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Re: Who is playing the stonewalling game? Or is it something else..
Have a look at the bitcoin users map:
http://i.imgur.com/WfNa4.png
It might be that we nearly exhausted the supply of early adopters in Europe and USA. Now we either have to establish a real market so the early majority can join in to buy goods for Bitcoins, or we can hope that the Asian press (mainly in Japan, China, India) notices Bitcoin thus drawing their early adopters in.
http://i.imgur.com/WfNa4.png
It might be that we nearly exhausted the supply of early adopters in Europe and USA. Now we either have to establish a real market so the early majority can join in to buy goods for Bitcoins, or we can hope that the Asian press (mainly in Japan, China, India) notices Bitcoin thus drawing their early adopters in.
Warum nehmt ihr nicht einfach diesen Spot und synchronisiert ihn?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um63OQz3bjo
Anscheinend gibt es für "normale" Konten ein Limit, wie viel Geld darüber laufen darf. Leider hat Mtgox das SEPA-Konto wohl noch nicht auf ein Geschäftskonto umgestellt, deswegen stauen sich die Überweisungen jetzt. Das Geld wird IRGENDWANN ankommen, wobei die Wartezeit immer länger wird, je mehr Leute Geld über den Macaraja-SAS-Account laufen lassen. Da MTGOX selbst wohl nur 2 Mitarbeiter hat und die gerade mit wichtigerem beschäftigt sind wird die SEPA-Überweisung wohl noch ne ganze Weile lang nicht richtig funktionieren (Also es funktioniert schon, dauert nur eben Wochen/Monate).
Es gibt allerdings auch genug andere Wege, an sein Geld zu kommen: Ihr könnt die Bitcoins ganz normal abheben, dann habt ihr diese Möglichkeiten:
- Spendet es an euren Lieblings-Youtube-Künstler
- Kauft Waren
- Setzt euch mit einem ausgedruckten Bitcoin-Logo ins nächste Starbucks und verkauft die Münzen gegen Bargeld
- Sucht euch eine andere Bitcoin-Börse, die ebenfalls SEPA bietet, zahlt eure Bitcoins ein und überweißt USD/EUR an euer Bankkonto
Es gibt allerdings auch genug andere Wege, an sein Geld zu kommen: Ihr könnt die Bitcoins ganz normal abheben, dann habt ihr diese Möglichkeiten:
- Spendet es an euren Lieblings-Youtube-Künstler
- Kauft Waren
- Setzt euch mit einem ausgedruckten Bitcoin-Logo ins nächste Starbucks und verkauft die Münzen gegen Bargeld
- Sucht euch eine andere Bitcoin-Börse, die ebenfalls SEPA bietet, zahlt eure Bitcoins ein und überweißt USD/EUR an euer Bankkonto
Since I don't live in the USA and won't have internet access or even a laptop with me when I visit Meze Grill, I came up with this plan to pay using bitcoins without any hassles:
You just need to bring a USB flashdrive that has two things on it:
- a wallet with a bit more money that you think you will spend there
- a .txt with the address of one of your private wallets
When you pay, you give him the flash drive, he takes out his payment and transfers the remaining bitcoins to your private wallet.
However, depending which OS he uses, plugging in other people's flash drives might come with the risk of infecting his computer, so maybe he won't accept this form of payments. For this case you could have a backup plan:
Put the small wallet and the .txt in an encrypted archive, upload it (e.g. in your public dropbox), create a shortened URL for the archive, write down the URL + password on a piece of paper and give it to him as payment.
You just need to bring a USB flashdrive that has two things on it:
- a wallet with a bit more money that you think you will spend there
- a .txt with the address of one of your private wallets
When you pay, you give him the flash drive, he takes out his payment and transfers the remaining bitcoins to your private wallet.
However, depending which OS he uses, plugging in other people's flash drives might come with the risk of infecting his computer, so maybe he won't accept this form of payments. For this case you could have a backup plan:
Put the small wallet and the .txt in an encrypted archive, upload it (e.g. in your public dropbox), create a shortened URL for the archive, write down the URL + password on a piece of paper and give it to him as payment.
Given the recent events I think we should postpone the shift. 
After some considerations I want to revise parts of my original idea. Your criticism convinced me that we should never change the meaning of BTC. I now agree that using SI prefixes when necessary seems to be the best choice. (m should be enough, using u was a bit too optimistic on my side).
Thank you for your criticism, it really improved my views on the issue!
After some considerations I want to revise parts of my original idea. Your criticism convinced me that we should never change the meaning of BTC. I now agree that using SI prefixes when necessary seems to be the best choice. (m should be enough, using u was a bit too optimistic on my side).
Thank you for your criticism, it really improved my views on the issue!
Re: The Bitcoin Establishment Plan: How to talk about Bitcoins properly
Maybe you'll end up having your block chain on your personal server / NAS and all your devices just connect to that to verify their transactions. For people who don't have their own servers, there will be public ones from trusted authorities like the CCC or the several PirateParties.
Is it even allowed to charge for open source software in Ubuntu's Software Center? All the pay-for-it apps I found there were closed source.
Now that you mentioned it, it would be excellent if you could use Bitcoins to pay in Ubuntu's Software Center. I'm currently considering buying Braid, but I haven't found the time to figure out Ubuntu's payment methods. Also, I want to buy on the Android market using Bitcoins and I want a pony!
