Thursday, June 20, 2013

Movement on the Bitcoin front distinguishes adapters and conservatives in dealing with the cryptocurrency

Where the US is concerned about not having control over the bitcoin, other states seem to embrace the concept of an open and anonymous currency; the way cash used to be. And as in recent concepts the united states either lock it away / shoot it dead or treat it with ignorance and lies. Currently i would say it is still the ignorance phase, though as china emerges on the same playing-field as a heavy investor the first "lies" are being heard. Still in the philistine form of concerns about child porn and terrorism but the moral card is the only one that seems to work in the stars and stripes country. Choke on this, prism.
Anyhow. Asia seems to embrace the "new" currency as the state-run television channel cctv reported in several installments about the crypto-currencies seemingly embracing it, and a large australian retailer has taken steps to allow purchases with Bitcoin in their online-shop. A spokesperson of the retailer (Millenius) has revealed that the company plans to pass the savings of the bitcoin transactions back to the customers. Credit cards and other payment forms and portals charge fees from about three percent which do not occur with Bitcoin payments.
I support all these actions in general, though i fear that the banks will smell lost profit if the Bitcoin stays and if cut out from a regulatory system the same banks proposed they will most likely make "their" money back in fees on the transactions from money to Bitcoin. Let's work on it so this does not become true!
Here are the sources of the articles:
www.ibtimes.com
www.techradar.com

That's nations interests on the table there and you would be unwise to stick your head in the sand. Bitcoin, Litecoin and their peers are real and you can have 'em too. If you don't fancy buying them for loads of cash you can always pop by on this blog, use the Bitcoin Grabber tool and collect free Bitcoin from all the faucets without leaving this page. The tool is updated regularly so if you have any suggestions please leave them in the comments. Btw - i have implemented the live ticker of Mt.Gox in the sidebar of this blog. On pageload you get the latest data about the worlds biggest Crypto-currency exchange.

Thank you suspicious observers and see you soon forum!

regards,
Tim

Monday, June 17, 2013

Get your Bitcoin all over one site! Coin Collector Tool!

I have sat down and built you guys an easy collector for all working faucets out there. (At least the ones i know of)
The tool lets you collect you from all "Free Bitcoin" Sites without leaving one. A timer will display you the time needed to pass until you can collect again.
Now with the current version you would need to leave the page open, but i am working on a solution with cookies so it will save your time marks even after you close the browser and return to the page. Sadly blogger is not that easily accessible which means a js workaround. Plan is to have it working in the next few weeks. But as you can see on twitter #minionTim there is loads to be done ;-)

If you have additions for the tool such as working faucets or if you find an error please leave them in the comments of the tool page i will try to add / fix the mentioned stuff.

And finally, i present: The Free Bitcoin Collector Tool

See you soon Forum!

Tim

Sunday, June 16, 2013

At last: Banks start to approach the BitCoin and it's the hegemonial behaviour they always show

It is official since yesterday: Israeli Banks have started to impose an embargo on Bitcoin exchange especially towards Japan which is declared as "home of Mt.Gox".
The initiative came from the Banks who approached the government with the concern that no central governing body for the Bitcoin would mean it is a money laundering operation that falls not under the banks jurisdiction and is therefore to be declared illegal.
Reading between the lines it tells us that in exchange for a possibility to rule over bitcoin the banks could imagine a cooperative with the currency. But here applies the same rule as with the PRISM government. Just because we're used to you guys (gov,banks,corp.) fucking it up doesn't mean it's ok.

You can read on the original article here, which also holds an english transcript of the Israeli statement.

This behavior suggests attempted politically and financially motivated attack on the free currency which if in any case successful will find it's way into the "war on terror" legislative decisions of the Bush/Obama/And-whoever-is-to-follow. This is not contributing towards a free world and we urge you to stop this fail in inner and outer politics where you can. Write to your senator today! Together we have a voice.

Take your chance and use my list of 50+ sites to grab FREE Bitcoins before they get their next publicity push. Since their invention the monetary system feels threatened by the Bitcoin and tries to outlaw it. The crypto-currency will emerge triumphant again and the early adapters will be the smiling ones again.

