timbowhite

> For trust you can walk right in and speak to the manager. Some of them are older than dirt.

Bitcoin eliminates the need to trust some 3rd party human beings with your money.

BTW what does being "older than dirt" have to do with being worthy of trust?

> That is a strange argument.

If Bitcoin was closed source, I'd agree with you.

But it's not, and I don't. Bitcoin is 100% transparent and reviewable: the code, the transactions. The same cannot be said for any national or bank electronic monetary system.

As a technical person, I'd trust an open source system more than closed source system any day of the week.

I wondered the same a while ago, maybe the responses there will give you some insight:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9711738

Your two examples are rules that are public information, and forgetting them can indeed have legal consequences.

A password is a piece of private information, and requiring people to remember stuff they generate in their own head seems just a tad draconian.

> what depressing things it says about our society that we let people weep on the pavement because they've lost their house on a literal crapshoot.

The freedom allowing people to make those types of decisions trumps that argument.

Where would you draw the line and determine what we should "let" people do with their own possessions?

So you would not let a person gamble their house on a crap shoot? How about their car? Their watch? $5?

Well then the government should create laws allowing it to dictate what you can spend your money on if you make less than $X per year. You know, to prevent social consequences.

So I just signed up for a Mikandi account, you know, just to explore a little...

A couple of things:

1. I tried buying account credit (aka "Mikandi Gold"), but it wouldn't work, looks like jQuery isn't being loaded, error from console:

> ReferenceError: $ is not defined [1]

2. Do you guys accept Bitcoin/cryptocurrency? If not, why? Seems like the perfect venue for it, I would think most geeks wouldn't want those types of purchases tied to their credit card.

[1] https://mikandi.com/account/buygold

Any tips on how to handle site layouts that depend on the js that is asynchronously loaded via the async attribute? Seems like this can cause a flash of unstyled/unmodified html while that js is loaded and executed.

There are a number of scripts out there that detect adblock, for instance:

https://github.com/sitexw/FuckAdBlock

Then it's just a matter of using some basic JS to hide content, show a notice, etc.

I'm working on adding more models (the Syma X5C-1 and X8C will be added soon). Let me know if you have a particular one you'd like to see added.

Can't tell if trolling... but I'll bite:

Permission required to participate in Bitcoin = none

Permission required to participate in any electronic-fiat-money-transfer-system™ = mucho

I suppose I wasn't clear - I meant programmable in the sense that permission from someone else is not required.

I've never understood Hacker New's (majority) vitriol towards Bitcoin.

It's literally programmable money.

Thanks for this, best answer on the thread.

Very interesting service. I'm surprised this hasn't been asked yet since it's not on the site - but where do you get your data?

Also, this sentence in your TOU made me giggle a little:

> 3. Additional Restrictions.

> ... You may not create a link to this website from another website or document without telo’ prior written consent.

These are some great points, yet this one made me scratch my head:

> 44. No-one has ever used a Bitcoin ATM for practical reasons

I've used one because it was more convenient and anonymous than giving a scan of my ID to an online exchange, or meeting a stranger in-person to do a trade.

> its certification is carried out by posting the document's cryptographic imprint (hash) on bitcoin's blockchain.

> Pay with Paypal

Built a 100% automated site that lists the best prices and details for all top level domains:

http://tld-list.com

These features have now been added.

Great - namesilo pricing has been added.

Late response, but thanks for pointing this out. The "No Restrictions" labels have been made more accurate, and pricing has been added for 6 new registrars.

If you can suggest any providers in Ireland with decent, transparent pricing, please let me know!

Appreciate it!

Hi - just added sorting for the price and TLD columns.

I like em, on it.

Added a "results per page" option, goes up to 500.

Cool. Code isn't open source, it'd be way too embarrassing at this point :)

Thanks. For now, you can either post here or message me of other registrars you'd like to see listed.

There's a list of registrars and features[1] that I'm working on, I've added 101domain.com to it.

[1] http://tld-list.com/devlog

> I would guess someone is making bucks from advertising Hover and Gandi...

That'd be nice :)

Feel free to suggest more registrars to add, right now it's limited to 7 major registrars that have transparent/up-front pricing.

Thanks, 404 fixed.

Site isn't associated with domcomp, sources for data is provided at http://tld-list.com/sources

Thanks, I'll look into adding those registrars' pricing. Right now the site is limited to a handful of major registrars[1].

[1] http://tld-list.com/registrars