Anyone used Paypal before with Virwox.com to buy some Bitcoin because I'am unable to do that for some reasons and I'am getting the following message :



Also , I'am the only one or PayPal only allows me to pay using my Credit card ? 

The bitcoin and blockchain industry have a new major newsmaker: distributed ledger startup R3CEV.

Leaving behind a week filled with impressive funding rounds, the coverage over the last few days has been largely dominated by the company's partnership with nine well-known banks including JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs.

Journalists from across the world jumped at the chance to cover the news – perhaps still a sign that mainstream media will deem industry events newsworthy if traditional finance is involved.

In stark contrast, more negative news events received less attention, and were far more focused on the other half the blockchain – bitcoin, the digital token for which the blockchain acts as a ledger.

BitPay's phishing attack – which resulted in the loss of $1.8m – received less widespread, but more derisive coverage. Elsewhere, reports about Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles' charge with embezzlement carried over from last week.

Full article : http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-in-the-headlines-blockchain-good-bitcoin-bad/

Is it possible to watch a section ? basically once a new thread is made or bumped you will see it when you click "Show new replies to your posts" ?
Because I'am clicking "notify" and I'am guessing that this should do the job however it's not  .. ?

Global financial services association BAFT is set to drive bitcoin and blockchain awareness with the launch of its new FinTech scheme.

The association, which deals with a wide range of topics affecting transaction banking, launched the initiative in an attempt to draw attention to the various innovative technologies that are currently transforming services such as cross-border payments and trade finance.

Tod Burwell, BAFT president and CEO, said:

"Emerging technologies such as blockchain technology, distributed ledgers and virtual currencies are redefining how supply chains operate and payments are executed. Our members understand the critical impact this will have on our industry and have made it a top priority."

Happy reading : http://www.coindesk.com/global-finance-association-baft-aims-to-drive-bitcoin-awareness/

[How it works :]

US-based bitcoin exchange platform Bitcoin Builder has announced their release of a bitcoin service that enables users to pay with bitcoin for Uber rides.

How it works :

Bitcoin Builder created a business account on the Uber network, which allows the firm to display itself as a payment method on the Uber mobile app.

Users are required to use the Bitcoin Builder multi-sig wallet to associate it with the firm’s Uber business account. After the activation, users will see Bitcoin Builder as a payment option on the “SELECT PAYMENT” section of the Uber mobile application.

The service works everywhere Uber works, even in countries like India, where credit card penetration is below 2%. According to a report published by The Hindu Business Line, the number of credit cards stood at 21 million by 2014-15. Currently, Uber does not accept debit cards in the country. Uber India takes Paytm, a centralized payment network in India for its local users. But now, Bitcoin Builder’s bitcoin-to-Uber service will give many in India that do not own credit cards or bank accounts an option to pay for the service in another way.

“India needs this service terribly,” said an Uber user in India on Reddit. “Uber does not accept debit cards and many of us don't have credit cards…people use cash a lot in India. Bitcoins bought in India are primarily bought in cash. If service like this could be extended to other services, it would be awesome.”

Full Article : http://cointelegraph.com/news/115291/uber-with-bitcoin-now-possible-heres-how

Honestly I never heard of "Bitcoin Builder" , but I guess I'am used to hear and read about those "unkown" companies on CoinTelegraph.com ...

[admitted to owning a "small amount of bitcoin"]

The CEO of Russian bank Sberbank has reportedly admitted to owning a "small amount of bitcoin", after an official from the country said an upcoming 'BitRuble' project was "illegal".

German Greft, the former Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation made the comment at Finnopolis 2015 – a FinTech conference – and noted how he had also fallen victim to the digital currency's volatility.

Speaking at the event, Gref said:

"I am one of the victims, I have a small amount of bitcoins ... Only one currency in the world has devalued more than the ruble – bitcoin."

Coindesk article : http://www.coindesk.com/sberbank-ceo-admits-to-owning-bitcoin-amid-bitruble-controversy/

Now he should step up and add Bitcoin to his Bank 

What do you think Bitcoin price would be if there was no Mtgox ? without taking in consideration that Bitcoin price was pumped by Willybot or whatever his name is .
I personally think that the price would be higher then now because Mtgox was probably one of the reasons that people either left Bitcoin or simply didn't join on the first place since they see it now as a risk .

I'am selling Bitgold for BTC , I have 0.500g Gold like it's shown on the above screenshot and as you can see it's in Toronto .



So let me know how much you are offering so we do this

["Pascal [Reid] was facing years in prison. But, I think the government has come to the conclusion that Pascal never intended to do anything dishonest."]

A judge has sentenced Florida LocalBitcoins user Pascal Reid to serves 90 days in jail in a ruling that closes a high-profile legal case dating back to February 2014.

