Running on 32bit debian, 0.8.5 reports a db.log full of "Lock table is out of available lock entries". Doesn't seem to be affecting bitcoind nor block processing.

Anything to poke at?

THIS should be the concern. Bitcoin being a currency means now the entire banking infra can enforce laws and policies on bitcoin. Welcome to fees, regulation, and loss of freedom.

Did you ask the Tor people about this name?

https://www.torproject.org/docs/trademark-faq.html.en

The cashier needs to actually check the "paying a bill" option. By default, the "send money" option is checked and 99% of the cashiers just hit "next" regardless of what you say to them.

As a temporary workaround, http://files.btcmirror.is/ now exists.

Please verify if the files are correct or not.

I'm doing this for three reasons:

0. Iceland rocks and http://immi.is looks a reality. Go freedom.
1. The world should be able to download their bits as desired without letting some scared corporate lawyers dictate yes or no.
2. I want to host a complete copy of the bitcoin site with binaries on a piratebox with no internet access. I already can do this with Tor, because they put everything locally and provide a quick and easy rsync share. The tor site mirror is roughly 6 GB, which includes all binaries for all operating systems, and fits easily on a 16GB usb drive.

However, any smart person will not trust me. You should check the binaries, the hashes, and everything I've done to mirror the site.

Right now, I have not had time to patch the site to remove the reliance on sf.net and googlecode/googleapis. When I do figure out the patches, I intend to publish my git repo so others can clone/pull and check it out. I don't use github or other social networking technologies like it (facebook, twitter, sourceforge, etc).

Lucky for you, mesh networking is all the rage now. There are the following projects ongoing:

1. Project Byzantium, http://project-byzantium.org/
2. OSLRD, http://www.olsr.org/
3. Commotion Wireless, https://commotionwireless.net/
4. Open Mesh, http://www.open-mesh.org/projects/open-mesh/wiki

I lost track of you as the OP. Sorry for the confusion. Hopefully you will commit back changes and enhancements to the original codebase.

Yes, there is a market for pre-configured, working pirateboxes. I have built my own and gotten it all to work. However, due to life getting in the way of hacking, I find buying things is more efficient.

Or over a month ago, see https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=110356.0

Step 1: Done. Hourly pulls of website git (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.github.com.git) from github. See http://btcmirror.is/

Step 2: In progress. Replace sf.net links with local copies of all binaries and related sha(1|256)sum files plus signatures.

Step 3: In progress. Replace googleapi.com and googlecode.com script links with local copies of the files.

Step 4: Serving bitcoin website and binaries out of Iceland. Setup rsyncd for mirroring.

Step 5: There is no step 5.

You could make your own....http://wiki.daviddarts.com/PirateBox

Maybe it's time to build a verified list of locations which require ID or not.

And here is MoneyGram's official response:

Correct. You could make it easier to mirror it though. Right now httrack and pulling the binaries is my solution.

For what it is worth, I have emailed MoneyGram customer support, provided the details of the transaction, including their kiosk ID. I'll post something if/when I receive a response.

I felt the problem is with moneygram and CVS, not bitinstant. I purposely avoided putting your name in the post until I had to do so.

CVS requires the ID, moneygram does not. Moneygram does not require the ID, but leaves it optional for the vendor to require an ID, according to Moneygram customer service. Technically, Moneygram is not requiring ID, but CVS does. I'm unable to get either Moneygram or CVS to commit to something in writing (email).

Yes. And generally, allow bitcoin.org to be mirrored, or the binaries served up by non-sourceforge hosts (mirrors and bittorrent).

In thinking broader about this, bitcoin.org is hosted on github servers. They are a US company and may also look at the embargoed countries and decide the citizens of an 'axis of evil' country cannot download bitcoin. It seems clear there needs to be a mirroring plan for bitcoin.org and binaries run by volunteers, in case of stupidity. This would also work well if someone forced the .org people to take down bitcoin.org.

I believe it's bogus. However, the clerk/cashier gets a prompt on the screen for "ID required" and will not let them continue until they either hit "ok" or actually view the ID and then hit OK. As they are on camera, they ask for an ID. I guess they don't want to risk their job for some moneygram customer.

I've been buying $50-$200 of bitcoins via moneygram because there is no one else around me (according to localbitcoins and well, the meetup threads on this forum). Intersango doesn't take US dollars anymore, and I don't like mtgox. Dwolla scares the crap out of me. My bank charges $25 in wire transfer fees, so bitinstant is pretty much the cheapest option for me.

Every week, I stop at my local CVS to use the moneygram service. The clerks are getting used to me showing up and doing the transaction. I'm the only patron of the store who uses the moneygram service, at all. I know their system inside and out, to the point where I can tell a new clerk how to do the transfers. The ladybytes video, http://vimeo.com/44849463,  is pretty accurate. If she wasn't half-naked, I'd recommend it to more people.

The past two transactions are different. When entering the info into the dialpad of the red moneygram phone, as soon as you punch in 9611 for zipzap, the automated system transfers you to a human. In the past, this wasn't the case. The human requires a name, address, and phone number. They will not continue the transaction without this info. The name/address must match their database of valid name/address combinations. I've tried to give a post office box in the style of an apartment or office suite (like 123 main street #4839), and they say "that is a po box, we need a real address sir".  I bought a pre-paid phone with cash and use a friend's work address with permission.  

The rest of the moneygram phone call completes and I'm told to go to the cashier.

At the cashier, regardless of transfer amount, I'm asked for photo ID. They will not continue unless I give an ID.  The ID doesn't have to match the transfer detail. They do compare it to the transfer details, but don't scan it, don't write anything down, and don't seem to care. The system prompts them for an ID, so they ask for an ID. My photo ID doesn't match the transfer details. Once I had to explain that I'm sending it to work to help out a friend (which is 90% true). I leave out "help out a friend get bitcoins."

After I show ID, I pay the cash, get a receipt and confirmation from moneygram, and all is done. Minutes later my mobile wallet bings with bitcoins.

The process works, and bitinstant does its job well. The demand for ID and wasting time talking to the moneygram people are getting old and disturbing.

Granted, two is not a trend yet (three is a trend), but I suspect next week will be the same.