Anyone got more info? This just happened like 10 minutes ago.

I recently found out about this forum functionality but have never actually seen a link to it anywhere:

https://bitcointalk.org/?action=recent

I just have to type it into my URL bar. Is there are link to it somewhere that I'm just not seeing?

I'm not sure if LTC posts are allowed here so I will make it brief and just post a link:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=147552

I've been doing well lately trading BTC/LTC markets and would like to leverage up a little bit by borrowing LTC.

If you think you might be able to help, please PM me for a deposit address.

I can confidently offer 2% per week (although, I won't be borrowing large amounts - probably just pocket change at first and see how things go ) - minimum 50 LTC thanks.

My wallet is totally inaccessible at the moment, but I'd like to sell some of my coins ASAP.

So I'd like to borrow 50 BTC (to sell now) and then pay 51 BTC (102%)  in no longer than 7 hours from now.

If anyone can oblige, please send to 1Q35WZpEJxTsKVTioEoQtqFqfPje1HPdAt.

Thanks.

I have a few litecoins sitting around collecting dust and I'd like to invest some of them.

What is the best way to get a return on LTC? Preferably something direct, not exchanging to BTC first.

I'm going to be helping someone set up a forum, but we haven't decided on what software yet.

Anyway, it got me curious about how sockpuppets and alt accounts can be detected, with varying degrees of accuracy.

What ingeniously-complicated algorithms already exist to do this? And what could be coded better?

Some obvious metrics to consider:

• IP address
• Language
• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Profile preferences, eg. Timezone
• Regular login and post days/times
• Use of smileys or images

What else?

Is software to do this built in to the major forum scripts or is this kind of thing studied separately by mods?

I sent Andrew a message on skype tonight asking for our money, I'm curious as to what he'll say

[A]

I've been reading more and more of the technical side lately and I am wondering if trusted "green" addresses could somehow help with blockchain pruning.

Example: Let's say A generates some bitcoins and then it gets spent through the following people/addresses:

A -> B -> C -> D -> E -> F -> G -> H -> I -> J -> K -> L

Normally the client software for the "L" address would have to store all the transactions all the way back to A in order to validate it's balance.

But what if that client software trusted the green address K enough such that it didn't need to download and store all the transactional data prior to it going through K? That would mean the data needed for that particular client instance could be lower.

I know that even if K is trusted, that doesn't necessarily mean the A through K transactions are really valid, it just means K believes they are.

Comments? Flaws? (Probably many - I just thought of this and haven't worked out any details)

Just thought of a little game that might be fun...

Right now blk0001.dat+blkindex.dat = 750,631,971 bytes.

Let's try to guess when that it will reach:

a) 800,000,000+ bytes (win 0.10 btc)
b) 1 gigabyte (win 0.25 btc)
c) 1 gibibyte (win 0.25 btc)

Post your guesses for each in this thread by the end of August (I don't anticipate it reaching that file size by then).

My guesses which could be waaaay off because I'm just pulling them out of my [[]] are:

a) September 5, 1pm utc
b) October 31, 1pm utc
c) November 3, 1pm utc

Trying to work out in my head how an exchange works, specifically how the database tables are designed and what happens internally in the database when someone places an order.

Maybe there's open-source code out there already, but it's kind of fun to do this kind of math/problem solving with just pen and paper (or notepad.exe!)


So, let's say the db has the following orders:

bid, 2.00000000, 10.70000000
bid, 1.00000000, 10.80000000
ask, 2.00000000, 11.00000000
ask, 3.00000000, 11.20000000     <- let's call this order X

Now what happens when these hypothetical orders are placed:

bid, 3.00000000, 10.70000000
check the lowest ask -> 11.
This bid is less than the lowest ask, so no trade occurs, the order it simply gets added to the db.

bid, 3.00000000, 11.50000000
check the lowest ask -> 11.
This bid is above the lowest ask, so check how many coins are available at that lowest price -> 2.
This only fills part of the order, so check the next lowest ask -> 11.2.
Check how many coins are available at that price -> 3.
This is more than enough to fill the order, so the order is complete, however this ask also has 2 btc left to fill.

Question: In this scenario, when order X is only partially filled, would it be best to mark the row as complete and add a new entry with the remaining amount, or just edit the row to show the new amount?

eg.

insert method:
db before:
ask, 3.00000000, 11.20000000
db after:
ask, 3.00000000, 11.20000000, complete
ask, 2.00000000, 11.20000000

or edit method:
db before:
ask, 3.00000000, 11.20000000
db after:
ask, 2.00000000, 11.20000000

[0.5 BTC]

Want to win 0.5 BTC? (Okay, I don't have much to give away, but this should be fairly simple).

All you have to do is guess a number between 0 and 100 (inclusive) by posting in this thread, then I will post HIGHER or LOWER.

Rules:

- Only 1 post/guess per member.
- MD5 of the number plus some other random things: e5c97082142b3d65ce55e5e36446577e (so you know I'm not cheating anyone and that the number has already been decided).

Wondering where is the best or most common place for people to advertise their bitcoin businesses or referral links. It's strange (but also good) that this forum doesn't have banner ads everywhere. Compare it to http://www.moneymakergroup.com where every square inch is sold to advertisers.

So where do bitcoin advertisers post their banners (if at all)?