For those of you at all interested, whilst my website is in the process of creation I'm also going to be working on another small project: Creating a GUI for ADB and Fastboot (as well as a few other tools). If you don't know what these are, take a look at the forum over at xda-developers. They are both tools for accessing the filesystems of rooted android phones, and for performing other tasks such as flashing basebands and recovery utilities. They are both used via the command line/terminal, and can be occasionally tricky to use. I plan to create an application that allows the input and output to be much simpler and clearer, hopefully helping to mitigate mistakes that can have consequences as serious as rendering a handset unusable.

Oof, sorry, I just did the math! I'll edit the original post to be nicer.

As for getting some examples up, I'm working on a proper portfolio website. It'll have some example programs, and a web app that I'm particularly proud of. I just need to work on making sure there are no compatibility problems, since I'll have to migrate a small SQL database to a mySQLite one. This should be ready soon, I'm just trying to work out how to build a "repository" of sorts and some other small design decisions.

Well shit, I've spent a year or two away from bitcoin and managed to heavily fuck up my finances. I'll do anything rotten for money.

So far, my skills are limited to:

Intermediate C# programming, with Winforms, Web apps and console programs*  --------------        0.2BTC per day spent             (approximately £40 or $65);
Amateur web design that happens to be really cheap;                                     --------------        0.2BTC per day spent             (approximately £40 or $65);
Video or Telephone technical support, billed per hour at a decent rate;              --------------         0.05BTC per Hr spent             (approximately £10 or $15);
Simple DIY tuition up to and including pipework (but NOT for gasworks);            --------------         0.05BTC per Hr spent              (approximately £10 or $15);
Proofreading and editing suggestions;                                                          --------------         0.02BTC per A4 sheet             (approximately £4 or $6);
Mechanical turking, namely typistry;                                                            --------------         0.01BTC per Hr spent             (approximately £2 or $3);
Business theory (at a heavily reduced rate).                                                 --------------         0.08BTC per 24 Hr session       (approximately £15 or $25);

* Mainly object oriented, although procedural is within my understanding.

Prices are correct as of December 2014, retrieved from http://preev.com

In a way, I agree with you. The source is fairly close to the actual forum URL though, and for a second I was slightly thrown. Also, the identifiers used appear to be real, so I imagine that they use the identifier to gain your wallet ID.

I urge anyone in receipt of emails similar to the below to do nothing with their content. If you use an email service such as Hotmail, I advise you to report them as phishing spam (pictured also).

The attachment contains what appears to be a linux based selection of files. I have not attempted to open them.

Although it appears to have been thwarted by my junk filter, I have seen a number of these make their way into my inbox. The number of them that I have recieved is... disturbing, to say the least.

You're right, which is why I'm hoping to partner with Branny (Rentalstarter.com) and a few guys over here in the UK who know what they're doing.

I'm doing a lot of research into this, but I don't think bitstarter is going to be a viable option.

I'll do some research, this may prove a viable business. God knows I need work right now :/

I just spoke to Branny on the telephone, this could be a big thing.

Not sure how legal that is in the UK tbh, but it certainly sounds viable. Any idea if there's room for another firm? Also, do you know if the owner has a forum name?

Not bad at all, I was thinking more of quick turnover though. I.E. Selling refurbed property, as opposed to renting it.

The property market here in the UK seems to be doing fairly well. A lot of people are buying up property at auction, doing it up and selling it on for a profit.

Example, from UK TV show "Homes under the Hammer" - youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftuzyyz693E

The first property is shown as a rather run down house, purchased at auction for £47,500.

The house is re-visited at about 26 minutes in, renovated at a cost of £25,000.

This makes a total outlay of £72,500.

The valuation (at 30mins in) is £90,000.

Total pretax: £17,500.

Rental valuation: £500 - £600 (3-4% approx).





What about a crowdfunded business in this market, using bitcoin?

Idea only, I'm not asking for any investment!

If I were you I would find a cheap router somewhere. Find one that you can install DD-WRT on, as it gives you a larger range of configuration options.

I would be looking to spend about £25 , or about 35 - 40 US dollars.

I hate anything built by AT+T.

No worries, I understand. Cheers!

Shit, you're right. I can get £25 for it :/
Um... Not really, I've not really posted too much here. The only thing I've done is sort out a youtube account with the restrictions removed for some guy in some oppressed country somewhere, a task for which I got 0.33 btc (or about £18). I'm not really famous anywhere on the internet, but Luke-Jr has access to another forum where I'm fairly well respected. Not sure how long it's been since he worked on that project though.

I have some bits and pieces that I could potentially sell, such as two old LG android phones, etc, but I understand if that's not really enough for you.

I'm from the UK.

Hi, I'm in a tight spot. Would you be willing to lend out 0.5 btc (~£30)? I have the drive below that I can sell for around £40, should my most recent cheque not clear, I'm willing to repay 0.6 btc in around a week's time? Let's say Friday?



 --edit: dropbox added a daft function for viewing files, so I now have to trawl through the source page to find the image URL...

 --edit2: oh my god, I'm never using dropbox again :/

Actually, tysat, you  broke the link entirely

I used an IBAN code alongside a swift code and something else, with all the correct details, and the transaction showed as processed over a month ago. My bank tell me that there are no incoming or refused transactions, and the money no longer appears in my bitstamp account.

Upon contacting bitstamp, they tell me that the deposit is confirmed, and that there are no surrounding issues.

BitStamp, you owe me just under twenty English pounds.

My aim is to build an exchange that is more focused on what the customer wants, as opposed to making a profit. I'm aware that that is the general aim anyway, but I think more focus on CS is necessary in this environment.


I can do the GUI and backend no problem. I have a working knowlege of law in my country, and as far as PR goes, I'm just going to be brutally honest with people. I have no qualms about telling people if I have a problem, I'd rather my customers be able to make a correctly informed choice.



You're right. That is a good idea, but in practice it would have to allow for small deviations in the correct stock prices, since the blockchains all seem to update at different times. It's workable though.

Yup. The very least a service proprietor can do is listen to and respond to those complaints. A lot of these exchanges don't seem to do so.

I have two domains available to me, so it only makes sense to use one for trading. First of all, I'd like to gain some insight from people here about what they specifically want from a trading/banking site, and what precautions I should take against attacks. I'd like to have some sort of two stage security, whether it's worth it is another question entirely.

So:
What services should a new trader offer?
What banking services should be available in conjunction?
Is the likes of cloudflare a good idea?
What is an acceptable charging threshold? (I'm out to make a profit, as dirty as it sounds.)

ffs. I just moved my funds over there in the hope of  a quicker transaction too :/