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Got a $200 GC... happy customer... will get more... about 30 minutes delivery time
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I'm unable to pair my account with the most recent version of the blockchain app. When scanning the first QR code (under account/devices) I get the error:
"invaliding pairing version code 0"
When scanning the second QR code I get the following error:
"invaliding pairing version code b"
I've installed QR Droid as some have suggested, to no avail. (I'm not sure how to set the "default" QR program, so I deleted everything I could find related to QR programs sans QR Droid)
Very frustrating. Would be nice to have some sort of manual entry backup option. Or even be able to "Create a new account" in the app as it says you can do, but there is no captcha displayed ergo there is no way to sign up for a new account to send money too....
Please help!!
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if theres kid porn in the chain and i have the client installed, then i have kid pr0n on my pc. how do i verify the kid porn?
The thing is, it cannot be taken out of the chain without compromising the whole chain. That's not true. According to Theymos the software can be updated without creating a hard fork http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1dkqcx/i_am_theymos_ama/"Preventing arbitrary data storage is possible (without a hardfork, even) and probably wouldn't affect Bitcoin's utility much." |
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bitcoins are not a commodity. you can not grind them down to make chocolate or bread. you cant melt them down to make electrical parts or jewellery. you cant cut them up to make beef steaks, or other meat products and you cant refine it to make car fuel or power generators.
Could you use bitcoin to buy say virtual cacao or wheat in an MMORPG then sell said bread or chocolate after crafting it and earn a profit from providing such a service? We do live in virtual times... |
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I was check the sha1sum of the script downloaded directly from bitaddress.org and compared that to it's github repo, and the sha1sum's do not match. Taking a very quick look at the scripts revealed that the github version contained the line "window.Crypto_scrypt MIT License" whereas the one downloaded directly from bitaddress.org did not. Now I'm not saying something malicious is going on, but the scripts do not match. Maybe someone was updating it right when I checked? I only looked at the first page or two of the scripts for differences. I assume there's more changes than just the license comment at the beginning. Anyone have any ideas whats up?
The file sizes are different as well...
Version directly from bitaddress.org:
1d5951f6a04dd5a287ac925da4e626870ee58d60 index.html 445062 bytes (this matches what the site says the correct sha1 is, and what people on here have verified it to be)
bc20a5368bce817fbe61ef8d6063a2a660000be4 bitaddress.org.html 507233 bytes (from the hithub repo. No hits on any search engines for bc20a5368bce817fbe61ef8d6063a2a660000be4)
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FYI: I don't have a problem coming up with a solution, it just hasn't been as important to me as getting some of the more advanced features implemented. I'd rather 40% of people get functionality that they can't get anywhere else, than 90% can use an "average" program. But priorities have shifted due to the excessive size of the blockchain, and it's top priority to resolve this. I have lots of plans: not having to rescan everytime, having lite versions, pruned versions, electrum-style-remote-server versions. It's not a lack of ideas, it's a lack of time  But hopefully the whole rescan-every-load thing, will be out of the way in a few weeks. I'm finally making the data persistent, and dropping RAM usage by an order of magnitude. Unfortunately, the usability issues hit me faster than I anticipated so I'm scrambling to get it together. But it's happening. Great to hear your already thinking about it! I know developing software on the fly isn't always easy or fun, but I think this could improve armory usefulness by an order of magnitude. I'll find your donation link, and send ya some beer money  Thanks for the reply and all the hard work you've put into armory |
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So I've been following the instructions for installing armory. It stated to let bitcoin-qt load the blockchain before running armory. OK, it was annoying that it took 2 days to load, but I suffered through it. When done I exited bitcoin-qt, waited, then went back into QT to make sure everything was still cool, exited again. I then fired up armory, made sure the program paths were correct, re-start and armory says it is scanning. I figured armory was getting acquainted with the bitcoind database, but in the whole hour+ I let it sit the hard drive light didn't blink, so I did a "sudo ps -a |grep bitcoind" to see if bitcoind was running and it was not. I exited armory and when I re-entered armory it said that bitcoind was reporting the database was corrupt. I went back into bitcoin-qt, and it was now reporting that the database needed to be reindexed. That was a day ago, and it still seems to have a good 6 hours left to go (maybe more like 12). I'll be sure to make a copy of the bitcoin data directory so I hopefully never have to go through this crap again, but it got me thinking....
Is it REALLY necessary that the "on-line computer" be "on-site"? Guess what I'm saying is, wouldn't it make a lot of sense for the armory community to build a website for the "on-line" computer that you can load watch only addresses, transmit signed transactions, basically everything the "on-line" version of armory does now with the very notable exception that one would not need to download the huge blockchain, worry about it becoming corrupt, or waiting for days before they can access a cold wallet. As bitcoin keeps getting bigger, and the blockchain keeps growing this is going to become a necessary function for someone to perform. I wonder if piuk may be interested in setting up something like this on blockchain.info. Maybe blockchain.info's API could be used right now to transmit signed transactions.. I really don't know..
