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In v0.5.1, what is the "Wall" and why should I use it?
The wall is somethink like a facebook wall .. you can post messages onto other account names .. in contrast to facebook you have a like AND a dislike weighted by the amount of BTS your BURN!! for the wall operation

Ok thanks. Now, why would I want to do this ... outside of sending a message to someone else (I assume that's its purpose)?

The client appears to insinuate that there is some benefit to me by performing this action, what is that benefit?

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I'm a little confused as to calculate how much profit/loss I would have by covering a short position. Can I just take the "BitUSD Owed" number, and subtract it from how much BitUSD I could buy with the amount of collateral I put into the short, then subtract a little more for yield?

I feel there should be a visual indicator on estimated profit/loss on a short order.

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I'm a little confused as to calculate how much profit/loss I would have by covering a short position. Can I just take the "BitUSD Owed" number, and subtract it from how much BitUSD I could buy with the amount of collateral I put into the short, then subtract a little more for yield?

I feel there should be a visual indicator on estimated profit/loss on a short order.

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In v0.5.1, what is the "Wall" and why should I use it?
The wall is somethink like a facebook wall .. you can post messages onto other account names .. in contrast to facebook you have a like AND a dislike weighted by the amount of BTS your BURN!! for the wall operation

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Now that 0.5.0 is out, how do I import my wallets from the Bitshares DNS and Bitshares Vote apps to claim my sharedrop amounts?

I know the command to get the sharedrop once the keys are in the Bitshares progam. I am just having trouble figuring out how to get my Mac OS client to connect with those other wallets in the first place. I exported both wallets as .json files. Is that the first step? Thanks.

Try using wallet_import_keys_from_json on an exported DAC wallet:

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>> h wallet_import_keys_from_json

Usage:
wallet_import_keys_from_json <json_filename> <imported_wallet_passphrase> <account>                   Imports anything that looks like a private key from the given JSON file.
Imports anything that looks like a private key from the given JSON file.

Parameters:
  json_filename (filename, required): the full path and filename of JSON wallet to import
  imported_wallet_passphrase (passphrase, required): passphrase for encrypted keys
  account (account_name, required): Account into which to import keys.

Returns:
  void

aliases: import_keys_from_json

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Now that 0.5.0 is out, how do I import my wallets from the Bitshares DNS and Bitshares Vote apps to claim my sharedrop amounts?

I know the command to get the sharedrop once the keys are in the Bitshares progam. I am just having trouble figuring out how to get my Mac OS client to connect with those other wallets in the first place. I exported both wallets as .json files. Is that the first step? Thanks.

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In v0.5.1, what is the "Wall" and why should I use it?

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I have 2 accounts within 1 wallet, and the "Keys" tab is not visible on 1. Clicking on the Keys tab brings up the Price Feeds (blank entry). Anything I can do to get this tab back?

What version are you running? Are either of the accounts registered on the blockchain?

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I have 2 accounts within 1 wallet, and the "Keys" tab is not visible on 1. Clicking on the Keys tab brings up the Price Feeds (blank entry). Anything I can do to get this tab back?

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I think that call is only relevant for claiming Ags/pts stake from 3rd party blockchains not compromising ags keys .. the public salt would then be a known string specifically for each 3rd party blockchain ... (/wild guess)

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I have a few questions about the following:

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>> help wallet_generate_brain_seed

Usage:
wallet_generate_brain_seed                                                                            Generates a human friendly brain wallet key starting with a public salt as the last word
Generates a human friendly brain wallet key starting with a public salt as the last word

1.  Is it a typo to say that the salt is starting with the last word?  If not, what does it mean?
2.  What is a public salt?
3.  Do I need the public salt to retrieve funds with this brain wallet?

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1. What is the purpose of the "Add Contact" functionality?
I know this is a way to send money to an unregistered account but is there any
other situation that I might want to use it for?
Not that I can think of ..

2. The "Toggle Approval" button has three options: positive, negative and
neutral. What is the purpose of the negative option? When I perform my vote
using the "Update Vote" functionality, only positive votes show up as a result
and negative ones seem to be ignored. If that's the case - what is the purpose
of the negative approval option?
Read more here: http://wiki.bitshares.org/index.php/DPOS/ApprovalVoting

3. I understand that the "Toggle Approval" is for voting for delegates, both
active and stand-by. But in the GUI the toggle button is also used in the
context of non-delegate accounts. What is the reason for this? Why might I want
to approve of someone who is not a delegate?
non-delegates can publish slates too.
Read more here: http://wiki.bitshares.org/index.php/DPOS/ApprovalVoting

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I have these three questions:

1. What is the purpose of the "Add Contact" functionality?
I know this is a way to send money to an unregistered account but is there any other situation that I might want to use it for?

2. The "Toggle Approval" button has three options: positive, negative and neutral. What is the purpose of the negative option? When I perform my vote using the "Update Vote" functionality, only positive votes show up as a result and negative ones seem to be ignored. If that's the case - what is the purpose of the negative approval option?

3. I understand that the "Toggle Approval" is for voting for delegates, both active and stand-by. But in the GUI the toggle button is also used in the context of non-delegate accounts. What is the reason for this? Why might I want to approve of someone who is not a delegate?

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Why we don't have web wallets? Because of TITAN?
yep .. and because all the library has to be rebuild in JS .. but the devs are working on it:
https://github.com/bitshares/bitshares-js
It's a matter of time .. I'd say a few months at most .. until a fancy looking web-wallet ..

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Why we don't have web wallets? Because of TITAN?
Bitshares Korea - http://www.bitshares.kr
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