Bitcoin On Air: February 2016

Monday 29 February 2016

Every block mined on February 29th was full

I'm doing some research on a different matter, but I couldn't help but notice that every block mined on February 29th was full.

Here are the numbers:

Height - Time - Size (bytes) 400468 - 2016-02-29 00:01:18 - 749088 400469 - 2016-02-29 00:46:30 - 999798 400470 - 2016-02-29 01:08:30 - 999861 400471 - 2016-02-29 01:12:21 - 998198 400472 - 2016-02-29 01:18:09 - 999968 400473 - 2016-02-29 01:19:40 - 949223 400474 - 2016-02-29 01:20:45 - 989140 400475 - 2016-02-29 01:26:32 - 999819 400476 - 2016-02-29 01:50:10 - 749112 400477 - 2016-02-29 01:54:30 - 749045 400478 - 2016-02-29 02:02:18 - 949041 400479 - 2016-02-29 02:27:02 - 999966 400480 - 2016-02-29 02:29:13 - 998195 400481 - 2016-02-29 02:30:39 - 934190 400482 - 2016-02-29 02:42:51 - 979010 400483 - 2016-02-29 02:46:44 - 999954 400484 - 2016-02-29 02:51:26 - 999668 400485 - 2016-02-29 02:57:00 - 999978 400486 - 2016-02-29 03:12:24 - 934233 400487 - 2016-02-29 03:19:12 - 998229 400488 - 2016-02-29 03:34:22 - 999852 400489 - 2016-02-29 03:38:48 - 934383 400490 - 2016-02-29 03:42:35 - 999883 400491 - 2016-02-29 03:45:35 - 997880 400492 - 2016-02-29 04:01:41 - 988103 400493 - 2016-02-29 04:11:10 - 999985 400494 - 2016-02-29 04:25:40 - 979115 400495 - 2016-02-29 04:38:29 - 997863 400496 - 2016-02-29 04:39:06 - 209 400497 - 2016-02-29 04:42:50 - 999845 400498 - 2016-02-29 04:44:13 - 998192 400499 - 2016-02-29 04:51:56 - 998062 400500 - 2016-02-29 04:54:06 - 999886 400501 - 2016-02-29 04:55:02 - 999934 400502 - 2016-02-29 04:55:56 - 999955 400503 - 2016-02-29 05:26:57 - 998190 400504 - 2016-02-29 05:29:44 - 998192 400505 - 2016-02-29 05:30:43 - 998072 400506 - 2016-02-29 06:01:28 - 979178 400507 - 2016-02-29 06:08:39 - 999956 400508 - 2016-02-29 06:13:00 - 979107 400509 - 2016-02-29 06:15:31 - 930080 400510 - 2016-02-29 06:20:05 - 998194 400511 - 2016-02-29 06:22:20 - 998121 400512 - 2016-02-29 06:25:10 - 932990 400513 - 2016-02-29 06:36:27 - 999653 400514 - 2016-02-29 06:41:31 - 933873 400515 - 2016-02-29 06:43:34 - 979059 400516 - 2016-02-29 06:44:54 - 987719 400517 - 2016-02-29 06:50:26 - 934512 400518 - 2016-02-29 07:00:03 - 934498 400519 - 2016-02-29 07:14:11 - 979170 400520 - 2016-02-29 07:29:07 - 999991 400521 - 2016-02-29 07:44:10 - 999834 400522 - 2016-02-29 07:47:22 - 981632 400523 - 2016-02-29 08:27:53 - 999998 400524 - 2016-02-29 08:29:57 - 979107 400525 - 2016-02-29 08:34:08 - 999843 400526 - 2016-02-29 08:41:05 - 999808 400527 - 2016-02-29 08:48:07 - 979125 400528 - 2016-02-29 09:05:44 - 999916 400529 - 2016-02-29 09:06:52 - 419 400530 - 2016-02-29 09:12:04 - 934512 400531 - 2016-02-29 09:13:59 - 209 400532 - 2016-02-29 09:45:01 - 998129 400533 - 2016-02-29 09:59:32 - 999965 400534 - 2016-02-29 10:17:37 - 999889 400535 - 2016-02-29 10:29:26 - 999928 400536 - 2016-02-29 10:35:16 - 988047 400537 - 2016-02-29 10:49:34 - 998202 400538 - 2016-02-29 10:52:38 - 749045 400539 - 2016-02-29 10:55:35 - 998102 400540 - 2016-02-29 11:27:11 - 749156 400541 - 2016-02-29 11:31:21 - 998067 400542 - 2016-02-29 12:01:57 - 934477 400543 - 2016-02-29 12:03:59 - 998116 400544 - 2016-02-29 12:18:09 - 998178 400545 - 2016-02-29 12:21:24 - 999913 400546 - 2016-02-29 12:26:41 - 999776 400547 - 2016-02-29 12:26:54 - 209 400548 - 2016-02-29 12:30:19 - 999978 400549 - 2016-02-29 12:33:27 - 999730 400550 - 2016-02-29 12:33:58 - 989157 400551 - 2016-02-29 12:36:13 - 208 400552 - 2016-02-29 13:03:40 - 999787 400553 - 2016-02-29 13:32:06 - 749114 400554 - 2016-02-29 13:43:58 - 998059 400555 - 2016-02-29 14:21:19 - 998234 400556 - 2016-02-29 14:44:46 - 999902 400557 - 2016-02-29 14:52:36 - 999907 400558 - 2016-02-29 14:57:40 - 999999 400559 - 2016-02-29 15:23:32 - 998063 400560 - 2016-02-29 15:50:00 - 998170 400561 - 2016-02-29 16:00:43 - 934033 400562 - 2016-02-29 16:07:19 - 999979 400563 - 2016-02-29 16:10:37 - 989173 400564 - 2016-02-29 16:11:35 - 997999 400565 - 2016-02-29 16:14:19 - 999712 400566 - 2016-02-29 16:27:18 - 999767 400567 - 2016-02-29 16:43:21 - 934575 400568 - 2016-02-29 16:50:17 - 949216 400569 - 2016-02-29 17:01:04 - 934573 400570 - 2016-02-29 17:18:13 - 934249 400571 - 2016-02-29 17:33:48 - 989181 400572 - 2016-02-29 17:36:36 - 999854 400573 - 2016-02-29 17:36:47 - 1095 400574 - 2016-02-29 17:55:48 - 998225 400575 - 2016-02-29 18:03:56 - 999987 400576 - 2016-02-29 18:19:03 - 999875 400577 - 2016-02-29 18:21:15 - 997981 400578 - 2016-02-29 18:23:38 - 999748 400579 - 2016-02-29 18:57:28 - 998154 400580 - 2016-02-29 19:03:40 - 999854 400581 - 2016-02-29 19:04:21 - 209 400582 - 2016-02-29 19:18:51 - 997852 400583 - 2016-02-29 19:19:12 - 4654 400584 - 2016-02-29 19:49:24 - 949214 400585 - 2016-02-29 20:12:51 - 949003 400586 - 2016-02-29 20:32:26 - 999862 400587 - 2016-02-29 20:49:56 - 934495 400588 - 2016-02-29 20:54:10 - 998079 400589 - 2016-02-29 21:09:39 - 999990 400590 - 2016-02-29 21:13:13 - 931340 400591 - 2016-02-29 21:23:21 - 989141 400592 - 2016-02-29 21:26:14 - 989115 400593 - 2016-02-29 21:28:41 - 998175 400594 - 2016-02-29 22:26:00 - 998116 400595 - 2016-02-29 22:46:14 - 934373 400596 - 2016-02-29 22:56:24 - 749108 400597 - 2016-02-29 22:58:39 - 998131 400598 - 2016-02-29 23:20:44 - 949222 400599 - 2016-02-29 23:23:16 - 998216 400600 - 2016-02-29 23:25:44 - 999942

