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5321  Economy / Currency exchange / Re: Moneybookers for your BTC! on: July 18, 2012, 12:39:43 AM
As subject states, I'm looking for BTC/LR for the MB I have. I have a sustainable amount/income in MB and wishes to change to LR or BTC as I am doing trading and the trading site only accept LR.

It might be hard to find a trade here since Moneybookers doesn't like bitcoin transactions any more than PayPal does.  (and has frozen the accounts for those who've done person-to-person bitcoin trades.

Did you happen to know that VirWoX accept Moneybookers  / Skrill?

 - https://www.virwox.com/
5322  Other / Meta / Re: Historic data on forum visitation? on: July 18, 2012, 12:04:35 AM
Thank you Theymos. I swear I tried searching first.
I will plot it out tonight and post my results here.

There are tabs where charts for New Posts and for Page Views ... and other data are here:

 - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmcTCtjBoRWUdHJuUE1mUkFxa3A0eHBDQkxZLVVFZmc
5323  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Bitcoin price skyrocket? on: July 17, 2012, 11:43:44 PM
Anyone knows if the price is going to go down sometimes, or will it just continue to raise?

Everyone can see that this rise in price is boosted by speculation.  But the saying is that nobody rings a bell at the top.  There are a lot of technical traders thinking there is room to go up to $12 though.

That being said, we're still down nearly 75% from 2011's high.
5324  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is there a way to estimate the number of bitcoin users? on: July 17, 2012, 10:23:56 PM
I think anyone who treats this as more than a silly little game/research experiment is probably a fool...

Are you referring to bitcoin?  Millions of dollars a month are converted at the exchanges.  There is additional commerce that stays in bitcoin rather than requiring exchange to/from fiat (though it is a significantly lesser amount, to-date) .  And bitcoin is barely known by anyone except for techies currently.

Are you just saying bitcoin is, today, inconsequential in size not worth measuring, or are you saying something else?
5325  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Cant open wallet. on: July 17, 2012, 10:15:53 PM
I just tried to open up my wallet and get an error, restarted and reinstalled but still wouldn't load both time, I do have my wallet.dat saved but yea its just wont load.

When you say that you reinstalled, does that mean clean -- with no blockhain?

The latest version of the client is less accepting of a bad wallet whereas the older client didn't catch it.   Was that possibly what happened (wallet worked fine until you started using the latest?)

There have been reports that -upgradewallet will repair it, even though that's not what -upgradewallet was meant to do
 
 - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=89173.msg986426#msg986426
5326  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: How do I buy bitcoins in Argentina? on: July 17, 2012, 10:01:57 PM
There are no bitcoiners in my city. I can't seem to use credit cards nor paypal either in any site. International bank wire transfer is a mess with a lot of papers required to do the transaction.

Here's a thread from others in the region:
 - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=64997.0

Now that Bitcoin Nordic accepts payments using CashU, which in turn accepts UKash vouchers for adding funds, bitcoins can now be purchased in quite a few more countries, including Argentina:

The full list of Latin American countries where UKash may be purchased:

 - Argentina
 - Mexico
 - Bolivia
 - Brazil
 - Colombia
 - Equador
 - Uraguay

 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/UKash#Central_and_South_America
 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Nordic
 - http://www.BitcoinNordic.com
5327  Economy / Gambling / Re: bitZino - HTML5 Bitcoin Casino - Provably Fair on: July 17, 2012, 06:30:55 PM
- Alternative cash-in mechanism (MT Gox codes, or importing private keys)

Changing 50!



I just wanted to share this to show what is coming.  Currently paper bitcoins are already possible with BitAddress.org, but "coming soon" will be these.

 -  http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=92969.0

Though you would only use these for gifts or for transferring bitcoins among parties where there is mutual trust, these paper coins make bitcoins accessible to a wider segment of the population.

I'm hoping that bitZino prioritizes the ability to import (redeem) private keys, as I know exactly what will happen next.  Anyone behind the counter that cares to can become a local bitcoin exchange (well, for selling bitcoins, at least).

So at the coffee shop I pay for my coffee and hand over $5 for a fraction of a bitcoin, scan the paper voucher into bitZino, and play a few hands of blackjack while getting my caffeine fix.  By the time I leave there will be so much dopamine coursing through my veins I might just return after lunch for more.  :-)
5328  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is there a way to estimate the number of bitcoin users? on: July 17, 2012, 03:53:20 PM
Is it fair to say that although the number of connected nodes isn't a good count now,

It doesn't count a single ewallet user.

Here's an example.  BlockChain.info's wallet are not on the node list:



Now it doesn't differentiate between wallet account and wallet accounts with a non-zero balance (or non-trivial, more than the bitcoin faucet's freebie worth of bitcoins), so these can't be considered as true users.
5329  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: We Must Get Bitcoin to FreedomFest! on: July 17, 2012, 07:50:31 AM
Trace Mayer of HowToVanish.com attended, and got a little publicity:

 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB30alf2smw
5330  Bitcoin / Press / Re: NEW articles in Press Forum on: July 17, 2012, 07:34:53 AM
2012-07-16 gawker.com - Are Authorities Closing In On the Online Drug Market Sil

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=93707.msg1035698#msg1035698
5331  Bitcoin / Press / Re: NEW articles in Press Forum on: July 17, 2012, 07:33:41 AM
2012-07-16 betabeat.com - Vending Machine Art Project Converts Euros Into Bitcoi

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=93673.0



2012-07-16 theverge.com - German art student builds Euro-to-Bitcoin vending mach

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=93674.msg1035104#msg1035104
5332  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Bitinstant taking a long time? on: July 17, 2012, 06:20:11 AM
Normally bitinstant works instantly for me, but its been over 30 minutes since i tried transferring $500 from mtgox to btc-e. I already  emailed their support address and tried to talk to someone in their live chat, but it is empty. Does anyone else know any tricks to push this through faster, or to somehow reverse it and bring my money back to mtgox?

