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1061  Other / Archival / Re: Miners from Pakistan on: June 26, 2015, 10:33:48 AM
Hi,
 Anyone from Pakistan wish to sale out their BTC rig ? like s3+ or s4 or s4+ or 5s from bitmain or any other good Ghz or Th machines ?

Try asking in

 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=232519.0
 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=75.0
1062  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Questions about bitcoin on: June 26, 2015, 10:20:09 AM
To spend Bitcoin, you need private key associated with the unspent transaction outputs you are using as inputs. You create a transaction and then sign it with private key. To verify whether the transacion is signed by the owner, miners verify whether the signature and public key matches.

Miners follow rules when adding a transaction to a block and if a transaction breaks any of the rules, miners will reject it. However, miners can include such transactions if they want to but the block which includes such transaction will be rejected by nodes following the rules. You can read the rules here -- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_rules#.22tx.22_messages.

I suggest you to read https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction. It explains in simple language.

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1063  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Bitcoin wallet on: June 26, 2015, 09:44:38 AM
I am using blockchain...

One silly question, if I want to check my balance/ transfer from my phone?
Do I need to remember my Identifier(which is hard to remember)?
to check your bitcoin balance you only need your bitcoin address, and you can check it on any online block explorer. but in order to spend your coins you have to log in your bc.i account so you have to use the identifier.

Thanks for the clarify,

but still either bitcoin address / identifier need to be remember,
which is a hard task for me,
can bitcoin address / identifier turn into sth like username

You can set alias in settings. For example, if you set "h4hor" as alias, then you can access your wallet by going to https://blockchain.info/wallet/h4hor. Don't use an alias which can be guessed easily because others will be able to steal your coins if they somehow got your password too.

Another way is to convert the identifier to poetry using https://brainwallet.org/#converter or any other tool[1]. Then memorize that poetry. The best method to memorize is to picture it -- http://www.memory-improvement-tips.com/memory-association.html. After you memorize it, you can convert poetry back to Rot13 to get the identifier whenever you want[2].

[1] You first need to select Rot13 in 'Source Encoding' and  'Poetry' in 'Convert to' to convert identifier to poetry. (Brainwallet.org)
[2] To convert poetry back to identifier, select 'Poetry' in 'Source Encoding' and  'Rot13' in 'Convert to'. (Brainwallet.org)
1064  Bitcoin / Hardware wallets / Re: [ESHOP launched] Trezor: Bitcoin hardware wallet on: June 25, 2015, 04:48:06 PM
How a transaction can be in hardware wallet.
Whats is advanced in hardware other than software.

Your private keys never leave your hardware which it less prune to hacks.
1065  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Reputable/Trustworthy Mixers on: June 25, 2015, 04:44:16 PM
If Bitmixer is trustworthy and reputable service then why forum staff declined them option to buy direct ad banner? It is just because mixers are generally considered as a 'dark service'?
Or there is something more behind it?

The exact reason is still unknown but we can speculate that it was rejected because it is a dark service. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=885362.0;all

DarkWallet is the only good implementation of CoinJoin which I know of but it was not successful.

What happened with DarkWallet?  I thought it was in alpha and moving along.

It is still in alpha stage. No 'major' development is there and also it was not very successful. If it reaches at least beta stage, we maybe able to see more users and we can start using it. But for now, ir is not really useful.

Unfortunately, there aren't many reputable Bitcoin mixers around here. Only one I recommend is Bitmixer.io which has been proven as trustworthy. Keep the signed message you get safely. It is a strong proof and the only proof you can use in case if a dispute arises.

Another method to mix your coin is to buy a stable altcoin, sell it for Bitcoin in another exchange and withdraw it. Total fees you encounter maybe higher than the fees charged by Bitmixer.io.
I've heard of people doing this before with Monero (XMR) because it's an untraceable (and fairly stable) currency. Buy Monero on one exchange, send it to another, then exchange it back to bitcoin and your coins have basically been mixed. Low fees, and it doesn't take much time either.

https://xmr.to/
1066  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why do islam hates people? on: June 25, 2015, 04:27:21 PM
Some of the stories are just fabrication or speculation, yet, those are taken as facts by medias and when the truth is discovered, medias bury those truths.



Homegrown Extremists Tied to Deadlier Toll Than Jihadists in U.S. Since 9/11

WASHINGTON — In the 14 years since Al Qaeda carried out attacks on New York and the Pentagon, extremists have regularly executed smaller lethal assaults in the United States, explaining their motives in online manifestoes or social media rants.

But the breakdown of extremist ideologies behind those attacks may come as a surprise. Since Sept. 11, 2001, nearly twice as many people have been killed by white supremacists, antigovernment fanatics and other non-Muslim extremists than by radical Muslims: 48 have been killed by extremists who are not Muslim, including the recent mass killing in Charleston, S.C., compared with 26 by self-proclaimed jihadists, according to a count by New America, a Washington research center.