Regards, an see you soon Forum!

Tim

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Butterfly Labs Bitforce 5GH/s SC Bitcoin ASIC Miner for testing purposes

Dear Forum,

over the last days i set out to secure one of the new Butterfly labs miners. Their arrival was sadly overshadowed by delivery problems and great delays for pre-orders. Finally the company started shipping though and i hope to have the device here in about 8 weeks.
I will keep you posted about the progress and dealings with Butterfly labs.

Don't forget to check out my other posts about the digital crypto-currency Bitcoin and how to obtain some arround the internet. To left you find a link to a list with 50+ websites that pay you bitcoin for various reasons.

Have a great time and happy mining!


Tim

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Websites that pay you bitcoin to look at other webpages

You might be right with the suspicion that these are mere traffic exchanges with an incentive to use them. And that's right, you just need to know how to make them work for you. A traffic exchange has 2 things you might want or need. Visitors and/or a reward for using the exchange.
In the case that interests us, we look at websites which pay you in BitCoin for browsing their repertoire of websites. And, for some of you who find that usefull, display a website of your choice for a payment in Bitcoin. So you can either reek the rewards, and or re-invest them to promote a site of your choice, or you just invest into some traffic.

BitVisitor - Bitvisitor is number one on this list for a number of reasons. The amount of sites they have to browse, their quick and unproblematic payout and and an easy to use design which is not overloaded with advertisement. BitVisitor has lots of sites for you to browse each day ranging from 8 mBTC to 60+ mBTC. The standard timer per page is at 5 minutes. When there are no sites left for you to browse the system will notify you and stop working until new sites to visit are avilable.

CoinVisitor - Coin-Visitor is an almost equally good site, with a great capture system which requires no writing at all. Well, except you click the wrong symbol. It gives you a row of related things with one thing in there that does not belong. Like a teapot in a row of birds. Just click that and you earn from 8 mBTC up to 160 mBTC for a pageview! The standard timer here is at 10 seconds with rare maximums of 3 minutes for the better paying sites. There are not as many sites in rotation as on Bitvisitor, but you get awarded prices for surfing sites after the paying sites have been exhausted.
Coin-Visitor also has a chat which assigns random Bit-coin to its participants. Chatting with your mates will earn each of you an easy buck this way. And is an alternative to earn when the visiting pool is empty for the day.

EarnFreeBitcoins - This is also a site which pays you for browsing their stock. The standard timer here is at 3 minutes and payout ranges from 4mBTC to 60mBTC per visited site. This website has in general less sites in circulation and pays the lowest average of the three, though with their completely different timer times, the three of them are easily combined in on browser window.

I have received all payments from earnings during the test of these sites, latest about 8 hours after surfing with the portal. And all three sites are up and running by the time i am writing this.

In the next entry i hope to be able to tell you more about the casino side of Bitcoin. There are a few of them out there and i will try to dig up some information for you guys!

Suggestions and critics in the comments please.

Tim

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

What is Bitcoin and how do i get started?

Dear readers,

my plan was to get further into reward numbers on popular surf for Bitcoin sites though the response in general was a general urge for more information regarding Bitcoin. Though the term is widely used and the media tries it's best to stigmatize the currency, not many people can really say they know what Bitcoin is. I will attempt to rectify this wrong by explaining Bitcoin to you.


Bitcoin, with the acronym BTC, is a digital currency which is encrypted and deployed alongside a POW (proof of work) protocol. This POW system makes it possible to deter spamming or denial of service attacks (DDoS, DoS). This is usually achieved by demanding processing time and power from the requesting party.
The result of these systems is called a Cryptocurrency. The first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, was first mentioned in 2008 and created in 2009 by the pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto. Today there are quite a few cryptocurrencies though not all of the ones launched have been successful. The most popular are Bitcoin, Litecoin, Namecoin, and PPCoin. A comprehensive list may be obtained on wikipedia.
The transfer of Bitcoins is managed by an open source protocol and completely decentralized. This means that no authority what-so-ever has any management powers over the currency. The network is made up of the users of Bitcoin and servers which together build a ledger which is updated and archived in frequent periods by peer-2-peer file sharing technology. With every update of this ledger the newly "mined" bitcoins are minted and added into the total flow of the currency. More on mining later.
The number of new bitcoins released with each update is halved every 4 years until 2040 a theoretical amount of 0 Bitcoin left should be reached. From this point on no more new Bitcoin can be generated and the total number of 21 Million Bitcoin is reached.