750k, 935k and 950k are common soft limits. Blocks under 10k bytes are so-called "empty blocks" from SPV mining.

No conclusions, just facts.

Submitted March 01, 2016 at 10:07AM by Har01d http://bit.ly/1VNVYGf

Alex Petrov of Bitfury: "High-fee spam attack/flooding of BTC" is the cause of current mempool backlog

https://twitter.com/sysmannet/status/704499728575238144 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1LRNFDO

Core: This scaling issue is going to get worse and worse until a) block increase is on roadmap or b) community forks

...and there comes a point in time where a) still won't prevent b) from happening.

Why is there still no formal timeframe for HF to larger block on the roadmap?

EDIT: Thank you to /u/eragmus for coming in and starting a productive conversation

Submitted March 01, 2016 at 09:18AM by evoorhees http://bit.ly/1T5a5Je

Every block mined on February 29th was full

I'm doing some research on a different matter, but I couldn't help but notice that every block mined on February 29th was full.Here are the numbers:Height - Time - Size (bytes) 400468 - 2016-02-29 00:01:18 - 749088 400469 - 2016-02-29 00:46:30 - 999798 400470 - 2016-02-29 01:08:30 - 999861 400471 - 2016-02-29 01:12:21 - 998198 400472 - 2016-02-29 01:18:09 - 999968 400473 - 2016-02-29 01:19:40 - 949223 400474 - 2016-02-29 01:20:45 - 989140 400475 - 2016-02-29 01:26:32 - 999819 400476 - 2016-02-29 01:50:10 - 749112 400477 - 2016-02-29 01:54:30 - 749045 400478 - 2016-02-29 02:02:18 - 949041 400479 - 2016-02-29 02:27:02 - 999966 400480 - 2016-02-29 02:29:13 - 998195 400481 - 2016-02-29 02:30:39 - 934190 400482 - 2016-02-29 02:42:51 - 979010 400483 - 2016-02-29 02:46:44 - 999954 400484 - 2016-02-29 02:51:26 - 999668 400485 - 2016-02-29 02:57:00 - 999978 400486 - 2016-02-29 03:12:24 - 934233 400487 - 2016-02-29 03:19:12 - 998229 400488 - 2016-02-29 03:34:22 - 999852 400489 - 2016-02-29 03:38:48 - 934383 400490 - 2016-02-29 03:42:35 - 999883 400491 - 2016-02-29 03:45:35 - 997880 400492 - 2016-02-29 04:01:41 - 988103 400493 - 2016-02-29 04:11:10 - 999985 400494 - 2016-02-29 04:25:40 - 979115 400495 - 2016-02-29 04:38:29 - 997863 400496 - 2016-02-29 04:39:06 - 209 400497 - 2016-02-29 04:42:50 - 999845 400498 - 2016-02-29 04:44:13 - 998192 400499 - 2016-02-29 04:51:56 - 998062 400500 - 2016-02-29 04:54:06 - 999886 400501 - 2016-02-29 04:55:02 - 999934 400502 - 2016-02-29 04:55:56 - 999955 400503 - 2016-02-29 05:26:57 - 998190 400504 - 2016-02-29 05:29:44 - 998192 400505 - 2016-02-29 05:30:43 - 998072 400506 - 2016-02-29 06:01:28 - 979178 400507 - 2016-02-29 06:08:39 - 999956 400508 - 2016-02-29 06:13:00 - 979107 400509 - 2016-02-29 06:15:31 - 930080 400510 - 2016-02-29 06:20:05 - 998194 400511 - 2016-02-29 06:22:20 - 998121 400512 - 2016-02-29 06:25:10 - 932990 400513 - 2016-02-29 06:36:27 - 999653 400514 - 2016-02-29 06:41:31 - 933873 400515 - 2016-02-29 06:43:34 - 979059 400516 - 2016-02-29 06:44:54 - 987719 400517 - 2016-02-29 06:50:26 - 934512 400518 - 2016-02-29 07:00:03 - 934498 400519 - 2016-02-29 07:14:11 - 979170 400520 - 2016-02-29 07:29:07 - 999991 400521 - 2016-02-29 07:44:10 - 999834 400522 - 2016-02-29 