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21  Economy / Economics / Re: Where did you first heard about Bitcoins? on: April 23, 2016, 01:24:00 AM
I believe it was techcrunch or gizmodo or one of these news sites! And I believe the year was 2012-2013 Smiley
22  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is their any safe methods to gamble? on: April 23, 2016, 01:20:46 AM
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23  Other / Off-topic / Re: How Canadian Police Intercept and Read Encrypted BlackBerry Messages on: April 23, 2016, 01:18:21 AM
It seems as if Apple is refusing to put in backdoors which is why they were in a very public court battle against the FBI a few weeks ago!
24  Other / Off-topic / Re: [Discussion]What work would you do for 1$USD per hour? on: April 23, 2016, 01:15:09 AM
Isn't the minimum wage in the US 7-15 TIMES that amount?  Cheesy
25  Economy / Gambling / Re: Cheaters (double spenders) and what the gambling sites are doing against them on: April 23, 2016, 01:12:57 AM
You could do what luckyb.it does and wait for it to confirm with a low fee, or have instant play with a fee of at least 0.0002BTC. Should stop most double spenders, as it needs to be a large tx size for it to not confirm for a while with that kind of fee. Most players won't really notice a difference with paying 4 cents extra for the fee if they can play instantly, but it protects you a lot more. It also shouldn't affect the people that like small fees, since they can choose to wait for it to confirm.

When the network is under heavy stress or under stress tests even the 0.0002 BTC fee may take some time to be included in a block.


It is an improvement, but of course not the solution for everything

That's correct, we've seen confirmations take up to an hour with the recommended fees!

If there are no new blocks you can wait 1 hour even if you put 1 bitcoin fee

Which is exactly why we would rather do a 0 confirmation deposit policy. However safety must always come first I guess!
26  Economy / Marketplace / Re: where can i invest my 1btc? on: April 23, 2016, 01:11:15 AM
I personally wouldn't trust anyone with my btc! Always be careful.
27  Other / Meta / Re: Signature Adblock Script [0.5.0] on: April 23, 2016, 01:08:35 AM
Pretty sure this will make the mods and admins upset! But it is a job well done besides that!
28  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Japan hit by 7.3-magnitude earthquake on: April 23, 2016, 01:07:23 AM
They were even wondering if the Ecuador quake is somehow related to the Japan one!
29  Other / Meta / Re: My proposal to reduce signature campaign spamming on: April 23, 2016, 01:05:36 AM
Don't forget that the different membership tiers also encourage spam! People trying to get their postcount up to be able to put better signatures / make more BTC off the signature campaigns
30  Economy / Services / Any designers that have designed ads for Bitcointalk? on: April 23, 2016, 01:03:02 AM
Looking for a designer that has experience with the ads that are allowed on Bitcointalk (no image, CSS / code only)

Can someone please refer me?

Thank you!
31  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Anti-Atheist Bigotry: Atheists Are As Distrusted As Rapists on: April 23, 2016, 01:00:45 AM
You can have morality and ethics without religion. This is something that many religious people fail to understand!
32  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Is it possible for a country to adopt Bitcoin as its official currency? on: April 23, 2016, 12:59:39 AM
Interesting thought, and yes I do think that it's possible. However counties are usually able to print money in order to control its value and supply. With BTC they won't be able to, which might make it impossible for a country to use BTC as official currency.

I might be wrong though, any economists in here? Smiley
33  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: what is halving on: April 23, 2016, 12:58:09 AM
Hello, I see many posts here about halving but I want to know what is exactly halving?
This means that miner reward will drop to 12.5 BTC as opposed to 25 BTC in the years 2012 to 2016. The final amount of 21 million bitcoins will have been mined by 2140.
The reason behind that is the necessity to control inflations. Bitcoin at its essence resembles commodities like gold rather than fiat currencies. If a centralized issuer prints too much money, it will devaluate, while the supply of gold is limited, and its mining becomes gradually different over time. Due to its limited supply, gold may retain its properties as an international means of exchange. Bitcoin designers hoped that the cryptocurrency would behave more or less the same.

Thanks for the explanation! I was also wondering
34  Economy / Gambling / Re: Cheaters (double spenders) and what the gambling sites are doing against them on: April 23, 2016, 12:55:46 AM
You could do what luckyb.it does and wait for it to confirm with a low fee, or have instant play with a fee of at least 0.0002BTC. Should stop most double spenders, as it needs to be a large tx size for it to not confirm for a while with that kind of fee. Most players won't really notice a difference with paying 4 cents extra for the fee if they can play instantly, but it protects you a lot more. It also shouldn't affect the people that like small fees, since they can choose to wait for it to confirm.

When the network is under heavy stress or under stress tests even the 0.0002 BTC fee may take some time to be included in a block.


It is an improvement, but of course not the solution for everything

That's correct, we've seen confirmations take up to an hour with the recommended fees!
35  Other / Off-topic / Re: The Healthiest Old Person on the Planet Explains How to Stay in Shape on: April 23, 2016, 12:51:35 AM
It's amazing to see older people in such good shape. Also helps with keeping their brains sharp for sure.
36  Other / Off-topic / Re: Help: probability question ? on: April 23, 2016, 12:47:11 AM
I have 10 boxes.
8 boxes are not identical and 2 boxes are identical.
What are the chances to find the 2 identical boxes (only 2 picks allowed)?
The chance for the first one is 2/10, the chance for the second one is 1/9, hence the total chance is 2/10*1/9= 0.0222 (or 2.22%).

This sounds about right!
37  Other / Off-topic / Re: Desktop messenger with end-to-end encryption? on: April 23, 2016, 12:40:00 AM
I've heard good things about Jabber, and I believe Telegram made a desktop app as well
38  Other / Off-topic / Re: [POLL] Have Aliens Visited Earth ? on: April 23, 2016, 12:38:44 AM
Lets do some math:
- The earth is 4.5 BILLION years old
- The human race is 200,000 years old, which means we have only been around for ~0.005% of the time

IF aliens did visit, chances are it was when humans didn't even exist yet!
39  Other / Off-topic / Re: Houston Is Underwater - Again on: April 23, 2016, 12:34:40 AM
Just saw a video of a poor woman drowning in her car. Very sad!
40  Other / Off-topic / Re: if you could live anywhere on: April 23, 2016, 12:32:50 AM
So many amazing places in the world! So much to do and so much to see.

I wish life let us move to a new city every 5 years or so. That would be incredible!
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