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Re: How to NOT be a victim of a sting operation
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mrefish
on 09/02/2014, 17:00:12 UTC
Quote from: eldentyrell on February 09, 2014, 12:44:41 PM
...court docs.

Businessinsider has provided a to the criminal complaints  link, here.



http://www.businessinsider.com/localbitcoinscom-targeted-by-feds-2014-2
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Re: Florida men arrested for trading bitcoins!!!!
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mrefish
on 09/02/2014, 15:22:50 UTC
The Criminal complaints are attached to this article.

http://www.businessinsider.com/localbitcoinscom-targeted-by-feds-2014-2
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Re: [OPEN - Group Buy]Dualminer USB ASIC sha/scrypt miner $85 [USA Only][Batch #2]
by
mrefish
on 02/02/2014, 02:34:56 UTC
I would like to order 2 for US delivery.
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Re: [OPEN][Worldwide] Gridseed 1 chip + 5 chip Dual miners 0.105/0.405 btc
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mrefish
on 30/01/2014, 05:01:06 UTC
Put me down for 2 USB shipped to US
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Re: CASASCIUS PHYSICAL BITCOIN - In Stock Now! (pic)
by
mrefish
on 17/01/2014, 15:30:48 UTC
Quote from: nubbins on January 17, 2014, 01:55:16 PM
Quote from: mrefish on January 17, 2014, 05:37:17 AM
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c) A signed QR code balance sticker generated by Casascius, to place on the new coins later.

I believe the reason that the codes aren't etched into the metal is because common medical imaging equipment could read the code without removing the holo.

Regarding point c, can you elaborate? If you're suggesting a second public/private key holo that the purchaser could apply after the fact, I don't think that would ever be something that'd be offered.

Re. Durable marking, this might be difficult or impossible; but some sort of temperature stable , subtle marking of the metal would improve the value.

For C, I'm imagining a separate code, not for the keys, but indicating the balance as verified on a date. It might make sense to store these in a coin holder with a pocket, to document the coin's history offline.
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Re: CASASCIUS PHYSICAL BITCOIN - In Stock Now! (pic)
by
mrefish
on 17/01/2014, 05:37:17 UTC
Value parameters

1- Denomination
2- Rarity
3- Metal scrap value
4- BTC scrap value
5- Utility , as a hardware wallet

New versions will lose simple denomination, but the hardware wallet value could be enhanced.
 
a) Durability, I see other products able to survive high temperatures with codes built into the metal.
b) A public address QR code to make balance checking easy.
c) A signed QR code balance sticker generated by Casascius, to place on the new coins later.
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Re: If you own 3000 or more Bitcoin, Wall Street wants your advice
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mrefish
on 17/01/2014, 00:10:18 UTC
Interesting notes on Second Market  in Forbes' Silk Road auction story.

"10-person team which spends most of its time doing Bitcoin sourcing, “banging down doors and networking.”

That's more guys than I would have guessed, they are trying to avoid exchanges; might even be paying more to do that.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/01/16/the-feds-are-ready-to-sell-the-silk-road-bitcoin-kind-of/
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Re: If you own 3000 or more Bitcoin, Wall Street wants your advice
by
mrefish
on 13/01/2014, 22:57:43 UTC
Another method for the list, available today in the UK: CFD(contract for difference) at EToro.

http://www.etoro.com/blog/product-updates/13012014/bitcoin-arrived/

"Bitcoin has arrived!"


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Re: If you own 3000 or more Bitcoin, Wall Street wants your advice
by
mrefish
on 12/01/2014, 20:42:24 UTC
Quote from: Bostonbitcoin on January 11, 2014, 12:44:02 PM
Quote from: ghdp on January 11, 2014, 10:07:35 AM
Quote from: Inedible on January 11, 2014, 03:29:27 AM
Security will be a major issue but no more of an issue than for electronic banking.

Are you kidding ?

In "electronic banking" there is almost no way anyone can steal significant amount of money without being caught and the money recovered.



I agree with ghdp.

I was at a $20 bn boutique fund the other day talking BTC with the owners -- I looked around the office and noted that there really isn't anything anyone could steal.   If a criminal walked in you could give him free reign -- what could he take?  Client lists? 

If he was REALLY clever he could figure out where to wore money....then what?  He'd need to have a wire to a bank where he could wore it to

Found a case where bank security failed destroying a California escrow company.

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/01/firm-bankrupted-by-cyberheist-sues-bank/

"$1.1 million to accounts in the Heilongjiang Province of China"
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Re: If you own 3000 or more Bitcoin, Wall Street wants your advice
by
mrefish
on 12/01/2014, 00:33:07 UTC
Quote from: DPoS on January 12, 2014, 12:10:05 AM

there is a bunch of IRA money or crazier 401k money ...

