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For some reason, I thought they were opening Sunday afternoon -- you know, when I get HOME from church.

No, it's actually 10:00 AM (CDT), right as Mass is beginning.

I know I'm not the only Bitcoin user who goes to church. I sincerely hope not!

Now trading is always going on while I'm gone to church, shopping, etc. and that's nothing new.
But a re-start of trading on Mt. Gox, which has been down for A WEEK, might provide unique opportunities that I might miss.

Why did they have to pick such a time? I still think they should have been ready by 12 hours after their original plan (namely, RIGHT NOW)

They aren't even going to be open a couple hours before 10:00, so I could get in a few orders before I leave. No, I have to just miss out.

Oh well. Maybe it will prevent me from selling at $18, and I'll get home and get to sell at $25 or something :)

Matthew

this explains everything...

holy crap you just gave me a great idea. can you think of a better way to get bitcoins accepted then to give them as offerings at churches? mind=blown. I'm atheist so I cant really contribute... still a good idea though

Pray it gets delayed for the 9th time?

You could post bounties for kitten torturing and baby eating though.

No one you trust can run your account for you?

I never really took the average Bitcoiner as a churchgoing chap, anywho.

I'd like to think we're all critically-minded rationalists who hold observable above the supernatural, but I have a suspicion that is not so.

I did think of one solution -- post an open order (or 5) on Tradehill.

If BTC is up to $22 on the Mount, it will certainly be at least $20 on the Hill.
If it's down to $5 on the Mount, it will probably be pretty close by (maybe $8) on the old Hill.

The exchanges have to follow each other -- if they don't, you have arbitrage opportunities which will end up bringing them in line together.

Matthew

Don't you have a smart phone? I would think god would understand, considering he gets his 10% cut and all..

Luckily I am a firm follower of the FSM, who lets me delay my noodle appendage touching for later hours if something comes up.

Pastafarian

What is OP implying by Competing with the church?
That MtGox is the Devil? OooOh

so thats when its opening, 
I actually miss the status page

BTW Praise the Lord and pass the BTC!

No.

I'm just saying it's yet another way I've been GOXED in the last week.
"GOX 10: The Final Goxing"

I was here for all the false openings, and now I'll miss the real one.

I just wanted to note it publicly -- no one else seems to have noticed yet.

Like I said, I have a solution that will cover things most of the way. I was just hoping to be part of the "excitement", that's all.

Is their other service times?

Your thoughts won't really be at the service, will they?

great thread.

bring your smart phone. 

log into mtgox  @ 10am. 

if anybody asks, tell them it's serious business.

dont worry, i'm sure god will toss in an extra couple crowns or virgins or something after your dead to thank you for your sacrifice. see, in the long run you're the lucky one! then again, if satoshi/bitcoin really is the second coming then maybe god will be pissed that you went off to sing songs when you could have been spending time in the presence of the almighty..

Your an atheist but your avatar is a picture of Buddha?

So how the fuck does that work??

I'd also like to throw in that Japan is like 14 hours ahead of Central time, so the real enemy of churches is the time zones and the fact that the earth rotates. I don't remember much from the bible, but didn't it say God created this earth, and so created this whole time zone fiasco? So really, the enemy of church is God himself. This God guy sounds like a real bastard, playing tricks like that on you.

Get over it.

Twice it's opening has been the middle of the night for me, once when I was journeying from work.

It's always inconvenient for someone in some timezone. This time it's you.

Hop over to mountain time, catch the opening and find a church there for 10:00 MDT services an hour later

Because your particular choice of spending sunday time is not more important than anyone elses - be it golf, work, family bbq, favourite wanking time, whatever.

Religions are renowned for their sense of self-importance. 
Don't make the mistake of assuming anyone else should think you're spending your time there well - let alone take it into consideration for a globally operating concern.

MagicalTux is Satan! SELL SELL SELL! :P

right on!  I hate self righteous religiosity and really wish people would stop assuming others give a shit about their particular brand of irrationality.  This is a fucking bitcoin forum not a place to sell sky fairies.  Keep your religion to yourself or people like me will call it out for what it is, bullshit. 

By definition, he doesn't trust people who are not attending church :-D

Aren't church goergs all thinking that the earth is flat, that the universe was created in 6 days and that every people in the world live in their own country, in the same timezone and speak the same language? ;-)

Sunday is actually the fairest opening time because the fewest number of users will be at work.

Yes, except the language part, they corrected themselves about 2800 years ago. They're not too observative about the other stuff.

Also OP has to go to church every week because he needs to hear the same teachings and stories very often? Does he forget them over the year or what?!

Brother, might I remind you of Romans 8:28?

Even if the only good thing to come of it is that you and I both learn that "trusting God with everything" includes finances. ;)

Yes, our service starts at 4pm. I'm not a bit worried.

I would pray to the cryptographic gods, but they never shared their public key!

Starts with 42 I hear....

God is testing you.


HAR HAR HAR!!!

dude, just pray for another delay! :O

Mt. Gox -- you should delay a few hours until most people get back from church.

Come on, we're not a nation of atheists, even if some people here are! 

15:00 GMT is:

11:00 EDT
10:00 CDT
9:00 MDT
8:00 PDT

That is basically PRIME TIME for churches across America on Sunday morning.

Come on, Mt. Gox -- show a little respect for America's religious sensibilities!

