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I will send 0.005btc on every Monday to first 3 people commenting my articles:
http://www.satoshi.pl
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http://www.satoshi.pl
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I accept different forms of payment on my site for ads, but my first whole payment of bitcoin was from a friend. Unfortunately, I tried to cash it in for a moneypak card by someone running a service on here who ripped me off. It was worth about $104.00 then. Yeah I know, you heard it before. It just ticked me off. Now I only use it in trade for services who use bitcoin.
I couldn't comment on your site. I tried, but gravatar wanted me to login then everything started timing out. I couldn't login with twitter, facebook, gravatar, or g+
O man. That's rough. I'm sceptical of these auto money pack sites, I have used koukan once and it worked out. Any luck with the op? I hope you get your pack.
i've only used this one and a private trade. the private trade went very smoothly. this didn't. oh and a friend of mine used another one that used to be up, but is gone now. i don't know the name of it, but she never had a problem with it either.
Did anyone ever receive a successful purchase from this person?
I am out a bitcoin that was worth approx $104.00 at the time of trade. He has since disappeared and is not answering email or bitcoin mail nor showing up on the forum.
I am out a bitcoin that was worth approx $104.00 at the time of trade. He has since disappeared and is not answering email or bitcoin mail nor showing up on the forum.
Re: [ANN] ((pre-launch)) Bitcoin -> MoneyPak website launching (TESTING)
Sooo....
I'm still waiting for an answer as to what went bad with my MP number is? After dealing with moneypak for almost a month and not getting anywhere then giving you the information now I can't get an answer from you about where the money went. Did they ever answer you?
Thanks
I'm still waiting for an answer as to what went bad with my MP number is? After dealing with moneypak for almost a month and not getting anywhere then giving you the information now I can't get an answer from you about where the money went. Did they ever answer you?
Thanks
yeah, i'm still waiting for my $100 too.
I still miss the point.
You talk about exchanges, but at some point there must be one entity which accepts a valuable (fiat, gold, whatever) and emits a corresponding digital IOU.
Which is exactly like Ripple.
Basically, every money system BUT Bitcoin has this notion of IOUs. This includes the US dollar, that at one point was an IOU for gold, but now is a more complex debt instrument. This is a common response to my statements for people who are only familiar with Bitcoin and Ripple. Ripple did not invent the concept of a digital IOU. It's the things that exist apart from IOUs that are what makes Ripple what it is. How this part works is really quite mysterious, certainly not open source, the result of capital investment, and other things that make it questionable. There are claims about Ripple, and characteristics of this digital asset XRPs which to me don't appear to add up. With Confidence Chains, no carrier currency is required- and code I write will certainly be open source FROM THE START. I think that alone makes it more attractive than Ripple. I think the question of Ripple's success will be in the sheer numbers of people who simply want basic usability features(transfers, etc.) over principle and long term qualities. There is no doubt that Ripple will appeal to many users who are not involved seriously in digital currencies. It will be easy to use, provide some security of transfer and possibly exchange, but as of now doesn't offer the open source or even p2p/decentralization that bitcoin does. For instance there was a user named geekmom who was recently complaining on here about how sketchy bitcoin was(she was 'out of here'). Ripple will no doubt capture users like her, but you have to ask- is Ripple really revolutionary though? are we back to where we started?
Bitcoin is unique in that there is demand for it, but there is no real world backing. Some believe this is a temporary state of affairs, others believe that Bitcoin is a new kind of currency and PoW is analogous to Gold. I leave that up to time to determine, suffices to say though that IOUs are required to preform this function of exchanging. Other platforms have also arrived this inevitable conclusion, thus it has this in common with Ripple- but to say it's 'just like Ripple' is totally inaccurate.
If this doesn't work that way, how do you suggest to do it? It's totally unclear.
But what aims to do is known, and your project can't be "like Ripple, but open", because on paper Ripple itself "would" be open, while in practice Ripple isn't open, but your system doesn't exists at all, so...
TRUE. At this point it's an idea- and it's not *my* system per se, it's just a proposal and if anyone has any legitimate arguments against this proposal, let's hear them. If we don't hear any, one can assume this system is valid- thus software built using the idea is also valid. Unfortunately, due to my various encounters on here I need to re-establish these basic laws of collaboration and engineering because some projects on here did not go through this process. Im not an amateur developer and I do things right.
Ripple might deliver something attractive to the community, I'm sure they will deliver something. They are in business after all. The question is as to WHAT they are delivering.
