My account number is 970037

This service is exciting! Good to see the community growing!

I wanted to take the time to respond to this post before I went to bed because River is attacking my reputation without giving telling the community the entire story. Here's the story:

On Friday I spoke with River via a Skype text chat where he detailed his need for an xHTML compliant redesign of his site (www.thefiatfreezone.com). After reviewing his requirements and getting a few things cleared up by him, we agreed on a price and the terms of the work. I indicated that I would begin work immediately and Rive quickly paid me half of the full price I asked for the work. River and I spoke around 5:00pm CT on Friday.

I spent the weekend reviewing his site structure to make sure I understood what he was doing, River wanted a complete site redesign that was still xHTML compliant.  On Tuesday, I received an email from River stating that he wanted to terminate the contract and report me as a scammer here because I hadn't done the work. Keep in mind, we talked on Friday at 5:00pm and this email came on Tuesday near 3:00pm for a COMPLETE SITE REDESIGN.

After some discussion with River (through email and Skype, both which I have logs of and would be happy to provide to the community as evidence if requested) it was decided that he would not cancel the contract and we would continue work as we agreed.  I also explained to River that I was dealing with a terminally ill family member which I felt effected the speed at which work could be done. He stated he understood and we even had, what I thought, was a nice phone conversation.

So, I continued to work on the site as we agreed and today I asked River if he could do a Skype call at 6:30pm CT to which the only response I received was 'your time or mine'.  A few hours later, I received a 'CONTRAcT TERMINATED' email and then came here to find this post by River listing me as a scammer.

So the bottom line is this: River is not a web designer and obviously has no idea the work it takes to do a complete web design. That's evidenced by him thinking an entire site redesign could be done in what amounts to two days (spare the weekend).  Additionally, River is so impatient and so scared of getting 'scammed' that he's much too quick to label people who are trying to help him (at a much lower rate than usual, I might add) as scammers. As to his  'not seeing the refund that was promised', I can only say that River is lying. He is well aware that when we spoke on Tuesday evening it was decided that there WOULD BE  no refund (why would I continue to work on a project I was going to stop and refund money on?)  And as far as his demand for a refund after terminating the contract tonight, I'm sure someone not responding in 3-4 hours off of business hours is hardly evidence of that person being a scammer.

I am not a scammer and I am offended that River has chosen to only present one side of the story AND outright lie about agreements. He says he has an email where I tell him I will issue him a refund. I have the entire thread and Skype chat that went on AFTER that email where he said 'ok, I'm sorry for jumping the gun, let's continue work'. Did River think I would do a refund and then perform the rest of the work for free? Is that how HE does business? I think we all know better than that. The bottom line is River is sensitive about being scammed (he said in our phone conversation it had happened to him before, so I understand it) and jumped the gun several times - especially with posting to this board.

Will River receive a refund? Absolutely. However, I will deduct the cost of the work already done and refund the rest. I'm also going to formally request that River either remove this post calling me a scammer from this board or post proof where I 'promised a refund' and didn't deliver -- but post the ENTIRE conversation.

Thank you for hearing my side, community, and I hope for a quick and fast resolution between River and myself. I also hope he learns a bit of patience and not to be so aggressively paranoid or else the chances of his site actually getting done by ANYONE are slim to none. I know I will never consider working with him again even if this is resolved. 

Thank You,
Anthony Papillion (CajunTechie)

Good god people here are a suspicious lot. These are not MSDN or Technet keys. They are legitimate retail versions of the software. But since I can't use them and I need some bitcoin I thought I'd offer them here. Had them on eBay for a while but nobody bought them so, unless I sell them here, I'm stuck.

I am not interested in using Bitcoin for illegal purposes. It only devalues the reputation of the currency and hurts the entire community. Just because a few dicks decide to use it for criminal purposes doesn't mean we all do. Some of us are trying to do legitimate business using Bitcoin.

Go figure :-/

Anthony

I've got a few legitimate copies of some MS software laying around that I'm wanting to get rid of since I took my company all Linux last month. Willing to accept Bitcoin for them and either provide them as a digital download or post them to you (within the US).

Titles and Prices are:

Microsoft Windows 7 (all versions) 48.50 Btc
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional 40 Btc
Microsoft Office 2010 Enterprise 50 Btc
Microsoft Windows Vista (all versions) 30 Btc
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional 99 Btc
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Premium 350 Btc

These are all LEGAL and NON-PIRATED packages and include a real CD-Key so you can update without fear. These are also NOT trials but, rather, the full packages. The prices quoted are for digital download only. For shipping within the US add 5 Btc

If you're interested in any of these titles, please email me at cajuntechie@hotmail.com. I will edit this post as the items are sold to reflect availability.

EDIT: Had to add this because a few people are suspicious of the software's origins. These ARE NOT Technet or MSDN keys. They are full, legitimate, retail versions of the software that I have not been able to get rid of. As a new user who can't mine effectively, I need Bitcoin so I thought I'd get rid of them here.

