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TTBit

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Quote from: molecular on December 11, 2011, 05:39:24 PM

Quote from: TTBit on December 11, 2011, 04:50:25 PM

Stupid question: Why is it safer to download an .avi from bitcointorrentz.com rather than downloading the torrent? Can't my ISP identify bitcointorrentz.com as a pirated site?

It's (at least currently) not the ISP that delivers the identifying info (it delivers the info who had the IP at a specified time). The info on what IP offered a torrent for download is gathered by private companies that are hired by the rightsholders. They are not able to see your http download from bitcointorrents, they can, however, connect to your torrent node and download a little bit of the file to make sure you're not offering a fake.

Makes sense. Thank you.

This is the most used service for my bitcoins by far. Thanks mjcmurfy.

molecular

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Quote from: TTBit on December 11, 2011, 04:50:25 PM

Stupid question: Why is it safer to download an .avi from bitcointorrentz.com rather than downloading the torrent? Can't my ISP identify bitcointorrentz.com as a pirated site?

It's (at least currently) not the ISP that delivers the identifying info (it delivers the info who had the IP at a specified time). The info on what IP offered a torrent for download is gathered by private companies that are hired by the rightsholders. They are not able to see your http download from bitcointorrents, they can, however, connect to your torrent node and download a little bit of the file to make sure you're not offering a fake.

TTBit

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Stupid question: Why is it safer to download an .avi from bitcointorrentz.com rather than downloading the torrent? Can't my ISP identify bitcointorrentz.com as a pirated site?

molecular

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I introduced my nephews mother to bitcointorrentz (her sister got a mean letter from a lawyer, so she's now afraid to use torrents)

We promptly ran into a bug (I think it might at least be related to the one I found before).

Here's what happened (recalling from last nights memory):

opened site, without login
inserted torrent link, hit "continue"
pop up, click "pay with bitcoins"
make transaction, click "payed"
"payment accepted" popup pops up TWICE, we click "ok" twice
we click "status" link
status page sais finished (after maximum 1 minute, it was a 1.4gig file, I think)
we download via web: FILE CORRUPTED
she downloads again later: FILE GOOD

So I'm guessing the "file finished" info is wrong somehow?

I asked her for the link and will post here... maybe that helps analyzing?

mjcmurfy

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Cool site cunicula. I think that would be a very effective method of advertising indeed! hehe.

I ran my own home IP address through it and it found a few torrents I downloaded a while back. Then I ran the ip address of bitcointorrentz.com through it and zilch, nada. It's good to know that the steps I have taken to prevent torrent data sniffing on the server are working.

cunicula

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To advertise this service, consider the following tweet for FeedZeBirds:

Spy on your neighbor's torrents. http://www.youhavedownloaded.com/
Keep your torrents anonymous. http://www.bitcointorrentz.com/

Peripeteia

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Quote from: molecular on December 07, 2011, 09:36:31 AM

check out pyload.org

Thanks for the tip, Molecular. Pyload looks interesting, I'll check it out.

I think BitCoinTorrentz.com could offer something along similar lines; with the added convenience that all the customer would have to do is download a single torrent file to download.

molecular

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Quote from: Peripeteia on December 07, 2011, 05:39:27 AM

As an additional service, I think it would be quite useful if a customer could submit a bunch of related links (eg. movies usually get chunked up into different links) from public storage sites (Megafile Upload, Hotfile and the like), BitCoinTorrentz would download all of them, package them into a single torrent and then send the customer the torrent file for the customer to download.

Basically the service gives the customer the convenience of bypassing all the hassle associated with downloading from those public storage sites. I'd probably pay for something like that Grin

check out pyload.org

2weiX

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how about a subscription tunnel / proxy service for anonymization?

Peripeteia

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As an additional service, I think it would be quite useful if a customer could submit a bunch of related links (eg. movies usually get chunked up into different links) from public storage sites (Megafile Upload, Hotfile and the like), BitCoinTorrentz would download all of them, package them into a single torrent and then send the customer the torrent file for the customer to download.

Basically the service gives the customer the convenience of bypassing all the hassle associated with downloading from those public storage sites. I'd probably pay for something like that Grin

Still, BitCoinTorrentz as it is now is a great idea and dovetails neatly with the potential of Bitcoin. Kudos! (I've translated my praise into coin by buying some shares.)

molecular

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CryptoXChange just tweeted:

Quote from: CryptoXChange Crypto X Change

BitCoinTorrentz.com - Download or Stream Torrents Anonymously from the Web! #Retweet4Bitcoin #FeedZeBirds ChkStatus@ feedzebirds.com/8d4e

don't know how to get the link to a tweet, so I just quoted it here.

mjcmurfy

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I just discovered that the bitcoin daemon had crashed on the server. I'm not sure how long it has been like that, but if you tried to send payment and it failed to give you a payment address, everything is back to normal again.

