Bitcoin Forum

In order to collect more money for the creation of good forum software, the forum is selling ad space in the area beneath the first post of every topic page.

Ads this week will be allowed to contain any non-annoying HTML/CSS style. No images, JavaScript, or animation (no marquee or blinking). Ads must appear 3 or fewer lines tall in my browser. Ads will be prefixed with "Advertisement:". Ad text may not contain lies, misrepresentation, or inappropriate language. Ads may not link directly to any NSFW page. Ads may be rejected for other reasons.

There are 10 total ad slots which are randomly rotated. So one ad slot has a one in ten chance of appearing. Eight of the slots are for sale here. Ads appear only on topic pages with more than one post, and only for people using the default theme.

The ad lasts 7 days starting from when I put it up.

Stats

Exact historical impression counts per slot:
https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adstats

Efficacy stats:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=54182.0

Info about the current ad slots:
https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adinfo

Auction rules

Post your bids in this thread. Prices must be stated in BTC per slot. You must state the max number of slots you want. When the auction ends, the highest bidders will have their slots filled until all eight slots are filled.

So if someone bids for 8 slots @ 5 BTC and this is the highest bid, then he'll get all 8 slots. If the two highest bids are 8 slots @ 4 BTC and 1 slot @ 5 BTC, then the first person will get 7 slots and the second person will get 1 slot.

- When you post a bid, the bids in your previous posts are considered to be automatically canceled. You can put multiple bids in one post, however.
- All bid prices must be evenly divisible by 0.25.
- The bidding starts at 0.5.
- The auction end time is 06:00:00 on September 10, UTC. Countdown (http://free.timeanddate.com/countdown/i2u518av/cf12/cm0/cu4/ct0/cs0/ca2/co0/cr0/ss0/cac000/cpc000/pcfff/tcfff/fs100/szw448/szh189/iso2012-09-10T06:00:00). (The end time may be extended -- see below.)
- If two people bid at the same price, the person who bid first will have his slots filled first.
- Bids are considered invalid and will be ignored if they do not specify both a price and a max quantity, or if they could not possibly win any slots

If any valid bids occur less than 30 minutes before the auction end time, then the auction will be extended by 30 minutes. If any valid bids occur less than 30 minutes before the new end time, then the auction will be extended again, etc. The time will not extend beyond 6 hours total.

You must pay for your slots within 24 hours of receiving the payment address. Otherwise your slots may be sold to someone else.

Note that I decreased the minimum increment from 0.5 to 0.25.

This is a long auction, lasting ~12 days.

1 @ 1

2 @ 0.5 each (2 for 1)

1@1

Slots BTC Person
1 1 rate5
1 1 Garr255
2 0.5 squall1066

4 @ 3

1 @ 0.75 BTC

Slots BTC Person
4 3 cablepair
1 1 rate5
1 1 Garr255
1 0.75 dree12
1 0.5 squall1066

1 @ .75

4 @ 1.25 each

1 @ 1.5 each

2 @ 1.5

Slots BTC Person
4 3 cablepair
1 1.5 Goat
2 1.5 TangibleCryptography
1 1.25 edd

1 @ 1.5

Slots BTC Person
4 3 cablepair
1 1.5 Goat
2 1.5 TangibleCryptography
1 1.5 gigantic

4 @ 1.75 each

Slots BTC Person
4 3 cablepair
4 1.75 edd

2 @ 2

Slots BTC Person
4 3 cablepair
2 2 TangibleCryptography
2 1.75 edd

1 @ 2

Slots BTC Person
4 3 cablepair
2 2 TangibleCryptography
1 2 jga
1 1.75 edd

6 @ 3.5

4 @ 4

6 @ 4.5

Slots BTC Person
6 4.5 Inaba
2 4 cablepair

ASIC add wars? :)

2 @ 2

Going to have to go higher than that.  Min bid is now 4.25.  See theymos post above.

4 @ 5

(you will have to pay very high price to bid me out of 4 slots, just saying :) )

Slots BTC Person
4 5 cablepair
4 4.5 Inaba

6 @ 5.25

Slots BTC Person
6 5.25 Inaba
2 5 cablepair

4 @ 10

LOLZ.

