Thanks! I'll be updating on the forum and other places as things come together.

I know it will be a lot of work and I'm hoping to crowd-source reviews, ratings and recommendations. It will be easy to categorize and register the "good" merchants and vendors. It won't be so easy to organize the "bad" ones, but that's the goal.

Good evening everyone,

I'm putting the final touches on a new website that I hope new and existing users of Bitcoin will find beneficial. It's called the Bitcoin Consumers Union and its goal is to help facilitate a fair and just marketplace for users of Bitcoin.

We'll work toward this in three ways.

First, we will register and create a ratings system for merchants and vendors that conduct business in Bitcoin. We will be an independent and non-biased source for consumer reviews, complaints and recommendations for merchants. Our reviews and ratings will come from BTC users.

Second, we will list common scams and highlight reports of fraudulent activity amongst BTC merchants, vendors and providers of service. We will distribute "action alerts," fraud warnings and issue a quarterly report on Bitcoin usage and consumer confidence.

And finally, we plan to work with merchants and vendors to adopt basic standards of fairness with regard to the marketplace.

But I need help. I need a few members of this community to join BTC CU's Board of Advisors. These folks will volunteer their time to help the organization adopt a mission and a plan of action.

If you're interested in this project, please PM me and I'll send you more information.

You can check out the shell here: http://www.btcconsumersunion.org. As a sidenote, I'm continuing to put the finishing touches on the site, so please forgive any blatant errors or typos.

I also need to compile a comprehensive list of common scams and and attempts at fraudulent behavior within the BTC community.

We're all interested in promoting a thriving BTC economy, and while the vast majority of BTC users and merchants are trustworthy, there is an element that will take any opportunity to use and abuse the system to their own gain. I've read far too many stories of users that have been scammed, hacked or otherwise tricked into sending their Bitcoins off without receiving anything in return. A lack of knowledge about the available tools can easily be remedied.

Please don't hesitate to ask questions, I'd love to hear anyone's thoughts and ideas on this project. If you would like to help out, again, PM me and I can shoot you more information.

UberNeck

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I initially spent $100 a year or so ago. It's worth $300 now.

This is my guess, too.

This! I had a similar problem, solved by installing the SDK.

What's up NoWhammies? I had a similar problem but it was fixed by using the method provided on this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=49966.0.

I know this is a very old post, but this was my issue, as well. I installed the SDK and everything synced up perfectly. Beforehand, I was unable to connect to the pool because of that very same DLL issue.

What's up FreeMoney, thanks for being a part of this service. I've been itching to play cards for a while now, ever since Black Friday. I'm not great at maths, but I was able to figure out a couple of questions I had (see previous post).

Derp, of course I spot it in the FAQ immediately after posting here. Please disregard chip/value question. It's 1/1000th BTC for those who are curious.

First off, great name for a poker site. Secondly, has anyone deposited BTC into a SWC account? Do you have any experiences you'd like to share?

Also, what's the conversion rate for BTC to Seals With Clubs "chips"? I can't seem to find what I'm looking for in that regard.

Many thanks in advance.

The rumor is that Obama filed for scholarships as a resident of Kenya. Part of that whole, "birther" conspiracy.

In my experiences, getting loans for something you can buy later on with a little patience is not the way to run your finances. Put up some collateral for the loan (like photos mentioned above) or just wait.

That's me, overly cautious.

It would take a very long time to decrypt your wallet. You're good. You may want to change the number of characters in your password now, as that you've told the internet it's 17.

I'm UberNeck. Professionally, I do front-end web work specializing a few content management systems. I was first introduced to BTC through Tor and have since taken an interest in cryptocurrency. I comment under a different name on the reddit sub, but I'm jumping into this forum, as well.