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Bringing this back up. I'll leave it here for one more day before I try eBay out.
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I recently lost my day job and have taken the opportunity to pursue a business idea I've been wanting to work on for a long time now. I've been selling a few of my collectibles to help raise starting funds and I think it's time I part with my ALD. My small collection of notes total $40 ALD: one twenty, one ten, one five, and five ones. I was going to put them up on eBay for $89.95, but I figured I'd give you guys first dibs to make the purchase before I try my luck on eBay. They seem like the kind of thing people on these forums might be interested in. I'm asking $85 OBO here (payable in Bitcoin, of course!). I'm perfectly fine with using a trusted forum escrow in the exchange. Post a comment here or PM me if you want to buy: you'd really be helping me out. Thanks for taking a look! Here's a picture of the group. Go here for an album with a few more shots.  |
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D.C. United from MLS and the USMNT on a national level.
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Hitler and Bieber. I get the impression Stalin would be the easiest to reason with.
Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and Brittney Spears.
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Huh, I never knew about that myself. I was also going to ask what "signing" Bitcoin was. Do other clients have this feature, or just core?
Blockchain.info: How can I sign a Bitcoin message? Please log in to your My Wallet account, navigate to the 'Receive Money' tab, and click the Action option.  Armory: Message signing with your Bitcoin addresses Sign messages using the private keys of your bitcoin addresses, that can then be verified by someone else. For instance, you pay someone 200 BTC for merchandise to be shipped to you. You send the seller your postal address, but someone intercepts the message and replaces it with their own address! This is avoidable by using signed messages: the seller sees the money came from address X, so you send them a signature block, which tells them your postal address, and sign it with address X. If someone tries to change the address, the signature will become invalid! Multibit: https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_signAndVerifyMessage.htmlSign Message You sign a message using a specific receiving address in a wallet. The recipient needs to know the address you signed your message with to verify it. To sign a message: Select the wallet that contains your signing address in the 'Wallets Wallets' panel. Choose the menu option 'Tools | Sign Message Sign Message'. If your wallet is encrypted, enter the wallet password in the field labeled 'Wallet password'. Enter the receiving address you are using to sign in the 'Address' field. Enter the message you want to sign in the 'Message' field. Every character is part of the signed message, including spaces, tabs and line breaks. Press the 'Sign Message Sign Message' button. The signature text will appear in the 'Signature' field and you will see a success message when this completes. Send the message, the signature and the signing address to your recipient so that they can verify your message. And I'm sure it goes on. Cool deal, thanks for the info! |
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Take your $60k USD else where. Your $60k is no good here sorry.
Why don't you sign your wallet address and prove to us you have 100BTC ?
Don't bother doing anything else until you do this.
It should be the standard thing to do in OP you have less than 3 posts... Fark it should be the standard even if you have 400 posts.
I agree if OP can sign a wallet and/or provide other evidence he actually owns 100 Bitcoin then we can trust you a little better. Sorry, I invested the money already in fiat currency assets and this loan offer is off. I have just 14 bitcoins remaining in the wallet 1GPfPRqUMdeNU7Gx7SC7U2XYTiqt8jt6d5 and 17qveXhWrqxAEfEvhyyvv5u99mo3TVymzS to let you know I'm not a scammer. That doesn't tell anyone anything. That just shows that there are BTC at those addresses. You have to SIGN them. I can send a screenshot)))) I don't know how to sign BTC  On Bitcoin Core: File -> Sign Message. Put in your Address, type a message saying you own them, then hit sign message to generate a signature. On here, share the Address, Message, and Signature. Huh, I never knew about that myself. I was also going to ask what "signing" Bitcoin was. Do other clients have this feature, or just core? |
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Post your favorite game (or series) and recommend a game (or series) to the person above you based on their favorite.
Here's mine: the Mass Effect series.
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Where do u think it was found?
Was it in your closet? |
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Downloaded the app on my iPad, what a disappointment.... The icon looks crap and the interface is for iPhone only, I hope it works  That's a bummer. Hopefully they get a true iPad version out soon. I like the iPhone version, but I agree about the logo looking a bit lame (I like the older logo better). |
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I'm glad they finally got it back in. The old blockchain app made on-the-go payments a breeze. It was a shame that they closed it out.
New app seems to be well designed, though the send/receive icons could be a little clearer/less cluttered.
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My diploma certainly helped me get the job I have now, but I don't earn as much as you would expect in the field (which is why I'm not pursuing a higher level degree; a guy I work with has his Master's and he barely gets paid more than I do). I'd much rather go in business for myself so I can control my own output and influence my own intake.
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The biggest problem of bitcoin right now is trust. Actually the lack of it... Lack of trust in the bitcoin system itself, the software and the companies around bitcoin.
