Congratulations. The price is well deserved. You all are doing a great job and I am expecting a lot of awesomeness in the future.  It's been all software awesomness to this point. Just wait till we get the hardware awesomness out  |
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The war-crazy American public might be supporting the Obama and the CIA to invade Ukraine...
Where are you getting this from? Most Americans don't even know about Ukraine, and most of those that do don't care about it, so that is obviously wrong. Is this also something made up by Russia? And do any of you get your news from any sources other than Pravda (or whatever its called nowadays)? |
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Vlad2Vlad, you've made a lot of claims, even stating that some things are "absolutely true." Do you have any sources or evidence for any of them? I would love to see anything to support the claim that banks are getting into bitcoin, since that would raise its value substantially, but everything I have been reading so far only suggests that banks are extremely weary of it, and only certain bankers and investors have personal holdings, not the banks themselves.
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*BUMP!* It's been a month+. Still no activity?
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If you look at the hashing power and subsequent difficulty increases at the time that BFL started shipping their ASICs, you'd see that their burn testing was insignificant in comparison to the difficulty increase from ASICs actually shipped by them and their competitors. I think they do less than 24 hours of burn testing, on a tiny fraction of the available mining hardware. So I wouldn't get too upset about it.
Also, Josh allows (or used to) for some people to keep their hardware with him and offered them the service of doing the mining for them, instead of shipping the hardware and doing the setup and mining themselves. I suspect he used his own pool for that purpose. Though I don't really get what the issue is with Josh owning and selling BFL a mining pool.
The term "conflict of interest" mean anything to you? I don't see the conflict of interest is starting a pool, and selling it to a company you end up working for, or using it as a service for those who don't want to mine in their own homes. Can you elaborate on what the conflict is please? My friend if you cannot see the conflict of interest on its face, then I cannot help you. I'm sure you can help me. I see examples of a company buying some smaller company's innovation and hiring the people who invented it all the time. For example, Facebook recently acquired Occulus, and the people who invented Occulus are now working for Facebook. Is that considered a conflict of interest on their part? Or was the conflict of interest related to something else in BFL's case? |
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Translation: Vlad was right and Bitcoin is very poorly distributed with the large majority of wealth in the hands of a few, thus making Bitcoin very much centralized and eerily similar to a Fiat 2.0.
The awesome thing about Proof of Work versus Proof of Stake is that this wealth centralization does not equal control/power centralization over bitcoin. Miners are still in control. Had Bitcoin been Proof of Stake, I'd be worried. |
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If you look at the hashing power and subsequent difficulty increases at the time that BFL started shipping their ASICs, you'd see that their burn testing was insignificant in comparison to the difficulty increase from ASICs actually shipped by them and their competitors. I think they do less than 24 hours of burn testing, on a tiny fraction of the available mining hardware. So I wouldn't get too upset about it.
Also, Josh allows (or used to) for some people to keep their hardware with him and offered them the service of doing the mining for them, instead of shipping the hardware and doing the setup and mining themselves. I suspect he used his own pool for that purpose. Though I don't really get what the issue is with Josh owning and selling BFL a mining pool.
The term "conflict of interest" mean anything to you? I don't see the conflict of interest is starting a pool, and selling it to a company you end up working for, or using it as a service for those who don't want to mine in their own homes. Can you elaborate on what the conflict is please? |
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This may actually end up being an intrinsic part of the anarchy capitalyst system, anyway, simply because for security and insurance, it is cheaper to keep people fed and housed, than to prevent them from using weapons to steal such necessities. NY did a study a short while ago where they found out it cost the government about $600 a month in police and medical expenses to manage each homeless person, meaning it would be easier to just give them $600 worth of food and housing.
thats very interesting indeed, if you have link to this i would like to see Can't find the New York Post article, but quick google search found this http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/mar/12/shaun-donovan/hud-secretary-says-homeless-person-costs-taxpayers/ |
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There is only one major difference between USA and USSR. Constitution of USA doesn't provide a right to secede, while USSR constitution provided a possibility of such procedure. This difference makes a peaceful dissolution almost impossible.
