Is that what the Blogosphere has come down to - everybody wasting everyone's time with 20 minute videos??!! God, I hate video blogging  There are different use cases. Some people like consuming information through video or audio media. That's why most people watch four hours of TV per day. One of the reasons mobile is so widely used is that you can take it with you. So if you are on your commute, for instance, you might play a video (such as the one referenced in this post) instead of trying to read an article on a tiny little screen. So there are good reasons other than "efficiency" for there beng an audience for video blogging. |
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In scrolling back at the live trade data on #bitcoin-market, I don't see any trades above the 24 hour high that shows on the site ($5.19).
So if there were any trades executed and reversed, they weren't seen by whatever method #bitcoin-market uses to get trade data. (not sure if that is using the streaming API or what.)
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Feature request:
send 15ArtCgi3wmpQAAfYx4riaFmo4prJA4VsK 123mbtc
(millibits)
(mbtcs)
(mbtc)
Right now Coinapult sees that value and thinks I'm trying to send 123 BTC.
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Another bug (I think):
I had made a send request, but then I didn't confirm. Then I made a second request and did confirm and it sent.
I then sent a confirm on the first request but I didn't have enough funds (just to test to see what would happen). The response was "Funds sent". The balance it showed didn't change from the prior balance value, indicating that the funds were not actually sent. And the recipient did not receive any message.
So this doesn't let you cheat Coinapult, but it might be confusing to someone and the message should indicate "Insufficient funds." when trying to confirm a send request where the balance isn't high enough.
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Bug (I think):
I tried sending using a "1" country code, without the "+" (e.g., "1nnnnnnnnn" and not "+1nnnnnnnnn") and though the response was that Funds sent and my balance decreased (Edit: I now think there was no amount subtracted from the balance), the recipient never got a message.
I then tried sending using a +1 country code, and that too sent but the balance did not decrease, and the recipient never got a message.
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Needs examples, of message and response. Like this: me: send 777-333-4444 5btc
Coinapult: Send 5btc to 777-333-4444? Respond 'yes 1wh5er' to confirm.
me: yes 1wh5er
Coinapult: Funds sent. Balance: 10btc
And examples of formats. To any bitcoin address: send 15ArtCgi3wmpQAAfYx4riaFmo4prJA4VsK 0.1 To any e-mail address: send satoshi@nakamoto.com 0.1btc To any mobile number: send 123-456-7890 0.123 0.1 send 1234567890 0.1 And it needs a FAQ maybe? Q.) Can I send to any number? A.) Any number that can accept text messages. Q.) Can I keep a balance in my SMS wallet? Is it secure? A.) Yes. The funds can only be spent after you acknowledge a spend request. Q.) I received the message "Confirmation code not found." Why? A.) Either you entered the wrong confirmation code, or you waited too long to respond. You can send the message again. Q.) I didn't get a response after sending a text. A.) Coinapult uses Twilio. [Not sure why no response ... ??]? Q.) Can I see transaction history? A.) ?? etc. |
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Needs green address (or other instant method). Maybe using a green address? Or from the form, let me paste a redeemable code (in BTCs) from an exchange?
That's an id ten T problem on me (ID10T).
Coinapult does send out the message immediately, on 0/unconfirmed.
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It's really great. I have an google voice account an it works! If I were living in USA I will definitely use it as my daily bitcoin wallet.(not saving wallet of course)
I think I see the problem. You must first have an incoming Coinapult transaction in order for the SMS wallet to be created for that number. I suppose this is to prevent spamming, otherwise Coinapult would be responding to the SMS messages (e.g., for "bal") where no wallet existed yet even. Since each outgoing SMS costs Coinapult, I can see the rationale for not responding to these messages which don't yet have a wallet. |
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Would there be a URL that would cause the page to load with the country already selected? E.g., If I would llke to give the URL to someone from Brazil, I want them to see Boleto automatically on the drop-down. Some will get confused after loading the site and not see any payment method they are familiar, not realizing they can use BitInstant just by clicking on the icon for their country. e.g., http://BitInstant.com/br or http://BitInstant.com/?country=br |
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It will be offers for goods and services like these that will be needed for bitcoin to thrive without having to go through the banking system.
This would be a good match for a coffee shop, hostel, hotel, and other places whose customer base consists of travelers. When bitcoiners congregate at these places they might start to trade, person-to-person, as well. So these bitcoin-powered hotspots could end up being the first true P2P markets where bitcoins are used.
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Does it work from Google Voice?
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I would consider it being before 9th of december according to my calculations.
You know what happens in the future? |
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How do you delete addresses in the bitcoin client?
The ability to remove a key is not yet in the client, but the Bitcoin source 'main" trunk has support fo "removeprivkey' (so a custom build of the client would support it). Here's how that would be used: - http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/3657/153 |
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Currently, Paypal is the best method to send a donation for most organizations and their supporters. This is the method Shawn currently useds for UP. What would raising money look like with bitcoin microtransactions?
Shawn has ~250,000 twitter followers.
Assuming 1/4th of those are genuine, how much would each one have to donate to raise $10,000? Some would give more, some would give less, but on average, just 16 cents. These followers are already interested in what Shawn is doing because they follow him. They are priviliged enough to have an internet connection. I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say that they have a 16 cents laying around and would donate that 16 cents if it were easy to do. Now with BitInstant expanding its cash deposit network to additional locations within the U.S. and to Brazil and Russia, and with the dozen or so additional countries where bitcoins can be easily acquired, a global request for donations is just a Tweet away. The request for donations from a global audience is becoming as simple as sending out a Tweet something to the effect of: - "We now accept bitcoin donations. Here's our address: [bitcoin address]". Here's the person featured in the article. A quarter million people following. Over time, a growing number of those followers will hold some bitcoins. - http://twitter.com/#%21/uncultured(well, reconsidering that -- the address should probably be on a Donate page on the organization's site, secured with https:// ) |
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At the bottom of the BitInstant page is the message:
"Temporary issues with our "bitcoin to email" service"
Does that mean don't choose that option, or just that there could be issues if you do?
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Thanks!
If you have any recommendations on making the syntax clearer, please let me know.
Well, there's one other method. Simply giving me the option to instead send a tip using a form on your site. So I login, enter the amount and to which Twitter username to send the funds, you BTCTip takes it from there. You could even give a checkbox -- Tip anonymously That way the recipient gets your @mention and I never had to post any #btctip message that my followers had to read. As a bookend to this thread, the BTCTip announcement and support thread is: - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=68320.0 |
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