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1  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: Win 2 BTC and $500 - Predict the Price of Bitcoin at Christmas! on: December 09, 2014, 05:00:12 AM
what if bitcoin become worthless worth just 10 usd is that mean second winner get more than first winner Huh

If this happens, not winning this contest will be the last thing I'm worried about. Cry

For you and others who hold a couple of coins..
2  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Isle of Man and Bitcoin? on: September 17, 2014, 01:41:13 PM
It was even in the local newspaper these days
3  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [XMR] Monero - A secure, private, untraceable cryptocurrency (mandatory upgrade) on: September 15, 2014, 11:27:45 AM
If I need to verify a transaction what I should do? Is there the blockchain.info equivalent for XMR?

You can't look up transactions by address. If I'm right you will need the txid to look it up  Wink
4  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How will we stop the evil free market Chinese? on: September 14, 2014, 05:34:33 PM
Looks impressive, but I worked at an IBM facility for a while where there were multiple datacenters that were football field sized. What I saw in there was mind boggling and makes this look like child's play. Not that this is a competition, just putting that out there, that in comparison to the big boys (IBM, Google, etc) this isn't overly impressive. One has to wonder though what they will do if BTC price drops to $100 or less.
5  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin 3D renders - Free to use as wallpaper, for promotion, or commercially on: September 14, 2014, 05:28:08 PM
Beautiful. Any chance you could render some of these (or at least that first one) with the original slogan, "strength in numbers"?
6  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: 1991 Electronics -> 2014 Smartphone. 2014 Banking -> 2018 Bitcoin on: September 14, 2014, 05:21:23 PM
You know the best part about living right now? I live in the mutha-flippin' future.

actually you still live in the present. but the future is tomorrow. so it's not too long a wait.
7  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: MIT’s bookstore to accept Bitcoins from students on: September 14, 2014, 05:14:08 PM
so what does that work out to, about 5btc per semester?
8  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Top US Colleges Begin Offering Bitcoin Courses on: September 14, 2014, 05:06:15 PM
Is there good online courses ?

here u go https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-what-is-it
9  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin about to rise dramatically due to the JLI (Jennifer Lawrence Indicator) on: September 14, 2014, 04:59:43 PM
You can't honestly believe that trends in JLaw translate to Bitcoin?

that'd still be at the bottom of the list of unbelievable beliefs.
10  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Core Developer says Bitcoin Too Fragile and in its Infancy on: September 14, 2014, 04:53:07 PM
Mike Hearn is also the guy that is proposing to build blacklisting into Tor, as well as reduce the fungibility of Bitcoin with built in taint tracking and rejection.

What is wrong with a tor node wanting to block something going through their computer and network? It is their connection you're using and are under no obligation to forward any traffic to you in the first place while they risk themselves, and you're still free to use a different node.

Keep in mind that's only possible due to a flaw in Tor. The Tor devs are fixing that flaw, and mike posted on their mailing list telling them not to fix it, because he wanted it used for blacklisting. If you don't like Tor's anti-censorship ethics, I suggest you don't contribute to it at all. Equally if you do, then your "property rights" include the right to choosing to use a system where no-one has the ability to censor.
11  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin’s future depends on public acceptance on: September 14, 2014, 04:45:07 PM
Either that or "only the black market matters", one of those two possibilities...

If the public doesn't participate in black markets, then who does?

I think in this context "the public" implies mainstream adoption, no?

Yes, that's what makes it ridiculous.
To rephrase the headline "Bitcoin's popularity depends on its popularity"
12  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Coinbase Insured on: August 30, 2014, 11:59:11 AM
Interesting. It's good to see Coinbase setting the standard here. Of course, employee infidelity and hacking are just two ways that bitcoins could disappear.

What about physical theft? Summary says that the insurance covers losses due to physical security breach, so presumably physical theft is covered. Missed that in the summary.
What about natural disasters, fire, flood, etc.?
What about kidnap/ransom/extortion of employees?
What about lawful confiscation (usually not covered by policies)?
What are the actual limits of the policy?
Are the limits on a per-account basis (like the FDIC), per occurrence basis, or per policy period?
Was the policy designed to cover the type of hacking that allegedly occurred with Mt. Gox?


Setting the standard for what, deception? 97% of deposits are offline and therefore uninsured.

Exactly - cold storage is not insured. I am not impressed at all.
13  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: A service that sends you a text message when there is big Bitcoin news? on: August 30, 2014, 11:48:05 AM
Would you pay a modest fee (say $5 a month) for a service like this that sends text and/or email alerts with important information, including the ability to monitor specific address(es)?

Whenever you respond to a request for a product or service and ask if the requester would be willing to pay for said product or service, the answer is almost always "no".
I call that: The Goodnews Everybody Universal Law of Technological Entitlement.
14  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Democracy 2.0 (Beta) on: August 30, 2014, 11:37:42 AM

Thee "receipt" might actually contribute in developing countries to voter pressure. Imagine a wife in Pakistan voting for a party which her husband does not approve off, and then the husband tells his wife to check with the receipt for whom she has voted. Family-based voting might become a lot more prevalent.
15  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Jokes on: August 30, 2014, 10:25:40 AM
Dogecoin  Grin
16  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How would you store >100 Bitcoins? on: August 30, 2014, 10:19:28 AM
Armory with an m-of-n backup with dedicated separate cold wallet and hot wallet computers. Distribute the m-of-n backups geographically and among a couple different safe deposit boxes. In your will write clear instructions on how to recover the coins with the backups. This is the safest way to store coins imo.

What would you need a hot wallet computer for? Other than that, this is a great method.
17  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Payza now accepting Bitcoin! on: August 11, 2014, 07:37:53 AM
Why does a bitcoin withdrawal take 2-3 business days??
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