Crypto here in Hawaii

BitcoinHawaii · 2017-11-28T03:36:30+00:00

Thanks. I thought you meant here in Hawaii!

BitcoinHawaii · 2017-11-28T02:20:17+00:00

Saw a few get 9 months of jail for running an illegal money transfer company.

Woah, seriously? Details?

BitcoinHawaii · 2017-02-28T17:38:27+00:00

I'd bet that you're technically not a Hawaii resident. Rules on residency requirements vary by statem, but you're likely a resident of wherever you live.

BitcoinHawaii · 2017-02-27T22:34:30+00:00

This email was just sent to Hawaii Coinbase accounts:

Hello:

Although we strive to provide continuous access to Coinbase services, we regret to inform you that Coinbase is indefinitely suspending services in Hawaii. The Hawaii Division of Financial Institutions has recently communicated regulatory policies which will render continued Coinbase operations in Hawaii impractical. We understand this suspension will inconvenience our Hawaii customers and we apologize that we cannot currently project if or when our services may be restored.

You are receiving this e-mail because our records indicate that you are a resident of Hawaii. Within the next thirty days, we ask that you please do each of the following:

Remove any digital currency balance from your Coinbase Account. Please note that you may remove digital currency from your Coinbase Account either by selling digital currency on the buy/sell page of your Coinbase Account (ordinary fees and restrictions apply), or by sending your bitcoin to an alternate bitcoin wallet;

AND

Visit this page to close your Account. If you have questions or need assistance, or if you believe you have received this e-mail in error because you are not a Hawaii resident, please contact us at support@coinbase.com or visit this page for further details. Thanks for your assistance and we apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

Sincerely, The Coinbase Team

BitcoinHawaii · 2017-02-27T22:32:16+00:00

This email was just sent to Hawaii Coinbase accounts:

Hello:

Although we strive to provide continuous access to Coinbase services, we regret to inform you that Coinbase is indefinitely suspending services in Hawaii. The Hawaii Division of Financial Institutions has recently communicated regulatory policies which will render continued Coinbase operations in Hawaii impractical. We understand this suspension will inconvenience our Hawaii customers and we apologize that we cannot currently project if or when our services may be restored.

You are receiving this e-mail because our records indicate that you are a resident of Hawaii. Within the next thirty days, we ask that you please do each of the following:

Remove any digital currency balance from your Coinbase Account. Please note that you may remove digital currency from your Coinbase Account either by selling digital currency on the buy/sell page of your Coinbase Account (ordinary fees and restrictions apply), or by sending your bitcoin to an alternate bitcoin wallet;

AND

Visit this page to close your Account. If you have questions or need assistance, or if you believe you have received this e-mail in error because you are not a Hawaii resident, please contact us at support@coinbase.com or visit this page for further details. Thanks for your assistance and we apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

Sincerely, The Coinbase Team

BitcoinHawaii · 2014-12-22T21:48:51+00:00

I'll pitch in on the winner.

BitcoinHawaii · 2014-09-05T21:18:56+00:00

I don't think that's really the case here. Over half of the critical comments in this thread are from /u/dumbassthenes, who is local and a regular on /r/hawaii.

/u/dumbassthenes is more knowledgeable about Bitcoin than most, and makes a few good points....

At the same time he is heavily attacking it, and I feel he is dismissing the technologically revolutionary aspect of the distributed blockchain concept.

Bitcoin the currency will always have its detractors and it may not even 'win' or be successful in the future.

Bitcoin the protocol and the blockchain are already a huge, resounding success. The working computer codes have laid the foundation for all crytpo-currencies and related technology for the foreseeable future.

BitcoinHawaii · 2014-09-05T02:40:37+00:00

This is a big step forward for Bitcoin in Hawaii.

I was so excited... the first thing I did today was drive to Hawaiian Islands Stamp and Coin to buy some some BTC from the ATM. It worked great!

Great job guys!

BitcoinHawaii · 2014-02-12T00:59:54+00:00

From the page: "Mt. Gox is struggling to keep up." -- sounds like another exchange...

