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Post in this thread if you are a bitcoiner in the Seattle area!

I'm in Woodinville, and I know of one other guy mining away down in Lacey (near Tacoma) but he doesn't frequent this forum much. Anybody else?

Just in case anybody else is interested in a Seattle meetup, I put a placeholder here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Meetups

I've since talked to two bitcoiners over PMs who turned out to be from Seattle, but nobody is posting here. Anybody? Maybe you are all locked in the newbie section . . .

Hey dacoin*, shoutback to you...I'm mining, here in Seattle.  ;D

Hi, I live in Seattle. I don't do the mining thing, since my office is already warm enough :) I'm more interested in the potential for bitcoin's use in the trade of goods and services.

I'm also a transit geek; anyone want to trade bitcoins for credit on your ORCA card? We can meet in person at any Sound Transit Ticket machine and do the deed there, or I can add value remotely if you have an unregistered card.

   ~0K

Hey, I'm a bitcoin user in Seattle, as well. Just got my first mining rig set up and running (after a week of frustration  ;D). I'd be interested in some kind of meetup, but the one referenced above wouldn't work for me. Would have to be outside of normal working hours. Cheers!

Mining in Redmond

Does Alaska count as Northern Seattle?   :P

Up on capitol hill here.  Got a buddy over in bellevue mining as well.  I don't think he has an account here. 

Not from Seattle, but not too far away. I live in Portland but work for a company based in Lacey and Tacoma, so I am in your area quite often. I might be interested in driving up for a meetup. I missed the Portland Bitcoiners meeting a few weeks ago but I am really interested in trying to create some local buzz about Bitcoin. I am currently willing to accepting Bitcoin for computer services in the Portland area. I have been doing on-site computer, network, and printer service for 11 years, so I know what I'm doing. I really believe in Bitcoin for the long term and want to help it succeed by using it for goods and services, not just treating it like other securities to bought and sold as the price fluctuates. Let's get Bitcoin flowing through our local economies and prove to the world that the Bitcoin community means business!

Bellevue Miner...

I know of another Bellevue miner.

I live not too far away from the OP.

Cheers,
Kermee

I don't suppose former Seattle residents count...

Redmond.
EASTSIDE UP

Seattle, Queen Anne neighborhood.

Long term speculator/investor/hoarder/advocate. I am not mining.

So the meetup time is last Friday of each month ,10am? Well, I need to go to work (and mining bitcoin is not my main business :)

I didn't set that time/place, and I've never showed up there at that time, because I too have a day-job.

It's a wiki, so I guess anybody can change it that wants to. I probably wouldn't be able to make a monthly meeting, but I'd try to get to a one-time event, or the first monthly meeting.

mods: Can this thread be moved to the newbie section? Some people would like to post here, and they currently can't.

not to be too segrationalist here but maybe we eastside miners (bel/red/wood/etc) could do a meetup that doesn't involve a tolled or highly trafficked bridge. And we have dozens of Starbucks to choose from (NE 85th FTW) as well as any number of Panera's or common areas at Bellevue Sq, Redmond TC or Crossroads (Chess anyone?). I know I'm much more likely to attend something that doesn't involve finding parking in Queen Anne after crossing 520 to do it (no offense Seattle-ites).

+1

Dicks > Starbucks.

Starbucks' headquarter is in Seattle and we should convince them to accept BTC as a valid payment...

Only in a very sad world

In Seattle as well, anyone interested in doing startups?

I live in Louisiana, which is a little southeast of Renton.

This thread is now in the Newbies section, so it is open to our newest Seattle bitcoiners to post in.

'another springfield family moves out to seek better pastures in seattle'

Seems we have enough people to have a meetup.

OP (me) is too lazy/busy to organize. Anyone feel free to take the reigns.

Hey, consider using the new www.bitcoinlocator.com to broadcast meetups.

More information here: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=30503.0

Lacey is as close to Tacoma as Seattle is... it's basically Olympia East.  I don't mine yet, but I'm near there. 

Is this one of us?

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/iv69l/offer_outsource_your_existing_mining_rig/

Cheers,
Kermee

Neighbor and myself are mining out in Snoqualmie.  I'm currently working on developing a desktop charting/trading tool for the major bitcoin exchanges.

I'm in seattle, I don't pay for my electricity.  Looking to go in on mining equipment/hosting for others.  Anyone want to pool money for one of those ASIC units?

Do you have link to the ASIC units.  I haven't heard a lot about them.  I'm working on getting a few rigs set up over the next couple of weeks.  How many boxes could you host?

Seattle is a great place! I'll definitely visit again.

