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If you knew their receiving address you could search for it in blockexplorer. It would tell you how much has been sent to that address.
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I have nothing against speculation, but wider adoption is surely linked to bitcoin's utility as money. There is only so much growth in speculation.
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So, his credentials are that he is a precious metal expert? Ok, well then I should use my expertise in bitcoin to write an article about how gold is a ponzi scheme.  |
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Are the chances of this becoming available on Apple's app store still about 0%?
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Do i have to keep my bitcoin client running for it to be downloading block chains?
still in the 140k when the block chain is currently in the 150k numbers
Yes, and it does take a long time. Note that the downloaded blocks are tied to your wallet.dat file and not the client. If you remove your wallet file and restart the client, a new wallet.dat file is created and it starts from 0 blocks. False Luckily. Oh wow. I'm wrong. (again) I must be thinking of an earlier version of the client. |
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Do i have to keep my bitcoin client running for it to be downloading block chains?
still in the 140k when the block chain is currently in the 150k numbers
Yes, and it does take a long time. Note that the downloaded blocks are tied to your wallet.dat file and not the client. If you remove your wallet file and restart the client, a new wallet.dat file is created and it starts from 0 blocks. |
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Your coin is likely safe. You just need to download the blockchain. Once your caught up you will see your bitcoin transaction appear and start confirming. Next time you use the client you will only have to download new blocks created since the last time. If you want to see your money now, go to http://blockexplorer.com and search for the address it was sent to. |
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I asked my llamas and they said.....  |
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what happened to all the love there was for the lama
LLAMA! LLAMA! LLAMA!  I vote llama. |
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When we have an organization like diaspora adopting BTC, can we make a point of encouraging them to spend their bitcoins instead of cashing them out? It is better for the bitcoin economy and easier for them to use.
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Is it a secret idea or can you tell us something about it?
Sorry, I don't know coffee beans about java.
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China is a good example. It is silly hard to pay someone in China from abroad.
Imagine what would happen if bicoin captured the remittance market. Huge amounts of money are moved by foreign workers who support families in their home country.
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I may be able to make this.  |
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It looks to me like something is up. About a week ago we started getting lots of new accounts that bash bitcoin. We have seen this before. I don't understand someones motivation to hear about bitcoin then set up an account to repeatedly say how much they hate it. Unless their greedy motivation is to drive down price while they still can. Greed is easy to understand.
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Why anyone hasn't gotten out of Bitcoins at this point is beyond me.
Dude, you registered 6 days ago. Why then did you just come in to bitcoin? |
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I don't doubt the former, but I do doubt the latter. Certainly users and vendors will occasionally screw up and break their autonomy, but users have to be fairly tech and privacy savvy just to get onto Silk Road. These guys are certainly not the "low hanging fruit" of the illicit drug trade. Most of them would be as hard to prosecute as to locate. How often do you hear of some rich, educated kid getting busted with drugs? It's not like they don't buy it, they just deal with a smarter class of criminal.
Your probably right. It would be a complex case, and they would likely go after the sellers if anyone. I'm not even sure what SR could be charged with? since they do not sell the drugs themselves. |
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This confuses a lot of new users.
Basically, when someone sends you BTC the record of the transfer becomes part of the blockchain. You will receive your coins when you have downloaded the block containing your transaction. As additional blocks are created and downloaded, additional confirmations will appear. If you do not download the blockchain, your bitcoin is safe and only you can spend them. They will wait forever until your wallet is caught up with the blockchain.
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Bitcoins are only useful for illegal activities...
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Why would it be useless for legal stuff? Yes, why? I use it for legal purchases and find it far superior to credit cards, paypal, etc. And for those who think it is perfect for illegal purchases, I hope you have done your homework. Bitcoin is NOT anonymous. It can be, if carefully done in conjunction with TOR and other methods. I would guess that SR is constantly monitored by law enforcement. One day they are going to put all the data together and start rounding up customers. |
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