diff --git a/tipbot/coinspecs.py b/tipbot/coinspecs.py
index 9d5170b..a6c0b76 100644
--- a/tipbot/coinspecs.py
+++ b/tipbot/coinspecs.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ coinspecs = {
     "symbol": "XMR",
     "atomic_units": 1e12,
     "denominations": [[1000000, 1, "piconero"], [1000000000, 1e6, "micronero"], [1000000000000, 1e9, "millinero"]],
-    "address_length": [95, 95], # min/max size of addresses
+    "address_length": [[95, 95], [106, 106]], # min/max size of addresses
     "address_prefix": ['4', '9'], # allowed prefixes of addresses
     "min_withdrawal_fee": 10000000000,
     "web_wallet_url": "https://mymonero.com/", # None is there's none
diff --git a/tipbot/config.py.example b/tipbot/config.py.example
index 5efbc8c..0d8cf2e 100644
--- a/tipbot/config.py.example
+++ b/tipbot/config.py.example
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ payment_confirmations = 6
 tipbot_balance_cache_time = 35 # seconds
 site_game_salt = ''
 openalias_address = None
+rpc_timeout = 180
 
 admins = ["freenode:moneromooo", "freenode:moneromoo"]
 
@@ -116,3 +117,4 @@ kitsune_max_loss = 35
 # how much are we prepared to lose as a ratio of our current pot
 kitsune_max_loss_ratio = 0.1
 
+spammer_allowed = ['_Slack', 'i2p-relay']
diff --git a/tipbot/modules/announcements.py b/tipbot/modules/announcements.py
index 5a24804..9d46dfc 100644
--- a/tipbot/modules/announcements.py
+++ b/tipbot/modules/announcements.py
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ def Announce(link,cmd):
     return
   nextid=redis_get('cryptokingdom:announcements:nextid')
   if nextid==None:
-    nextid=0
+    nextid=1
+  nextid=long(nextid)
   text = " ".join(cmd[1:])
   redis_hset('cryptokingdom:announcements',nextid,'From %s: %s'%(link.user.nick,text))
   nextid+=1
@@ -54,8 +55,8 @@ def Cancel(link,cmd):
   redis_hdel('cryptokingdom:announcements',which)
 
 def Help(link):
-  link.send(link,'Announce anything that you want others to know')
-  link.send(link,'Offers, auctions, other information')
+  link.send_private('Announce anything that you want others to know')
+  link.send_private('Offers, auctions, other information')
 
 
 
diff --git a/tipbot/modules/irc.py b/tipbot/modules/irc.py
index 4a45655..7ce4fe1 100644
--- a/tipbot/modules/irc.py
+++ b/tipbot/modules/irc.py
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ class IRCNetwork(Network):
         self.update_last_active_time(chan,GetNick(who))
         # resplit to avoid splitting text that contains ':'
         text = data.split(' :',1)[1]
+        if self.on_event:
+          self.on_event('message',link=Link(self,User(self,GetNick(who),who),Group(self,chan)),message=text)
         exidx = text.find('!')
         if exidx != -1 and len(text)>exidx+1 and text[exidx+1] in string.ascii_letters and self.is_acceptable_command_prefix(text[:exidx]):
             cmd = text.split('!')[1]
@@ -338,7 +340,7 @@ class IRCNetwork(Network):
           self.userstable[chan][nick] = None
         log_log("New list of users in %s: %s" % (chan, str(self.userstable[chan].keys())))
         if self.on_event:
-          self.on_event('user-joined',link=Link(self,User(self,nick),Group(self,chan)))
+          self.on_event('user-joined',link=Link(self,User(self,nick,who),Group(self,chan)))
 
       elif action == 'PART':
         nick = GetNick(who)
@@ -443,6 +445,8 @@ class IRCNetwork(Network):
         (r,w,x)=select.select([self.irc.fileno()],[],[],1)
         if self.irc.fileno() in r:
           newdata=self._irc_recv(4096,socket.MSG_DONTWAIT)
+          if len(newdata) == 0:
+            raise RuntimeError('0 bytes received, EOF')
         else:
           newdata = None
         if self.irc.fileno() in x:
diff --git a/tipbot/modules/payment.py b/tipbot/modules/payment.py
index f6d91e8..3e4c208 100644
--- a/tipbot/modules/payment.py
+++ b/tipbot/modules/payment.py
@@ -161,14 +161,18 @@ def UpdateCoin(data):
 def Deposit(link,cmd):
   Help(link)
 