To use Bitcoin you need a "Wallet" which can be either locally stored on your computer or online with a Bitcoin-Wallet service. Where and how i have explained in this post.
The latest information on Wallets is now kept in the Wallet-guide on Coin-inc as this information is to useful to rot in an old post.
 
The formerly mentioned "mining" of Bitcoin has nothing to do with the actual occupation of real mining. It rather describes a process where you use a computer to solve a mathematical problem. In the beginning the difficulty levels of the problems where low enough to allow mining with CPU's. Shortly after, miners switched to GPU's with their superior multi-threading technology. Nowadays you are able to buy so called ASIC mining sets (Application-specific integrated circuit).

If you like to know more about Bitoin or related themes like mining please leave me comments or check out my other posts.
See you soon forum!

Tim
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Another Advertising solution and alternative to Google's Adsense - Anonymous Ads

As threatened in the last post i will introduce Anonymous Ads to you.
It is an add provider which pays in BitCoin rather than other currencies and offers all standard add sizes for you to implement into your website.
The website makes a clean and ordered impression and no errors or broken links have been found. Payment tracking is working seamlessly as far as i can tell from the gathering of my statistics. The FAQ read easy and cover all beginners questions from what i can tell.
In difference to CoinUrl, Anonymous Ads does not offer the monetizing of urls.
Furthermore is there a payout threshold of 0.01 BitCoin. That said, their terms of service state a payout if the threshold is reached or the value does not change for 7 days. This means you don't have to initiate a manual payout as in CoinUrl. And in all likelyhood you will reach a higher payout with Anonymous Ads as they also credit you for impressions of ads not only clicks on them.

Their add statistics are pretty similar to CoinUrl though the referrer, IP, or point of entry into the network is not recorded. Pretty graphs and pie-charts inform you about the rest though. Hence Tor nodes are disabled by the network i was unable to confirm regional add differences but their language statistic suggests so.

Make sure you join Anonymous Ads as more People in the network will improve add quality for all.
I hope this was helpful to you. Next time i will crunch some numbers on various payouts of pay-for-action services that offer Bitcoin.

regards, Tim

P.S.: Don't forget to cash in your daily free Bitcoin at bit-visitor and earnfreebitcoins.com. If you need a wallet visit Blockchain or Coinbase.

A nice day to all of you!

Monday, June 3, 2013

Monetizing your webappearance without Google

The list of reasons to seek alternatives to googles adsense is long and varies for everybody who intends to do so. I have had various bad encounters with them where it often is not far from fraud on their part but you agreed to the terms of service hence you can't call it that. One of the alternatives i want to show you today is CoinUrl. CoinUrl is around for some time and the adds begin to improve as more people join the program. Instead of a payout threshold you have to reach there is none, and the payments are done in Bitcoin. This means nearly instant and totally anonymous transfers. You neither require a business, a credit card nor do you need to wait for checks.

CoinUrl offers you various choices of ads.
You can either choose one of the standard add formats which will display banner and text adds just as the google alternative, or you can utilise your outbound links so they award you bitcoin if clicked. For this method you don't need to add any new links to your site. Simply modify the ones you have anyway or a simple javascript which does it automatically for you.
CoinUrl naturally also offers add management so you have absolute control over what adds are displayed on your site. Detailed statistics for all add choices make for easy analysis of the data and provide a comprehensive insight into your website traffic if you have no other tracking tools in place.

