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I think we really need more large merchants to accept bitcoin as payment and offer a discount in exchange for using bitcoin to pay.
Agreed. Ease of bitcoin use and merchant adoption are key. |
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Instawallet and Rushwallet have nothing to do with each other expect for being instant wallets. I think you misunderstood that they are related in some way beyond that.
RushWallet is a product of KryptoKit and is more secure than InstaWallet in two specific ways:
1. Funds are stored client side, not server-side.
2. The private key is stored in the URL after the hashtag. By HTTP standards, that part of the URL is not sent to the server when you make a request; it remains purely client-side, so the server never sees what any of the private keys are.
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An update on the Toronto Bitcoin Expo 2014, April 11--13th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. We're excited to announce that many of the biggest innovators, developers, early adopters, and entrepreneurs in the international Bitcoin community will be in attendance. Notable speakers include: Andreas Antonopoulos (Blockchain, RootEleven), Charles Hoskinson (Ethereum, Bitcoin Education Project), Charlie Lee (Litecoin, Coinbase), Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum, Bitcoin Magazine), Elizabeth Ploshay (Bitcoin Magazine, The Bitcoin Foundation), Peter Todd (Mastercoin), Joseph David (CAVirtex), Anthony Di Iorio (Bitcoin Alliance of Canada, Ethereum, KryptoKit), Cody Wilson (Dark Wallet, Defence Distributed), Stefan Molyneux (Freedomain Radio), Jason King (Sean's Outpost, Bitcoin Across America), David Johnston (Bitangels, Mastercoin), Jeff Burwick (Dollar Vigilante), Jeffrey Tucker (Liberty.me), Peter Gray (Coinkite), Stephanie Murphy (Let's Talk Bitcoin, Free Talk Live), and many more. Some tickets are still available. For more information, visit http://bitcoinexpo.ca We will also host the "In-Crypto-We-Trust Hackathon", which will take place during the two days preceding the Bitcoin Expo, April 10th and 11th (at Bitcoin Decentral). Information is available here: http://bitcoinexpo.ca/hackathon/ -- More than $20,000 worth of bitcoin will be awarded. If you want to work on a cutting edge prototype that leverages blockchain technology, this is a great opportunity to network, learn, and build. The Bitcoin Expo is presented by the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada, a non-profit organization in Canada. We hope to see you there. Anthony Di Iorio Executive Director Bitcoin Alliance of Canada |
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I went to make a payment via Electrum as I've done many times. This time, however, when I’m trying to sign the transaction it from my offline PC it tells me “transaction not related to your wallet”. I’m using 1.9.6 on both machines, haven’t changed anything, master public seeds match on both machines, hot PC shows correct balances, I've tried doing the transaction many times. I’m stumped. Any thoughts?
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I recommend the first thing you do after generating a key pair in KK is backup your wallet by exporting it, or by using the full KryptoKit backup option.
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Next Meetup Wednesday, August 7, 2013 7pm @ The Charlotte Room (far back room behind the bar) Come join us for wings & a pint to talk all things Bitcoin.
Join us on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday's of the month. The Charlotte Room is located at 19 Charlotte Street in Toronto (One street east of Spadina between Adelaide and King). There's a Streetcar stop right in front their doors, as well as parking (really cheap) at the Mountain Equipment Co-op parking garage right next door.[/s]
For the latest updates and to attend please RSVP using meetup.com by going to http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Toronto/.
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We are an EDGE Innovations think tank out of Montreal for General DynamicsWe have prototyped a portable (soon to be wearable) Biometric device with the following features: - Biometric 3 factor authentication - (Something you "have", Something you "know", Something you "are")
- Communication via USB, Bluetooth, RFI, & Wifi
- Onboard biometric database and management software
- Stand-alone unit, untethered, and contact-less
- ATMEL encrypted chip for sensitive information
- Device is powered by a 32 BIT Cortex CPU
- Biometric system is powered by Authentic chip
Our product was demonstrated as a Biometric, bluetooth login device for a Windows system last week at the Toronto Bitcoin Community Meetup. We are reaching out to the Bitcoin community to see possible applications for our product, which direction we should go and to get some discussion going regarding Biometrics and Bitcoin hardware. While being very interested in this, I ofc have my concerns. I would love to use this thing as an hardware wallet, however in order to do safely, I would pull out this: - Communication via USB, Bluetooth, RFI, & Wifi
Wifi & Bluetooth are flawed in design, not thinking about security, and way to easy to be attacked by a middleman. RFI I don't have enough experience with, however unless using the latest version of it, I believe its been hacked already too. Then we would only have USB left, which is imo not an ideal way to pay in a shop. What we need is a Wireless technology, that is designed to be secure. (like https, ssh, etc etc) Lastly, while I like 3 factor auth, I'm not really sure how "something you have (like an ID card)" could benefit here, as having the id card in my left pocket, and the device in my right pocket, kinda defeats the purpose of something you have. (imo, something you have security, only works when your not constantly near the thing/location that it needs) (feel free to prove me wrong here) As to spark an idea in you guys, a combination / randomization of the "Something you are" would be something I really love to see. (asking for either left or right eye for retinal scan, and asking for a specific finger for fingerprint) (just in case someone tries to copy one, now they would need all, a lot harder to get) And in case you missed it, this stuff is great for hardware wallets. Agreed that Bluetooth and Wifi are not designed for security. However the responsibility of security utilizing communication protocols is up to the host and client systems. We cannot and will NOT rely on communication protocols to provide adequate and provable security. There are numerous very good open source solutions to enable robust security on top of these communication stacks. As such the movement of information to and from our device is well protected and offers assurances as to its resilience and capabilities. In other words you have the controls that will give you peace of mind. |
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Care to elaborate more on the capabilities of this device?
