What kind of transaction is that ?

[hagie]

http://blockchain.info/tx-index/7d2d194b7df4b991f43fe51aa8f7b242a1f9070588fd0fe1c6b39020d8ccb768

discovered 0.0001 btc in my wallet - no clue where it came from.

Regards

[DannyHamilton]

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It's just advertising spam.

[DaddyMonsi]

"Public Note: SPECIAL OFFER ! SEND NOW 0.02 TO THIS WALLET AND GET 0.04 INSTANT ! OR SIMPLY CHOSE ANOTHER MUTIPLIER AT BTC-multiplier.ch (LIMITED OFFER)"

nice way to advertise their ponzi scheme. clever!

[hagie]

"Public Note: SPECIAL OFFER ! SEND NOW 0.02 TO THIS WALLET AND GET 0.04 INSTANT ! OR SIMPLY CHOSE ANOTHER MUTIPLIER AT BTC-multiplier.ch (LIMITED OFFER)"

nice way to advertise their ponzi scheme. clever!

shouldn't blockchain.info be some kind of neutral not support ponzis ?

I mean for beginners this looks like some kind of "source" of bitcoin - (information) and could be missleading.

How can a website advertise above a transaction ?

Regards

[DannyHamilton]

"Public Note: SPECIAL OFFER ! SEND NOW 0.02 TO THIS WALLET AND GET 0.04 INSTANT ! OR SIMPLY CHOSE ANOTHER MUTIPLIER AT BTC-multiplier.ch (LIMITED OFFER)"

nice way to advertise their ponzi scheme. clever!

shouldn't blockchain.info be some kind of neutral not support ponzis ?

I mean for beginners this looks like some kind of "source" of bitcoin - (information) and could be missleading.

How can a website advertise above a transaction ?

Regards

Blockchain.info is not the owner of the bitcoin protocol.  There is nothing "official" about them.  They are just a business that happens to provide a website that allows people to see the contents of the blockchain. They don't need to be neutral if they don't want to be. There are many other business that provide views of the blockchain if you prefer not to use blockchain.info.

blockchain.info also provides a wallet service.  If you use their wallet service, then they allow you to attach a message to any transaction that you send from their wallet.  That message is NOT sent with the transaction onto the bitcoin network and is NOT stored in the bitcoin blockchain.  Instead, blockchain.info simply stores the message in their own database and when people use the website blockchain.info is then able to show the message along with the transaction.  They do not filter or review the messages.  The transaction sender can write any message they want.

[RustyNomad]

...SEND NOW 0.02 TO THIS WALLET AND GET 0.04 INSTANT...

Yeah right, can I send 200 BTC 

[peligro]

"Public Note: SPECIAL OFFER ! SEND NOW 0.02 TO THIS WALLET AND GET 0.04 INSTANT ! OR SIMPLY CHOSE ANOTHER MUTIPLIER AT BTC-multiplier.ch (LIMITED OFFER)"

nice way to advertise their ponzi scheme. clever!

shouldn't blockchain.info be some kind of neutral not support ponzis ?

I mean for beginners this looks like some kind of "source" of bitcoin - (information) and could be missleading.

How can a website advertise above a transaction ?

Regards

Blockchain.info is not the owner of the bitcoin protocol.  There is nothing "official" about them.  They are just a business that happens to provide a website that allows people to see the contents of the blockchain. They don't need to be neutral if they don't want to be. There are many other business that provide views of the blockchain if you prefer not to use blockchain.info.

blockchain.info also provides a wallet service.  If you use their wallet service, then they allow you to attach a message to any transaction that you send from their wallet.  That message is NOT sent with the transaction onto the bitcoin network and is NOT stored in the bitcoin blockchain.  Instead, blockchain.info simply stores the message in their own database and when people use the website blockchain.info is then able to show the message along with the transaction.  They do not filter or review the messages.  The transaction sender can write any message they want.

I think he meant exactly this. Blockchain.info is allowing that spam while they could easily fight it. I mean these messages only show up on their site and yes, it is like they support it. They don't even have filters or so to automatically delete this.

So yes, a newbie with a blockchain.info wallet, could see it as if it is bitcoin itself that is full of spam.

Though i think complaining about blockchain.info doesn't bring much good anyway.

[Sapholard]

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It's just advertising spam.

yes it is and a lot of people are stepping in to these ponzi's without knowing that they will never get any returns

[tspacepilot]

They don't need to be neutral if they don't want to be.

Not disagreeing with the content of your post, DH, but one might argue that not filtering this or that messaged based on its characterization spam/useless/misleading/dangerous/etc is being neutral.  In my opinion, fltering messages would make them non-neutral.

[tommorisonwebdesign]

Interesting, Ponzi scammers found a clever way to scam Bitcoiners in handing over 1000s of mBTC to their scam. There sure are ways to gain the system and one thing I leaned in life is there are many people who don't get what they as far in life as they want because they scam/rip people off. Oh well, it's the internet.

[xmaxbit]

http://blockchain.info/tx-index/7d2d194b7df4b991f43fe51aa8f7b242a1f9070588fd0fe1c6b39020d8ccb768

discovered 0.0001 btc in my wallet - no clue where it came from.

Regards

It happens , someone might have given you for free . I have also received once. I din't find any clue for any signature campaign.

[omahapoker]

http://blockchain.info/tx-index/7d2d194b7df4b991f43fe51aa8f7b242a1f9070588fd0fe1c6b39020d8ccb768

discovered 0.0001 btc in my wallet - no clue where it came from.

Regards

It happens , someone might have given you for free . I have also received once. I din't find any clue for any signature campaign.

Looks like you didn't read the full thread. There is already an explaination for that. Check the transaction on blockchain.info. You will see that there, in the comments, an advertising is done for a scamsite that claims you can earn 1 Bitcoin per day by cheating pools.

The scammer simply hope that enough of the recipients have their wallets at blockchain.info so that they can read the message and follow through.