Show HN: Bid with Bitcoin to write whatever you want on my web page(btcbutton.com)
btcbutton.com
Show HN: Bid with Bitcoin to write whatever you want on my web page
http://btcbutton.com
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Just tried to place a message. Selling Bitcoins... I figured that there's probably a market with the visitors. It's a pity that these messages will likely all be ads... (Like my own.)
oh ya, whatcha selling?
I generally sell at 15% above MtGox price. We could either trade in cash face-to-face if you're near Brighton in the UK or otherwise Paypal or Bank transfer also works. If you're interested email me at [email protected]. :)
Clever! Reminds me of Million Dollar Homepage: http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com
I have a spot on there but someone hijacked my domain when I let it expire. I guess I should deal with that eventually...
Someone really should try that: A modern MDH powered by bitcoin.
Reminds me of http://www.displayofwealth.com/
That's hilarious. It's time to cut out the act of consumption and skip right to destroying goods as a show of power:
> "In the potlatch, the host in effect challenged a guest chieftain to exceed him in his 'power' to give away or to destroy goods. If the guest did not return 100 percent on the gifts received and destroy even more wealth in a bigger and better bonfire, he and his people lost face and so his 'power' was diminished."
-- Wikipedia (Potlatch)
> "In the potlatch, the host in effect challenged a guest chieftain to exceed him in his 'power' to give away or to destroy goods. If the guest did not return 100 percent on the gifts received and destroy even more wealth in a bigger and better bonfire, he and his people lost face and so his 'power' was diminished."
-- Wikipedia (Potlatch)
All the proceeds are going towards wishbone.org. It's a great non-profit that helps low-income high school students attends after-school and summer programs.
Looks like the scammers are already showing up: http://i.imgur.com/5vz9Kew.png
Edit: added a screenshot of the actual homepage
Edit: added a screenshot of the actual homepage
Yeah.. that's a bummer. Trying to take money from a charity :/ I haven't seen any payments to that address yet.
How did you code up the handling of payments? Was this easy to make?
It's pretty simple. I generated a bunch of public/private keypairs. I kept the private keys offline and I hand out public addresses when people add a message.
Then I poll blockchain.info for payments.
Then I poll blockchain.info for payments.
also, the source is on github. https://github.com/jbaudanza/singleservingbitcoin
Which part is generating the keypairs? Is it bitcoin specific?
I'm curious how it's done. I'm thinking to code up something where people can have a small amount of bitcoins donated to every URL they visit. If it ever caught one if could be a way to fund content instead of ads.
I'm curious how it's done. I'm thinking to code up something where people can have a small amount of bitcoins donated to every URL they visit. If it ever caught one if could be a way to fund content instead of ads.
Look at the Rakefile under `task :generate_keypairs`. It's using the bitcoin-ruby gem
Does the transaction have to be confirmed?
I bid .03BTC, and got on the queue in a few minutes. I added .011BTC, and the amount hasn't incremented in 15 minutes.
I bid .03BTC, and got on the queue in a few minutes. I added .011BTC, and the amount hasn't incremented in 15 minutes.
Cool idea! I get an internal server error when I go here: http://btcbutton.com/queue
Yeah, encoding issues :/ working on it
Ok.
<$1.00 in BTC for Hacker News front page exposure.
Bit.
<$1.00 in BTC for Hacker News front page exposure.
Bit.
I've gotten 1,052 unique hits in the past 1 hour.
Meh, sent a few extra while ago and the site stopped updating.
https://blockchain.info/address/1HxzuTBUD9iEqgiFB4Mkpbo6RLJQ...
https://blockchain.info/address/1HxzuTBUD9iEqgiFB4Mkpbo6RLJQ...
I've had to slow down the polling so i don't overload the blockchain.info api. Bids should be showing up though. Email me at [email protected] if it isn't
worst idea ever?
haha.. well I guess I have nowhere to go but up then.
Reminds me of the $1 for a pixel site awhile ago, except the proceeds are charitable.
How are you going to manage content? Keep highest payer up until someone bids higher? or is it time-box based?
How are you going to manage content? Keep highest payer up until someone bids higher? or is it time-box based?
Your content stays up for 1 hour, or until someone outbids you.