Hello all,
I have a trade bot that used to trade on the btce API. After the MtGox debacle I shut it down for a few months, and now that the vol is starting to pick up again I am hoping to dust off the old bot. Unfortunately, the part of my bot that connects to the btce api is breaking now, telling me that it can no longer find a valid certificate path ("PKIK path building failed"). I am not really sure how to fix this problem, but I suspect that it has something to do with the fact that BTCE changed its certificate recently (http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/20ro3r/anyone_know_what_happened_with_btcecom_just_now/).  I tried to ask their technical support if this may have affected my ability to access the api and they said that they don't offer programming help and that they would not even discuss the certificate. Pretty sketchy I think. Has anyone else experienced this problem or know how to fix it? I have tried googling this but I'm not getting anywhere. I didn't have to do anything special with certificates before...

any thoughts? plz halp! If you can help I will send you a copy of my trade bot! It isn't my main strategy anymore anyways.

Thank you in advance for any help!

-Paul

Hello,
I have been using btcjam for a little over half a year now, and I have decided to make it into the basis for my masters thesis in financial mathematics. I have connected and used various bitcoin APIs, such as Bitstamp, Campbx, Blockchain, and Bitcoincharts. However, it seems that the btcjam api is having some problems. According to the api "faq" page (the closest thing to documentation available), there are 5 methods available on their api. including 4 GET requests and 1 POST request:

GET:
user profile
open listings
user receivables
user payables
POST:
invest

However, since I started trying to access the API over a month ago, only the "open listings" method is working, while all of the others are returning an internal server (500) error. In have tried posting in the regular btcjam forum, but I have not gotten any responses there. I have also tried using bitcoinstack exchange to no avail, and their support has not responded to me in over 2 months. I have also hired someone (using oDesk.com) to help me try to debug this issue ASAP (because my thesis deadline is quicvkly approaching!) but he is also experienceing the same problem, and is not able to find a solution. Meanwhile, the btcjam blog has been very active recently, but has not mentioned anything about this (possible) api error)

If any devs our there have any insight on this matter, it would be greatly appreciated. If someone could say that they are currently either a) successfully using all btcjam api listings or b) having the same problem that I am, either of these facts would be very helpful.

Thoughts?

I just tried to withdraw btc from CampBX, but I got the response: cold wallet maintenance... please try again in 5 hours. This message has been there all day. anyone got any idea how long has this been going on? The only announcement was on March 21st, and it said the maintenance would last only 2 hours. I don't think they would have frozen btc withdrawals for that long, or else I would have heard about it. I was hoping CampBX would be able to differentiate themselves from MtGox with more transparency, but I guess not.

this is a fixed rate auction for 1 share of asicminer @ 2.5 btc. It had previously sold to user Forensick, but it appears he may not pay me. Auction ends when share is sold or dividends are released Wednesday. If you don't want to post feel free to PM me.


Escrow is fine if you pay the fees.

Serious bidders only! Payment is expected within 24 hours and all bids are final.

this is a fixed rate auction for 1 share of asicminer @ 2.5 btc. Auction ends when share is sold or dividends are released tomorrow. If you don't wan to post feel free to PM me

Hi everyone,
I am trying to make a GET request to pull the ticker from the bitstamp api, but I am getting a 403 forbidden server error. This is surprising because you are not supposed to need any credentials to access the ticker. Here is a snippet of the code I am using:


         String path  ="https://www.bitstamp.net/api/ticker/";
        try{
           URL queryUrl = new URL(path);
             HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection)queryUrl.openConnection();
      
            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");

           BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader( newInputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
        }catch (Exception e){
               System.out.println("exception in querying BS");
           }
            
I am getting the error when I try to construct the input stream of course. I know that I have been verified and have turned on API access on my account. Does anyone know of any other reason why I might be getting the 403 response? Or maybe see an error in my code? This is driving me crazy!

I would really appreciate your wisdom!
Thanks,
Jon

Up for auction is 6 direct shares of ASICMINER, which pay dividends every wednesday. The price is 4.85 bitcoins per share. there is no minimum to purchase. This auction is for anyone.  Serious bidders only. Escrow is fine if you pay the fee. If for whatever reason the shares don't get transferred in time, ill of course forward divs.