This is what it's telling me on my order status page with them: Order execution failed!

For the IRC chat, keep it connected, and ping for help periodically, like every 15 minutes.   They don't have 24/7 support but between the hours that their UK and U.S. staff check it, you'll hit someone eventually.

BTW, while they are normally pretty quick, keep in mind this is probably their busiest day either ever or in a long time.
5333  Economy / Currency exchange / Re: WTB BTC for 500 USD. Will pay gift cards or paypal. on: July 17, 2012, 05:49:55 AM
9 post? check
$500 in BTC? check
Paying with reversible funds? check

Right ... puffn, if you weren't aware, there are plenty of methods to purchase bitcoins using cash -- deposited at a bank, or at a 7-11, Walmart, CVS, etc.

 - http://www.BitFloor.com (deposit at Chase bank, no fee)
 - http://www.BitInstant.com (deposit at major banks, 7-11, Walmart, CVS, etc.  (in the U.S., or in Brazil, Boletto or Banco Recomendito, or in Russia Qiwi or Cyberplat)
 - http://www.CAVirtex.com (in Canada, deposit cash at several banks)
 - http://www.SpendBitcoins.com (in Australia, deposit cash at several banks)
 - http://www.MrBitcoins.com (in India, deposit cash at HDFC)
 - http://www.BitcoinNordic.com (buy CashU cards in the Middle East, or buy UKash vouchers in Central and South America, dozens of other countries).

Also, there are local traders:

 - http://www.LocalBitcoins.com

If you must go with gift cards, Get-Bitcoin will take them.  You mail them in, and after they are spent successfully the bitcoins are released.

 - http://www.Get-Bitcoin.com

There are a lot of options:

 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Buying_bitcoins
5334  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: WTB BTC with MB on: July 17, 2012, 01:16:54 AM
I have funds in MB that wishes to convert to BTC. I have made a few exchange with people here.

Feedbacks:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=90937

MB is Moneybookers? (now known as Skrill)?
5335  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: KYE (Know Your Exchange): BitFloor on: July 16, 2012, 09:25:36 PM
Secondly: I questioned Gavin Andresen on him continuing to provide what appears like accounting advice, despite the following:

2a) he had closed his personal Bitcoin business (Clearcoin) before he was legally obliged to submit paperwork under the penalty of perjury.
2b) he continues to make implicit statements portraying bitcoin{d,-qt} as compliant with the GAAP (both for the USA and the rest of the Western world and its accounting tradition).

Your previous posts on the subject:
 - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=42444.msg521426#msg521426
5336  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Wallet encryption "only" protects against spending? on: July 16, 2012, 09:08:01 PM
You can encrypt your entire wallet using Truecrypt or EncFS if you really want to, but be aware that this might not provide as much protection as you think.

What is this supposed to mean? I thought truecrypt was impossible to break if you have a long enough pass?

If your system is compromised (e.g., malware that does keylogging), it is compromised -- truecrypt or not.
5337  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: [ANN] bitfloor cash deposit, ACH withdraw, and wire transfers on: July 16, 2012, 08:48:28 PM
I had trouble trying to enter a market BUY order earlier today.  I didn't keep a record of the error it showed -- something to the effect of "coins had already been sold or something to that effect".   I tried multiple times, multiple amounts.  I did then see my market order enter but it sat there and did not get filled.

I canceled and then switched so that it did a limit order BUY and the limit order executed just fine, as did all subsequent limit orders.

Was there an execution problem earlier or does this need more specifics to be able to troubleshoot?
5338  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: [ANN] Cryptocurrency Legal Advocacy Group (CLAG) on: July 16, 2012, 08:25:08 PM
The website theclag.org is giving a fatal error:

"<b>Fatal error</b>:  Call to a member function get_feed_permastruct()"
5339  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: California Money Transmission Act Making Bitcoins illegal in California? on: July 16, 2012, 08:20:24 PM
So by my reading if you transfer bitcoins

That's even technically incorrect.  I don't transfer bitcoins to anyone.   I simply share some data that my software created.  That data happens to allow you to "spend" bitcoins that previously I could spend, so functionally it works like a transfer but at the technical level there's no "transfer" occurring.

Perhaps some day CLAG will have some more on this:
 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cryptocurrency_Legal_Advocacy_Group
5340  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin price will reach $25 by the end of the year on: July 16, 2012, 08:09:47 PM
So if the amount of money that will be invested in ASIC "by the last quarter of 2012" will be double the amount of money invested in FPGAs "last quarter of 2011", you should expect BTC price rising more than double "$12 to $15"

Why would these two have anything to do with each other?
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