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Re: I'm selling through PayPal!
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JeremyTrice
on 06/09/2011, 13:31:25 UTC
I think I missed something here.  Currently 1 Unit costs $10. Is one unit equal to 1 BTC.  If so you're more than $3 more expensive than the current market.  Just curious if I got that right.
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How is your time counted
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JeremyTrice
on 06/09/2011, 00:53:18 UTC
My time logged in seems to be frozen at 46 minutes.  Just wondering if it only updates if you're posting or what.
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Re: Complete SolidCoin/Bitcoin Lottery system for sale
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JeremyTrice
on 05/09/2011, 23:47:49 UTC
Yeah 200 BTC seems a bit steep.  If it works and is automated, how much time do you need to invest in it?

If you can't find a buyer, I might consider running it for you and splitting the profits.  You'd probably make out better in the long run.
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Re: BTC Price Stability
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JeremyTrice
on 05/09/2011, 23:41:07 UTC
All the creative math a side, what bitcoin really needs is an options market.  It would provide a buffer for the major price fluctations and allow merchants to hedge against the volatility in the market.  This would get more merchants in the game and move the use of the currency away from speculation and into transactional use.

Anyway, just a theory.
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Re: I'm selling BTC through PayPal!
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JeremyTrice
on 05/09/2011, 23:32:13 UTC
Oh yeah, I also wanted to mention that scammers could easily point to this thread and show that you did promise to sell them bitcoins and didn't deliver.  Just something to think about
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Re: I'm selling BTC through PayPal!
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JeremyTrice
on 05/09/2011, 23:30:31 UTC
I hate to be a wet blanket, but you do know that selling BTC through PayPal violates their acceptable use policy https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=ua/AcceptableUse_full. See Sec. 3(f) prohibiting currency exchanges. Although not everyone feels that BTC meets the definition of currency, PayPal feels that it's close enough to violate their policy.

That's a rational remark, but consider the following:

1) Bitcoin is not a currency (or at least it's matter of dispute).

2)I am not selling Bitcoins, I am selling a position in a Hall of Fame. The fact that belonging to this Hall of Fame implies that Bitcoins had been sent does not make that I am selling Bitcoins. This is not a retoric recourse to bypass Paypal's policies. On the contrary, it clearly states the service I am offering and what the client is paying for. Since the block chain and all the Bitcoin's formalities cannot serve as evidence for Paypal, I have to give a similar service, both easy to explain to newcomers and equally secure for experienced clients.

3) Someone could cite that Coinpal used to sell Bitcoins and now its account is frozen (or even closed). But my service is not the same. Consider the following example:
Instead of belonging to a "Hall of Fame" imagine that I'm selling "pixels" in a "Hall of Fame" (people pay for some pixels in a "privileged" space). Does it sound familiar? It was the Million Dollar Homepage, which Paypal used to accept.

With that I mean that what will happen is not clear, but I have ways to get scammers away and to prove that my service complies with Paypal terms of service. Anyway, the worst that can happen to you as clients is to receive an error message like "This merchant's account is no longer available", so take advantage while it is online, I'll handle the rest  Smiley

Yeah I actually considered doing something similar to this.  The thing is you're kind of in a lose/lose situation.  If paypal doesn't accept your premise, your account is frozen.  If they do accept your premise than you've just created a model for anyone to duplicate.  That being said.  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.  Good Luck
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Re: Newbie restrictions
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JeremyTrice
on 05/09/2011, 23:23:01 UTC
Well, since this is the place to post those abhorrent, "golly, I'm new and I have to post enough rubbish to actually be able to sit down with the big kids and talk for real" posts, here is my first. And like so many others utterly devoid of worthwhile content. Of course, in about 3.71 hours I will be full of great content, but until then, ticket punched, number one.

Yeah the post requirement seems kind of ridiculous, but imagine a maybe a coding issue.  If it is really to stop spam they should have a maximum 1 post per hour limit for the first 20 days or something.

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