+def RandomPaymentID(link,cmd):
+  link.send_private("  New payment ID: %s" % GetRandomPaymentID(link))
+
 def Help(link):
   GetAccount(link.identity())
-  link.send_private("You can send %s to your account:" % coinspecs.name);
+  link.send_private("You can send %s to your account using this address AND payment ID:" % coinspecs.name);
   address=GetTipbotAddress() or 'ERROR'
   link.send_private("  Address: %s" % address)
   if config.openalias_address != None:
     link.send_private("    (or %s when using OpenAlias)" % config.openalias_address)
-  link.send_private("  Payment ID: %s" % GetPaymentID(link))
+  link.send_private("  Use your primary payment ID: %s" % GetPaymentID(link))
+  link.send_private("  OR generate random payment ids at will with: !randompid")
   link.send_private("Incoming transactions are credited after %d confirmations" % config.payment_confirmations)
 
 RegisterModule({
@@ -182,4 +186,11 @@ RegisterCommand({
   'function': Deposit,
   'help': "Show instructions about depositing %s" % coinspecs.name
 })
+RegisterCommand({
+  'module': __name__,
+  'name': 'randompid',
+  'function': RandomPaymentID,
+  'registered': True,
+  'help': "Generate a new random payment ID"
+})
 
diff --git a/tipbot/modules/reddit.py b/tipbot/modules/reddit.py
index 38c75c1..f9b7a75 100644
--- a/tipbot/modules/reddit.py
+++ b/tipbot/modules/reddit.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import time
 import threading
 import re
 import praw
+import logging
 import tipbot.config as config
 from tipbot.log import log_error, log_warn, log_info, log_log
 from tipbot.user import User
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ class RedditNetwork(Network):
     try:
       cfg=config.network_config[self.name]
       self.login=cfg['login']
-      password=GetPassword(self.name)
+      password=GetPassword(self.name+'/password')
       self.subreddits=cfg['subreddits']
       user_agent=cfg['user_agent']
       self.update_period=cfg['update_period']
@@ -52,9 +53,19 @@ class RedditNetwork(Network):
       self.keyword=cfg['keyword']
       self.use_unread_api=cfg['use_unread_api']
       self.cache_timeout=cfg['cache_timeout']
+      client_id=GetPassword(self.name+'/client_id')
+      client_secret=GetPassword(self.name+'/client_secret')
+      username=GetPassword(self.name+'/username')
 
-      self.reddit=praw.Reddit(user_agent=user_agent,cache_timeout=self.cache_timeout)
-      self.reddit.login(self.login,password)
+      if False:
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+        handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+        logger = logging.getLogger('prawcore')
+        logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+        logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+      self.reddit=praw.Reddit(client_id=client_id,client_secret=client_secret,password=password,user_agent=user_agent,username=username)
+      log_info("Logged in reddit as " + str(self.reddit.user.me()))
       self.items_cache=dict()
 
       self.stop = False
@@ -107,18 +118,23 @@ class RedditNetwork(Network):
       return
     if not hasattr(item.author,'name'):
       log_warn('author of %s has no name field, ignored' % str(item.id))
-      try:
-        item.mark_as_read()
-      except Exception,e:
-        log_warning('Failed to mark %s as read: %s' % (item.id,str(e)))
+      if True:
+        try:
+          item.mark_read()
+        except Exception,e:
+          log_warn('Failed to mark %s as read: %s' % (item.id,str(e)))
       return
 
