I just told them here that the dividends just went all-time-high.. Everybody's went crazy!! check this out    haha fantastic!!! It's the granny with the blades that clinches it  Gramma approves of this message. |
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The NY Post seems to agree with you, and it is an interesting thought. I look forward to what the morning will bring.
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Not a lot more detail, but plenty of speculation as more press take note: http://www.businessinsider.com/dwolla-mt-gox-2013-5Speculation, plus interesting guidance from a VC on what the community ought to do to prevent death-dealing regulation. http://pandodaily.com/2013/05/14/dept-of-homeland-security-freezes-accounts-between-dwolla-and-bitcoin-exchange-mt-gox/We are prompted to wonder whether this is this the first of a series of governmental assaults on the exchanges? That’s what they’d target if they want to put the kibosh on bitcoin. Or, is this a case where DHS is investigating some individual or organization who may have used bitcoins, via Dwolla, for some potentially nefarious or terroristic reasons?
Members of the PandoDaily team have spoken to sources close to the bitcoin ecosystem and have been hearing that it’s likely the former. |
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wow, an article with exactly 0 more info than was in the email. Almost. The article identifies the "court orders received" as a "Seizure Warrant", which was not a part of the email. In addition, it promises updates, hopefully at the same URL. We'll see. |
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http://betabeat.com/2013/05/department-of-homeland-security-shuts-down-dwolla-payments-to-and-from-mt-gox/A representative for Dwolla told Betabeat that the company is “not party” to this matter and encourages those with questions to reach out to Mt. Gox or the DHS. “The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a ‘Seizure Warrant’ for the funds associated with Mutum Sigillium’s Dwolla account (a.k.a. Mt. Gox),” he said. “In light of the court order, procured by the Department of Homeland Security, Dwolla has ceased all account activities associated with Dwolla services for Mutum Sigillum while Dwolla’s holding partner transferred Mutum Sigillium’s balance, per the warrant.”
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That was my fault, got overly aggressive with a firewall rule. It should be good now.
And so it is. Many thanks for getting on top of it, especially in the middle of the workday. Blame me and all my microshares.  I <3 you and your microshares. Gives me a feasible place to re-invest little dividends. |
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Hrm. Went to check my little portfolio:
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Error:
Xcoind backend failure in getbalance at 77
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Giving you guys a try with one card, and so far so good - not a single stale. I'm not used to this.
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All in all, I would prefer to be doing something useful while I am being greedy.
I'm just an average Jane possessed of an average amount of avarice, but also an average amount of abhorrence to waste and maybe more than a smidge of altruism. I like convenience, but I also do that little bit extra to separate out my recycling - and I live somewhere where standard garbage collection happens 3x/week with no meaningful limits, and recycling every other week. I think there are a lot of people like me, good people of not-perfectly-altruistic motives, minting "greedcoins."
Flies are better caught with honey than with vinegar, and "greedcoin" is a fairly vinegary thing to say, regardless of its truth.
There are other truths. Bitsalame is absolutely correct that a multidisciplinary approach be taken to designing and deploying any rewards. He is dead right about what the research shows about incentivising altruism. He has made that appeal twice now and has done it thoughtfully. I am concerned about the tone taken by the OP in reply. MarkM, yeah, is being pretty harsh (vinegar...) and I can understand taking a shot back. But he and others have offered very detailed concerns that deserve equally thoughtful consideration, and if appropriate, rebuttal.
I don't personally believe the OP has greedy or malignant intentions at all. But I think it's important to convince people of good intentions, and not just rely on the charitable slant of an idea to do the convincing. There have been many scams that appealed to people's better natures, and it's fair to be concerned that this isn't just another one. MarkM has a valid concern about the latest pump-n-dump. He makes another interesting suggestion about using Devcoin. I don't have an opinion about that at this time; I am hoping that someone more knowledgeable chimes in (bearing bitsalame's caveats in mind).
I love the idea of PoW being the charitable product itself, especially if that keeps the work from falling into the wrong (read: private) hands. It would remove much of the waste of generating coins and securing blockchains. So long as it doesn't interfere with the important work going on (as bitsalame warns), I would be all in on something like this.
I appreciate this discussion, even (especially?) the parts that go sailing over my head. I hope it is able to continue. For my part, I will continue my mighty 300-ish Mhs of greedy mining, and hope that better-informed minds than mine will come up with a superior idea.
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It would be great if movie theaters accepted bitcoins! cant wait for the new Star Trek movie. looks so epic!
Check out Gyft, which is now accepting BTC. I am pretty sure they support Fandango. Have a nice time at the movies. |
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Just reading this discussion has taught me a lot more about how bitcoin works. Looking forward to learning more.
As for backing up my wallet.dat, it always seemed easiest to just make a copy of that file, then encrypt and store the backup. In reading this thread, that also sounds like the most reliable backup. Is it? Does bitcoin-qt's wallet transfer across wallet clients? When I upgrade to 0.9, will it be as straightforward as dropping my saved wallet.dat into the usual place?
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Not to be just another "me too", but my threshhold is set way lower than my balance, which is just sitting there. Auto-payout is failing on my account, too, and my address is double-checked and accurate. Looking forward to a fix!
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And already two bids on it. |
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Hopefully, you at least caught some decent BBQ while you were in town!
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Their stated reasoning for the Feb 19 date was so that people would not create a bunch of accounts just to get XRP. With what's going on with the old dormant accounts, it seems they need to take a new tack.
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Why are you insistent on BFL giving out ship dates? They have done that many times in the past and missed every date. What difference would it make if they gave you a new date? BFL has obvious problems, but I fail to see how insisting on a ship will help anyone.
I don't think it's about the date per se. I think it was about the way they handled the question. I learn as much from that, if not more. |
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I would have been surprised if Warren Buffet HAD bought Bitcoins but lets take a step back.
Buffet was asked about Bitcoins and had enough awareness of Bitcoin to provide a response.
Three years ago it would have been ... "Bittycoin what?"
Kinda shows how far Bitcoin has come in terms of mindshare.
This. There is no way Buffet would have been invested in bitcoin. That it has even crossed his radar is enough, or should be enough, for people to sit up and take notice. |
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