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Regarding money transfers for different goods and services paid in Bitcoins.

Regarding money transfers for different goods and services paid in Bitcoins.

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How to prove to my landlord that bitcoin came from my wallet?

Let's say I'm paying my monthly rent using bitcoin. I'm going to set up a script to send 5 bitcoin from my wallet to my landlord's address every month. I will not be able to tell beforehand which addresses the bitcoins will come from, nor does my…
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What methods are available to accept Bitcoin payments?

I'm curious about offering Bitcoin payment instead of PayPal (for all the usual reasons for disliking PayPal). Is this realistic, or is my understanding of how bitcoins can be used off? My customers are mostly nerds or at least tech-savvy people, so…
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Write down bitcoins on a piece of paper

I am a newbie when it comes to bitcoin. I am using the default bitcoint client and I have some bitcoins in my wallet. How can i write them down and give it to some one and then the person how can they use them Is this possible ?
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Can a bitcoin transaction be used to send usernames?

I'm looking to implement a secure mobile messaging service and looking for a payment system that will allow users to buy message credits and have them be allocated to a specific account however I want to keep user data to a minimum (currently I'm…
user410
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How can I recognize a bitcoin transaction from a given person?

If I ask two different people to pay me a given amount of bitcoin, how can I tell which one has paid and which one has not? If the amount is different then it's easy. For the same amount? Public key of the sender? If so, shall I trust my local copy…
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Implement website payment solution

I want to implement a bitcoin paying system to my website. I came up with this http://bitfreak.info/?page=tools&t=bitsci but I am unable to understand how it's working. I looked up into the sourcecode but I don't get where I can get the bitcoins…
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I'm in the uk, I wish to purchase bitcoins, but the process seems to be very convoluted. There has to be an easy way?

Any way that doesn't involve days of delay, verification etc? Are private traders available?
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Payment confirmation (3rd's party point of view)

On my site I want to allow two parties to trade between each other without me posing as a middle man. That means that vendor would provide his own address to which a negotiated amount would be deposited. My site would only scrape the public bitcoin…
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Why should I pay in bitcoin as opposed to traditional payment methods?

Recently I have seen a few online stores starting to accept bitcoin as a payment method, but I can't think of a reason why I would ever want to pay in bitcoins. Since I get paid in GBP then I would need to convert that into bitcoins somehow. Most…
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Is there a way to stop someone from giving me bitcoins to an address that I own

I know I should be thankful for free money. But sometimes it might come from an undesirable source. Is there a way of preventing unwanted credits? I suppose I could look at the block chain and pay it straight back...
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Bitcoin vs Banking

In my experience, it is not all that difficult to transfer money, which I have in a banking institution, to another institution, business or individual. Purchases can be made by credit or debit card, literally, anywhere in the world. I'm still a…
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Payment icon for private wallet

I have a wallet created and stored on my computer that I use to accept donations. I want to make things easier for visitors by providing a payment button, but it seems all the online services that provide payment buttons only do so for wallets that…
Ralph Apricot
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Seller asks me for my BTC address to confirm my payment

So I'm down to my first bitcoin transaction on a purchase with a webshop. Now that I'm at the actual checkout process, I'm asked for my bitcoin address so they can confirm my payment. Since this is my first purchase using bitcoin I'm wondering the…
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Bitcoin: what if I was about to sign an offline transaction using the transaction history and I get paid into same address

while using an offline client I have to copy and paste transaction history of the address I want to spend coins from. What if there was a new bitcoin transfer into my address before sending the signed transaction to the network? Does the transaction…
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How can i accept Bitcoin donations or payments on my website?

I have seen all these other posts on how to do it, but they are all so complicated, what is the quickest, easiesy way to accept Bitcoin payments or donations on my website? Why is it all so difficult?
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