That's a one time load, after it finishes then it'll just have to download the new transactions not all of them.

Hello Newbe,

If your client broadcasted well then you should have no trouble, and can turn off your computer.  Basically I check if my transaction ended up on this list.  http://bitcoincharts.com/bitcoin/txlist/  (find address sent to.)  If it's there it should confirm eventually.  If you don't see it on that list check the block chain by searching for the address sent to. 

http://blockexplorer.com/

If it shows up in the block explorer than it's already confirmed at least once. 

I see no reason why you should have lost them.  If you see your transaction on one of the two lists then there should be no problem.

Yea, rjk "features"

Thanks herzmeister, that is really a wealth of information.  I'm glad people are compiling that list.

Thanks rjk,

I just wanted to check if there were any known serious issues before installing it on my computer.  I've been enjoying the portable version they have.  I figure I can do all my non-google browsing with iron.  That way, when the NSA gets their super computer built I won't show up as readily.

Does anyone else have recommendations of alternative browsers, or security issues in this iron browser. 

Rothgar

Hello,

I thought that this forum is (mostly) full of smart people.  I'll ask you my question.

My claim is that google is "too big."  They offer a product and the competitors are few.  I do not think that google is abusing its position, but the potential is there.  It would be best to have a backup plan, an eject button in the event of google becoming tyrannical.  How ever my question is much simpler. 

My question has to do with browsers.  Long ago, I looked at security of browsers and decided on firefox.  Strongly influencing this decision was the fact that firefox is open source.  Recently I learned that firefox will ping google and set a google cookie on your browser, INDEPENDENT OF what ever page you visit.  Now, on it's face this is no big deal, that much may be true, but I can imagine the crypto crowd would not be keen on having every search they do recorded and associated with a google account.  This cookie, from google, can serve as an identifier to each unique user.  The official story is that this cookie prevents malware, which doesn't make any sense to me. 

My question:  Which browser(s) are such that google is not explicitly written into the code?  Which browsers treat every webservice equally and let's me decide which one I want to use.

As a partial answer to my question I found an iron browser.  I'll link to it below.  The problem is that I don't know if it is reputable.  I have used it, and like it.  It is a derivative of chromium, I've been using the portable version, and like it, but I don't know if I should trust  it to install on my machine.  Does any on have any information on this software or this company? 

The company is:  SRWare
The browser is called:  iron

http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

Any thoughts are welcome.

Buy and hold that is.   

I did the math on this.  Assuming Market cap increases at a constant rate.  There will be a small effect from the block reward getting cut in half.  With this assumption, bitcoin price will increase at USD .08  per month instead of $.04.  I did my calculation starting from the bottom after the spike to USD 30.

Of course, today we are seeing that bitcoin is having trouble supporting the USD 5 level.  This is not inline with my assumption.  Who knows?

#bitcoin-otc kind of already does this. 

That is an IRC chat on freenode.  If you have trouble finding it then you can google it.

That looks like the nastiest playfriend, I ever could meet.

Think about the first part of your question a little bit more.

"Why do governments"

Let me ask you:

What incentive do governments have?

There is a better way the #bitcoin-otc on freenode.  You need to validate yourself with a PGP private key, but once you get used to that and build reputation, there's tons of transactions you can do.


http://bitcoin-otc.com/

Hey,  

How about 63

1e5APJUCMKQ7nmzAx6sT3awjAtufUdwFr

Thanks, I could use a bitcent.   

Looks like you were the last to post in this thread Ab37

... oh wait

No, but you have over five posts.  Now you just have to browse the forum for four hours and then you'll be a "Jr. member."

 

Just buying 1.5 Million coins would drive the price up, at least to .02

Is anyone thinking about the inevitable mint chip cloning. 

A successful clone would need a private key, but maybe a virus could harvest these. 

Double spending shouldn't be an issue, as there is a random code placed in every transaction, if two transactions have the same random code then only one will be accepted. 

Well then maybe you should clarify.  If you borrow 15,000 BTC today.  Peg this to the dollar at $5/BTC would be $75,000.  If BTC goes up to $25 the next day, are your terms that you would pay back $75,000/25 or 3000 BTC.  This is an extreme example yes, but readers may not be clear on your terms.

Why not just ask for a loan in dollars?  Have you considered that under the terms of the proposed loan, someone could loan you 15,000 BTC and would be paid back 7,500 or less depending on the market.