     author=self.canonicalize(item.author.name)
-    if author==self.canonicalize(self.login):
+    if author and author==self.canonicalize(self.login):
       return
 
     if item.id in self.last_seen_ids:
-      #log_log('Already seen %s %.1f hours ago by %s: %s (%s), skipping' % (item.id,age/3600,str(author),repr(title),repr(item.body)))
+      log_log('Already seen %s %.1f hours ago by %s: %s (%s), skipping' % (item.id,age/3600,str(author),repr(title),repr(item.body)))
+      try:
+        item.mark_read()
+      except Exception,e:
+        log_warn('Failed to mark %s as read: %s' % (item.id,str(e)))
       return
 
     age=time.time()-item.created_utc
@@ -155,7 +171,7 @@ class RedditNetwork(Network):
               line=line.replace(self.keyword,'').strip()
               if self.on_command:
                 try:
-                  parent_item=self.reddit.get_info(thing_id=item.parent_id)
+                  parent_item=next(self.reddit.info([item.parent_id]))
                   if not hasattr(parent_item,'author'):
                     raise RuntimeError('Parent item has no author')
                   author=parent_item.author.name
@@ -167,10 +183,11 @@ class RedditNetwork(Network):
                     self.on_command(link,synthetic_cmd)
                 except Exception,e:
                   log_error('Failed to tip %s\'s parent: %s' % (item.id,str(e)))
-    try:
-      item.mark_as_read()
-    except Exception,e:
-      log_warning('Failed to mark %s as read: %s' % (item.id,str(e)))
+    if True:
+      try:
+        item.mark_read()
+      except Exception,e:
+        log_warn('Failed to mark %s as read: %s' % (item.id,str(e)))
 
   def _schedule_reply(self,item,recipient,text):
     log_log('scheduling reply to %s:%s: %s' % (item.id if item else '""',recipient or '""',text))
@@ -214,7 +231,10 @@ class RedditNetwork(Network):
         if fullname in self.items_cache:
           item=self.items_cache[fullname]
         if not item:
-          item=self.reddit.get_info(thing_id=fullname)
+          item = self.reddit.mesage(fullname)
+        if not item:
+          gen=self.reddit.info([fullname])
+          item=next(gen, None)
         if not item:
           log_error('Failed to find item %s to post %s' % (fullname,text))
           redis_lpop('reddit:replies')
@@ -226,9 +246,6 @@ class RedditNetwork(Network):
 
       redis_lpop('reddit:replies')
 
-    except praw.errors.RateLimitExceeded,e:
-      log_info('Rate limited trying to send %s, will retry: %s' % (data,str(e)))
-      return False
     except Exception,e:
       log_error('Error sending %s, will retry: %s' % (data,str(e)))
       return False
@@ -256,15 +273,15 @@ class RedditNetwork(Network):
         self._parse(message,not message.was_comment)
 
     else:
-      messages=self.reddit.get_inbox()
-      for message in messages:
-        if not message.was_comment:
+      for message in self.reddit.inbox.unread(limit=self.load_limit):
+        #if not message.was_comment:
           self._parse(message,True)
 
-      sr=self.reddit.get_subreddit("+".join(self.subreddits))
-      comments=sr.get_comments(limit=self.load_limit)
-      for comment in comments:
-        self._parse(comment,False)
+      #print "Submissions from %s" % ("+".join(self.subreddits))
+      #sr=self.reddit.subreddit("+".join(self.subreddits))
+      #for s in sr.new(limit=self.load_limit):
+      #  for comment in s.comments:
+      #    self._parse(comment,False)
 
