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Aesics
Apr 30, 2002

come play the newest fantasy game: http://spellsofgenesis.tumblr.com/

quote:

Spells of Genesis
Upcoming mobile trading card/arcade game which will integrate bitcoin and blockchain technology in its game economy as well as its storyline.

Artwork: Satoshi Creator of the Blockchain
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Dr. Honked
Jan 9, 2011

eat it you slaaaaaaag
karples stole all the bitcoins. he stole them all.

Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe

duTrieux. posted:

what possible reason can there be for these assholes to just leave teamviewer running all of the time

tons of people use teamviewer like it was splashtop. often without bothering to have a password/a password that isn't "password" because clearly noone can guess their ip

Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

me @ ur posts


Fun Shoe

Dr. Honked posted:

karples stole all the bitcoins. he stole them all.

and that's terrible

LethalGeek
Nov 4, 2009

Old Kentucky Shark posted:

I don't understand how this happens. I don't understand how a business that produces nothing runs up a $223,000+ electric bill in only four months. They were burning through ~360 tons of coal a month for four months.

For the first time, someone has put bitcoin into terms that make me legit angry.

this poo poo legit pisses me off to everytime i think about it because its just ..really dumb. this is the hate that drives me when it comes to butts

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

Nintendo Kid posted:

tons of people use teamviewer like it was splashtop. often without bothering to have a password/a password that isn't "password" because clearly noone can guess their ip

loving idiots

FCKGW
May 21, 2006

Nintendo Kid posted:

tons of people use teamviewer like it was splashtop. often without bothering to have a password/a password that isn't "password" because clearly noone can guess their ip

since logmein cut off free users team viewer saw a massive increase in inexperienced, unskilled users trying to use their software in the same manner of remote viewing but neglected the whole security part

Dr. Honked
Jan 9, 2011

eat it you slaaaaaaag

Chris Knight posted:

and that's terrible

no its great

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

Cantorsdust posted:

the best part about anonymous ownership is that you can't actually prove for tax or bankruptcy purposes that you don't actually own the coins, either

I'm curious: how do you prove that you don't own a pile of cash or gold?

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007

Subjunctive posted:

I'm curious: how do you prove that you don't own a pile of cash or gold?

the government takes it and you don't sue

El_Elegante
Jul 3, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Biscuit Hider

Dr. Honked posted:

no its great

whoosh

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

avatar
specialist


FCKGW posted:

since logmein cut off free users team viewer saw a massive increase in inexperienced, unskilled users trying to use their software in the same manner of remote viewing but neglected the whole security part

rip logmein free, it was a really awesome thing

hell even the android app i bought for 15$ just up and said "nope, we're bricking this in 6 months, until then enjoy a complimentary upgrade to pro for a machine"

being able to shoot an .exe to someone who needed a cj and fix poo poo myself was magical, now i either decline remote assistance or guide people with join.me, also gently caress trying to explain to computer stupids how to port forward rdp

in a well actually
Jan 26, 2011

dude, you gotta end it on the rhyme

duTrieux. posted:

what possible reason can there be for these assholes to just leave teamviewer running all of the time

http://plussizedominatrix.tumblr.com/post/26791768793/teamviewer

FAUXTON
Jun 2, 2005

spero che tu stia bene

duTrieux. posted:

what possible reason can there be for these assholes to just leave teamviewer running all of the time

A) serving as willing proxies for carders in eastern Europe/southeast Asia

B) scamming old folks by calling them up, scaring them with bullshit about viruses, and then using teamviewer to remote into their computer and "fix" it (delete temp files and a couple old restore points) for exorbitant prices.

