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alexbosworth

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About alexbosworth

Main GPG Key: E80D 2F3F 311F D87E (not keybase key)

keybase makes me put this here but this isn't my real key:

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/alexbosworth; my proof: https://keybase.io/alexbosworth/sigs/pEi2LozcmZyDEvwikAuM0XBSc6SqXTep8trBqoR9vbs ]

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    Comment #16490121

    This is confused or wrong. They don’t have a large number of devs working on Core. They did propose and code a solution which increased the block size. Saying things are fishy and …

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    Comment #9895059

    I don't know what the market will do, maybe fall hard, but I can tell you from personal experience it has utility over the alternatives in situations I've come across

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    Comment #9598909

    Thanks for the 1mbit :) The absolute killer feature for me is multisig with a second party, based on a standard BIP backup seed - so 2 of 3, I hold 2 keys on a paper wallet, the mo…

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    Comment #9563345

    my email is alexbosworth at gmail dot com - I'd incorporate touchID, I've used it in iOS and it's easy to add. - One feature I'm thinking about for my iOS apps is using the Apple W…

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    Comment #9559309

    I installed it, - my hn nick at gmail My feedback is - Hard to trust any app for btc that isn't open source - Requiring a photo is pretty severe, scale factor is wrong mode in the …

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    Comment #9559227

    Is it open source?

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    Comment #8960249

    Do you store the user ids?

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    Comment #8942195

    Did you double tap the home button? It's a feature of iPhone 6

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    Comment #8849159

    Since credit cards can have chargebacks for a long period of time and Bitcoin cannot represent negative balances, this is a pretty difficult service to provide

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    Comment #8747615

    I'd like this but it needs a good interface and it needs to be super reliable

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    Comment #7924385

    I see it as competition to PayPal, I like PayPal vs a credit card b/c of convenience and privacy The tricky part here is that Coinbase is taking their 1% fee on the buyback (Maybe …

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    Comment #7011171

    There is a limit of transactions per hour based on the blocks https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Blocks There is roughly 1 block every 10 minutes and it can only include 1 megabyte of tran…

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    Comment #5256597

    Most advanced form builder evar but their email input isn't input type email for my iPhone to pick email keyboard :/

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    Comment #5255630

    I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over …

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    Comment #5235109

    Help me start with Paypal - send donations to alex.bosworth at gmail.com This is the same thing - bitcoin is money. If you want some to mess around with though, you can buy some ht…

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    Comment #5234054

    I like that I can buy btc there, but I immediately move my coins to blockchain after purchase - coinbase is improving but they are not nearly there yet

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    Comment #4936312

    $36,550 to the credit card companies against $70,066 profit?

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    Comment #4927360

    I prefer express, async, jade Express is very solid and production ready, it's a good balance of magically handling the default things and not having to code for a totally unique s…

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    Comment #4836222

    I've seen it work on a few sites, like AnonymousAds, but yeah it's not a 1:1 mapping

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    Comment #4835743

    Would be cool to see bitcoin services use your bitcoin identity instead of email

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    Comment #4835008

    Fixed a good while ago for node.js

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    Comment #4607015

    I've used bitcoinary with success to get bitcoins for Paypal USD (with some paying attention to who is selling them: browsing their history + feedback) http://blockchain.info/ is a…