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Topic: Ubitex: In-person Bitcoin exchange. Help us get critical mass! (Read 2659 times)

legendary
Activity: 1106
Merit: 1007
Hide your women
sr. member
Activity: 364
Merit: 250
I'd like to just be able to see a list of bitcoin users in my area.. Anyway that can happen?

Just register. If you have an account with nearly anything, you can log in with that, then all Ubitex wants is a username and email address.

But anonymous access is planned for the future.
newbie
Activity: 10
Merit: 0
I'd like to just be able to see a list of bitcoin users in my area.. Anyway that can happen?
sr. member
Activity: 364
Merit: 250
Charging a .5 btc listing fee will hinder reaching critical mass.  It would make more sense to grow it as a free service and then charge a fee when it is popular.

Indeed, which is why we don't charge it yet Tongue
The site implies otherwise:

Quote from: ubitex.org
I agree to pay the 0.5 BTC listing fee.
I understand that my listing will not be public until the bitcoin transaction is confirmed.
I agree to legitimately follow through with this order.

If listing is currently free it should be noted on the site.

Good point, changed.
donator
Activity: 1419
Merit: 1015
A few things to note, lookup ways to identify a counterfeit bill online:
http://www.wikihow.com/Detect-Counterfeit-US-Money

In short:
Buy a Neodymium magnet to test the ink and a counterfeit bill marker to test the paper. Check the text and serial number.
hero member
Activity: 840
Merit: 1000
Charging a .5 btc listing fee will hinder reaching critical mass.  It would make more sense to grow it as a free service and then charge a fee when it is popular.

Indeed, which is why we don't charge it yet Tongue
The site implies otherwise:

Quote from: ubitex.org
I agree to pay the 0.5 BTC listing fee.
I understand that my listing will not be public until the bitcoin transaction is confirmed.
I agree to legitimately follow through with this order.

If listing is currently free it should be noted on the site.
gim
member
Activity: 90
Merit: 10
I clicked "Sellers near me" and nothing happens. How does someone use this website?
Very good idea, but same here Sad


sr. member
Activity: 364
Merit: 250
Charging a .5 btc listing fee will hinder reaching critical mass.  It would make more sense to grow it as a free service and then charge a fee when it is popular.

Indeed, which is why we don't charge it yet Tongue
newbie
Activity: 21
Merit: 0
I clicked "Sellers near me" and nothing happens. How does someone use this website?
hero member
Activity: 840
Merit: 1000
Charging a .5 btc listing fee will hinder reaching critical mass.  It would make more sense to grow it as a free service and then charge a fee when it is popular.
sr. member
Activity: 364
Merit: 250
I put in an order.  How do I know that the system properly understands my location and will match me to someone within the specified radius?

If you specify an ambiguous location, you'll get a 500 error (for now).
sr. member
Activity: 364
Merit: 250
I put in an order.  How do I know that the system properly understands my location and will match me to someone within the specified radius?  It would be nice to see listings on a map.  I had to set a radius of 3000 miles before it found any matches, but then it didn't say how far away the one listing was.  It would be nice to see the distances so that you could pick and choose between the offers.

look in your profile, it listed my city perfectly.  i think it finds you by ip address.

Yes, we geolocate IP addresses. However, you can change this just by changing the text in the box... you can use any syntax Google Maps will like
legendary
Activity: 1764
Merit: 1002
I put in an order.  How do I know that the system properly understands my location and will match me to someone within the specified radius?  It would be nice to see listings on a map.  I had to set a radius of 3000 miles before it found any matches, but then it didn't say how far away the one listing was.  It would be nice to see the distances so that you could pick and choose between the offers.

look in your profile, it listed my city perfectly.  i think it finds you by ip address.
hero member
Activity: 726
Merit: 500
I put in an order.  How do I know that the system properly understands my location and will match me to someone within the specified radius?  It would be nice to see listings on a map.  I had to set a radius of 3000 miles before it found any matches, but then it didn't say how far away the one listing was.  It would be nice to see the distances so that you could pick and choose between the offers.
legendary
Activity: 1764
Merit: 1002
way to go cuddlefish.  nice job.   Smiley Smiley
sr. member
Activity: 364
Merit: 250
Ubitex is simple. Enter your location, then either place or complete orders near you. Done.
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