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1  Other / Beginners & Help / What does bitcoin need? on: October 20, 2011, 02:21:10 AM
I know I have to update the poll...just post if I missed something.

Option 1 - the user interface and what it can do
Option 2 - something that secures wallets even more so than now or is more apparent
Option 3 - sharing wallets, auto payments...
Option 4 - 6 confirms takes too long
Option 5 - the blockchain has too much data
Option 6 - dont depend on 3rd party exchanges such as Gox
Option 7 - eek, I want my bitcoin to be less fiat.
Option 8 - Too few merchants accepting bitcoin
Option 9 - smartphone is the future!
Option 10 - Target the shadow economy...Silk Road, etc
Option 11 - I hate hoarders
Option 12 - For the good
Option 13 - I want to buy with Paypal arrggghhh
Option 14 - I cant trust no one...
Option 15 - Make it easier for more programmers to dig in
Option 16 - save the world by saving bitcoin's price to other fiat currencies
Option 17 - not sad, but I wouldnt mind a better forum

Edit:Added Option 18: needs Public Relations
2  Other / Politics & Society / I just got some more govt value !!!! A new law banning hats on: October 14, 2011, 08:06:31 PM
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/10/13/hats-off-or-get-out-valley-stores-lapd-to-ban-headgear-in-anti-crime-effort/
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...Under the program, a “warning notice” will be placed in the window of a business that caters to walk-in customers “to allow the customer time to remove their hat, hoodie or helmet” before entering, LAPD officials said.
If they refuse to comply, “they’d be in violation of penal code 602, which is essentially trespassing within that business,” said LAPD Capt. Justin Eisenberg....

Because robbers really care about being issued a trespassing ticket when they rob

and we dont need anyone buying hats,hoodies or helmets. Kiss



3  Other / Politics & Society / HR 1981(internet activitity big brother bill) and bitcoin on: August 09, 2011, 05:26:17 PM
Ordinarily I would think this (http://rt.com/usa/news/internet-1981-law-patriot/ ) has no chance of passing, but a lot of orgs are for it, so who knows.....it did pass the House judiciary committee....so if it does happen, what happens to bitcoin? Seems like recording all internet activity by ISPs would kill bitcoin's confidentiality for most users, but what do I know?
4  Bitcoin / Project Development / Charity/Foundation formation on: August 05, 2011, 06:11:07 PM
Discuss.....

Lets say there were a 501(c)(3) opened.

1) Could accept tax deductible donations
2) Could raise money more broadly...such as goodsearch.com

Lets say it was transparent as can be. As in expenses scanned and displayed...books opens all the time. Bank account info open as much as possible.

Where does the money get spent? I think most of the time it would be allocated by the donor, but the foundation itself would have projects.
For example, A Study of Internet digital currency wallets (mybitcoin.com)...if there were such a project or educational research, it would be funded or else it stops and the bitcoins get sent back to the participants. Overall the foundation could start these hybrid public/confidential projects until they take off in real space.

There would also be a general fund whose purpose is for legal defense and also for short term loans to the projects if they can pay the fund back....with preference to those projects that have collateral. Such as the study 'mybitcoin'...if the users didnt donate enough, part of their money would be seized(call it a monthly fee if you like).

Oh, and no salaries or some such expense for this organization.
5  Economy / Services / Needed: Employment services website like ODesk on: July 25, 2011, 07:16:54 PM
I think enough features could be added to survive against ODesk accepting bitcoins.
Though my 2 cents say that ODesk wont accept bitcoins...ever, thus giving such a website the edge in the shadow economy.
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