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November 09, 2010, 01:44:09 AM
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The hoops they have to go through now is too much. I want to offer a bitcoin button on one of my sites, but noone is gonna bother paying with it if it takes some crazy stuff to get them. We need convenience.
IDEA: MAKE EVERY SMALL BUSINESS A BITCOIN EXCHANGE - WHAT DO YOU THINK??
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November 09, 2010, 01:47:20 AM |
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I think he's talking about making it easier for users to get bitcoins in the first place.
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brocktice
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November 09, 2010, 01:47:54 AM |
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I agree, but because of anti-money-laundering laws it is difficult to do legally in the US.
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FreeMoney
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November 09, 2010, 03:13:36 AM |
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Anyone who wants to sell a good or service for coins can do it in a minute with mybitcoin or mtgox. For a little more effort they can automate it.
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brocktice
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November 09, 2010, 03:46:33 AM |
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Can we start a page somewhere that people can list themselves as available to buy bitcoins from in person with their zip code or city or something?
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anarchy (OP)
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November 09, 2010, 03:52:21 AM |
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Can we start a page somewhere that people can list themselves as available to buy bitcoins from in person with their zip code or city or something?
Genius idea. We need street bitcoin traders. That will actually make it possible. |
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November 09, 2010, 03:54:06 AM |
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Anyone who wants to sell a good or service for coins can do it in a minute with mybitcoin or mtgox. For a little more effort they can automate it.
The problem is the customer that does not have any coins yet. How can he easily get them? |
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November 09, 2010, 03:55:59 AM |
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Adding on brocktice's idea - what if we would get normal everyday stores to sell bitcoins for cash and vica versa? 'I'd like a bread and 50 bitcoins please'.
In the end all the money thats being circulated would be replaced by bitcoins!!
MAKE EVERY SMALL BUSINESS A BITCOIN EXCHANGE
YES!!
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November 09, 2010, 04:20:26 AM |
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Reminds me of something I saw in the Philippines...
In a dusty little stall in the corner of the market sits a woman with a cell phone. If one of the locals wants to buy a few minutes of airtime or a bundle of text messages for the equivalent of about a quarter, they give a coin to the girl, type their number into her phone, and she sends them the airtime. The whole transaction takes about 30 seconds, and the woman makes a living by taking a small percentage of the transaction.
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November 09, 2010, 04:27:06 AM |
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http://randomwalker.info/misc/ccs-location-privacy.pdfWhat would really work is a privacy aware proximity app for a mobile so that you know when your friends are near you but the location is encrypted for everyone else. Then exchanging bitcoins would look like two people meeting for a coffee...when in reality they are internet banking! http://crypto.stanford.edu/locpriv/This was released not long ago it has an android client. I think it should be part of a bitcoin toolkit for your phone then we can setup physical drops. We study privacy-preserving tests for proximity: Alice can test if she is close to Bob without either party revealing any other information about each other's location. We describe several secure protocols that support private proximity testing at various levels of granularity. We introduce the concept of location tags generated from the physical environment in order to strengthen the security of proximity testing. We implemented our system on the Android platform and report on its effectiveness. Our system uses a social network (Facebook) to manage user public keys. We argue that for proximity testing, social networks are better suited for managing user keys than traditional PKI.
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November 09, 2010, 05:12:36 AM |
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Can we start a page somewhere that people can list themselves as available to buy bitcoins from in person with their zip code or city or something?
Great idea, let us know when you have it ready. I'll start, my zip code is 40219. |
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mpkomara
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November 09, 2010, 06:58:02 AM |
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I buy bitcoins in London
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November 09, 2010, 07:19:28 AM |
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I can probably get my brother to deliver bitcoins for cash in NYC in December. I am on Oahu, Hawaii.
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neofutur
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November 09, 2010, 07:52:34 AM |
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Bitcoins for cash in Lima, Peru
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November 09, 2010, 07:58:49 AM |
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I can buy or sell bitcoins for cash in Paris, France.
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November 09, 2010, 12:02:32 PM |
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I could probably travel to Melbourne,Australia to exchange bitcoins.  Meet me at Flinders St Station!  Can someone make a wiki map that lets you drop a pin ? |
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November 09, 2010, 12:25:52 PM |
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This community is still too sparse to support a face-to-face economy. Maybe a good place to start the first local Bitcoin economy would be a university campus.
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November 09, 2010, 12:34:35 PM |
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Meet me at Flinders St Station! of noagendamarket at Flinders St Station. Drop your money onto the mat, and he punches the transaction into that keypad he's wearing. |
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brocktice
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November 09, 2010, 01:17:00 PM |
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I'm in St. Paul, MN 55117.
Should I start a page on the wiki?
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