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Other / Politics & Society / Re: First gay marriage in Russia
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on: November 11, 2014, 07:08:19 AM
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So one was in the process of a gender swap since the man changed his sex to a woman the other one was a woman It is considered a gay marriage because the tranny did a gender change operation
From the article, it appears that the transwoman is pre-op. It is likely considered a "gay" marriage because she changed her name and declared sex* already. Not all transgendered people actually get surgery. *passport apparently still says "male"
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Other / Politics & Society / Re: First gay marriage in Russia
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on: November 11, 2014, 06:41:32 AM
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Now it is so clear, but I'm hella confused.
Two guys, who dress up like girls, who are attracted to girls (or at least the look of a girl.)
Perhaps a translation would help. These are not two guys dressed in drag. These are two women getting married.
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Canada to receive 4 new Bitcoin ATM's via Cryptopick Canada
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on: November 11, 2014, 06:29:58 AM
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Address: 2016 SHERWOOD DRIVE, SHERWOOD PARK, AB
Thank you! I'll have to check it out next time I'm in the area. I spent a few years of my childhood living in Sherwood Park. Most polluted city in Alberta. Directly downwind from the Edmonton refineries. I suspect that may be an existing one, not a new announcement.
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Canada to receive 4 new Bitcoin ATM's via Cryptopick Canada
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on: November 11, 2014, 06:15:35 AM
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If they keep the transactions under $1000, they may not need extensive customer identification. Not sure what they do to prevent the same person from revisiting the same machine several times per day. I am currently toying with a $1000/day blanket rule for buying and selling coins myself. As this is Canada, "structuring" is not a crime (only potentially suspicious). Edit: Line-breaks man! 2. Accounts. 2.1 Eligibility. To be eligible to use Cryptopick Canada services for more that 500 CAD, you must be at least 18 years old. 2.2 Identity Authentication. If you wish to make exchanges over 400 USD with Cryptopick Canada, you authorize Cryptopick Canada, directly or through third parties, to make inquiries to validate your identity. ... 5. Anti-money laundering procedures. 5.1 You agree to our Anti Money Laundering ("AML") and Counter Terrorist Financing ("CTF") Policy, below in this document. 5.2 In general, Cryptopick Canada reserves the right to collect identification in the form of a scan of a drivers license or finger print. 5.3 Cryptopick Canada will collect identification from you prior to the depositing funds and process of an exchange, which exceeds a set amount . 5.4 You should assume all information provided to Cryptopick Canada is available to regulatory authorities, although initially we will only transmit anonymized data. 5.5 You represent and warrant that exchanges with Cryptopick Canada are not connected in any manner to any unlawful or illegal activity. 5.6 Cryptopick Canada reserves the right at all times to refuse to process any exchange, which it believes in its sole discretion, is connected in any manner to any unlawful or illegal purpose. 5.7 Cryptopick Canada is currently not obliged by law to monitor any unusual or suspicious transactions, but we will ,as a precautionary measure, monitor any size taking place where we have reasons to believe the money is derived from unlawful or illegal activity. - http://www.cryptopickcanada.ca/terms-of-service.htmlNot sure those are the "real" terms as the connection was not authenticated.
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Bitcoin / Legal / CIBC hates money exchangers
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on: November 11, 2014, 04:11:55 AM
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I wrote up a brief draft of my Anticipated activities of Economic Prisoner report for FINTRAC. The initial version is a summary only, with little detail. I tried presenting said report to my new banker while opening a business account. That way, I learned that CIBC also does not like Bitcoin. So I now have the process of testing for bank hostility down to one day. Edit: Company Name is no longer secret since I have now registered the .bit domain.
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: PoS is far inferior to PoW - why are so many people advocating switching to PoS
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on: November 07, 2014, 07:05:47 PM
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If the block-chain can't be rolled back past 12 hours, why was it the subject of debate after the BTER Exchange compromise? Official NXT Decision: No Blockchain RollbackAs you already know, our devs released an update that would adjust the blockchain in such a way that only the BTER account would be affected. As it stands, the majority of NXT forgers has opted not to support this fork. The new version has already been rescinded and the rollback will not happen.
Of course, this whole discussion strikes at the core of what a crypto platform is about. Is there a point where a blockchain can be rolled back, or not?
I understand that the Vericoin devs have decided to do this in their case, because 30% of coins were involved.
Our situation and proposed solution were very different. The main difference that I see is that our core devs have left the decision completely up to the forgers. They could have taken the decision to not even propose a fork at all, but decided to put this in the hand of where the decision power in a PoS system is: the stakeholders.