That you think the USSR constitution was followed, or even meant something, is very telling...  You are right there. It was not followed at least on one very telling occasion: when Crimea was transferred from RSFSR to UkSSR.  It was not followed on any occasions. USSR didn't have a democracy. Oh my God, who's telling what constitution was followed? Of course it wasn't followed, just like US constitution. It's only about theoretical possibility of dissolution. Let's see: Freedom of the press unabridged - check. Separation of church and state - check. Can't house troops in people's houses - check. Can't incriminate yourself - check. ETC. ETC. ETC. As much as you want to compare, most of the US constitution is actually being followed, even if certain parts are being rather "stretched." And the people who do stretch them are being voted on, and thus risk getting kicked out (though not any more). In USSR, no one cared about the constitution. Hell, most people didn't even know it existed. Totalitarian communist leaders could just do whatever they wanted, and if it went against the constitution, they could just change it later. There really is no comparison, despite how much as you'd love to believe that USA was as bad as USSR. P.S. Not saying USA is great, and it's kind of slipping into the same BS, but it's still nowhere near as bad. |
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If this goes on , the whole map will be like a broken puzzle. And once Ukraine is finished we should start splitting Romania , next Bulgaria and maybe Serbia once more? We should include Romania into Hungary, because Romania was created by puppets of Ottoman empire using stolen hungarian lands. You seem to be very much pro "force countries together, even if by force, because the regions were historically one, even if the people and cultures slit up due to irreconcilable differences." Very imperialistic and Soviet of you. As for history, there is a whole shitload of distortions and lies on this thread. I have a feeling a lot of the posters here have only learned Soviet/Russian revisionist made-up bullshit that, obviously, would suggest that everything was part of Russia at some point. |
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Is there a similar article for what Britain's economy looks like without its english speaking regions (including USA, Canada, India, South Africa, and Australia)? I mean, that IS what is being implied, right? That if the people speak the same language, then they still belong to the main country? |
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There is only one major difference between USA and USSR. Constitution of USA doesn't provide a right to secede, while USSR constitution provided a possibility of such procedure. This difference makes a peaceful dissolution almost impossible.
That you think the USSR constitution was followed, or even meant something, is very telling... |
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Some sane voices do exist in Western Europe. EU policy to blame for Ukraine crisis - Ex-Chancellor Schroederhttp://rt.com/news/158432-schroeder-russia-sanctions-eu/Germany’s former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has blamed European Union policy for the current situation in Ukraine and urged the West to stop focusing on new sanctions against Russia. In Schroeder’s opinion, the EU’s fundamental mistake - that subsequently led to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine – was its association policy, he said in an interview with German newspaper Welt am Sonntag published Sunday. That's kind of a stupid statement. He is blaming the existence of a group of countries that have economic agreements, that were good enough that Ukraine wanted to join in, on what happened in Ukraine? I would have blamed whoever it was that was trying to prevent Ukraine from joining the thing they waned to join. I mean, it's almost like blaming the store a person was trying to get to for that person getting mugged, and not the mugger that prevented that person from getting to the store. |
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Original here: http://bitcoinmagazine.com/13079/buy-ads-mycelium-local-trader-becomes-fully-functional-exchange/Mycelium has recently come out with a feature for their Android wallets called Local Trader, which allows people to buy and sell bitcoins locally, in person, with cash. Initially, the trades were limited to sell ads, meaning people willing to sell bitcoins could put up an ad, and those wishing to buy bitcoins could contact them and set up a time to meet and trade. The option to set up a buy ad, which would allow locals to convert their bitcoins back to cash, was delayed, since Mycelium wanted to first focus on helping those new to Bitcoin to have an easy way to get their first bitcoins. Now, with the release of Mycelium Bitcoin Wallet version 1.2.9, which finally adds buy ads to Local Trader, Mycelium's Local Trader became a fully functioning bitcoin exchange. Mycelium is a bitcoin wallet for Android phones that focuses on more advanced user features, such as full key