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ShapeShift Leaves New York, Choosing Not to Comply with BitLicense
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smashingpumpkin
on 15/06/2015, 17:14:18 UTC
ShapeShift, a popular cryptocurrency exchange based in Switzerland, terminated its services in New York today,
due to the state’s BitLicense regulations for digital currencies - Erik Voorhees, Shapeshift Founder and CEO says.

This makes no sense - the law is not supporting business which would pay taxes, but to the contrary makes it leave the country - isn't it stupid?
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Re: Bitcoin exchange startup: where do I start with marketing?
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smashingpumpkin
on 08/05/2015, 14:14:25 UTC
Whenever you promote, make sure to post all of your certs/licensing and tell people why and how you are objectively safe and secure.
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Cointelegraph and BetVIP Giveaway. Take Part and Get US $10!
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smashingpumpkin
on 03/04/2015, 17:01:07 UTC
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Great Gambling Opportunity from Cointelegraph and betVIP!
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smashingpumpkin
on 03/04/2015, 16:54:32 UTC
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Re: Win 3 BTC in new great contest from Cointelegraph and Liberty.me
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smashingpumpkin
on 21/02/2015, 07:12:01 UTC

Vote for people, events and more, make your prediction and win the jackpot!

Click image above for details.



Image is not showing here please check it

What do you mean "image not showing?" When I click it takes me to contest page.

Thanks Cointelegraph, great contest and the nominations are fun.
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Re: $30 Giveaway from Cointelegraph and Counterparty Foundation
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smashingpumpkin
on 05/02/2015, 06:40:05 UTC
It's up to you to participate - no one forces you, right?
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Re: $30 Giveaway from Cointelegraph and Counterparty Foundation
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smashingpumpkin
on 30/01/2015, 14:20:08 UTC
pay 30$ to get 10$ XCp coins and 20$ shopping what ?

why to pay first 30$ 

and their real charges is 50$ a year as they said use code to get 20$ discount CTGIVEAWAY


Well, not a bad discount for those needing it anyway.

A pretty good offer if you were going to pay them anyway...
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Re: $30 Giveaway from Cointelegraph and Counterparty Foundation
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smashingpumpkin
on 20/01/2015, 15:18:06 UTC
Do I get it right?

I have to pay $30 first to get $30 worth of stuff afterwards?

Is this the deal?

Looks like it, but basically you get some really useful stuff for free.

Besides, Counterparty is a great community to support.
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Re: Join CoinTelegraph in Choosing the Winners of Our 2014 Bitcoin Industry Awards
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smashingpumpkin
on 04/01/2015, 06:38:00 UTC
My vote for San Francisco as the Bitcoin capital of the year!

Mine is for Amsterdam, let's see who wins!

Cities are boring, lets talk people.

Ok, my vote is for Adam Back then.
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Re: Vote for 2014 Bitcoin industry awards!
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smashingpumpkin
on 27/12/2014, 05:12:09 UTC
OK, I voted Mt Gox on biggest news story (they're currently in the lead), as it says 'biggest' not 'best' or 'most positive'.

But just realised it doesn't go with this part:

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we need your help to choose the community’s champions.

So register, vote and share by January 15.

We think it’s important to recognize genuine achievement in the eyes of the entire cryptocurrency community, and look forward to seeing your voting results.

Does it mean that if mt gox wins, cointelegraph will label them as community champions?

A good point. It would be good to hear what CT people think about it.
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Re: Vote for 2014 Bitcoin industry awards!
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smashingpumpkin
on 26/12/2014, 14:25:09 UTC
For the biggest story i think it's between

Mtgox and Paypal.

Ok, but what about Microsoft?

Maybe Microsoft since it's such

a big corp.

Exactly!
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Re: Vote for 2014 Bitcoin industry awards!
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smashingpumpkin
on 26/12/2014, 13:47:37 UTC
For the biggest story i think it's between

Mtgox and Paypal.

Ok, but what about Microsoft?
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Re: What happened to true anonymity?
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smashingpumpkin
on 17/11/2014, 05:17:44 UTC
CryptoNote is the best anon tech atm. Use it.

This is true, been using it for a while now.
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Re: Ecuador: The First Country to make it's own CrytoCurrency
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smashingpumpkin
on 09/08/2014, 10:32:00 UTC
is this good or bad for bitcoin? i'm not really sure.

It just doesn't make any sense, fiat has already existed mostly in digital form for years, and what they say they will create is definitely not Bitcoin-like. Ignore it, it's just noise.
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Re: Shit Bitcoin Fanatics Say, Part 3
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smashingpumpkin
on 09/08/2014, 10:30:03 UTC
Loved it and hated it because I related to it.
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Re: 1,000-member secret progressive journalist group uncovered, FUD spreaders of BTC
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smashingpumpkin
on 09/08/2014, 10:28:29 UTC
And they are secretly funded by George Soros and are going to make millions off of solar energy and had Vince Foster killed.
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Re: Bitcoin Girl Music Video (Official)
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smashingpumpkin
on 09/08/2014, 10:27:14 UTC
What's the mental age of the pretend adults doing this? Do they ever plan to grow up? Not even funny
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Re: So Apple is letting Bitcoin back in.
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smashingpumpkin
on 09/08/2014, 10:23:48 UTC
Be warned, the security of this app is not great. It stores your Blockchain.info password and your app's PIN in plaintext on your phone, retrievable over USB. It also stores an encrypted copy of your Bitcoin wallet right next to the plaintext password (which can be used to decrypt the wallet). I haven't checked, but I imagine these files might be included in iTunes backups of the device too.

The sandbox keeps it safe from other apps, but you are 100% insecure on a jailbroken device.

They did add a new PIN lock to the app, but again this is not used to encrypt your private key and is only a UI lock.

That does sound pretty poor. However, if the app stores its data in /Documents and you have a lock on your phone (preferably complex passphrase / touch ID) then the app's data should be encrypted on your device.

Didn't the recent "scandal" about those usb "backdoor" services show that this isn't good enough; you need to set those explicit NSFileProtectionComplete attributes?
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Re: My first nightmare with bitcoin!
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smashingpumpkin
on 09/08/2014, 10:22:02 UTC
Yes well if you have over 3000USD in btc i think this is when you start being very protective i mean 3000 is 6 months worth of hard work in some countries so they would love this as a present
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Re: 21 reasons why bitcoins are better than dollars! [VIDEO]
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smashingpumpkin
on 28/07/2014, 08:57:48 UTC
Spoiler - you won't find this a sexy video unless you're under 12  Grin