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on: April 28, 2013, 07:45:40 PM

How about a backup bank for each exchange? How difficult would it be to ALWAYS have at least two bank accounts for an exchange, and when one gives notice of closure, move all the fiat into another one, then open a new account with a new bank (if you want to continue operating)? The number of banks is of course finite, but given how many credit unions and similar banking services are there, it seems like this strategy would allow an exchange to survive for a pretty long while. How come this has never been discussed?

on: April 21, 2013, 11:51:41 PM

Quote from: johnblaze on April 18, 2013, 05:15:01 AM most of us (at least me) had no idea that they were hacked previously. Don't you do any research before handing money to any entity? How difficult was it to go on the Bitcoin wiki and search for Bitfloor? The 24k BTC theft was there all the time. Look like you're a bit of a lazy bum. And based on how you write, you probably haven't graduated from high-school yet. Quote from: johnblaze on April 18, 2013, 05:15:01 AM i am new, someone said they were a quick deposit, they were, and everything worked fine. If you base your investment decisions on what "someone said", then I have no sympathy for you, and you deserve your fate.

on: April 21, 2013, 10:54:10 AM

Quite often with the Bitcoin wiki, Bitcoin-24 and other Bitcoin site, when I access them through TorBrowser, I get the annoying CAPTCHA gateway in the screenshot below. The problem is that clicking the damn "REQUEST ACCESS" button doesn't do anything. TorBrowser comes with Firefox 17.0.5 which is like ages behind 19.0.2, but I doubt a newer version would support Cloudflare's shit code, which closes a </div> without opening one (see line 2 in the code dump below). Is anyone close enough to Cloudflare to get them to fix this? HTML code dump from from https://anti-virus.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/anti-virus-challenge?h=626974636f696e2d32342e636f6d2c626974636f696e2d32342e636f6d2c3330313832322c31343535363538&x=9c81097ead107ec589ce86fa32069adf : Code: <noscript> </div> <div class="grid_5 alpha omega"> <iframe src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/noscript?k=6LeT6gcAAAAAAAZ_yDmTMqPH57dJQZdQcu6VFqog" height="300" width="100%" frameborder="0"></iframe><br> <p>Once you have received a response code from the form above, enter it here to complete the form.</p> <label for="recaptcha_challenge_field">Response code field</label> <textarea name="recaptcha_challenge_field" rows="3" cols="40"></textarea> <input type="hidden" name="recaptcha_response_field" value="manual_challenge"> <input type="submit" value="Submit response code"></input> </div> </noscript> (mirror: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/703/cloudflaretorblockingca.png)

on: April 19, 2013, 08:32:05 AM

I don't know of any exchanges doing this, but I think it's a great idea, and should be resurfaced (hence my post) now that new exchanges are in that position. Coinbase, while not allowing trades yet, is one of the promising potential future exchanges that could implement this.

on: April 19, 2013, 08:27:14 AM

While wondering what the best forum would be to post a new thread, I found that these two forums are very close in what types of threads develop there: Economy > Trading Discussion Economy > Marketplace > Service Discussion This is a problem I think, because many threads will be duplicated. For instance, a very recent thread, several pages long on each of those forums, is about Bitfloor shutting down: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=179198.0 in Trading Discussion https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=179231.0 in Service Discussion How about consolidating these into one forum, or specifying more precisely their intended purpose?

on: April 19, 2013, 08:24:30 AM

Quote from: greBit on April 18, 2013, 10:56:07 AM This site really is a throwback from 1997. I would have to agree that Simple Machines is one of the most obsolete forum software packages. Have a look at a modern one, developed by the creators of the StackOverflow family of sites. StackOverflow is not only f**king fast, the search is also smart enough to find similar questions, while SMF is dumb enough to only search for the keywords and not care about proximity or anything. This modern, open source forum is called Discourse:

on: April 15, 2013, 07:35:49 AM

I'm a contributor to the Bitcoin wiki, and I've made my first OTC trade this past week. Thanks!

on: April 08, 2013, 03:17:04 PM

Is there a way to make deposits to BitInstant without having to interact with a human? The demo video showed that CVS deposits require speaking with a MoneyGram operator + the local CVS cashier. Are there ways to deposit money that don't require human interaction?

on: April 08, 2013, 03:11:03 PM

I've searched the forum but couldn't find any details on this. So in the U.S., LocalTill lets you deposit cash via Bank of America or Wells Fargo. You need to pick up a "paper deposit slip for out of state deposits" and hand it to the teller. Well, does that require your ID? Can you deposit the cash into a BoA or WF ATM without having to deal with a human, and having to wait for the bank's open hours? PS: please move into the appropriate forum since I can only post in the Newbies area.

on: April 08, 2013, 10:52:52 AM

I guess I'm late to the party... first thought of Bitcoin when it was $12, and now it's $180. Better late than never I guess?

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