     while self._post_next_reply():
       pass
diff --git a/tipbot/modules/spammer.py b/tipbot/modules/spammer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..237f364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tipbot/modules/spammer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+#!/bin/python
+#
+# Cryptonote tipbot - matylda commands
+# Copyright 2014, 2015 moneromooo
+#
+# The Cryptonote tipbot is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+# by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+
+import sys
+import redis
+import string
+import re
+import tipbot.config as config
+from tipbot.log import log_error, log_warn, log_info, log_log
+import tipbot.coinspecs as coinspecs
+from tipbot.utils import *
+from tipbot.user import User
+from tipbot.link import Link
+from tipbot.redisdb import *
+from tipbot.command_manager import *
+
+def BanUser(link):
+  log_info('Banning %s (%s)' % (link.user.nick, link.user.ident))
+  if not link.group:
+    return
+  chan=link.group.name
+  log_info("chan: " + chan)
+  net=link.network
+  try:
+    cmd="MODE " + chan + " +b " + link.user.ident
+    net._irc_sendmsg(cmd)
+    cmd="KICK " + chan + " " + link.user.nick
+    net._irc_sendmsg(cmd)
+  except:
+    pass
+
+def MuteUser(link):
+  log_info('Muting %s (%s)' % (link.user.nick, link.user.ident))
+  if not link.group:
+    return
+  chan=link.group.name
+  log_info("chan: " + chan)
+  net=link.network
+  try:
+    cmd="MODE " + chan + " +q " + link.user.ident
+    net._irc_sendmsg(cmd)
+  except:
+    pass
+
+def OnUserJoined(event,*args,**kwargs):
+  link=kwargs['link']
+
+  nick=link.user.nick.lower()
+  if nick=="lbft" or nick=="lbft_":
+    BanUser(link)
+
+triggers=[l.lower() for l in [
+    "triple your btc", "pm me to begin", "hatt uu",
+    "accelerate the blockchain", "u stappid", "me a message to begin",
+    "the ops have confirmed", "expanding technology", "exploding technology",
+    "allah is doing", "pm me to get going", "defragment the blockchain to grow"
+]]
+
+def OnMessage(event,*args,**kwargs):
+  line=kwargs['message']
+  if not line:
+    return
+  link=kwargs['link']
+  if IsAdmin(link):
+    return
+  if link.nick in config.allowed:
+    return
+
+  line=re.sub(r'\x03[0-9]?[0-9]?','',line)
+  line=re.sub(r'\x0f','',line)
+  line=line.lower().strip()
+
+  log_info("Testing: " + line)
+  for expr in triggers:
+    if re.match(".*"+expr+".*",line):
+      MuteUser(link)
+      return
+
+def AddTrigger(link,cmd):
+  triggers.append(" ".join(cmd[1:]))
+
+def ShowTriggers(link,cmd):
+  link.send(", ".join(triggers))
+
+def Ban(link,cmd):
+  link.send("disabled") # need to ban by ident
+  return
+
+  try:
+    who=cmd[1]
+  except Exception,e:
+    link.send("usage: ban <nick>")
+    return
+  group=link.group
+  if not group:
+    link.send("Not in a channel")
+    return
+  l=Link(link.network,User(link.network,who),group)
+  BanUser(l)
+
+def Mute(link,cmd):
+  link.send("disabled") # need to mute by ident
+  return
+
+  try:
+    who=cmd[1]
+  except Exception,e:
+    link.send("usage: mute <nick>")
+    return
+  group=link.group
+  if not group:
+    link.send("Not in a channel")
+    return
+  l=Link(link.network,User(link.network,who),group)
+  MuteUser(l)
+
+def Help(link):
+  link.send_private('Ban assholes')
+
+
+RegisterModule({
+  'name': __name__,
+  'help': Help,
+})
+RegisterEventHandler({
+  'module': __name__,
+  'event': 'user-joined',
+  'function': OnUserJoined,
+})
+RegisterEventHandler({
+  'module': __name__,
+  'event': 'message',
+  'function': OnMessage,
+})
+RegisterCommand({
+  'module': __name__,
+  'name': 'add_trigger',
+  'function': AddTrigger,
+  'admin': True,
+  'help': "add keyword trigger to spammer trap"
+})
+RegisterCommand({
+  'module': __name__,
+  'name': 'show_triggers',
+  'function': ShowTriggers,
+  'admin': True,
+  'help': "list keyword triggers"
+})
+RegisterCommand({
+  'module': __name__,
+  'name': 'ban',
+  'function': Ban,
+  'admin': True,
+  'help': "ban a user"
+})
+RegisterCommand({
+  'module': __name__,
+  'name': 'mute',
+  'function': Mute,
+  'admin': True,
+  'help': "mute a user"
+})
diff --git a/tipbot/user.py b/tipbot/user.py
index 9f1881f..d846607 100644
--- a/tipbot/user.py
+++ b/tipbot/user.py
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 #
 
