When was the last time you checked?

I can't think of 1 casino or gaming resort that doesn't make money off you or is just in the business for fun.

Bitcoin node

This was not me I dont even use LR?!

There are a few other sites you can play at, SWC is not the only one (I play at SWC, LBP and satoshi)  I have dislikes and likes about  all of them.   I prefer livebitcoinpoker.com first then SWC then Satoshi.   

Livebitcoinpoker.com= NEWER Site With crazy awesome bonuses and since they have limited users right now it's fairly easy to win  some fast cash (I did a review on them)
SWC= Lots of players and has a large following of good and bad (mostly good ppl) but some weird rules (I did a review on them as well)
Satoshi = gotta dl a client but is interesting lol (prefer not to waste too much time)

I run a review site bitcoinscammers.com that we get request daily on these sites. We try to keep it unbiased but the rules of some of these sites (even though they are hardly enforced) are still concerning.

If I were you I would have read it. It states it's just a bonus code if you do that. The freerolls are free and there is no min deposit. However they do have a .5 BTC  withdraw minimum so you better be good lol.

Clearly you are not from the states? Either that or I would assume (yes making an ass out of you and me) that you are based in New York City.
You see there is only one thing Americans value more than money, it's called Fame. This is why major firms take on cases of mass serial murderers pro bono or as a public defender because even though they will be receiving a fraction of what they typically would make they will be receiving the media attention and publicity that only millions if dollars in advertising could buy.
Why wouldn't a prominent law firm with the staff and resources to take this on not? They will get mass media attention. They will be helping a prominent community that if ever needed again could probably hire and pay for their services. They would receive hundreds of thousands in "free" publicity. They will be the go to firm for future legal support when dealing with Bitcoin related items (which could very well put their firm at the forefront of the future). Plus they would be entitled to 33% of any settlement.

It's not an obsession. Individual lawsuits would be tedious, 90% of them would not be able to surpass "small claims" status and would not have the desired impact and/or implication of the greater picture. The fact that hundreds if not thousands are being swindled out of there money. A calculated, organized, hit like a class action lawsuit represented by powerful attorneys would finally put this nightmare to an end.

I am sure the cost would be minimal as this is a popular subject right now and the media attention alone would be worth thousands to a firm. I also believe that BFL does have some significant assets even if they are hidden I'm sure a group of savy tech people like this one could track down a good portion of those assets.

I looked at it but you are right cardinals dont hit left handers.

Because orphaned chains no longer contain valid outputs, any transaction that contains any inputs that can be traced back to that coinbase becomes invalid.  Even if only 1% of the inputs to the transaction are traceable to a minority block coinbase.

For this reason you must wait almost a day to spend it.   What happens with splits that last longer than a day?   In theory those coins could have been used in multiple transactions involving dozens of people and all of those transactions would be invalidated even though they may only contain a fraction of the generated coin.   This is very likely with mining pools that may end up on the wrong side of a split.

The only solution I can think of is to have all clients deny transactions that reference coins minted after the split until the chain merges again.  This would require detecting the split and then holding all coins generated after the split as 'unspendable' until after the remerge determines whether you were on the majority or minority side of the split.  Miners as well as clients would have to know that any transaction that references one of these coinbases is 'unconfirmed' so they can act accordingly. 

What systems are in place to detect splits due to network connectivity interruption?   Is the assumption that SOMEONE will find a way to sync transactions between chains within 24 hours?   Is that a safe assumption?  I suspect that a 50% fall in hash rate would be enough to detect the potential of being on the minority side of a split.   Thoughts? Solutions?

Miners keep complaining about the 90% they give from their devcoins, I think this complain comes out of fear to "lose" their potential wins , this may sound to some a bit absurd, but please let me know if I am wrong.

Bets for 5/24/2013 lets keep up the hot streak.! Remember I will always add more games if I like them so keep checking back for more!

Baseball    Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins       Detroit Tigers -1    8 hours from now    1.62 / -161.3    ฿ 0.01    ฿ 0.0062

Baseball    New York Mets
Atlanta Braves       Atlanta Braves -1    8 hours from now    1.74 / -135.2    ฿ 0.01    ฿ 0.0074

Baseball    Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers       Texas Rangers ML    11 hours from now    1.87 / -115    ฿ 0.01    ฿ 0.0087

Baseball    Milwaukee Brewers
Pittsburgh Pirates       Milwaukee Brewers ML    9 hours from now    1.93 / -107.6    ฿ 0.01    ฿ 0.0093

BTC-e have just switched on their OKPAY service again for a few days, to allow people to move their cash into their exchange, before they switch off the service for another 2 months.

We are seeing all the various financial services throughout the world getting their cogs spun up to make the movement of fiat to a bitcoin exchange so difficult that without already having your cash in the exchange, you can't take advantage of any movements in value.  If you do want to move your fiat into bitcoins the whole process is taking longer and longer - last time it took me 2 weeks.

I don't expect US users to note how difficult it is for the rest of the world, but at this rate its going to be impossible to get enough bitcoins / altcoins into the mainstream to gain enough traction to make any success happen.

Anyone else having this problem, or am I just looking in the wrong place? - BTW, I really don't like MTGox, I don't trust them, and to only use that service to get your bitcoins seems to defeat to object of having them!

Not this year.

I'll buy 1 million for $10 US  BTC/LTC equivalent

bump

YOU THINK THE DHS IS ONLY TARGETING MT GOX? NO! THEY ARE TARGETING BITCOIN

BE SAFE OUT THERE. I AM NOT SUGGESTING PEOPLE USE RIPPLE. USE A BRAINWALLET. BUT RIPPLE IS NOT AFFECTED.

Of course, this is exactly what would happen, and was the goal of TradeFortress all along. I allowed it to happen, it's how the system works, I allowed him to incur debt for bitstamp-backed btc, as he asked. He then gave that BTC to a random unknown user that popped up immediately after (suspicious!)

I use ripple daily, have done for ages, never had any problem, and I only trust gateways that have my BTC and other currencies anyway, or people I know very well.

Bullshit, it's only when the participants do not understand the concept of trust. By that logic pirateat40 revealed a tremendous security vulnerability too.

Yes, he took it from me once, sent it back, then took it again.

MPEX is not the only service where they outright confiscate peoples BTC. 50% of BitBet.us dividends came from confiscated customer Bitcoins:


http://polimedia.us/trilema/2013/bitbet-april-2013-statement/

So what are "gracious donations to shareholders"? They are bets that are placed when the a bet was still open, but get's closed before your bet TX is confirmed by miners. So say you are about to bet 10 BTC on "Yes" for "North Korea will launch more missiles during May". If North Korea launches the missiles while you're sending the TX for the bet, BitBet.us will just keep the Bitcoins and not return them.