CoinDL got soooo much publicity on Monday with the "iTunes for Bitcoin" Hypebot article, yet there still are less than two dozen music uploads.

This is going to be a chicken and egg problem, that will only slowly gain traction.  

A variety of content is needed, even if you need to pre-pay artists for their listings!

On usability, when adding a wallpaper I needed to create a resized copy of the original to use as thumbnail.  Can't CoinDL do the resize by itself?  Seems like anyone uploading a wallpaper would only have the full size available.

Incidentally, had a sale on my first item that I listed.   Very cool!

This, is excellent!

The first thing I did though was to go into Split Screen (a Google Chrome extension that allows side-by-side views of web sites) but find that BTCCharts.com doesn't render at all.  I'm presuming this is probably because of BTCCharts.com being flash-based.

Is there any other way to get multiple BTCCharts to display (without launching a browser window for each)?

So the regular MiniBits (~$0.50, ~$1, and ~$2 amounts)  will remain?  i.e., this is simply an announcement that there will be an additional service to accommodate those wishing to buy larger amounts?


What does that "3 coin" reputation correlate to ... just the number of posts?  Could the trading history on #bitcoin-otc be incorporated into this?

Another view of this that would be useful would be for me to enter an amount in USDs and have shown back the number of bitcoins that amount of USDs will buy.  Those of us here know how to use a calculator, but on a mobile it would be nice to have that step made simpler. 

Also, Mt. Gox has BTC/AUD market.

BitcoinCharts will show the current exchange rates for them and CryptoXChange:
 - http://bitcoincharts.com/markets

There are other exchanges which set the price based on the BTC/USD exhange rate:
 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Selling_bitcoins

BitInstant can be used to move Dwolla USD to BTC-E.  It was halted for a bit but that is back now.  After including the fees though the arbitrage opprotunity pretty much gets melted away with there being not much advantage over buying elsewhere.

There had been some donations of one cent ($0.01) from people thinking that the donation through PayPal would trigger a $0.30 fee and then Zimmerman would lose money.  PayPal's fees don't work that way .. the fee is the lesser of amount paid or $0.30, whichever is lower.  So all those donations less than or equal to $0.30 go straight to PayPal's revenue from fees.

This same question has been getting asked quite a bit lately:

Transaction fees will need to replace the currency issuance in the block reward.


 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Myths#After_21_million_coins_are_mined.2C_no_one_will_generate_new_blocks


 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=71176.0
 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=75138.0

Looks like tis is the transaction you are referring to:
http://blockchain.info/tx-index/3729526/a661f18b25d6bbd1a739ad10d8a88be872199eb6d8c46f2c4beac7438f5f7945

which gets a 404, so it doesn't look like a green address transaction:
 - https://www.greenaddress.org/api/v1/tx/a661f18b25d6bbd1a739ad10d8a88be872199eb6d8c46f2c4beac7438f5f7945

 - https://www.greenaddress.org

Maybe it was sent out manually after some internal problem without ensuring it came only from a green address.

Why do you say "Thanks to Bitcoin"?


Ha, that's awesome ... Dwolla first, then PayPal.

I wonder if they built using a Dwolla-compatible shopping cart tool that also has support for Bitcoin (e.g., osCommerce).

You can ask here.

Also, GLBSE has its own forum too that you can join:
 - https://glbse.com/forum/

Dwolla now lets new signups send $0.10 to each of up to five (5) friends:
 - http://www.siliconprairienews.com/2012/04/dwolla-rolls-out-redesign-gives-new-users-test-drive-with-free-dimes

Feature request:

For Receipt payment I'ld like to be able to enter the amount to receive in USDs and have that converted to BTCs (based on current best ask, or better yet, computed based on market depth), and the QR code shown for that aount.

This is to allow the app to function as a point-of-sale app, as described here:
 - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2732.msg843575#msg843575

How to accept Bitcoin payments:

Purchase an iPad   [Square might help a merchant with this part, and the base.]

Purchase an iPad stand (which has a swivel base)
 - http://www.tinkeringmonkey.com/square-register-stand

From an iPad download the iOS version of My Wallet from BlockChain.info/wallet:
 - https://blockchain.info/wallet/iphone-app#  (and click "View download instructions)

Download Square Register app:

 - https://squareup.com/register

Ring up sale and accept cash, credit card, or bitcoin.

When ready for payment, tap Charge.  The following is displayed:



For bitcoin payments, use the Blockchain for iOS app to convert the USD price into an amount of Bitcoins.  
 - [Blockchain for iOS and Android does this for USD.  Also http://Preev.com will work for other currencies.]

From the Blockchain/wallet My Wallet website click Receive Payment and enter the amount of BTC to accept.  This will show the QR Code.

Swivel the iPad stand so customer can scan the QR code with their mobile

Swivel back and watch for Payment details to show the payment received (a few seconds in most instances)

On Square Register app, enter the USD amount and tap Tender.

Print a receipt for customer.  Print a second receipt and write down amount of BTC payment for reconciling by back office.

Say thank you to customer.

And perhaps a thank you to Square for the free, advanced point-of-sale app:
 - https://help.squareup.com/customer/portal/articles/385188-square-register-how-do-i-process-a-cash-payment-

 

Who are you, and what have you done with cbeast's body?

Interesting.   Can you share any details why they might have come to that conclusion?   i.e., did you happen to connect using Tor, or were connected to an anoymous VPN provider, or from an access point available to the public?

That says you would comply with government authority from the U.S. and UK.  I don't see mention though (other than the Sealand snark) regarding from where GLBSE operates.

I like it! This creates a linkage from the original artist as well as providing timestamps that can be trusted.

Though there is a caveat.  I may trust the hologram to protect against a 100 BTC physical bitcoin.  I'm not sure I'ld trust it as sufficient protection that a million dollar piece of artwork is unique.

Bank wire to an exchange then is the fastest and cheapest (for large amounts) method.