I have had email contact with CoinUrl and friendly and quick replies to my technical questions and help inquiries. My earnings have all been paid so i can't report any actuall issues with the company.

Don't hesitate and wait for better times, the Federal Reserve Bank has aknowledged Bitcoin as valid currency and it is here to stay. Get yours today!

Also don't forget! While browsing you can easily snatch some Bitcoin for "browsing the web". Just open these sites in new Tabs and pay them a little attention every now and then. Bit-visitor will pay you to surf the web, as will Earn-free-bitcoins.com. If you like to know more free paying sites be sure to look up my post about 50+ websites that pay free Bitcoin!

In the next post i will investigate Anonymous Ads.

stay tuned for more Bitcoin informations,
Tim

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Receive free BitCoin to your computer or online wallet

BitCoin is a currency as good as any other. Maybe even better hence it's decentralised and limited to a total amount which prevents inflation. BitCoin can be traded and exchanged into every major currency and some of the minor ones too as more and more banks start to accept or trade BitCoin.

For you to get BitCoin or to participate you need a wallet. This is an app which stores your transaction history and lets you access and manage your BitCoins.
The App is available for all major operating systems such as Windows, OSX and Linux.

To store your BitCoins locally you can use the original open source BitCoin QT wallet. After you download and install the wallet it will take quite some time to update the transaction history. You can just go ahead and create a receiver address and use it. Once the wallet is updated your BitCoin will show in your account.
To store them online i recommend the Blockchain wallet. Storing your coins online is a great idea when you share your computer, change it often or have only limited access to one.
In your wallet you then create a receiver address, or "BitCoin address". This address you need to state everywhere where you'd like to get paid.

To try it out and get your first BitCoins for free you can take advice from my post on 50+ websites to get free BitCoins.
Additionally you can market your website or blog to receive BitCoin. There are several advertising networks around which pay you out in BitCoin. Their range is from text links, over banner adds to fullscreen or popup solutions.
Another nice feature which needs mentioning is the ability to turn outbound links into profit-makers. You will not need to add any links to new or other sites to your website, instead you can utilise the outbound links you have anyway. If users click on these links you'll be rewarded with BitCoin.

And if you like browsing the web for interesting sites or watching through new youtube videos you can even make bitcoin from that! Check out this site which pays you just for visiting websites, or this other page where you can watch videos and be rewarded.
All of the suggested sites pay out, i have tested it.

If you have any more questions about BitCoin. How to get them, win them, mine them; let me know and i will publish it here for all to see!

Greets,


Tim
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Collect your free BitCoins today! Get BitCoins for browsing the web!

This is a repost of a former post, but i hope you forgive me i had trouble with the blogger software.
Enough about me.
BitCoins are a virtual currency that has taken of big time. If you don't know what BitCoins are then maybe you could watch this little video, it explains a lot.
Let's recap some of the information:
- Bitcoins are limited to a total amount of 2100000 (21 million) thus eliminating a myth governments sell to you as inevitable; inflation
- Every transaction changes a coins algorithm prohibiting creation of fake coins or copying of coins.
- Mining will in all likelihood continue until 2035. As the difficulty and computer power increase about proportionately this estimation should hold up against the test of time.
This information tells us that the course will in all likelihood remain somewhat stable, and there are also no legal attempts to bring BitCoin down. Rather the opposite is the case where politics and banks recognise BitCoin and allow exchange.

Here you can find a bitcoin monitoring tool which shows in real time whats happening in the bitcoin world. And on Blockchain you can get a free and save online wallet. If you instead like to rather have it on your own computer you can use the open source wallet Bitcoin QT which supports also the new micro-payment standard.

