That's changed now.

New, in version 0.7, is Raw Transactions:
 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Raw_Transactions

GetRawTransaction
then
DecodeRawTransaction
gives you what you are looking for.

Dwolla is a cash transfer system.   When Alice sends a payment to Bob, Dwolla simply subtracts that amount from her account and adds it (less fee if applicable) to Bob's account.

There is no "verification" for transactions.  Either there were funds available and a transfer is made instantly or the transaction request is not possible -- with instant feedback provided.

So if you are a new Dwolla account and do not yet have the funds in your Dwolla account (or are still in the 30-day probationary period where you cannot send funds to a merchant that trades Bitcoins), this problem you are experiencing would not be something related to BitInstant.

Can you provide a few more details as to what you mean by "verification process"?

Can you still retrieve that invoice?

Does it still show 1BjzEH9v3CvsrGPjsW7e491KJdCBQF6wpw as the payment address?

If so, then clearly the invoice was paid and this just seems to be a simple administrative error where BitVPS just needs to figure out where the problem occurred in applying the credit for the payment.

If the invoice shows a different address, then there is a different problem to solve.

Check the transaction in Dwolla.  Look at Activity then Money Out.

Make absolutely sure the details "Details: " shows your Mt. Gox account and that it is showing the proper format (e.g, MTGOXNNNNNX).

Running a full node is not for everybody.  There are lightweight clients that don't require the blockchain to be downloaded.

Simplified payment verification (SPV) clients, such as Multibit and Bitcoin Wallet for Android are examples.

Other lightweight clients, including Electrum and Bitcoin Spinner, use a client/server model, where your private keys are still safe locally.  Being client/server, these clients do rely on an external party and thus trust is being placed with the server that the information about balances and confirmations is accurate though, so there are reasons to not store or transact significant amounts of coins through these methods.

And then there are hosted (shared) EWallets such as Coinbase, Paytunia and Instawallet as well, in addition to the EWallet accounts for most exchange accounts.  Again, with these you are extending full trust to an external party -- thus consider this before storing larger amounts of coins with these methods.

Here's a review of some options:
- http://bitcoinmagazine.net/bitcoin-wallet-options/

As far as those needing or wanting the full blockchain, there are methods to speed up the initial startup.  If you pull the bootstrap.dat torrent and run v0.7.1 of the Bitcoin.org client, you'll be up to speed much sooner.  

Going forward, the next version of the Bitcoin.org client, (e.g.,likely v0.8.0), will include ultraprune, which makes a huge difference with regard to the performance of the initial block load time.

Oops, I'm late.



I can verify that the BitAddress.org website has been updated and returns the same HTML from the commit with the description v2.0 (54c26d38e68eb87ea5b083f07091b547e10f8eac) in github:
 - https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org


To confirm this I first check the sha1sum hash of the html returned by a request to http://bitaddress.org:

$ wget --quiet -O - http://bitaddress.org|sha1sum
c0300a88d2de421106560185e4916f4eee6ed9df  -

$ GET -eSd bitaddress.org|grep -i "200 OK"
GET https://www.bitaddress.org/bitaddress.org-v2.0-SHA1-c0300a88d2de421106560185e4916f4eee6ed9df.html --> 200 OK


Then from my bitaddress.org repo:

$ git checkout master
$ git pull
$ git log --pretty=oneline|grep "v2.0"
54c26d38e68eb87ea5b083f07091b547e10f8eac v2.0 Vanity Wallet, Paper Wallet updates

$ git checkout 54c26d38e68eb87ea5b083f07091b547e10f8eac
$ git rev-list --max-count=1 HEAD
54c26d38e68eb87ea5b083f07091b547e10f8eac

$ sha1sum bitaddress.org.html
c0300a88d2de421106560185e4916f4eee6ed9df  bitaddress.org.html

Using "Bitcoin by Mt. Gox Mobile", v3.2 (Dec 30, 2011) for Android here's how:

At the bottom is "Transfer", then you see a tab for "Redeem".  Then click the magnifying glass to scan the QR code.  Scan, click "Redeem coins" and you're done.  The app tells you how much coin was on the address and it will automatically sweep that amount into your Mt. Gox account.  If at a later time any more funds arrive at that address, another transaction will be made to sweep them at that time as well.

