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Green energy is about the same cost as carbon. When carbon taxes raise the costs of carbon energy by 4x, then green energy will be 4x cheaper. If you choose to use carbo energy, then you are forcing yourself into poverty. Save me the conspiracy theories. Show me how the taxes affect wind, water, nuclear, and solar power.
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Where did I store that box of vinyl LPs?
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I am curious how this will be used for purchases without a camera.
Or a functional infrastructure i.e. way to connect to the actual blockchain. Both functions are provided for in the same way, a 'sensor' mesh network that permits such devices to talk to each other, as well as an access point wireless dongle that permits all of these type devices to talk to the Internet at large. That makes a lot of sense if it can talk to my Bluetooth phone with a built-in camera, smartphone, or whatever. What makes no sense is to need to interface with your phone in the first place. It's like trying to sell a sports car that is pulled by a horse. I didn't say anything about bluetooth. No, the video said unlicensed radio. I do not know what that means in every country. |
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I am curious how this will be used for purchases without a camera.
Or a functional infrastructure i.e. way to connect to the actual blockchain. Both functions are provided for in the same way, a 'sensor' mesh network that permits such devices to talk to each other, as well as an access point wireless dongle that permits all of these type devices to talk to the Internet at large. That makes a lot of sense if it can talk to my Bluetooth phone with a built-in camera, smartphone, or whatever. |
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I am curious how this will be used for purchases without a camera.
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We will be blogging about it in real time!
It's starting to sound like bragging!  |
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I have a question about the security of the deterministic wallet algorithm of Armory. Is it possible to deduce the private key(s) of other addresses in the same wallet in the following situation?
I use unsalted deterministic Brain Wallets. You don't want to import a deterministic private key into any wallet until you are going to transmit, and then you'll want to destroy that wallet. |
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I don't care if energy costs quadruple if that's what it takes to break our addiction to carbon fuel. Cold turkey is sometimes the only cure.
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Walker reminds me of the Vietnam War. The protests then were almost as big as they are now. It's good to see people actually giving a shit about anything.
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I'm interested in the Philippine exchange. What seems to be happening now is people send me bitcoins and I simply deposit the cash to their bank account. (I give them a list of preferred banks, such as BPI and BDO simply because those are near my location.)
So you'd need to have a lot of cash on hand if someone decides to send you a lot of bitcoins.
The other way around is a little more difficult since I don't have enough bitcoins to exchange with people's cash, yet. Not too many locals have been willing to give me bitcoins (or have any to give at all.)
What I plan to do is develop a network of private lenders. If they get loan re-payments in Bitcoin, they won't be exchanging them for cash. The bitcoin received will likely be through BitInstant. I will be exchanging the Bitcoin for cash through a PNB deposit. Bitcoin will evolve as people get used to using it. |
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Too bad there aren't Walmarts in Vietnam. I can't believe I just wrote that.  |
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I think receivers of remmitence payments are usually unbanked and would want to convert their bitcoins to cash, not a bank deposit. So an exchange booth on the street is probably the best way of starting off.
I think it would be best to partner with a local operator of local currency exchange booths. They already have all the necessary licences and infrastructure.
In the Philippines and other Asian countries, private loans are virtually unregulated. They are short term and high interest. Many filipinos have family members overseas that can also help out when needed. Western Union and Xoom are either expensive or inconvenient. Now they can go to Walmart and send Bitcoin to an email address for a few dollars. I see this as a potential niche market. Years ago I might have called this loansharking, but I reserve that term to the title and payday loan operators nowadays. Private loans are for far less fees and interest. |
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I am thinking of starting a Bitcoin exchange network in the Philippines. I have friends everywhere from Manila to Zamboanga. It will probably begin with private contract loans and extend to remittance payments in Bitcoin.
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I subscribe to the psychological theories of Daniels, Walker, and Cuervo.
And I subscribe to this thread. I alone could make OP a very rich man, but just wait till Atlas PMs him...or even logansryche Yeah, that's my problem with health services for money. You never know if they are trying to heal you or make a boat payment. |
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I subscribe to the psychological theories of Daniels, Walker, and Cuervo.
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Thanks, deadlyasp. If this business takes off, I'll try to send a Bitcoin your way  . Thank you  . The period ends the sentence. The emoticon is not punctuation, nor a word. It is not part of the sentence. It's a personal preference. An emoticon is meant to convey an emotion or facial expression, and by placing it before the period I'm implying that the emotion is retained throughout the sentence rather than merely introduced after it.  ! |
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Good luck BurntSnow, I hope at least somebody can succeed with this idea here where I failed Hope you don't get the reception I did  Take it neither personally nor seriously, especially when smiley emoticons are used. Who said I took it personally? I just found it rather immature is all. I honestly meant it when I say all the luck in the world to BurntSnow, Freelance Writing can be a bitch of an industry I know, right? It's literally impossible to make a living by writing... [edit] BTW, I see what you did there. |
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Good luck BurntSnow, I hope at least somebody can succeed with this idea here where I failed Hope you don't get the reception I did Take it neither personally nor seriously, especially when smiley emoticons are used. |
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