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EURO 2016 Belgium-Italy Category 1 Ticket
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zipmaster
on 31/05/2016, 20:27:42 UTC
As it happens, a friend of mine suddenly can't go watch the game with me and a colleague so I'm left with an extra ticket to one of the most anticipated games of the group stages in Lyon on June 13th.
I'd love to sell it for bitcoin because... it's cool like that.

Since my name is on the ticket, you will have to enter the stadium with me so, instead of going through the entire escrow dance, we will settle the purchase in person at the stadium entrance. Price of the ticket is 0.3 BTC or best offer.

Happy Bidding!
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Re: BTCjam - Any Thoughts or Experiances
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zipmaster
on 02/03/2016, 14:48:51 UTC
I've been investing for over a year and have been able to regain my entire principal from my investments. I am currently investing only with reinvested interests.

My general approach is to avoid borrowers that attempt to borrow more than they have been able to pay back in previous loans. I do make exceptions for small loans (< 2 BTC) with high return potential where I typically invest close-to-dust amounts.

Overall I'm happy with my BTCJam experience. The only aspect I'm sad about is that the number of available listings seems to have dropped significantly over the last 12 months. I wonder if management can maybe do more to advertise their service. As of now, good loans get gobbled up in a matter of hours as there is a surplus of lenders relative to borrowers.

Happy Investing!
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How to convert ECKeys to WIF format?
by
zipmaster
on 29/10/2015, 00:45:17 UTC
After backing up my private keys from the Android Bitcoin Wallet app (schildbach), I managed to export it to my laptop and decrypt it. I then proceeded to use bitcoinj to dump the raw keys onto a data file. My objective being to look at all the single private keys I own.

The raw dump lists the historical of all my transactions along with my wallet address strings followed by entries of the form:

ECKey{pub=..., priv=...}

How do I convert the priv ECKey to WIF format? I've been hanging my head on it for days now without getting anywhere.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
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Re: Spending VERY Large Amounts of Bitcoin?
by
zipmaster
on 16/10/2015, 17:00:00 UTC
Google "bear whale bitcoin"...
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Re: 2011 Casascius 1 BTC Holo Error
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zipmaster
on 14/07/2015, 13:52:43 UTC
bump
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Insight Explorer: memory issues
by
zipmaster
on 16/06/2015, 09:15:10 UTC
I recently spun up a full node on a VPS with a 90 GB hard disk. The full node has been functioning so nicely that I opted to install Insight explorer to access and visualize the node's data.

Ever since installing it and first running, the Insight database has taken up a massive amount of hard disk space and isn't done configuring yet! As I stand, when I connect to my webserver to check Insight's status, it says that syncing only at 73% (after 2 days!). I've noticed that over the past two days, the insight frontend has gotten much slower also.

Overall, in terms of hard disk space, I've used up 73 GB of space. Considering that the blockchain size is ~30GB, his would imply that Insight has filled up at least and extra 30GB.

Is this normal? Can it be reigned in? Has anyone here had any experience with setting up the Insight explorer?

Any help would be immensely appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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Huge Sell Order on Bitstamp!
by
zipmaster
on 06/10/2014, 01:26:35 UTC
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Re: [WTB] Casascius 2011 1 BTC error coin any condition. (Loaded)
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zipmaster
on 05/10/2014, 20:59:36 UTC
At the current BTC prices, I wouldn't accept less than 4-5.
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Re: A future of high transaction fees?
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zipmaster
on 05/10/2014, 20:57:50 UTC
I don't know guys. If bitcoin were to become an actual full out, fiat defeating currency, governments will be forced to centralize all mining efforts to guarantee the stability of the financial system.

The plus side to this is that taxation for sales could be implicitly built into the blockchain since governments could collude to set transaction fees.
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Re: [WTB] Casascius 2011 1 BTC error coin any condition. (Loaded)
by
zipmaster
on 26/09/2014, 01:07:18 UTC
Keep dreamin' sir...
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Re: [WTS] 2013 Casascius 0.5 "Half" Bitcoin "Right off the Roll" Make ANY offer!!
by
zipmaster
on 28/07/2014, 12:58:36 UTC
Look at the bright side. You have 60 BTC!
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Re: 2011 Casascius 1 BTC Holo Error
by
zipmaster
on 05/05/2014, 00:56:22 UTC
bump!
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Re: CASASCIUS PHYSICAL BITCOIN - In Stock Now! (pic)
by
zipmaster
on 03/03/2014, 01:23:09 UTC
Anyone here interested in a classic Casascius piece?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=487407.msg5458234#msg5458234
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Re: 2011 Casascius 1 BTC Holo Error
by
zipmaster
on 02/03/2014, 05:54:11 UTC
Clean and not graded 3-4BTC.. If you get a really nice grade like MS-66 - MS67 they can go upwards of 7BTC

Exactly,  many such 3-4 btc sales happened when the bitcoin value hovered at much higher prices than where it is now.
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Re: 2011 Casascius 1 BTC Holo Error
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zipmaster
on 01/03/2014, 21:37:36 UTC
i think 5 btc is still alittle to high, i think they been going for around 3btc maybe more if graded high

I don't agree. The 2013s are going for 2.5-3. While it is true that graded coins are getting a higher premium, this coin is in phenomenal condition. It's been in a case ever since being received.
If I don't manage to sell it I will send it in for grading myself.
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Re: 2011 Casascius 1 BTC Holo Error
by
zipmaster
on 01/03/2014, 19:11:00 UTC
Price lowered. BUMP
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Re: 2011 Casascius 1 BTC Holo Error
by
zipmaster
on 27/02/2014, 20:35:19 UTC
there's no sex in it. this coin is weak.

No sex?!? I have no idea what you are talking about.
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Re: 2011 Casascius 1 BTC Holo Error
by
zipmaster
on 27/02/2014, 05:30:18 UTC
Lovely piece of work ,i am very interested in this, however i can only offer 3-4 btc. If you are interested please let me know..

I have PMed you.
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Re: 2011 Casascius 1 BTC Holo Error
by
zipmaster
on 26/02/2014, 21:05:18 UTC
bump
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Re: Mt.Gox being subpoenaed = freezing of withdrawals and site shutdown?
by
zipmaster
on 26/02/2014, 05:02:43 UTC
If 750k coins are missing, he definitely ran off with some!