07:47:22 - 981632 400523 - 2016-02-29 08:27:53 - 999998 400524 - 2016-02-29 08:29:57 - 979107 400525 - 2016-02-29 08:34:08 - 999843 400526 - 2016-02-29 08:41:05 - 999808 400527 - 2016-02-29 08:48:07 - 979125 400528 - 2016-02-29 09:05:44 - 999916 400529 - 2016-02-29 09:06:52 - 419 400530 - 2016-02-29 09:12:04 - 934512 400531 - 2016-02-29 09:13:59 - 209 400532 - 2016-02-29 09:45:01 - 998129 400533 - 2016-02-29 09:59:32 - 999965 400534 - 2016-02-29 10:17:37 - 999889 400535 - 2016-02-29 10:29:26 - 999928 400536 - 2016-02-29 10:35:16 - 988047 400537 - 2016-02-29 10:49:34 - 998202 400538 - 2016-02-29 10:52:38 - 749045 400539 - 2016-02-29 10:55:35 - 998102 400540 - 2016-02-29 11:27:11 - 749156 400541 - 2016-02-29 11:31:21 - 998067 400542 - 2016-02-29 12:01:57 - 934477 400543 - 2016-02-29 12:03:59 - 998116 400544 - 2016-02-29 12:18:09 - 998178 400545 - 2016-02-29 12:21:24 - 999913 400546 - 2016-02-29 12:26:41 - 999776 400547 - 2016-02-29 12:26:54 - 209 400548 - 2016-02-29 12:30:19 - 999978 400549 - 2016-02-29 12:33:27 - 999730 400550 - 2016-02-29 12:33:58 - 989157 400551 - 2016-02-29 12:36:13 - 208 400552 - 2016-02-29 13:03:40 - 999787 400553 - 2016-02-29 13:32:06 - 749114 400554 - 2016-02-29 13:43:58 - 998059 400555 - 2016-02-29 14:21:19 - 998234 400556 - 2016-02-29 14:44:46 - 999902 400557 - 2016-02-29 14:52:36 - 999907 400558 - 2016-02-29 14:57:40 - 999999 400559 - 2016-02-29 15:23:32 - 998063 400560 - 2016-02-29 15:50:00 - 998170 400561 - 2016-02-29 16:00:43 - 934033 400562 - 2016-02-29 16:07:19 - 999979 400563 - 2016-02-29 16:10:37 - 989173 400564 - 2016-02-29 16:11:35 - 997999 400565 - 2016-02-29 16:14:19 - 999712 400566 - 2016-02-29 16:27:18 - 999767 400567 - 2016-02-29 16:43:21 - 934575 400568 - 2016-02-29 16:50:17 - 949216 400569 - 2016-02-29 17:01:04 - 934573 400570 - 2016-02-29 17:18:13 - 934249 400571 - 2016-02-29 17:33:48 - 989181 400572 - 2016-02-29 17:36:36 - 999854 400573 - 2016-02-29 17:36:47 - 1095 400574 - 2016-02-29 17:55:48 - 998225 400575 - 2016-02-29 18:03:56 - 999987 400576 - 2016-02-29 18:19:03 - 999875 400577 - 2016-02-29 18:21:15 - 997981 400578 - 2016-02-29 18:23:38 - 999748 400579 - 2016-02-29 18:57:28 - 998154 400580 - 2016-02-29 19:03:40 - 999854 400581 - 2016-02-29 19:04:21 - 209 400582 - 2016-02-29 19:18:51 - 997852 400583 - 2016-02-29 19:19:12 - 4654 400584 - 2016-02-29 19:49:24 - 949214 400585 - 2016-02-29 20:12:51 - 949003 400586 - 2016-02-29 20:32:26 - 999862 400587 - 2016-02-29 20:49:56 - 934495 400588 - 2016-02-29 20:54:10 - 998079 400589 - 2016-02-29 21:09:39 - 999990 400590 - 2016-02-29 21:13:13 - 931340 400591 - 2016-02-29 21:23:21 - 989141 400592 - 2016-02-29 21:26:14 - 989115 400593 - 2016-02-29 21:28:41 - 998175 400594 - 2016-02-29 22:26:00 - 998116 400595 - 2016-02-29 22:46:14 - 934373 400596 - 2016-02-29 22:56:24 - 749108 400597 - 2016-02-29 22:58:39 - 998131 400598 - 2016-02-29 23:20:44 - 949222 400599 - 2016-02-29 23:23:16 - 998216 400600 - 2016-02-29 23:25:44 - 999942 750k, 935k and 950k are common soft limits. Blocks under 10k bytes are so-called "empty blocks" from SPV mining.No conclusions, just facts. via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1VNVYGf

