The Madhatter
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May 06, 2010, 09:46:39 AM |
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Hmm.. looks like MBC has PGP-signed email payment notifications. Also looks like they don't require the email address to signup. Maybe they read this forum? Hey! *waves @ MBC's owners* Sign up and tell us your plans!
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There are several different types of Bitcoin clients. The most secure are full nodes like Bitcoin Core, which will follow the rules of the network no matter what miners do. Even if every miner decided to create 1000 bitcoins per block, full nodes would stick to the rules and reject those blocks.
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The Madhatter
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May 06, 2010, 10:07:27 PM |
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Haha! I actually have some of my elderly family members using MBC now. Maybe mum should get 9,000 coins for Mother's day!
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teppy
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May 19, 2010, 05:18:33 PM |
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I run the MMO A Tale in the Desert. We charge $13.95/month for the game, and pay about $0.74 in merchant and gateway fees. We'll now accept Bitcoins as an alternate payment method. The price per month is 2000 BTC, which according to the exchange is a discount right now. Instructions: Visit http://www.atitd.com and download the game client. Native Windows, Linux and OSX versions are available. Install + Run the client, and create a trial character. If you like the game, send 2000 BTC to: 17CJvRrNdqSPN3Zs2dWfNY6GoCiMRfNG2T to activate your account. In the message field, include your character name and shard; I'll then credit you for a month of gameplay. Right now this is done manually, so the lag could be anywhere from minutes to the next morning. Teppy
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Dragon's Tale is the longest running Bitcoin enterprise in the world.
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laszlo
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May 19, 2010, 06:21:50 PM |
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Teppy, just so you know, you can't include a message if you send to a bitcoin address, only if you send to an IP address. The way we usually do it is we issue a new address to each person we ask to send us money so that we know it was that person who sent it.
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D҉ataWraith
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May 19, 2010, 07:52:42 PM |
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Can I just butt in with a question on why that is? To me it seems that if Bitcoin uses public-key cryptography to transfer ownership of the coins, it should be a trivial matter to include a short message that is only readable by the recipient.
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teppy
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May 19, 2010, 10:33:33 PM |
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Hmm - is there any text field associated with an address based transaction? It does make accepting Bitcoins a bit more cumbersome. Would including such a text field as part of the protocol compromise anonymity somehow?
Hypothetically, a short text message could be encoded into transactions by charging, say, 2000-2000.999999 Bitcoins and encoding the text portion in the fractional part of the amount.
Or does that solve a problem that doesn't exist?
Is there already a protocol in place to say "make me a new address to send BTC to" ?
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Dragon's Tale is the longest running Bitcoin enterprise in the world.
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laszlo
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May 20, 2010, 02:41:51 AM |
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You can create new addresses all you want.. the way most people are doing this is they generate a new address for the user and display it to them. When payment is received to that address it credits the user. You can just generate a new address for each transaction, like a transaction ID essentially. Link2VOIP automated it all and some others have as well, simply by using the built in JSON-RPC functionality.
Satoshi would have to address the other questions about including messages..
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satoshi
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May 20, 2010, 09:43:42 PM |
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Can I just butt in with a question on why that is? To me it seems that if Bitcoin uses public-key cryptography to transfer ownership of the coins, it should be a trivial matter to include a short message that is only readable by the recipient.
Almost but not quite. Bitcoin uses EC-DSA, which can only do digital signing, not encryption. RSA can do both, but I didn't use it because it's an order of magnitude bigger and would have been impractical.
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May 21, 2010, 09:05:55 PM Last edit: May 26, 2010, 03:43:40 AM by BitcoinFX |
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Good News. After much delay my BitcoinFX Exchange is now funded with $50 LR. I have also set-up a Micro Forex Trading account, which is funded with Liberty Reserve, I will be adding 50% of any monthly profits to the LR exchange balance as I go along. So, I should always have some available USD LR. Please add that I now buy and sell Bitcoins for Liberty Reserve on the Trade page. Thank you. P.S. We are all getting there Bit by Bit
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laszlo
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May 22, 2010, 02:51:29 PM |
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BitcoinFX, I requested an exchange, however the 'Your Bitcoin address' field would not accept a bitcoin address - it would only let me continue if I put an email address in there.
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May 26, 2010, 01:14:04 AM Last edit: May 26, 2010, 04:01:50 AM by BitcoinFX |
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laszlo, OK thanks I will check the web form now and send you a PM. Update: I have the details of your exchange request and will email you to complete the exchange. Please see this forum topic http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=155.0 which explains the delay.
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wobber
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June 13, 2010, 09:15:02 AM |
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I started this little project, no serious thing, I don't even have an automated payment method (lack of knowledge). The thing is, you pay a fee and receive a digital certificate that is cryptographically signed. The certificate contains data such as e-mail or website (this could be nice to build a web of trust among bitcoin service providers). If people want to be anonymous the can have registered only their bitcoin address and the certificarte will act more like a souvenir (for whoever wan't to have the first certificate) I know it's not the brightest idea but please don't be harsh, It's my first website project and I don't want to close it (yet). http://bitcoincertify.webhop.biz
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lachesis
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June 13, 2010, 03:56:20 PM |
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Are you verifying their information before you issue the certificate? Or are you just signing anything that somebody gives you 100BC for?
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June 13, 2010, 04:23:07 PM |
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Are you verifying their information before you issue the certificate? Or are you just signing anything that somebody gives you 100BC for?
Of course, I do my best to verify the service/info.
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The Madhatter
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June 26, 2010, 10:56:05 PM |
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A 'Bitcoin notary public'. I like it!
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The Madhatter
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June 28, 2010, 11:16:30 PM |
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NEW! (insert blinking here) The Madhatter's Bitcoin4Cash Service http://tinyurl.com/bitcoin4cashSelling Bitcoins for cash via the mail (aka "post"). Why do this? Because I'm in a jurisdiction where I can. Cheers!
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lachesis
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June 29, 2010, 12:42:55 AM |
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NEW! (insert blinking here) The Madhatter's Bitcoin4Cash Service http://tinyurl.com/bitcoin4cashSelling Bitcoins for cash via the mail (aka "post"). Why do this? Because I'm in a jurisdiction where I can. Cheers! MadHatter, will you do the opposite and send cash in the mail in exchange for Bitcoins?
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The Madhatter
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June 29, 2010, 03:23:26 PM |
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Yes. I'm attempting to "level out" my reserves first. I'd like to see 1/2 of those 50,000 coins go out the door before I start buying Bitcoins. I'd likely charge a small fee (to cover postage).
I have a couple of pending orders already, so I don't expect it to take long.
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