2weiX

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Quote from: mjcmurfy on November 16, 2011, 10:06:20 PM

I have paid this months dividend. Here is a breakdown of this month:

Total Downloads: 407
Total Users: 67 and growing steadily.
Total Income: 29.53215 btc.

30% shares held by shareholders = 8.859645 btc
- October dividend overpayment: 6.30582962
= Net Dividend: 2.55381538 btc (0.00851271793333 btc/share).

Unfortunately, due to the overpayment last month the dividend per share is quite low. However, the earnings for the month have been significantly better than last month (330.6% higher) and the dividend/share should have been 0.02953215 btc/share if not for the clerical error I made with the previous dividend payment. That is a 14.8% ROI from my IPO price of 0.2 btc/share.

haha.
bought yesterday and BOOM dividend today. I'm not gonna tell you the ROI on that.
that makes me...

a typical late adopter.

*sigh*

mjcmurfy

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I have paid this months dividend. Here is a breakdown of this month:

Total Downloads: 407
Total Users: 67 and growing steadily.
Total Income: 29.53215 btc.

30% shares held by shareholders = 8.859645 btc
- October dividend overpayment: 6.30582962
= Net Dividend: 2.55381538 btc (0.00851271793333 btc/share).

Unfortunately, due to the overpayment last month the dividend per share is quite low. However, the earnings for the month have been significantly better than last month (330.6% higher) and the dividend/share should have been 0.02953215 btc/share if not for the clerical error I made with the previous dividend payment. That is a 14.8% ROI from my IPO price of 0.2 btc/share.

molecular

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Quote from: 2weiX on November 15, 2011, 01:52:56 AM

It's your business, do as you please, users will "vote with their feet" as we say in Germany.

Their feet... or their wallets Wink

mjcmurfy

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The discount levels are based on how much you download. If you download 20GB, you get 10% off.
When you buy bandwidth, you will not receive discount until you actually use it. It's just a convenience.

2weiX

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Quote from: mjcmurfy on November 15, 2011, 07:07:33 AM

@2weiX: the bundle price is calculated based on your discounted rate.

Ok, so I am going to increase the price to 0.8 btc/gb for the time being. If anyone has any objections to this, please feel free to voice your opinion either in this thread or by PM to me personally. All comments are welcome, especially critical ones.

so the bundle is created on the CURRENT discount, not taking into account the discount i WOULD be elegible for when using the package?

mjcmurfy

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@2weiX: the bundle price is calculated based on your discounted rate.

Ok, so I am going to increase the price to 0.8 btc/gb for the time being. If anyone has any objections to this, please feel free to voice your opinion either in this thread or by PM to me personally. All comments are welcome, especially critical ones.

2weiX

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Quote from: mjcmurfy on November 14, 2011, 03:58:12 PM

I am going to have to increase the price of this service considering the recent drop of 25% in the exchange rate. I have not raised prices all the way down from $5. While I am willing to subsidize the fiat costs for the benefit of users, I am not willing to run this business at a loss for an extended period of time.

I am thinking of a base rate of around 0.08 btc/GB.
Could shareholders and users weigh in with their opinions on what a reasonable price would be?

Anyone who has already purchased bandwidth will not be affected by this price rise.

It's your business, do as you please, users will "vote with their feet" as we say in Germany.
I relly enjoy your business and I think it's one of the very few that is really viable (legal concerns aside).
Raise the prices, I'm-a-gonna-be on the lowest rebate level soon anyhow.

Speaking of which: How are the bundle prices created? I noticed that you are selling the 10GB pack at the same rate you are selling the 50GB pack... or am I getting different rates from other, more infrequent users? If you were to offer a 100GB packet... would that be even cheaper?

Maybe I'm thinking it wrong, but I guess there's a little wiggle room for more profit right there.

That being said, for me as a potential shareholder profitability IS a concern.

bitfoo

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Quote from: mjcmurfy on November 14, 2011, 03:58:12 PM

I am thinking of a base rate of around 0.08 btc/GB.
Could shareholders and users weigh in with their opinions on what a reasonable price would be?

FWIW, I always thought 0.05 BTC/GB was quite cheap. 0.1 seems reasonable. I speak as both a user and a shareholder.

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