Basically it is a device that "does something", whether it be log you into a PC, or it could eventually be adapted to become a portable hard drive, or a piece of Bitcoin hardware. The specs of what we have are listed above so what are now looking for suggestions from the Bitcoin community as to which direction we should go with further developing hardware / software etc. Our initial research and motivation came about to solve security issues in the "bring your own device" jungle. Particularly prominent in the banking/legal/ and other industry with sensitive data. |
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Sounds cool. I believe I've seen 'Biometric' btc wallet apps floating around and various hardware wallet implementations. Are you the OEM; what is the demonstration/ intended purpose/what determined your design&component requirements? Sounds like a wireless security dongle for mobile or possibly a standalone wallet. When you ask 'what direction we should go'. Do you mean further hardware development, or are you just looking for programing/applications/firmware for this device? THis reminded me af a good article (a bit dated) on biometric wallets/banking here: http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/imaging/the-biometric-walletWe are looking for suggestions for further hardware development as well as programming/apps/firmware etc that might be Bitcoin related.. |
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Well I see it is on Saturday...looking forward...
Hope you can make it. Please note the time and venue has been changed. It starts at 5:15 and its at The Ballroom, 145 John Street. Main floor. |
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We are an EDGE Innovations think tank out of Montreal for General DynamicsWe have prototyped a portable (soon to be wearable) Biometric device with the following features: - Biometric 3 factor authentication - (Something you "have", Something you "know", Something you "are")
- Communication via USB, Bluetooth, RFI, & Wifi
- Onboard biometric database and management software
- Stand-alone unit, untethered, and contact-less
- ATMEL encrypted chip for sensitive information
- Device is powered by a 32 BIT Cortex CPU
- Biometric system is powered by Authentic chip
Our product was demonstrated as a Biometric, bluetooth login device for a Windows system last week at the Toronto Bitcoin Community Meetup. We are reaching out to the Bitcoin community to see possible applications for our product, which direction we should go and to get some discussion going regarding Biometrics and Bitcoin hardware.  |
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What's the house edge here?
1.76% House edge. |
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Next Meetup Saturday, June 15, 2013 5:15pm @ The Ballroom (Main floor hightops) Come join us for wings & a pint to talk all things Bitcoin.
We're changing things up a bit. The new group name is The Toronto Bitcoin Community Meetup and we'll be increasing the meetup frequency to every other week due to the explosion in membership we've experienced over the past 2 months. This weeks venue is The Ballroom, 145 John Street, Toronto.We're also trying out a new venue that will hopefully be a better fit and more flexible to accommodate our needs. The Charlotte Room is located at 19 Charlotte Street in Toronto (One street east of Spadina between Adelaide and King). There's a Streetcar stop right in front their doors, as well as parking (really cheap) at the Mountain Equipment Co-op parking garage right next door.
For the latest updates and to attend we recommend all attendees RSVP using meetup.com by going to http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Toronto/ as the space must be planned appropriately and with the large numbers at the last meetup it takes more detailed planning.
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Besting testing accounts requested up until this message have been funded. Anyone else wishing to test Rushwallet let us know your Bitcoin address (not Rushwallet address) and we'll send you 100,000 satoshis to try it out. We'd really appreciate feedback afterwards.
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You should change the seed source on phones to enter inputs in a textbox or something. Doesn't seem to work on android
Currently addresses can not be generated on touch screen devices. Once the address is created the wallet can be used on any device. |
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I'll Like To Test It Out.
My Rush Wallet account
19MADteyp3MreoJsmvgdLJAKehwDARCdny
It's better we fund an address from another service that way you can test sending and receiving. |
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I'd like to test it.
Address created via Rushwallet
18peKV4M6BFrCpAkWXxj1jXCgRa2bDzCkL
Hi David, It's better we fund an address from another service that way you can test sending and receiving. |
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Feedback so far: -Right clicked, new tab on qr code symbol: brought up a new page and new address with url as ' https://rushwallet.com/#qr'. Bookmarking and opening bookmark still brought me back to the new address. How important is the '#..." code in the URL? -Where is the client side key stored? Is it possible to import it to another wallet? -Also, a home page button or clicking the logo to generate a new address in a new tab would be nice. The code in the URL is very important. It is not stored anywhere and only appears in the URL box on the client computer. That is the private key that can get you back to your wallet and it can also be imported as a brain wallet into another service such as Blockhain.info. You would copy everything after the forward slash (including the # symbol) and use that to import your wallet into another service if the need be. To start a new wallet just open a new tab and go to Rushwallet again. |
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