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08-30-2012 , 10:50 AM

#2601

maxtower

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Originally Posted by Freakin

Just like most of the people placing bets...

I think a lot of the people placing bets were hedging against their pirate account.

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08-30-2012 , 02:36 PM

#2602

AlbertoKnox

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Originally Posted by Brons

He's obviously freerolling.

This does seem a lot more likely w/ 35k in bets, but it's not totally 'free' is losing his reputation and at least the ability to do this again. People know where he is too. Keeping the per person amount capped at 250 would have kept him safer, but having individuals with 1k+ is dangerous.

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09-05-2012 , 06:53 AM

#2603

Simkars

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Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 788

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/09/bi...ons-suspended/
Any thoughts on how this might affect bitcoins value?

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09-05-2012 , 11:22 AM

#2604

maxtower

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Originally Posted by Simkars

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/09/bi...ons-suspended/
Any thoughts on how this might affect bitcoins value?

Bitfloor's average daily volume was somewhere between 1-2k coins. Why would they keep 25000 coins in a hot wallet after everything that has happened to almost every other site? It's just ridiculous.

Also I thought it was interesting Calvin Ayre commented on bitcoin:
http://calvinayre.com/2012/09/03/business/bitzino-touts-provably-fair-games-but-can-bitcoin-only-casinos-succeed/

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09-05-2012 , 07:05 PM

#2605

Ponies

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Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,726

Seems like the last couple of hackings have had no effect on the price of bitcoins. Makes me think the market is getting smarter.

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09-05-2012 , 07:20 PM

#2606

Unabridged

old hand

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,401

the people who stole romney's tax documents asked for their ransom in bitcoins:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-575...s-tax-returns/

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09-06-2012 , 01:58 AM

#2607

AlbertoKnox

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Originally Posted by Unabridged

the people who stole romney's tax documents asked for their ransom in bitcoins:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-575...s-tax-returns/

People who actually stole them or pretended to have stolen them?

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09-09-2012 , 02:30 PM

#2608

Freakin

bacon wannabe

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 17,152

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlbertoKnox

People who actually stole them or pretended to have stolen them?

Doesn't really make a difference imo

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09-10-2012 , 07:02 PM

#2609

AlbertoKnox

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Shockingly, Matt did not pay the roughly $900000 worth of coins he owed.

The reason I originally thought it would pay was that the amounts matched the large bet against pirate that was actually escrowed and was scheduled to be released before the deadline of this bet. I thought maybe the winner of that bet wanted to be rid of the 'dirty' money which 'belonged' to victims and Matt was fronting for him to both obscure that fact (temporarily) and as publicity stunt. When it went over 10k it just made no sense anymore.

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09-10-2012 , 08:07 PM

#2610

maxtower

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So free-rolling it is. Do you have a link? Did he try any kind of angle shooting?

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09-11-2012 , 12:08 AM

#2611

karkstark1

newbie

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 39

What is the biggest bitcoin poker site at the moment?

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09-11-2012 , 01:29 AM

#2612

steelhouse

banned

Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,109

sealswithclubs.eu for bitcoin only. There might be a casino like switchpoker that is larger over all however, none are open to us players.

http://blog.bitinstant.com/

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09-11-2012 , 08:08 PM

#2613

bjornb

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Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4,937

Dumbass with too much money or market spoofing/manipulation?

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09-12-2012 , 11:46 AM

#2614

Jah Onion

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looking to buy a few bitcoins (nothing crazy), if anyone's willing to help me out I'd appreciate it!
*just thought i'd mention the reason I'm not going thru mtgox (which is pretty much my only option) is that i can only fund it through bank transfer and that takes forever

Last edited by Jah Onion; 09-12-2012 at 11:53 AM.

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09-12-2012 , 12:33 PM

#2615

Deep

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 433

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Originally Posted by Jah Onion

Have you checked out BitInstant?

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09-12-2012 , 12:48 PM

#2616

Jah Onion

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yeah the prob is i'm living in europe so I have no access to the wonders of LR and all that. I mean I've already found someone trustworthy that will take my GDMP (had a friend buy one for me thinking it would be super easy to exchange for BTC rly fast, I was wrong

) for a small enough commision, but even that takes 1-2 days and I was looking for something quicker.

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09-12-2012 , 01:07 PM

#2617

shoemaker

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Originally Posted by Jah Onion

) for a small enough commision, but even that takes 1-2 days and I was looking for something quicker.

Just sent Jah Onion a PM, but thought I'd offer it to everyone else itt as well.
I can trade BTC or mtgoxUSD for pokersite funds, moneybookers, neteller etc.

Have great rep in both the poker and bitcoin community.

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09-14-2012 , 07:59 AM

#2618

TomCollins

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Originally Posted by AlbertoKnox

Can you explain? I'm not sure what this means.

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09-14-2012 , 09:05 AM

#2619

fluffheadsr

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I actually, got invited to do pair coding by the guy who invented bitcoin.. So There is several dozen lines of code which make bitcoin work, that I wrote

I'm always happy about that.

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09-14-2012 , 09:28 AM

#2620

doublec

journeyman

Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 315

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Originally Posted by fluffheadsr

I actually, got invited to do pair coding by the guy who invented bitcoin.. So There is several dozen lines of code which make bitcoin work, that I wrote

You pair programmed in person with Satoshi, the inventor of Bitcoin?

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09-14-2012 , 01:37 PM

#2621

AlbertoKnox

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TomCollins

Can you explain? I'm not sure what this means.

Sorry, my post was fairly bad.

Matthew N Wright from bitcoin talk wanted to bet that pirate would pay back. I decided to bet 250BTC that pirate would not pay back. I was reluctant at first because I worried Matt would not pay, but I also thought there was very small risk of losing.

Matt kept taking bets past the 10kBTC he originally had said was the max. So by the end it wasn't that surprising when he didn't pay anyone.

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09-15-2012 , 12:09 AM

#2622

microstakesrave

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,719

Can somebody tell me where this idea is flawed? I'm sure it's illegal too .. If not, highly looked down upon ..

(Yes, I'm serious about this btw)

1. Buy/build a mining machine
2. Install mining software on machine
3. Sell mining machine on eBay/Craigslist

Assuming, I bought the machine for 1k and sold the machine for 1k. Shouldn't this yield a 1BTC/wk profit? I guess I'll also have to assume that the person keeps their machine on 24/7 AND they don't do a clean install of the software.

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09-15-2012 , 09:06 AM

#2623

Overcooked

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^ why not just do tech support for old people and install the programs?

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09-15-2012 , 10:08 AM

#2624

TomCollins

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Originally Posted by AlbertoKnox

Ok, I thought you had some angle for thinking he was going to pay. It seemed pretty obvious it was a free roll since he wouldn't pay out if he lost and he was just delusional, or he had a bet he was sure to win.

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09-15-2012 , 12:06 PM

#2625

fluffheadsr

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Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 726

Quote:

Originally Posted by doublec

You pair programmed in person with Satoshi, the inventor of Bitcoin?

Not in person.. We did it via session Sharing over ssh. We chated on voice, and I learned a ton.. A lot of bit coin is written in python.. That's where I met him.. I was on irc chatting about python programming and he asked if anyo e wanted to do some pair programming on a new digital currency project.. I was really interested in learning about pair coding so I took him up on it. Was really cool.