EDIT: Does anyone know any other map provider which reads from a KML file? Looks like the file is up, just downloaded it, and google doesn't want to load it. Maybe it is too big? Ok, looks like it is a file size limitation. Because XML is so verbose, the only way I could get all markers to appear was to remove some of the data items. I removed the <description> tag which included IP: and Version: data items. Without those, the <styleUrl> was no longer needed either. $ cat "bitcoin.kml"|sed 's/<styleUrl>.*<\/styleUrl>//g'|sed 's/<description>.*<\/description>//g' So now the file loads, but no longer do we have the red / green indicators: - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://c1958612.r12.cf0.rackcdn.com/bitcoin.kmlLook how much that map has filled out over the past few weeks ... very impressive! |
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Just sent another ticket to their support. This is frustrating. "Ticket"? Are you referring to the "Send a Message" which is accessed from: - https://www.mybitcoin.com/login/mailbox.phpI don't think they communicate through email so any response would be seen only using that Mailbox feature. Within Blockexplorer I did see the address that 'my address' eventually sent its BTC off to sent it somewhere else, but since this is an EWallet, I'm not sure if that means anything. Correct, incoming payments to an address assigned to you from an eWallet get credited to your eWallet account, but payments from those addresses are not likely from your account. |
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As a merchant who relies on the stability of bitcoin to make a living. I can care less at what price bitcoin is worth as long as it's stable. Is this because the prices you are setting are based on the exchange rate? Automation will likely be necessary so that the price presented to a customer or trading partner is obtained from either the spot market price or based on a weighted average. The price then would likely need a short expiration before payment would need to be received. To further lessen the exchange rate risk, the payment received can then be hedged with a countering trade on an exchange so that there is only a short amount of time that the merchant is exposed to any exchange rate risk. Of course, a stable currency exchange rate would make things easier. When financial instruments such as options are more widely available for bitcoin and there is a wider participation with other currencies globally so that moves in a single market won't have as much impact on the currency as a whole, then the fluctuations we're seeing now should start to lessen. |
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Has there been any sort of wiki or faq set up to help new merchants establish BTC rates for the products they are offering? I was thinking prices need to be at a slight premium to cash to offset the risk of accepting BTC. Bitcoin payments are non-repudiable (cannot be revoked nor reversed). So there isn't risk that a payment received in bitcoins would get a chargeback or won't be settled. Is the risk you are referring to the exchange rate risk? If so, then to protect against that the merchant simply executes a hedge to match each payment. i.e., Payment accepted for 2.0 BTC, a 2.0 sell on the exchange occurs immediately. That approach then could allow prices displayed to be dynamic and competitive with cash. This approach is described here: - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_to_accept_Bitcoin,_for_small_businesses#Setting_PricesAt some point consumers will expect that their purchases using bitcoins will be priced equal-to or possibly at a discount even compared to the equivalent cash price, but until that point in time is reached most merchants are today able to tack on a premium. Because the benefits bitcoin offers to a merchant are significant though, expect them to wield the ability to pay using bitcoin as a competitive advantage. Thus any price premium obtainable today should be considered just a temporary condition. |
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Looks like CampBX is paying the $0.25 fee normally charged the sender when adding funds to an exchange.
Is that accurate? Likely to continue?
When withdrawing, I would assume, the fee is subtracted.
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Looks like the dates are all in the pacific time zone.
If given a chance I would set my profile to display all times as UTC.
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The Depth Table was confusing to me.
Buy Interest | Price
BTC 1 | $13. 50
BTC 4 | $11.60
BTC 2 | $10.00
I thought those BTC N were just labels or something at first. I didn't realize that was quantity. e.g., 1+ interest at $13.50 It rounds that down, ... why not list the exact quantity available? Additionally, I see that you have a ticket / help desk system. Is that also for these type of issues (e.g., enhancement requests)? |
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i already made a secure new wallet and moved all coins. but i am not sure if i will receive any payments on my old wallet. Yup that was the consensus of what to do when I had asked a similar question: - http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=1817.0is it possible to "move" the addresses to my new wallet - AND to make sure the private key in my old wallet can not be used to do any harm? There is a patch that will allow wallet import, but I don't know if those are considered in the keypool just like an address added normally, and thus puts you back where you would have coins going to an address that is not secure. Here's the pull: - https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/220 |
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1. Why does bitcoin.exe load some kind of blocks? Every one of the thousands of nodes on the Bitcoin network, including yours, needs to have a database of all transactions occurring since the beginning (2009). Transactions are stored in blocks. The collection of blocks is called the blockchain because each block requires the previous block for this blockchain database method to work. The number of blocks currently is: - http://blockexplorer.com/q/getblockcountA little more detail is here: - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Getting_startedDo I get bitcoins for generating them? For generating, yes. But the term generating refers to generating new blocks -- which is the result of mining but does not refer to what you were describing (which was to be simply downloading the blockchain). 2. Let's say I'm mining in a pool and some lucky miner "strucks gold". Would I get some bitcoins? The whole concept of pools is to bring resources together for mining and the incentive offered to obtain participation is to reward those who are contributing resources. There are a number of different approached at compensation. See: - https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Comparison_of_mining_pools |
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Seriously, keep your Bitcoins in your own possession. Don't recommend online wallet services to people. And don't expect online wallet services to cover for user-interface or other deficiencies the current Bitcoin client has - those need to be addressed in the client, not by a third-party service. Funny, just minutes after you wrote that is this: "I think some centralized service is good for the bitcoin community". - http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26264.0 |
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So I think some centralized service is good for the bitcoin community. Funny, just minutes before you wrote that is this: [Centralized] "Online wallet services" are an invitation to fraud and theft - http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26260.0 |
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If Google Translate is anywhere accurate, looks like this is a Chinese person-to-person exchange. Uses AliPay between buyer and seller. - http://doten.co/ordersWould anyone be able to confirm that this is what the site really does? |
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Just want to know, normally how many days will it take for mtgox to process a ticket?
BTW, the ticket no.s are #1558 and #5519 for reference.
Could be a couple more weeks. - http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=25898.0If both of those are now closed though, and refer to the same incident -- then re-open one of them. |
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Hi, I was trying to calculate the current rate of monetary expansion, and almost every source I've seen says 6 blocks per hour (144 / day) are created. Then, I read this thread the other day http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23301.0that claims a slightly higher rate (161 blocks / day). Which one is right and where can I find documentation (I've tried Google and failed)? Thanks. The target rate is a block every ten minutes, but when there is more hashing occurring than the target rate, blocks can be solved in less time. Additionally, variance can cause the number of blocks to vary as well -- where blocks will take even longer than 10 minutes. But every 2,106 blocks the difficulty will be readjusted to get back on track of hitting a block about once every 10 minutes. - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty#How_soon_might_I_expect_to_generate_a_block? |
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A couple of questions.
In that example that Foodstamp gave, he claims he was given a negative rating with someone he never did business with. Does your solution provide a defense against false negatives?
An additional example from the Foodstamp scam -- he operated under multiple identities, one that had a good rating even though his was bad. How does your solution address that?
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Anyone have some good sources on this? I have been trying to wrap my head around what banking would look like in a permanently deflationary environment and I am having little luck. Are you asking about simply banking services such as checking / savings / vaulting, or are your referring to lending? (and if so, full reserve or fractional reserve lending?) |
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