FTFY (It did not previously make sense in english).

Congratulations BTW!

http://www.webappers.com/2012/11/19/bitcoin-open-source-p2p-digital-currency/

Pretty strange really, its essentially just an advert with no real commentary, but hey we'll take it.

Bitcoin: Because the internet needed a currency.

I just heard this project referenced in an armdevices.net video. It seems like a really great fit with bitcoin, so I thought I'd post it here.

https://www.alljoyn.org

Key points:

• It's an open-source P2P/message bus that abstracts the OS environment and network layer so it can work on a range of ad-hoc devices and scenarios.
• Sponsored by Qualcomm and optimised for mobile use.
• Automatic configuration for the end-user.
• It is designed to work with the wifi-direct point to point specification.

Any thoughts? This seems a much better strategy than photographing barcodes esp. for the android clients.

Discussion of silk road (indirectly), bitcoin mentioned.

For the impatient; Skip to 6:00.

PRI's The World: Technology - B-Side, Vol. 11: The BBC's "Danger in the Download" Series, Part 2
http://media.theworld.org/pod/tech/WTPpodcast364.mp3

As an aside; I noticed I only get the tray icon when launching via my shortcut. If I run bitcoin-qt from a terminal, no tray-icon.

OK; if you downloaded the program from sourceforge or somewhere we are going to have to get our hands a little dirty. Let's begin.

Put the following lines in a new text file on your desktop and name it Bitcoin.desktop (only the .desktop part of the file is important).


Note the line Exec=... This should be the full path to wherever you downloaded the package. (Pro-tip if you move it to /usr/local/bin then you can run it from any terminal)

Make the file executable by right-click -> properties (or use from the command line)

This should give you an old fashioned desktop shortcut to the bitcoin client. When the client is running you can right click the icon on the launcher menu and select 'Lock to Launcher'. This will mean it is a permanent button on the menu.

Hope that works for you.

Edit: One more finishing touch...
Right click the desktop shortcut.
Click the icon button on the left of the basic tab, navigate to the downloaded package and choose /bitcoin-0.6.2-linux/src/share/pixmaps/bitcoin80.xpm.
Now you have a shiny logo for the program, but you might need to unlock and relock it to the launcher to make the logo show up there too.

I believe they are two separate menu systems. Press the super/windows key to launch apps or bring them to the forefront. When using an app, press alt to get the HUD menu that replaces traditional point and click menu for things like file->save etc.

The HUD menu is very new and may not work with all programs.

I thought this was a bug and had similar symptoms. Then I remembered the new HUD menu in Ubuntu! Press Alt and then type file or whatever menu you would be looking for.
Hope that helps. It's all very futuristic; they kind of sprung it on us, I agree.

This is an almost press hit.
Seems to go out of its way not to mention bitcoin. 

Eric Schmidt's recent comments are raised. Both David Birch and Jon Matonis are also quoted.

Sorry if anyone gets hit by the paywall on this.

FT.com: Finance - more flash than cash.
Byline: New payment systems are raising concerns about privacy and security

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63a21dcc-6f68-11e1-9c57-00144feab49a.html

This describes a decentralised 'Kickstarter.com' does it not? They seem to be doing pretty well these days, but I might need to add them to my creative destruction list.

It seems to have had the desired effect.

From the article:


http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/01/the-good-wife-recap-alicia-versus-the-internet.html

super long term support is my hope.
http://dumpt.com/img/files/aopcnykexw2yy2zu5rf2.png

Ha, It's a unique analogy, I learned something new.  But it fails as an explanation by being as complex if not more than the original subject.

Bid is now showing 14.08, ask 13.15! Did Mark pull the order matching/execution?

Is their money less good because they own a computer? I think one should be careful whining about scripted trades.  It's hypocritical to complain about people using programming to gain advantage while sheltering under the digital currency they have woven for free, for all of us.  

Just sit back and enjoy the show, if at any given moment you think the price is wrong; put your money where your mouth is.

So the job is posted anonymously, but how do they collect the dollars in a secure way? Any sort of dead-drop is still subject to a stakeout.  Looks like bitcoin is exactly what is needed for a black market; It's the last link that completes the transaction.

I still get a kick out of reading the "I found bitcoin and haven't thought about anything else for a month" type intros. I've read so many now, but I never tire.

This is great news, in many ways.

I think integration of buying and selling on mtgox et al. without leaving your gui would be a great addition.  For new users to have to leave a slick application and then go and see mtgox might be a bit of a shock!

Did Existing home sales dry up to nothing in 2004 because everyone thought the price was going up? No, people were buying ans selling like mad. This rational agent argument is a huge fallacy and is not reflected in the markets at all.

With regard to trade size all trades are timestamped and published by most of the exchanges via the api.
eg.
https://mtgox.com/code/data/getTrades.php
will get you the last 24 hrs.

Per user and frequency is harder to establish, anyone could have multiple accounts and be trading cross exchange.  A big buyer could just be arbing the difference not really taking a large position.