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Feedzebirds is terrific.  It is projects like these that lead me to think the decline from $33 to $3 is just a blip in the growth of bitcoin.

Now how about a similar service for people who "like" or "recommend" on Facebook?

My novice guess would be to short the EUR/long the USD.

US$-denominated debt will likely contract faster than the Fed is printing.

Apparently there is quite a bit of leeway in the timestamp:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=48782.msg581628#msg581628

Refill from the office is a great idea.  Their charge of 0.15 euro to use the system is significant when you consider people sometimes only park for 15 minutes. 

I think there might still be room for a btc-based solution, particularly if it is open source and free for municipalities to use.

Of course you're right there might be only 2 people in a city currently using bitcoin, but that is the point of a system like this - bring bitcoin to the masses, even if they don't fully realize they're using bitcoin.

I haven't seen an SMS or app-based system over here (Canada).  Does it require any sort of hardware investment by the parking authority?  I wonder how much of a slice of the action the phone company is taking to handle the transaction, especially on smaller payments of fifty cents or less.

I see.  Is the block timestamp still a factor if the transfer of coins is within a closed system?  For example, if my bitcoin balance is stored not on my smartphone wallet, but rather in an account with the parking authority and then transferred to another account with the parking authority?

Or, is there a way the parking system could add it's own, internal-use-only timestamp?

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I agree this is an ideal use of bitcoin.  In this scenario the users don't even need to know or care anything about bitcoin.  Just the fact that the game owner sees it as a way to monetize his application is enough.

When we had a couple apps on Facebook, we struggled to find a way to properly price our virtual goods in a way that enhanced gameplay.  We had to be careful not to over-issue or under-issue our in-game currency.  Using an outside currency would have solved that, and bitcoin has the added benefit of being suitable for online use.


Implementation in just one big Facebook game would really propel bitcoin forward.  At least in terms of its USD value.  

Really? No Japan-based users here?

What exchange is easiest, and cheapest for bank transfers, if you're living in Japan?

I would have thought Mtgox would have been best, but I can't find any fee details on their website for Japan.

I can't find any discussion of bitventory.com around here.  Not worthy?

Wow!  You guys speak for God now?  

To me it sounds like someone with a lot of hate for his fellow man.  Someone who believes that life is a 'struggle' or a class 'war' and who is missing out on what an amazing place and time we live in.  Socialism gnaws at the soul.  And this is the kind of discourse it produces:

Why are you so full of anger and hate?

His statement was so ridiculous I didn't realize others would actually think it had merit.  So for those of you reading this thread from Zuccatti Park, the following actions by the man you elected would be considered socialist:

-nationalizing Chrysler
-nationalizing General Motors
-individual healthcare mandate

Those are three pretty big ones.  And never mind the appointment of radicals throughout the administration and the left-wing social policies such as going to war against Arizona's attempt to bring order to immigration in the state.

Of course you'll respond with 'he's not a socialist, he's a fascist', but fascism is just another form of socialism.  And maybe Bush was that type of socialist too.  Who cares?  No one here is defending Bush.  He would be yours to defend.

What's pathetic is that anybody still believes socialism is a viable solution to anything.  Name one jurisdiction where socialism has done a better job than capitalism at elevating people out of poverty.  North Korea over South Korea?  East Germany over West Germany?  Sweden over Switzerland?  Pre-1980 China over present-day China?

Socialism enslaves, both figuratively (America's inner cities) and literally (USSR, Poland, Hungary etc. etc.).  How socialists sleep at night, having foisted such a soul-destroying forumulation on people, is beyond me.  They seem to think the world is their laboratory and we are just lab animals to be used in whatever evil experiment their minds can devise.

Great!  Then you won't mind if we vote for Herman Cain, who is also to the right of George Bush.


He has an impressive and eclectic resume that includes just about everything except community activism.

So in fact the single issue is: socialist in white house. 

Which is what they've been saying all along. 

But your talking points tell you to yell 'racist' to shut down the conversation.  And you obediently comply.

Great job done by bitsky, thread closed.

1. Stick a QR code on the side of the currently existing parking meter
2. After parking your car you scan the QR code.  You are taken to the website for that parking spot which tells you if there is any 'time' left on the spot from the previous occupant.  You pay for any additional time you need then go about your business.
3. If Lovely Rita meter maid comes along she scans the QR code to see if any time is left on the spot.

Benefits:
-bitcoin is ideal for such micropayments
-municipality doesn't need to go around as often to collect coins
-thieves have less incentive to break into the meter
-setup cost to the municipality are very low: some stickers on already existing posts
-since the transaction size is so small there is no need to wait for confirmation

For cities that no longer use traditional meters there would need to be workarounds, for example numbered parking spots with the related QR code on the side of the payment station.

As a side benefit, in a world where everybody was paying for parking with bitcoin, you would now be able to visit a website and find a vacant parking spot, or at least one that isn't being paid for.  This would also reduce enforcement costs as Lovely Rita would know what spots to target before she even leaves her office.

Am I missing anything on the technical side?  Is this a worthwhile idea?

I think it is an interesting idea you have.

As a variation, consider http://blahtherapy.com/ but where the venters could reward the listeners with btc tips.  This would both incentivise the listeners to give good advice and serve as a ranking or feedback system whereby venters could determine whether they want to talk to a given listener or not.

Tiago,
That is good enough, but in the meantime I was sent a private message by another member who made me an offer that I accepted.  If that falls through I'll let you know and we can make a deal instead.