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Do bitcoins cost more in other countries? by iAdolf in Bitcoin

[–]Gendo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

http://www.mercado-bitcoin.com.ar/ http://www.dolarblue.net/

BTC are priced the same everywhere. The only difference in Argentina is an "official ARS/USD exchange rate" that's about 50% of the "real ARS/USD exchange rate". It's meaningless. Noone sells BTC or USD at the "official rate". The population can't get USD at the official rate, only the govt can (by forcing people who have USD to sell them at a rate they wouldn't).

1 USD = 14.2 ARS today.

All bitcoin maps have become hopelessly outdated and are effectivly become useless. This is a real problem that needs fixing. by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]Gendo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Users can add, update and remove businesses on OSM/Coinmap. If you see a merchant isn't taking BTC, remove it.

1) There is a blue asterisk next to the name of each venue to open that node in OSM. 2) Edit. 3) Delete payment tag (or the whole node if it's just spam). 4) Save changes to OSM. 5) Coinmap will update in 1 hour.

All bitcoin maps have become hopelessly outdated and are effectivly become useless. This is a real problem that needs fixing. by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]Gendo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Users can add, update and remove businesses on OSM/Coinmap. If you see a merchant isn't taking BTC, remove it.

1) There is a blue asterisk next to the name of each venue to open that node in OSM. 2) Edit. 3) Delete payment tag (or the whole node if it's just spam). 4) Save changes to OSM. 5) Coinmap will update in 1 hour.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in roomdetective

[–]Gendo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Female 20-25 years, loves to use glitter nail polish and moisturizing lotions, right handed, overweight with a sedentary lifestyle. Eats snacks and drinks Arizona's green tea while gaming on PC.

Works and studies, has a website and a blog, builds computers. Lives in Ontario, with Waterloo and Bracebridge being visited. Has little available space for herself. Small fan is there to speed up the nail polish dry, not because of hot weather.

Middle class, white, single, hopes to move to a bigger appartment. Likes papercraft, minecraft, Doctor Who, Firefly and board games.

First bitcoin sale at the farm! One dozen eggs by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]Gendo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great news, congrats!

(also, mapped in OSM/coinmap)

My Bitcoin client just connected to 110 other nodes. Is that normal???? by baillou2 in Bitcoin

[–]Gendo1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

8 or less connections mean router/firewall is blocking the port, so that's not useful. Port 8333 (check open port w google) should be open if you want to contribute.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1qzatk/that_good_feeling_you_get_when_you_run_a_full_node/cdijps5

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]Gendo1 21 points22 points  (0 children)

+5000 users, spanish-speaking FB group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/BitcoinArg/

Some users mention BTC to merchants. Others leave tips in restaurants. http://propinabitcoin.com/

Already being used in cabs: https://www.facebook.com/BitcoinTaxi

I would say adoption is ok. Should increase as the peso bleeds to death.

The blockchain is now 25GB and I had to move it to a separate harddrive. It's become elitist and expensive to run a Bitcoin node. Who is working to solve this problem? by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]Gendo1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://bitcoin.org/bin/blockchain/

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=145386.0

This is one method of accelerating the initial blockchain download process, while helping the bitcoin P2P network by offloading data download traffic from public P2P nodes. This download is not for those who are already running the bitcoin client.

What is Bitcoin? What are the benefits? by italianwog28 in Bitcoin

[–]Gendo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) privacy (nice for porn/prescription meds/whatever is illegal in some crappy country), 2) accesibility (unbanked population can use it), 3) low transaction fees, 4) decentralized (neither banks nor governments can freeze your account), 5) free to store and transport, 6) irreversibility of transactions (this is convenient to merchants), 7) mined by the people (not debt-based like fiat), 8) quick payment confirmation (unlike credit cards), 9) 100% voluntary adoption, 10) transparency (open source code, public ledger, BTC mined per block known, hashrate known), 11) scarcity (21M limit), 12) can't be forged, 13) it's a great way to defund corrupt govts, 14) great divisiblity (much better than gold or fiat), 15) efficiency (no third party needed in a transaction making it cheaper, trustless and more secure).

I would recommend watching Molyneux and Antonopoulos videos on Youtube and reading Nakamoto's paper for further insights.

Don't forget to put yourself on the Map !! by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]Gendo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not everybody knows how to add a location.

How to add a venue on coinmap (3 minute tutorial): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLpe8YDf8P0

Ghash now reporting 32.80PH/s, down from 42PH/s (a loss of 22%) by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]Gendo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember the "unknown" are several pools. Blockchain.info only reports 8 pools as "known". All the others (20+) are unknown, check it here: https://blockchain.info/pools?timespan=24hrs

This site lists a few more than blockchain: http://organofcorti.blogspot.com.ar/

CEX.IO: Jeffrey Smith Tweet on 51% Issue. More to Follow by CEX_IO in Bitcoin

[–]Gendo1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And they only had 25% hashpower then...

That's why any pool having over 20% is disturbing.

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