Do you have an idea for a project? We can work together on it or I can code it.

[owesome-tools]

Hi,

I like to code/hack stuff. I am also quite good at it.

My favourite and day to day OS is Linux.

If anyone has some ideas of an awesome BTC related web project or some desktop software - PM me / share it here.

[Stephen Gornick]

If anyone has some ideas of an awesome BTC related web project or some desktop software - PM me / share it here.

Here's an service that I wish someone would build:

One thing that would be useful is a way people can redeem private keys to a destination address of their choosing.

It is a simple process.

One field is for the input of the private key (which can be scanned using a QR code).

A second field is for the Bitcoin address where the funds are to be sent (also could be a QR code scan).  (or SMS or e-mail address and send the bitcoins that way, or through Coinapult's API maybe?).

So the web app (which works well from a mobile as well) gets these two pieces of information, applies a small handling fee, and broadcasts the spend transaction.  (Use bitcoind v0.7 which lets you create and send a raw transaction)

Easy peazy.    Access EasyWallet.org from a mobile to see a mobile-enabled web site that does 90% of the UI for this:
 - http://www.EasyWallet.org

But nobody has done this yet for redeeming private keys.

There are reasons people wouldn't want to use this, as that private key is now compromised (as you have a copy of it), so a person would never want to use this for an address that they might receive additional funds at in the future.   But for something like a paper bitcoin from BitAddress.org, there is currently no easy way for someone to use that and redeem it and have the funds sent elsewhere.

You could even add features from there that make it even more useful.  For instance, let the user enter how much they want to redeem, and then ask for an additional address for where to send the change.   Or redeem multiple private keys at once, etc.  There are all kinds of uses for a stite (and/or mobile app) that does this.

[Bitcoin Oz]

Let people enter a message in a text box and then embed it into the blockchain by sending a series of transactions to a particular bitcoin address as a binary code eg http://sticksandstones.kstrom.com/appen.html

For instance  "alpaca" you use the following series of sends
01100001
01101100
01110000
01100001
01100011
01100001

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[every1pewps]

Hi. I like porn. Alot of people like porn. Alot of people have wives that stay at home and can't wait for your credit card statement to come in via snail mail so they can open it and catch you red-handed with "shady" charges on your card.

As far as a "for profit" business model based around BTC goes...?

Offer a service that will pay subscription based fees on the behalf of the Bitcoin sender. Subscriptions to Porn sites, subscriptions to MMORPGs like WoW, etc... things people don't want to show up on their credit card statements for whatever reason. This seems like it'd be viable simply because part of the beauty of BTC is the anonymity that comes along with it. A bitcoin related service that supports this anonymity would be quite popular I imagine.

In essence, it would just serve as a payment proxy. Let's say "Client X" wants to purchase a 3 month membership to Brazzers, a porn site, for $59.97, which is the actual price. Client X then sends you the equivalent in Bitcoins, roughly 6 coins at current value(plus a small fee, say 1%), and then you charge the $59.97 to your debit/credit card and hand over the login info. You get paid for providing the service of true anonymity, and your client is happy that no paper trail will ever rear its ugly head. I suppose the same could be accomplished by purchasing a pre-paid Visa card.. hmm.....

Anyway, I'm not interested in starting up a business like this, but I think there's a market for it, especially in countries that don't have pre-paid plastic.