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And a lot more people will start to use their phones to tip people in bitcoins using the js-remote and the open source bitcoin bank that will eventually exist (hint, hint to developers looking for a good project).

I'm presently working on this. I'll post again once I have something working up on github. I'm actually kinda surprised nobody has use js-remote in this way yet.

I was talking to a friend recently and she said people will continue to buy newspapers because they like the physical satisfaction of flipping through it while drinking coffee in the morning. Even though the content is struggling compared to online news sources, people still like the tangible aspect.

How much do you suppose printing a customized newspaper would cost per sheet? If it is manageable, I can see a bitcoin newspaper (BN) market emerging. A person who wants the service goes to the BN site and registers. They pay a base fee to cover the cost of printing and labor (allowing ads will reduce the price). Then, they select news providers to appear on the pages from a list with each charging their own fee (New York Times: 0.25BTC per article/author, The Guardian: 0.15BTC per article/author, blog writer: free for now, ESPN: 0.05BTC/article, etc.). Each day could be customized. For example, give me lots of content on Sunday, mostly business on Monday, entertainment on Tuesday, nothing Wednesday - Friday, mostly sports on Saturday. BN prints up the newspaper and delivers it as scheduled by the user. It would be like a cable service where you can pick and choose which channels to carry. Or, you can choose to use somebody else' news template (which means competition in the template market to present the best basket of news).

Think of yourself as a customer willing to pay for premium newspaper service. How much would you be willing to pay for this fully customizable service?

Use the Bitcoin block chain for steganography. All people who use the Bitcoin client have the whole block chain downloaded, so it's safe to assume the target audience has the same information you do. Then, figure out an algorithm that can "decode" the block chain into a file based on a public key. Next, build a web browser that simply manages key exchanges. When you visit a web site, it would only transfer a key to your browser. The browser would "unpack" the website using the key. On the page displayed, there would be more keys - keys which would decode into text, script, images, ...media. Stale video would not need to be streamed anymore, just need the key to it and decode it locally. "Live" video would still need to stream the keys at some rate.

I like the idea of having an encyclopedia and its changelog presented as a set of keys, instant video on demand without hogging bandwidth, and a tip if you like this idea... 17dBSzDq3SXJzoDLx3PDnqJ2MRqCecYPY4

Would Bitcoin sites benefit from having credit ratings for users? Is there a way this could be done using a web of trust and allow users to stay anonymous?

I'm not exactly sure how the Facebook credit system works, but I had an idea. Buy FB credits from an app developer in exchange for bitcoins. Create a FB app that is a game that gives out the credits. While looking and functioning like a game, it also mines for bitcoins. Does this have any merit?

I've been following BitCoin on this forum for a little while now, but I haven't come across anything mentioning a job board. The easiest way to earn bitcoins is to do work in exchange for them. How does one post what job they are willing to do for bitcoins? How does one find someone to hire for work? It seems like a job board would facilitate trade and provide new users an easier way to acquire bitcoins rather than mining. Thoughts?