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The Case for Bitcoin in the Furry community
Posted 10 years agoBitcoin is a cryptocurrency and it’s increasingly rare to run into people who haven’t at least heard the term. I won’t go into what it is in detail but it’s strong crypto and the Bitcoins have real value. https://www.circle.com/ and https://www.coinbase.com are two reputable sites to have your wallet at and purchase coins. You can have your wallet on your own computer so no one controls your coins but you. You’re also responsible for backing your wallet up so do a little research as if you loose the private key you loose your bitcoins stored at that address.
Why bother with Bitcoin when we use Paypal? It should be pretty obvious to anyone who’s dealt with Paypal much. Most commissioned art technically violates their terms of service. Yeah, you know what kind of art I’m talking about. You can get your account frozen if they get wind of what the money changing hands is for.
With Bitcoin no one can freeze your money if you are in control of the wallet. The system is semi-anonymous and it’s increasingly becoming accepted at many retailers. You do have to use a service like Coinbase or Circle to convert it back to regular currency.
If Bitcoins change hands for art what if one party doesn’t come through? It’s the same problem as Paypal. They will side with the person paying almost all the time. If that person is vengeful they can disclose what the money was for and get the artist’s account frozen. It goes back to the old system of half now and the other half on delivery. In that both parties are half in and if the artist doesn’t deliver and keeps the payment then reputation will hurt them. It’s not that much different with Paypal now.
Why bother with Bitcoin when we use Paypal? It should be pretty obvious to anyone who’s dealt with Paypal much. Most commissioned art technically violates their terms of service. Yeah, you know what kind of art I’m talking about. You can get your account frozen if they get wind of what the money changing hands is for.
With Bitcoin no one can freeze your money if you are in control of the wallet. The system is semi-anonymous and it’s increasingly becoming accepted at many retailers. You do have to use a service like Coinbase or Circle to convert it back to regular currency.
If Bitcoins change hands for art what if one party doesn’t come through? It’s the same problem as Paypal. They will side with the person paying almost all the time. If that person is vengeful they can disclose what the money was for and get the artist’s account frozen. It goes back to the old system of half now and the other half on delivery. In that both parties are half in and if the artist doesn’t deliver and keeps the payment then reputation will hurt them. It’s not that much different with Paypal now.
Oh great...
Posted 14 years agoYet again the site admins are putting all their eggs in one basket, I give up hoping that they'll learn from their mistakes. (By 'they' I mean Yak)
Yeah Yeah
Posted 16 years agoSo I'm not a frequent journal writer, so sue me :P
Oh those wonderful toys
Posted 17 years agoWell recently I purchased a Sig556 carbine with a red dot holo sight already mounted. It's probably one of the best carbines I've ever shot and I've shot a lot. Though there is a slight problem. The holo sight mounted which is Sig branded won't hold a zero. I can dial it in and then smack the side of the rifle and it will be off zero again... Grrrr. Thankfully Sig has good customer service so hopefully I can get the sight replaced before the three gun match.
Another item I've been looking at is buying some new optics for my hunting rig and maybe transfer it later to my long range target rifle. I've been told by a few friends in the shooting community to look at Millett's tactical scope. I went to Millett's site and found that none other than Major John Plaster is working with them now. He's well known in the sniper community for his books and videos and there are not many current or former long range shooters who don't own his book. I decided to give their tactical scope a try since it's a little over $300 compared to the $1600 Nightforce scope I was going to order. Here's hoping it's got the performance I need for the price.
Another item I've been looking at is buying some new optics for my hunting rig and maybe transfer it later to my long range target rifle. I've been told by a few friends in the shooting community to look at Millett's tactical scope. I went to Millett's site and found that none other than Major John Plaster is working with them now. He's well known in the sniper community for his books and videos and there are not many current or former long range shooters who don't own his book. I decided to give their tactical scope a try since it's a little over $300 compared to the $1600 Nightforce scope I was going to order. Here's hoping it's got the performance I need for the price.