C) saw dad having a teleconference and since that's what the grownups do they had to try it

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007

I'm not a fan of being the family cj (though I never have to because my father cjs in the major leagues) but I never want to give up my secret for fixing poo poo google

DaTroof
Nov 16, 2000

CC LIMERICK CONTEST GRAND CHAMPION
There once was a poster named Troof
Who was getting quite long in the toof

theflyingexecutive posted:

I'm not a fan of being the family cj (though I never have to because my father cjs in the major leagues) but I never want to give up my secret for fixing poo poo google

go ahead and tell them you googled it. guaranteed most of them will come back to you anyway

copy/pasting an error message into a search engine is apparently still magic to some people

ComfyPants
Mar 20, 2002

Perhaps someone could answer these 2 bitcoin questions? (self.Bitcoin)

submitted an hour ago by TravisPatron

1. Would a solar flare actually destroy the bitcoin network as we know it? If so, how? If not, why not?

2. How can a bitcoin transaction be sent without the internet? ie. radio frequency transmission or other pre-dated technology

[–]Above_The_Law 1 point 50 minutes ago

1. A solar flare could theoretically disrupt/destroy the internet and all networking devices. That would effectively disrupt/destroy bitcoin.

2. A bitcoin transaction comprises just a few hundred bytes. You could manually create a bitcoin transaction on paper and carrier pigeon it to someone with internet access and then they could enter it for you.

has anyone said pigeoncoin yet?

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!

FAUXTON posted:

A) serving as willing proxies for carders in eastern Europe/southeast Asia

B) scamming old folks by calling them up, scaring them with bullshit about viruses, and then using teamviewer to remote into their computer and "fix" it (delete temp files and a couple old restore points) for exorbitant prices.

C) saw dad having a teleconference and since that's what the grownups do they had to try it

running like always remoted in or just running in the background? cause it's default setting is just to sit in the background so I could easily see people forgetting about it

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007

JaysonAych posted:

2. A bitcoin transaction comprises just a few hundred bytes. You could manually create a bitcoin transaction on paper and carrier pigeon it to someone with internet access and then they could enter it for you.

i too remember having my internet go out and sending a pigeon with my bank login and password to a buddy

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

JaysonAych posted:


1. Would a solar flare actually destroy the bitcoin network as we know it?

depends on Krillin's current power level

INCHI DICKARI
Aug 23, 2006

by FactsAreUseless

Dr. Honked posted:

'buttcoins lol' - teacher

i was under the impression we left the laughing stage quite some time ago and are preparing for imminent collapse of the social order though

Beast of Bourbon
Sep 25, 2013

Pillbug

theflyingexecutive posted:

i too remember having my internet go out and sending a pigeon with my bank login and password to a buddy

aren't carrier pigeons extinct anyways?

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

Beast of Bourbon posted:

aren't carrier pigeons extinct anyways?

your thinking of Passenger pigeons.

who are extinct because we ate them.

ComfyPants
Mar 20, 2002

i finally found something that's not good news for bitcoin: good news for bitcoin


Isn't it great to see Bitcoin-positive articles on the WSJ, Bloomberg, Forbes, et al? Well, I don't think it's so great. Here's why. (self.Bitcoin)

submitted 2 hours ago * by catsfive

I'm new. Hi. Sorry, I'll get right to it. I was reading this post:

[85] Why we need bitcoin: Citi Economist Says Time to Abolish Cash (bloomberg.com)

I love seeing postive news about Bitcoin, but I kind of hate getting this news from Bloomberg, Forbes, and the NYT, etc. Positive coverage aside, I firmly believe that these guys are not on our side and that we do not treat their interest with the proper levels of care and suspicion. Articles like this are merely lip service to Bitcoin, and though many of them explain what it is and cover its current events, very few present the truly disruptive nature of Bitcoin, much less portray its potential to remove the secrecy, manipulation and corruption that is inherent in our current financial system in a positive light. They are just pumping up Bitcoin so that people can become more aware of it, so it becomes more popular, so that the needed infrastructure organically grows up around it and then—bam!—they're going to make a carefully-planned and tested move against the decentralized nature of Bitcoin. A total bait and switch. They'll try to keep all the progressive things it offers (I'm mostly aware of the difference between the coins and the ledger, etc.), but will work to centralize everything, "for national security, oh, and for your own good."