Anybody in Seattle need a vintage (read:old) BMW? I have an extra one and looking to offload it for BitCoin.

Please post model, year, pictures, price, etc.

I'm guessing you would get a better price selling it on craigslist (and then using the cash to buy bitcoins), but who knows?

Dacoin, is the Seattle meetup still active?

I went to the Seattle meetup at Diablo's I was half an hour late (doctor's appointment).  There was no group and, after asking a few people if they knew what BitCoin was, I left.

-Zac

I dunno. I've never been, since it is in the middle of my workday. Somebody else set the time and place.

Anybody feel free to edit that wiki to give us a better time/location. As far as I know, the current one isn't happening.

Here from Seattle as well!

Well then, weekend sounds best.  Anywhere in particular?  I vote for the U district or somewhere near there...

anyone in portland?

Surprised I hadn't seen this thread earlier. Fife here (middle of nowhere, between Tacoma and Federal Way).

Great. Seems we got an organizer from UW. I'll attend.

Woohoo for Redmond!

Breel, DaCoin, you in?  That's two votes for UW.  The last meetup was in Queen Anne so U district seems reasonable...

If a weekend meetup occurs anywhere in the area, I'll try to attend at least once. Sadly, I'm way too busy to attend every week.

Great, let's meetup at Cafe Solstice (http://maps.google.com/maps/place?q=Solstice+98105&hl=en&cid=1269118647932692316) on Sunday.  Let's say 2pm?

I'll take Bus 271 (from downtown Bellevue)

Sorry, busy with church stuff until about 5pm on Sundays. (three church services, then lunch, then a men's accountability group). However, on Sundays when my men's accountability group gets cancelled, I might be able to drop in sometime.

Hey, maybe YOU GUYS could fill in for my accountability group on those days. We could talk about bitcoin AND our struggles with temptation. :)

For me, Jesus > Family > Bitcoin (which is why my appearances at any meetups will be rare, no matter when they are). I'm sure that the suggested time and place will work fine for most other people.

Shout out from Buckley? Do I count? About an hour away from Seattle, but still in Western Washington.

Sure sir cuddles (that name is both hilarious and disturbing)

I think we have Lacey representin' so Buckley's definitely in.

It would probably be more accurate to call this "Shout outs from Puget Sound" or "Shout outs from Western WA" - but nobody knows what that means. Shout outs from Seattle is understood internationally.

Must be rainy

@DaCoin, I'm up for Saturday, if that wouldn't mess everyone else up...  Is there a time that would work best?

I'll attend as well.

Mining from the Seattle area here.

Welcome to the Seattle Mining Team (https://hawks5999.triplemining.com/register) at TripleMining.com ramowns11!

All miners here are encouraged to join!

Okay, Sunday at 2pm!

Can we get a count of whose planning on going tomorrow, I'd like to submit this to reddit's bitcoin subreddit and seattle subreddit.

I started a Facebook event here (https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=237880472918615).

@btcvc Based on the posts here, I think half-a-dozen is a good estimate.

If someone want's to spring for a Meetup membership (~50/6months), it could bring on more people...

I'll cover 50% of the cost of the meetup through BTC, dwolla, or (sigh) paypal, I just don't have time to set it up this evening.

Seattle Meetup - Market Crash Edition.

Let's put a positive spin on this. How about Difficulty Decrease Edition

:)

Awww, did you guys not plan for the long term?  It will get better : )

Meetup group here (http://meetu.ps/3q9rt).

I am at the table with the helmet on it : )

Another meeting tomorrow, I wanted to know who was planning on coming.  I have an invitation for a hike, so if no-one is planning on joining me, I would like to post-pone it for a week.

Any meet-ups coming up?  Is there a google group or something I should join to keep notified?  If not, I'd be happy to organize both.

There is a meetup happening this Sunday, 2pm at the Solstice Cafe in the U district.  Meetup link (http://www.meetup.com/SeattleBitCoin/).

Awesome.  I already have plans for this sunday, but one of our team members might be able to make it. I'll be following your meetup group and hopefully I can make a future one.

SW Portland here.  Please come to our PDX Bitcoiners meeting every first Sunday at noon at the HARP Cafe in the Westmoreland neighborhood.  The cafe is vegan and accepts bitcoin!

I was confused by the thread necro, but coincidentally there is actually a Seattle meetup tomorrow.  http://www.meetup.com/SeattleBitCoin/events/106940802/ (http://www.meetup.com/SeattleBitCoin/events/106940802/)

I wish I could come!

hmm.. would like to go to Seattle someday