Anyone know, is it possible to get this in the USA?
Good news! I've been informed that NEFT is now "available in California" and that they are "looking to begin in Las Vegas" this month. These do have the Bitcoin logo on the barrel (as they were on the ones at the Bitcoin Conference in San Jose). I didn't get the name(s) of merchants selling NEFT, ... but I believe BevMo was supposed to be one. I'll solicit help from some SoCal Bitconers to learn where NEFT can be purchased, but if anyone following this thread already knows, please share! |
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While I don't spend my time sweating the NSA,
Yes, I'm comfortable with the opinion that the NSA isn't trying to steal people's bitcoins. I'm more worried about the rogue sysadmin at a mobile carrier that has access to sneak in a few lines of code into an official update, unbeknownst to all until the bitcoins are swiped. Discussed here: Can a mobile be protected against the “Linode problem”? http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/3383 |
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Worse, ... looks aborted as it now has that backpack girl. I remember hearing from Charlie Shrem at the Atlanta bitcoin conference in October that they were moving forward with that. Maybe plans changed. Or maybe it will be a different brand? |
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I would like to add funds (rupees / INR) to my account at Milaap, which is like a Kiva in India (though these are all no-interest loans).
I'm looking to add 3,000 Rs again. How this works is, 1.) You and I agree on the rate (in BTC) for your 3,000 Rs. [e.g., ~0.067 BTC if using today's BTC/USD of $730 on BitStamp] 2.) I provide to you my e-mail address. 3.) You buy a 3,000 Rs gift e-card from Milaap, paying with your Netbanking or with an Indian credit card. Entering my e-mail as the gift recipient. - http://milaap.org/do-more-gift-card <-- PM me for my Milaap "lender name and e-mail". 4.) You send to me your Bitcoin address for my payment 5.) I receive the e-mail, redeem the gift e-card, and send to you the bitcoins. PM me if interested |
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That's what 'bitcoin-brokers.org' does.
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I'm guessing that the fun will come to an end if/when it becomes unlawful to deposit cash into a random person's account without some modicum of 'know-your-whatever-ness'. I'm surprised it's even allowed now to be honest. Probably it would be implemented by some combination of claw-backs and/or banks just shutting out customers who do this. My guess.
I forgot about that ... sure, if cash deposit in China works, then Bitcoin-Brokers.org or similar service there would work pretty well. That is .., until they start confiscating funds of people caught selling coins that way. I wonder if cash deposit (by a third party, without providing identity) is an accepted method in China. |
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What would an exchange look like that is able to get around this?
Any decentralized approach taking advantage of a payment network with A2A (Account-To-Account) transfers will work. - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/A2A_Transfer_MethodsIt's easy for China to crack down on one or two large exchanges which integrate with the banking system. It's a lot harder for them to crack down on individuals using Alipay or similar. That's why many, many individuals today still trade bitcoins for Dwolla -- even with Dwolla saying they don't allow any Bitcoin trading. You won't find the advertisements from those who do it, but the trades happen. Daily. Same for PayPal, etc. |
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I own no LTC or PPC.
Just for posterity, I believe that at one time you had offered to borrow LTC so that you could sell it to have a short position. I don't know if you had completed that transaction but disclosing that you have no position now might not be an objective way of describing your position. For the record, I too own no LTC or PPC, but at some point in the future would possibly consider LTC. My criteria for a proof-of-work based crypt coin is simply is whether or not sufficient hashing capacity exists. If (when) a Scrypt ASIC gives the litecoin network's total hashrate a boost such that a 51% there too becomes uneconomical then I might be willing to acquire some LTC. My biggest fear is selfish mining or some other hack on the system.governments.
I would say that going short on futures contracts would be one such hedging opportunity that would pay off on a Bitcoin collapse. The problem with the futures contracts on ICBit, however, is counterparty risk such that your profitable position can be closed prior to settlement date without you seeing the full gains that you would were you able to hold to the settlement date. |
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Free of charge to use. But nothing is free. To use this you need to have location enabled, for one -- so you know that data is being recorded, archived and likely shared with marketers. Also, as many Square merchants learned, if there are disputes your deposits get delayed or reversed. Here's an example: - http://complaintwire.org/complaint/zQqeYBJqCQU/square-upSo let's see how long before there is a chorus of people who were expecting a deposit that never happens. It's a new service and is for "cash" (versus credit card) though ... so maybe they'll have fewer issues. |
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Now they seem to have recently enabled BTC in other countries including UK (takeaway.com) and France (pizza.fr).
Takeaway.com is the name under which the company is internationally known. However, we are active in 10 countries and the names of websites change from one country to another: uk.takeaway.com – pizza.co.uk (United Kingdom), Thuisbezorgd.nl (Netherlands), Pizza.be (Belgium), Lieferservice.de (Germany), Lieferservice.at (Austria), Lieferservice.ch (Switzerland), Pizza.dk (Denmark), Pizza.lu (Luxembourg), Hämtmat.se (Sweden) and Takeaway.com (France). In total, our websites already include more than 20.000 member restaurants.
- http://uk.takeaway.com - http://pizza.co.uk (United Kingdom) - http://Thuisbezorgd.nl (Netherlands) - http://pizza.be (Belgium) - http://Lieferservice.de (Germany) - http://Lieferservice.at (Austria) - http://Lieferservice.ch (Switzerland) - http://Pizza.dk (Denmark) - http://Pizza.lu (Luxembourg) - http://Hämtmat.se (Sweden) - http://Pizza.fr (France) Other takeout / delivery services that take Bitcoin: - http://Foodler.com (U.S.) - https://www.eatgrubgo.com/bitcoin.htm (U.S.) - http://Gyft.com (Papa Johns gift certificates) There are individual restaurants who take Bitcoin but do takeout and/or delivery as well, but those are not part of a service like the ones above. |
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Is there a walk through available on importing it into the wallet? Bitcoin-Qt doesn't support BIP-0038 so you'ld need to convert the decrypt the BIP-0038 encrypted private key and then import that [edit: into your client, such as Bitcoin-Qt]. To decrypt the BIP-0038 encrypted private key click on the Wallet Details tab of BitAddress.org and enter or paste the BIP-0038 encrypted private key. It will then prompt you for the BIP-0038 passphrase, and if it was correct the page will show the Bitcoin address and the private key (both the WIF, as well as WIF Compressed). |
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Imported keys will never be used as change, unless you specify it.
Depends on the client. Blockchain.info will pick one in your wallet for you. I don't know how the other clients work. |
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Is there any disadvantage to importing a known private key, or easily crackable private key, into a wallet with other personal addresses that aren't meant to be public.
With Bitcoin-Qt the imported key with a prior transaction will show as used and won't then be used for change in the future. But not all wallets work that way, and could possibly send change to some other address from the wallet (e.g., chosen at random). So, it is nearly ALWAYS a bad idea to import a private key into your wallet if you aren't sure that you are the only party with control of that private key. |
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While this was a good article, it is from May, 2013. Putting the date in the title (i.e., 2013-05-10) is expected for all posts here on this board. |
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I see a new service, WorkForCrypto, claims to be like a "Fiverr for Bitcoin". On that you can list an offer of a good or service you offer and the price: - http://workforcrypto.comThis would be kind of similar to what the now defunct ForBitcoin used to have. |
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It took a while, but this is worthy of performing a necrothread revival: Join us this Thursday for a meet up in San Diego county's first restaurant to accept bitcoin. Come on by for some great Italian and support the cause. November 14, 2013 - 7:30pm
Spirito's Italian Diner
2508 El Camino Real
Carlsbad, CA
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