Bitcoin doesn't check tx and block version numbers. Sometimes (probably most of the time), this is the desired behavior. It allows some backward-compatible changes to be made. For example, IMO this would have been a better way to flag a transaction as using the P2SH feature.

Sipa had a nice proposal for splitting the version number into a "major" part which causes the block/tx to be immediately rejected when the version is unknown, and a "minor" part which does not. I don't know the current status of that proposal.

My Bitcoin Block Explorer was mentioned in an FBI report! Awesome!

I thought it was a pretty accurate and reasonable report. Not too anti-Bitcoin. Seems plausible that it's real.

I used to use Centregold to get LR via credit card. I haven't needed any LR in the past year or two, though, since Bitcoin is now useful enough to replace it.

I've also used ecardone successfully. (Nanotube and I combined our orders to save on wire transfer fees.)

Current state:
Slots BTC Person
2 3.5 tosaki
2 3 Goat
1 2.5 DBordello
3 2 2weiX

I removed the embedded image after someone reported it -- maybe you. Embedded NSFW images are definitely not allowed. NSFW links are OK if they are clearly marked as such.

You can post there now.

Can you list some topics that would go there?

Ah, interesting. I was just intuitively thinking that a lower-risk asset would be more desirable when I want lower risk, despite the lower return.

This looks exactly like a HYIP to me; I'd be pretty surprised if it turns out to be legitimate. I have purchased some PPT bonds, though. With the extra insurance, the odds of winning seems reasonable.

You're probably not accepting connections if you have 8 peers. That's the number of outgoing connections that Bitcoin makes.

There are online tools (like this one) you can use to see if your port 8333 is open.

I think I fixed that particular issue. There is other mixed content here, though. Your browser shouldn't complain too loudly about it, since it's not a security threat.

Yeah, the 1MB max block size is an arbitrary limit meant to stop the chain size from expanding too quickly. The technical limit is much higher (probably at least a million transactions). Satoshi planned to increase the max block size when legitimate transaction volume made it necessary. This requires everyone to upgrade, but it can be rolled out over several years, so it's not a huge issue. Probably some other chain-forking change will be necessary before it becomes a problem.

The current average transaction count per block is ~60, so we're far from the limit.

500KB is the soft limit, which can be increased easily. 1MB is the "hard" limit, which is more difficult to increase.

Rapidshare is using decimal prefixes and everyone else is using binary prefixes.

In order to collect more money for the creation of good forum software, the forum is selling ad space in the area beneath the first post of every topic page.

Ads this week will be allowed to contain any non-annoying HTML/CSS style. No images, JavaScript, or animation (no marquee or blinking). Ads must appear 3 or fewer lines tall in my browser. Ads will be prefixed with "Advertisement:". Ad text may not contain lies, misrepresentation, or inappropriate language. Ads may be rejected for other reasons.

There are 10 total ad slots which are randomly rotated. So one ad slot has a one in ten chance of appearing. Eight of the slots are for sale here.

The ad lasts 7 days starting from when I put it up.

Stats

Exact historical impression counts per slot:
https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adstats

Efficacy stats:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=54182.0

Info about the current ad slots:
https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adinfo

Auction rules

Post your bids in this thread. Prices must be stated in BTC per slot. You must state the max number of slots you want. When the auction ends, the highest bidders will have their slots filled until all eight slots are filled.

So if someone bids for 8 slots @ 5 BTC and this is the highest bid, then he'll get all 8 slots. If the two highest bids are 8 slots @ 4 BTC and 1 slot @ 5 BTC, then the first person will get 7 slots and the second person will get 1 slot.

- When you post a bid, the bids in your previous posts are considered to be automatically canceled. You can put multiple bids in one post, however.
- All bid prices must be evenly divisible by 0.5.
- The bidding starts at 0.5.
- The auction end time is 02:00:00 on May 9, UTC. Countdown. (The end time may be extended -- see below.)
- If two people bid at the same price, the person who bid first will have his slots filled first.
- Bids are considered invalid and will be ignored if they do not specify both a price and a max quantity, or if they could not possibly win any slots

If any valid bids occur less than 30 minutes before the auction end time, then the auction will be extended by 30 minutes. If any valid bids occur less than 30 minutes before the new end time, then the auction will be extended again, etc. The time will not extend beyond 6 hours total.

You must pay for your slots within 24 hours of receiving the payment address. Otherwise your slot may be sold to someone else.

The auction is still going for a few more minutes due to late bids.

Current state:
Slots BTC Person
1 4.5 bitsforcoins.com
6 4 aurumxchange
1 3.5 edd

Yeah, but you still get charged for the files that you don't need.

~2 hours left

Current state:
Slots BTC Person
8 3.5 edd

Sorry, I just accidentally reversed the "BTC" and "Slots" headers. Edited it.

Current state:
Slots BTC Person
2 2 Goat
3 1.5 ccliu
2 1 Andrew Bitcoiner
0.5 1 Grix