Banks are not countries. Banks are not states.

Bolivia did not ban bitcoins. Bolivia's banks did.

Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, etc.  are not warning against using bitcoins. Their banks are.



Saying that a country bans bitcoins when their main banks ban them is like saying that a country has banned Whoppers because McDonalds in that country has banned all Whopper sales in their restaurants.


News alert, banks do not transfer bitcoins. Banks do not hold bitcoins in their accounts. Banning their use in their banks is meaningless.

Redskins Coin


Now that the US has lifted the trademark on the Redskins logo it can be used for anything. So the next alt coin will be the Redskins Coin.

Nothing special about the coin but it's all about the logo and the name. Which is the most important thing when it comes to cryptocurrency...just look at doge.

[For the first 100 bitcointalk users BitPools will be paying out 10 mBTC]

Edit: I have to lock this thread down due to being cast off to the lower bowels of bitcointalk.

BitPools allows many individuals to pool their money with others toward common goals.
Once a solution is proposed, the pool members use the Bitcoin Blockchain to vote for the winning solution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETCP8NeXasY

For the first 100 bitcointalk users BitPools will be paying out 10 mBTC (the minimum required to participate) to each user that signs up at http://www.bitpools.com

Register, create a Bitcoin Address and save it in your user profile.

Then come post a message in this thread with your BitPools username and your BitPools address will be filled with 10 mBTC (.01BTC).

You can create a unique address in many ways, two easy solutions are:
Create a blockchain.info wallet: (https://blockchain.info/wallet/new)
Download and run VanityGen (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Vanitygen)

(One per person, only accounts created before June 2014)
Please allow 24 hours for your account to be filled.

Please move this thread out of the Gambling section before the only users I have on my site are gamblers looking to get free promo money to pull off to some gambling site.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=654796.0;topicseen

I have set up the service http://www.bitpools.com where people can pool their bitcoins to make purchases.

As I have not delved into the world of Bitcoin mining I am not sure of how people go about pooling for mining equipment.

I think it might be helpful though and I would like to add any features that would make it easier to facilitate hardware pools.

Please check out the How To section to see a full start to finish guide to setting up a Pool and let me know if it is a good fit for mining hardware purchases.

(note: there are no fees charged on the site so it would likely be similar to using this forum with a better interface)

[Verification of funds.]

The BitPools Bitcoin pooling tool is now open for use.

Do you have a large project or an idea for something that would require a lot of funding? Is it something that a lot of people would support?

BitPools uses the unique features of Bitcoin to create two powerful features:

1. Verification of funds.
Using the Bitcoin blockchain users can submit their Bitcoin address to demonstrate that they have the funds necessary to participate in a particular project. To achieve this the user first provides a Bitcoin address with a zero balance. Then the user sends at least 10 mBTC to that address to verify that the address is under his/her control.

2. Voting with your bitcoins.
Once a proposal comes up for a vote, each user is provided with a Bitcoin address to send their vote. BitPools also provides an encrypted file with a list of all Bitcoin addresses for that vote. Once the vote date has passed, the decryption key is provided and all of the votes are tallied. With the Bitcoin blockchain the votes can be verified. The votes have the security of the Bitcoin ledger, the transparency of anyone being able to verify the results and the anonymity of nobody knowing which address belongs to which user.

Whether you are a retailer looking to do a group bulk purchase or a charity organization looking for funding or have a business idea that could use some partners or any number of things that will require multiple people pooling their money together, BitPools is ready for your ideas.

If you have bitcoins sitting in a wallet somewhere not being used, you can participate without your coins ever leaving your possession. Get involved and maybe there will be something worthy of your bitcoins that you can vote for.

Check us out at http://www.bitpools.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETCP8NeXasY

Is anyone up for a group cruise? At bitcoin's current prices we could definitely get a cruise price under a bitcoin and if we can get at least around 16 people (8 staterooms) we can get a discount on a cruise, or if we get more people we can have a mini-conference while enjoying a great vacation.

I set up a BitPool to coordinate this. Check out the How To link at http://www.bitpools.com to see how coordination works from start to finish.
http://www.bitpools.com/?Bitcoin%20Cruise

[Voting]

You can now pool your bitcoins with others for achieving big, exciting things.

Here is a sample of a Pool of users coming together to plan a Bitcoin cruise http://www.bitpools.com :

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Voting

The voting option panel for all users will have the options as well as a Send to Address for each option. This is where the users send their bitcoins to cast their vote.

On the right are three buttons used to download files that are used to verify the vote. The Public Key File contains the public Key used to create the Encrypted Key. These two combined are used to encrypt the Vote File. The Vote File contains all Send to Addresses for the vote. This is created so that anyone can have the list of vote addresses after the vote has finished and verify that the results match the results on the Bitcoin Blockchain.

Users can click on the new proposal from the Proposal tab which shows the Proposal is open for voting.

Once the vote date has passed voting is finished and the user will be able to view proposals whose dates have passed.