Did you just laugh reading that?? Then maybe you're under 30. Remember IE, the browser? It's gone for now, but it used to be the dominant browser. HOW it got to be dominant (I realize that Bitcoin isn't a browser, but, bear with me) was a textbook lesson on how these Powers work: They used what Microsoft called EEE—Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. Microsoft's PR cronies entered the browser www/ecosystem as "friendly participants," embraced everything good that it stood for, then extended its capabilities so that it would only support/work with core Microsoft products and goals, and then remember what happened? No one enjoyed the Extinguish part of their end-game where they co-opted that browser to serve their bottom line (because gently caress freedom, amirite?). All competing products were hobbled in some way. I remember coding my website three different ways for three different browsers. It was triple the work to not get sucked into the assimilation portal that IE had become. Those of you that remember that era well, let me ask you: how many times, sitting there at 0300, did you utterly curse Microsoft and swear that if you ever saw Bill Gates you'd do something you'd regret?

Maybe I'm the suspicious type, but I fear that this is a stage that Bitcoin will go through as well. Do we really think that the fiat powers that be won't act decisively against any truly decentralized, unstoppable, and impossible to game/manipulate currency??? The absence of this sort of discussion in this sub literally boggles my mind.

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish

JaysonAych posted:

impossible to game/manipulate currency???

i will not stand by as the achievements of mark karpeles are so flagrently ignored

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

JaysonAych posted:

i finally found something that's not good news for bitcoin: good news for bitcoin


Isn't it great to see Bitcoin-positive articles on the WSJ, Bloomberg, Forbes, et al? Well, I don't think it's so great. Here's why. (self.Bitcoin)

submitted 2 hours ago * by catsfive

I'm new. Hi. Sorry, I'll get right to it. I was reading this post:

[85] Why we need bitcoin: Citi Economist Says Time to Abolish Cash (bloomberg.com)

I love seeing postive news about Bitcoin, but I kind of hate getting this news from Bloomberg, Forbes, and the NYT, etc. Positive coverage aside, I firmly believe that these guys are not on our side and that we do not treat their interest with the proper levels of care and suspicion. Articles like this are merely lip service to Bitcoin, and though many of them explain what it is and cover its current events, very few present the truly disruptive nature of Bitcoin, much less portray its potential to remove the secrecy, manipulation and corruption that is inherent in our current financial system in a positive light. They are just pumping up Bitcoin so that people can become more aware of it, so it becomes more popular, so that the needed infrastructure organically grows up around it and then—bam!—they're going to make a carefully-planned and tested move against the decentralized nature of Bitcoin. A total bait and switch. They'll try to keep all the progressive things it offers (I'm mostly aware of the difference between the coins and the ledger, etc.), but will work to centralize everything, "for national security, oh, and for your own good."

Did you just laugh reading that?? Then maybe you're under 30. Remember IE, the browser? It's gone for now, but it used to be the dominant browser. HOW it got to be dominant (I realize that Bitcoin isn't a browser, but, bear with me) was a textbook lesson on how these Powers work: They used what Microsoft called EEE—Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. Microsoft's PR cronies entered the browser www/ecosystem as "friendly participants," embraced everything good that it stood for, then extended its capabilities so that it would only support/work with core Microsoft products and goals, and then remember what happened? No one enjoyed the Extinguish part of their end-game where they co-opted that browser to serve their bottom line (because gently caress freedom, amirite?). All competing products were hobbled in some way. I remember coding my website three different ways for three different browsers. It was triple the work to not get sucked into the assimilation portal that IE had become. Those of you that remember that era well, let me ask you: how many times, sitting there at 0300, did you utterly curse Microsoft and swear that if you ever saw Bill Gates you'd do something you'd regret?

