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[World]

This would make most sense for you as this would be an incentive to open an account on blockchain.info. Up/Down-voting could be done by "donation" addresses which again would be good for you.
As long as you show the amount of donations as justification to rate something high, you should not be blamed for misrepresenting stuff and upon clear abuse you could close accounts or users and mark the tag as coming from a closed account. Showing tags from closed accounts last, only optionally or not at all would also be very clear to the user.r liability.

For now a tag submission page is available at http://blockchain.info/tags. Also for a bit of geeky fun I indexed the addresses contained in signatures from bitcointalk.org example: http://blockchain.info/address/1H4sGgNSRvRuiUsbucsQBNFWhZcLnL2KW1

It doesn't include up or down voting as the tags in this context probably serve a slightly different purpose than your original idea giszmo. Which was to allow people to tag addresses as belonging to scammers, add comments etc? While I could see this being useful in some situations it has the danger of morphing into a blacklist which in my opinion is a bad idea all round.

This service should used every WordPress bloggers for micropayments ,donation & Crowdfund blogging.

[giszmo]

For now a tag submission page is available at http://blockchain.info/tags. Also for a bit of geeky fun I indexed the addresses contained in signatures from bitcointalk.org example: http://blockchain.info/address/1H4sGgNSRvRuiUsbucsQBNFWhZcLnL2KW1

Hey, cool, I'm happy

It doesn't include up or down voting as the tags in this context probably serve a slightly different purpose than your original idea giszmo. Which was to allow people to tag addresses as belonging to scammers, add comments etc? While I could see this being useful in some situations it has the danger of morphing into a blacklist which in my opinion is a bad idea all round.

Well, if the blacklist doesn't come simply because nobody does it, I'm sure, somebody will do it some day.
Only if there is something some people might use as a black list, awareness rises and proposals to have clients launder by default will have a chance to get implemented for whatever reason.

[giszmo]

For now a tag submission page is available at http://blockchain.info/tags. Also for a bit of geeky fun I indexed the addresses contained in signatures from bitcointalk.org example: http://blockchain.info/address/1H4sGgNSRvRuiUsbucsQBNFWhZcLnL2KW1

Hey, cool, I'm happy

… but would be happier if I would see tags in the taint analysis

[teste]

I would like to suggest a feature to create a donation list.

1- Add on wallet home tab a button: (Create a Donation List)
2- When the user click on the button, will open a window to add some informations like:
2.1- Option to add bitcoin addresses that you will donate.
2.2- Frequency of donation. Monthly, weekly, annually...
2.3- Percentage that each address of the list will receive. Or if all addresses will receive evenly.
2.4- Maximum of Btc or Btc Fiat price that all addresses on the list will receive on the frequency stated on 2.2.
3- Will be interesting index all users donation list in one public list and show many informations like: addresses that have more people donating, addresses that received more donations,....

What do you think?

[Stephen Gornick]

The API page mentions the "Unspent outpus" API method, but the implementation differs from the online documentation.

Unspent outputs   
http://blockchain.info/unspent/?address=$hash_160&address=$hash_160
Multiple Addresses Allowed

 - http://blockchain.info/api/blockchain_api

But it appears it is only responding properly when using $bitcoin_address not $hash_160,

Also, the example shows a trailing slash in the URL path.  There should be no trailing slash.  e.g.,   /unspent?address=   instead of  /unspent/?address=

[piuk]

… but would be happier if I would see tags in the taint analysis

You Can. Here is a real life use case:

The users "mralbi" has had 600 BTC stolen by a Trojan on his/her PC (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=126024.0). The address the funds were sent to is http://blockchain.info/address/1Q3KFL7Z1BTpUboDaU6Qj3t9xCXWpzNntS. On the Taint analysis you can see there are two addresses tagged: "nyana" and Mt.Gox" http://blockchain.info/taint/1Q3KFL7Z1BTpUboDaU6Qj3t9xCXWpzNntS. Theoretically the owners of these tags could be contacted and offered a bounty to provide any information they can on the address 1Q3KFL7Z1BTpUboDaU6Qj3t9xCXWpzNntS. Perhaps they have sent a transaction to that address before. This is just the beginnings of what might be possible in future but does stress the importance of keeping addresses isolated from one another if anonymity is desired.