I would like to see this graph continue to grow.

http://bit.ly/1T4Taqj

Submitted March 01, 2016 at 06:36AM by 2ndEntropy http://bit.ly/1ndCHSx

Newbie here with a couple questions..

What is the best BTC mining card i can get for a reasonable price (butterfly Labs, etc.)
How long does it take a mine a bitcoin /w these cards?

Submitted March 01, 2016 at 10:19AM by trumpmania http://bit.ly/1OKbsW9

Core: This scaling issue is going to get worse and worse until a) block increase is on roadmap or b) community forks

...and there comes a point in time where a) still won't prevent b) from happening.Why is there still no formal timeframe for HF to larger block on the roadmap?EDIT: Thank you to /u/eragmus for coming in and starting a productive conversation via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1T5a5Je

Jeff Garzik on Twitter: "@adam3us @justinwnewton @bitcoincoreorg Pretty clear there was no consensus on that road map. A consensus of my friends is not a consensus."

https://twitter.com/jgarzik/status/704458261844484096 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1ne7w9P

High fees create centralization pressure

While using Bitcoin to pay for an order on Overstock, it occured to me that I could save the transaction fee if I had a coinbase wallet. This would have made it a free, coinbase-internal transaction as they are processing Overstock's Bitcoin payments. In other words: once fees start to hurt, frequent Bitcoin users will flock to whatever integrated wallet provider is most popular, creating a classic "winner takes it all" scenario. Once that happens, you can kiss decentralization goodbye.

Submitted March 01, 2016 at 04:42AM by Hermel http://bit.ly/1QhFLrl

I would like to see this graph continue to grow.

http://bit.ly/1T4Taqj via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1ndCHSx

Bitcoin’s ‘New Normal’ Is Slow and Frustrating

http://bit.ly/1ndlRDm

Submitted March 01, 2016 at 06:00AM by Egon_1 http://bit.ly/1oTWTL1

OpEd: In Butterfly Labs Case, FTC Shows Little Regard For Bitcoiners

http://bit.ly/1UuZ6sd

Submitted March 01, 2016 at 06:53AM by olivercarding http://bit.ly/1XWgcPx

High fees create centralization pressure

Your Wage Is Now Insured At Bitwage!

http://bit.ly/1RfIDTc

Submitted March 01, 2016 at 12:09AM by bitwage http://bit.ly/1QnuwyV

Signature aggregation for improved scalablity.

http://bit.ly/1Rfxjqq

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 10:36PM by GibbsSamplePlatter http://bit.ly/1QnmIxc

LocalBitcoins trade volume in South Africa hits record highs for the third week in a row.

http://bit.ly/1TMc19I

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 04:26PM by mythr0w http://bit.ly/215BVod

Zero-fee transaction

Hi!So unfortunatly i acted a little hasty and didnt actually look up how long it takes for a zero-fee transaction to take place and im just wondering how long it might actually take?The transaction im talking about is following: http://bit.ly/1KYLBPA in advance for answering my quick question! via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1LqJ7JC

Is there a stress test going on right now?

Network seems jammed up. Is someone testing again? Or is this just Bitcoin now?

Submitted March 01, 2016 at 12:08AM by markkerpeles http://bit.ly/1RfCN4g

Q: If you had a food truck, would you do zero confirmation transactions?

Hey, I'm pretty new to Bitcoin, like less than a year, and I have a small food cart that sells items for between 4-6 dollars. I do pretty solid sales already, and for the spring/summer coming up I want to offer Bitcoin payments. Any opinions on how bad the fraud would be if I just did zero confirmation transactions? I think it'll be mostly a gimmick and not much of the sales will happen this way, and at 4$ an order I'm not out much...unless I get screwed every time. Thanks for your opinions! via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/21DZuqg

So miner centralization is bad, but user centralization is just fine?

If Core is advocating keeping blocksize small "to avoid miner centralization". In turn, this would turn Bitcoin into a settlement network, which reduces the number of end-users who can afford to settle directly on the blockchain. (If you say LN, same question applies, it would depend on a more centralized system)Can someone with understanding of Core's vision explain this logic to me? via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/21wEKEl

US Bankruptcy Court's ruling could help HashFast trustee recover $1.3 million (3000 bitcoins)

http://bit.ly/1UuqGpt via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1OIzhxz

Growing Mempool Size Creates Huge Bitcoin Transaction Backlog

http://bit.ly/1TMQBt0 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1XVD55w

BitFury Group: "We are pleased to announce our new investment in BitPesa."

https://twitter.com/BitFuryGroup/status/704292097914961925

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 09:16PM by a56fg4bjgm345 http://bit.ly/24wOTzV

Your Wage Is Now Insured At Bitwage!

http://bit.ly/1RfIDTc via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1QnuwyV

~ 1/15 of Bitcoin economy is frozen, thank you Core!

http://bit.ly/1RfIC1Q via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1QnuuqM

Is there a stress test going on right now?

