No. It just means that the latest block it has is 2 years old. It will sync faster than that. It will take a few days at most. Usually the sync takes several hours.

Problem has been solved, I'll keep the calculations here just in case.

I made 93 posts as a senior member, so 93 * 0.001 = 0.093

I made I made 229 posts as a hero member but only 7 count for a maximum post count if 100 posts. So 7 * 0.0012 = 0.0084

I had the avatar for the whole time, so 0.02 more.

0.093 + 0.0084 + 0.02 = 0.1214

That is not what I was paid. Let me know if there is anything wrong with this.

Edit: thanks roslinpl for checking it. I see that it will be fixed.

It is possible to import private keys into Multibit classic, there should be an option for it. However you will need the private key, and if you don't have that, you won't be able to recover the address. It looks like you don't have the private key anymore, so the Bitcoin is lost.

However, if you do have the private key, just put it in a text file and save that file with a .key extension. Then through multibit's import interface, you can import the private key.

Also, I recommend that you upgrade to Multibit HD or any other deterministic wallet. Deterministic wallets will prevent against this type of loss so you will always have access to your Bitcoin as long as you have the seed.

For some reason I only received 0.0942 when I should have received 0.14. Can you check this?

No, not really. There is something similar to what you describe. It is called bit essage.

There probably is not. Write one yourself or hire someone to. The reason one doesn't exist is because of us a pretty stupid idea and is most likely not safe. If you do write one, please don't advertise it and tell people to use it, or isn't as secure as other options out the.

You could have something where the lottery closes participation at a certain time and the drawing happens some time later and the server seed is based on something that happened after new entries were closed. Since the seed is determined after people can enter, the owner cannot enter with the right client seed since the server seed is unknown until the drawing.

That is normal behavior. The more recent blocks have more transactions and are this larger and will take longer to process.

The only wallet I know of that only supports uncompressed keys is armory. All other wallets that I know of are able to support both types.

You need to specify a different directory for armory's data. What you specified was the bitcoin core data directory, which you need to set as satoshi-datadir, not just datadir.

You should be able to create a wallet and create addresses in that wallet. Just use those addresses. The Bitcoin will not be lost when you are not synced, you just won't see your balance until it is synced.

Yes, I realize that, I misunderstood your question there.

As others pointed out. Those 7 characters is not much protection. It will not take terribly long to brute force what those seven characters are.

Will stage two go back to a maximum of 200 posts or will it remain at 100?

Because that is the real private key. That is in what is known as Wallet Import Format. You enter this type of string into a wallet in order to import a private key, so it stands to reason that the private key can be derived from this string, and it can. That is actually the private key, just encoded into a certain format. That is the private key encoded in Bitcoin's base58CheckEncoding. Since the actual private key that is encoded is not hashed, it can thus be decoded into the actual key. So sharing your private key like this is actually sharing your private key and will result in your Bitcoin being stolen.

Therein lies the problem. What is the correct block size? What does it need to be? That is where all of the debate is centered. What is considered right and how is that determined.

There are many proposals which are dynamic block sizes. BIPs 100, 106, and 105 all are dynamic block sizes.

Theoretically it is possible, but it probably is not secure. It would have to start with 5, K, or L since those are the WIF prefixes for Bitcoin.

You don't need to have an escrow to be near you. The escrow can just hold the Bitcoin until either you confirm the receipt of the goods and they are as advertised, or one of you disputes. Of course that escrow will probably need information and proof like pictures, video, and tracking numbers. If they only hold the Bitcoin, then they do not need to be anywhere near you.

Auction closed. Someone bought the account for the BIN price.

You would have to use a trusted escrow. You send the Bitcoin to an escrow and then he sends you the miner. You confirm that the miner has reached you and then you tell the escrow to release the funds.