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spend my bitcoins? no. nevertheless, i'm curious how this would work. a command line utility you connect to your wallet, which looks for addresses in user prof

• BitCoinWarrior 13y ago
  you'd prefer to sit in your armchair and stroke them gently?
  • exit 13y ago
    yes :) at least until i need a house or something expensive.
  • infogulch 13y ago
    No I'd prefer to stroke it hard and fast! Wait we're not talking about porn? Awkward...
• BitCoinWarrior 13y ago
  once set up with the system you could type Tip [HN USERNAME] [AMOUNT] and so it would be
  • exit 13y ago
    i see, but i imagine that would get you banned for spamming around here :\
    • reaclmbs 13y ago
      If the minimum tip size is big enough, it would be a Very interesting contribution to any thread... let's say $10-20 USD. That's enough to make it socially relevant.
      • socillion 13y ago
        I don't think it's a contribution to any thread, no matter the size.
• kolinko 13y ago
  see how it works on http://www.reddit.com/r/bitcointip http://www.reddit.com/r/bitcointip basically, a bot is a user on forum, you send it some coins. it then monitors your comments, and if you say "tip user XX with YY amount", it sends the coins to that user for redeeming.
  • BitCoinWarrior 13y ago
    exactly. so you reckon it's a good idea. would you use it?
    • kolinko 13y ago
      I'd definitely give it a try. I don't know whether it would fit HN as nicely as it does Reddit, but there is just one way to find out, isn't it? :) edit - I also wonder how it would evolve on HN. I could imagine using it here not for tipping, but for crowdfunding of sorts. With so many vcs reading this group, I'd expect people throwing 1-2BTC at a time at good ideas/ShowHNs to support some of the entrepreneurs.