The thing is that only time can fix this particular problem...
I would agree regarding the trust as the currency. BTC has to become a currency, not a speculative asset for gambling. This means price stability/growth stability. Then the problem of a lack of adoption will be resolved. Yes, trust is the most important issue. That's what I've felt for a while is Bitcoin's biggest challenge. It needs to get over the image of an investment and move on to being a unit of trade. |
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Technically:
- ease of use still a problem. Progress continues, slowly. Browser integrated wallets are key. One click purchase on any bitcoin accepting site is a killer feature.
- average joe, even average-geek-joe, simply cannot safely store a large amount of BTC. People are going to continue to lose large sums of bitcoin.
Culturally:
- I think a lot of people simply do not see a need for Bitcoin. I think to be honest, we need to ignore that sector. Too much effort is being put into marketing BTC to people who are happy with their credit cards. The largely ignored area is: kids. Technologically literate and malleable young people, who perhaps do not have bank cards, or for whom having a wallet on their smartphone will seem "cool" and futuristic. Simply installing a wallet on their smartphone without having to register or identify themselves to any bank? That monetary/spending independence should appeal to a teenager.
What I think will herald mainstream adoption is some service or app that appeals to young people and also serves a useful function. A killer app. Tipping and such on reddit is a small example; but that's primarily for the geek crowd. What's bitcoin's killer role in the snapchat demographic?
(but of course the killer "app" may simply be bitcoin as money, and so the hard part is still getting hold of bitcoin)
Practicality:
- buying it. Still tricky. I want to see vouchers you buy in a store (like mobile top-ups). I'd like to see buying BTC as easy for a kid as a mobile top-up. Go into a store, hand over cash, swipe their smartphone, and acquire their BTC. The very pessimistic view (which I think might be correct) is we'll have to wait for a parallel economy to appear so there is no cashing in or out. It may be all the AML regs kill any quick and easy bitcoin purchasing.
- tax complications. A company having to work out how they pay tax on Bitcoin income. Sure, if they use some service to convert automatically to $ or whatever it's easy, but in an ideal world they'd hold a balance in Bitcoin. I know I could run Bitcoin earning ads on a site of mine, but I avoid it because tax is annoyingly complicated enough as it is.
Great points about focussing on the younger generation, with Bitcoin perhaps being the first and easiest (as well as coolest) step for them to take towards their own financial independence from parents - and vouchers from stores is a great idea. I really like this perspective too. I hadn't thought much about it before now, but I think targeting the next generation should be something the community pursues more. |
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you might need to clarify the question a bit more, because there are two different goals with bitcoin. one is to make the price go higher, and the other is to get as many people to adopt it.
Either goal is fine if that goal is what you think has the biggest challenge. For instance, if you think the primary goal of Bitcoin is a high coin value, perhaps you think its biggest challenge lies with security breaches at the exchanges that cause the price to crash. If you think the primary goal is user adoption, perhaps you think its biggest challenge is getting more big name companies to accept it as a currency. Whatever you think its goals and challenges are is fine for an answer.  |
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Drop is good, it helps spread the existing bitcoin to new people which is desperately needed if bitcoin is going to be adopted and used by the masses.
I'd like to see it drop down to $200 USD. That will get a lot of holders to sell and distribute the currency to people who will actually use it for commerce.
Agreed. A price drop around a time like this (with Dell announcing their acceptance of the currency) will help make it more accessible to new users. People tend to look at volume over value, so I can see how some may stay away from Bitcoin when they hear $20 will only get them a fraction of a coin. |
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Like the title says, I'm conducting an informal survey of Bitcoin's biggest challenges. Specifically, I'd like to hear what you all think are the biggest challenges in three categories: - Technically - As in the Bitcoin client, the operation of the system, mining, security, etc.
- Culturally - As in mainstream acceptance, user and merchant adoption, Bitcoin's image (or image problem), etc.
- Practicality - As in the practical uses and difficulties in Bitcoin (a good example would be people who worry over wait times for confirmations).
There's no need to limit your answers to one per category; feel free to pose as many as you like for each category or post answers to just one or two of them. Your answers can be as detailed or straightforward as you please. Thanks, and I look forward to reading your responses! |
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Bitcoin conference in NC? Hot damn, hope I can make it there!
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I used to love the white Mt. Dew, but I can never find it in my area these days.  |
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I'll check out specific subreddits occasionally, usually when I'm looking for info or advice on a specific topic (like when I built my first computer).
But I don't frequent the site.
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Just wondering what most Bitcoin based businesses/business owners use for their accounting software. Are there any programs out there that have Bitcoin as a currency option? Or do you use a regular accounting program (like Quickbooks) and record the value of your Bitcoin in your local currency?
(sorry if this is posted in the wrong area)
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