I realize it may not be "as secure" as using your own dedicated online computer, but you do authorize all money that leaves your cold wallet, so it shouldn't pose a very large security threat. Supporting a client that doesn't need the whole blockchain (like electrum) may be an idea as well..
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If I would be a nation state opposed to bitcoin and use cyber capabilities against it, I wouldn't run DDoS attacks. I would hack MtGox and steal their coins. Both China and the US should have the capabilities to do so. If all the bitcoins of the exchanges would be constantly stolen.
They keep most of their coins in cold storage, so unless they're going to pull some physical black ops stuff, there's no stealing the bulk of any exchanges coins. Not to mention, I doubt any expensive 0day exploit most governments have access to would not risk loosing that asset against a system that could possibly reverse engineer and ruin the very expensive "super secret 0day". The botnet's that run the DDoS on MtGox are probably payed via bitcoin by someone who spectulates on the price changes that the DDoS attacks cause. DDoS attacks are cheap. You don't need to be a nation state to run a DDoS. You just need to pay a small sum of money to rent a botnet. But back to a nation state attacking bitcoin, cyber attacks aren't needed. The US could simply start suing all bitcoin miners for facilitating money laundering and violating the principle of know-your-customer. Announcing such law suits would alone do a lot more damage to bitcoins price than the DDoS attacks against exchanges. If current laws aren't enough congress can always pass additional laws. The world doesn't look the way it would if the US government would make an attempt to shut down bitcoin. The US government isn't filled with the smartest people but if those people would go after bitcoin they could still do serious damage. Damages that exceed the damage that a single individual can cause by rented a botnet with his bitcoins. Governments operate on the theory of plausible denial ability, so no one is going to see any "proof". Actually the US is perfectly able to attack other groups without any plausible denial ability. The Government would much rather keep things covert until the point where the gloves must come off and then they start saber rattling, followed by making laws, and examples of people to really shut Bitcoin down. People should really check out the guy that wrote that article. He claimed after the "correction" that this was just "their" first attempt to crash the thing and were most likely gauging the market to tune their software. He claims that when they really want to bring it down (and roll people in front of the cameras) is when the real carnage is going to ensue. He says they might not use their software again for years, or it could be next week, should the market go parabolic again or TPTB feel threatened. http://www.naturalnews.com/039850_bitcoin_bubble_crash_globalists.html |
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If i thought a silly petition like this was worth arguing over debating I would have done so. Just to be clear: I think the petition is silly too, but the idea the government would attack bitcoin is very plausible, especially with all the media momentum it had garnered since Cyprus. Like I said above, good luck finding proof; so by definition it IS a "conspiracy theory", but so was the Gulf of Tonkin incident until recently. On a side note.... why do people in America think everything revolves around America and the American government.
1) The American government has shown little to no intent on messing with bitcoin aside from a few politicians who wanted the silk road banned. In fact it's been the opposite, the government has recently provided some groundwork for exchanges to follow, showing more of an acceptance to bitcoin then a desire to shut it down. It's because the greenback is the reserve currency for the world. If countries start loosing faith in the dollar, then the US Government is going to be in an even bigger pickle then they are now--it's a matter of national security. The whole petrodollar thing first shocked me when I learned about it, but then it became so clear why we fight some of these stupid wars. It's not just about the oil and the military contractors, but about the fact we make countries accept only dollars for their oil. Imagine how much less the dollar would be worth if it wasn't mandated for OPEC countries? It's all about keeping federal reserve notes as the worlds reserve currency. 2) If there was a government that wanted to shut down Bitcoin by diong DDOS I can think of quite a few more countries who would be a more likely culprit than America. China for example is the exact type of government that would HATE bitcoin and they also have the power to carry out a massive DDOS. While China does posses substantial cyber threats, the US about 3 months ago activated 3,000 offensive "cyber warriors". You bet your ass they have some serious DDoSing servers ready to go all around the world at a moments notice. Bitcoin adoption in China per capita is very low compared to the US.
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Who in their right mind would accuse the government of interfering without solid proof? Governments operate on the theory of plausible denial ability, so no one is going to see any "proof". You realize the CIA employs "economic hitmen" that take down whole countries, right? Bitcoin would be joke in comparison. You don't mess with the kings feds money and bitcoin is doing just that. I think the question we should be asking is who had the most to gain by pumping and dumping (seems like "someone" really threw down a lot of fiat about 3 days before the "correction"). Also, who has the vast media influence to make the crash virtually front page news in most major publications around the world in short order? It's kind-of like the cops finding no "solid proof" on a cheating, alcoholic, wife abusing husband when his wife comes up dead. |
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I love it when people can't even bother to mount a written ad hominem attack and go staight for a stupid picture without even one shread of thought or argument. |
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I'm actually quite suprised there hasn't been any posts about this. It's funny, the day before the recent "crash" I read an article somewhere about how the Government was going to do exactly what the OP of that petition wrote. Honestly tho, it makes total sense. We had a huge jump from 140-190, then 240... Somone spent a lot of fiat to blow this thing up, and the coordinated news stories are just too damn "coincidental" to believe. They don't mention that on the whole bitcoin is up A LOT on the year, even after the "crash". Let's not pretend that bitcoin doesn't pose a huge threat to TPTB, and trying to stomp it out before it even starts is just a no brainer. They'll do it again too...
