[ANN] LocalBitcoins.com - a location-based bitcoin to cash marketplace

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[kangasbros]

Could you consider adding a redirect or somehow otherwise accommodating www. ?

 - http://www.localbitcoins.com

Thanks for the notice, fixed!

[HostFat]

I can't set my adv as seller.
I tried with:
- Chrome 21.0.1180.11
- Firefox 12.0

[mystery2048]

Cool...

[kangasbros]

I can't set my adv as seller.
I tried with:
- Chrome 21.0.1180.11
- Firefox 12.0

What kind of error are you getting? Or is the site saying nothing at all?

[HostFat]

I'm not getting any error.
It simply put me always on "buyers"

[kangasbros]

I'm not getting any error.
It simply put me always on "buyers"

Should be fixed now.

[HostFat]

Should be fixed now.

yes!

[Stephen Gornick]

Looking forward to the LocalBitcoins mobile app.

A few months ago was a StartupBus competition, and one of the contestants was Open Wallet app:



Here's their proof of concept video:

 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoRlyPZ3zJ0

I have no idea what they were going to use to settle payment to the party acting as "ATM".  I wouldn't doubt they had no good solution ... and left it as "and magic happens here", after figuring out that PayPal wouldn't work for this.

If that was the hurdle these entrepreneurs couldn't solve, then had they considered using bitcoin as the settlement currency they might have been able to get funding, develop it and launch.

Well, ... will LocalBitcoins take it further?

[giszmo]

Looking forward to the LocalBitcoins mobile app.

A few months ago was a StartupBus competition, and one of the contestants was Open Wallet app:



Here's their proof of concept video:

 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoRlyPZ3zJ0

I have no idea what they were going to use to settle payment to the party acting as "ATM".  I wouldn't doubt they had no good solution ... and left it as "and magic happens here", after figuring out that PayPal wouldn't work for this.

If that was the hurdle these entrepreneurs couldn't solve, then had they considered using bitcoin as the settlement currency they might have been able to get funding, develop it and launch.

Well, ... will LocalBitcoins take it further?

Yes, an app would be great
(I would do it open source for 100BTC and actively maintain it under my Android dev. account but I can't do the iPhone part.)

[kangasbros]

Well, ... will LocalBitcoins take it further?

We have some similar features planned, stay tuned

[HostFat]

Can you open a translation project here https://www.transifex.com or here http://crowdin.net ?

[kangasbros]

Can you open a translation project here https://www.transifex.com or here http://crowdin.net ?

Those services are cool, but seem to be way off too expensive for me currently. I have setup a local installation: http://kangasbros.fi:8080/

However soon I hope we will update localbitcoins.com, and can start translating it more seriously, Currently it doesn't make much sense to translate the site, since many of the texts will change.

[Stephen Gornick]

Well, ... will LocalBitcoins take it further?

We have some similar features planned, stay tuned

Looking forward to it.

Incidentally, the Olympics in London would have been a great opportunity for trials:

"Olympic Tourists To Compete In Epic Line-Standing Competitions At London’s ATMs"
 - http://consumerist.com/2012/07/olympic-tourists-to-compete-in-epic-line-standing-competitions-at-londons-atms.html

There are, unfortunately, no sellers listed on LocalBitcoins.com in London.  A buyer or two, but no sellers.

[HostFat]

Can you make add a different nickname that will be show on seller/buyer advertisement?
I want a different nickname from the one that I use to login.

[kangasbros]

Can you make add a different nickname that will be show on seller/buyer advertisement?
I want a different nickname from the one that I use to login.

Hmm, do you mean that you would need like a separate "business name", or would it be sufficient for you if you could login with email? Or are you worried about security?

[HostFat]

Ok, I just saw that I can use again my email
I created another account with another username.

[HostFat]

From Chrome:
[blocked] The page at https://localbitcoins.com/ad/178/buy-bitcoins-with-cash-4000-slovenia ran insecure content from http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyByZ1rMSWHdVnCiTg7qeXvhSibMeNLMJ-o&sensor=false&callback=initialize.

Can you use ?
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyByZ1rMSWHdVnCiTg7qeXvhSibMeNLMJ-o&sensor=false&callback=initialize.
Instead of:
http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyByZ1rMSWHdVnCiTg7qeXvhSibMeNLMJ-o&sensor=false&callback=initialize.

[kangasbros]

From Chrome:
[blocked] The page at https://localbitcoins.com/ad/178/buy-bitcoins-with-cash-4000-slovenia ran insecure content from http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyByZ1rMSWHdVnCiTg7qeXvhSibMeNLMJ-o&sensor=false&callback=initialize.

Can you use ?
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyByZ1rMSWHdVnCiTg7qeXvhSibMeNLMJ-o&sensor=false&callback=initialize.
Instead of:
http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyByZ1rMSWHdVnCiTg7qeXvhSibMeNLMJ-o&sensor=false&callback=initialize.

We are on it, thanks for notifying, for some reason we missed it

Now it is also possible to release escrow using SMS message. This makes it possible to do bitcoin cash transactions without internet connection - less hassle.

For the seller, the process is following

1. Offer
2. Fund the escrow, get SMS code & number, write them down to your phone
3. Meet & receive the escrow
4. Send the release SMS message
5. Both receive confirmation SMS (if they have provided phone numbers)
6. Everybody is happy, bitcoins transfered to buyer

For the buyer:

1. Offer
2. Take down or memorize secret escrow code
3. Meet & give cash
4. Receive SMS message from localbitcoins with the secret escrow code
5. Happy, bitcoins transfered

So there is 2 codes, one with you can release the SMS, and other by receiving it from localbitcoins you are sure that the escrow is released.

Any feedback very welcome

[kangasbros]

8 btc for artistically inclined person available: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=94921.0