chicagomint

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by chicagomint 7y ago
Your focus on API-driven banking really intrigued us, however I wasn't surprised to see that you won't bank money services businesses. Kind of a shame, because we could really use an API to help with cash management.
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by chicagomint 9y ago
Anyone have a link to a public API endpoint? Status Page? or has trading ceased entirely? Unanticipated demand? ddos? what's going on here?
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by chicagomint 9y ago
This was on purpose and an example of good engineering. Novice users trying to send funds to SegWit addresses before the network activated could have lost funds. The plumbing was all there to activate (and make use of via command line), how
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by chicagomint 9y ago
It is worth mentioning that the EFF endorsed Blockstream and this sort of "defensive patent" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/blockstream-commits-pa...
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Instant Bitcoins – at a price(bostonglobe.com)
2 points by chicagomint 9y ago|0 comments
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by chicagomint 10y ago
Digital Mint | Chicago, IL | On-site | full-time | http://digitalmint.io/ Digital Mint is an on-demand cash-to-bitcoin exchange company, enabling consumers to participate in the online economy using the versatility of digit
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by chicagomint 12y ago
Bitcore and BitcoinJS achieve a lot of the same basic functions like generating addresses (and now multi-signature addresses), building, and signing transctions. You will still need to be able to connect to a Bitcoind peer (via an API or r
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by chicagomint 12y ago
I would lean towards hiring devs, even if remotely, as opposed to outsourcing. Especially if your startup may be handling users' private keys, you will want a trustworthy domestic dev team. The last thing you want is millions of dolla
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by chicagomint 12y ago
And the co-creator's response to the community: http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/27/the-co-creator-of-dogecoin-... He has no interest in opposing the trademark. He called Moolah.io's oppositional fili
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by chicagomint 12y ago
Even his own mother seems to think so. “(Mark’s) communication at a personal level is catastrophic. It’s always been difficult to get him to speak. We tried to get him to be more extrovert” http://www.reuters.com/article&#
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by chicagomint 12y ago
Why does this matter? One of the most notorious threats to blockchain-powered networks is allowing a malicious actor to obtain control over more than half of the network's computing resources. This situation is commonly referred to as
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by chicagomint 12y ago
"documentation explaining the ACH system is targeted towards bankers, not software developers." The ACH system itself is designed for the benefit of bankers, not developers, or even depositors. Bitcoin alleviates the need for the