Now that you mentioned it, it would be excellent if you could use Bitcoins to pay in Ubuntu's Software Center. I'm currently considering buying Braid, but I haven't found the time to figure out Ubuntu's payment methods. Also, I want to buy on the Android market using Bitcoins and I want a pony!
Mac OS X is based on BSD... so which should we pick?
Yes, and BSD and Solaris are both Unix so pick (other) since I did not list Unix.
Seriously, what's the point in playing stupid? It should be obvious which choice is for you if you use a Mac, but even if it isn't: My first post says "if you don't know, don't answer the poll".
Why is the bitcoin client not featured in Ubuntu's Software Center? (That's Ubuntu's Linux repository for free open source software and App Store for proprietary software that you have to pay for).
Linux users are not used to hunting down an app on the web and risking installing something bad, getting it from the trusted software center would be much better. Given that Bitcoin is open source it should be possible to publish it there for free.
Linux users are not used to hunting down an app on the web and risking installing something bad, getting it from the trusted software center would be much better. Given that Bitcoin is open source it should be possible to publish it there for free.
Huh, looks like the large market share makes Ubuntu a big target. I guess I'll do my Bitcoin transactions in BSD from now on: same security as Linux, but less attractive to thieves since nearly nobody uses it...
Bitcoin is not just for Linux users
Think about whether you fancy yourself as part of the "technological ruling elite". Bitcoin has nothing to do with any OS. All people should be able to freely use and enjoy this technological advancement. Different OS's represent different user groups, and those groups may differ from you in many ways. They probably differ in technical expertise from yourself. The solution isn't to make them just like you....
I disagree. Bitcoin is in its early stages and not idiot proof at all. Currently, we only have the core functionality: sending coins from your computer to somebody else. All the convenience functions like security are missing and whoever wants to use Bitcoins right now needs to understand that it's her own responsibility to keep them safe.Think about whether you fancy yourself as part of the "technological ruling elite". Bitcoin has nothing to do with any OS. All people should be able to freely use and enjoy this technological advancement. Different OS's represent different user groups, and those groups may differ from you in many ways. They probably differ in technical expertise from yourself. The solution isn't to make them just like you....
You need to understand the average computer user here: To them, having an insecure Windows machine is no big deal: It doesn't matter that their email account got hacked and is sending spam because they used an insecure password, they just get a new email address with another insecure password. It doesn't matter that their computer becomes part of a botnet and gets a lot of malware thus running slower and slower: The average computer user will just say "Well, computers get slower over time, I just have to buy a new one or hand mine over to my neighborhood geek to fix it". Also, it doesn't matter if their HDD breaks. They don't have backups, but the files on their computer weren't important to them anyways and all their important holiday photos are on facebook anyways.
Now, the important thing here is that Bitcoin is different from all these other problems: Contrast it to email: The whole point of email is to allow you to communicate. If your account gets cracked and is used for spam, you can create another email address and continue with what it's about: communication.
The point of Bitcoin is to move money around. The really big difference is that getting hacked here actually destroys the whole point of Bitcoin since it's actually a loss to you: It's not like "Oh, my computer is slow, I'll just get it fixed", if your wallet gets stolen it's not possible to just create a new one: You actually lost that money and no friendly neighborhood geek can fix that for you.
What I'm trying to say is that AT THE MOMENT Bitcoin is not suitable for your average "I use Windows and I don't care that it's insecure" user. Because Bitcoin is in it's early stages, any serious business with it should only be done in a secure environment, namely a secure OS. If anything, for convenience you should only keep a very small amount of Bitcoins on your Windows machine, but not more than you can afford to lose.
I think that in the future, Bitcoin will become fool proof; the average user can just use an online wallet in combination with a RSA token, just like online banking works right now. But we aren't there yet and saying "Don't be elitist, every idiot should be using Bitcoins today!" does more harm than good.
By the way, using Linux is no big deal: even a chicken can install it if you place enough seeds on the ENTER key and you can just install it parallel to Windows: When you turn on your computer you'll get a little selection window where you can choose to either start Windows or Ubuntu. Also, during install, Ubuntu offers you to encrypt your Ubuntu partition, which is exactly what you want to keep your money safe. Use Windows for your pocket money and Ubuntu for your savings account.
Ich weiß jetzt nicht, ob das legal ist, aber man könnte es auch so machen:
1. Man versteigert einen CD-Rohling, zu dem es 10 BTC gratis dazu gibt.
2. Sobald der Käufer bezahlt hat überweist man ihm die Bitcoins.
3. Man lässt sich den Rohling vom Käufer schenken, so dass man ihn gar nicht verschicken muss und spart so die Portokosten.
Ob das so legal ist sollte man lieber erst mal seinen Anwalt fragen.
1. Man versteigert einen CD-Rohling, zu dem es 10 BTC gratis dazu gibt.
2. Sobald der Käufer bezahlt hat überweist man ihm die Bitcoins.
3. Man lässt sich den Rohling vom Käufer schenken, so dass man ihn gar nicht verschicken muss und spart so die Portokosten.
Ob das so legal ist sollte man lieber erst mal seinen Anwalt fragen.
Nach 25 Tagen endlich angekommen! Alles was ich tun musste war den Besitzer von MTGOX im IRC-Netzwerk ausfindig zu machen (fand ihn auf freenode) und direkt zur Rede zu stellen. Habe ihn auf meine Tickets/E-Mails verwiesen und schon hatte ich nach ein paar Stunden mein Geld, gerade rechtzeitig zur Mt.Gox-Neueröffnung.