Network seems jammed up. Is someone testing again? Or is this just Bitcoin now? via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1RfCN4g

The Way Forward [English Subtitles] - Discussions about Bitcoin's Scalability and Governance (February 2016)

https://youtu.be/LF23hHqdgGg

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 08:51AM by MeniRosenfeld http://bit.ly/21ucrGF

Question about solo mining

Hello, I have 6 s7 miners and I looked at their statistics and saw that they found 20 blocks in one week. Is it worth to solo mine for example in antpool solo mine? or to mine solo? Will the reward be bigger or should I just stick to mining in a pool? maybe someone can explain to me how does antpool solo mining work? Thank you

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 11:32PM by Wanotojas http://bit.ly/1Scywnh

Signature aggregation for improved scalablity.

http://bit.ly/1Rfxjqq via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1QnmIxc

U.S. Prosecutor Behind Silk Road Case to Join Law Firm

By REUTERS via NYT U.S. http://nyti.ms/1QGEoQ5

The blame-game - Is Antpool deliberately mining 730kb and empty blocks?

I don't like conspiracy theories but I just noticed the huge backlog (20k transactions) and then I looked at the recent blocks. It's quite disturbing. Pic of recent blocks All blocks have been full except the ones from Antpool, who supports Bitcoin classic. via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1TMI21t

Open Bitcoin Privacy Project report 2 is out

http://bit.ly/1oJlRfB via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1TMGLHv

The London Bitcoin Forum kicks off march 23 for a prestigious two-day event featuring an important debate on Scaling Issues, Blocksize Limit, Forks and a panel on Global and UK Regulation & Compliance

http://bit.ly/1QfF6GQ

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 07:17PM by londonbitcoinforum http://bit.ly/1SbZYBv

[bitcoin-dev] Fast bootstrapping with a pre-generated UTXO-set database

http://bit.ly/1LPKkF6 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1TKRfGg

Is there expected to be a sharp drop in hashing power when block rewards halve?

Considering a lot of hardware may no longer be profitable, should be expect difficulty to drop off a cliff or will it be a smooth transition? If it drops off a cliff, is there a danger of transactions taking a very long time to confirm right after the halving event? via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1KY1ZQq

I have a few old Casascius bitcoins. How do I keep them in good shape? Should I have them graded and slabbed?

Related info:Some are 2012 brass. I also have a couple silver ones from 2013.Yes, they are loaded.The brass ones are in OK condition. No great, but not terrible. They don't look shiny like when they were new.The silver ones look pretty shiny. They came in a clear plastic case.I keep them in a small felt-lined box, hidden away in a safe place.I noticed these seem to have gone up in value quite a bit since I bought them. The reason I ask is because the brass ones don't look as good to me as they used to. I don't want the silver ones to lose their shine.My questions:Am I doing something wrong in the storage on my coins?If I have them graded, will that help the value? (I don't want to if I don't need to. But if it's the only way to preserve them, I will.)Will the silver ones be OK in their little plastic case (the one that they came in), or should I worry about tarnish?Will the brass ones get worse?edit: Added a questionnote: Throwaway account, but of course I'll check back for answers. Thanks in advance for any replies. via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1oJ6K5M

BitFury Group: "We are pleased to announce our new investment in BitPesa."

https://twitter.com/BitFuryGroup/status/704292097914961925 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/24wOTzV

Africa’s Frontier Economies Chomp at the Bitcoin

http://bit.ly/1TKBhfb via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1QGqr4O

Austin Hill [Blockstream] on Twitter: "@JVWVU1 all out code has been and continues to be open sourced

https://twitter.com/austinhill/status/703959762468102144 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1OHMAOJ

The London Bitcoin Forum kicks off march 23 for a prestigious two-day event featuring an important debate on Scaling Issues, Blocksize Limit, Forks and a panel on Global and UK Regulation & Compliance

http://bit.ly/1QfF6GQ via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1SbZYBv

I am going to prison for 3 years, should I invest my savings in Bitcoin?

I have 13.6 Btc and another $5000 cash saved, but I am going to prison for 3 years in about a month. I am trying to decide whether or not to put the rest of my money into bitcoin before I go away. Please help me decide. I feel like a paper wallet would be safer than a bunch of cash. Less noticeable and harder to spend. Anyways let me know what you think? Why or why not? Kinda seems like the investment of the lifetime.