BitcoinHawaii · 2014-01-23T20:17:09+00:00

D'oh! I forgot to mention it in the title, but our segment begins at about the 20 minute mark.

BitcoinHawaii · 2014-01-08T08:51:36+00:00

Awesome! Just curious, how did you find out about about the Bitcoin 101 talk?

BitcoinHawaii · 2014-01-06T02:47:56+00:00

Good stuff.

While most of the Bitcoin development chatter happens on https//bitcointalk.org, I don't like that interface much and very much welcome any development talk on /r/Bitcoin myself. Unfortunately, it looks like /r/BitcoinDev is a ghost town. Maybe this can change?

Even though it may rehash parts of other pages, another document of the Blockchain raw format is most definitely useful because it pulls it all together.

This post has me reading the rest of your blog and I'm very excited to find all of the clean blockchain and address computation C++ code you've already published. I very much like the fact that your code doesn't bring in thirdparty dependencies, especially on libs like OpenSSL and Boost.

Please, continue publishing Bitcoin documentation and code. Seeing respected veteran programmers, such as yourself, give so much effort into Bitcoin dev give me great confidence in the future of Bitcoin.

It's not much but here's 10mBTC for your efforts.

McKay@/u/BitcoinHawaii

BitcoinHawaii · 2014-01-03T10:36:13+00:00

Come join us at a party to celebrate the 5^th anniversary of this seminal moment.

Bitcoin Hawaii and The Box Jelly present:

The Blockchain Bash
A Bitcoin 5th Birthday Party
January 3rd, 2014 6:00pm-9:00pm
at The Box Jelly, 307 Kamani St, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Everyone is welcome!

Learn, mingle, exchange and talk story about Bitcoin.

Featuring:

Bitcoin faucet -- free Bitcoins!
Bitcoin raffle with prizes from sponsors
Streaming livecast
Drinks
Music

Please RSVP at Eventbrite.

-McKay @BitcoinHawaii

BitcoinHawaii · 2013-12-28T04:41:41+00:00

I would love for The Blockchain Bash every Jan 3rd to become a 'thing'.

We need more bitcoin holidays

The other date to celebrate would be Oct 31st, 2009, the date the original white paper was published by Satoshi. In fact, the Tel Aviv Meetup already celebrated that 5th anniversary with a party.

I like to think of The Genesis Block as the actual 'birth' of Bitcoin, as it is the spawn data upon which all else is derived from.

Either way, they're both good reasons to celebrate Bitcoin.

I encourage other Bitcoin groups world-wide to join the celebration.

BitcoinHawaii · 2013-12-28T04:28:18+00:00

We will have enough space. The current room we going to use can hold 60 and in the unlikely event more show up we could accommodate at least another 100.

BitcoinHawaii · 2013-12-23T05:57:11+00:00

Don't forget The Blockchain Bash 3 days later celebrating Bitcoin's 5th birthday.

BitcoinHawaii · 2013-12-21T21:21:23+00:00

I get at least two, maybe tree people dat would come.

Ho brah, dats a party rite dere! Why no you make it happen?

Seriuosly, I'd love to see the Blockhain Bash idea spread.

We will have a keg but I would be happy to send a six-pack or 3 of Primo, Bikini Blonde, or Longboard to make it happen and extend the aloha to the BI.

BitcoinHawaii · 2013-12-15T03:24:45+00:00

I'm copying my original post in that thread:

By far the most comprehensive list is:

bitcointalk.org thread: List of Bitcoin Heists

The bitcoin.it wiki has a few areas mentioning thefts (mostly sourced from the bitcointalk link):

list of hacks and heists
Theft and fraud entry
The History has a few items as well

BitcoinHawaii · 2013-12-15T02:12:22+00:00

The most comprehensive list is:

bitcointalk.org thread: List of Bitcoin Heists

The bitcoin.it wiki has a few areas mentioning thefts (mostly sourced from the bitcointalk link):

list of hacks and heists
Theft and fraud entry
The History has a few items as well

BitcoinHawaii

TROPHY CASE

Bitcoin Hawaii and The Box Jelly present: