First day of the Euros is over.

Poland and Greece held to a 1-1 draw.
Russia beat Czech Republic 4-1.

So, I thought I would start a thread for discussion and maybe some friendly betting.

Today
16:00 UTC Netherlands vs. Denmark   
18:45 UTC Germany vs. Portugal

So, I reckon Netherlands and Germany to be today's winners. Anyone think any different?

Maybe you should point out that it's not only for buying things.

If you have something to sell, products or services, then it's ideal.

1) Simple to setup.
2) No third party terms or regulations.
3) Trade with your customers on a one to one basis.
4) Be among the first in your market to accept them.

And, probable more, but I cant think of them.

Any idea when it will be fixed?

GLP is a psy-op, and mentioning bitcoin there will get you banned.

But, yes, It looks like FEMA is preparing for something.

Its a bug with their ajax code.

Instability is off-putting for a lot of people.

Stability will lead to greater adoption of bitcoin, which in turn will lead to another round of rampant speculation.

If not now, then soon.

IMO

I am a programmer with plenty of web dev experience. PM me for more details or if you just want some advice.

And, whatever happened to the 50k walls that used to popup all the time?

We are already paying fees.

The constant creation of coins lowers the value of all existing coins.

The only reason we don't notice this is because the number of $ invested in bitcoins is also going up.

The cost of mining is related to difficulty, so the fee will adjust to whatever people are prepared to pay.

But remember the lower the difficulty the less secure bitcoin will be.

So a better question is, how much are you prepared to pay in order to keep bitcoin secure.

By my calculations and at current rate, the 21 million image will be posted on this thread sometime in the year 4534.

Blocking bitcoin messages would be difficult to implement and easy to overcome.

A more likely approach would be to block/shut-down the exchanges.

In the future miners will probably only include transactions that have at least a minimum % fee, and if you want your transaction to be processed in a reasonable amount of time you will have to pay it.

It is uncertain at this time what effect the reward drop will have on bitcoins value.

But my guess is the value will drop before hand due to this uncertainty and then rise again after.

No, block reward will half about every four years. Eventually there will be no reward and miners will be financed entirely by transaction fees.

But difficulty will adjust and this is also important for calculating mining profits.

while( !done )
{
  compile
  if( errors )
    resolve_errors
  else
    done = true
}

Do you have to reveal the private key?

If yes, then you could automate the process with some code.

Don't know of any pre-existing solutions though.

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