |
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I am not a lawyer. But the following is how I understand things to work. I believe that... Bitcoin is not legally considered a "currency". No, no, no. It's not like Canadian Dollars, or Euros, or Pesos. Those are legally considered "currency". Selling Bitcoin for cash is (LEGALLY SPEAKING) equivalent to selling Farmville virtual seeds....., or Angry Birds virtual air strikes. LEGALLY SPEAKING, it is not money -- it is "virtual merchandise". The worst thing they could claim -- legally -- in the US, is... that you are selling something without charging and paying sales tax. Like, pretty much every gargage sale and craigslist sale and lemonade stand.... for the past 200 years... in the USA. IMHO, I think you have nothing to worry about if you are doing less than $1000 a day in Cash for Bitcoin transactions. And, if you're doing it in both directions, you are actually just "refunding" the cash from one person... to someone else... in a sense. Also, keep in mind that you can certainly set your own "terms" for selling Bitcoin for cash... and/or cash for Bitcoin. For example, you set the transaction fee %... and you can set a daily limit dollar amount... and/or a dollar amount limit per transaction... In fact, your sales can totally depend on the "inventory" of bitcoins (or cash) you have on hand... PS - For item (3) of this Pledge, please note that I am referring to CASH for BITCOIN... Nothing else. PayPal regulations do not apply. Let's please keep this thread on topic. Thanks.  |
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I've made the following commitment to Bitcoin. Can you make the following statement / pledge as well? I hereby make the following three commitments: (1) All of my businesses (products or services I sell) will accept Bitcoin for payments as of now, and I will advertise that fact. (2) I ONLY make donations in the form of Bitcoins. If a benefactor wants my donation, I insist that they must accept it in the form of Bitcoin... until they do. (3) I act as a local Bitcoin-for-Cash (and vice versa) dealer for my local community, and I list myself as such (whether I chose to charge a transaction fee or not) on BitcoinBuy.com If you can also make this pledge, to these three statements, for yourself... please state so (as a reply) here. UPDATE - So far, here are the pledgers posted:Did I miss anyone? |
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You can sell any product or service for Bitcoins. Programming work, language translation, tutor services, even lawn care or babysitting. You can turn your local customers on to bitcoin by showing them http://bitcoinme.comYou can even get local businesses to accept bitcoin, and then set up your own little business exchanging bitcoin for cash, and vice versa. Smart teens hang out on Facebook - like all teens. Some of them listen to http://live.twit.tv |
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Ok, I just wrote an email to the creators of the film... To: pgrignon@island.netSubject: Money as Debt II Hello! We are discussing your film in the Bitcoin Forum ( here http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1992.0 ) Are you already familiar with Bitcoin?!?!? If not, please see http://BitcoinMe.com for a quick introduction to what it's all about. Bitcoin is a FOSS (free open source software) project that is making huge advances very quickly. The Bitcoin economy is already over US$1.3 Million in total value. We already have a "bounty" ( sort of a contest, to see who can come up with the best animated video explaining Bitcoin to everyday people... with the best video winning the prize pot... currently about $2,520 ). See http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697.0;allI think it would be wonderful if you were to create a film explaining "What is a Bitcoin?" Also, I've gotta ask... Toward the end of "Money As Debt II", you were describing a digital currency enabled through encryption technology.... Were you already aware, at that time, that Bitcoin existed... or was about to be invented? Bruce Wagner New York City http://BitcoinMe.com646-580-0022 Why didn't we think of contacting them before? By the way, when exactly did Bitcoin first launch - what date? (I need to brush up on some of my basic facts before my national radio interview about Bitcoin on Thursday morning!) |
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Woah! I just watched the sequel... Money As Debt II ( here: http://vimeo.com/6822294 ) Is it my imagination or are they totally describing Bitcoin toward the end...!?!? This sequel was done in 2009...? Did they already know about Bitcoin then...? It's almost like they were forecasting the invention of Bitcoin... We need to get the producers of THIS FILM to do an animated video describing Bitcoin!!!! |
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No no. It seems true to me. I first saw this film quite a while ago - long before I discovered bitcoin. That's why I was curious if this is in alignment with the world view of people here, or not. Does anyone disagree with anything presented there?
Only one issue I have trouble understanding / believing: Toward the end he describes a theoretical new money system (bitcoin??) with a limited finite number of units. He says that, within such as system, if lenders were allowed to lend money and charge interest on loans... eventually the lenders would end up with all the money. I have trouble believing that. The money holds no real value except when it is spent. It seems like the rich "lenders" would spend their money, sooner or later.
And even if they didn't - at least in the case of bitcoin - however small the number of bitcoins in circulation, they can always be subdivided into smaller and smaller units (i. e. 0.0000000001 BTN )
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What I mean by "a stable price", is a fixed % fee (in addition to the current exchange rate). Not an auction. If I want to buy something online RIGHT NOW, I want to know that I can go buy a visa number for a reasonable fixed price. Right Now. Not an auction.
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- 1 I don't like the idea of him raising his prices. Others will just compete for less anyway. And definitely not an auction. We need a stable reliable ways to convert Bitcoins to cash/credit card, and vice versa. The pricing has to be stable and competitive.
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In English, it is written in a very casual style. It's written in a style exactly the way we would speak it in a very informal conversation. I believe that that makes it easier to read for non-technical average people. We do need it translated into many different languages. If you're interested in helping, please send me an email to email@bitcoinme.com |
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I guess his new service is more popular than he expected. |
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Can someone please help us. We want to translate the http ://BitcoinMe.com web site into French.
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Be sure to look at what features MyBitcoin.com already has. No reason to reinvent the wheel. Right?
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I barely understand what you're talking about. But it sounds great and very useful. I really like the "donation thermometer" bar idea too!
I hope you'll continue developing open source tools. I'm sending a tip now.
Two things things high on my wish list are:
An android app- which acts as a front-end for MyBitcoin and/or MtGox accounts, and adds features especially useful for mobile ("coffee shop") payments. Like QR Code scanning for Bitcoin Address, Contacts Addressbook integration for Bitcoin Addresses (both in & out addresses), automatically transmitting Bitcoin Address from one user of app to another user of app via email instantly (email works with internet regardless of whether Wi-Fi or cellular ).
Also, some implementation somewhere of Scheduled Recurring Payments. ....so merchants can easily use it for monthly subscription type payments.
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I'll help you out if I can. I'm not sure if I understand the plan completely. I buy a $100 prepaid Visa from a shop here... Then mail it to you? I'm slightly lost after that. Be careful you don't violate any MasterCard /Visa TOS, or worse, banking regulations. Email me and tell me what you want me to do. bruce@brucewagner.com |
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