I would like to suggest a feature to create a donation list.

1- Add on wallet home tab a button: (Create a Donation List)
2- When the user click on the button, will open a window to add some informations like:
2.1- Option to add bitcoin addresses that you will donate.
2.2- Frequency of donation. Monthly, weekly, annually...
2.3- Percentage that each address of the list will receive. Or if all addresses will receive evenly.
2.4- Maximum of Btc or Btc Fiat price that all addresses on the list will receive on the frequency stated on 2.2.
3- Will be interesting index all users donation list in one public list and show many informations like: addresses that have more people donating, addresses that received more donations,....

What do you think?

If I understand correctly, recurring payments for donations? Recurring payments are problematic because we cannot send transactions on the users behalf. However it would certainly be possible to show a reminder when the user next logs in. I have added it to the ideas list, thanks.

The API page mentions the "Unspent outpus" API method, but the implementation differs from the online documentation.

Thanks, I've updated the documentation now.

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[teste]

Yes, what I meant is recurring payments for donations. I think show a reminder is okay.

[teste]

Piuk,

I still reproduce this problem: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=40264.msg1308240#msg1308240

Did you look it?

[teste]

I logged on wallet today and see something strange:

I clicked on btc balance to switch to USD currency. The popup window with information: This show the balance....  (is very big) and I only can hide the popup if I click again on the balance. I think the popup should hide if I click in any place of the page.

I'm on a Blackberry Tablet.

[giszmo]

… but would be happier if I would see tags in the taint analysis

You Can. Here is a real life use case:

The users "mralbi" has had 600 BTC stolen by a Trojan on his/her PC (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=126024.0). The address the funds were sent to is http://blockchain.info/address/1Q3KFL7Z1BTpUboDaU6Qj3t9xCXWpzNntS. On the Taint analysis you can see there are two addresses tagged: "nyana" and Mt.Gox" http://blockchain.info/taint/1Q3KFL7Z1BTpUboDaU6Qj3t9xCXWpzNntS. Theoretically the owners of these tags could be contacted and offered a bounty to provide any information they can on the address 1Q3KFL7Z1BTpUboDaU6Qj3t9xCXWpzNntS. Perhaps they have sent a transaction to that address before. This is just the beginnings of what might be possible in future but does stress the importance of keeping addresses isolated from one another if anonymity is desired.

Oh, well hidden. Now I see it. Searching for "(" helps finding them. Can I haz filter for tagged addresses? Pleeez

[giszmo]

http://blockchain.info/address/17By91NmAZ6sYnfZHnkyDgM76V7eztytDq

You might want to change the layout for the tag thingy though. Now this looks like porn advertisement (which it is but you are not earning from showing it which it looks like).

[piuk]

Currently aware of an issue affecting one server. Rebooting now.

Edit: Resolved

[Stephen Gornick]

Currently aware of an issue affecting one server. Rebooting now.

Edit: Resolved

Problems yet?

My wallet isn't showing any funds or any transactions.  It looks like a new, empty wallet.

Oh, still shows "disconnected".

[Update: Ok, that was user error.

The wallet shows 0 balance because I had "archived" the couple of addresses that still had funds in them.

Feature request: Would it be possible for me to remove the filter in My Transactions which only shows transactions for addresses that I haven't archived?  The pull-down says "All" but that apparently means "All that aren't archived".]

[piuk]

Piuk,

I still reproduce this problem: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=40264.msg1308240#msg1308240

Did you look it?

I can't reproduce this. The popup summary is shown in a frame so you may have to wait for it to load the new transaction.