Up for auction is 6 direct shares of ASICMINER, which pay dividends every wednesday. The price is 4.6 bitcoins per share. there are no minimums for purchases, so anyone can get in. In light of not getting paid in my last auction, Payment is expected within 12 hours. Serious bidders only. Escrow is fine if you pay the fee. If you use John k. And pay him promptly, you get divs!

Shares won in this auction

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=223720.0

shares won in this auction:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=223720.0

 

As I look at coinbase right now, I can sell my coins for 106.39 or buy them for 107.35. GOX is at 111.8 & 111.88. Is coinbase no longer using GOX?

Here's the entire unedited conversation for transparency's sake.



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[18:51] <jwest411_> hi
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[18:51] <Kruniac> Sup.
[18:51] <BCB> so what is going on
[18:51] <BCB> thee are rumers you are scamming asicminor shares
[18:51] <Kruniac> I'm aware. There's a thread about it.
[18:51] <BCB> you showed up on a scammer list
[18:51] <BCB> what's up
[18:51] <Kruniac> What list?
[18:52] <BCB> tomatocage's list
[18:52] <Kruniac> I only know of a thread someone made.
[18:52] <Kruniac> I don't know what that is.
[18:53] <Kruniac> Asking me what's going on (or anyone asking me what's going on) is moot. Friedcat is the only guy who can clear this up.
[18:53] <jwest411_> so friedcat said to me i got my share, but then told other ppl the share was gone
[18:53] <Kruniac> In fact, I'm still missing escrow money because he hasn't communicated transfers.
[18:53] <Kruniac> Okay, and that's impossible.
[18:54] <Kruniac> Provide a screenshot of the message from Friedcat, please.
[18:54] <jwest411_>  If you have time, id love to know that he controls this share. if you're too busy, just knowing he sent you the following message will suffice.     Kruniac Jr. Member   Online  Posts: 33       Trust: 0: -0 / +0(0) Copy of PM to: Friedcat « Sent to: jwest411 on: June 07, 2013, 01:10:09 AM » Quote  Reply  Delete   -------------- My username is Kruniac (As you can see), controlling Bitcoin address: 14cBNrTYW9XCnYhJqJ9ooAMzz7zAnojWaz I received one (1) share of ASICMin
[18:54] <BCB> is friedcat on irc
[18:54] <Kruniac> No.
[18:54] <Kruniac> No to BC.
[18:54] <Kruniac> BCB*
[18:54] <Kruniac> And no to that copy pasta.
[18:55] <Kruniac> I can do that and say I'm Obama.
[18:55] <Kruniac> SCREENSHOT the message.
[18:55] <jwest411_> how do i send a screenshot here
[18:56] <Kruniac> Use Imgurl or something
[18:56] <BCB> imgur.com
[18:56] <Kruniac> There you go.
[18:56] <jwest411_> http://imgur.com/VIUuAgO
[18:57] <Kruniac> That's a screenshot of a message from me.
[18:57] <Kruniac> Where is the message from Friedcat.
[18:57] <jwest411_> k i scroll down and take another
[18:57] <Kruniac> All I want to see is Friedcat's message.
[18:57] <BCB> Kruniac, you also using NICK: Boelens
[18:57] <BCB> ??
[18:57] <Kruniac> No.
[18:58] <Kruniac> I don't know that Nick.
[18:58] <Kruniac> IRC?
[18:58] <BCB> no
[18:58] <BCB> BCT
[18:58] <Kruniac> Okay.
[18:58] <jwest411_> http://imgur.com/6osnHio
[18:59] <Kruniac> Jwest. Come on, man.
[18:59] <Kruniac> Stop messing around.
[18:59] <jwest411_>
[18:59] <Kruniac> Did you notice that I CANNOT SEE THE USERNAME in that picture?
[19:00] <jwest411_> jesus christ
[19:00] <jwest411_> its the same message
[19:00] <jwest411_> OKAY ill shrink it and resend
[19:00] <Kruniac> No. It's fine.
[19:00] <Kruniac> You're right. Absolutely right.
[19:00] <Kruniac> Friedcat did send it, I guess.
[19:01] <Kruniac> That honestly doesn't add up.
[19:01] <BCB> so what is the situation
[19:01] <jwest411_> so friedcat sent a share to me