Originally charged with operating an unauthorized money transmission business and with money laundering, Reid plead guilty to a single count of operating as an unlicensed money transmitter. Reid will receive five years probation and must provide informational assistance to law enforcement and financial entities about bitcoin and digital currencies.

As part of the deal, Reid has been tasked with completing "no less than 20 trainings" on digital currency and cybercrime, to be organized by Detective Ricardo Arias of the City of Miami Beach Police Department.

Reid is also required to make himself available to the Miami Beach Police Department, the US Secret Service and the Miami Electronic Crimes Task Force as needed for the development of the sessions.

Attorney Ron Lowy, of Miami-based law firm Lowy and Cook PA, told CoinDesk that he and his client are "very pleased with the outcome".

Lowy told CoinDesk:

"Pascal [Reid] was facing years in prison. But, I think the government has come to the conclusion that Pascal never intended to do anything dishonest."

More info and full article here : http://www.coindesk.com/judge-orders-localbitcoins-user-to-educate-police-on-digital-currency/

[neutraLTC]

If you want to give reviews then this is not the topic that you should post on , there is https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1180096.0 for that .

Note that this is a community thread and I have nothing to do with BlockTrail , I just like their services and decided to make this topic

I asked neutraLTC and he seems like he is supporting this idea so I'am making this thread here so you guys give your suggestions for what comes to BlockTrail wallet . Please post on this format to help more the developpers on this wallet and make it clean for them to read  :

Type : Web or Phone

Suggestions :

• PIN Code for phone wallets
• Multi signature for more security

I know the suggestions above are already implented on the wallet ,was just giving an example of the format Start posting and let's improve this

What do you think is the needed amount of BTC needed to open a faucet and in the same time making a profit . [Including hosting , Satoshi's given to users etc ... ] I prefer hearing from people who have experience .
Also when I say "Satoshi's given to users" I mean also how much is the decent amount that should be given to Users + attract traffic .

BNP Paribas Fortis has denied it is exploring the idea of entering the bitcoin space as a digital vault provider.

A spokesperson for the international Belgium-based bank – a subsidiary of BNP Paribas – told CoinDesk the company was not planning to allow its customers to store bitcoin as they would any other asset.

The spokesperson added:

"I will disappoint you because we do not have a project regarding the bitcoins. So, it's not true."

Full article : http://www.coindesk.com/bnp-paribas-fortis-denies-bitcoin-vault-project/

I'am really dissapointed to be honest , I was really existed when they first announced that like couple of months ago and I was planning to make my first Bank account on their bank but now ... 

A Blockchain lab is scheduled to launch in the UK next month as a result of Innovate Finance teaming up with Hartree Centre to explore the opportunities offered by blockchain technology.

Innovate Finance is an independent membership association started in August 2014 to develop the global financial technology sector and has more than 100 members including Barclays, HSBC, Silicon Valley Bank, Nutmeg, Zopa, Monitise, Transferwise, Azimo, Syndicate Room, Ratesetter, Prophis Technologies, and GoCoin.

Hartree Centre is a data analytics research facility that has received 37.5 million GBP in seed funding from the UK government. Founded in 2012, it offers new opportunities for problem solving, forecasting and analysis using a high-performance computing. Moreover, Hartree Centre also works side-by-side with 24 researchers from IBM at the Sci-Tech Daresbury to develop new tools, algorithms and approaches to Big Data.

Full article : http://cointelegraph.com/news/115279/govt-funded-blockchain-lab-to-open-in-the-uk

[Well , how to proove it ?]

I was probably the first one speaking about this company when I posted on "Bitcoin Discussion" and linked the article from CoinTelegraph , then .. seems like SearchTrade.com created an account and started posting here and adveriting and answering people questions and stuff .


Their announcement thread : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1169313.0

I posted first time on his thread this :

So after you psoted on my topic : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1169587.20
I only have one question now , Could you please post the adresses that you own and they contain the funds for real and sign messages from them ? that way we can be sure that this is legit and you may even get more investors .

His answer was : "Sure we can, Will post it here nxt week. Thanx for making the effort." https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1169313.msg12334306#msg12334306

Then the user below my post and SearchTrade post said this :

Sure we can, Will post it here nxt week.

I dont think you will, but still, lets see:

Note that this was on 5th September , so it's being 10 days , now after all these days passed ... SearchTrade posted a screenshot for their wallet where they claim that it contains 146 BTC , and it's on smartphone , it's always nice to keep huge amounts on Smartphones i guess.









Now I'am pretty sure he don't have this amount of money and he just trying to make quick buck from investors or something because that amount on their website is totally fake and it just a way to try make the website look legit , it wouldn't make any sense if they have that amount of money since the website have no History on Reddit , Bitcointalk , or anywhere else , just CoinTelegraph which I started to consider them as a scam publishers .


