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Bitcoin tipping

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cwphoto
Posts: 2332 - Karma: 780
I had the thought the other night, and wondered what other people would think of bitcoin tipping. Some people that use reddit might already know what i mean, but i'll explain. First, someone contributes really good content. Next, instead of just up voting them, you tip them a small about of BTC. The bot sends this amount to an automatically assigned BTC wallet for the member, and then the member can collect that BTC. It just seems like a cool way to reward people for contributing such good content, like the boot fitting questions thread in gear talk.

http://www.reddit.com/r/bitcointip/

Thats the sub for the bitcoin tip bot if anyone would like to do more reading into it.


Would this ever be viable on ns? I think it would be a really good way to say thanks to the members that really go out of their way to contribute solid content. Thoughts?
Dec 24 2013 12:25AM
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SSteezle
Posts: 9297 - Karma: 7,732
Lol no we aren't all internet hackers
Dec 24 2013 9:48PM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
this
Dec 25 2013 4:25PM
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cwphoto
Posts: 2332 - Karma: 780
haha i'd be down
Dec 26 2013 1:46AM
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Posts: 2345 - Karma: 2,104
New currency called todd wallnuts.
Dec 26 2013 7:52PM
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Saga.
Posts: 3812 - Karma: 45,331
Bitcoin is the shit.
Dec 27 2013 11:33AM
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louie.mirags
Posts: 6015 - Karma: 5,029
What if I have no bitcoins to tip? If I wanted to pay for boot advice I would ask a bootfitter, not in gear talk..
Dec 27 2013 7:38PM
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cwphoto
Posts: 2332 - Karma: 780
well you don't have to pay for it, that was just an example. it would be more of a 'thank you' if you saw a member really taking time to post quality content
Dec 27 2013 11:50PM
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louie.mirags
Posts: 6015 - Karma: 5,029
i feels ya
Dec 28 2013 12:31AM
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00000000
Posts: 11075 - Karma: 82,508
We've talked about something similar before, but not using bitcoins. If we're going to do it and do it well, we'll need our own currency.
Dec 28 2013 10:12AM
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cwphoto
Posts: 2332 - Karma: 780
for sure. you could take the code for bitcoin, and then change it up at little for ns? kinda like what the devs for dogecoin did.
Dec 28 2013 10:59AM
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00000000
Posts: 11075 - Karma: 82,508
If we were to do it, we'd do it properly and hire a mathematician and economist to help us put the system together.
Dec 28 2013 2:41PM
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El_Barto.
Posts: 11661 - Karma: 24,364
Id put $5 in my wallet and give people a nickle at a time for good posts or lulz.
Dec 28 2013 3:50PM
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Jaggy_Snake
Posts: 2287 - Karma: 1,418
nickyp

That is all.
Dec 28 2013 5:47PM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,635
Yeah like allowing you to spend your Karma points on things.

It would be sweet to also have a side system (or combined) where you could tip people for their content. I do like that concept...

There's meat in this idea, but we have to do our own take on it.
Dec 30 2013 1:53PM
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.Rybak.
Posts: 9017 - Karma: 9,864
I think instead of bitcoin it would work better through something like paypal?
Dec 30 2013 2:50PM
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BagOTricks
Posts: 815 - Karma: 3,351
Currently dogecoin is more reasonable to tip, since its worth a lot less. But at the same time it's super easy to mine compared to bitcoin, so you get a lot more money.
Dec 31 2013 7:16PM
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.squirrely.
Posts: 7563 - Karma: 7,546
karma worth real $$$ in the ns store ??¿¿?
Jan 1 2014 10:33PM
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