The transactions have to be decoded anyway, so pushing them through a bunzip2 should not be that dramatic.

In exchange, you could reduce fees to about a third and increase transactions per block 3 times (more or less, one would have to test with a significant number of transactions to get the average compression rate).

With fees going through the roof and tx/s being rather low, I don't see why increasing the tx rate would be bad.

I've been playing around some with raw transactions; one of them had a size of 4401 bytes when signed. So for a test, I compressed it with bzip2, and the resulting (hex) was only 1680 bytes

That's almost a third of space that's saved, so the fee would go down noticeable too, and more transactions would fit into a block.

I know keys can be compressed, but what about a transaction itself?

Something I've always wondered about:

Ripple requires an activation fee of 20XRP (or 50XRP, depending who you ask it seems).

If you want to transfer all XRP to another account (in other words, empty your old one completely), will it be possible to transfer those too? I'm not talking about the activation fee that you're given by some online wallet services, but your own Ripples.

Assuming one has all relevant account data (like username, password, address and secret key), is it possible to create a transaction that changes the balance of that account to 0, ie inactivates it?

If not, that's kinda stupid because in the long run there will be only accounts with 20XRP sitting in it and nobody can send any coins anymore.

Well yes, I don't doubt that, but like I said, I keep wallets on an airgapped computer.
I'm looking for eg a simple form where I can copy&paste the signed confirmation message.
Because it's not really complex: post address, get address, sign message, post it.

I've read quite a bit about Byteball, but some things I cannot answer:

For the next distribution you need to link your Bitcoin address against your Byteball address, eg by signing a message.
I always keep my wallets on an airgapped system to be safe. I can generate new Byteball addresses, and I can sign messages with Bitcoin.
But how can I access the transition bot eg via browser? The link starts with "byteball:" and Firefox does not know how to handle that.

Is it impossible to export the private keys for your addresses? I always keep them on paper for backup and would like to do the same with Byteball.

When I use different addresses, can others somehow tell those are mine? As in, does the wallet have eg an ID that's in every transaction?

Anybody knows of something like vanitygen to create custom Byteball addresses?

Thanks!

Another one is available

sold

I have a gift card code for sale. On the back it says:
"Dieser Rabatt gilt einmalig pro Neukunde ab einem Mindestbestellwert von 150 Euro und ist nicht mit weiteren Aktionen kombinierbar"

I'm offering it for half the value (€10) in BTC.

- no rounds limit
- no stake limit
- no audio alert
- 3s delay
- relying on jquery

I'm sure a JS expert can optimize my code, but at least it doesn't keep on going without checking what's going on.
And you didn't take into account that freebitco.in throttles you if you play long enough, so your 3s delay will haunt you.

Hmm, maybe you're right.I'll think about it (also sending a pm).

Part of the martingale strategy is the fact that you need the funds to survive a couple of consecutive losses.
With about 450 Satoshi per payout, it takes a few days to collect enough, especially if you want to play with a minimum stake of 10 instead of 1 for example. I'm currently trying to build up a budget there.
That's why I thought I'd offer it for those interested. In my test runs it worked, although it turns out I need to be able to survive more tan 16 losses in a row
You cannot earn a fortune on freebitco.in, but it's entertaining to play around. Worst case you lose a dollar or two only.

Why should it not be working?

I have written an automatic martingale player. It just needs to be copy & pasted into the webconsole of Firefox and keeps on playing until it either reaches a certain amount of rounds, or a stake limit (with audio alert).

If anybody is interested, pm me an offer and I'll clean up the code (it's not obfuscated so you can easily work on it).

It's for scientific/educational purposes and losses may occur. Sold as is.

EDIT:
I posted the script later in this thread. If you like it, please tip me

Thanks.

I think I better stay away from MtGox then.

Any other suggestions for a reliable BTC/USD exchange which does not require verification?
As said, just for selling/buying USD without ever withdrawing anything but BTC.

If you newer withdraw or deposit anything but BTC at MtGox, will you still have to go through the verification?

I'm just looking for a place where I can exchange a few coins back and forth to US dollars or some other fiat to try my luck at profiting from fluctuations.

Is there any official statement on this?

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Those who invested directly with him can decide whatever they want; they lost only their own coins and have to deal with that.
But those who ran a PPT should do everything in their power to get something done because they are responsible for the money of their investors. In cases like this you see who is a responsible person and who should be labeled as a co-scammer (for profiting from money lend to them). Of course it's easy to understand why no PPT will do anything: because the lost money does not belong to them. They should get a "Scam Supporter" tag because by doing nothing for their clients they support Pirate.
I'm just glad that I never got involved in all this.

Ran into another problem with a task. This time it's a 15 point offer for searching some casino on Google. The task asked if I found it on the first 5 result pages, which I did not. So I selected no and hit submit, but the task insisted I have to provide their phone number and visit the page. So I googled more to find the casino (tigercasino) and visited it. After adding their phone number the task still complains. I even went so far as to install their casino software in a virtual machine; still the task won't accept my submission.

To me it seems as if the higher paying tasks try their best to get a job done without paying for it simply by complaining about non-existent problems. I guess the task provider simply hopes that users won't go into a lengthy email discussion just to get a few cents, especially when the user has to deliver proof of his work.

If more such questionable tasks appear, users will quit working because of such hassles with the task provider.

Btw, is the "Contributor Id" listed in the help menu unique to a worker? So in case crowdflower acknowledges a complain and pays points to this id, will I receive the bitcoins for it?

I did some 13 point relevancy tests and the system complained about a few of my choices, even though they were perfectly correct. Like, when searching for a cell phone a result was a plastic case. I categorized it as an accessory but the system told me that's wrong and that the cover is a perfect match (meaning it is the cell phone). In the end this caused my rating to drop below the minimum and barred me from doing more of these tasks although I always gave a short explanation every time.

Does anybody read those comments at all, or am I permanently blocked from this task now?

Also the system pays out too fast. I keep receiving tiny transfers but would prefer less, yet bigger ones instead. Or the payment trigger button that was suggested in the other thread.

Some tasks have a ridiculous low payment ("Categorize Twitter Users"). You're expected to do all sorts of searches to categorize each user and get only 1 point for 2 users.

Bump

I'm offering an AdWords code worth 75€ for only 1BTC, meaning you'll get 75€ for a Bitcoin.

Reason I cannot use it is that it's only valid for AdWords accounts not older than 14 days.

Feel free to PM me

Edit: Lowered the price from 5 to 1 BTC