I believe volume on btcchina is at least a few hundred BTC per day and it's fees are about the cheapest of any exchange. It's RMB is a bit less than Mt. Gox but IMO it's not such a huge difference to warrant the effort to try and do arbitrage.

If you can purchase BTC directly from a US individual then I can't see a cheaper way you could such a transfer (and if you happen to buy on a slow rise you'll probably actually profit out of the transfer).

Of course you can write some terrible stuff in C++ but typically the only problems I tend to find these days are dealing with C style interfaces which are the ones most likely to need to deal with pointers to buffers (and even worse void pointers).

I am not sure exactly what the bitcoin-qt problem is *but* there is no such problem in the older client (so why not blame Qt rather than C++ itself?).

To offer a parallel criticism I remember years ago when Adaptive Server Anywhere first decided to rewrite their C++ SQL query tool in Java (the reason why I could never actually work out as the C++ worked extremely well). The resulting program was such an embarrassment (queries that used to take seconds taking minutes, exceptions being thrown all the time and memory usage ridiculously high) that they had to include the old C++ program anyway (and I don't think anyone would have seriously tried using the Java app more than once or twice).

So can we agree that "crap can be written in any language" and stop with the language bashing?

I won't dispute that C++ has a large (maybe the largest) learning curve but if you learn it properly then I don't see it being more likely to result in poorer quality code.

In modern C++ one rarely uses plain pointers excepting the case of using them for the purpose of adding extra "optional" function arguments. If you don't know about them please read up on "smart pointers".

You could also try looking into https://www.weexchange.co (not sure exactly about their current status though).

Unfortunately although I tell XP what DNS I want to use it seems (at least when using stand-by mode) whenever my router re-allocates my local IP address I lose this (and I end up back at the injected China Unicom link).

If I disable and re-enable the connection it comes good so perhaps this is just a problem with XP networking.

From their home screen:


That's not a flat $5 fee AFAICT (although that is a lot cheaper than they used to be).

Okay - finally got XP working to!

After changing the DNS to 178.32.31.41 for the network connection (and rebooting which perhaps might not have been necessary if I just disconnected and reconnected I guess) I can now type ciyam.bit and get redirected to www.ciyam.com.

Although I think my DNS resolving is now a little slower going through this IP (would be better if *only* did this for .bit) at least now I can actually see something via a browser.

Was able to get some progress made for Linux.

Adding this to the /etc/resolv.conf:

nameserver 178.32.31.41

seems to do the job for it.

Sure - I don't think anyone thinks it's a bad idea for you to want to work extra hours (for pay of course).

The problem is that if your labor is just not valued at all (which it basically wouldn't be if you are in direct competition with the developing countries) then you won't even get a job to start with (in which case your biggest problem won't be over getting the latest plasma TV).

Specifically in regards to the OP I'm sure you can find other ways to make extra money outside of the 40 hours if you want to.

Well to a fair extent I think it could be argued that a large proportion of the first world's "wealth" is generated by big business through the use of 3rd world labor for the benefit of the share holders and upper management - and for this case they are indeed generating enough wealth for their lifestyle (just look at those yachts and private jets).

So no problem as long as you are in the right group (a large shareholder or part of the "team") - the rest of the first world populace is the problem (which I guess includes you as you are neither of these two groups). So all those outside of the two groups don't deserve anything (including a job) as you are basically not needed.

Well then don't complain when the majority of jobs are outsourced to China and India and the majority of other people in developed countries become unemployed (unless you really do want to work your 80 hours a week for a few measly bucks to be on the "same level").

You just need to look at countries like China where often the most lowly paid are also the most ridiculously overworked (often the overtime not paid anyway as it is deemed "just something you have to do if you want this job").

There's nothing like the fear of unemployment to give bosses free labor.

I am using XP and have my DNS manually setup to 8.8.8.8/8.8.8.4 (although being in China I guess requests can be hijacked no matter).

Using http://proxy.dot-bit.org I do at least see ciyam.bit ==> www.ciyam.com mapping but it doesn't take me to the site and instead shows this message:


As stated before http://www.bitviewer.net just takes me to fma.com - and trying directly just takes me to a Chinese "catch all unknown" website.

I got the /etc/resolv.conf approach tried in Australia but nslookup just returns the following:

** server can't find ciyam.bit: NXDOMAIN

(is there something you need to send a signal to after modifying that file?).

I also get this using nslookup:

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    ciyam.bit.namecoin-suffix.dot-bit.org
Address:  178.32.31.42

but also can't get any further.

Okay - but neither the Windoze .reg nor Linux /etc/resolv.conf methods described in the namecoin wiki are working for me (although initially bx.bit did come up under Windows for a while last week).

If anyone has any method that works to see ciyam.bit (just from Australia is fine as perhaps it is impossible in China) then I'd really appreciate to know it (the OP website doesn't work either).

Pinging namecoin-suffix.dot-bit.org from either PRC or Australia results in:

unknown host namecoin-suffix.dot-bit.org

so AFAICT the instructions concerned .reg entries or /etc/resolv.conf are of no use whatsoever now (and yes I can no longer go to bx.bit or anything else that had worked in my attempts before).

Must admit it is a tad disappointing to have purchased a shiny new TLD that to all practical purposes is unreachable.

Now that sounds more like it. 

If it is ACH then as I understand it would most definitely be reversible (that was the whole Dwolla problem wasn't it?).

Certainly in Australia even an EFT can be reversed (although not so simple if between different banks as I found out the hard way with WBX and ANZ).

Interesting (pretty sure that don't happen down under) - I was reading an Australian article discussing about cash being used less and less and that cheques are most likely to become scrapped in a matter of years.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-13/australians-shunning-cash-for-cards/3885930

tl;dr "We know for instance that cheques are on a decline, there's about eight years left in the cheque system... and then we probably won't use cheques, we'll have to find other forms of payment," he said.

Not actually clear about what type of cheques now (was assuming the OP's quote of my post unchanged meant my question was wrong therefore he was talking about "bank cheques").

Personal/company cheques take days to clear so obviously they are of no use.

Even with bank cheques I'm pretty sure that (at least in Australia) it would require physical inspection (not a scanned picture).

Unfortunately I think pretty much any transaction that a bank does is reversible.

In regards to cheques are you referring to personal/company or "bank cheques" (as certainly in Australia they are treated very differently)?


Cheers,

Ian.