#criagslist

下次你在 Craigslist 上賣東西時，你可以讓買家知道你願意接收 Bitcoin 或者其他加密電子貨幣了。由 Blockexplorer News 率先發現的這一新功能：賣家能夠勾選「crytocurrency okay」來接受加密電子貨幣付款。

加密電子貨幣已經成為整個經濟的重要組成部分，像 Craigslist 這樣的平臺開放加密電子貨幣進行交易也能理解。這個網站已經已經取消了對支付和買家賣家的審核，所以加密電子貨幣的匿名性也的到保留，從某種程度來說，這種特性對於買賣雙方的隱私也是一種很好的保護。

但這種交易方式被更廣泛的平臺採納還存在很多難以解決的障礙。

Amidst my incessant Craigslist searching for a moped frame, I came across some Chinese electric scooter for sale. It was an X-Treme XM-3500Li -- 3500 for 3500W motor, Li for lithium batteries. The motor, in combination with some of the range data I found online, showed that it was roughly in the same spec range that I was designing for.

The catch was that it was broken. The post wasn’t super descriptive as to what the issue was -- something about the motor controller or the wiring. It was listed somewhere around $400, so I figured even if I could just pull batteries from it it would be worth picking up.

So that night I borrowed a truck and drove (it was about an hour away) to check it out.

I expected this thing to pretty much be a lemon when I showed up. The guy selling it was super nice, and explained how one of his friends had gotten it new, had a host of problems that they had tried to fix, and eventually gave up and gave it to the guy who was selling it. He didn’t have the time or space for it, so he was just looking to offload it. Not an entirely uncommon Craigslist story :-P

He explained how it would work, but that it would shut off sometimes. You could just power cycle it to get it back up and running.

I jumped on it, and it was awesome. Pretty quick off the line for a moped/scooter, and it hit about 40mph. All this, and it had a lower-powered motor than mine, and had a MUCH bigger and heavier frame (it’s built for 2, after all).

I did manage to kill it on my short little test drive, and walked it back. He taught me how to power cycle it (his friend had made some changes to the system, so this wasn’t a simple ignition off-and-on) and it was working again. 

So I bought it. $350. Didn’t really know what my plan was with it at the time. It was much more functional than I expected, so I considered just trying to fix it rather than cannibalize it for my own build, and learn a bit along the way. Maybe I’d just steal the batteries and some other components. Maybe I’d just keep it as is. Regardless of which route I took, it was a steal at $350, so I pounced on it.

Warriors Fan Offers Chance To Name Unborn Daughter For Tickets To Finals

With ticket prices at a healthy average of ~$1500, and the lowest price ticket available being $851 it wouldn’t be THAT outlandish for someone to offer up something ridiculous instead of cash in exchange for the hottest ticket in town. – Game 1 of the NBA Finals in Oakland.

View from cheapest seat left 5 hours before Game 1 tip: $815 on Ticketmaster pic.twitter.com/oS5ctZRMx1

— Darren Rovell…