Maybe I'm the suspicious type, but I fear that this is a stage that Bitcoin will go through as well. Do we really think that the fiat powers that be won't act decisively against any truly decentralized, unstoppable, and impossible to game/manipulate currency??? The absence of this sort of discussion in this sub literally boggles my mind.
lol at this web developer who is probably only in his mid-30s

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
i read the pos for the postive bitcoin news

Malloc Voidstar
May 7, 2007

Fuck the cowboys. Unf. Fuck em hard.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/btcgaw-is-now-buying-bitcoins-with-11-more-than-blockchain-official-rate-300063216.html
BTCGaw is now buying Bitcoins with 11% more than Blockchain official rate

quote:

MILFORD, Del., April 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- BTCGaw INC. ( https://www.btcgaw.com ) has announced yesterday its latest offer for Bitcoin sellers: a conversion rate with an 11% increase compared to Blockchain's official rate. The company conducts its marketing campaign with a lot of confidence that their deal for Bitcoin trade is the best on the market at the moment.
[...]
blatant scam, nobody would even try to use it, right?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3279zm/btcgaw_is_a_scam_after_saying_i_will_expose_them/
BTCGAW is a scam! After saying I will expose them on Reddit, they threatened to send me child porn & stolen credit cards! (self.Bitcoin)
отправлено 3 hours ago, изменено * автор Alibitco

quote:

I have just been scammed by BTCGAW.com. I was exploring their service when I found out that they use one bitcoin address to fulfill all orders (notwithstanding the fact that real operations needs to know who sent what), and the coins are all unmoved at this address:

http://blockchain.info/address/16RiiW3wUMiid8eYXCvE8F1uj8WDUvuQUy

I, of course, didn't proceed. The scammer soon emailed me, and you can see our exchange here:



So I hopped on live chat, where the 'operator' threatened to DDoS me for "100 days" and "make orders to get you arrested" if I expose their scam on reddit/bitcointalk. He actually did DDoS my IP, but I just reset my rounter and hopped on a VPN in a few minutes.



I was writing this post until I realized that I can probably get more material out of him. (He's very dumb, not realizing that he's not scaring me at all). He proceeded to purchase carded credit card details, and claims to have ordered child pornography and send it to my email:



That's the end of our conversation. Of course, if I do receive any child porn, I'll be reporting it directly to the relevant authorities. I don't think he thought his plan through.

CONCLUSION: BTCGAW.com is a scam site, owner is hilariously inadept.

Segmentation Fault
Jun 7, 2012
so he admits to A) ordering child porn and B) blackmail?

i'm not sure what's better, the scammer or the guy agreeing to "come live chat" with the scammer

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/btcgaw-is-now-buying-bitcoins-with-11-more-than-blockchain-official-rate-300063216.html
BTCGaw is now buying Bitcoins with 11% more than Blockchain official rate

blatant scam, nobody would even try to use it, right?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3279zm/btcgaw_is_a_scam_after_saying_i_will_expose_them/
BTCGAW is a scam! After saying I will expose them on Reddit, they threatened to send me child porn & stolen credit cards! (self.Bitcoin)
отправлено 3 hours ago, изменено * автор Alibitco
lmfao

bucketmouse
Aug 16, 2004

we con-trol the ho-ri-zon-tal
we con-trol the verrr-ti-cal

Snapchat A Titty posted:

i approach programming like a late 80s early 90s lucasfilm computer game

Splicer posted:

but my mom says I'm funny :smith:

nah you did good

the bitcoin fanfiction/parables derails are the best downtime fillers other than tcc safaris

Splicer
Oct 16, 2006

from hell's heart I cast at thee
🧙🐀🧹🌙🪄🐸

bucketmouse posted:

nah you did good

the bitcoin fanfiction/parables derails are the best downtime fillers other than tcc safaris
I didn't remember the blind burger factory until this morning so I thought it was a gbs/aspergers reference :v:

hobbesmaster posted:

business school and finance people probably think Bitcoin is even funnier than we do

I mean if that's even possible
based on a sample size of one accountant I know, you are 100% correct.

