The world's biggest Bitcoin convention happens in Vegas this fall - October 5 -7.  Everything you ever wanted to know about the latest in Bitcoin will be happening there. http://insidebitcoins.com/las-vegas/.  Virtually everyone involved in bitcoin will be there.   

If you book a room now, you'll only pay about $50 for a great suite at any major hotel on the strip.  The 'D' is downtown and a $15 taxi ride to the convention which was at the MGM last year.  Better to stay at the south end of the strip and walk.  Try NewYork, NewYork hotel, Monte Carlo, Luxor.  Those are cheap, cheap, cheap and close.  

I am certain you won't want to miss the Vegas Bitcoin convention.  It sold out last year to everyone's surprise.  Next year it is sure to do the same - so better to book early.

Same thing that made me believe they'd meet the specification.  I am an idiot.

I was at the D on Saturday night.  Went to the Robocoin machine.  The cool thing was, someone was using it when I arrived and we had to wait.  Very cool that it wasn't just some stupid box sitting there being ignored. 

The D is a dump actually.  Nobody in their right mind would stay downtown.  However, the D had excellent advertisements about bitcoin above the bar on the walking street.  That part was really cool. 

The Travel Lodge across from City Center also has a machine.  Across street from Aria.  Vegas is right for bitcoin.  Nevada doesn't get so hung up as California about regulating shit that doesn't yet need to be regulated.  When it becomes a real problem, I think Nevada will regulate it.  For now, it looks like Vegas welcomes bitcoin in many ways.  Soon at the blackjack tables I expect. 

That's pretty funny.  I bought MSC at .01 last year and today they are worth .03.  That is 300% appreciation.  Can you please give me another investment so good as MSC? 

MSC is working hard on a kick-ass protocol.  They don't care one bit about the exchange and liquidity.  Those are private markets having nothing to do with protocol development.  If people buy and sell there, it has nothing to do with the money held by the foundation to hire programmers to continue their work to advance the protocol.  The foundation does indeed hope BTC price goes up so they have more money to pay others, but only the day traders give a flying fuck about the very meager trade activity in MasterXChange.  MasterXChange is no reflection whatever true value of the MastercoinProtocol.  Only a very tiny percentage of MSC holders participate in MasterXChange activity - and nearly all of those are kooks. 

MasterXChange doesn't reflect any true consensus of value - only those holding appreciable amounts of MSC could tell you that. 

TraderTimm - you sure spew out tons of shit.  Did you lose your wife's ring in this deal?

This will cost them dearly.  Finally they are in a position to lead in something interesting.  This will put them very far behind others.  While the US is writing the Bitcoin Rule Book, China is simply banning it.  They ban everything. 

When Mastercoin is totally failed, debunked and defunct, it will be very easy to say why it died.  The user interfaces - are all totally impossible to use.  User friendliness is at an all time bottom for any system which desires widespread use.  The black user interface of Masterchest windows wallet is horrible.  Omniwallet does work at all.  The whole thing is a raging joke.  No matter how persistent one is, the wallets are simply garbage which doesn't permit use of the protocol.  So users simply leave - probably to NXT - never to return.  Mastercoin is just unusable.

Can one send MaidSafeCoins via MastercoinAdvisor.py?  Can we get some instruction how to code that?

Can anyone suggest a way to send MaidSafeCoin which is even somewhat possible?  How can one transmit this new SP?  

The Fed just has a VERY simply registration.  Takes no time at all.  FinCen doesn't give money transmitter licenses.  They just want you to register.  VERY EASY.  You don't need a 'license' from the Fed.  Only the state.  Today, with a very very easy registration at FINCEN, you could open a bitcoin exchange in Dallas!  TODAY!

I am a major investor looking for bitcoin projects.  We currently have tons of money to spend - and particularly on programmers.  However, we are looking for projects with not much potential rather than projects with a lot of potential.  Otherwise, your project seems a very good fit for us.

Good luck in your endeavor. 

Wow - In case you missed this...
http://www.coindesk.com/new-texas-memorandum-outlines-initial-bitcoin-exchange-guidelines/  

It basically says Texas isn't going to regulate bitcoin exchanges and you don't need a money transmitter license in Texas - at all.

"Therefore absent a legislative change to the statute, no currency exchange license is required in Texas to conduct any type of transaction exchanging virtual with sovereign currencies"

Direct quote from the Texas Department of Banking.  It is not an interpretation.  It is direct from the horses mouth.  Therefore, you can open a bitcoin exchange for all Texas customers - TODAY!  No license necessary.  I think only Idaho has a similar situation.  

This is BY FAR the single most important document we've ever received from any United States government.
http://www.dob.texas.gov/lg_manual/sm1037.pdf 

This is HIGHLY favorable to bitcoin.  Please read it now.  Read it carefully.  Celebrate later.

It has two wheels, it must be a bicycle - right?  It has motor driven wheels, it must be a car?  

Why have such a stupid argument?  It is not a fucking bicycle nor a car.  It is something new.  Not a bicycle; not a car.  

Why is the IRS trying to decide whether bitcoin is 'property' or 'currency'.  It is not either.  It is something new.  It has new attributes never seen before.  It needs new rules.  Rules for property are totally inappropriate for bitcoin.  Rules for currency are inappropriate too.  

Cryptocurrency is a new thing - stop trying to decide whether it is a bicycle or a car.  Let's start making new rules appropriate for this new thing.

Its actually Bitcoin Improvement Proposal.  WTF is wrong with your Googler - did it break?

