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Re: First Bitcoin ATM

#21

Post by thaumasiotes »

colinloretz wrote: post #13
pedalpete wrote: post #2

Why is this machine always asking for the users fingerprints? Doesn't that break the anonymity of bitcoin?

It doesn't seem like the scanner is required for these machines and it does so using palm-vein scanning, not fingerprints. They are doing so to prevent any single user from withdrawing over a legal limit in a day. "If enabled, the Palm Vein Scanner can limit a user's daily transaction amount by taking a unique, anonymous (no fingerprints) infrared picture of a customer's blood vessels to assist in AML compliance."

It's difficult to argue that information which is specifically used to uniquely identify you is "anonymous".

Re: First Bitcoin ATM

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Post by wcummings »

blackysky wrote: post #20
wcummings wrote: post #19

Error: EMFILE, too many open files '/home/ubuntu/robocoin/robocoin-website/views/index.html' at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:427:18) at fs.readFileSync (fs.js:284:15) at View.exports.renderFile [as engine] (/home/ubuntu/robocoin/robocoin-website/node_modules/ejs/lib/ejs.js:312:9) at View.render (/home/ubuntu/robocoin/robocoin-website/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:75:8) at Function.app.render (/home/ubuntu/robocoin/ro…

readFileSync ... not good not good .... nodejs is sexier async ;)

node.js is sexier when it doesn't serve stacktraces in production. Plus async files reads still happen in an internal threadpool (one thread per core, hardcoded, IIRC) so it's pretty easy to saturate that anyway, you should be caching static assets.

Re: First Bitcoin ATM

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Post by camus2 »

wcummings wrote: post #19

Error: EMFILE, too many open files '/home/ubuntu/robocoin/robocoin-website/views/index.html' at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:427:18) at fs.readFileSync (fs.js:284:15) at View.exports.renderFile [as engine] (/home/ubuntu/robocoin/robocoin-website/node_modules/ejs/lib/ejs.js:312:9) at View.render (/home/ubuntu/robocoin/robocoin-website/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:75:8) at Function.app.render (/home/ubuntu/robocoin/ro…

> too many open files

I thought nodejs magically webscales ? /sarcasm

sidenote : please ditch this horrible unreadable font in the text body.that's fine for a few headers but , Swap it with the serif font you are using in the subtitles.

Re: First Bitcoin ATM

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Post by wcummings »

camus2 wrote: post #23
wcummings wrote: post #19

Error: EMFILE, too many open files '/home/ubuntu/robocoin/robocoin-website/views/index.html' at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:427:18) at fs.readFileSync (fs.js:284:15) at View.exports.renderFile [as engine] (/home/ubuntu/robocoin/robocoin-website/node_modules/ejs/lib/ejs.js:312:9) at View.render (/home/ubuntu/robocoin/robocoin-website/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:75:8) at Function.app.render (/home/ubuntu/robocoin/ro…

> too many open files I thought nodejs magically webscales ? /sarcasm sidenote : please ditch this horrible unreadable font in the text body.that's fine for a few headers but , Swap it with the serif font you are using in the subtitles.

Probably just hitting the fd-per-process ulimit

Re: First Bitcoin ATM

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Post by blackysky »

wcummings wrote: post #22
blackysky wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

readFileSync ... not good not good .... nodejs is sexier async ;)

node.js is sexier when it doesn't serve stacktraces in production. Plus async files reads still happen in an internal threadpool (one thread per core, hardcoded, IIRC) so it's pretty easy to saturate that anyway, you should be caching static assets.

you are right but I'll still use async over sync anytime... :)

Re: First Bitcoin ATM

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Post by robflynn »

hristov wrote: post #15
dobbsbob wrote: post #9

I live a block away from this machine and won't be using it because of nonsense biometric data harvesting. Why do I need to scan my ID, picture and fingerprints to trade a small amount of bitcoins? I will continue to use the Russian guy who hangs out at a Robson St cafe and doesn't want my biometric data.

Wait, are you saying that there are now street bitcoin traders? This reminds of communist times when the government limited foreign currency trading. There was a specific coffee house where you could go and illicitly trade foreign currency.

Indeed there are! Here's a short Wired article I saw about the concept a few months back: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/07/buttonwood/

One of my clients actually said to me, at the closing of a project: "I don't know if you take bit coins, but I'm gonna go see my bitcoin guy in a few. I don't like to buy online. Anyway, if you want to be paid in bit coins, let me know! Otherwise I'll drop the check in the mail tomorrow."

(that's paraphrased a bit, as I cannot remember the exact wording, but the meat of the quote is the same.)

Re: First Bitcoin ATM

#27

Post by ksrm »

hristov wrote: post #15
dobbsbob wrote: post #9

I live a block away from this machine and won't be using it because of nonsense biometric data harvesting. Why do I need to scan my ID, picture and fingerprints to trade a small amount of bitcoins? I will continue to use the Russian guy who hangs out at a Robson St cafe and doesn't want my biometric data.

Wait, are you saying that there are now street bitcoin traders? This reminds of communist times when the government limited foreign currency trading. There was a specific coffee house where you could go and illicitly trade foreign currency.

Of course. see e.g. https://localbitcoins.com

Re: First Bitcoin ATM

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Post by [deleted] »

hristov wrote: post #15
dobbsbob wrote: post #9

I live a block away from this machine and won't be using it because of nonsense biometric data harvesting. Why do I need to scan my ID, picture and fingerprints to trade a small amount of bitcoins? I will continue to use the Russian guy who hangs out at a Robson St cafe and doesn't want my biometric data.

Wait, are you saying that there are now street bitcoin traders? This reminds of communist times when the government limited foreign currency trading. There was a specific coffee house where you could go and illicitly trade foreign currency.

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Re: First Bitcoin ATM

#29

Post by trevorcreech »

querulous wrote: post #5
typicalrunt wrote: post #3

While I'm happy to see the world's first anything happen in my hometown of Vancouver, I do question why Vancouver was chosen over San Fran, Portland or New York. Those cities seem more fit for World's First. Even if its a Canadian market they are targeting, Toronto is our financial centre and would make a better choice for this currency.

I think it's as simple as their first (operational) customer happens to be based in Vancouver.

Yup, the ATM is being operated by a Vancouver Bitcoin store called http://www.bitcoiniacs.com

Re: First Bitcoin ATM

#30

Post by Jare »

wcummings wrote: post #22
blackysky wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

readFileSync ... not good not good .... nodejs is sexier async ;)

node.js is sexier when it doesn't serve stacktraces in production. Plus async files reads still happen in an internal threadpool (one thread per core, hardcoded, IIRC) so it's pretty easy to saturate that anyway, you should be caching static assets.

The express framework activates the view cache by default when configured for production, so both problems are actually the same.
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