The Vericoin roll-back happened because the developers were concerned about a Potential 51% attack. 8 Million Vericoin Hack Prompts Hard Fork to Recover FundsGiven the extent of the damage, the vericoin development team opted to hard fork the coins block chain in order to reverse the theft transaction. This was performed, they said, in order to both prevent the loss of roughly $2m in investor funds and stop a fraudulent actor from holding 30% of the coins proof-of-stake network capacity.
The fork is now complete, with new wallets now available for download, the vericoin development team told CoinDesk. Any PoS coin relying on even wealth distribution is going to be in trouble
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: PoS is far inferior to PoW - why are so many people advocating switching to PoS
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on: November 07, 2014, 06:18:36 PM
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Once you control 50%+1 of the votes, you vote for forks that give you equal or more voting power.
Check-points can help guard against this, but can be a central point of failure if not carefully implemented (possibly leveraging the Bitcoin PoW blockchain).
what you are explaining is a 51% attack not a "history attack" which is what BombaUcigasa was trying(and failing) to explain and what you have just said does not answer the question i asked. see this is what im talking about.. no one can provide the math to prove this? or give a technical explanation of exactly how you would do thisshow the math and the technical explanation or its pure tripe. You can't mathematically prove it, because the other stake-holders can roll back to any point of time of their choosing. In other words, PoS does not actually form a consensus. Edit: I am not sure I understand the distinction between a 51% and "history" attack. The point of the block-chain is to document and order transactions.
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Best way how to prevent BTC wallet from hackers
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on: November 07, 2014, 05:22:18 PM
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Thanks for the helpful reply phillipsjk. I'd read about inscribing in 2 pieces of metal and stashing them in different locals and that does seem to be likely the safest way. I don't intend on purchasing bitcoin until I know how best to protect them.
The advantage of paper is that it is cheap and fast. You would only want to only inscribe Hierarchical Deterministic wallet seeds on metal. I'm inclined to use my BlackBerry to purchase locally but I feel that's just as bad as using my computer. I'm ready to pull the trigger and start accumulating but the more I read the more I'm confused about how not to get scammed between transacting with a temporary wallet to my paper or metal wallet.
A trusted link or two on how to best go about this would be greatly appreciated. I live in Canada and prefer to achieve anonymity, as far acquiring and holding is concerned.
Thanks in advance,
fdyl
You can send directly to the metal or paper; no need to temporarily store it somewhere else. The hard part would be transcribing the Bitcoin address and then generating a QR code (if needed). If you have a relatively modern machine, Bitcoin Armory should be good. It supports "watch only" wallets, as well as multi-signature addresses. It relies on Bitcoin core to interact with the network. Bitcoin.org has a very good Choose your Bitcoin wallet page.
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Yes or No!
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on: November 07, 2014, 04:52:05 PM
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I am trying to register as a Money Service Business here in Canada just so that I can be passive-aggressive. The naive hope is that they will forced to exempt many Bitcoin activities from the reporting requirements to keep the noise down. For example, SWIFT money transfers are exempt from requirements to include detailed customer information, but Bitcoin transfers are not.
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Best way how to prevent BTC wallet from hackers
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on: November 07, 2014, 06:48:57 AM
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Well if your that paranoid use the paper wallet or brain wallet.
I searched the term brain wallet and all I got was this from LibertyOrDeath. Can someone explain how I can create one, or several? I expect a self coded encrypted personal phrase that only a head injury or dementia could erase is the point? If a little knowledge is dangerous, then even less is reason enough for paranoia. Brian wallets are very risky because people hopelessly underestimate the entropy of their pass-phrase. The most secure way to store Bitcoins is with paper wallets (or something longer lasting like nickel or stainless steel) generated off-line. You should either make two copies and store them in separate locations, or create a multi-signature script/transaction such you need m of n pieces to authorize the transaction (and store those in n locations). I saw a comment up-thread the some measures such as this may be considered over-kill. Last year around this time the price of Bitcoin went up 1000% in a month or so. If the price of Bitcoin spikes to something like $400,000 per coin, suddenly "use an anti-virus" is going to start looking seriously inadequate for protecting your 5mBTC (now worth $2000). Bitcoin is game-changing in that it now makes previously impractical attacks profitable. I believe it is only a matter of time before a major software vendor pushes a wallet stealer in a software update. The only way to keep your Bitcoin savings safe is to keep them away from your network-connected machine in the first place.
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Other / Meta / Re: I am unable to access my account satoshi, need to regain access
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on: November 06, 2014, 10:01:26 PM
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If Theymos does not give you the time of day, you can try signing this: After Election, Obama Vows to Work With, and Without, Congress By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and PETER BAKER NOV. 5, 2014 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/us/politics/midterm-democratic-losses-grow.html
With a key known to be controlled by Satoshi. I am not sure if the genesis block key can be used for signing, but I believe Gavin Anderson should know what PGP keys Satoshi used. Before doing that, keep in mind what happened to Dorian Nakamoto.
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