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.04/10/2013
The Plot to Criminalize Bitcoin
How do you criminalize bitcoin? The same way you get guns banned: Plan an attack, make sure lots of people get hurt, roll out all the victims in front of the cameras, then use the sob stories as moral justification to crack down with oppressive new laws.
This is the agenda being planned right now with bitcoin. The recipe works like this:
Step 1) Central banks buy up massive quantities of bitcoin currency, driving the prices into the stratosphere and encouraging millions of people around the world to jump on board the “get rich” bandwagon.
Step 2) Once bitcoin valuations reach a sufficient level of insanity, start a massive selloff by dumping the bitcoins you already bought onto the market, offering them for sale at any price (i.e. sell into falling prices, accelerating the loss in valuations).
Step 3) Watch panic take hold as the bitcoin crash accelerates, ending in a catastrophic wipeout of “valuation” of all bitcoins.
Step 4) Find “victims” of the bitcoin crash who can tell a good sob story for the mainstream media about how they invested little Johnny’s college money in bitcoin and lost it all. Roll them out on CNN and MSNBC where they cry on camera and talk about how they were ripped off by bitcoin and now they only trust the government from now on.
Step 5) Demonize bitcoin by characterizing it as a “libertarian pyramid scheme.” Lash out against both decentralized currencies and libertarians.
Step 6) Once the demonization gains traction, have traitors in the U.S. Congress announce a “Consumer Currency Protection Act” that outlaws non-central bank currencies such as bitcoin. It’s all “for your safety,” of course. Shut down all online bitcoin wallets and exchanges, calling them “criminal pyramid schemes” and arrest a few people using bitcoin to send a warning message to the rest.
Mission accomplished! You’ve now made bitcoin look like a “pyramid scheme,” you’ve scared the public into being wary of “anti-government currencies,” and you’ve criminalized their use by consumers. read the rest here: https://leaksource.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/how-the-looming-bitcoin-crash-will-be-exploited-by-globalists-to-outlaw-decentralized-crypto-currencies/ |
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But is there more to protecting the private key than what I do already to protect the wallet?
The best way is to generate a paper wallet OFFLINE using a site like bitaddress then send your coins from blockchain to the paper... |
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Morse code memorized for whistling, and passed on from one generation to the next. I know, it;s just another form of brainwallet, and a retarded one for that matter.
I think you'd have a problem with capitals letters using morse code. It may not provide the highest security, but I bet you won't loose it if you mow it into your lawn like these people did (just make sure it's encrypted):  |
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Do you have any references that says the fed has reduced the amout of paper it's printing? (opps, didn't see you were just summarizing a MSM article) Last I heard there was a currency war going on. Most wise investors are obviously in the stockmarket which happens to be going crazy right now due to all the money printing. When the music stops, everyone is going to go rushing into gold, silver and that's when bitcoin is really going to explode. We're increasing the money supply at 8-12% a year, yet inflation is only claimed to be 2% due to a seriously messed up CPI. People talk about a bitcoin bubble! wait and see what happens when the easy money days end. When the fed ends their bad mortgage program, and raises interest rates it's going to be akin to taking a needle to a ballon, in an already fragile economy. Look at fed interest rates in relation to the 2008 crash... Same thing happened |
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Is there another way to check balances of addresses? I always used block chain
google: block explorer (not as pretty, but it works) Also, I really think and hope piuk is going to fix the problem, but like I said above, he's been pretty quiet online for the last week, which is the only reason I doubt at all. Plus anyone can get hacked... I would recomend that people NOT try to login to their wallets during this outtage because if some hacker has got control of the server, he could be trying to harvest your passwords in order to unencrypt your wallet, so just wait it out or make a new wallet and test with that one till it's working again... |
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I have my identifier and password. Is that not enough?
No, you would have needed to export your wallet (either encrypted using your blockchain password OR unencryped)... Then you can import those into armory or multibit as someone else suggested.. Not sure if blockchain is still able to email people backup wallets or not, but you may want to try it right now if your in this position. |
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if piuk's code is sound (i believe it is), then as long as you have a backup AND a solid password, even if someone stole their database, it should still not cause a problem... Now if people are using weak passwords then you might want to transfer funds from your blockchain backup wallet to another wallet (Qt, armory, paper, etc.)
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Hate to cause any sort of panic, but no posts from piuk on here for a week now, and blockchain's twitter feed has been pretty quiet too... Hope everyones got wallet backups...  |
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Can you divide a tulip up to 8 decimal places? How long does a tulip bulb stay good (is it immutable?) Are tulip bulbs finite? Can you send tulips around the world in seconds for only a few cents? It's not even like comparing apples to oranges... It's like comparing apples to bacon  |
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