Title: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: oscer on January 12, 2012, 02:06:14 AM I am kind of Curious How many people buy stuff like hosting VPN Etc with their bitcoins ???
Also doesnt have to be hosting but any service Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: rjk on January 12, 2012, 02:50:09 AM http://bitvps.com/ (http://bitvps.com/) has excellent prices for excellent service as well. Recommended.
Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: oscer on January 12, 2012, 03:38:21 AM http://bitvps.com/ (http://bitvps.com/) has excellent prices for excellent service as well. Recommended. Yea i was looking at them which is what peaks my curiosity , However i already own a web hosting company so i have no need for there services myself . Looking to see what else there is Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: Electrongolf on January 12, 2012, 03:38:44 AM I have plenty of times. There are a lot of talented people who do stuff for bitcoin.
Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: Epoch on January 12, 2012, 03:44:26 AM I was looking to buy a physical bitcoin once, with bitcoins ... actually, merely a worthless representation of one ... sortof as a 'desktop mascot' for my den. But then I woke up.
I'm a small-time miner. I mine bitcoins. Then I sell them to pay my bills. In a sense, that is paying for a service. Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: DeathAndTaxes on January 12, 2012, 03:51:20 AM However i already own a web hosting company so i have no need for there services myself . So you will be offering hosting in Bitcoins right? Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: oscer on January 12, 2012, 03:52:22 AM http://bitvps.com/ (http://bitvps.com/) has excellent prices for excellent service as well. Recommended. Hm, prices aren't bad actually. I was looking through Bitcoin Deals earlier and everything seemed a solid 30 to 40 percent over Amazon, which is what prompted my initial skepticism. But I guess this kind of service is easier to offer at a discount. Thanks for the site link! Yea there prices are good ... my company has similar pricing wondering if i should accept bitcoins also on my site , Also i been toying around mining with some of my spare hardware. Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: TheMarketAnarchist on January 12, 2012, 04:54:33 AM I am kind of Curious How many people buy stuff like hosting VPN Etc with their bitcoins ??? Also doesnt have to be hosting but any service I suspect the vast majority of people convert their Bitcoins to a local currency to purchase things. I used to do that. Now that the community is growing though, it's getting easier to buy stuff without having to convert. Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: TheHeroMember on January 12, 2012, 04:58:03 AM I have plenty of times. There are a lot of talented people who do stuff for bitcoin. Yeah, count me in. Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: oscer on January 12, 2012, 02:48:10 PM However i already own a web hosting company so i have no need for there services myself . So you will be offering hosting in Bitcoins right? I can but currently my hosting site does not reflect that , And once i am not a newbie i will add that to my profile ... shameless self promotion is not always good Does anyone think there are any app developer / Php guys who work for bitcoins ? Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: TheHeroMember on January 12, 2012, 05:55:45 PM Most of the people who has bitcoins i guess.
Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: PatrickHarnett on January 12, 2012, 06:04:35 PM Using Bitcoin for currency exchange - I have payments going into an account in one country and rather than paying 5% fees to a bank, am moving it in coins. Going to save me about US100 this month.
Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: DeaDTerra on January 12, 2012, 06:09:36 PM I have used my Bitcoins to buy: hardware, coding/web design and I try to use my Bitcoins as much as possible to support the community :)
I also sell Spotify codes and a couple of other things for bitcoins, so I guess I use my bitcoins both as a seller and as a buyer //DeaDTerra Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: oscer on January 12, 2012, 10:19:17 PM I have used my Bitcoins to buy: hardware, coding/web design and I try to use my Bitcoins as much as possible to support the community :) I also sell Spotify codes and a couple of other things for bitcoins, so I guess I use my bitcoins both as a seller and as a buyer //DeaDTerra I maybe interested in using mine for coding / design work Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: SkRRJyTC on January 12, 2012, 10:36:23 PM Not sure if this is on topic... I use my bitcoins to gamble. So Im buying anonymous gambling services.
Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: oscer on January 12, 2012, 11:12:10 PM Not sure if this is on topic... I use my bitcoins to gamble. So Im buying anonymous gambling services. Sure gambling is a service lol Just like when i leave for Vegas on Saturday the casino provides me with gambling services Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: SkRRJyTC on January 12, 2012, 11:17:10 PM Not sure if this is on topic... I use my bitcoins to gamble. So Im buying anonymous gambling services. Sure gambling is a service lol Just like when i leave for Vegas on Saturday the casino provides me with gambling services I still think this will be the killer app for Bitcoin. I was about to depsoit some USD into a poker site just before they got taken down by homeland security :( and bitcoin poker was the first I had ever heard of Bitcoin. Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: oscer on January 12, 2012, 11:22:18 PM Not sure if this is on topic... I use my bitcoins to gamble. So Im buying anonymous gambling services. Sure gambling is a service lol Just like when i leave for Vegas on Saturday the casino provides me with gambling services I still think this will be the killer app for Bitcoin. I was about to depsoit some USD into a poker site just before they got taken down by homeland security :( and bitcoin poker was the first I had ever heard of Bitcoin. I knew someone who was mining it lol Logged into there machine and was intrigued Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: SkRRJyTC on January 12, 2012, 11:24:49 PM Not sure if this is on topic... I use my bitcoins to gamble. So Im buying anonymous gambling services. Sure gambling is a service lol Just like when i leave for Vegas on Saturday the casino provides me with gambling services I still think this will be the killer app for Bitcoin. I was about to depsoit some USD into a poker site just before they got taken down by homeland security :( and bitcoin poker was the first I had ever heard of Bitcoin. I knew someone who was mining it lol Logged into there machine and was intrigued I imagine it went like this... WAIT YOU ARE PRINTING MONEY WITH YOUR VIDEO CARD... WTF!! lol bitcoins :) Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: oscer on January 12, 2012, 11:31:03 PM I imagine it went like this... WAIT YOU ARE PRINTING MONEY WITH YOUR VIDEO CARD... WTF!! lol bitcoins :) Not exactly .... soon as i got my head into it i thought it was neat figured out i have about 340 Mhash of Idle equipment sitting around my house LOL Not many people have that much idle Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: SkRRJyTC on January 13, 2012, 01:09:08 AM I had a 5850 idle when i started. About 340. I now have 2 5830s and a 5770 mining.
Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: oscer on January 13, 2012, 01:40:33 AM I had a 5850 idle when i started. About 340. I now have 2 5830s and a 5770 mining. What does that put you at like 1Gh? Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: SkRRJyTC on January 13, 2012, 01:50:23 AM Yeah... on a good day
Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: oscer on January 13, 2012, 02:27:02 AM Yeah... on a good day Fun... I mine on my own pool though, I like to know how to do everything ya know I think if i win big in Vegas i may get a couple of good cards I got plenty of low power pcs laying around with PciE slots Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: oscer on January 13, 2012, 04:36:56 AM I've used cableasaurus once and that is it. Not much else I know of that I want. What do they sell ?? Cables ? Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: hoo on January 13, 2012, 04:39:28 AM I do
Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: SimonL on January 15, 2012, 09:57:38 AM I had a 5850 idle when i started. About 340. I now have 2 5830s and a 5770 mining. I used to have two machines mining, and they doubled as heaters during the winter, not so good now that it's summer though :/ Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: TheHeroMember on January 16, 2012, 03:22:58 PM I've tried using bitcoin when i bought a hardware.
Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: is4tomj on January 17, 2012, 07:52:51 AM I would be very happy to work for bitcoins, but I'm a ruby (RoR), C/C++, and Java guy.
Does anyone think there are any app developer / Php guys who work for bitcoins ? Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: Ricochet on January 20, 2012, 02:40:30 AM I've used BitcoinTorrentz quite a bit to get around my college's blanket "ban" on Bittorrent no matter if I'm just downloading a Linux ISO or something, and I've also paid someone for some graphics work. Otherwise it's mostly just been playing around with darts and BlackJack and such.
Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: vbscarred on January 20, 2012, 04:48:43 PM To me, the biggest reason for using bitcoin is that I'm able to buy preloaded Visa debit cards which I can use to buy services anonymously. Hopefully, the market will grow and more services will become available so I don't have to resort to the debit cards anymore.
Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: kellarlln on January 29, 2012, 06:24:53 PM @Ricochet: totally off-topic but why do you say dslreports.com is biased? I'm having some trouble dealing with them & their forums.
Title: Re: How many people actually use thier bitcoins to buy a service of some sort ? Post by: GreenLamp on January 29, 2012, 08:54:18 PM I see services selling visa giftcards so doesn't that mean it's easy to buy almost anything?
In that case why would it matter as long as a business takes credit cards... |