[ANN] LocalBitcoins.com - a location-based bitcoin to cash marketplace - page 45.

kangasbros

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Quote from: Serenata on June 12, 2012, 01:32:34 AM

Looks good now, no errors

EDIT: Any plans to support Unicode character set? I tried to add an advertisement with comments in Greek but the characters were converted to Huh

??

Hmm, I'll try to fix this problem ASAP.

Edit: should be fixed

Serenata

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Quote from: kangasbros on June 11, 2012, 09:19:58 AM

Quote from: Serenata on June 11, 2012, 08:04:22 AM

Brilliant idea, well done.

... but unfortunately I get a 500 - Internal server error right now on the http://localbitcoins.com/ Please note that other URLs work fine, like for example http://localbitcoins.com/location/DE/Berlin/

EDIT: By the way, would it be possible to sort by price? When you get too many results close to you, you might want to pick the best price ;-) (unless it will only display 10 results at a time, so no need for sorting)

Well, there were couple of bugs, they should be fixed now and there shouldn't be 500 errors any more. If you are still getting them, drop me a msg.

We will add ability to stort by price, but that is currently minor priority, since there aren't any sellers to make this kind of sorting sensible.

Looks good now, no errors :)

EDIT: Any plans to support Unicode character set? I tried to add an advertisement with comments in Greek but the characters were converted to ?????

kangasbros

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Quote from: Serenata on June 11, 2012, 08:04:22 AM

Brilliant idea, well done.

... but unfortunately I get a 500 - Internal server error right now on the http://localbitcoins.com/ Please note that other URLs work fine, like for example http://localbitcoins.com/location/DE/Berlin/

EDIT: By the way, would it be possible to sort by price? When you get too many results close to you, you might want to pick the best price ;-) (unless it will only display 10 results at a time, so no need for sorting)

Well, there were couple of bugs, they should be fixed now and there shouldn't be 500 errors any more. If you are still getting them, drop me a msg.

We will add ability to stort by price, but that is currently minor priority, since there aren't any sellers to make this kind of sorting sensible.

Serenata

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Brilliant idea, well done.

... but unfortunately I get a 500 - Internal server error right now on the http://localbitcoins.com/ Please note that other URLs work fine, like for example http://localbitcoins.com/location/DE/Berlin/

EDIT: By the way, would it be possible to sort by price? When you get too many results close to you, you might want to pick the best price ;-) (unless it will only display 10 results at a time, so no need for sorting)

2weiX

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ad # 103 is still located in the wrong city (FF/M I believe) although I gave it a Berlin ZIP code

It does shoe up correctly in http://localbitcoins.com/location/DE/Berlin/ tho.

you know what - please delete all ads from PLZ 10627 (these are all mine), I kept getting my eMail adress wrong.

I will make new ads from my home computer later tomorrow with the "correct" IP settings.

kangasbros

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Lots of minor updates made, for example now you can link to a city this way:

http://localbitcoins.com/location/DE/Berlin/

Also there is some random "active cities" fetched at the bottom of the listing page.

Sorry about the continuous errors with the site, we are rapidly making changes, because at this point we sacrifice stability over features. In the longer term the site will be more stable

kangasbros

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Quote from: kiba on June 10, 2012, 04:56:11 AM

Quote from: kangasbros on June 10, 2012, 04:46:42 AM

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Bug reports, feature suggestions, etc very welcome!

I asked about possible freelance work and the technology stack that you are using a little while ago. Will you reply?

Sorry, missed it! I'm using python and django. I will have to think about the freelance offer. Now kind of in hurry.

kiba

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Quote from: kangasbros on June 10, 2012, 04:46:42 AM

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Bug reports, feature suggestions, etc very welcome!

I asked about possible freelance work and the technology stack that you are using a little while ago. Will you reply?

kangasbros

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I just updated the site:

- Now the equations are simpler: no need for {{ and }}: you can just type mtgoxEUR * 0.95
- New parameters added: USD_in_PHP, USD_in_EUR, all currency conversions from http://openexchangerates.org/latest.json (USD -> any other currency)
- Lots of currencies added (this makes the currency list very long, but it should be usually automatically determined.)
- Minor improvements

Bug reports, feature suggestions, etc very welcome!

