Hi for those of you paying taxes on US capital gains tax, how much do you make per year with BTC?

One person said 15%, but 15% of what?

I believe keeping keys private / locally is HUGE!

What I am concerned with is "the Linode problem".  All these mobiles are managed devices.   They can be fully controlled by someone other than the owner of the device.  Yes, they are managed by the carrier but possibly that carrier has people that cannot be trusted or, just as bad, has people who don't maintain secure systems themselves such as what reportedly is what happened at Linode.

The importance is thiis.  An attack that defrauds M-Pesa's customers en mass means Safaricom figures out at some point that there's a problem, halts all affected systems to prevent further losses, and in the end eats some, most or all of the customer's losses.  A similar attack through the managed services of the mobile network to steal bitcoins from mobiles means just that the individual mobile user alone loses out.  Just like how Linode disavowed any responsibility to Slush, Bitcoinica, etc. for the tens of thousands of bitcoins lost, Safaricom would likely maintain the same position.

So, this is a fundamental question -- is the practice of storing bitcoin private keys on the mobile something that exposes it to too much risk to where it shouldn't even be considered?  i.e., bitcoin apps for mobile need to be under the same model that mobile banking (like M-Pesa) uses?

Hey guys, im just wondering whats my best way to buy bitcoins with paypal. Do I have to convert paypal to another currency or what ?

Your money is not on the chip, the chip is just an account# and keys to spend. The balance is recorded in the central clearinghouse. The devices are just able to check that transactions are signed by the certificate authority without having to ask the clearinghouse themselves,

it essentially forbids companies from crowdfunding their own offerings on their own websites – companies must go through an intermediary if they want to crowdfund, and those intermediaries must in turn be registered with the SEC.

The JOBS Act also imposes substantial requirements on companies seeking to utilize the crowdfunding exemption. For starters, they have to file with the SEC, the intermediary, and all potential investors, a beefy disclosure document that will include, at a minimum:

(A) name, legal status, address, website, etc.

(B) names of directors, officers, and 20% stockholders

(C) “a description of the business of the issuer and the anticipated business plan of the issuer” – the devil is really in the details of this one, and it remains to be seen whether the SEC will require this “description” to be 4 pages or 40 in order to be sufficient

(D) prior year tax returns, plus financials – see below for details

(E) description of intended use of proceeds

(F) target offering amount, deadline, and regular progress updates through the life of the offering

(G) share price and methodology for determining the price

(H) a description of the ownership and capital structure of the issuer, including a lot of detail about the terms of the securities being sold, the terms of any other outstanding securities of the company, a summary of the differences between them, a host of disclosures about how the rights of shareholders can be limited, diluted or negatively impacted, “examples of methods for how such securities may be valued by the issuer in the future, including during subsequent corporate actions”, and a disclosure of various risks to investors

(E) crowdfunded securities cannot be transferred or resold for the first year after purchase, unless transferrred to the issuer, an accredited investor, as part of a registered offering, or to family members in some circumstances (i.e. death, divorce)

When the dust settles, entrepreneurs and small business owners will have access to a revolutionary new method of raising capital, and ordinary Americans will be given the opportunity to invest in their friends, family, and favorite companies, and not just the behemoths offered by Wall Street.

Others can complain if they wish – we prefer to build.

some good ideas in there, the only problem being i can't cast glass and have no experience working with it at all.  

casting custom qr-codes

If you're asking whether the wallet is also available on the web, then yes, it is available from the Paytunia website.
If you already have a Bitcoin-Central.net account you can use it to sign-in.

Bitcoins are stored in Paytunia's hosted wallet, which contains only a small fraction of the deposits. Your phone is a lightweight client consuming our API, which is compatible with the Bitcoin-Central.net API.

I just want to see if they keep the no-chargeback policy or if they will pull a Dwolla...

I gave some current examples - EUR, GBP, USD, CAD, JPY. They are listed on the diagram in the link I posted.

I specifically doubt that this MintChip will use XAU or XAG (gold and silver) as currencies. They are not on the list.

even if Ecwid doesn't build it, we will make one.  if there's enough demand from Ecwid users to fund half the development costs, we wil do it.  I have this listed as a crowdfunding project

http://piratemyfilm.com/projects/355

I am wondering if wallet accounts are long term supported because there are some voices out there who are saying that you should not use accounts for your bitcoin applications (handle accounts better by yourself/database...). But I like accounts because they are incredibly handy.

(I have no idea how much attention the site will get, so I'll most likely adjust the prizes soon)