Ripple might have been able to hire every expert in the field, but keep in mind- those experts cost money. So no matter how much resources they have to spend on brainpower- they will inevitably come up with something designed to offer them a return on that investment. Bitcoin emerged in a much different way, from the world of open source. There have been *many* commercially produced digital currencies before and they all failed. So Ripple isn't Bitcoin 2.0, it's a commercial software no matter what kind of licensing they offer. Do you believe the investors behind OpenCoin are doing charity? If the software itself is free, then the system would be designed in order to get a return on these XRP credits. But a PR budget goes a long way, especially in the scenario where there is a lot of uneducated interest in a field of activity- which is what is going on with Bitcoin today.
There are other interesting advantages. In the case of distributed exchanges, the chronology can determine market winners and losers. How do we decide who gets to bid on trades? What if we wanted an auction? who decides who wins the auction if it depends on TIMING? This also solves this problem for the users so long as they feel properly represented in the order of authorities. If we tried to do this with PoW, then the miners might compete to put the chain in a favorable order. In my system we make this negotiation explicit.
this order can be defined in many ways. For instance you could have one singular FIAT authority who rules all, very easy to manage, but not very easy to sell to the public. You could have a TRIUMVIRATE- or three equal authorities- which is fairly easy to coordinate and also non-biased. You could extend this principle geometrically to five or more authorities. You can also have different weight ratios for instance 1 primary authority but a school of smaller authorities that can outweigh it if unanimous(called KING AND COURT in my terminology).
this order can be defined in many ways. For instance you could have one singular FIAT authority who rules all, very easy to manage, but not very easy to sell to the public. You could have a TRIUMVIRATE- or three equal authorities- which is fairly easy to coordinate and also non-biased. You could extend this principle geometrically to five or more authorities. You can also have different weight ratios for instance 1 primary authority but a school of smaller authorities that can outweigh it if unanimous(called KING AND COURT in my terminology).
I still miss the point.
You talk about exchanges, but at some point there must be one entity which accepts a valuable (fiat, gold, whatever) and emits a corresponding digital IOU.
Which is exactly like Ripple.
Basically, every money system BUT Bitcoin has this notion of IOUs. This includes the US dollar, that at one point was an IOU for gold, but now is a more complex debt instrument. This is a common response to my statements for people who are only familiar with Bitcoin and Ripple. Ripple did not invent the concept of a digital IOU. It's the things that exist apart from IOUs that are what makes Ripple what it is. How this part works is really quite mysterious, certainly not open source, the result of capital investment, and other things that make it questionable. There are claims about Ripple, and characteristics of this digital asset XRPs which to me don't appear to add up. With Confidence Chains, no carrier currency is required- and code I write will certainly be open source FROM THE START. I think that alone makes it more attractive than Ripple. I think the question of Ripple's success will be in the sheer numbers of people who simply want basic usability features(transfers, etc.) over principle and long term qualities. There is no doubt that Ripple will appeal to many users who are not involved seriously in digital currencies. It will be easy to use, provide some security of transfer and possibly exchange, but as of now doesn't offer the open source or even p2p/decentralization that bitcoin does. For instance there was a user named geekmom who was recently complaining on here about how sketchy bitcoin was(she was 'out of here'). Ripple will no doubt capture users like her, but you have to ask- is Ripple really revolutionary though? are we back to where we started?
Bitcoin is unique in that there is demand for it, but there is no real world backing. Some believe this is a temporary state of affairs, others believe that Bitcoin is a new kind of currency and PoW is analogous to Gold. I leave that up to time to determine, suffices to say though that IOUs are required to preform this function of exchanging. Other platforms have also arrived this inevitable conclusion, thus it has this in common with Ripple- but to say it's 'just like Ripple' is totally inaccurate.
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If this doesn't work that way, how do you suggest to do it? It's totally unclear.
Re. Ripple, specifically how this idea differs from whatever Ripple is at the moment is anyone's guess. They have no released their source code. At this point I dont think they can drift significantly from the core concepts, and I do know that those concepts work quite differently than what I have. Confidence Chains is very familiar to Bitcoin developers. ASMOF, you can use the transactions AS IS, in the system- which is very convenient for Bitcoin users and developers.
I know that Ripple claims to be open but it isn't, and this is bad.But what aims to do is known, and your project can't be "like Ripple, but open", because on paper Ripple itself "would" be open, while in practice Ripple isn't open, but your system doesn't exists at all, so...
TRUE. At this point it's an idea- and it's not *my* system per se, it's just a proposal and if anyone has any legitimate arguments against this proposal, let's hear them. If we don't hear any, one can assume this system is valid- thus software built using the idea is also valid. Unfortunately, due to my various encounters on here I need to re-establish these basic laws of collaboration and engineering because some projects on here did not go through this process. Im not an amateur developer and I do things right.
Ripple might deliver something attractive to the community, I'm sure they will deliver something. They are in business after all. The question is as to WHAT they are delivering.