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 01:56PM by Whydumb81 http://bit.ly/1QFVMEs

How BitPay and other pricessors bear risk of unconfirmed and deleted after 72 hours transactions?

or merchants bear the risk?Ок, online shop can wait with the shipping the goods, but what about Brick and mortar business? via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/21vgv9n

China Devalues Most In 8 Weeks, Offshore Yuan Slides To 3-Week Lows

http://bit.ly/21ulwPC

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 09:53AM by marcus_of_augustus http://bit.ly/1RyEwEG

LocalBitcoins trade volume in South Africa hits record highs for the third week in a row.

http://bit.ly/1TMc19I via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/215BVod

Mosaic Ventures: 'Our Investment in Blockstream' - ["Unusual start-up founded by group of idealists w/ cypherpunk vision of revolutionizing money, assets, contracts. [...] enable blockchain to become open, highly adaptive platform upon which vast array of products/services can be built."]

http://bit.ly/1QfhpOT via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1QQ1RVk

Sunday 28 February 2016

I am going to prison for 3 years, should I invest my savings in Bitcoin?

We are starting storefront merchant beta testing of our bitcoin POS terminals! Contact us if you would like to learn more!

Check us out at 34bytes.com via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1oRRoN7

Meanwhile in Venezuela - I traded 0.4 BTC for 200k Bolivars. ( The minimum wage in Venezuela is 10k Bolivars )

http://bit.ly/1OGQvv6

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 12:02PM by pinhopro http://bit.ly/1pjy4Ig

Bitcoin-using Factom secures 2 huge deals in China with the largest Notary and Government Contracts across 80 cities

http://bit.ly/1TIbFQd

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 07:10AM by Coinosphere http://bit.ly/1UsVrLk

Meanwhile in Venezuela - I traded 0.4 BTC for 200k Bolivars. ( The minimum wage in Venezuela is 10k Bolivars )

http://bit.ly/1OGQvv6 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1pjy4Ig

Bitcoin is gold 2.0, can transform remittances: Brock Pierce

http://bit.ly/21CubfB via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1pjtcTI

China Devalues Most In 8 Weeks, Offshore Yuan Slides To 3-Week Lows

http://bit.ly/21ulwPC via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1RyEwEG

Is it worth to make my own pool? Is it really worth it?

I have my own antminer devices, I have a big farm and I currently use antpool and f2pool to earn my btc. I have some questions to put on the table:

I have more than 200 Th/s of mining powers. That's the equivalent of around 20 s7 antminer decides, so is it worth to make my own pool to try to get my own blocks? How easy is it?

And also is it better to mine in the top top pools or is is really worth to mine on lower pools?

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 10:25AM by Crazyjrco http://bit.ly/1TgCAV1

Is it worth to make my own pool? Is it really worth it?

I have my own antminer devices, I have a big farm and I currently use antpool and f2pool to earn my btc. I have some questions to put on the table:

I have more than 200 Th/s of mining powers. That's the equivalent of around 20 s7 antminer decides, so is it worth to make my own pool to try to get my own blocks? How easy is it?

And also is it better to mine in the top top pools or is is really worth to mine on lower pools?

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 10:25AM by Crazyjrco http://bit.ly/1n9F60D

Do you think users should be able to vote on the blocksize debate?

One of the ideas that's came out of Satoshi Roundtable is that we should add transaction voting. This would allow users to add flags to their transactions to indicate if they support a proposal on block size. This would enable the developers more confidence in deploying some of these changes.Note this would use things like coin age to ensure someone could not move a bunch of coins around multiple times to influence the vote. Technicals and attacks can be handled in another thread. Just want to know what the community thinks at a higher level. via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1TJeoc6

Why is BTTC limiting their block size to under 750 all of a sudden?

http://bit.ly/24vZ8o7

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 07:05AM by CoinCadence http://bit.ly/21C8X1s

The Way Forward [English Subtitles] - Discussions about Bitcoin's Scalability and Governance (February 2016)

https://youtu.be/LF23hHqdgGg via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/21ucrGF

Anyone know anything about prices or distributors using the new bitfury chips?

From what I know it seems like bitfury is selling these new chips around march to people actually making the complete miner. This meaning the miners with these new chips would be sold by a third party.

Anyone know if any company has released specs or prices with these chips? I hope they are selling some to home miners.

