Hey, hopefully sooner!

Sure. I'll be releasing it on October 31st. Just have to clean some thing up first. Working on a hardware wallet sounds like a  lot of fun, but I'm not sure I have a structural knowledge of Bitcoin strong enough to do something like that. Definitely document your process if you do end up trying that out.

Just out of curiosity, what do you do for a living?

Not sure why this thread was revived, but if anyone wants a more current article that isn't behind a paywall, look here: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-10-07/ripple-takes-on-western-union-with-deal-to-grow-digital-payments

There's a possibility that no one even owns that address.

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Now that I've really looked into ppcoin, the extension would definitely have to be rewritten almost entirely to support it. At first glance I had thought it was apart of the Bitcoin blockchain or something.


Thanks dude. Let me know when you make something!

Hey man, I'd like to try my hands at this. I don't have any original ideas to add yet though. Is there anything I can do to help? Any bug fixes?

I'm not sure how paranoid you are, but it seems to me that using Windows at the end of all of that would kind of damper the steps you took before that., as keatonatron said.

If you want to be extra secure, don't bother connecting the linux laptop to the web to begin with. Download all programs you want to install from another computer, then copy the files and install them on your offline computer.

All that work for 0.005 BTC? They probably figure they could setup 50 or so accounts and get lucky. Nice going though. That last sentence cracked me up.

Hey, I replied to you on Youtube. Your idea is pretty cool. It's definitely nothing that I imagined in implementation, but as far as what our ideas do, things seem pretty similar. I actually don't have the code for the tip jar uploaded yet. What is on Github is the code for the notifications Chrome extension, which is a totally unrelated project (though works similarly).

Thanks man! I'm definitely working on a lot smaller version. We'll see how it turns out.

I didn't know what ppcoins were. Maybe he thought that I was making a reference to them with the name popCoin? I may add ppcoin lookup functionality down the road if it's popular enough.

I'm not sure I understand your post. But I think you're saying that I really want people to add popCoin to Chrome, because I bolded it.

I bolded it because I felt it was lost in the wall of text. Do I want people to install it? Of course! I made it with the hope that people would find utility in it.

Hey guys,  just joined up here. I was waiting for the site to open up registration again haha.

 A few weeks ago I made a tip jar for fun that lights up when BTC are sent to the address. I thought some of you might enjoy it. Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67McSlKwgX8

Just a few days ago I also created a Chrome extension called popCoin that tracks outgoing/incoming BTC payments to whatever address you specify and notifies you when transactions occur. It's pretty lightweight on memory, and I think a lot of people would have use for it. If you enjoy it, please give me a quick rating on the Chrome store.
popCoin: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/popcoin/akngodfjackkjikgbaebbleigmafgbgm

The source is also on Github, in case you guys don't trust me yet. This is my first jump into web development though, so it's rough looking code-wise: https://github.com/leethomas/popCoin

Thanks for reading, and please let me know what you guys think. I look forward to hanging around.

Not to thread jack over here, but since you asked (though probably not the coolest thing), I created a physical Bitcoin tip jar. You can see how it works here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67McSlKwgX8


I figured it'd be cool if a small business/bars used it as a a way to acknowledge a tip.

Hi Bitcointalk, my name is Lee and I'm a college student who has done a couple of small projects. I created a physical Bitcion tip jar, available for viewing here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67McSlKwgX8

More recently, I created a Chrome extension called popCoin! which updates you of incoming/outgoing payments at any BTC address you specify. The link for that is here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/popcoin/akngodfjackkjikgbaebbleigmafgbgm


Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to posting more here are participating in the discussions.

Don't worry, they didn't steal your money. Someone else had  a similar problem with Coinbase's automated system. Olaf from Coinbase responded in this thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1opvdq/cmon_coinbase_high_risk_really/

You should be alright. Good luck!

Pretty much that. As far as I understand it, trying to mine while expecting a profit or to break even if you purchased a miner fairly recently- is near impossible, if not impossible. Supposedly things will be better when the next generation ASIC miners come around- but expect the cost to be substantial, and the timespan you have to break even/profit be fairly short.

I agree with Birdy here. Just looking at graphs won't tell you the whole story. I'd recommend subscribing to an RSS feed with Bitcoin news related keywords, as well as of course Reddit's /r/Bitcoin. If you do this for a while (I mean weeks) you will probably notice a few market patterns with respect to major news being released, eventually building a general understanding of market reactions.


I'd recommend having two monitors, and a lot of seat time.

Thanks for making this thread. I was wondering the same thing. This thought crossed my mind  a few weeks ago but I had totally forgotten about it.