Another method to redeem these keys is with Blockchain.info/wallet.  This is only done through the web interface, and not from the Blockchain for Android (or iOS) mobile app.

I just had requested this feature from EasyWallet:

Some will, and some will spot opportunity in an idea that a venture capitalist won't.

I mean seriously, what self-respecting venture capitalist would back an idea about renting out an airbed in your spare bedroom?



Not VC superstar Ron Conway, for instance ...  "am [too] jammed now" was his response.
 - http://www.foundersatwork.com/1/post/2012/10/what-goes-wrong.html

Now with AirBNB valued at more than one billion dollars a few years later shows that while venture capitalists are smart they aren't smarter than everyone else.

And for that reason, I should be allowed to learn of and invest in opportunities as I see fit.  Today's regulations are prohibiting me (an "unaccredited" investor) from gaining access to the best information out there for me to make an informed decision.

I look forward to Bitcoin helping to tear these regulations down, whether it be painful or if they crumble under their own weight.

Heh, sorry.

They are located in India:


 so I just assumed they would ship there as well.  I now see:

- http://www.theswisspharmacy.com/shop_content.php?coID=3

Something like this?

Bitcoin to Cash LLC (USPS, WF & BofA account transfer, or cash deposit)

- http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=82983.0


This was also done at one point in time by FastCash4Bitcoins.com.  They no longer offer it because of the economics of it (maintaining an inventory of cash is expensive and risky (to physical security as well as financial / exchange rate risk) and there is time spent to travel to the various bank branches, dealing with transactions where the account numbers are invalid, etc.    


That's a question specific to each legal jurisdiction.   So, using the U.S. as an example, ... in the U.S. is it legal to do so?  Most likely it is.  Just register as a money service business and if necessary become a licensed money transmitter and follow full AML/KYC just like a bank does and there likely is not even a hint of there being a problem in doing that.

What you probably are asking though is ... would this be legal to do without registering as an MSB, without becoming a licensed money transmitter and without following AML and performing full KYC on each customer (e.g., accept bitcoins sent anonymously).

So that makes it a very good question.

There are really two parts of that transaction.

The first part is where the business is purchasing bitcoins from its customers and paying cash.    The second part is delivering the proceeds of that purchase to a location and in a manner of the customer's choosing.

The first part is still undetermined.  Are bitcoins money, or are they a commodity / digital good?  If I buy bananas from you I certainly should be able to pay you cash for them without having to register as an MSB, or become a licensed money transmitter, or even know who you are.  But bitcoins are different from bananas.  So far though, there has been nobody that has reported (at least not publicly) any action from any regulator or other government agency regarding the purchase of bitcoins for cash.  That still doesn't mean there's no problem with doing so, just that if it is a problem there is no enforcement on it to-date.

The second part, delivering the cash, might already be decided:

- http://www.fincen.gov/news_room/rp/rulings/html/fincenruling2003-7.html

In other words, if the armored car picks up cash from Alice and deposits that cash into Bob's account at the bank the service is likely going to need to register as a money transmitter.  If instead it deposits Alice's cash into Alice's account, then it is likely not a money transmitter.

So essentially it comes down to ... is this to be offered anonymously or is this to be offered where full AML/KYC is employed?

Related:


Though it wouldn't hurt to remind them of their options (like to add BitPay.com as one of the many payment processors they use).

