Yes, exactly my point.  It seems the system would be greatly improved if the sender had the ability to "verify" a transaction.  Thus, my money could only be used by me (when I verify it) and then it becomes yours.

Such a system would make the Bitcoin extremely attractive!

Would it be possible to add an authorization option for sending bitcoin transactions? 

Thus, a transaction will not be verified until you authorize it with your password.

This would pretty much eliminate the benefit of stealing a bitcoin wallet if you don't have the password.  Its kind of weird that there are all of these "verifications" of transactions but the owner doesn't have the option to verify authenticity.

Shouldn't they be shaped like a burgler to keep everyone vigilant?  

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If a few bitcoin falls out of your pocket in the forest, do they make a sound?
Answer: No... because...(um)... its a Jungle out there.

Ankyu....Ankyu...

If you throw a coin into my panhandle hat, send me your e-mail and I'll send you a funny invest joke. Only Wallstreet types need apply (gotta have deep pockets) - cause 1/2 coin = only half a joke.  
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Is that option even available as an option on desktop machines? (Mac Pros and iMacs).  The dim key doesn't do anything here, and I can't find an option in the sys prefs.  I'm getting quite good at hitting Control+C in the terminal when I need an interrupt which is at least letting me work on the same machine.  Totally disruptive to mining though.

My old NVidea 8800 didn't didn't get as much hashing done, although while hashing, it didn't seem to interfere with the screen UI as much as my faster ATI5870 card.  I still don't quite understand why.  Maybe because it was just working less?

Great news!

I wonder if it would be possible for the user to input the idle detection time?  Sometimes a minute would be all that it needs to crank back up to 100%.  Other times, when I'm seriously working on the machine I might want to kick it back to 10 or 15 minutes idle wait so as not to interfere.  Of course right now, I have the option of turning it off completely although still with the excitement of not receiving my first bitcoin yet, I'm tolerating a very sluggish screen.  

I'm on a MacPro 8-core on OSX 10.6.7 with an ATI 5870 with an Artic Cooler.  I must say it is rather disappointing to see only 156 Mhash/sec when others on the PC are reporting easily more than double (and someone claimed 421).  It would be nice if there were some options to optimize performance on the Mac to squeeze a 'bit' more performance (sorry).

EDIT I just installed the latest version DiabloMiner-GPU-Bitcoin-miner-20110618.zip and at first I thought I saw an increase in speed.  I saw number over 205,000 that really excited me.  Then, slowly it started dropping down.  Now it seems to be running about the same rate as before.  I see 156,000/160,000 khash/sec

btw, why the fraction?  What do the two numbers mean?

Are there any ways to set the vector worksize to 128?  Might this not provide some advantage?

Also while running Diablo on a MacPro with a 5870 (@160k hash/s rate), my UI screen is sluggish.  When I move windows around, they are very jerky whereas when Diablo is off, they are smooth.  Is there a way to give priority to the US of the open appwhen its being used?

With my previous graphics card (NVidia8800), the UI operations seemed to be smoother, although the hash rate was 1/10.

Hey just tried the lastest version and it crashes when I try to run it:


DiabloMiner-exe: line 175:   618 Segmentation fault      java -Xmx16m -cp target/libs/*:target/DiabloMiner.jar -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.library.path=target/libs/natives/macosx com.diablominer.DiabloMiner.DiabloMiner -u $diablominer_username -p $diablominer_userpass -o $diablominer_hostname -r $diablominer_hostport
Did something go wrong? Relaunch and enter the Set up wizard by pressing 1 and Enter during start-up, and check your configuration.
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Also I am only getting about 160Kh/s with my 5870. I wanted to try to enable vectors and set the worksize to 128 but when I try to run the miner from the command line with the -w 128 and -v settings it doesn't seem to do anything. Any advise?

It turns out I needed to delete the preferences.  Now its uploading blocks OK.

I'm new to bitcoin and am certainly doing something wrong.

I have Bitcoin installed on my Mac and someone is sending me funds via a receiving address I generated but nothing comes in (its been several hours now).  Any idea why?  The bitcoin software has been installed (and running) on my computer for a few days.  I quit and restarted it but that made no difference.

Down at the bottom of the screen it says:

0 connections
1000 blocks
0 transactions

I know the sender DID send it - its only .001 BTC for testing.

What might I be doing wrong?

@Allinvain - Bitcoins are apparently very traceble.  Check this out....

This article has some very interesting information.
http://www.forexyard.com/en/news/Bitcoin-exchanges-offer-anti-money-laundering-aid-2011-06-15T220113Z

"Karpeles [MagicalTux] said Bitcoin transactions were in fact traceable. He said that while the system had been built to be anonymous, it was "really easy to track Bitcoins across the network."

"Donald Norman, the co-founder of a London-based consultancy that serves Bitcoin exchanges, said that a data file existed which reflected the complete history of Bitcoin transactions, so that "the ownership of every single coin is completely known and traceable."

Does anybody know where the wallet data on a Mac is stored?

I just want to be able to back mine up and keep it in a safe place even though I've nothing in it yet. 

Planning ahead here...

Hmmm.....Gavin gives a talk at the CIA and a few days later $500,000 is hacked from someone's bitcoin account.    It does make one wonder...

Quite a lot of drama around here as I learn about bitcoins for my first week...beats PrimeTime TV

btw, why aren't leaders of the services involved in this thread?  This seems like a big enough event that it might helpful if they address aspects of this to the community as they see it.  There is much that could be learned from this.  Yet, mostly what we see in this thread are admonishments and accusations.  It seems the leaders of the pools and exchanges involved should step up to the plate and address the community about what steps are being taken and how others can prevent security breaches.

Noob question - Where is the wallet.dat file stored on a Mac?

@Allinvain - I hope this gets tracked down and you get some solid answer from commuity leaders.

I was sure that "Mt.Gox" was derived from "Fort Knox".


And "MagicalTux" from MegaBux?

Thanks for the info guys.

I posted a "pleading" message on the whitelist request. 
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=15911.msg219374#msg219374

I need out of here. I'm just ready to grow up now.  I wanna be a fireman, or a Forex Bitcoin trader, or maybe a lawyur (liar sp?).

Please help me to grow up.

Thank you! (they done it already)

3phase has some good suggestions!

I'd suggest selling at a "Buy Now" price so whoever bids must send you the money immediately.

moooreaa, you sound familiar, have I seen you around somewhere else?

Thanks Maged.  I got it fixed now that the IP is listed on the website.

So, how do I get out of being a NooB so I can post onto other forums too?

Hello everyone.  I'm a NooB Mac user with a NVidea 8800.  Mining is slow for "the rest of us".

I can't connect any longer and I can't send Slush a PM as I'm a NooB and can only post here.

Is there any other way to contact Slush?