management and cold storage spending. The new Local Trader option is a feature that is built right into the wallet, and allows users to find locals in their area who would be willing to exchange cash for bitcoin, bypassing banks and centralized exchanges completely. Since all private keys are stored in the wallet right on the phone, there is no risk of an exchange losing your coins. There are also no risks of websites shutting down temporarily or disappearing completely, as Mycelium connects to a group of redundant servers, and in a worse case scenario, all wallet private keys can be easily exported to be used in other wallet services. There is also no risk of exposing your private information to hackers, since all trades are done directly in person. To keep things as anonymous as possible, Mycelium Local Trader uses coarse locations, only uses your bitcoin address to register and authenticate with the exchange, and encrypts all communications directly between trading parties using their respective private keys. If Mycelium servers were to be hacked and data stolen (or logs were requested by authorities), the only things that would be exposed are the trader's nicknames and bitcoin addresses, and a general rough location of where the sell and buy offers are available – information that is already publicly visible. Any communications would just come out as encrypted gibberish. To create a buy or sell ad, users simply create an ad in the Local Trader menu, where they can set up a location from which to trade, choose a base exchange price and fee, the currency they wish to trade into, the amounts they wish to limit the trades to, and any additional notes for traders that they wish to display, such as time of availability or extra instructions. The great thing is that traders are not limited to the amount of trade ads they are able to create, and can set up tiers that charge different fees for different amounts traded, or set up trades at different locations with fees reflecting the difficulty of getting there. Anyone who wishes to buy or sell bitcoin using one of these ads simply clicks the Buy/Sell Bitcoin button, and instantly receives a list of available offers in their set area, which they have to change manually, and which is based on a coarse location (another privacy feature; Mycelium will never query your exact location automatically). From that list they can check prices, get more info on the traders, and even look them up on a map. If they find a price and a trader they are willing to deal with, they just hit the Buy (or Sell) button and initiate a chat to discuss when and where they could meet. Mycelium hopes that this feature will make bitcoin more accessible to everyone, especially in areas where bitcoin is difficult to get, such as China and Russia. Since Local Trader also includes an open API, in the future you may even be able to use it to find local bitcoin ATMs, and possibly even bitcoin businesses. And now that the Local Trading platform is finished, Mycelium can start work on the next major feature: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets (BIP32), which will let you backup all your keys by making just one backup of a seed, and will allow you to stay more anonymous by never reusing change addresses. To get Mycelium for your Android phone, you can download it from Google Play or directly from Mycelium.com. Mycelium – Decentralize ALL the things! Disclosure: Rassah works as a community manager for Mycelium. If you would like to support our project (or at least add some beer funds to our overworked developers), you can donate to 13YxhmcAyr9W1frumWr3trXLAj2hSHWBm |
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Donetsk, Luhansk steam through another Soviet-style votehttp://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/donetsk-steams-through-another-soviet-style-vote-so-now-what-347345.htmlBut the votes needed not to be tallied to know the result. It was clear from the beginning and made even more apparent throughout the day, as Soviet-style tactics of ballot stuffing, manipulation and intimidation were observed at polling stations across the regions: the referendums in the so-called “people’s republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk would pass.
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There have been several reports and captures of Russian spies on the territory of Ukraine, according to the Security Service of Ukraine. They have been caught with weapons, explosives and over the weekend in Sloviansk boxes with thousands of secession ballots pre-marked with “yes.”
I remember when living in Soviet Union, that even there we had "democratic" elections of leaders. They were mostly all for candidates who were running unopposed for the communist party, or elections between two people, with votes for one of them being only used to see who should be blacklisted and later interrogated. Also, Despite the results of the referendums, polls show that most voters in eastern Ukraine would prefer to stay a part of the country, in contrast to Crimea, where polling data showed a majority in favor of seceding.
