I'm thinking about starting a subscription service to a hosted version of bitcoind/Abe so people could develop projects without having to host and serve 'dat db.

Would anyone be interested in such a service? It would run on AWS and users would able to connect to the db directly.

(I see people asking how to do stuff like this all the time, so hopefully this thread is a lil helpful.)

I had forgotten my TrueCrypt volume password. I knew it could have been one of a few possible combinations so I made a Windows .bat file to find it;

Code:

FOR %%A IN (password1 password2 password3) DO "C:\Program Files\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe" /a /s /l x /q /v folder.tc /p %%A

/a - auto-mount
/s - silent (with no pop-up windows)
/l - drive letter (x)
/q - quit when complete


I made a list of the possible password combinations and put them in as password1 etc above.
Save this as filename.bat and run it. Ensure 'folder.tc' is the path to your volume, and the TrueCrypt path is correct.
If it works, you will find your volume mounted on X:\ when it has completed. I just moved the contents to a new volume with a known password.

This is probably Computers 101 for most users, but if you don't know, now you know, bitcoiner!

I'm trying to shift data from blockchain .dat files into .csv files for each block 'number'.
Each output .csv needs to have txid, from, from_amount, to, to_amount, with matching addresses; ie a row for each 'relationship' in the transaction.

Code:

input1         output1
input2   ->     output2
input3         output3

becomes

Code:

input1,output1
input1,output2
input1,output3
input2,output1
...

etc


I messed around with subvertix and libbitcoin for a while but couldn't make it work. Has anyone made anything like this or could offer tips for tips? 

https://www.sec.gov/servlet/Satellite/News/PressRelease/Detail/PressRelease/1370539730583#.Ue7BndLvuHO

SEC Charges Texas Man With Running Bitcoin-Denominated Ponzi Scheme
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2013-132 Washington D.C., July 23, 2013 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Texas man and his company with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme involving Bitcoin, a virtual currency traded on online exchanges for conventional currencies like the U.S. dollar or used to purchase goods or services online.

The SEC alleges that Shavers, who lives in McKinney, Texas, paid 507,148 Bitcoin in investor withdrawals and purported interest payments.  He transferred at least 150,649 Bitcoin to his personal account at an online Bitcoin currency exchange.  Shavers suffered a net loss from his day trading, but realized net proceeds of $164,758 from his sales of 86,202 Bitcoin.  Shavers transferred $147,102 from his personal account at the online Bitcoin currency exchange to accounts he controlled at an online payment processor as well as his personal checking account.  He used this money to pay his rent, utilities, and car-related expenses as well as for food and retail purchases and gambling.

Full text here in case source goes down/changes.

[ESCROW]

ESCROW - If you don't know what it is or how to use it, this thread is for you.

An escrow is:
an arrangement made under contractual provisions between transacting parties, whereby an independent trusted third party receives and disburses money or documents for the transacting parties, with the timing of such disbursement by the third party dependent on the fulfillment of contractually-agreed conditions by the transacting parties.

The word derives from the Old French word escroue, meaning a scrap of paper or a roll of parchment; this indicated the deed that a third party held until a transaction was completed

Basically:
A third party is used that both buyer and seller trust to mediate any dispute. Usually, in a cash-for-BTC trade, the escrow agent will hold the BTC on behalf of the party receiving cash, and once the cash has been confirmed received, the escrow agent will release the BTC to the correct party.

If the cash doesn't go through/other issues, the escrow agent can return the BTC. This protects the BTC-seller as his transaction is irreversible, and often the cash transaction is not.


Here is a list of people who escrow - remember than anyone can post in this list, only use an agent you trust! I can personally recommend John K.
Escrow list
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=108716.0



(please provide feedback or edits for this OP and hopefully we can sticky it?)

http://bitgigs.com/
redirects to
http://bitgigs.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi

I didn't use this site much but I thought it had potential - anyone know whats going on?

[www.ConnectCoins.com]

After some time I've decided to launch this service for people; www.ConnectCoins.com is a Bitcoin brokerage service where sellers of Bitcoin can receive cash deposits directly into their bank accounts, and sellers can deposit knowing that the Bitcoin in being held in escrow.

At no time does ConnectCoins hold any $ balance, purely a BTC escrow and listing service.

When the service is launched, there will be a small fee (~2%) taken from the Bitcoin balance before sending to the buyer - in beta (now) there is 0% fee, while I get some feedback etc on the site and process.

There are currently no 'sell' orders - please feel free to place one to get us started!



Feel free to leave constructive comments below - if you have issues you can PM me.

Hi, I'm looking for some people to test my new physical wallet idea. Please see my other thread over here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=244975.msg2735841#msg2735841

[0.28]

WTS 2009 ase, pics below. Will post to US only (sorry EU friends), price is BTC0.28

Please see my other thread here -  LASER Bitcoin Token - for comments/feedback on the item itself please post in that thread.

If you would be interested in buying this product, please reply here. Discounts for bulk, overseas postage (I'm in the US)..

Edit: Locked for now. Will update soon.

[UPDATE #1]

UPDATE #1: Five free protoypes: /index.php?topic=244975.msg2735841#msg2735841

(I couldn't think of a better title)

So I found myself with some time today and made this, more pictures are top view, closeup of the 'waffle' and the laser in action! The next version won't have the waffle-lines in the QR code, this was caused by my-bad. '128pbb' is the firstbits for the address. It's also NFC readable (secret details, more to come  )

Anyone have thoughts/comments/feedback? If there's any interest I can make a bunch for people.

(I thought i should mention, for those unfamiliar with the scrap paper shown for scale, it's approx 55mm x 85mm)

So I've been working on a little project for someone, it's a PHP/MySQL shared-secret chatbox to be used on the Tor network.
If anyone wants to check it out, there's a version here -> http://www.rackverse.com/hashline/

Feedback or tips welcome! I may post this on Github if there's interest (and it will encourage me to clean up the code  )

Note: nothing you send to or from the server is encrypted, as it's encrypted server-side before its stored. The final project will be Tor-hosted so we can assume end-to-end is secure, however this demo is not.