Quote from: DannyHamilton on August 06, 2015, 11:58:33 AM

Quote from: hagie on August 06, 2015, 11:49:34 AM

Quote from: DaddyMonsi on August 06, 2015, 11:39:49 AM

"Public Note: SPECIAL OFFER ! SEND NOW 0.02 TO THIS WALLET AND GET 0.04 INSTANT ! OR SIMPLY CHOSE ANOTHER MUTIPLIER AT BTC-multiplier.ch (LIMITED OFFER)"

nice way to advertise their ponzi scheme. clever!

shouldn't blockchain.info be some kind of neutral not support ponzis ?

I mean for beginners this looks like some kind of "source" of bitcoin - (information) and could be missleading.

How can a website advertise above a transaction ?

Regards

Blockchain.info is not the owner of the bitcoin protocol. There is nothing "official" about them. They are just a business that happens to provide a website that allows people to see the contents of the blockchain. They don't need to be neutral if they don't want to be. There are many other business that provide views of the blockchain if you prefer not to use blockchain.info.

blockchain.info also provides a wallet service. If you use their wallet service, then they allow you to attach a message to any transaction that you send from their wallet. That message is NOT sent with the transaction onto the bitcoin network and is NOT stored in the bitcoin blockchain. Instead, blockchain.info simply stores the message in their own database and when people use the website blockchain.info is then able to show the message along with the transaction. They do not filter or review the messages. The transaction sender can write any message they want.

I think he meant exactly this. Blockchain.info is allowing that spam while they could easily fight it. I mean these messages only show up on their site and yes, it is like they support it. They don't even have filters or so to automatically delete this.

So yes, a newbie with a blockchain.info wallet, could see it as if it is bitcoin itself that is full of spam.

Though i think complaining about blockchain.info doesn't bring much good anyway.