The JSON output is broken.  There is no comma following the "eur" data closing brace.  There may be other errors, but that's the one I'm seeing.

Most languages have some sort of JSON validation code that you could use, just as a self-check against this sort of problem.  I would run your XML through an XML validation as well.

Post contents from debug.log.

+1 agreed

"They're poisoning the water supply!" is clearly nutters, too.

Just post your to-be-pulled branches on the sanctified git server of your choice.

You should post in 'We accept bitcoins' thread, to get Bitcoin Central listed on http://www.bitcoin.org/trade

MyBitcoin is a website.  Presumably they secure their wallet with strong encryption, but I don't know.

There are two ways to use bitcoin:  (1) through a website, or (2) using the bitcoin software.

When using the bitcoin software, you should employ encryption.

These are all good suggestions, but I think there's a common problem:  people get mixed up trying to explain bits of technology.

So, here's the challenge:  try to explain bitcoins, without explaining peer-to-peer networking.  You would come up with something like,

"bitcoins are digital cash, stored in a computer file on some website, or on your personal computer.  They can get lost or stolen just like real cash.  There is no central authority, but a network that verifies all transactions, in exchange for a tiny fee.  Currently there are 5 million bitcoins; eventually, there will be 21 million bitcoins, and that's it."

Software exists that will keep your bitcoin drive / filesystem encrypted always.  The only place it is not encrypted is RAM.

Correct.  The website's database store the balances for each user.


Encrypted data storage already exists in several forms; you should be using one or more of those, if you are running bitcoin.

You got it partially right.

MyBitcoin and similar websites don't batch processing and send to addresses at the end of the day; they keep all BTC internal, until one of their users sends BTC to someone who is not on mybitcoin.com.

A BTC address or transaction on mybitcoin.com is simply an accounting notation in the mybitcoin database.  Transactions between two mybitcoin users never actually reach the bitcoin network.

Banks can offer a central authority for resolving bitcoin electronic checks.

It has now been exactly one month since satoshi was "last active" on these forums.

If you think the entire society has gone mad, maybe it's time for some additional self-reflection.

Then don't bid until the last few hours/minutes/seconds.  That's what happens on ebay anyway

Any web host -- it's the whole workflow that is insecure.  Install scripts are downloaded and run by the webmaster, which installs (for example) the latest version of phpBB inside their webspace.  Time passes, phpBB is not automatically updated, and the eventual intrusion occurs.

Most software offered by the webhost themselves is more likely to be patched regularly, and stay up-to-date on security.



Quite true.

I sent 5678.00 BTC, so I consider my pledge already spent.

A 5678.00 BTC incentive helps, too. 

Sadly Linux installs with outdated patches tend to get penetrated quite often.  Hosting software, in particular, is often copied into a webspace by an "install script" and just left to rot, unpatched.

The rate of infection on Windows is very high, much higher than Linux, but I'd argue that is due as much to raw numbers -- the largest attack audience with a single binary -- as shoddy engineering, today.

And I say this as a die-hard Linux hacker, who was proudly Microsoft-free for over ten years (sadly this is no longer the case, with the Xbox and wife's laptop).

Sure there are all sorts of problems with passwords and passphrases; those are at least a well known and defined solution space.

But most modern crypto software has the ability to ensure your private keys remain in an encrypted store on the filesystem.  Good software has that encryption enabled by default.

"7+ standard bitcoin nodes" has nothing to do with anything.

Transactions are bundled into blocks, one block every 10 minutes.

One block == one confirmation.

It is standard to wait six blocks (6 * 10 == 1 hour) to be sure your transaction is confirmed, but see the snack machine thread for discussion of shorter wait times.