The slaying of nine African-Americans in a Charleston church last week, with an avowed white supremacist charged with their murders, was a particularly savage case.

But it is only the latest in a string of lethal attacks by people espousing racial hatred, hostility to government and theories such as those of the “sovereign citizen” movement, which denies the legitimacy of most statutory law. The assaults have taken the lives of police officers, members of racial or religious minorities and random civilians.

Non-Muslim extremists have carried out 19 such attacks since Sept. 11, according to the latest count, compiled by David Sterman, a New America program associate, and overseen by Peter Bergen, a terrorism expert. By comparison, seven lethal attacks by Islamic militants have taken place in the same period.

If such numbers are new to the public, they are familiar to police officers. A survey to be published this week asked 382 police and sheriff’s departments nationwide to rank the three biggest threats from violent extremism in their jurisdiction. About 74 percent listed antigovernment violence, while 39 percent listed “Al Qaeda-inspired” violence, according to the researchers, Charles Kurzman of the University of North Carolina and David Schanzer of Duke University.

Law enforcement agencies around the country have told us the threat from Muslim extremists is not as great as the threat from right-wing extremists,” said Dr. Kurzman, whose study is to be published by the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security and the Police Executive Research Forum.

John G. Horgan, who studies terrorism at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, said the mismatch between public perceptions and actual cases had become steadily more obvious to scholars.

“There’s an acceptance now of the idea that the threat from jihadi terrorism in the United States has been overblown,” Dr. Horgan said. “And there’s a belief that the threat of right-wing, antigovernment violence has been underestimated.”

Counting terrorism cases is a subjective enterprise, relying on shifting definitions and judgment calls.

If terrorism is defined as ideological violence, for instance, should an attacker who has merely ranted about religion, politics or race be considered a terrorist? A man in Chapel Hill, N.C., who was charged with fatally shooting three young Muslim neighbors had posted angry critiques of religion, but he also had a history of outbursts over parking issues. (New America does not include this attack in its count.)

Likewise, what about mass killings in which no ideological motive is evident, such as those at a Colorado movie theater and a Connecticut elementary school in 2012? The criteria used by New America and most other research groups exclude such attacks, which have cost more lives than those clearly tied to ideology.

Some killings by non-Muslims that most experts would categorize as terrorism have drawn only fleeting news media coverage, never jelling in the public memory. But to revisit some of the episodes is to wonder why.

In 2012, a neo-Nazi named Wade Michael Page entered a Sikh temple in Wisconsin and opened fire, killing six people and seriously wounding three others. Mr. Page, who died at the scene, was a member of a white supremacist group called the Northern Hammerskins.

In another case, in June 2014, Jerad and Amanda Miller, a married couple with radical antigovernment views, entered a Las Vegas pizza restaurant and fatally shot two police officers who were eating lunch. On the bodies, they left a swastika, a flag inscribed with the slogan “Don’t tread on me” and a note saying, “This is the start of the revolution.” Then they killed a third person in a nearby Walmart.

And, as in the case of jihadist plots, there have been sobering close calls. In November 2014 in Austin, Tex., a man named Larry McQuilliams fired more than 100 rounds at government buildings that included the Police Headquarters and the Mexican Consulate. Remarkably, his shooting spree hit no one, and he was killed by an officer before he could try to detonate propane cylinders he drove to the scene.

Some Muslim advocates complain that when the perpetrator of an attack is not Muslim, news media commentators quickly focus on the question of mental illness. “With non-Muslims, the media bends over backward to identify some psychological traits that may have pushed them over the edge,” said Abdul Cader Asmal, a retired physician and a longtime spokesman for Muslims in Boston. “Whereas if it’s a Muslim, the assumption is that they must have done it because of their religion.”

On several occasions since President Obama took office, efforts by government agencies to conduct research on right-wing extremism have run into resistance from Republicans, who suspected an attempt to smear conservatives.

A 2009 report by the Department of Homeland Security, which warned that an ailing economy and the election of the first black president might prompt a violent reaction from white supremacists, was withdrawn in the face of conservative criticism. Its main author, Daryl Johnson, later accused the department of “gutting” its staffing for such research.

William Braniff, the executive director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland, said the outsize fear of jihadist violence reflected memories of Sept. 11, the daunting scale of sectarian conflict overseas and wariness of a strain of Islam that seems alien to many Americans.

“We understand white supremacists,” he said. “We don’t really feel like we understand Al Qaeda, which seems too complex and foreign to grasp.”