 class User:
-  def __init__(self,network,nick):
+  def __init__(self,network,nick,ident=None):
     self.network=network
     self.nick=nick
+    self.ident=ident
 
   def check_registered(self):
     pass
diff --git a/tipbot/utils.py b/tipbot/utils.py
index 2a6015b..30300a2 100644
--- a/tipbot/utils.py
+++ b/tipbot/utils.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import time
 import threading
 import math
 import string
+import random
+from Crypto.Random.random import getrandbits
 from decimal import *
 import tipbot.config as config
 import tipbot.coinspecs as coinspecs
@@ -55,8 +57,10 @@ def GetParam(parms,idx):
     return parms[idx]
   return None
 
-def GetPaymentID(link):
+def GetPaymentID(link,random=False):
   salt="2u3g55bkwrui32fi3g4bGR$j5g4ugnujb-"+coinspecs.name+"-";
+  if random:
+    salt = salt + "-" + str(time.time()) + "-" + str(getrandbits(128))
   p = hashlib.sha256(salt+link.identity()).hexdigest();
   try:
     redis_hset("paymentid",p,link.identity())
@@ -64,6 +68,9 @@ def GetPaymentID(link):
     log_error('GetPaymentID: failed to set payment ID for %s to redis: %s' % (link.identity(),str(e)))
   return p
 
+def GetRandomPaymentID(link):
+  return GetPaymentID(link, True)
+
 def GetIdentityFromPaymentID(p):
   if not redis_hexists("paymentid",p):
     log_log('PaymentID %s not found' % p)
@@ -76,8 +83,18 @@ def GetIdentityFromPaymentID(p):
     identity = "freenode:"+identity
   return identity
 
+def IsAddressLengthValid(address):
+  if type(coinspecs.address_length[0]) == list:
+    for allist in coinspecs.address_length:
+      if len(address) >= allist[0] and len(address) <= allist[1]:
+        return True
+  else:
+    if len(address) >= coinspecs.address_length[0] and len(address) <= coinspecs.address_length[1]:
+      return True
+  return False
+
 def IsValidAddress(address):
-  if len(address) < coinspecs.address_length[0] or len(address) > coinspecs.address_length[1]:
+  if not IsAddressLengthValid(address):
     return False
   for prefix in coinspecs.address_prefix:
     if address.startswith(prefix):
@@ -198,7 +215,7 @@ def StringToUnits(s):
 
 def SendJSONRPCCommand(host,port,method,params):
   try:
-    http = httplib.HTTPConnection(host,port,timeout=20)
+    http = httplib.HTTPConnection(host,port,timeout=config.rpc_timeout)
   except Exception,e:
     log_error('SendJSONRPCCommand: Error connecting to %s:%u: %s' % (host, port, str(e)))
     raise
@@ -235,7 +252,7 @@ def SendJSONRPCCommand(host,port,method,params):
 
 def SendHTMLCommand(host,port,method):
   try:
-    http = httplib.HTTPConnection(host,port,timeout=20)
+    http = httplib.HTTPConnection(host,port,timeout=config.rpc_timeout)
   except Exception,e:
     log_error('SendHTMLCommand: Error connecting to %s:%u: %s' % (host, port, str(e)))
     raise