Buried Keys is now live! It is a rudimentary version, but ideas are welcome.

You're gonna eat those words when a bitcent will buy a car.

I am so sick and tired of people being afraid of what might happen. Does anyone think that the inside traders that steal trillions care about getting caught? Bitcoin is an open ledger, so there is always at least some transparency. Regulators should be thanking Nefario for showing us the future of investment structures.

I wouldn't call litecoin dead, just dormant. Its revival will probably depend on a great success of Bitcoin.

If the USA dictates dotcoms, then it can be moved to a domain not controlled by the USA. QED.

It's not quite yet ready for launch. I will unlock it what it's ready. I suppose I should remove the link forwarding for now. Thanks.

Coming soon. A new game site. Here's a description:

This site introduces the hobby of treasure and scavenger hunting to the global community. The site is arranged by subjects of interest in order to create labyrinths of exciting puzzles, quests, and learning. [link removed] edit: The link is at the end.

Buried Keys is a website introducing the hobby of exploring and digging for buried online treasure. The site is arranged by subjects of interest in order to create labyrinths of exciting puzzles, quests, and learning that suits your interests. You will begin each new adventure by going to the Topic you are interested in and choosing a Dig. New Digs will have unclaimed treasure keys. Each Dig question reveals a part of the key to the buried treasure. You may compete with other treasure hunters for the keys or you may visit older Digs that may no longer have prizes, but are still fun! The Topics, Digs, keys, and rewards are solely at the discretion of the site owner. There is no fee for participation. Each Dig is a winner-take-all contest. There are no guarantees of any rewards since others are competing with you, but that never stopped true treasure hunters!

Prizes
The rewards for playing Buried Keys are the keys to unlock a cryptographic treasure in the form of Bitcoin. These Bitcoin can be stored in your own treasure chest or spent to buy things at many online sites. It is recommended that you familiarize yourself with Bitcoin and how to create a wallet. There are many programs you may download as source code that you can compile yourself or you may simply trust the program providers and download them to use right away. There are also several online wallets that can be used, but it is not advisable to store very much at one time nor any for very long. They are available as many computer and smartphone versions, and they should all work pretty well for this website.

Once you complete all the digs for each buried key, you will enter them in order into a specialized key generator of that series of words. The public part of the key must match the public key presented on the dig page. The private key will then be entered by you importing it into your Bitcoin program, app, or online wallet. You will then, as soon as you are able to, spend that amount to a secure Bitcoin address. After the Bitcoin is sent to your own private address, it is advisable to delete the address imported by you or else someone else may solve the dig after you and get a copy of the keys for themselves and steal your treasure out from under your nose! It is also possible that you may get the keys yourself right after someone else and they are already spent. This is all about competition.

This process is somewhat complex at the moment. If you are not familiar with how Bitcoin works, it is advisable to get assistance from someone that has expertice with Bitcoin.

Once you have all the answers that you think are correct, it's time to get your Bitcoin.

Get Bitcoin
It would be a good idea to get to understand this process before playing Buried Keys competitively. This is a multi-step process for now, but soon it should be much simpler. These step-by-step instructions should suffice in the meantime. First of all, you will need to have all your Dig questions in order. You will then need a way to type all of them into a special kind of Private Key generator. There are several. One of the easiest is to use BitAddress. This is a Java program that can even run offline if you want to disconnect from the internet to use it. You will then go to the Wallet Details tab and type in (or copy/paste) each word in your answers with one space between them into the Enter Private Key box. They are case sensitive and can only be letters and numbers. Example: altimeter vegetarian chocolate periwinkle Yosemite juniper Jupiter George Washington

By pressing the View Details button and then OK you would get a Bitcoin Address (it starts with a 1) that should match the Bitcoin Address with the Dig. In this case the Bitcoin Address is 1thRWQZVUqBFcyGhBkHM2nS29e5Sj7gb1 along with a corresponding QR code. If that matches the Bitcoin Address for the Dig, then you look for the Private Key (starts with a 5 and is base58). In this case it is 5KSxXCvfEjujLKCya8H7YHepGCBiWmiU6cvkkfH7W4H16VvGApd.

Once you have your Private Key, you can then unlock the treasure, but you will need to use it quickly before someone else also finds the key and removes the treasure before you do!

Once you have your Private Key, there are several ways to redeem it for Bitcoin. Probably the easiest is to use an online wallet. It is not recommended to use online wallets for large amounts. The reason is that you are storing money on someone's server that offers no insurance against loss from accident or theft. For Buried Keys, they should be fine for short term storage. The first one recommended is MtGox. You will need to set up an account that requires only a username, password, and a valid email address. Once your account is active there is a section where you can import your Private Key and acquire Bitcoin. MtGox will automatically secure your imported Bitcoin so you don't have to worry about someone stealing it.

Another online wallet is My Wallet where you can then go into the import section (after acknowledging that it is an advanced feature) and import your Private Key. Once the address is verified after up to a, you will need to send the Bitcoin from that address to another address. Either send it to another one on My Wallet or anywhere else that has a secure address for which no one else has a key. You will then need to click the far right archive button next to your newly imported key.

There are also downloadable Bitcoin clients for computers and smartphones that have much of this functionality too. Once you have your Bitcoin, these are also great ways to start spending Bitcoin!
http://sites.google.com/site/buriedkeys/

I must say, GLBSE seems much improved. I am developing some businesses and am likely to use GLBSE when I need extra capital to take them to the next level.

“The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
― Maya Angelou

Yeah, we're here for ya, Buddy.

Someone had an epiphany.

That's what good parents are for. How much did you have to pay for your upbringing?

Yeah that's great, but it needs to be something grandma and her knitting circle can do.

Yeah, for now the safest and simplest solutions are MtGox, MyWallet, and soon perhaps Armory. Smart phone apps might work too. When people start copying my website idea, there will be solutions created.

Now you're starting to sound like Maslow 

Humans do not need to do those things either. There is no argument for need.

I've been following this thread to best my sensibilities can muster. Most of the arguments in favor of "natural money" are based upon a priori statements dressed up as a "theory" with nothing scientific to back it up as a theory. Money /= Greed. These terms cannot be used interchangeably. I prefer Occam's Razor to reveal the Null Hypothesis. Here it is. Humans evolved from other animals. No other known animal has ever needed money. Therefore, humans do not need money. Truth can usually be stated very simply. Complex arguments that are trying to demonstrate something that should seem simple are often filled with fallacies.

Tips would be a niche economy for Bitcoin. Many resaurants now automatically charge a gratuity fee (sometimes after tax). Who knows how much of that pays for the service you've received? If server staff wore a little badge with a QR code, you could slip them that little extra when you feel they are worth it with no one the wiser.

I have a website I am developing. It has a page that offers to pay out to someone in Bitcoin, but there is a catch. The website user will be presented with a Brain Wallet series of words they must enter to create a private key hash. That hash will have a pre-loaded amount of Bitcoin. The private key will be eventually also know to others, so the first person to get the key must move the balance to another account and delete that private key from their wallet (or mark it) so they don't accidentally use it again and let someone steal their Bitcoin.

I am ok with writing a step-by-step instruction guide to do so, but would appreciate knowing that there is a simple solution already out there that regular Joe Blow folks can use.