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1  Economy / Trading Discussion / [SOLVED] Problem with Bitinstant overcharging on: April 03, 2012, 05:37:09 PM
When using Bitinstant yesterday, I noticed that they now covertly add $1 to the amount that is quoted in the link to TrustCash. In their FAQ, they claim to not add any fees above the amount you order, and the website makes it appear (if you don't look at the address bar) that this $1 is being added by TrustCash, which is false. This problem occurs regardless of the amount that you order. I have a screenshot which shows that this overcharge originates with Bitinstant and not TrustCash:
https://plus.google.com/115910879713858998075/posts

I've been using Bitinstant since January and have not had this problem before. (The last time I used it was around March 11.) I don't believe it will be difficult for Bitinstant to fix this problem now that it is made public. I'm announcing this issue publicly because I believe the faster everyone knows about these problems, the faster we can build trust in the BTC economy.

There is an easy work around for this problem. (I've done this, but I haven't actually made my deposit yet, so use at your own risk.):
Make the order as normal and click the link to TrustCash. On entering the TrustCash website, you should see the amount you ordered plus $1. Find that amout in the address bar, change it to the amount you intended, and hit Enter. You can then continue your order with the correct amount.
2  Other / Politics & Society / Objections to the non-aggression principle on: February 18, 2012, 02:27:46 AM
Libertarians seem pretty confident in their reasoning ability, but I'm yet to be convinced. In particular, I have two major objections to the non-aggresion principle:

We must coerce people into respecting each other's rights.
In a completely free society, we must assume the potential of infinite diversity. If we don't, our prejudices would prevent us from respecting the uniqueness of everyone's needs. This would make society quite unfree by definition.

Some people won't want to respect the rights of others.

Therefore, individual rights must be enforced by coersion.

(If you bring up the idea of "provocation", please define exactly what you think that word means. To me, the NAP is about the same as pacifism, and it's too easy to redefine provocation to suit one's argument.)

Aggression is fundamental to survival.
If someone needs food, and has no way to get it without killing or stealing, why shouldn't he do so? Without this basic survival instinct, humans would not have survived long enough to invent property rights.

Finally, if government is so inherently evil, how does it arise in the first place?
3  Bitcoin / Project Development / btctrade 0.2.0 is released on: December 24, 2010, 09:06:55 PM
This program looks at the historical data file from bitcoinwatch.com, and reports the high, low, and average price of each currency, in bitcoins, for a given year/month/day/whatever. See the README for details.

The main page is here:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/btctrade

The direct download is here:
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/btctrade/btctrade-0.2.0.tar.bz2

I gladly accept bug reports, donations, and feature requests. I warn you though, that I use a GNU operating system, so I'm not 100% sure how it will work on Windows or Mac.

EDITED to reflect current version.
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