Re:Bitstamped
by marcell on Friday June 27, 2014 @01:58AM
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Note that this appears to be a $9.99 version of http://www.proofofexistence.com/, a free service. Also, this does not appear to be affiliated with the popular bitcoin exchange Bitstamp.
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Re:Bitstamped
by inkfactory on Friday June 27, 2014 @03:07AM
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Marcell is correct - we use the ProofOfExistence.com API
Bitstamped.io is not aimed at technical users - that's why payment is in USD and not BTC.
What's with the terrible names in Bitcoin land?
When deciding what to name your Bitcoin site, anything with the word "bit" or "coin" in it should be avoided. Please! Otherwise, you just join the list of other unmemorable bit/coin sites.
And, this goes without saying, pick something that, when you google it, google does not say "Showing results for Bitstamp".
Well, the comic made me laugh.
I'm with chuckup though, I tend to quickly forget all the sites with names like this (regarding bitcoin specifically). Thank goodness for bookmarks.
Re:Bitstamped
by inkfactory on Friday June 27, 2014 @03:12AM
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Point taken.
"Showing results for Bitstamp" is irritating, but we only launched yesterday, hopefully Google will figure out that Bitstamped is a thing!
I have to admit, when I first read it I thought it was a new euphemism for being screwed over by Bitstamp, a la "Goxed".
While the method using to sign documents is identical (as posted by inkfactory), the main difference is that bitstamped is also hosting your files. This can be regarded as both an advantage or a disadvantage over proofofexistence, depending what your position is regarding the remote hosting of the document.