BTC moves too quick for real arbitrage (e.g. buy BTC on BTC-E, sell on Bitstamp, withdraw fiat and re-deposit on BTC-E). But since the spread narrows and widens, you can take advantage by, for instance, buying on BTC-E, selling on Bitstamp, and waiting for the spread to close before buying and sending back to BTC-E.

I think the implication there is clear. We're playing with semantics. Nobody would care if it could be easily manipulated if they were confident the owner wouldn't do it. (And why else mention it as a reason to stop advertising?)

It seemed pretty clear what you were replying to when you suggested it was only on the users, not the advertisers, to examine the site. I disagree. I advertised for a while for Bitcoinsports.eu, who ended up scamming a bunch of people. Fuck doing that again.

Yes, I would inquire as to what other proofs of residence they may accept. Bank statements? Student loan documentation? Tax returns? Back when I verified there, I had a utility bill.

I noticed this yesterday as well. Was trying to pay for a few things in coins and was frustrated not being able to search for anything. Then I realized blockr.io was functioning fine.

How about Bitstamp? They are probably the most reputable Europe-facing exchanging, and I have heard that SEPA transfers work pretty quickly. (I don't actually trade there myself, though, so I can't offer much more information)

I don't think that's necessarily true. Money is money, and there are legitimate reasons to buy an account. I think selling accounts with neutral (or negative) trust is fine, really. Representing positive trust that was not earned -- that's a bit more dicey.

If you trust the third party seller, there is no issue. But if you are dealing P2P, say, on the forum, and don't know the other party, Paypal is dangerous.

You don't have any ethical issues with advertising a business that you personally believe is deceptive or untrustworthy? I advertise for FXOPEN because they are a trustworthy business. If my opinion changes on that, I won't advertise.

"They chose to"? People are not their governments, first of all. Secondly, the market should care about China, considering western exchanges are still largely following Huobi and OkCoin. Take yesterday's drop as an example.

Most people are laggards. They aren't likely to start using bitcoin until it has a firmly embedded infrastructure and really catches on with financial institutions and superior UI apps. Right now, it's simply difficult to even buy them, or to know which bitcoin exchanges are trustworthy.

And yet, I have a feeling most of us are pretty confident that he was not talking about injecting insulin. But hey, there's always that possibility, too.

I have seen some people use SierraChart, but have only seen BTCUSD and LTCUSD (maybe LTCBTC). I use TradingView, which has a good deal of indicators and charting tools. They have charts for at least a handful of alts, but since I don't trade alts, can't get too specific. But I've seen LTC, PPC, NMC, XPM on there.

Bitcoin + Gyft --> Amazon gift cards. I've bought quite a bit. Biggest single purchase was probably the Volcano Vaporizer -- classic solid valve system. $550 or thereabouts. Very happy.

I'd say no. But, then again, they were worth it looking back to 2010 or 2011. And faucet payouts didn't seem like much back then. If bitcoin goes to $1 million, those satoshis will add up!

I think we either got capped at this 680 resistance and that will end the rally, or we will chop down to 550 or 590 level for another leg up to 720-760. That's my noob prediction.

Has Stunna mentioned anything about updating payout rates in the near future? I see they haven't been updated since early April. I wonder which direction they'll go...

Even weekly payments are not really the norm for signature campaigns -- monthly payments have been the norm, so to get bent out of shape after a few hours is crazy. And FXOpen has a good reputation, generally; I know a couple people who use the service.

When scam accusations have been leveled against you, the easiest thing to do is to deflect blame, and then level scam accusations against someone else.

You won't get much for doing this. In fact, you'll probably waste quite a bit of time quibbling over mBTC that hardly anyone wants to pay out. Just wait until you have some activity under your belt.

With the price of bitcoin on the rise, and competition for signature campaigns waning a bit from the peak (several have dropped out or are having issues with timely/accurate payouts), I'd say it's only going to get tougher for Newbies from here. Get that activity up!