Ripple might have been able to hire every expert in the field, but keep in mind- those experts cost money. So no matter how much resources they have to spend on brainpower- they will inevitably come up with something designed to offer them a return on that investment. Bitcoin emerged in a much different way, from the world of open source. There have been *many* commercially produced digital currencies before and they all failed. So Ripple isn't Bitcoin 2.0, it's a commercial software no matter what kind of licensing they offer. Do you believe the investors behind OpenCoin are doing charity? If the software itself is free, then the system would be designed in order to get a return on these XRP credits. But a PR budget goes a long way, especially in the scenario where there is a lot of uneducated interest in a field of activity- which is what is going on with Bitcoin today.
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Name: geekmom
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Date Registered: May 06, 2013, 01:45:52 PM
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Posts: 22
Position: Jr. Member
Date Registered: May 06, 2013, 01:45:52 PM
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Looks to me she's still around, unless hubby, lurkerdad, logs into her account.
I'm waiting for my money to be returned which is why I lurk.
the problem wasn't with bitcoin. the problem was with MP. Please, you'd hate to see how I deal with traffic? Are you kidding me? You don't know how much time I wasted over the telephone with MP and their people who barely even speak English. If you don't have any idea what I went through today then you really have absolutely no clue whatsoever.
My friend uses bitcoin. She loves it. I have used it with namecheap and tried to talk my hosting company to use it. But the whole fiasco of MP and their terrible customer service was beyond crazy. The person I dealt with using bitcoin has been wonderful in trying to help.
What I spend money on, I need USD.
My friend uses bitcoin. She loves it. I have used it with namecheap and tried to talk my hosting company to use it. But the whole fiasco of MP and their terrible customer service was beyond crazy. The person I dealt with using bitcoin has been wonderful in trying to help.
What I spend money on, I need USD.
Wasted too much time and money on a transfer today. I blame the company that is being a pain in the butt to deal with which is not bitcoin. Unfortunately, I wasted a lot of time and money dealing with something today and having a virtual currency for me that may or may not be legal in some areas is too risky for me.
I've met some great people on here. I wish you luck.
Are you a mom?
Yes, why?
Wasted too much time and money on a transfer today. I blame the company that is being a pain in the butt to deal with which is not bitcoin. Unfortunately, I wasted a lot of time and money dealing with something today and having a virtual currency for me that may or may not be legal in some areas is too risky for me.
I've met some great people on here. I wish you luck.
Re: If anyone tries to sell a horse using bitcoin please check this first
Thanks 
They're belong to a friend and she got them back by using the strong arm of the local law enforcement. Isn't hanging acceptable in TX for horse stealing? j/k Oh man, I don't know I would have been able to handle it had they been my horses. I give her a lot of credit for patience!
They're belong to a friend and she got them back by using the strong arm of the local law enforcement. Isn't hanging acceptable in TX for horse stealing? j/k Oh man, I don't know I would have been able to handle it had they been my horses. I give her a lot of credit for patience!Re: I want to review the amazing products you sell for Bitcoin!
I might sell weight loss body wraps for bitcoin, I just have to get approval from the manufacturer I think. I also do advertising blocks on my website.
I've seen these body wraps all over Pintrest and FB. Do you use them? Do they really work? I'm very curious. Let's talk!
OK I'm sorry, but I didn't see this response. Yes! They do work for most people. I think it's like 98%. Wanna chat on google or something? If so send me a PM.
If anyone tries to sell a horse using bitcoin please check this first
I know the odds on this are rare, but if someone tries to sell a horse with bitcoin, please check this facebook page first.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-Me-Get-My-Horses-back-Te-Shuah-and-Regalo/280845408717024
Maybe like it and share it, too? Sucks to have your horses get stolen. I told her I'd try to make it viral.
Thank you
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-Me-Get-My-Horses-back-Te-Shuah-and-Regalo/280845408717024
Maybe like it and share it, too? Sucks to have your horses get stolen. I told her I'd try to make it viral.
Thank you
But here is one thing I don't get. If I buy when it's at $100 USD and I have about $3500 USD worth at 100 bitcoin per dollar. Say I give someone a loan for a car for that amount and then the price of bitcoin goes down. Say I've used one of the loan sites on here to manage the loan. Does it change the price on the bitcoin due to match the USD or will one car payment be $200 and the next one $300?
Did that make sense?
Thanks
Did that make sense?
Thanks
Might I suggest buying stuff as a way of "cashing out". Remember that with BTC you already have cash, cash you can spend the world over. Sellers are sometimes so eager to get bitcoin that deals can be found.
I know your a blogger. If you use wordpress you can pay up your account in BTC, for example.
I know your a blogger. If you use wordpress you can pay up your account in BTC, for example.
I agree with this, but I'm just testing all the different options for a review. I'm trying to talk my hosting company into using bitcoin as my domain provider already does.