Is this an auction or a dick measuring contest?

Slots BTC Person
4 10 cablepair
4 5.25 Inaba

not at all , (i overcompensate for that in other ways :P ) j/k

I just wasnt sure when I could be back here to bid on it again and did'nt want to lose.

'scuse me while I whip this out...

6 @ 10.25

Slots BTC Person
6 10.25 Inaba
2 10 cablepair

hahaha

4 @ 11

this is fun!

Slots BTC Person
4 11 cablepair
4 10.25 Inaba


Yeah! Keep going!

LOL

theymos I dont think I have ever seen you this excited before!

I will never get an ad again! lol

6 @ 11.25

Slots BTC Person
6 11.25 Inaba
2 11 cablepair

4 @ 12

http://funnydemotivationalposters.com/uploads/saved_posters/demotivational-poster-yucggszjte-HEY-MITT-.jpg

btw: the middle finger is not directed to inaba or bfl

I just really can't stand Mitt Romney.

Slots BTC Person
4 12 cablepair
4 11.25 Inaba

Start digging in the couch cushions, Inaba. I'm enjoying this.

I have a few more coins lying around here... somewhere.

12.25

Slots BTC Person
6 12.25
2 12 cablepair

Inaba's bet is not yet valid.

Yeah, I saw that, but it seemed pretty obvious what he wanted.

Ok ok.. 6 @ 12.25

is it really that important to you to have the majority of advertising slots?

I am only asking for half....

oh well at least its good for the forum.

4 @ 13

1 @ 3.5

1 @ 4

Invalid. The minimum bid is 12.50 BTC.

Invalid. The minimum bid is 12.50 BTC.

Slots BTC Person
4 13 cablepair
4 12.25 Inaba

http://libraryrenewal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/lando-vader-boba_crop.jpg
I am altering the bid.  Pray that I don't alter it any further.

6 @ 13.25

LOLZ.

Slots BTC Person
6 13.25 Inaba
2 13 cablepair

If it gets up to 15, I'll add the two reserved slots into the auction.

I'll use this notation.

Slots BTC Person
2 15 Bitcoin Forum
6 13.25 Inaba
2 13 cablepair

sorry got it wrong last time around.....was surprised it was so cheap haha...cheers

1 @ 12.5

Invalid. This time, the minimum bid has been bumped to 13.25 BTC.

cheers to that..............I am maxed out

1 @ 13.25

http://www.dvd.net.au/movies/s/05627-4.jpg

I can see that your swartz is as big as mine...




4 @ 15

Now you can both get your way. :)

Slots BTC Person
4 15 cablepair
6 13.25 Inaba

Technically, shouldn't that be
2 15 Bitcoin Forum
4 15 cablepair
4 13.25 Inaba

?

When I wrote


I was thinking that the 2 extra slots would be sold at 15, though you're right that this is inconsistent with how it usually works. I think I'll leave it at

4 15 cablepair
6 13.25 Inaba

unless cablepair or Inaba objects.

im not sure, the reasoning behind my bidding was to get half of the advertising slots
just like inaba is insistent of having the majority of advertising slots

I know poor theymos is just trying to keep the peace but now that we have 10 slots I still want half of them

5 @ 20

ACTUALLY...

now that I have half of the advertising slots im starting to think I need a nice even number


10 LOOKS REALLY NICE.

so lets re-bid!

10 @ 20

!! :o !!

Slots BTC Person
10 20 cablepair

you better buy yourself something nice with this money Theymos :P

...like a trip to Hawaii, a mid 90's Toyota, or 20 pairs of GUNNARS...

Round numbers are for suckers.

10 @ 20.31

Or 10 @ 20.25, whichever works.

Well I guess we all know who has the bigger swartz.

You can have it.

(no offense to the forum) but I can probably find better advertising than this for $2000+ a week.


Congrats Inaba, its been fun! :)

You guys are insane!

Slots BTC Person
10 20.25 Inaba

We can do it again next week :)

Can't wait!