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Show HN: Novel gambling game, MoneyPot.com based on Bitcoin
4 points by espringe 12y ago|1 comments
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by espringe 12y ago
When I see "Tinder + LinkedIn" I think of a version of tinder that relentlessly spams users, and practically only possible to block with a filter. "Tinder for finding business partners" however sounds great
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by espringe 12y ago
Just flat out ignore him, until he actually takes some sort of action.
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by espringe 12y ago
If the tenant is supposedly blasting the aircon, with the windows open in 114 degree heat ... I'm not sure an alternate explanation is needed. (Not to mention, bitcoin mining requires a lot more than cheap-to-free electricity)
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by espringe 12y ago
Thanks for the words of encouragement. You're completely right, I loath marketing and sales and terrible at it. I kind of lived in a delusion for a while that if I made the product good enough, it could sell itself. The $1/month h
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by espringe 12y ago
That's what I'm doing now. It's actually hosted on AWS, and I dropped the price to $1/month and still have trouble selling it. The site is https://www.bitcoinvigil.com if think I'm doing something obviou
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by espringe 12y ago
Yeah, I would definitely open source it and leave it idling for a while instead of just killing it outright. I'm just hoping it doesn't come to this
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Ask HN: What to do with my security product?
3 points by espringe 12y ago|8 comments
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Secure your server with a Honey Pot(bitcoinvigil.com)
2 points by espringe 12y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: How to promote my security-as-a-service product?
1 points by espringe 12y ago|0 comments
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by espringe 12y ago
Your real wallet has a password (encrypted) while the "money pot" is not. It will be stolen much faster (read: immediately) while the encrypted one relies on you entering a passphrase
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by espringe 12y ago
Note: This is only safe if your computer doesn't have bitcoin stealing malware. Before you use this, it's not a bad idea to throw $5 in a Bitcoin Vigil money pot, and get notified if your computer gets any bitcoin stealing malware
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Using Bitcoins to detect intruders(bitcoinvigil.com)
2 points by espringe 12y ago|0 comments
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by espringe 12y ago
Why does it make me go through the whole process (entering in booking numbers, dates, etc.) to at the end only tell me: "Unfortunately! For domestic U.S. flights, we can help you claim for compensation only when the airlines have overb
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by espringe 12y ago
Another useful honeypot approach is Bitcoin Vigil, which will let you know if (bitcoin-stealing) malware has already made it onto the machine
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by espringe 12y ago
No fraud or scam. Bitcoin users have acted very aggressively to the idea -- and felt best to censor it. What they seem to not realize, is that double spend attacks were very viable previously (putting conflicting transactions in different p
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by espringe 12y ago
There's too many variables to give a simple answer. It depends on the current state of the network (the miners mempools), the priority of your transaction, the fee/bytes of your transaction, and what % of the hashing power bitundo
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Bitcoin Vigil Guards Against Intrusion and Coin Theft(coindesk.com)
1 points by espringe 12y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Use Bitcoin honey pots to detect malware(bitcoinvigil.com)
6 points by espringe 12y ago|0 comments
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After having my Bitcoins stolen, I wrote a service to prevent it happening again(bitcoinvigil.com)
2 points by espringe 12y ago|0 comments
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by espringe 13y ago
Or my: https://github.com/espringe/wisp (Whitespace lISP) with f-expressions!
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How this former Valley exec is poaching US talent for his Mexican startup lab(pandodaily.com)
2 points by espringe 13y ago|0 comments
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by espringe 13y ago
Agave Lab -- Guadalajara Mexico. We're an early stage product incubator located in sunny Guadalajara, Mexico that was founded by an ex-Bay Area startup exec 4 years ago. We turn out products, about 3-4 per year, based on our own ideas.