Matthew

Mt. Gox -- you should delay a few hours until most people get back from church.

Come on, we're not a nation of atheists, even if some people here are! 

15:00 GMT is:

11:00 EDT
10:00 CDT
9:00 MDT
8:00 PDT

That is basically PRIME TIME for churches across America on Sunday morning.

Come on, Mt. Gox -- show a little respect for America's religious sensibilities!

Matthew

Are you kidding?

Don't feed the trolls.

US centric much???  Withdraw from these big ol global internets and run your own bitcoin on a lan if you want to go all parochial. :P

ROFL  ;D

God is not here today, priest.

pretty sure gamblings a sin - go to church and forget all about btc or embrace the wrath of god you sinner

Yeah he's waiting for mtgox to unlock trading.

yes, please don't open on any even days either or don't do business ever for 10 minutes on either side of the 3rd hours, my magically dust bunny wants me to go outside and bury chopsticks and do a dance at those times. its only right.

Gotta love the trolls  :D

God will never be here then ;D

confess today and dump all btc for 0.01 afterwards!

Im going to bitcoin church on sunday :)

Just a friendly reminder:

We are not a nation, but a global community. Mt. Gox is sitting in Japan, there are traders in Europa, Asia, Africa, Australia, and also some in the US.

15 GMT works fine: Most people in the US are already awake, while most people in Japan aren't already asleep. And of course it's also daytime in Europe. So for most people 15 GMT is at some point during the morning/day/evening, and only few people need to trade during the(ir) night.

In addition, it's Sunday, so many people don't need to work today (except for some middle-eastern countries, where Friday takes the role of our Sunday).

So I'd say that Sunday 15 GTM is one of the fairest solutions for everybody. If this doesn't work for you just don't go to church. Or buy a 3G SIM card and take your laptop with you.

Wonder how an instawallet url in the collection box would be handled with ... ;)

(Disclaimer: I neither use instawallet nor collection boxes but maybe someone who trusts both is willing to give it a shot?)

Not real familiar with Buddhism, are we?

(PROTIP: Buddha is not a god)


Might one remind you of Exodus 20:8-11? The objection, if you have cause to have one, should be that it's on a Sunday at all... not just "B-b-but I'll miss the opening! Can't it wait till I get back from church?" True Christians™ should be spending today with their families, not fucking about on messageboards and exchanges, no? :P

Why is their two posts on the same subject from the troll again ???

Not yet.

This is why you need an automated trading bot.  PM me if you are interested in my proprietary bot.

+1

HAHAH this is kinda funny though.

I was thinking the same thing for religious Jews who trade, the original Gox opening was on a Saturday when Jews can't use their computers, phones, or cars in honor of the Sabbath.

I don't know if you are a troll, but anyways thank you for giving us the opportunity to say fuck religion!

OP...

Time is relative, therefore for God time isn't linear. Case-fucking-closed. (For the sake of argument)  ::)

 

And ask the priest to put a computer in the confession room.

Next thing they'll be saying God came to their aid  ::)

I clicked this link expecting to see some troll post about how the only thing backing bitcoins is faith in the currency, and how that faith is no different from faith in god.

This was a much more entertaining result. ;D

yep they are, I went to an earlier mass today.

GOXed again!

3 minutes to re-opening and the the site is not available anymore.

Looks like the holy intervention has worked.


There even comes a point when frustration wears out and you come to this blissful zen-like acceptance.

Thank you Mt Gox for educating us spiritually!
 

Wait!!! We can't open later. I worship the Eagle god in few hours. Mt.Gox will have to open some other day.

Sooooo... I'm back from church. Can we go now?

WoW who eles missed church just to get goxed again?

Isn't there some kind of TiVo for church services, ChiVo or something?

Well, I should post a follow-up to this thread, since I started it --

Neither of my Tradehill orders filled.  It looks like by the time I got home, trading had only been going for maybe 50 minutes. And I didn't miss much!

Basically the price went down to Tradehill's, and that's about it.  No mega-crash, no mega-rally. A disappointment for anyone expecting something spectacular. 

I didn't know what to expect -- but it makes sense that not much would happen. People had access to MOST of the money they wanted access to as of 26 hours ago, and there are SEVERAL other exchanges to buy/sell on. Why wait for Mt. Gox to get around to opening?

So it worked out well after all.

Matthew

Faith is rewarding.

Am I under the law of the Old Testament? FYI, Shabbat was yesterday...

However, my life is not trademarked, I simply strive to resemble Christ more and more.

you do know that bitcoin is the mark of the beast, right?  looks like you're going to hell regardless.

Since the Mark will be required to buy and sell, it will likely be under the control of the anti-Christ. That would be difficult as this forum can't even act as one voice.  Unless the mining pools are controlled by the anti-Christ? I know some on this forum think so.

Isn't the whole point of Bitcoin to be decentral so that the Beast cannot take over world economy?! Kidding...

I'm also a Pastafarian and I'd like to point out that our holy day is Friday, so there's no competition there.

BTW, "churches around the world" all have service at the same time, no matter what time zone? Now that's some coordination right there.

I think the Lord will understand that He can not compete with the great Gox. Does He have a bitcoin address? If so I think we should all send Him some Bitcoins just to make sure we don't anger Him and end up in hell like the fags, Jews, Muslims, evolutionists and atheists

Mark runs Mt Gox....

Coincidence  :D