A "listaddresses" method would be nice too.  List all addresses and their respective accounts.

Edit: I see that "./bitcoind listreceivedbyaddress 0 true" does this.

The state will never, ever be reformed through the political process.  The only way to crush the state is to bankrupt it.  Therefore, the more people receiving payments and the fewer paying taxes the better!  You should take the unemployment payments and also have some black-market income on the side.

How does one list the accounts and addresses known to bitcoind?  How does the GUI generate the account list?  I can only see how to return information about a specific account or address.

Well, I have two very notable recipes for vegetarian chili and gluten- and sugar-free cheesecake which I'll be happy to send anyone for a donation of 10 BTC. 

The page that they link to in today's tweet about Bitcoin is hard to find from their home page.  When you click the "Donate" button on the home page, you are not given a Bitcoin option.  Still, having them tweet about Bitcoin definitely helps build buzz.  I'm going to send them another donation, and I urge other forum members to do the same.  Be generous!

I think it's possible to craft legislation banning any unapproved payment systems or monetary instruments.  To become "approved," a system would have to be non-anonymous, with exceptions being made for national currencies (which may soon have tracking capabilities anyway).  Governments really dislike their slaves having any true freedom, and I fully expect an attempt to eradicate p2p currencies at some point.  But I think the liberty or anarchy or whatever-you-want-to-call-it movement is here to stay, and any attempt to crack down will scare a few people around the edges away but will also drive an even greater percentage of the economy underground.  This in turn will undermine the respective governments even more and only accelerate their demise. 

Another, more immediate risk of holding Bitcoins is the exchange rate fluctuation.  It's hard to convince merchants to accept Bitcoins when the value of their holdings can vary 30% over just a few weeks as has occurred recently.  It makes financial planning very difficult.

I think it's a great idea.  It would be even better if you could incorporate some sort of reputation system (feedback).  I recommend that you choose a domain name that provides flexibility in your purpose since the market is still limited in scope.  Bitcoinclassifieds.com is available.

I thought a bit about this.  The only real consideration is if there is enough granularity in the currency.  The total world GDP is around USD 1e14 (100 trillion) today.  The finest granularity we need for payment transactions is USD 1e-2 (one cent).  That's 16 orders of magnitude.  When Bitcoin has 2.1e7 coins in circulation, that will give a little over 15 orders of magnitude difference between the entire economy and the smallest transaction (1e-8).  So this is definitely something we need to keep our eye on as Bitcoin begins to take over the entire world economy.   

What if someone wrote a virus that distributed a rogue Bitcoin client to thousands of PCs?  Would this not undermine the legitimate consensus?  Only the person who wrote the virus would know of its existence initially.  Wouldn't he/she be able to skim off some Bitcoins?  Is there any type of hash signature verification on the official client releases?

What about Pecunix?  The transaction fees don't seem to be that bad.

+1 Madhatter (bitcoin4cash.com)
+1 chaord (bitcoingateway.com)

It's not always convenient to run to the store to get a refill.  I was thinking about a site something like pinzoo.com.  The PIN dispense would be instant.  Regarding mailing a phone, this is where a trusted member of the Bitcoin community would come into play.  Send the phone and then destroy all records of the physical address.

How about the Ludwig von Mises Institute (mises.org)?  I'm going to be there in a couple of weeks, so perhaps I can talk to them in person about this.

True, but I was thinking more along the lines of increasing the universe of merchants offering goods and services for Bitcoin.

Does anyone know of a source of prepaid phone equipment or refill minutes sold for Bitcoin?  As many of you may be aware, in most countries prepaid phones can give you the ability to have an anonymous telephone number.  Refills can be handled online through purchase of a PIN, but online transactions are not anonymous when using PayPal and credit cards.  It seems like a natural fit for Bitcoin.  One could even sell equipment with a commitment to destroy or encrypt shipping records.

Has anyone quantified the probability of fraud given the number of confirmations?  Are there any rules of thumb, perhaps a sliding scale depending on the value of the transaction?

Ok, here's the relevant US Federal code (31 CFR 103.11):


It looks like you're safe as long as you keep it to less than $1000 per customer per day.  As safe as you can be in a police state like the US anyway. 

I'll take the pledge and email you the details regarding location.

In terms of acting as a local exchanger, what does one need to do to avoid running afoul of the money exchanging/money laundering laws in the US?

Sgornick, thanks for explaining your system.  Good thinking!  I wish you the best of luck--having more Bitcoin exchange options is definitely a good thing.  

So Wikipedia has no problem maintaining a frivolous article like this but won't put up one on Bitcoin?