Clicking on the Past Proposal will show the proposal after the vote has finished. This will include the Private Key File which can be downloaded to decrypt the Encrypted Vote File that could be downloaded before the vote date. There is also the Decrypted Vote File used for verification. The past proposal might not be clickable immediately as the Private Key is stored offline in cold storage, manually moved to the server after the vote.

View Results

There is also the option in the Voting panel of viewing the results. When you click on the View Results button you will get a new window with the vote results displayed.

The Results window will show the Win Total or Min Percent along with the total of the votes. The chart in the top right panel will tell how close the vote was to passing or it will show that it has passed. The bottom panel gives a list of all Send to Addresses and the amounts sent to those addresses. These can all be verified on the Bitcoin Blockchain. You can confirm in the Decrypted Vote File that those are the same addresses in the file created before the vote date.

In this example the proposal does not pass. The 8 users that voted would split the 16 mB Incentive (after mining fees are paid) and the funds from their votes will be returned to their BitPools address. With the Pool messages users can give their opinion on why they did or did not vote for the proposal. This makes it easier for future proposals to put together something more people would vote for.

After getting some feedback from the users and studying the results of the first proposal, for this example, another proposal is created.

After submitting another proposal and another round of voting the proposal is ready for viewing.

This time the proposal passes and the original goal of the BitPools Pool is met.

The Incentive will again be distributed to all users that voted after mining fees are paid.

The total bitcoins will be sent to the proposer's BitPools address (multisig escrow services coming soon) and a new Pool is created consisting only of those who voted for the proposal giving the users a place to discuss the future of their successful proposal and oversee its execution.

This form of voting allows for a solution decided by those willing to fund it. The vote is transparent, anyone can verify the results, and it is secured by a vast network of computers all over the world.

http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/news/ecb-announces-negative-interest-rates-bitcoin-price-rallies/2014/06/05

The European Central Bank has cut interest rates on deposits to -.1% pretty much forcing banks to pay to have money in their accounts.

Do you think the Federal Reserve will follow suit and is this the start of competing hyperinflation between nations as they destroy their currencies in an attempt to boost their economies?

How good do you feel that your bitcoin currency does not charge just to hold it?

Ok we get it guy...the price of Bitcoin goes to 666. So clever. You really showed 'em.   

Can we get back to moving over $700 now? Maybe you can wow us with your 777 joke.

Or we can all laugh at 1337 for minutes.

Where you ever taught about this event in history when the government sent tanks in to break up a protest?


When the soldiers in gas masks gassed the protesters:



Did they teach you about Tiananmen Square in school but not the US response to the Bonus Army protest?

I have a list of public and private keys with associated public addresses I need to send bitcoins to.

To get this to work I do:
bitcoind getbalance testaccount
bitcoind importprivkey 5xyzabc.....
bitcoind setaccount 1xyzabc... testaccount
bitcoind getbalance testaccount
(if balance is higher by 'amount')
bitcoind sendfrom testaccount 1toaddress... 'amount'

When I ran this, it did not send from the right address:
bitcoind.exe getbalance test
Return: 0.00000000
bitcoind.exe importprivkey ....
bitcoind.exe setaccount  1BPMNDJqfgSx55x4fME26DtQDtBEtKiKuT test
bitcoind.exe getbalance test
Return: 1.00000000
bitcoind.exe sendfrom test 1Fbn8VVuUyejnPasPjjTdPXtQbutiyqxve 1.0

Here is the returned transaction ID:
184bd8b35e74f214e665b4cf101bc86f87aef0c81e7cdd6137a53c23cd2ad14e

You can see here that 1BPMNDJqfgSx55x4fME26DtQDtBEtKiKuT has not changed amount:
https://blockchain.info/address/1BPMNDJqfgSx55x4fME26DtQDtBEtKiKuT


Am I missing something with setaccount and sendfrom?

I get paid 3 times this month. For others that had that happen, they have their monthly bills and then they get a whole paycheck next week above their usual monthly expenses. Great use for it? Buy some bitcoins

The last time I had 3 paychecks in a month...November.

Ok, last time when it was at $200 I called a high of $1600 over the next 6 weeks (it only went to $1240). Here is the timeline this time:

June 20: $900
July 4: $1800
July 11: $3600

That next week it will top out near $4000.

So it is written, let it be known.

This is pretty insane, looks like nobody wants to rock the boat and go up or down on the price. Who will flinch in the next 4 days?

Expert analysis shows...big things coming soon...

Do you think the government should force employers at the point of a gun to pay a wage that the federal government comes up with and spur the robot and automation industry to replace jobs or send jobs overseas?

Bear trend has been punctured. It is leaking bull market.

Just curious what others think the price will be at the end of the week.

Barring any more attacks by banks or governments I think it will slowly rise to move above $500.

"a fan launched a social media campaign last month pleading with the gaming company for equality, but Nintendo insists their creative choice wasn't designed to offend."

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/nintendo-game-faces-criticism-over-lack-of-gay-characters-20140507