[19:01] <jwest411_> other ppl said to kruniac hey wheres my share?
[19:01] <Kruniac> The situation is that Friedcat sent a share to JWest. He should not have sent that share.
[19:01] <jwest411_> no
[19:02] <jwest411_> i bought a share from you
[19:02] <jwest411_> friedcat sent that share to me
[19:02] <Kruniac> You're not seeing the bigger picture.
[19:02] <Kruniac> Why did he send you that share?
[19:02] <jwest411_> because you PMed him to!
[19:02] <Kruniac> No, I didn't.
[19:02] <Kruniac> See. That's the rub.
[19:02] <jwest411_> look at the message you sent
[19:02] <jwest411_> in the screenshot
[19:02] <jwest411_> you do all the info
[19:02] <jwest411_> then other ppl are saying hey you promised me a share too
[19:03] <Kruniac> I have exactly two messages I've ever sent to Friedcat.
[19:03] <Kruniac> One was a transfer to methax.
[19:03] <Kruniac> The other was to ask about that transfer.
[19:03] <jwest411_> so then you lied and told me you sent that to friedcat?
[19:03] <jwest411_> bc in the quote in that screenshot is a quote of a message you sent me
[19:03] <jwest411_> signed with your key and stuff
[19:03] <Kruniac> Let's say that I did. I want to know exactly HOW you got that share.
[19:03] <Kruniac> Because it can't be that easy to fake a request.
[19:03] <Kruniac> The message I sent to YOU doesn't matter.
[19:04] <jwest411_> so are you saying you didnt sell me a share?
[19:04] <Kruniac> I'm really wondering why Friedcat transferred a share to someone that I did not message him about.
[19:04] <jwest411_> kruniac are you saying you didnt sell me a share?
[19:04] <Kruniac> No, I sold you a share. There's no doubt about that.
[19:05] <jwest411_> so whats the problem?
[19:05] <Kruniac> I did not message Friedcat transferring your share.
[19:05] <Kruniac> You must have taken it upon yourself.
[19:06] <Kruniac> That's the problem.
[19:06] <jwest411_> you provided me the info for friedcat to xfer the share. HOWEVER the issue at hand is other ppl say that you provided to sell them shares as well, and you only owned the share you sold to me
[19:06] <Kruniac> No. The ISSUE is that a share got "legitimately" transferred to you when I didn't transfer it to you.
[19:06] <Kruniac> That's the ISSUE.
[19:07] <BCB> Kruniac, how many Shares do you own
[19:07] <Kruniac> Zero.
[19:07] <Kruniac> I own zero shares.
[19:07] <BCB> Kruniac, how many did you sell
[19:07] <Kruniac> I don't even know. Legitimately or illegitimately?
[19:07] <BCB> so you did sell shares you did not own??
[19:08] <Kruniac> Yeah, sure. We've all figured that out by now.
[19:08] <Kruniac> My problem is that Jwest used some assurance or promise and somehow gained control of a share.
[19:08] <Kruniac> I sold one share to Methax.
[19:08] <Kruniac> That's legitimate.
[19:08] <BCB> so how many share did you sell that you did not own
[19:08] <Kruniac> Just an obscene amount. About 50 BTC worth
[19:08] <Kruniac> Again, we're not addressing this Jwest situation
[19:09] <Kruniac> Jwest411 - you can imagine my surprise by your "ownership" since I never send a message to Friedcat.
[19:09] <Kruniac> I mean, you can understand how I'm amazed by it.
[19:10] <BCB> Kruniac, so who do you still owe shares to??
[19:10] <Kruniac> God only knows. That's not what I'm talking about.
[19:10] <Kruniac> I want to know how he got that damn share.
[19:10] <BCB> jwest411_, how did you get that share
[19:10] <Kruniac> So what is this, are you scamming a scammer? That makes it okay?
[19:11] <BCB> jwest411_, did you buy it from Kruniac
[19:11] <Kruniac> Because you're not scamming me. You're scamming methax.
[19:11] <jwest411_> ya i agreed to
[19:11] <jwest411_> and paid him
[19:11] <Kruniac> He did do that.
[19:11] <jwest411_> and he sent me that message he sent friedcat
[19:11] <Kruniac> I'm not disputing that.
