Sorry, I couldn't read the article through all the clutter on that website

It seems to disappear from task manager when I close it. That makes the reboot working seem even more odd. But basically most of the time I restart the client it's out of sync. Can't it just autosync when it's open? Pretty confused about that. Or is that just how it operates?

Or maybe my reboot theory is just placebo, but that seems pretty unlikely given the behavior of the confirmations after reboots. Is it just a sync problem?

Thanks for the reply.

40 GB free on hard drive though :/

I'm not new to bitcoin, but I'm new to using the qt client. So, my wallet is relatively new (few days) and has been working properly for the most part. I only used it to receive with various addresses until now. An issue came up on my first attempt to send.

There was one unconfirmed receiving transaction, and then following that I put in a send transaction. I came back on to check it after about an hour and there were no confirmations... weird (transaction fees are being paid). I restarted my qt client to see if it would resync (sometimes it just doesn't stay synced correctly and that's the main issue). It didn't work so after about 45 more minutes I decided to restart my computer and rerun the qt client. Boom... instant confirmation and the next 5 came quickly after. This was just for the receiving transaction.

Then after 30 minutes of no confirmations on the send, I restarted the qt client and nothing happened. Rebooted comp again and confirmations start working within 2 minutes on the send transaction.

While typing this I'm realizing that it's likely that the QT client wasn't fully closing when it seemed to be, so I'll check task manager to see if that's an issue.

BUT, still, why is the syncing problem coming up so frequently. Does anyone have a solution to that, so it will just autosync correctly? It's really annoying to have to reboot the client when transactions freeze and syncing fucks up, and it seems to be quite common for me.

Thanks for any input!

This is not a straight line either (1 year graph of btc/usd on a log scale):



Nor is this (6 month graph of btc/usd on a log scale):



Regardless, the point is that looking at something on a different graph doesn't make it a safer investment.

Not sure if troll. Bitcoin dropped to like 8% of it's value after that crash... Obviously USD valuation hadn't changed that significantly in that time period. Also the price of bitcoin dropped by a gigantic percentage compared to every currency as well as gold and silver at that time. Clearly a crash.

I'm still btc bull at this point, but that was a bubble, and this current rise may be another one (but might not be).

Here's the thing, though. While there is value to using log charts in some cases to analyze growth, it's obviously not what is happening on this forum in general. What IS happening on this forum is that people are using log charts to reassure themselves that the current growth trend is not out of control and is completely fine and normal.

I bet in June 2011 people were on here posting this log chart:



Instead of this chart:



to reassure themselves that it wasn't a bubble as well, which it quite apparently was. So, I just don't want people to use it to make themselves feel safe for no reason.

I've even heard people on here say that it wasn't a bubble in June 2011 because bitcoin has EVENTUALLY come back to those prices. That's clearly a ridiculous statement, ESPECIALLY since it might just be back above those prices because we're in ANOTHER BUBBLE. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but either way June 2011 was a bubble, and I don't want people to just blindly put a lot of money into btc at this point when it's a reasonably high risk investment.

I'm still invested myself, but people on this forum definitely need reality checks. Bitcoin is very unlikely to turn hundreds of thousands of people into millionaires in 6 months, which everyone seems to think will happen.

Yeah, that's the only meaningful logarithmic graphing scale... Everyone knows that.

So? Of course it makes things look much less dramatic. That's the whole point of the logarithmic system and a log scale... Don't understand people's obsession with the log scale graph in this forum. It changes nothing...

Lol, wtf does that even mean? Bitcoin couldn't even exist without the internet... so clearly the internet has had / will have a greater impact.

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Well some things make you even more money than btc going up. Those things are probably limited to drugs and mining equipment, though -_-. And clearly mining equipment is just a way to get more btc, so that doesn't really count.

The answer is that it won't be a truly viable currency until the price stops rising so rapidly. Which will definitely happen at some point (obviously).

They're only taking money from accounts that are larger than the government insures, correct?

e.g. The FDIC in the US insures accounts up to $250,000, so they would be taking money that is beyond that $250,000? In this case, it's 100,000 euros?

Just want to make sure I'm getting this right. If I am, then the people losing money are fucking idiots.

Why would you ever have uninsured money? Just split it between accounts??

These last two posts are just flat out wrong...

1) When exactly was it down for a month? Hint: It wasn't.

2) At THIS point there is nothing that people purchase with btc that comes close to the millions of dollars per month spent on SR for actual goods. Unless you include the SPECULATION as something driving the btc economy, SR is pretty much the whole thing. But by all means, if you can find another business that has even 1/20th the amount of money spent on it in btc ON ACTUAL GOODS AND SERVICES, please point it out.

Some of your points are reasonable. Paypal loses a lot of money to fraud each year for example. But your point about 1 accidental $10,000 double spend is laughably ridiculous. You don't think that would have been a much bigger problem if btc was used widespread and people didn't realize what was going on as quickly? I guarantee there would have been LOTS of money double spent in that situation.

Looking to do 1:1 trade at gox last ($12.50/btc right now). Will buy $100-$250 worth on Carbon Poker (maybe more). Send me a PM!

Can't get money on Carbon by any chance, can you?

How much are you looking for now? I have Gox $

Yeah, I'd be okay with this =D

Pretty accurate. Only thing I disagree with is the postal service being an "unnecessary middleman"? I mean... delivering packages is a legitimate service. Unless you're talking about sending letters and documents, which is unnecessary due to pdf and e-mail.