Where are the more reputable Bitcoin exchanges today?  Any in the US or Canada?  (I haven't had an exchange account since the time of Mt. Gox's debacle.)

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Problem occurs in both Chrome and Safari (iPhone).

This is the redirection link that is ONLY visible if you right-click on the Donation button and select 'Copy link address':

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This is the original Paypal code behind the Donation button:
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One odd thing was the death occurred last month.  Why'd it take 3 weeks to be in the news?

The Bitcoin Center in New York City has been one of the most prominent places to discuss and trade cryptocurrency every week. Over the years this location has grown out from a niche crowd to attracting people from all over the city and beyond. Andrew Martin, CTO of Bitcoin Center NYC, was one of the driving forces behind this project. Unfortunately, Andrew passed away a few weeks ago. A funeral mass will be held shortly.

ANDREW MARTIN PASSED AWAY FAR TOO SOON

The Bitcoin community is filled with people from all ages and strides of life.Young, old, veteran, novice, developers, writers, artists, and the likes, we all share the same passion for Bitcoin. Some of us decide to take things to the new level and help run a Bitcoin Center, such as the one in New York City.

Andrew Martin, a founding member of the Bitcoin Center NYC and Chief Technology Officer of this initiative, came to pass on July 21, 2016. Although the details regarding this event were not disclosed – and we can all respect that – it is sad to see a 21-year old Bitcoin enthusiast taken away from us.

Even though it has been a few weeks since Andrew’s passing, the Bitcoin Center NYC team has decided to hold a funeral mass at the Greek Orthodox St. Ignatius Loyola Church later today. Anyone who is interested in attending the event can do so, although RSVPing through the Meetup page may not be a bad idea.

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http://themerkle.com/bitcoin-center-nyc-cto-andrew-martin-passes-away-at-age-21/

You may be underestimating the significance of the deal that was being discussed.

http://www.inquisitr.com/1160604/did-autumn-radtke-bitcoin-businesswoman-really-commit-suicide/

I think she was about to land a very large, significant deal on her exchange.  Someone did not want her to get that deal (she may not have been aware of it yet).

She was building a company that instantly exchanged any currency for any currency, including digital.

Her design threatened the world's currency owners, because it gave people an escape from being locked into a single currency.  For example, it would allow a person in Singapore to live their life using the currency of their choice (gold, bitcoin, yen, usd, british pound, canadian dollar, etc.) without ever touching or holding a Singapore dollar, and having total freedom to transact with anyone and everyone.

That's why she was killed.

If I created a coin that was redeemable for physical gold at a specific ratio, would miners pick it up?

And apparently there are 4 obscure languages they chose.  Why didn't they just choose Python or Javascript or something?

I agree.  You could probably spoof the hash until you built up trust. 

Inflation is "heating up" lately, so they will be looking for ways to keep dollars from driving up prices.  One way is to eliminate "double-spent" USD.

I guess that might be possible.  How do you contact existing coin operators?

I agree with that sentiment, however, this is a specific business application.  It is more than a new coin with different parameters running a trading operation.

If you want to discuss specifics, we can do so over PM with a simple non-disclosure agreement to not steal the plan, or tell others about it until it's implemented.

I have a specific plan for a new currency and would like some assistance.  Of course, those who are part of the creation of the currency would receive many very inexpensive coins.  I have a market defined for the coins which could be $1-$5 each, perhaps higher.

I need help with questions like:
- how many coins to create?
- how many to start with?
- what rate for the mining?
- what are the transaction fees?

Then technical things of actually creating the coin and getting it on the exchanges, etc.  I used to write software, so I know the technical things, but frankly am focused on the larger business plan.  (FYI, if you have access to investors/capital, we can talk about that too.)

To any "government"?  Very funny.  No, of course not. 

However, there are people who work for the government who actually have connections to communities and rely upon paychecks.  They might see the value of a digital serial number on every dollar.

Consider a new coin called USD (or perhaps Digital Dollars or Electronic Dollars DDR or EDR).  Perhaps a 2nd new coin called Physical Dollars (PDR or PDL).  Some thought might be given to Pennies, Dimes, Nickels, Quarters, etc.


What does THAT do for you?  On a 1 to 1 basis, you could track every single dollar created by the Fed.  Each digital dollar would be identifiable and unique.  An end to digital counterfeiting aka a bank or other entity creating an accounting entry that misrepresents the number of dollars in existence.

Denial of service at an individual level would be a possibility under the Bitcoin protocol. 

Bitcoin marketing:
"As long as you aren't targeted, your transaction will probably go through".

One must remember miners have an approval process. I do not know how that works, but would appear to be a collusion possibility on certain transfers.