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stsbrad

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Quote from: Bonio on March 17, 2014, 06:50:09 PM

I'm sure / hope you are right.

Its probably down to my inability to pick stable companies to deal with! I thought with the likes of Andreas at the helm of Blockchain.info it would be bomb proof

Ive been Goxxed, and im nervous maybe

I need to relax!

Nervous about what exactly?

Bonio

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I'm sure / hope you are right.

Its probably down to my inability to pick stable companies to deal with! I thought with the likes of Andreas at the helm of Blockchain.info it would be bomb proof

Ive been Goxxed, and im nervous maybe

I need to relax!

anth0ny

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Quote from: Bonio on March 17, 2014, 06:27:41 PM

How I run my website isnt the issue, my concerns are for Bitcoins future.

Fair enough. I'm sure 5 years after the invention of fiat currency there were problems. Personally I'm not concerned one bit about the future of Bitcoin just because blockchain.info has a few hours of downtime. I'm not particularly a fan of blockchain.info's wallet service anyway, though. If you want to access your BTC from your Android phone, there are apps for that. I guess for people who have iPhones that's not a solution, but my concern in that regard is that Apple has banned Bitcoin wallet apps, not that blockchain.info has some downtime.

Maybe I'm wrong, though.

Bonio

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I dont really care what you believe I'm not trolling.

I have upgraded the website several times. I have updated the forums many times, I did it last week.

The site is updated and tested in the background and when it is ready I switch the URL to the new site. The forum which forms the largest part of the site is backed up first then stopped for the 5 minutes it takes to update it. The main databse backs up 4 times a day automatically and is checked after each backup.

How I run my website isnt the issue, my concerns are for Bitcoins future.

There has been no really good news of late. I want something good to happen, I'm getting frustrated with all the things that go wrong and would just like to be able to have something to celebrate

Oh and to the guy posting above Im actually over 50 :/

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Quote from: Bonio on March 17, 2014, 06:05:16 PM

This isnt a FUD post.

I am genuinely concerned about things like this happening. Bitcoin has to become more robust or at least the people who are supposedly leading the way.

I use blockchain for my hot wallet, a very small amount in there but once again I cant access my BTC. It is all getting very tiresome.

I have been with my fiat bank for 30 odd years, I have ALWAYS been able to access my money.

BTC isnt a valid currency still.

Do I believe this blah-blah?

Or their realistic explanation?

https://blog.blockchain.com/2014/03/17/current-service-outage/

Tough decision. Roll Eyes

Btw my fiat bank account was frozen and closed for no reason, and I am not the only one. I have a hard time believing you are 30 years old for that matter Cheesy

grifferz

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You are right that service infrastructure isn't very mature. That is only going to come with time and increasing adoption.

You only have to peruse the threads in this Service Discussion forum to realise that several services that are dealing with other people's money on a daily basis are developed and operated by first time PHP coders who should not be trusted to publish a blog about their cat.

It is a risk you have to factor in right now. Do your due diligence and avoid those with a poor track record.

You have done the right thing by keeping your secret keys secret. That way, assuming no other breach of your security, you cannot be "goxxed". It doesn't matter that much to you if blockchain.info goes away. Your coins are safe. Worst case for you is that transacting becomes awkward for a time.

Your comment that no one will take bitcoin seriously is off the mark, as many retailers clearly do already take bitcoin seriously. As the bitcoin economy grows the infrastructure will improve. If the bitcoin economy dies then the infrastructure is irrelevant.

sinx13

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So, you want me to believe that you have since 15 years a high traffic website which was online one time down...

You want us to believe you are running since 1998 a website with DB and you did not changed it since that?
No maintance, no upgrade?

You are running the same script without a change? Same layout?

Yeah sure...

Please troll somewhere else.

Bonio

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Ive moved it to my own machine

anth0ny

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Quote from: Bonio on March 17, 2014, 06:15:52 PM

Quote from: Bonio on March 17, 2014, 06:12:54 PM

You do, and I have added it to my wallet on my PC. So that is indeed a plus point. However if I were out and about I use my Android phone and the blockchain app.

My point is that infrastructure isnt up to the standards you would expect when dealing with millions of $. No one will take BTC seriously who doesnt fully understand its potential.

For all I know Blockchain.info could be running on an old 486 in someone's bedroom, well OK that is an exaggeration, probably its a P3 with 256k Ram.

Ive run a very busy website for the last 15 years, it has a massive database, I run it on a shoestring really and its been down once due to a hacking attempt for about 4 hours and that happened 3 years ago.

I'm no expert, those guys are supposed to be.

Maybe you should move your BTC to your website.

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Quote from: Bonio on March 17, 2014, 06:12:54 PM

You do, and I have added it to my wallet on my PC. So that is indeed a plus point. However if I were out and about I use my Android phone and the blockchain app.

My point is that infrastructure isnt up to the standards you would expect when dealing with millions of $. No one will take BTC seriously who doesnt fully understand its potential.

For all I know Blockchain.info could be running on an old 486 in someone's bedroom, well OK that is an exaggeration, probably its a P3 with 256k Ram.

Ive run a very busy website for the last 15 years, it has a massive database, I run it on a shoestring really and its been down once due to a hacking attempt for about 4 hours and that happened 3 years ago.

I'm no expert, those guys are supposed to be.

Bonio

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You do, and I have added it to my wallet on my PC. So that is indeed a plus point. However if I were out and about I use my Android phone and the blockchain app.

My point is that infrastructure isnt up to the standards you would expect when dealing with millions of $. No one will take BTC seriously who doesnt fully understand its potential.

For all I know Blockchain.info could be running on an old 486 in someone's bedroom, well OK that is an exaggeration, probably its a P3 with 256k Ram.

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Quote from: Bonio on March 17, 2014, 06:05:16 PM

This isnt a FUD post.

I am genuinely concerned about things like this happening. Bitcoin has to become more robust or at least the people who are supposedly leading the way.

I use blockchain for my hot wallet, a very small amount in there but once again I cant access my BTC. It is all getting very tiresome.

I have been with my fiat bank for 30 odd years, I have ALWAYS been able to access my money.

BTC isnt a valid currency still.

Even bank websites go down, give them a little time. They have a high rate of up-time. Considering the amounts of new wallets they get on a daily basis, I'd say they're doing a great job.

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Quote from: Bonio on March 17, 2014, 06:05:16 PM

This isnt a FUD post.

I am genuinely concerned about things like this happening. Bitcoin has to become more robust or at least the people who are supposedly leading the way.

I use blockchain for my hot wallet, a very small amount in there but once again I cant access my BTC. It is all getting very tiresome.

I have been with my fiat bank for 30 odd years, I have ALWAYS been able to access my money.

BTC isnt a valid currency still.

I thought with blockchain.info you got to keep your private key.

Bonio

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This isnt a FUD post.

I am genuinely concerned about things like this happening. Bitcoin has to become more robust or at least the people who are supposedly leading the way.

I use blockchain for my hot wallet, a very small amount in there but once again I cant access my BTC. It is all getting very tiresome.

I have been with my fiat bank for 30 odd years, I have ALWAYS been able to access my money.

BTC isnt a valid currency still.

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