You ask them to provide an email address, and you operate an opt-in mailing programme. You shouldn't expect a forum to provide this service. doing this in the professional way lets you support users on more than one forum as well.

Circulating coins are coins being actively used. Buying them and holding them long term reduces the circulating supply. It is my belief that the rise in the price of Bitcoin is caused by some organisations and individuals taking coins out of circulation. Forexample, if Amazon accepted coins in payment for goods, but didn't pay them out or exchange them, they would have an increasing store of wealth, and scarcity may reduce the wider adoption of Bitcoin, this would make it easier for them to introduce their own coin.

I've just upgraded to 0.15.1, and I held off whilst I waited for the dust to settle. I wish I had upgraded sooner. I run a full node to maintain my wallet, and it is only online a couple of times a day at most. The new core is faster and more efficient, and that is important for me, as I tend to have connections of variable quality.

When I started my node, I tried downloading the blockchain, but gave up after about a week. I finished the download on a cable connection. Once you have the blockchain on a local store - Winchester or external SSD, I've used both. Then you can keep up to date as long as you don't leave it for more than 3 or 4 days. Obviously you need a WiFi service that lets you open the Bitcoin port, and many places don't allow that. I'm in a supermarket right now, and I can't use FTP or Bitcoin here. I think it's short sighted to block Bitcoin nodes, especially as they have a money changing service here.

I would say you run your own node for your wallet. The whole point of Bitcoin is to get away from banks, so why leave your coins in a Bitcoin bank.

As some of you know, I've been running a full node over public WiFi for more than a couple of years. I put of upgrading to the latest version of core until all the fork and segwit controversy died down. I synchronise my wllet every day, and it is usually a pretty quick operation, but recently I've noticed that it has become pretty slow, and it can take up to an hour to pick up 8 peers. I believe that the latest core will disconnect some nodes if they are out of date. I've just upgraded to the version linked on Bitcoin Talk, and it was a really quick and esy option, apart from the transaction pool update, and that took a while. I did it in one hit, but it looks as if you can pause the update and return to it if you don't have time to stay on the connection.

The end result is that I now pick up 8 connections very quickly, and the blockchain synchronises faster than ever. I suggest that if you run a Bitcoin node over public WiFi, you should upgrade as soon as you can. Make sure you are connected to a power source though, I'm not prepared to test recovery from a power failure whilst it is updating.

Unicorns are treacherous creatures created by man to lead free horses into captivity. We seem to have quite a few of those trying to destroy or take control of Bitcoin.

Just because it's called Bitcoin, it doesn't mean that people will switch to it. The US didn't switch to the Hong Kong Dollar just because it is called the dollar. However the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar can co-exist, but most people assume that when somebody refers to Dollars, they mean the US dollar.

I didn't realise that you could edit old posts. That must be a nightmare for the moderators.

How do the search engines handle an old modified thread. Do they ignore it unless there is a new posting?

Just change the rules about signatures so that links to sites are only permitted if the domain is owned by the poster.

Shouldn't the real question be - does Lauda do a good job in helping to police this forum?

I've been a forum moderator in the past, and it's a thankless task, and it gets you into constant trouble with people who don't like being moderated. I'll never be a moderator again unless I own the Forum.

I guess it will come down to an analysis of capital flows. If Indians in the UK (say) use Bitcoin to send money home, that that is a positive flow for India. If the recipient cashes in the Bitcoin for local currency, then the exchange will have to do something with the Bitcoin. If it is held as an investment, then that is aan improvement in the capital asets for India. If it is exported back to the UK, then that is neutral for India. Governments are not very intelligent in the main, and they may just look at the perceived capital outflow of Bitcoin as a negative factor. It becomes more complex if one considers miners based in India.

Bumping each other's threads could get you into trouble. Also you should keep your arguments off the boards.

Hey slow down guys - I'm still trying to build my Bitcoin savings, and nobody seems to be spending it at the moment.

I don't like the idea of using 1mBTC. So I can think of two possible solutions.

• Use Satoshi as the unit of exchange, and Bitcoin as the name of the currency. There are precedents for this - Sterling/Pound and Renminbi/Yuan for example
• Have a scrip issue to existing holders, Issue 100 new Bitcoins for every Bitcoin held. This is common practice with shares, but I suspect the implementation on the blockchain would be impractical

Did you check to see if that was the fee that the miner got, or has jaxx kept some of it?

Try the WiFi in a McDonalds or somewhere like that. There is less chance of Bitcoin users being there.

I think it is perfectly safe to use public WiFi. In fact it may be safer than using your WiFi at home. At least the public providers check for known malware installers on sites that you visit. Have a look at some of the hippy sites, if you want to know how to hack into domestic Wifi. Cable connections are also a risk. All the traffic on your bit of the cable network passes through your router, you can harvest the lot if you are so minded. You are more at risk if you use Windows without removing Cortana and other keylogging software. An on-line wallet is yet another major risk in my opiniom.

I believe that the biggest risk you will find in running a full node over public Wifi is that it won't allow you to open the Bitcoin port, or to accept inbound connections. After all, people post their Bitcoin addresses all over the net, and they don't have any problems from this public display.

The other advantage of using public WiFi is that you get all sorts of offers of free coffee and free meals, and reduced price fuel amongst other things.

Currency is defined as a metal or paper medium of exchange in a particular country. Bitcoin fails on both of those counts.
Is Bitcoin a great investment? I think it is a great speculation.It won't be an "investment" until the infighting stops.
Bitcoin can only go up - the probablity is that it will increase, but nothing is certain in global economics.
There can only be 21 million coins. I've suggested the possibility of increasing the total, but it would probably only be possible if it was a form of scrip issue to benefit existing holders. A ten for one issue would drop the value of a Bitcoin without changing the immediate capital value of mined coins.

I can't see any reason for using any wallet other than that contained in a node - pruned or otherwise. There seem to be constant problems and security risks with online wallets, and you don't always get the forking bonuses.