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by ksowocki 11y ago
> I wonder whether a different trading strategy would decrease the fee overhead. Or perhaps the cryptocurrency exchanges are not setup for short-run trading? I know very little about the exchanges, but this does seem curious to me. OP he
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Show HN: Pytrader – trade cryoptocurrencies automatically with machine learning(github.com)
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by ksowocki 11y ago
Your example of a recent MBA graduate is absolutely a cherry picked example. Even if it wasnt cherry picked example, it's still a bad example for your argument because a cohort of MBA graduates will quickly pay off their debt beca
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by ksowocki 11y ago
> The extra 'wealth' is of no impact to the happy Denver guy. No one is making any arguments based upon happiness or "Awesome"ness or cost of living. And yes, the Denverite is less wealthy than the Manhattanite, sup
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by ksowocki 11y ago
> This is a meaningless statistic It's only meaningless if you cherry-pick your examples and draw your opinions from those examples. For 99 percent of the population, wealth is a fair reflection of the actual comparative wealth of
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by ksowocki 11y ago
OP here. > How does it alert the publishers that a donation has been made? How can I be ensured that my donation is going to the right place? Can this auto donate a set amount per site? https://github.com/owocki/adbl
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by ksowocki 11y ago
OP here. What's a blight? Micropayments? Advertisements?
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Show HN: Noble Adblocker(chrome.google.com)
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Show HN: Slack Gamebot(github.com)
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SolidFire acquired for $870m in cash(builtincolorado.com)
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Show HN: Adblock to Bitcoin Wordpress Plugin(owocki.com)
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Adblock-to-Bitcoin micropayments generated $2.01 CPM(owocki.com)
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by ksowocki 11y ago
> If all transactions using Bitcoin were on the blockchain Seems like this premise is flawed. That said, I see your point. Will keep this in mind when testing different transaction sizes.
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by ksowocki 11y ago
> A solution I would love to use, would be to have a browser plugin with a pre loaded bitcoin balance of a few dollars and a single one click to accept a 1 cent payment to the content owner to proceed to the article. Interesting feedback
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by ksowocki 11y ago
> They're associated with bitcoin, and bitcoin business is quite shady. Ergo decedo ad hominem > You may not like or agree with the reasoning I don't dislike or disagree your reasoning, objectively speaking, your reasoning i
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by ksowocki 11y ago
> Why do these VCs deserve to get access to this money this way? Circular comment thread is circular: > Increasing the wealth of a bunch of early adopters (who supported the network/technology when it was vital to do so)
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by ksowocki 11y ago
It seems like you've already made up your mind that you're not willing to do any business in bitcoin, but, okay, I'll bite. Name something shady (and true) about coinbase.
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by ksowocki 11y ago
Whats to prevent one from forking the license and providing a new, micropayment-supported, license?
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by ksowocki 11y ago
Interesting tool; I'm going to have to play with have that turned on my Chromium install.
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by ksowocki 11y ago
There are plenty of services that transparently convert fiat into BTC.
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by ksowocki 11y ago
credit card fees are not 3%, they are 3% + 30 to 40 cents, which effectively make credit cards ineffective for transmission of anything < 50c.
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by ksowocki 11y ago
OP here. Whats your motivation for disabling javascript? I could create a javascriptless-version of this, but would you ever consider supporting/tipping a publisher via it?
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by ksowocki 11y ago
Op here. > Do any ad blocking tools aggregate the total estimated amount of ad revenue that I've prevented across all sites that I block ads on in, say, the past month, or year? I'm sure there's a programmatic way of findi
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by ksowocki 11y ago
OP here. > 1. Integrate with something like coinbase so that users can fund a wallet with fiat currency. Thats a good idea. The QR code gets us close to this implementation, but not quite all the way there. > 2. Provide a feedback me
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by ksowocki 11y ago
> I do not think a huge number of payments are going to be made using it First, this is an experiment and I'll be testing different permutations of cost, copy, and invasiveness. Curious as to why you think there won't be much
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by ksowocki 11y ago
> I personally might be more willing to donate if i saw "You've blocked 384 ads on this site" or something like "you've visited this page 26 times over the last month" and an updated suggested donation to ma
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by ksowocki 11y ago
This project is in 'proof of concept' stage right now. Will be solving the technical problem of cross-device/browser/adblocker testing next.
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by ksowocki 11y ago
OP here. Big fan of changetip, which is IMHO the first implementation of cryptocurrency/micropayments that has truly taken off.
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by ksowocki 11y ago
Next step in the project is to gather some data to validate the project thesis. Here's how you can help if you care to be part of the experiment (not much downside as space is only used when Adblockers are on). https://gith
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by ksowocki 11y ago
> i havent used bitcoin for years, so excuse me if i'm asking stupid questions, but how many steps is it to donate from the time i see it to when the money flows? There are no stupid questions, cryptocurrency is not intuitive in man

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