- http://www.humblebundle.com/contact


They know the existing payment options they provide are not ideal:

I got charged twice for one bundle!
 - http://support.humblebundle.com/customer/portal/articles/243223-i-got-charged-twice-for-one-bundle-

My Prepaid/Gift Card won't work
 - http://support.humblebundle.com/customer/portal/articles/292349-my-prepaid-gift-card-won-t-work

etc.

Well, not everyone ... only people who have registered with ICBIT and are logged in can see the charts.

These are beautiful.  




There are traders who would be attracted to BUZ2 because for it provides the ability to hedge but they aren't even aware of this trading opportunity.

You should consider a way to serve the chart (and order book) for guest access (i.e., not logged in).

Related thread:

Bitcoin Exchanges: Transparency Data or Lack Thereof
 - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=93386.0

I believe that is addressed here:



direct to e-mail uses the same service (Coinapult) as the direct to bitcoin.

I'm having trouble folllowing.

Instawallet is a website that provides a hosted (shared) EWallet service.  Your EWallet on Instawallet has a single, static Bitcoin address associated with it.    When you use a service and send to that address, it will appear in Instawallet after the transaction confirms.

Do not lose your URL for your Instawallet, as that is the only way to access and spend the funds later.

Are you saying that some other service is not sending to that Bitcoin address associated with your Instawalet? (you can verify if that is happening through the blockchain, and a service that provides a view of the blockchain is Blockchain.info ).

Does that mean BitInstant got a letter also?


From another thread:

Well, looks like 9.74 was that point, but there were plenty of chances under $10.

I have a feeling though there are a few new approaches for handling the "Weekend Dip".

1.) Coinbase, instant sign-up, instant purchases.    When linking a bank account to a Coinbase account (available just for those in the U.S., for now), bitcoins can be purchased with a bank transfer 24/7.

The coins aren't added to the account's wallet until the bank transfer completes (two or so business days) but the exchange rate is locked in at the time of purchase.   This is the first time this capability has ever existed for buying bitcoins.


2.) MPOE options.   The exchange just saw what appears to be its biggest single-day volume of its options contracts.   There were over 20,000 PUT option contracts sold nearly all at once over the weekend.  (Someone is counting on a rebound in price!)

The reason that a "weekend dip" occurs is generally attributed to the imbalance where selling can occur 24/7 and there are no new, incoming funds arriving through banks (which are closed on the weekend) and any wires to Mt. Gox aren't seen until arrival on their Tuesday morning.   But options contracts aren't bought as the result of a conversion from cash thus these transactions can occur on the weekend as much as at any other time.  So options purchases on the weekend can help counter the price swing that occurs during a "weekend dip"

Though this exchange has been offering options for over a year now, their trading volume has just recently become significant.

3.) ICBIT.se  - similar to MPOE, ICBIT futures contracts on the BTC?USD are purchased with bitcoins, so that too isn't something that needs to
"wait for Tuesday" to trade either.   While ICBIT's volume isn't quite yet enough to impact the exchange rate much, it does offer 10:1 leverage -- giving anyone caught with not enough USDs on a weekend to lock in so that if the exchange rate rises the upside can be captured.

For these three reasons, the Weekend Dip's days may be numbered.

So has anyone completed this process?  

I looked at it with one of my accounts, for a small credit union, and they didn't recognize the ABA number, so that now requires the Challenge Deposit method.   I won't use Instant for my other account, but I'm curious to know it others have finished the steps successfully and are just waiting on coins now?

I do see that the price is fantastic.  Like right now there was a little dip, and I would have been able to lock in coins at just 1% over Mt. Gox Last (which is what Coinbase appears to be using).  That's less than most methods for moving USD funds between exchanges (e..g, using Liberty Reserve, or a redeemable code and paying the fee).   So this service will likely come in handy for those doing arbitrage as well.

When SHA-256 is cracked?

I'm reading their blog post further:


And they are aware that consumers are sensitive to this:


But there was one statement I wasn't sure about:


So I started the PayPal sign-up process and see that it says:


So, I guess you learn something new every day.