For those who are new to Bitcoin and would like to learn more: |
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Hey. I was wondering if anyone here plays Runescape and want to buy some gold for BTC?  Can the buyer actually use that gold though? (I've no idea, but after reading this http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=333.0 I am curious.) |
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Use something like Dropbox next time.  That might just exchange one risk (risk of loss) for another (risk of theft). If you synch dropbox between your desktop and your laptop or other device, backing up your wallet to dropbox actually might also mean you are propogating your wallet onto your laptop. Here's more on safe backup as well: http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1679.msg29488#msg29488 |
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The Barter Network provides legal advice, and even IRS forms, for those willing to work with bartering.
A barter exchange or barter club is any person or organization with members or clients that contract with each other (or with the barter exchange) to jointly trade or barter property or services. The term does not include arrangements that provide solely for the informal exchange of similar services on a noncommercial basis.
The Internet has provided a medium for new growth in the bartering exchange industry. This growth prompts the following reminder: Barter exchanges are required to file Form 1099-B for all transactions unless certain exceptions are met . http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc420.htmlRelated: http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2794.0 http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2484.msg33597#msg33597 |
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Is there any kind of peer2peer file server? Say we have a few laptops laying about and wish to share/mirror each other's files.
A creates file wishlist.txt
B, C and D all mirror this file on their own hard drives.
B edits wishlist.txt, A edits wishlist.txt and there's a conflict. File splits into wishlist.B.txt and wishlist.A.txt otherwise the file is merged peacefully.
Versioning/ability to revert files .etc Locking file ownership...
It'd be a good collaboration/sharing tool for working with artwork rather than requiring a central server. Git is too restrictive and pedantic for anything outside of code.
Have you seen: http://www.foo.be/forban/ http://wiki.daviddarts.com/PirateBox[edit] though for versioning, and more specifically merging, this wouldn't help you. |
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According to the site, 165 banks are launching "email and mobile payments" through PopMoney PopMoney ("Pay Other People") is similar to PayPal and Dwolla in that you can make a payment transfer to someone else and they receive an email or SMS text with a link to the site allowing the recipient to register and claim the funds. PopMoney appears to be an ACH-only payment network, similar to Dwolla. I wonder if PopMoney might have the benefit, since it is being offered through the bank, that the funding method when sending money is drawn from your balance in your bank account, and thus it clears instantly. [Update: nope, funds are available to the recipient after the normal 3 or so business days.] This would compare favorable versus Dwolla which requires that you add money before making a payment or when you make a payment with insufficient balance it takes two to three business days for the transaction's ACH transaction to be settled before your payment is sent. Sending money with PayPal is instantly available to the recipient, but PayPal floats the funds to the sender until the ACH settlement clears and insures against insufficient funds by way of a credit card backup funding method. [edited] Payments made with Bitcoin, of course, can only be made with funds available in the wallet and are "settled" as far as the recipient is concered nearly instantly (6 confirmations is the default for the Bitcoin client). http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=3329&opg=1 |
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Along similar lines to what Square is offering: comes bundled with a Sage merchant account to allow SMBs to expand their payment options by accepting credit and debit cards on 400+ types of mobile phones and computing devices Sage Payment Solutions is offering Sage Mobile Payments for a nominal set-up fee, a monthly fee as low as $10.95 and no incremental mobile processing or transaction fees. The product is also available with an optional, end-to-end encrypted card reader (card swiper) [from RoamPay]. I inquired and learned that for Sage's offering the $10.95/mo is for a three year contract. For a one year merchant account agreement contract the monthly is $13.95/mo. The rate quoted for a swiped transaction is 1.5% plus $0.20 per transaction. [edited] http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Sage-Launches-New-Mobile-Payments-Product-Says-No-to-Mobile-Processing-Fees-1391443.htm http://www.sagepayments.com/Sage-Mobile-Payments/ |
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You may have a marker but your location appears somewhere other than where you are looking. Have you searched the KML to see if your IP Address exists? https://smsz.net/btcStats/bitcoin.kmlThose running mining software only and not running a bitcoin node will not appear on the map. someone suggested to have a counter to indicate how many nodes are active. that would be very useful.
related to this, does anyone have an idea how many bitcoin users there are today ?
See: http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3149.0 |
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Not too for from the concept scam that MadBid, BigDeal and Swoopo penny auctions follow.
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Got my Dwolla yesterday, so this is still going on. Yup, there is an offer on #Bitcoin-OTC for your Dwolla. http://bitcoin-otc.com |
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This is actually not disinflation. It's called an increase in the money supply: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_supplySo while inflation is not necessarily an incorrect term to use when referring to what an increase in the money supply is doing, it is too easily confused with price inflation. |
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That means that the total amount of bitcoins will double in two years. Thus 50% a year.
But that is 50% is much less than what we've been seeing so far! In 2010 the bitcoin currency inflated approximately 100% (from roughly 2.5 million to 5. million). So, on a percentage basis, the rate of increase of the currency is slowing, from 100% in 2010 to to 50% in 2011. Very rough year-over-year "inflation" numbers: 2009: n/a 2010: 100% 2011: 50% 2012: 33% 2013: 13% (Why so low? Because generation drops from 50 BTC to 25 BTC.)  |
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