Edit: sorry, I didn't add wvap from mtgox, since there are already weighted averages from bitcoincharts.com, which incorporates the trades from all exchanges. (eg. EUR_24h, USD_24h)

Stephen Gornick

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One of the tools that might be useful are if a delivery network were employed.

For instance, in Los Angeles and New York City there is HipMunk, which bills $5 to courier your item across town for delivery next-day(ish). So for cash-out service, this works great, and lets a single buyer reach and wider geographic area. Since there is only on hop between buyer (well, HipMunk might internally make it a couple hops), there is much less risk of the item getting lost.

In San Francisco is Postmates, which offers a pesonal courier / delivery network as well.

I describe how HipMunk could be used in this manner and link to Postmates here:
- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/local-delivery-for-bitcoin-trades-74912

Are there other cities with these types of personal delivery networks?

cbeast

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Let's talk governance, lipstick, and pigs.

That's a nice tutorial on starting a local exchange.

MadSweeney

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The nearest buyer for me is 6251.2 km away, but the nearest seller is only 1706.9 km away. Heh.

It would be nice if Philippine peso(PHP) currency is supported, then I'll be able to use the website.

Donated btc to your address.

mav

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Quote from: kangasbros on June 07, 2012, 09:01:11 AM

BTW, anyone have suggestions where I could fetch normal currency exchange rates, eg. NOK -> EUR? Cheesy

json interface to google calculator, eg

http://www.google.com/ig/calculator?q=1AUD=?USD

or if you wanna go pro sign up for the xe.com api

edit: fantastic idea btw.

mollison

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As I stated on IRC, I'm enthusiastic about this.

Please allow users to view distances in miles. In the US, kilometers are completely meaningless to 99% of people.

Ideally, the site would detect whether to display miles or km based on location.

Trader Steve

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"How do you eat an elephant? One bit at a time..."

Excellent! This will help make bitcoin much stronger by helping to decentralize the exchange process and making it easier for people to trade "off-exchange". Glad you put this together!

Panama Jack

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Nice.

Stephen Gornick

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Maybe a person doesn't really want to meet up with a stranger to exchange cash for bitcoins or vice-versa.

If there were a local courier service, the buyer could give the courier cash, the courier delivers it to the seller, and the seller sends the bitcoins to the buyer.

HipSwap enables this (only in L.A. or New York City so far).

So the LocalBitcoins.com listing could describe how to to start the process.

Here's a post on HipSwap:
- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/local-delivery-for-bitcoin-trades-74912

kiba

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Quote from: kangasbros on June 07, 2012, 05:29:32 AM

Yeah, it is twitter bootstrapped. What do you have in mind?

Just some small things. It could be google map, statistics, or graphs, or all the above.

What is your technology stack?

kangasbros

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Quote from: giszmo on June 07, 2012, 12:08:35 PM

Else: http://localbitcoins.com/cash_exchange_howto reads like you only target small time exchanges. Can you reword it so I can leave the link at every brick and mortar exchange office that I run into pretending to expect them to also exchange BTC? Wink

Well, I will edit the article "for extra pocket money" -> "for becoming a millionaire" and so on Cheesy

Yeah, the guide is probably geared too much for small exchangers, the site is of course suitable for bigger exchangers as well.

giszmo

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Quote from: kangasbros on June 07, 2012, 12:00:03 PM

Quote from: giszmo on June 07, 2012, 11:54:56 AM

kind of frustrating, but I'm subbed here. While 2h ago the closest trader was more than 8.000km away, now it's *only* 7.000

The map feature takes a long time to develop, and I really want to go to Berlin bitcoiners meeting today, which starts about 1 hour from now.

What was the location you tried to add? Maybe I can quickly add a city database to my app, so that cities/towns can be added without resolving to google database...

Don't rush things. If no Chile location opens in the week after you fixed the bug, pm me and I will add it.

Else: http://localbitcoins.com/cash_exchange_howto reads like you only target small time exchanges. Can you reword it so I can leave the link at every brick and mortar exchange office that I run into pretending to expect them to also exchange BTC? Wink

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