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In this thread we will post Microsoft Paint bitcoin chart analysis for fun. GO!

I need ideas for a possible 10 min pitch for potential funding approval. My company (a $35 million company) specializes in health and well-being for the military. We are owned by a fortune 100 company worth billions. How can bitcoin help this area?

Here is what the CEO is asking:

What is the pain you are solving? Who has it?
Product idea must in someway support people's well-being.
Product must be intended for commercial market.
What will it allow our customer to do that couldn't be done before.
Why are they going to pay for a solution to their pain?
Cost saving? Efficiencies?
Increased market share/sales?
How are we going to make money?
Who are the ideal target customers?
Competitive landscape. How would we be different? Why us vs. others?
What is our advantage?
5 year revenue plan
Employees required
Timeline

Sorry for the late notice but I will need this by tmr. Thank you.

Kan du hjälpa mig översätta Satoshi ursprungliga dokument? Jag försöker att översätta den till så många språk som möjligt. Klicka här för registrera dig och använda översättningsverktyg:

http://crowdin.net/project/bitcoin/invite

Можете ли вы помочь мне перевести оригинал документа Satoshi в? Я пытаюсь перевести его на столько языков. Нажмите здесь, регистрации и использовании инструмент для перевода:

http://crowdin.net/project/bitcoin/invite

Você pode me ajudar traduzir documento original de Satoshi? Eu estou tentando traduzi-lo em tantas línguas quanto possível. Clique aqui registrar e usar a ferramenta de tradução:

http://crowdin.net/project/bitcoin/invite

Pouvez-vous m'aider traduire document original Satoshi? J'essaie de le traduire en autant de langues que possible. Cliquez ici enregistrer et d'utiliser l'outil de traduction:

http://crowdin.net/project/bitcoin/invite

Können Sie mir helfen übersetzen Satoshi ursprünglichen Dokument? Ich versuche, es in so viele Sprachen wie möglich zu übersetzen. Klicken Sie hier registrieren und die Übersetzungs-Tool:

http://crowdin.net/project/bitcoin/invite

你能不能帮我翻译聪的原始文件吗？我想翻译成尽可能多的语言。点击这里注册和使用的翻译工具：

http://crowdin.net/project/bitcoin/invite

Visit bitcoinblogger.com for the Chinese and Chinese Traditional translations.

Chinese: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B1UsG65HCLkuOGNkMDZmMzYtZTQ0OC00OGVmLTk2MGItODBkNjA0MDEwYjkw&hl=en
Chinese Traditional: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B1UsG65HCLkuMTc5NjFjMzUtZjQxMy00ZTAzLWJkNjYtMmZhNTcyMzhmY2M1&hl=en_US

Can you help me translate Satoshi's original document? I am trying to translate it into as many languages as possible. Click here register and use the translation tool:

http://crowdin.net/project/bitcoin/invite

¿Puede ayudarme a traducir el documento original de Satoshi? Estoy tratando de traducir en tantos idiomas como sea posible. Haga clic aquí registrar y utilizar la herramienta de traducción:

http://crowdin.net/project/bitcoin/invite

Hey guys,

The main reason why I got involved with bitcoin was because of Satoshi's PDF. Can you help translate? Thank you.

Please see the project thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=46624.0

Or you can go directly to the translation tool here: http://crowdin.net/project/bitcoin/invite

UPDATE (10/2/2011):

Visit bitcoinblogger.com for the Chinese and Chinese Traditional translations.

Chinese: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B1UsG65HCLkuOGNkMDZmMzYtZTQ0OC00OGVmLTk2MGItODBkNjA0MDEwYjkw&hl=en
Chinese Traditional: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B1UsG65HCLkuMTc5NjFjMzUtZjQxMy00ZTAzLWJkNjYtMmZhNTcyMzhmY2M1&hl=en_US

The reason why I initially used bitcoin was because of Satoshi's original paper: http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

I have set up a project to translate Satoshi's original paper, "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System", into as many languages as possible. Once translated, I will recreate the PDFs for each language.

The project is set up here: http://crowdin.net/project/bitcoin/invite

Just click on the language and start translating.

http://bu.mp/

Seems like most bitcoin apps are using QR Codes which can be a pain since you have to use a camera to take a pic of it. Has anyone looked into http://bu.mp/? All you need is to bump two phones together and the bitcoins can be transferred. No need for NFC chip.

If I were to convince a merchant on how much they would save if they accepted bitcoins instead of credit card or paypal, the merchant may like to know dollar amounts of savings for their business.

I've heard 1-2% transaction fee charges for credit card or for using paypal. But, I would like to know if anyone can give real dollar amounts of actual bitcoin savings. I think companies like bit-pay.com could use this information as a marketing advantage.

Does anyone have any idea?

Here is some speculation...if bitcoin continues to grow exponentially then we'll see bitcoin hit $40 to $150 per bitcoin in the next rally. Maybe it will happen in September. See graph. Grin

This is a logarithmic graph:

I was working with another fellow developing an ATM machine. However, things are not going as planned business wise so I am trying to explore my options. I am the sole programmer for the ATM and may open source the software depending on how much interest there is here. The Bitcoin ATM software is almost done. I have been able to put in bills and out comes bitcoins to your bitcoin address!

The reason why I want to opensource the software is because I want it to spread as far as possible. Anyone should be able to set up a bitcoin ATM anywhere. In addition, the team I was working with did not involve me during contract negotiations of the formation of the company so I feel a bit left out and may venture on my own. What do you guys think? I need to make a decision in the next few days.

Seems like they are not cool. They think they are too good for us. They don't mention bitcoin. They talk to us via a press release. Shame on Dwolla.

If you guys are out there you guys really need to use https instead of just http for your calls. It is not safe without it.

In the trading API you have to specify a "nonce" parameter of an increasing integer value. This is fine for non-distributed apps. However, we are developing a distributed app that could be deployed to hundreds or thousands of machines. This nonce value will be harder to increment in synchronization since normally it is based on a computer's clock. If two transactions were happening at near the same time, it is possible a late request might arrive before the earlier request due to the unpredictable nature of the Internet. Is it possible to supply a unique identifier for the nonce instead of an increasing value?

The other solution would be to supply a username and password but I don't know how long this will be supported.

Thanks.

I'm doing a basic connection using .NET and I'm trying to get ticker info from Mt. Gox.

http://mtgox.com/api/0/data/ticker.php

However, it just hangs. I've tried to connect to TradeHill's API ticker and it works fine for http, https, etc.

I tried to load mtgox.com but it hangs. Something about Mt. Gox's server is causing .NET to hang.

The code below doesn't work. It works for all other sites including Trade Hill's https, http, cnn.com, etc.

Code:

            WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://mtgox.com/api/0/data/ticker.php");
            request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
            WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
            //Console.WriteLine(((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);
            Stream dataStream = response.GetResponseStream();
            StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(dataStream);
            string responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd();
            //Console.WriteLine(responseFromServer);

Any ideas?