Basis Points.  It is 1/100 of a point.

Exactly half of all people involved are willing to bet bitcoin will go up from $485 and the other half are sure it will go down from $485.  That is how open and free markets work.  People are betting very large sums it will go up - and the other people are betting large sums it will go down.  If the number of people on either side shifts even slightly, the price will immediately change to reflect that until it is again 50/50.  

Absolutely nobody thinks it will go down to $100.  'likely'?  lol!  

There is a very tall stack load of shit you can laugh at about Americans - no doubt.  But one thing is striking - the Fed, including Obama, and all those at higher levels - all actually believe they work at the will of the people.  When the people vote - the government listens.  It is pure nonsense that the government is out trying to get the people and that the government feels it rules.  In the US, like tvbcof said, even the IRS can seriously get the shit kicked out of them.  

If Americans want to make a law that bitcoin is currency - they are certainly allowed to make that law.  Really.  

If the IRS wants to make a law that bitcoin is 'property' - they can't.  The IRS doesn't make laws.  Ever.  Today, the IRS said: "according to the laws we have today, we must treat bitcoin as property".  If anyone doesn't like that, they can easily change the law.  One or two cooperating congressmen - and this thing is up for full debate in congress.  Congress doesn't care about bitcoin - they actually like it.  We saw that already.  It was funny - everyone here was amazed how favorable the lead congressman was.  BTC went shooting through the roof in price.  The US congress has only spoken favorably about bitcoin.  You won't get much resistance to progress in the US.  They like that shit over there.  Why do you think so many cool new things come out of Silicon Valley?  They love that shit.

Thanks dude!  That's awesome.  Actually, I live in Spain.  But close enough.  I am just trying to convince those freaking Americans to get control of their servants at the IRS who are supposed to be follow the will of the people.


Only people who like to cry about how helpless they are take this attitude.  "Oh poor me, the government is owned by rich people and they are trying to fuck poor me all day" - pathetic. 

I understand not all here are Americans, but many will understand one very important principle in American government: The Fed works for the people!!

Don't forget that.  Even Obama (and others in government) say it quite proudly.  The IRS DOES NOT make the rules.  The people make the rules.  The people make the rules - by way of their representative in congress.  Congress writes all laws.  The IRS cannot make a 'law'.  The IRS simple reads the laws the people made and tries to enforce them carefully.  They do this by making 'rules' and interpretations.

Often times, the IRS makes a rule which is clearly wrong.  A federal judge looks at the IRS rule or interpretation and tells the IRS they got is all wrong.  The judge tells the IRS to knock their shit off and go back and fix their 'rule'.  This happens all the time.  The IRS, even the commissioner, even president Obama, cannot make any laws.  Really, I am not kidding about this.

The people - by way of congress - make ALL laws.  If the people want bitcoin to be a currency and not 'property', the people have the right to make that law, and enact it right away.  This can happen VERY FAST. 

Two things the bitcoin community can do.  1) start a bounty.  The first congressman to bring a bill (proposed law) to congress with a provision mandating that bitcoin be treated as currency for tax purposes, gets the bounty donated to his campaign next term.  2) write to congressmen/women. 

Congressmen and women don't really like taking letters from non-Americans, but they will consider them. 

So stop crying about the IRS.  The IRS simply make a 'rule' which they believe reflects the laws the people already wrote long ago.  Just because those laws are not clear on cryptocurrency, the new rule didn't fall in our favor.  But there is nothing whatsoever preventing the people from bringing this new law - which the IRS MUST enforce.  The IRS CANNOT change nor ignore the law.  We, as the community of people MUST bring this new law.  If we fail to bring a new law, then we are stuck with the old rule.  However, there is NOTHING which prevents the people from bringing this new law.  No matter how much Obama or the IRS might HATE it, the new law brought to congress will be the new law - no matter what. 

IRS does not make new laws.  The people make new laws.  Bitcoiners should donate to congressmen/women who express a favorable position to bitcoin and they should fight against those in government who try to limit bitcoin.  The very first thing we need to do at bitcointalk is compile a list of congressmen/women who are pro bitcoin and antibitcoin.  When it becomes time to vote, we vote out those who thing bitcoin is property so the newly voted congress can bring the laws we need.

The IRS does not make law.  The IRS CANNOT make laws.  The people make the laws (in the US).  Those crazy fuckers in China don't have a congress and the government can make any law they want - and then change it again three time in the next month.  What a roller coaster.

Looks like JR is closing all Mastercoin threads.  That's a shame because the only place people can reasonably learn about Mastercoin is in these fora.  Therefore, I've started a new thread which JR cannot force people to stop using...
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=549290.msg5978864#msg5978864

Now that Dacoinminster has attempted to close all Mastercoin threads on bitcoin to move the discussion to their forum - a forum which nobody includeing Ron or JR bother to post in, we need a new thread to discuss Mastercoin issues.

Give us your opinion about Mastercoin, the 'Internet of Money' related matters...

Wow.  That was a mouthful.  You probably have a fair point on some of that stuff.  For sure the PR is lacking.  No offense to Dom who works hard.  But I think the priority has been to work diligently on the technical aspects.  Once those are working, a good PR scheme will introduce them properly to the community. 

On the other hand, it seems like a knowledgeable longtime mastercoiner like you has loads to contribute.  I sure hope you find your deal with the team and are welcomed into the effort to perfect that which will soon become a very powerful Mastercoin protocol. 

The first step to rehab is to put down the bong.  C'mon buddy - you've had enough now.