Side note: The immersion cooling thing there doing seems hella cool, and efficient. vid here

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 09:45AM by 1fabunicorn http://bit.ly/1TgxiIT

Check out this guy's hat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-RPNtXX5Ss

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 03:41AM by Panni30 http://bit.ly/1Qm2Uds

Bitcoin-using Factom secures 2 huge deals in China with the largest Notary and Government Contracts across 80 cities

http://bit.ly/1TIbFQd via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1UsVrLk

Why is BTTC limiting their block size to under 750 all of a sudden?

http://bit.ly/24vZ8o7 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/21C8X1s

De-anonymizing Programmers [32c3] - Satoshi Nakamoto example (15m30s)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMa04HovKfs&t=15m30s

Submitted February 28, 2016 at 11:14PM by herzmeister http://bit.ly/1n8118t

[bitcoin-dev] BlockTorrent: Torrent-style new-block propagation on Merkle trees

http://bit.ly/1UsDTiB

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 03:02AM by eragmus http://bit.ly/1QFh98X

Bought some BTC, transaction with 0 fee so unconfirmed. Have I been scammed?

http://bit.ly/1LoyZkB via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1n991WM

Check out this guy's hat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-RPNtXX5Ss via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1Qm2Uds

That awkward moment when ur @ Satoshi Roundtable and realize you accidentally ran up too big of a bar tab.

http://bit.ly/1QEzoLY

Submitted February 28, 2016 at 11:58AM by americanpegasus http://bit.ly/24v4Zd7

Bitcoin Taxis to Soon Become a Norm around the World

http://bit.ly/1phNwoy

Submitted February 28, 2016 at 10:05PM by srbachchan http://bit.ly/1QEThCt

Core Developer Unveils ‘Successful’ Zero-knowledge Contingent Payment

http://bit.ly/21B5wIm

Submitted February 28, 2016 at 08:23PM by Posternut http://bit.ly/21soHHG

Yeah, you can send BTC to an LTC address? I did, crap.

I was on the wrong tab, copied my LTC address and sent bitcoin to it.. yeah dumb move.

But I read up, and the network should reject the TX? Not so, its got 2 confs so far....

http://bit.ly/1oHCbgN

They gone.

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 01:33AM by HaloRig http://bit.ly/1TfP2nV

[bitcoin-dev] BlockTorrent: Torrent-style new-block propagation on Merkle trees

http://bit.ly/1UsDTiB via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1QFh98X

s7 board temperatures

What are people's board temperatures like on the final version (batch 8 and later)? I consistently see chain 1 with the lowest temperatures, and chain 3 with the highest. Currently they are 63/68/72C with a room air temperature around 20-21C. I would expect airflow over each board to be similar, and therefore the temperature of each board to be almost the same.

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 03:19AM by bitcanuck http://bit.ly/1RxKJAx

How a Peaceful Bitcoin Community Turned to Savage War

http://bit.ly/1RdbYOl via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1Sazgt0

Lightning’s Balancing Act: Challenges Face Bitcoin’s Scalability Savior

http://bit.ly/24vkvWq

Submitted February 28, 2016 at 09:24PM by mikeytom77 http://bit.ly/21B8mNl

Satoshi Roundtable live Reddit thread has started again

http://bit.ly/1OD6pa3

Submitted February 28, 2016 at 10:41PM by fluffyponyza http://bit.ly/1oQvnxW

Why A Hedge Fund Manager Who Made A Killing From Subprime Is Buying Bitcoin

http://bit.ly/1RurnMS via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1Lo3HdI

[Video Interview] Fortune's Brainstorm Tech: The technology Reid Hoffman (Co-Founder of LinkedIn & Lead Investor in Blockstream) thinks will take over our financial future

http://for.tn/1oPsdKQ

Submitted February 28, 2016 at 06:27AM by eragmus http://bit.ly/1Rw6noN

Yeah, you can send BTC to an LTC address? I did, crap.

I was on the wrong tab, copied my LTC address and sent bitcoin to it.. yeah dumb move.But I read up, and the network should reject the TX? Not so, its got 2 confs so far....http://bit.ly/1UssUFI gone. via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/1TfP2nV

Could bitcoin allow for strangers to split the cost of subscription to a website/web service?

I think it would be great if people could share in the cost of a subscription to a website that requires a login. I know I could do this with some friends, but if my friends aren't interested in signing up for something only I have an interest in like worthpoint, then I'm stuck dealing with strangers if I want to split the cost.

I'm not very good at computers, but it seemed like this might be a good application for smart contracts. Anyway, just a thought. Thanks.

Submitted February 28, 2016 at 08:41AM by IGETSHIVERSWHENIP http://bit.ly/1Lmt2oq