You might want to change the layout for the tag thingy though. Now this looks like porn advertisement (which it is but you are not earning from showing it which it looks like).

Maybe a disclaimer is needed, I don't mind it being liberal what text is shown though.

Feature request: Would it be possible for me to remove the filter in My Transactions which only shows transactions for addresses that I haven't archived?  The pull-down says "All" but that apparently means "All that aren't archived".

Sure, this can be added. The select box would probably be better as Active (Default), All, Sent, Received Escrow.

* SD winnings statistics should now be accurate (Reload the page, clear cache is necessary).

[picobit]

You might want to change the layout for the tag thingy though. Now this looks like porn advertisement (which it is but you are not earning from showing it which it looks like).

Maybe a disclaimer is needed, I don't mind it being liberal what text is shown though.

Yes, it is not obvious at all that it is a tag associated with the address, it looks like it is just an ad being run by your site.  Perhaps you should add a label saying something like "owner-supplied address tag".  I am sure you can find a better wording

[giszmo]

You might want to change the layout for the tag thingy though. Now this looks like porn advertisement (which it is but you are not earning from showing it which it looks like).

Maybe a disclaimer is needed, I don't mind it being liberal what text is shown though.

Yes, it is not obvious at all that it is a tag associated with the address, it looks like it is just an ad being run by your site.  Perhaps you should add a label saying something like "owner-supplied address tag".  I am sure you can find a better wording

hmm … actually it is not owner-supplied neither. I could put the 1dice… address in my sockpuppet Hitler's signature and blockchain might associate this common address with Hitler. Although there might be some moderation to prevent this, the current tagging is far from what we discussed above. As far as I'm concerned, it's ok as is.

[skydust]

* SD winnings statistics should now be accurate (Reload the page, clear cache is necessary).

thank you

[piuk]

I'll revisit the idea of indexing tags after the android app is done (which is top priority now). There are other datasources which could be indexed, such as google results, other forums etc - but I agree, a better way is needed to display them.

* Incoming transaction should be nice and smooth now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IzTZc6MHB0 (Clear cache if necessary)
* Other bug fixes

[flatfly]

piuk, can you reveal the volume going through your anonymizer? More specifically, I'm wondering how many bitcoins can realistically come from the same source per day without those coins getting mixed with themselves.

Coins will never be mixed with themselves, they will just sit until clean funds are available. So If you start sending through enough funds that transactions are getting significantly delayed then you are hitting the limits. However the bonus can be activated to get everything moved through.

The (you received) value is exacly = (value at time of transaction). This happens even on old transactions. Sometimes if I click again to open the transaction summary, the value show correctly.

Thanks, i will look into it. Also thank you for the suggestions, I will revisit them soon.

I was wondering when you would be running into this issue since I first saw the explicit Rubics-white-center-with-text but how about fixing the white center and changing the hue of the whole thing? Or making two center pieces blue? With 2 center pieces of the same color it would obviously not be a Rubics cube

It's not bad, but it still has the amateurish look of the original logo. I've given everyones feedback to the designer, lets see if he can come up with something better.

Testing New Deposit Method

Instant bank transfers now available from Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

https://blockchain.info/wallet/deposit-bank-transfer

Bitinstant cash deposits have been removed temporarily. For updates see http://blog.bitinstant.com.

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Edit: First few orders processed. However EUR and PLN have been disabled for the moment while I wait for clarification from sofort on an issue.

What happened to this? I'd love to use that new method, but can't find the deposit button anymore.

[World]

I'll revisit the idea of indexing tags after the android app is done (which is top priority now). There are other datasources which could be indexed, such as google results, other forums etc - but I agree, a I agree, a better way is needed to display them.

+1
maybe in top of the main page Home>Charts>Stats>Developers>Wallet>Tags (or Startups Funding ,Startups List,CrowdFund Project,CrowdFund Blogs) etc...