This is such incredibly broken and counter-intuitive behaviour that I hadn't even considered that anyone in their right mind would do such a thing, even after you suggested that someone had. But I just looked it up, and you're right: accounts don't work.

I am still utterly flabbergasted that this exists. bitcoind's accounts rank as one of the most epic design failures I have ever seen.

Thanks for making me hate the world. ;p

An important question here is, "how much like Tripadvisor?" If you're OK with a finicky low-end knockoff, you can probably get PHP programmers in the third world to do this for US$20,000. If you want something scalable, feature-full, and maintainable, with a good recommendation system, I would say US$200,000+, on the low end.

You'll need people, or an AI, to gather data for the site. I would recommend the former. Developing a good AI will cost a pretty penny, while data entry people are cheap, and once you get going you can crowdsource it.

Additionally, you'll need good negotiators to make any money with this. You can do it yourself if you're a people person, or outsource it to those who are. Again, the latter is going to set you back quite a bit.

If you're still interested, PM me.

Technically, '¤' is the "other" currency sigil. While "B$" has the advantage that is 7-bit ASCII, it has the disadvantage that it is, quite literally, "bullshit".

Cumbersome, I know, but such is life with bitcoind.

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Yes, in some cases. There is even a thread about it. Note that you cannot do this to most addresses, and this is not an attack on Bitcoin itself.

bitcoind has this feature in the sendfrom call. If you want to send from a specific address rather than an account, you can combine it with setaccount.

If you're using Linux, you may be interested in the compose key.

This is one of my favorite trolls ever.

The "฿" symbol seems the most common. It's used for the Thai bhat (currently valued around US¢3), but a ton of currencies use "$", and who uses bhats anyway? "BTC" stands out too much from the rest of the text, and doesn't copypaste well.

It seems like it would be useful to have a subforum of Technical Support for questions with bounties. (Long proposal, I know.)

This is awesome and will be extremely helpful. And if it ever gets a usable UI, it'll make escrow a lot easier. Great work!

If you mean that the lower rate would only apply to the trial hour, I would be happy to do that. PM me the details.

If it's as small as you say, Sinatra (another Ruby web framework) would probably be a better fit. PM me the details.

I am a professional programmer offering small jobs for a flat fee of ฿3. (See https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=93064.0 for larger jobs.) At the moment, I don't really have a portfolio available as I only signed up for the forum a few weeks ago, but I will accept cash-on-delivery for jobs of this size from members with more than 50 posts (and who aren't marked as scammers).

The price of the script does not include setting up an environment to run the scripts. I do not support Python versions less than 2.7.3 (>3 is strongly preferred) or Ruby versions less than 1.9.3.

Scripts would be short and sweet, written in bash, Ruby, or Python. Some examples might be:

• web scrapers
• download scripts too complex for wget
• mass file renaming/editing/conversion
• simple IRC bots
• scheduled payments/emails/etc.
• most things that involves doing repetitive, trivial tasks

You might be interested in the post-quantum NTRU cryptosystem. Security Innovation produces numerous related products, including hardware solutions, which are listed on http://www.securityinnovation.com/products/encryption-libraries/ntru-cryptography.html.

I provide high quality code and computer security services to privacy-conscious clients. Additionally, I tend to bill far fewer hours than many programmers for the same total services, and am thus often times cheaper, in total, than other options.

Unfortunately, I cannot provide a portfolio due to confidentiality reasons, and my desire to separate this identity from my prior business dealings, however I would be happy receive payment for small projects after completion from established forum members, and even to offer a discount for any such person willing to provide a review in this thread.

I am a programmer offering high quality services for a discerning and privacy-conscious clientele. I can create both desktop software and web sites for all functions, and I pride myself in creating highly secure applications tailored to each client's unique needs.

I am highly skilled in the Ruby and Python programming languages, the Ruby on Rails web framework and associated technologies, Linux operating systems, cryptography, Bitcoin and the bitcoind API, Tor and its protections and caveats, PGP, and most aspects of computer security. I also have some familiarity with C, x86 assembly, BSD operating systems, and countless libraries.

My standard hourly rate is ฿12. Please ask for an estimate for how long it will take to complete a project; it has been my experience that people often greatly overestimate development time, especially in web design. (I suspect that this is due to unscrupulous developers offering services at a low hourly rate and then grossly overstating development time.) I also offer fixed rate services, and am amenable to revenue sharing schemes, stock options, or, in certain cases, barter in lieu of all or portion of my fee.

I am, of course, happy to answer any questions or concerns you may have, either via PM, in this thread, or by email at elenam@tormail.org. I highly recommend using PGP; my key ID is 4BE75914.

Because credit card transactions are reversible and Bitcoin transactions are not, Bitcoin vendors just lose the money if there is a chargeback. For smallish deposits, you can try BitInstant: m/]https://www.bitinstan[Suspicious link removed]m/. They accept cash deposits at a large number of locations.

I've never ordered cosmetics online, but if you offered Bitcoin payment, I would seriously consider it.