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spend my bitcoins? no.

nevertheless, i'm curious how this would work. a command line utility you connect to your wallet, which looks for addresses in user profile "about" sections?

i'm not sure what "bot" signifies then.

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you'd prefer to sit in your armchair and stroke them gently?

yes :)

at least until i need a house or something expensive.

No I'd prefer to stroke it hard and fast!

Wait we're not talking about porn? Awkward...

see how it works on http://www.reddit.com/r/bitcointip

basically, a bot is a user on forum, you send it some coins. it then monitors your comments, and if you say "tip user XX with YY amount", it sends the coins to that user for redeeming.

exactly. so you reckon it's a good idea. would you use it?

I'd definitely give it a try. I don't know whether it would fit HN as nicely as it does Reddit, but there is just one way to find out, isn't it? :)

edit - I also wonder how it would evolve on HN. I could imagine using it here not for tipping, but for crowdfunding of sorts. With so many vcs reading this group, I'd expect people throwing 1-2BTC at a time at good ideas/ShowHNs to support some of the entrepreneurs.

once set up with the system you could type Tip [HN USERNAME] [AMOUNT] and so it would be

i see, but i imagine that would get you banned for spamming around here :\

If the minimum tip size is big enough, it would be a Very interesting contribution to any thread... let's say $10-20 USD. That's enough to make it socially relevant.

I don't think it's a contribution to any thread, no matter the size.

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