The contentious question of biased perceptions of terrorist threats dates back at least two decades, to the truck bombing that tore apart the federal building in Oklahoma City in April 1995. Some early news media speculation about the attack assumed that it had been carried out by Muslim militants. The arrest of Timothy J. McVeigh, an antigovernment extremist, quickly put an end to such theories.

The bombing, which killed 168 people, including 19 children, remains the second-deadliest terrorist attack in American history, though its toll was dwarfed by the roughly 3,000 killed on Sept 11.

“If there’s one lesson we seem to have forgotten 20 years after Oklahoma City, it’s that extremist violence comes in all shapes and sizes,” said Dr. Horgan, the University of Massachusetts scholar. “And very often, it comes from someplace you’re least suspecting.”

http://nytimes.com/2015/06/25/us/tally-of-attacks-in-us-challenges-perceptions-of-top-terror-threat.html
1067  Bitcoin / Armory / Re: Armory - Discussion Thread on: June 25, 2015, 03:50:02 PM
You can download latest version, 0.93.2 by clicking https://s3.amazonaws.com/bitcoinarmory-releases/armory_0.93.2_winAll.exe. You can get the link to download latest stable version by going to https://bitcoinarmory.com/download/#tab-stable. Download and install it. You will need Bitcoin core with Armory if you are using it as hot wallet or watch-only wallet. If you want to use Armory as offline wallet, don't connect to Internet and you don't want to install Bitcoin core for it.
1068  Other / Politics & Society / Re: ISIS reportedly gives away sex slaves as 'prizes' in Koran contest on: June 25, 2015, 02:07:10 PM
Anyone here part of the Islamic faith or studied it? Is this type of act - selling sex slaves, presumably rape - condoned in the Quran? Or Sharia law?

I can't imagine a religion says this type of act is a good thing, but it's hard to believe that ISIS would commit such hypocrisy as well.

Anyone educated on the topic that can provide real insight?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_malakat_aymanukum#Rape

Al-Muminun 6 and Al-Maarij 30 both, in identical wording, draw a distinction between spouses and "those whom one's right hands possess" (female slaves), saying " أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ" (literally, "their spouses or what their right hands possess"), while clarifying that sexual intercourse with either is permissible regardless of consent. The female slave may be punished if she doesn't consent. The purchase of female slaves for sex was lawful from the perspective of Islamic law, and this was the most common motive for the purchase of slaves throughout Islamic history.[31]

One rationale given for recognition of concubinage in Islam is that "it satisfied the sexual desire of the female slaves and thereby prevented the spread of immorality in the Muslim community."[32] Most schools restrict concubinage to a monogamous relationship between the slave woman and her master,[33] but according to Sikainga, "in reality, however, female slaves in many Muslim societies were prey for members of their owners' household, their neighbors, and their guests."[32]

First of all, see http://islamqa.info/en/94840 and http://www.answering-christianity.com/equality.htm(optional).

It is by no means promoting slave sale. Qur'an told to either release slaves for free or by ransom. Here, slaves refer to war captives. Qur'an and Hadiths has also told to be righteous towards slaves and also the verses and hadiths tell about wedlock, not lust. "Ma malakat aymanuhum" is used in other verses too and it is not referring just to a slave or slaves. You should also note that it is not easy to forbid a bad thing in a second. For example, alcoholic drinks were brought down step by step. In the way is slavery. Also note that slaves where released for free by prophet and swahabas. In fact, at that time, attitude towards slaves were very bad and Islam give more rights to them.

“If any of you have a slave girl, whom he gives good education and excellent training, and then he emancipates her and marries her, he shall have a two-fold reward.” - Al-Bukhari.

The Prophet said, "Your servants and your slaves are your brothers. Anyone who has slaves should give them from what he eats and wears. He should not charge them with work beyond their capabilities. If you must set them to hard work, in any case, I advise you to help them" - Al-Bukhari.
1069  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Reputable/Trustworthy Mixers on: June 25, 2015, 11:42:19 AM
Is there anything more high profile with a real reputation to protect like blockchain.info?

Unfortunately, there aren't many reputable Bitcoin mixers around here. Only one I recommend is Bitmixer.io which has been proven as trustworthy. Keep the signed message you get safely. It is a strong proof and the only proof you can use in case if a dispute arises.

Another method to mix your coin is to buy a stable altcoin, sell it for Bitcoin in another exchange and withdraw it. Total fees you encounter maybe higher than the fees charged by Bitmixer.io.

Both a mixer and an exchange should respect your privacy in principle. You are trusting that an exchange will not deliver details when asked, and you are trusting a mixer will not keep logs and dont deliver details when asked.. both are centralized and require trust, they are not real solutions to anonymity.

Wallets of most exchanges are known and is more prune to attacks/hacks unlike wallets of mixers.

Unfortunately it's all we can have for now. I've heard about CoinJoin but not sure how that works.