A Pinball Wizard
Mar 23, 2005

I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands

College Slice

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/btcgaw-is-now-buying-bitcoins-with-11-more-than-blockchain-official-rate-300063216.html
BTCGaw is now buying Bitcoins with 11% more than Blockchain official rate

blatant scam, nobody would even try to use it, right?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3279zm/btcgaw_is_a_scam_after_saying_i_will_expose_them/
BTCGAW is a scam! After saying I will expose them on Reddit, they threatened to send me child porn & stolen credit cards! (self.Bitcoin)
отправлено 3 hours ago, изменено * автор Alibitco

idgi what does only having one address have to do with anything and how did it take him longer than reading the letters GAW to figure out it was a.scam

Jabor
Jul 16, 2010

#1 Loser at SpaceChem

A Pinball Wizard posted:

idgi what does only having one address have to do with anything and how did it take him longer than reading the letters GAW to figure out it was a.scam

bitcoin is ~~anonymous~~ (but not actually anonymous) so the only real way to figure out if someone's actually paid you is to use different addresses for every transaction. otherwise if you sell two things but only get one payment you have no way to figure out which of your "customers" sent the transaction and which one just looked up the list of recent transactions you received and said "yup that one's mine".

Herman Merman
Jul 6, 2008
/r/buttcoin is having a haiku contest, it's great

quote:

"bitcoins." and then he
laughed. but who laughs last? (the one
who laughed at bitcoin.)


frictionless money
futuristic and secure
sorry for your loss


Bitcoin price falls down
Hold the line! Trust Satoshi!
Tears fall, like your coins.


Drugs come in the mail
Bitcoins go out on the net.
Exit scam wipes all.


decentralized cash
made to disrupt the world! Mom,
when's my allowance?

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

Herman Merman posted:

/r/buttcoin is having a haiku contest, it's great
haikus are the best form of poetry for bitcoins because they also go from 5 to 7 to 5

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

Jabor posted:

bitcoin is ~~anonymous~~ (but not actually anonymous) so the only real way to figure out if someone's actually paid you is to use different addresses for every transaction. otherwise if you sell two things but only get one payment you have no way to figure out which of your "customers" sent the transaction and which one just looked up the list of recent transactions you received and said "yup that one's mine".

jfc

currency of the future

Penguissimo
Apr 7, 2007

anthonypants posted:

haikus are the best form of poetry for bitcoins because they also go from 5 to 7 to 5

A Pinball Wizard
Mar 23, 2005

I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands

College Slice
[–]Ishmael_Vegeta 8 points 5 hours ago

Lol what a joke. Go to jail for having a certain arrangement of bits in your computer.

"Oh No! You have the forbidden bits!!!"


[–]7MigratingCoconuts 22 points 4 hours ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_prime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number

No matter how absurd it seems, the state can and will try to make anything illegal. Not even math is safe.


[–]jaydoors 8 points 4 hours ago

Well yeah.. ..but, I dunno, murder is just a certain arrangement of atoms in space time, so..


[–]Ishmael_Vegeta -3 points 3 hours ago

murder is not something you can possess

And if we had the ability to manipulate spacetime perhaps murder would be meaningless


[–]JackBond1234 1 point an hour ago

I mean technically neither is data. Data is merely one of many configurations you can coerce your possessions into, just like murder is a configuration of atoms you can coerce somebody else into.

[–]sudofox -7 points 3 hours ago

"Perhaps murder would be meaningless."

The only one with that ability is God, who is the only one who has authority to give or take life anyway, so it's a moot point :P

[–]imsodope210 1 point 51 minutes ago

Maybe you shouldn't show that you are religious on reddit.


[–]MulattoLatte 1 point 14 minutes ago

I'm not religious but I'll be damned if people are trying to silence other peoples beliefs, the down votes are unnecessary. If you don't agree with someone's opinion just leave it alone, come on guys.

good god how do you guys quote this poo poo without having to spend 10 minutes reformatting it

e: hooooly poo poo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMoys5noqm4

A Pinball Wizard fucked around with this message at 13:26 on Apr 11, 2015

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