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on: May 23, 2011, 09:36:41 AM

oh come on guys it's probably something like this.. bitcoin... bitc... bitch <-- one letter difference There's no need to start conspiracy stories over this.

on: February 18, 2011, 10:59:39 AM

I live in Thailand and it would confuse the hell out of me if websites started offering services using the Thai baht symbol, you'd have no idea if they're talking about BitCoin or Baht. Why not make your own symbol instead of taking someone else's? Do you really have no imagination yourself that you can't come up with your own symbol? Why do some of you care so much that bitcoin has to use this symbol? By the way, trading 1 ฿ for 30 ฿ if you're interested.

on: February 15, 2011, 08:23:52 AM

Quote from: nanaimogold on February 14, 2011, 06:05:28 PM The defense against Paypal chargebacks is to not use Paypal at all. Paypal only works when the receiver trusts the spender. As a consumer protection feature, Paypal allows buyers to back out of trade and charge back their purchase. Users might cry that they did not get what they paid for, or they may claim their account was cracked or phished. Paypal will take the money back from the receiver. As a seller, it's easy to trust someone who is buying a service that can't easily be resold, such as a subscription. With something liquid, the classic example being the mail order laptop, it's harder to trust the spender. What is to stop him from charging back after the hardware is shipped? In the case of trading Paypal for cash money, like bitcoin, it's very hard to trust the spender. Nothing is more liquid than digital currency. It belongs to the bearer, as does cash. It's easily traded into anything you can imagine. It's liquidity is very attractive to phishers and scammers. I suggest you read the Paypal rules which state that consumer protection is only for Tangible goods. As a paypal buyer you can't back out of such a trade for the situation you just described.

on: February 14, 2011, 07:50:34 AM

Here is my entry.. "BitCoin is electronic currency that is stored on your computer and traded over the internet." Done. There is no need to know how it works. Just that it's stored on your computer and that you use it over the internet.

on: November 08, 2010, 03:53:28 PM

Quote from: davout on November 03, 2010, 10:11:31 PM Because it's peer-to-peer, you connect to multiple other nodes, each one of which will send you info about the chain they see as valid, your client picks the longest, simple and beautiful =) This would never work. You could screw this up simply by disconnecting a lot of nodes from the network and having the most computing power. Case in point many Asian countries which often get disconnected or blocked from international connections. Also taking the checks out leaves new clients vulnerable if they begin by downloading from bad peers. It would also be extremely slow again to download everything.

on: August 02, 2010, 02:43:43 AM

Why do you consider it a breaking change? There's no reason you couldn't first try with the new protocol and then retry using the old bitcoin serialization technique. Also I think this is a change that should be made sooner rather then later while the BitCoin community is still small. It's already been a major blocker in making new clients and delaying it is going to hamper bitcoin's adoption.

on: August 02, 2010, 02:33:38 AM

The first 5 minutes I used bitcoin about a three weeks ago I generated a block straight away and haven't generated another since. I think it's purely based on luck. Using the OSX client here.

on: July 26, 2010, 03:49:50 PM

Are you going to be working on a full client yourself?

on: July 21, 2010, 09:34:22 AM

Hi guys, I know I am late to the conversation but could you please not use the Thai baht symbol as it's very confusing for someone like me who actually lives in Thailand. You'd be making it extremely confusing to use BitCoins over here. Also, why would you want to use an existing symbol rather then create your own cool new one? All it does is dilute the meaning of both BitCoins and Thai Baht. These days you can load up true type fonts via css so it's not like you wouldn't be able to use the symbol anywhere on the site. At least choose a symbol that's not already a currency somewhere in the world.

on: July 21, 2010, 09:23:59 AM

Hello I have a few questions.. Is it possible to 'hot swap' wallets so that if I want to spend money from different wallets I can do it without stopping and starting the client? If it is not possible yet would it be difficult to implement? How much of the client is connected to the wallet? and do other nodes know who someone is via their wallet? For example could I be tracked by where my wallet is being used to receive (not spend) coins?

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