DarkWallet is the only good implementation of CoinJoin which I know of but it was not successful.
1070  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: I want to register my son's birth on blockchain on: June 25, 2015, 11:01:12 AM
Alternatively, you can use Coinb.in.
Please note that change, if any, will be used as transaction fee. So double-check before you push/broadcast the transaction.
1071  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: [EDU] Bitcoin-related Scam Websites on: June 25, 2015, 10:34:28 AM
Please add electrum-wallet.com. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1098340.0
1072  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Wallet for Android / Re: issues with biteasy.com as default block explorer on: June 25, 2015, 10:31:23 AM
I recommend Blocktrail.com as default explorer. Blockchain.info is not really good and their mobile UI doesn't show transaction details correctly. Blockr.io is also good and in fact, better than Blockchain.info mobile UI.


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We also noticed during the test that of the 5 block explorers MultiBit HD provides, 3 had problems viewing our transactions. This was observed even though they were definitely out in the network and had been received in the destination wallet. These were: biteasy.com, blockchain.info and bitpay.com. The other 2 block explorers had no problems viewing our transactions. These were: blockr.io and blocktrail.com - so here's a shout out to those providers.
1073  Other / MultiBit / Re: MultiBit HD - from which wallet address(es) is spent? on: June 25, 2015, 09:59:24 AM
It is possible that 0.15BTC will be spend from addressb as that transaction will only need 1 input. At least, this is what I see in most known wallets.

* Corrected typos.
1074  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: How to Calculate profit and loss on: June 25, 2015, 09:46:35 AM
Why go into so much detail, why don't simple calculate the amount of BTC you went in with into a trade and calculate the amount of BTC you got out with it. For ex.

You bought altcoins worth 0.05 BTC, you kept it for a while and it went up, you sold it and then it showed in your balance you have 0.055 BTC, so there's your profit 0.005 BTC after subtracting everything, you still have to pay the TX fee when you withdraw the BTC from the exchange but it's still simple that way.

You should calculate your profit *before* you trade or you may not get any profit. This is the normal way.
1075  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: ╣█├ Research about Faucets ┤█╠ on: June 25, 2015, 09:42:09 AM
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Which one is better for you? Compare design, rewards etc..

IMHO you should value rewards more than design. In fact, you don't need to care about design at all if your aim is to earn something.
1076  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: NOOB: Looking for tutorial for Raspberry Pi on: June 25, 2015, 09:39:38 AM
Have you followed this simple guide -- http://bit-post.com/featured/running-bitcoincore-0-10-on-a-raspberry-pi-2-4419? This will be easier for you.
1077  Other / Meta / Re: Insert Hyperlink option is outdated, can it be removed? on: June 25, 2015, 08:54:03 AM
1. You can avoid it by adding 'nobbc' tag.

www.yahoo.com

Code:
[nobbc]www.yahoo.com[/nobbc]

2. It won't be removed as that option is useful for creating hyperlinks.(see Zorrocoin's post above)
1078  Other / New forum software / Re: [REQ] Passwordless Login - As A Secondary Option on: June 25, 2015, 08:31:30 AM
This is already in the to-do list.

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Fancy Authentication

In addition to normal password authentication, the forum should support various kinds of of alternative authentication. At least password auth, email verification, secret questions, OpenID, PGP, OpenVPN (automatic creation of subnets + IP source verification), and Bitcoin address signing should be supported, with multiple allowable credentials for each auth type. Users should have the option of requiring any combination of these auth types. Like "pgp OR (password AND OpenID)". And users should be able to require that changes to some or all auth types as well as the required combination of types not take effect for some configurable number of days. This allows for different types of recovery methods.

Link to that DOC is in theymos' post -- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=523070.0.
1079  Other / New forum software / Re: Able to choose with pages to view in a topic on: June 25, 2015, 08:28:55 AM
+1. It will be a nice feature.

@monbux: In the meantime, why don't you use search? AFAIK if you are using forum search while you are viewing a thread, the search will be limited to that specific thread.
1080  Other / Meta / Re: Minor trust score algorithm change on: June 25, 2015, 08:28:05 AM
TECSHARE appears green to me with a score of 124 in the green.

What I don't understand is this:


Why is Luke-Jr sitting at a -1 and cooldgamer sitting at "? ? ?".
Cooldgamer is in my trust list and not default trust, would this have a potential effect?

[According to his particular trust list:]
The consensus on that situation is that Luke is considered untrustworthy with -1/+1. he has no sigifnicaint history and recent evidence of things going wrong, and hence is red with a warning. With cooldgamer the system can't implicitly determine if he is a scammer or not, due to his established positive history, hence Huh = go read the trust ratings.

Is "+50 risked amount = additional count" still in trust algorithm? If yes, do you think it has to do anything with Luke-Jr's trust score?
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