Replace "MintChip" with "bitcoin" in the video, add a part about decentralization and an analogy to gold, and you get a bitcoin ad.
This is a great idea...who wants to do it? |
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There is also a central authority which is the Royal Canadian Mint. Kudos to them for taking this effort unlike other mints around the world. But at this point I am skeptical.
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So how long before this is hacked? Place your bets!
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Catalysts, in the financial world, are basically triggers that cause the price to go up (or down). Some previous catalysts included bloggers spreading the word. Mainstream media picking up on the news. Exchanges such as Mt. Gox being opened. What are some potential catalysts for bitcoin to explode?
Here are my picks:
1.) Diablo III and Virtual Goods. Combine Diablo with ogrr.com and you've got more than a million dollar market for virtual goods.
2.) GGB (Girls Gone Bitcoin) or something related. They've made $700+ in a day. Could be a start of a bandwagon.
3.) Gold/economy collapsing
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Please be very careful with fraud. There is a reason why most ways to buy bitcoins don't involve credit cards. But, maybe you've figured it out. Good luck and be safe.
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bitcoin gave dwolla the surge for additional vc investment. Ben is basically snubbing the bitcoin community.
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Guys, Im gonna put a pool together of how many times Ben says 'Bitcoin' during his speech
I'm also gonna have a really hot girl ask him about the TradeHill situation in Q&A
Shall we set up some brackets?
This is great! We want transparency and fairness. And hot girls. I say he will say bitcoin twice in his speech not counting the Q&A. |
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Where do you get these command line programs for windows? Umm... that's how I do it, only with command line programs: First of all, it's the SHA256SUMS.asc file that needs to be verified, not the executable itself: gpg --import c:\wherever\gavinandresen.asc
gpg --verify c:\wherever\sha256sums.asc When gpg is happy ( gpg: Good signature from "Gavin Andresen (CODE SIGNING KEY) <gavinandresen@gmail.com>") you can take a peek inside the SHA256SUMS.asc file. You will find, amongst other things, this line: 6943830d0cc1e6514297d761017007c23da365c6b4f0e8e769a5a131825e5b32 bitcoin-0.5.3.1-win32-setup.exe What it tells you, is that the current Bitcoin installer package for Windows has a SHA256 checksum of 6943830d0cc1e6514297d761017007c23da365c6b4f0e8e769a5a131825e5b32. The digital signature guarantees this information is correct and has not been tampered with. Now let's calculate the checksum of the actual installer: sha256sum c:\wherever\bitcoin-0.5.3.1-win32-setup.exe Done. HashCalc is a great and free GUI tool you can use to calculate pretty much any checksum you need. |
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I install Jeff Garzik GPG key into Kleopatra. (Finger print looks ok '60B0 0235 B335 5D84 BF2A 4E35 DA1D C20F 2DBF 0CA8')...
What am I doing wrong?
At the very least you need to import gavin's public key as well - the keys you might be interested in are neatly listed on bitcoin.orgSo I installed all of the GPG .asc certificates on the bitcoin.org homepage (Gavin's and others) into Kleopatra. I repeated the steps: Select "Decrypt and Verify". Select the bitcoin file "bitcoin-0.5.3.1-win32-setup.exe". I get the same message: "No signatures found." I will try downloading and installing OpenSSL and see where it gets me. Thanks for the advice so far. |
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The US government doesn't control the money supply. Try again.
Explain? |
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It can be argued he US has an illegal monopoly on money. Your thoughts on this? This could go to the supreme court.
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The commonly spread belief that we are heading for the third major Elliott wave is wrong, bitcoin is a commodity not a stock.
Wave 1 started out from worthlessness during the genesis block, you can figure out the rest from here.
I predict a bubble echo of 6.72$ till the final crash to 0.02$ (with several smaller ones in-between).
This makes me want to ignore you. 8.5 million BTC * .02 is $170,000. I think I will ignore you now. |
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I read this here to get started: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/565/how-can-one-download-the-bitcoin-client-securelyJeff Garzik signs every release with his GPG key (also here). You can find release announcements (such as this one) on the SourceForge.net Bitcoin development list.
To verify the signature on a release, obtain the key from the link above. Obtain the release announcement from the link above. Obtain the download from any source. Then point GPG at the release annoucement (or the signature block from it, including the BEGIN and END lines). GPG will ask what file you want to verify, pick any of the ones listed in the signature certificate. It will then tell you if the release is identical to the release Jeff Garzik signed. I downloaded GPG4Win and Kleopatra. I install Jeff Garzik GPG key into Kleopatra. (Finger print looks ok '60B0 0235 B335 5D84 BF2A 4E35 DA1D C20F 2DBF 0CA8') I download this file "SHA256SUMS.asc" located here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.5.3/I right click "SHA256SUMS.asc", then select "Decrypt and Verify". I select the bitcoin file "bitcoin-0.5.3.1-win32-setup.exe". I get this message: "No signatures found." What am I doing wrong? |
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I want to get the balance of a bitcoin address but the description of the web call on blockexplorer says this: addressbalance - shows received BTC minus sent BTC for an address. Do not use this unless you know what you are doing: it does not do what you might expect.
This is the same as subtracting /q/getsentbyaddress from /q/getreceivedbyaddress.
Using this data is almost always a very bad idea, as the amount of BTC sent
by an address is usually very different from the amount of BTC sent by the
person owning the address.
/q/addressbalance/address Why does it say that it is a bad idea? |
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I mean that Nana is not popular on Youtube for her singing skills and anyone with a brain knows that.
Just like "Chocolate Rain" is not a popular song because it's catchy, unique, well written, and soothes the ears.
Ok, I understand. Although, I thought Chocolate Rain was a success. Dr. Pepper used the singer of Chocolate Rain in their commercials. Anyways, I am think I am fully exhausted on this topic. I admit my perception of things have sharpened a bit. |
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It is like one outcast promoting another outcast.
What do u mean by this? |
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I am not saying they are freaks, but they are no doubt seen that way by the general "normal" public and which makes them valuable to scumbag
marketers and the like. I consider myself a freak... but I am not going to let any advertiser hang a sign on me to try and make a profit for
himself and his clients. The seeking to be "normal" ... to fit in with the average crowd... I see as more of an affliction than what most freaks
suffer.
Fair enough. But suppose she was willing to do it for herself to make money or get more attention? So, I'm not going to force her to do anything. I'm just going to ask her. It will be on her own freewill if she decides to do it or not. |
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Let's break this down:
Celebrity != Notability
Please don't bother arguing that people who are popular for the wrong reasons are appropriate to spread Bitcoin. Do not deceive yourself that an easy target is a good target.
While we're at it, can we get some child molesters (popular ones!) and famous psycho killers to wear Bitcoin shirts please? (Since obviously popularity is all that matters in a representative)
Ok, good point. So I'll add another criteria. Popular and not-evil. |
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