Thanks!
Anthony

Interesting. So then, in that case, perhaps such a CU doesn't deal with totally new keys with no reputation just like a bank or traditional CU wouldn't be quick to deal with a new loan applicant with no credit. Perhaps some sort of algorithm that figures in the age of a key and the plus/negative for repaying other loans could be used to develop a risk model. Definitely interesting. I'm going to read up a bit on trust systems tomorrow and see how this might be doable in an anonymous way.

Thanks for the great comments...

Anthony

That's probably the main issue a BTC CU would face. But what about if we had more of an 'association' of credit unions. Maybe one in the EU, one in North America, one in South America, etc. Would that provide a legal way to mitigate the risks? If it were anonymous, I would think not unless there was some way to maintain anonymity while still providing SOME traceability, that could work, couldn't it?

Anthony

Right, I get that. So would the reputation of your GPG key be akin to a credit rating of sorts? Would the CU use the key's reputation as  a means of determining the eligibility for a loan?  In that case, every new customer would essentially start with zero reputation since there would be no 'credit history' for the key.

Anthony

Interesting and I can see the point. But how does implementing one of those models relieve fraud? It addresses voluntary mutually benificial associations but still doesn't really provide a way to stop someone from walking away with the bitcoin and never repaying. Sure, they could do that with non-digital money too but it's a bit harder since we have to provide identity information for a traditional loan.

Thoughts?

That still doesn't solve the question of identity. For example, I could generate a GPG key for 'Johnny Daniels' and sign a loan. Without some sort of way to validate some traceable information about this person, having a signed document doesn't really mean anything. Or am I missing something?

The issue of maintaining anonymity while still being somewhat fraud and theft resistant is one I've wrestled with and I'm not really sure there's a way around it. If you're anonymous, there's no way to verify your identity or to find you if you skip off with the Bitcoins. Even charging a membership fee like most CU's do doesn't assure anything except you'll have the membership fee if they skip off. Not really valuable if they take 50,000btc or something.

It's going to take some thinking but there has to be a way around it.

Anthony

Well, I would imagine they might borrow money for all of the things they currently borrow money for. They would use the credit union instead of a traditional bank because 1) the credit union might offer a lower interest rate and 2) it might offer higher dividends to members than their local CU does.

Other than that, it might operate very similar to a traditional fiat based CU.

Has anyone considered the possibility of establishing a Bitcoin Credit Union? It would operate much like a traditional bank might except the account holders would have dividends paid to them quarterly. It would be a way for everyone to make a few extra Bitcoins and also contribute to the welfare of the community in that there would be a loan aspect to it.

What do you think? Could it work? Would you join?

Probably so. Any ideas for wording?

Good questions.

An 'endpoint' is the URL of a cloud server running the Bitcoin Backup server software (really just a PHP or Python script that accepts the upload and does a few other things to store it securely and keep track of it.  The idea is that a bunch of people would be running endpoints.

The encryption key is a password you will provide that will allow the program to encrypt the wallet file(s) using AES256 encryption. It's never transmitted over the wire but only used to encrypt the wallet file (which is stored in a .ZIP) before it's uploaded to the server.

Hence the term "open source".  You will have the source to examine so you can know for sure. :-)

So I'm working on a small open source program called Bitcoin Backup that will allow users to securely back up their wallets to a cloud server. The program will encrypt the wallat file using AES-256 bit encryption and will be configurable to use a variety of backup servers (I'm also writing the backup server that anyone can run).

Below is a screenshot of the program so far and I'm wondering if I could get a bit of feedback on look and feel or any features the community would like to see implemented. The program will run on Linux, Mac, and Windows.

Here is the screenshot:  
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7CaoA7d1ppxMDc4Yjg4MzAtZjhhMi00Yjk0LWJhNjctNGIxMDc5YzUwMmJk&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

Please provide any feedback you might have. Specifically, I'm looking for how to make the interface better, what functions the program should includes, that sort of thing.

Thanks!
Anthony

I've actually been working on such a thing for the last two days if anyone is interested in pitching in. Basically, it's a secure way to backup and restore your wallet to the cloud. Will use a P2P system for redundancy and AES-256 bit encryption for the wallet files. Both client and server will be open source so it can be run by anyone and will run on Linux, Windows, and Mac. Continued development will hopefully be community funded.

Screenshot of client (progress so far) attached.

Thoughts? Ideas?
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7CaoA7d1ppxNjg3NjBlNTktM2M2NS00ZDZhLTg4ODYtOGUxYmRlMTdlZTY3&hl=en

See above. This isn't the same program, just the same name.

Different program, same name. Feel free to download the open source one (it's probably just as good and it's totally free) but these aren't the same program as you can see from the interfaces.

Ok so this is my last post on the market for tonight (I don't want to end up being seen as a spammer) but here's a little program I whipped up the other night to help Windows, Mac, and Linux users come up with good, strong, passwords. It's available for a small fee. This links to the Windows version. If you need the Mac or Linux version, email cajuntechie@hotmail.com

Password Generator 1.01
http://www.bitcoinservice.co.uk/files/286

SECURITY NOTICE:

I've verified that the software is completely virus free. However, I strongly recommend that you scan the files with your antivirus program PRIOR TO RUNNING IT to make sure you're safe. You won't find anything but it's just good security practice. Thanks to Kiba who reminded me to add this notice :-)