Topic: PSA: Bitcoin needs you (Read 3805 times)
The scams that start on the climb, often unravel on the decline. BOLO
The OP here is probably due for a bump.
Complete decentralization isn't an ideal state for the gullible masses, ideally we would have Paypal-like "clusters" managing BTC for their clients, either that or force people to be educated about cryptocurrencies. Despite all the attention the community has got we are still a counterculture community because the average Joe continues trying to sound wise on all the media outlets claiming BTC is either ponzi or generally "not real money".
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Proposition: bitcoin security browser addon.
Community would be able to instantly flag pages according to their credibility.
Community would be able to instantly flag pages according to their credibility.
I like this, I like this a lot!
Could it not be made open source and trustworthy, to those worried about keyloggers?
Perhaps a Chrome extension?
Just hanging around the world of bitcoin, visting some links from this forum and a Google alert for all things bitcoin has led to not 1, not 2, but 6 different virus and trojan attacks on my PC. At one point so bad that Avast seemed to give up altogether. I now run AVG, Malawarebytes and Commodo cleaner.
The filth and scum out there hang around bitcoin like flies on shit.
This is the perfect opportunity for the free market to step up and tackle this..
Proposition: bitcoin security browser addon.
Community would be able to instantly flag pages according to their credibility.
Community would be able to instantly flag pages according to their credibility.
and then will come 20 scamming keylogger add-ons pretending to also be security assurance tools.
What there needs to be is a 'tip of the day' box built into the satoshi client warning of the potential hazards. Even have the forums set a training course as part of the newbie process, to give noobs something valuable to read while they wait 4 hours which can earn them access to the forums within 3 hours if they pass a test of some sorts at the end.
Newbies shouldn't use the satoshi client. Tips are a good idea in theory, but like the newbie section very few will actually read the information given to them.
Proposition: bitcoin security browser addon.
Community would be able to instantly flag pages according to their credibility.
Community would be able to instantly flag pages according to their credibility.
and then will come 20 scamming keylogger add-ons pretending to also be security assurance tools.
What there needs to be is a 'tip of the day' box built into the satoshi client warning of the potential hazards. Even have the forums set a training course as part of the newbie process, to give noobs something valuable to read while they wait 4 hours which can earn them access to the forums within 3 hours if they pass a test of some sorts at the end.
Proposition: bitcoin security browser addon.
Community would be able to instantly flag pages according to their credibility.
Community would be able to instantly flag pages according to their credibility.
We need to get more and more physical stores to starting accepting bitcoin, that will help alot.
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Maybe there should be some sort of BBB for bitcoin companies? An objective, trusted third party to establish trust?
Minimal trust is the way to go. There are no objective parties.A better solution is a surety system that doesn't rely on a single party for anything.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1628630
Business can't function without trust. The attempt to remove trust from business is very much an Aspie/coder/geek thing to do and just as misguided as the sort of stuff them people usually come up with.
The correct approach isn't to get a pillow as your girlfriend, the correct approach is to sanely interact with the actual girls out there.
IMO, the business should have earned its trust somehow already, BTC is just another way for me to pay this business for the services it renders. If anything i would trust a company with my credit card # FAR faster than i would with some BTC
Business can't function without trust. The attempt to remove trust from business is very much an Aspie/coder/geek thing to do and just as misguided as the sort of stuff them people usually come up with.
The correct approach isn't to get a pillow as your girlfriend, the correct approach is to sanely interact with the actual girls out there.
That's what they all say. The correct approach isn't to get a pillow as your girlfriend, the correct approach is to sanely interact with the actual girls out there.
Maybe there should be some sort of BBB for bitcoin companies? An objective, trusted third party to establish trust?
Minimal trust is the way to go. There are no objective parties.A better solution is a surety system that doesn't rely on a single party for anything.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1628630
Business can't function without trust. The attempt to remove trust from business is very much an Aspie/coder/geek thing to do and just as misguided as the sort of stuff them people usually come up with.
The correct approach isn't to get a pillow as your girlfriend, the correct approach is to sanely interact with the actual girls out there.
Maybe there should be some sort of BBB for bitcoin companies? An objective, trusted third party to establish trust?
Minimal trust is the way to go. There are no objective parties.A better solution is a surety system that doesn't rely on a single party for anything.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1628630
Maybe there should be some sort of BBB for bitcoin companies? An objective, trusted third party to establish trust?
Someone tried to set that up before, pretty sure it died. It's hard to get everyone to use one service like that, and most people won't even check it.
Maybe there should be some sort of BBB for bitcoin companies? An objective, trusted third party to establish trust?
just build a site, maybe "bitcoin scam" database, a directory of proved scam!
Just like how everybody on FB uses Snopes before reposting crap! Scammers and malware are a bigger threat than governments.
Absolutely. Much bigger.
just build a site, maybe "bitcoin scam" database, a directory of proved scam!
The problem with that approach is that it fragments discourse.
just build a site, maybe "bitcoin scam" database, a directory of proved scam!
Scammers and malware are a bigger threat than governments.
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