Well , how to proove it ? Since he said he only have 146.00 BTC on that wallet and the others are somewhere else , I searched a little bit and I only found one wallet that contains that amount  : http://bitcoinrichlist.com/top100?page=91
and Guess what , the only transactoin was made one year ago so it's 100% not them if you ask me . https://blockchain.info/address/14xq84BRi5iLuyNnrmxyiPpjwxrZZ1nJN6


Even if he is holding them on different adresses it wouldn't make sense why he don't want to post proof of signed messages .
Please , stay away from this . It will simply end badly if you ask me .

If I'am missing something here then please let me know AND POST what do you think about SearchTrade .

So I want to see how the Bitcoin community feel about BlockTrail new online wallet for those who tested it , for those he didn't .. they should test it and give us their experience with it  and here is mine :
I personally found the design pretty good however for what comes to the features it's too basic and any wallet have that . there is basically Receiving and Sending and transactions and that's it . nothing like Two factor authentification via SMS and email or something like that .
there is also no ability to Sign messages using your adresses which I really wanted to see for the first time on a online wallet , and they claim that there is full control of our control while there isn't even the ability to export the private keys or something ... so honestly I'am dissapointed little bit .

All I stated is from the web wallet so I'am not sure how the Android & iOS wallet looks like

Billed as a potential venue for debate on more heated issues surrounding the long-term viability of the bitcoin network, Scaling Bitcoin saw a who's who of developers decamp to Montreal to talk about the underlying technical issues facing bitcoin yesterday.

Often reduced in conversation to mentions of its price or market cap, Scaling Bitcoin succeeded at showcasing the breadth of challenges posed by bitcoin's approach to incentivizing disparate parties to maintain a common and equally beneficial distributed resource.

Held in Montreal, day one of the much-anticipated event focused more on how incentivizes for network participants should be balanced and less on the positives and negatives of any of the competing proposals – whether Bitcoin Core, its alternative BIP proposals or Bitcoin XT.

The more vitriolic parts of the discussion were confined to afternoon workshops on topics including the level of trust and privacy the bitcoin network requires between users and how relations between miners and developers should be managed.

Held under Chatham House Rules, the discussions were transcribed, though no names were able to be assigned to the content. Nonetheless, some of the more direct statements to the significance of bitcoin's challenges were made during the presentations on these roundtables.

Full article here : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1179843.0

URL : http://instaforexchange.com/

Here is what the website claims basically and anyone with a brain will know that this is a scam  :

Get 1 Bitcoin for free

You can only have this offer if you use paypal to pay us.

Cost of 1 Bitcoin is = 300 USD

We will give you 1 Bitcoin to your account for free.

What you will need ?

============================

1. A paypal account ( No need of verified Paypal, You can use your unverified Paypal also )

2. 350 USD paypal balance

3. You have to send us 350 USD via Paypal to our Paypal account as payment for goods and service.

4. about 5 working days for the funds to be processed to BTC

5. We will refund the funds on 6 th working day to your Paypal account ( total 350 USD ) and send you Bitcoin on 6 th working day.

Guarantee

============================

paypal provides you the dispute facility. You can dispute your funds if you do not get Bitcoin on the 6 th working day.
Do not worry, we are not cheat, we will deliver your Bitcoin on 6 th working day. Sometimes it may be sooner.
if you are interested to start, please reply to the chat ( bottom right ).

I just wanted to give a heads up since I saw some members here advertising it and who knows people could fall on this . Don't even visit the website they will probably use some Social engineering and you will find your self sending them the funds .

For the last part they claim (you can open dispute etc ... ) It is true you can open the dispute but if they transfered the funds to another account you can't do anything about it , their accounts will be simply negative .

While banks and investors look to the blockchain as a singular investment vehicle, they miss the fact that Bitcoin is not only the strongest distributed ledger in existence, but also resembles the natural patterns of basic biology. Hence, it is no wonder why some refer to Bitcoin as “perfect market.”


Full Article : http://cointelegraph.com/news/115262/bitcoin-the-self-securing-network

[3Omega]

Hello,

this question may be dumb to some people hre but I was really wondering if its possible to make Vanitygen adress and on the same Multi signature ? Something like 3Omega65s4qf.. or whatever ?

The Bitcoin XT project, championed by Gavin Andresen and Mike Hearn, has been the talk of the Bitcoin community all summer long. Some love it, some hate it, but the issue will not be resolved quietly, it seems. Those who have chosen to adopt the new software have reported suffering targeted cyber attacks after migrating to XT.

Article: http://cointelegraph.com/news/115252/bitcoin-xt-users-allegedly-suffering-coordinated-hack-attack

I personally don't support BitcoinXT because I think it will screw bitcoin up but that dosen't mean that BitcoinXT users deserve to get hacked , each one is free to choose whatever he wants to do , it's sad.