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March 18, 2014, 02:41:46 AM |
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Hey everybody, I'm fairly new to BTC though I've been following it for a while. Earlier I was going to check the balance of my main wallet, and noticed blockchain.info was down for maintenance. That was a couple hours ago and it still is, but I was just wondering if that is a common occurrence, and if so how long on average it is. I guess this would be a good time to get the fractions of a coin I have backed up on a paper wallet?
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March 18, 2014, 02:44:45 AM |
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Well in the meantime you could try the other websites that offer similar functionality.
blockr.io and blockexplorer.com to name a few.
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March 18, 2014, 02:45:30 AM |
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Hey everybody, I'm fairly new to BTC though I've been following it for a while. Earlier I was going to check the balance of my main wallet, and noticed blockchain.info was down for maintenance. That was a couple hours ago and it still is, but I was just wondering if that is a common occurrence, and if so how long on average it is. I guess this would be a good time to get the fractions of a coin I have backed up on a paper wallet?
I believe you can import your aes.wallet.json file into Armory. |
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March 18, 2014, 02:46:22 AM |
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March 18, 2014, 02:54:30 AM |
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Hey everybody, I'm fairly new to BTC though I've been following it for a while. Earlier I was going to check the balance of my main wallet, and noticed blockchain.info was down for maintenance. That was a couple hours ago and it still is, but I was just wondering if that is a common occurrence, and if so how long on average it is. I guess this would be a good time to get the fractions of a coin I have backed up on a paper wallet?
rule 1. dont rely on a single third party, be decentralized. use them all... |
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Please do your own research & respect what is written here as both opinion & information gleaned from experience. many people replying with insults but no on-topic content substance, automatically are 'facepalmed' and yawned at
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March 18, 2014, 02:55:19 AM |
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Hey everybody, I'm fairly new to BTC though I've been following it for a while. Earlier I was going to check the balance of my main wallet, and noticed blockchain.info was down for maintenance. That was a couple hours ago and it still is, but I was just wondering if that is a common occurrence, and if so how long on average it is. I guess this would be a good time to get the fractions of a coin I have backed up on a paper wallet?
rule 1. dont rely on a single third party, be decentralized. use them all... Or learn how to store coins securely yourself, without having to rely on a third party site that can experience downtime |
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March 18, 2014, 02:56:07 AM |
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Hey everybody, I'm fairly new to BTC though I've been following it for a while. Earlier I was going to check the balance of my main wallet, and noticed blockchain.info was down for maintenance. That was a couple hours ago and it still is, but I was just wondering if that is a common occurrence, and if so how long on average it is. I guess this would be a good time to get the fractions of a coin I have backed up on a paper wallet?
To answer another of your questions: No, blockchain.info is rarely down for maintenance. Today's outage is definitely a fluke. Full disclosure: I am working for Blockchain  But I have been using the service for the past few years, before I was part of the team. The site was almost never down. |
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March 18, 2014, 02:57:00 AM |
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Hey everybody, I'm fairly new to BTC though I've been following it for a while. Earlier I was going to check the balance of my main wallet, and noticed blockchain.info was down for maintenance. That was a couple hours ago and it still is, but I was just wondering if that is a common occurrence, and if so how long on average it is. I guess this would be a good time to get the fractions of a coin I have backed up on a paper wallet?
rule 1. dont rely on a single third party, be decentralized. use them all... What does that accomplish? Blockchain is the easiest and most complete. Unless there starts being some kind of "funny business" at blockchain.info, why use anything else? |
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March 18, 2014, 02:58:11 AM |
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Hey everybody, I'm fairly new to BTC though I've been following it for a while. Earlier I was going to check the balance of my main wallet, and noticed blockchain.info was down for maintenance. That was a couple hours ago and it still is, but I was just wondering if that is a common occurrence, and if so how long on average it is. I guess this would be a good time to get the fractions of a coin I have backed up on a paper wallet?
rule 1. dont rely on a single third party, be decentralized. use them all... What does that accomplish? Blockchain is the easiest and most complete. Unless there starts being some kind of "funny business" at blockchain.info, why use anything else? Because u can assure that you have complete control of your funds at all times. |
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March 18, 2014, 03:09:58 AM |
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hopefully blockchain.info will be up soon...have the elaborated on the problem, or just said that it is a database bug?
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snarlpill (OP)
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March 18, 2014, 03:21:50 AM |
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Thanks for the information guys.
rule 1. dont rely on a single third party, be decentralized. use them all...
That is good advice. I have 3 different wallets in theory, though 2 of them are just different sites I used to deposit USD and buy BTC, and the main one I use for my assets is Blockchain.
What does that accomplish? Blockchain is the easiest and most complete. Unless there starts being some kind of "funny business" at blockchain.info, why use anything else?
That's more or less how I felt about the situation. To my fairly n00b self, blockchain.info has always seemed legit, and seems to be an integral part of the BTC community. Plus it is a one-stop shop for me where I can check blocks for transactions, see charts, etc. |
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March 18, 2014, 04:48:39 AM |
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Well in the meantime you could try the other websites that offer similar functionality.
blockr.io and blockexplorer.com to name a few.
Biteasy.com as well  |
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Beliathon
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March 18, 2014, 05:15:00 AM |
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Just going to plug coinbase.com now, because it's a great company.
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March 18, 2014, 05:58:29 AM |
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red alert on blockchain.info with chief scammer in charge
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March 18, 2014, 06:04:33 AM |
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epic they have a bitcoin foundation member on their twitter page LoL
that's professionalism down to a tee
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March 18, 2014, 06:32:12 AM |
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Still no eta on when functionality will be restored?
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March 18, 2014, 06:37:12 AM |
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epic they have a bitcoin foundation member on their twitter page LoL
that's professionalism down to a tee
Do you mean Andreas Antonopoulos, the Chief Security Officer at blockchain.info? |
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March 18, 2014, 05:30:42 PM |
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Well in the meantime you could try the other websites that offer similar functionality.
blockr.io and blockexplorer.com to name a few.
Biteasy.com as well Have not used biteasy yet. Looks promising though. Does it have a pushtx API yet? |
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March 19, 2014, 01:12:58 AM |
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Well in the meantime you could try the other websites that offer similar functionality.
blockr.io and blockexplorer.com to name a few.
Biteasy.com as well Have not used biteasy yet. Looks promising though. Does it have a pushtx API yet? No it does not at the moment but we are planning to add it soon. |
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March 19, 2014, 04:30:55 AM |
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That's more or less how I felt about the situation. To my fairly n00b self, blockchain.info has always seemed legit, and seems to be an integral part of the BTC community. Plus it is a one-stop shop for me where I can check blocks for transactions, see charts, etc.
Mtgox was once and Integral part of the BTC community. Think about that and be afraid. Major scam after major scam has come from Integral parts of the BTC community. |
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