Personally, if they want independence, I have no issues with that, but I ca't imagine Putin allowing that to happen, and would guess that he would do everything he can (seeding unrest, propaganda, ballot stuffing) to add those regions to Russia. My concern is that those people would quickly find out that being a part of Russia is not as great as it sounds, but the difference is that, while they could easily protest and secede from Ukraine, doing that while being a part of Russia would quickly invite an overwhelming force, followed by long jail terms for whoever came up with the idea.
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Hey guys. First, there's a difference between pedophile and ephebophile. Almost no one is a pedophile. Probably a majority is ephebophiles, even if they don't admit it. And second, I'm going to let you in on a little secret that apparently most of the world doesn't know about: teenagers are horny and like having sex.
I hope this helps clear the situation up somewhat. Now, I think Phinn has some work to do in another thread.
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- First, am i correct in understanding that if you are using a single address and private key whether it be generated by Mycelium or imported from elsewhere that change is always returned to the same address?
Change is always returned to whichever address you have selected as your default at the time (one that pops up on the main screen) - Also, am I correct in understanding if you have balances in multiple active addresses and you wish to send funds totaling more than is contained in any single address, that multiple keys will be used as inputs for the transaction? If so, where does the change go? I am guessing that it goes to one of the active addresses used for the transaction. If this is the case, I might suggest it would be better if change were by default returned to an unused active address if available.
That is correct, it will use multiple sources. Change will still go to the default selected address. - Since only one address can be associated with your Local Trader account, am I correct to assume change from a trade is always returned to that one address? Is it possible to transfer your trader profile and reputation to another address? Also, since you can only post ads if you have the balance available, does that balance need to be contained entirely in your trader address or is the trader app able to use balances from all active addresses? It seems it would be safer if it were the latter. That way you could avoid reusing addresses.
No, change will always go to the default selected address. Your LocalTrader address can stay empty, and will only use to authenticate with LT servers to change/look for orders and start trade sessions. Balances are based on the amount in your entire wallet's active addresses, not just your LT address. The reason I ask is that if my assumptions are true it seems possible that by deleting all keys generated by Mycelium, creating a deterministic wallet in Armory, generating several private keys, then importing those into Mycelium via QR codes, you can essentially keep your Mycelium wallet synced with Armory while also avoiding many of the pitfalls of reusing addresses, especially if my suggestion on the second question were implemented.
That's actually what I do, but since change address is typically the same, I just import a new empty one and set it as the default one every few days. After LocalTrader, our next big project will be HD wallets, so all of these issues will be taken care of automatically, with new change addresses generated every time. |
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BitcoinCard (Mycelium) never took preorders, and never will. The delay reasons are "still looking for hardware advanced enough to fulfill our vision" rather than "had trouble with cases." What Mycelium is making is way more complex, but there is finally a finish line in sight... Trezor should make the name of their old manufacturer public. No sense in hiding incompetence just to let someone else get hurt by it. |
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The APC left by Ukrainian army at Mariupol base seemed to have engine trouble, then anti-Kiev drove it into truck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1gBpouFpYITurkish minorities caught up in the Ukraine whirlwind http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/world/2014/05/10/Turkish-minorities-caught-up-the-Russia-Ukraine-whirlwind.htmlAs the crisis in the Balkans deepens, more ethnic minorities feel themselves threatened. The recent clashes between pro-Russian and Ukrainian forces have taken a toll on not only the Tatar Turks in Crimea but also some 18,000 Meskhetian/Ahiska Turks living in the region. With the increasing violence on the streets of many Ukrainian cities, Meskhetian Turks have called on Turkey for help. Turkey has a responsibility to provide diplomatic solutions for the Turkic minorities, who have been caught up in the Russia-Ukraine whirlwind. So, Putin invaded Crimea under the guise of protecting its population, then annexed it through a popular majority vote... and is now failing at keeping the population of his new region safe, despite having troops everywhere? |
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