Now that you know what a bitcoin is, i will explain about the ways to get them. First, you may purchase them with your local currency over trading portals like: Mt.Gox and BitCoin.de.
Second; you can "mine" the coins. Mining describes a task where you get your computers cpu or gpu to solve mathematical problems, which when done result in the creation of new bitcoins. The hardware for this has become pretty dedicated in recent years. So forget about joining up with your laptop. If you buy get an ASIC system or opt for an array of graphics cards on windows or linux. Sadly the miners under OSX have in majority proven to be unreliable. Not only because Apple only supports last tuesdays device.
The third option, and probably the most easily achievable one are websites like Faucets. Most of them will demand as little as resolving a captcha to hand out free bitcoins.
Here is an overview and what they do:

Sites that pay once:
[these sites pay btc at least once and may have continuing offers]
Bitcoin Street Faucet
Herukon App
BitCoin.de
BitSprinkle

Sites that pay "just like that" - hourly:
[you can re-visit these sites hourly to cash in. you just need a valid wallet id.]
bitcoinsforme
dailycoins
coinForest
coinsgiveaway

Sites that pay "just like that" - bi-hourly:
[same as above but on a two hour basis.]
freecoin.nl

Site that pay "just like that" - every 30 minutes:
[and there are the ones to which you can return every half hour to get your BTC reward]
fuacetBTC
el bitcoin gratis
btc4u
canhasbitcoin
btc4all
btcmine
thefreebitcoins
rawbitcoins
virtual faucet
the bit coin
green coins
nioctib
sr bitcoin

Sites that pay "just like that" - daily:
[these sites have rewards for you every 24 hours.]
CoinAd
bitcoiner
bitcoin tree
bitcoinar
cointicket
netlookup.se
paperco

Sites with free lottery and games:
[For a little daring you can cash in big. Try the games from Poker to Rabbit running ;-) ]
bunny run
bitcoin addict
satoshi diamond
tendraw btc
bitcoin dispenser
faucet bitcoinworld

Are you a webmaster? Consider Adverts for bitcoins:
[By either showing adverts or links on your webpage you can earn bitcoins instead of $ as well.]
Anonymous Ads - largest and oldest BTC network
Puppy twist
CoinUrl - let's you monetize outbound links you have anyway.

Sites that pay you to visit other sites:
[payment is done for spending 3 to 5 minutes on suggested websites. fast payouts]
bit visitor
bitcoin4u
earnfreebitcoins
crypto freedom - changed to a paid chat - not tested yet
honey bitcoin

Chat to get Bitcoins!:
[a 25% chance that your chat post is rewarded with BTC. Simple intelligence filter at work, no spamming possible.]
coin-chat

Are you bored? These sites pay for you to watch videos:
[They do work with youtube videos, so instead of watching there, you might as well get paid for it.]
CoinTube
BTCforfree
free-btc.pd  - Satoshis world as additional partner site. Satoshis are exchangable for bitcoins.

Get Paid to share stuff!:
[If you have something to say or share. Here you get bitcoins for it.]
BitPasta
BitBin

Get Paid to answer questions:
[A pool is created for each question and rewarded to the best answer. If you have a niche field of expertise this can be a goldmine.]
Rugatu

Go through offers that involve free bitcoins:
[Varying from country to country these sites collect offers which additionally supply you with bitcoins on top of the product.]
FreeDigitalMoney
IwantFREEbitcoins
BitcoinGet
Bbitco
BitcoinForest

Complete tasks for free bitcoins:
[And if you feel like doing some work for your coin, you may look into these operators]
Hartcode Wallpaper
Coin Worker
BitCoin-Survey


This is a first list on how to gain free Bitcoins. I see to extend the list as new information comes in. Thanks for watching and happy mining!


Tim

Tracking Bitcoins and transcations

To get a general overview of what is going on i have collected a few tracking tools related to bitcoins for you.

Bitcoin transaction monitor - Here you can see bitcoin transactions logged in real time. Somewhat transparent when you compare this to a bank. Thumbs up from me!

Indepth Market Data Graph - as supplied by clarkmoody. Real-time market data of Mt. Gox.

The bitcoin charts - rates and current data from the biggest exchanges in the internet in various currencies from Dollar to Rubel.

And if you are one of the more active members of the bitcoin community, meaning mining, there's a handy "worker manager" with extensive data display.

Thank you guys so far and check back for more news on the digital revolution called bitcoin.

yours,


Tim