The big win would be Roth IRA money, think about the tax savings on BTC  withdrawn in 2050.
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Re: If you own 3000 or more Bitcoin, Wall Street wants your advice
by
mrefish
on 11/01/2014, 21:08:42 UTC
Quote from: User705 on January 11, 2014, 08:32:54 PM
Quote from: Bostonbitcoin on January 11, 2014, 02:45:33 AM
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Main things I'm wondering is how much, if at all, large BTC holders see as a value of public vehicles backed by BTC.   As suspected, for some it's no advantage at all,for others it's perceived as a major advantage.

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Curious who thinks it's a major advantage?  Current Bitcoin publicity is huge.  Short of the president buying bitcoins it's hard to think of it getting any bigger.  So publicity angle is underwhelming at best.  Ease of trading if thought through seems more of a negative because it isn't actual xbt ease of trading.  If a dentist in san diego as you put it sells apple and buys xbt fund the fact is they aren't buying xbt but instead are buying just paper.  Reminds me of MP calling it a valueless receipt.  Instead of reducing volatility it only increases it.  Instead of xbt being used as a currency it becomes a penny stock pump and dump.  Hard to see bitcoin idealists seeing this as a major thing.  I could be wrong though.

A fund should have a public bitcoin side to earn full community support. This might be difficult, but could be done in phases.

1- Bitpay for incoming funds.
2- Redemption in dollars directly to an  BTC exchange account, with some discount on fees.
3- A full Bitcoin interface in and out, difficult to get approved, but worth trying long term.
4- Full implementation in the blockchain as a BTC security, may need new laws or really clever lawyers.
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Re: If you own 3000 or more Bitcoin, Wall Street wants your advice
by
mrefish
on 11/01/2014, 19:39:13 UTC
Quote from: Minor Miner on January 11, 2014, 05:38:46 PM
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 There is not enough physical gold in the world to settle all the financial contracts for gold.  
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That is counterparty risk, to big to fail quietly. The German bank is having fun unwinding their corner of this mess.

This community has tools and preferences to eliminate counterparty risk, may we never handle the backend as poorly as the physical gold community has.
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Re: If you own 3000 or more Bitcoin, Wall Street wants your advice
by
mrefish
on 11/01/2014, 16:04:50 UTC
Quote from: Inedible on January 11, 2014, 03:49:14 PM

Why are you printing out private keys? 


For cold storage, the standard in the Bitcoin fund industry is to use BIP 0038 for a password protected address.

"TW: They’re in safety deposit boxes in different cities. "

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-08/cameron-and-tyler-winklevoss-on-bitcoin-and-their-public-persona
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Re: If you own 3000 or more Bitcoin, Wall Street wants your advice
by
mrefish
on 11/01/2014, 15:10:06 UTC
I'm looking at time delayed transactions, might be useful for the warm wallets used in these funds.

   
--Delayed transactions (using nTimeLock)--

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=131443.0

Something to experiment once I'm ready to play with raw transactions.



This leads me to wonder about certification tests, I suppose each unstolen wallet is evidence of some ability.




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Re: If you own 3000 or more Bitcoin, Wall Street wants your advice
by
mrefish
on 10/01/2014, 21:13:47 UTC
Ways to invest in Bitcoin

1- Direct ownership
2- Mining hardware
3- Qualified investors fund- Second Market
4- Qualified investors - angel investing in service and equipment providers
5- ETF- Winklevii (future)
6- Closed end funds as discussed here (future)
7- REIT with 25 % in BTC (future)
8- Trusts, do any exist yet?


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Re: If you own 3000 or more Bitcoin, Wall Street wants your advice
by
mrefish
on 10/01/2014, 20:15:42 UTC
The REIT concept is interesting...

"Have at least 75% of its total assets invested in real estate"

This leaves room for a bitcoin holding that could provide appreciation, the real estate holdings could be focused on short term income yield.
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Re: CASASCIUS PHYSICAL BITCOIN - In Stock Now! (pic)
by
mrefish
on 12/12/2013, 22:51:57 UTC
Quote from: ChipGeek on December 12, 2013, 04:06:35 PM
I don't think this news story has been posted here yet:

"U.S. Government Nastygram Shuts Down One-Man Bitcoin Mint"
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/12/casascius/?cid=co15653054


This might be a good project for the Foundation.

The boundaries of regulation are often set by litigation.
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Re: Interest in a GPU Group Buy?
by
mrefish
on 05/12/2013, 18:09:13 UTC
Add me to the interested list.
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Re: Issue with namecheap / bitpay integration.
by
mrefish
on 02/12/2013, 19:07:54 UTC
Just noticed another problem:

"Please note that we use BitPay to accept Bitcoin payments.

The USD amount you enter here will be converted to equivalent Bitcoins on BitPay.
No refunds ..."

No Refunds , $5 stuck there
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Re: Miners: Time to deprioritise/filter address reuse!
by
mrefish
on 17/11/2013, 04:58:02 UTC
Quote from: AtlasONo

: What makes it "horribly insecure" ?

A permanent  list of addresses and times is created for that physical location.

Imagine a customer is careless and visits daily , using a address with other large transactions. That high value wallet can be ambushed.