[19:11] <jwest411_> which he apparently never sent to friedcat
[19:11] <Kruniac> That's my exact point.
[19:11] <BCB> jwest411_, does Kruniac still owe you a share
[19:11] <Kruniac> I never sent friedcat shit.
[19:11] <Kruniac> So HOW did you get that share?
[19:11] <jwest411_> no i dont believe so
[19:11] <jwest411_> i beleive i was the lucky one who got the share
[19:12] <jwest411_> based on friedcats response to me
[19:12] <Kruniac> And that's bullshit.
[19:12] <Kruniac> Because Methax is supposed to have it.
[19:12] <jwest411_> its bullshit you didnt scam me?
[19:12] <Kruniac> I traded with Methax FIRST. I sent his request FIRST.
[19:12] <Kruniac> June 05, 2013, 06:32:15 AM
[19:12] <BCB> is methax on irc
[19:12] <jwest411_> so you scammed 50 btc
[19:12] <Kruniac> Not at all. He's a forum guy.
[19:12] <jwest411_> and youre pissed the wrong person got the 1 share?
[19:12] <Kruniac> This isn't about me scamming. We all have it clear about that.
[19:13] <Kruniac> This is about you faking a transfer and/or Friedcat believing it.
[19:13] <jwest411_> i dont get it
[19:13] <Kruniac> I NEVER sent you a message.
[19:13] <Kruniac> Er.
[19:13] <Kruniac> Friedcat*
[19:13] <jwest411_> why do you want methax to get it and not me btw? why do you care?
[19:13] <Kruniac> Here. You want to bring legit BCB into it?
[19:13] <Kruniac> Here is my official statement.
[19:14] <Kruniac> I sold one (1) share of ASICMiner (direct) that I bought to user: methax
[19:14] <jwest411_> why do you want methix to get it and not me?
[19:14] <Kruniac> I sent a transfer request as noted here: https://i.imgur.com/lQ74OhC.png
[19:14] <Kruniac> Are you not paying attention.
[19:14] <Kruniac> METHAX OWNS THE SHARE.
[19:15] <Kruniac> That is a legitimate transfer PM sent to Methax.
[19:15] <Kruniac> BCB, you witness this.
[19:15] <jwest411_> can you answer my Q though?
[19:15] <Kruniac> You really wanna know? >
[19:15] <Kruniac> I mean... REALLY?
[19:15] <BCB> I'm trying to follow but you don't sound like you are being honest
[19:15] <Kruniac> BCB, that's the thing. I'm being honest. This isn't a run around.
[19:16] <Kruniac> I scammed shitloads of people for 2.4 BTC each, round abouts.
[19:16] <Kruniac> That is honest.
[19:16] <Kruniac> I did NOT transfer the share to jwest.
[19:16] <Kruniac> Honest.
[19:16] <Kruniac> I DID transfer the share (as seen by screenshot) to methax. Honest.
[19:16] <Kruniac> Jwest - to answer your question...
[19:16] <Kruniac> Methax owes me money in escrow for the share.
[19:17] <Kruniac> I HAD to legitimately transfer the share.
[19:17] <Kruniac> Otherwise, I don't receive my funds.
[19:17] <jwest411_> ahhhhhh so you get more $ if methax gets his share
[19:17] <Kruniac> I've LITERALLY been waiting days for Friedcat to send the confirmation. He has not.
[19:17] <Kruniac> Even now he has not.
[19:17] <Kruniac> That's how I know that you're sketchy about this.
[19:17] <Kruniac> I sent two PMs to Friedcat. One transferring the share to Methax https://i.imgur.com/lQ74OhC.png
[19:18] <Kruniac> Another asking for confirmation.
[19:18] <Kruniac> Both were never answered.
[19:18] <Kruniac> I think that's about all I can say.
[19:18] <Kruniac> When you PMed me saying that you "owned" the share and you'll help clear my name, I knew you were lying.
[19:18] <Kruniac> And if you're telling the truth, then Friedcat screwed up.
[19:18] <Kruniac> Because I never transferred that share to you.
[19:18] <Kruniac> ;;monologue
[19:18] <Kruniac> XD
[19:19] <Kruniac> Now. I'm going to get some McDonalds, and maybe hit the mall. BCB, I'm sorry I lied to you in the PM I sent you. You're a legit guy, and you're a good businessman.
[19:19] <Kruniac> AFK. Msg me if you want anything

PM me for details. Im an American. If we can make it secure, I'd do any payment method you'd like.