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Edit3:

All donations have been sent:

50 to Bitcointalk: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7524203/f4b615e9694cf5c9a7dc4049e68fee50a40489765d75fac283398c08ec39b469
7 to BAMT: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7524586/5ccc6f509807fa96d42ee3b7cc1588a84fa87e5f572cb9978c907584ee9c8af6
3 to Phoenix2: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7524674/c3d67e07086447803dc115c3add21524dc36821cc421b624d6b712d8f151535c
3 to CGminer: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7524736/cd662d8cc7f7ac8f502a1d2291ef3dfbe6de3def708158d4e4239625fa28ab35
3 to P2Pool: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7524794/dd6e0e072e91dd87d5991eaf8592f9b9907c0fdb20a665b5acacd9678bd83054
2 to lolwut: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7436003/0c3897ee173f7e945b96f289de3fa158989b62e01d682977714ff6f8714f68bc
2 to mc_lovin: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7527595/509e065088bb7501f8bb53515d2b5f4ad2d08f0e9f4501d88f3a914ffb273601

Total: 70 BTC



I'm selling my mining rig. 1350MH/s stock ---> 1650MH/s OC. I've been mining since the 18 of april 2012. I'm including 5 PCIe extenders and 2 USB sticks with BAMT.

Bought brand new:
AMD Athlon II X3 unlockable to Phenom X4 with a push of a button in BIOS
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3
XFX PRO1250W 80PLUS Gold PSU
4GB Kingston ValueRAM

Used GPU:
5770
5830 X2
5850
5870


The reason why I'm selling is that I received a business opportunity that I can't decline and I will be leaving my country for a while. It's too much expensive/slow to ship it where I'm going. I'm also considering switching to FPGA.

http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/1070/rigs.jpg

I can provide further proof like NCIX invoice. I don't mind to escrow if you feel more secure. Shipping to US/Canada included in the price. I can possibly ship somewhere else but it may cost an extra.

Shipping is from Montreal/Canada. We can meet in person if you're from that area.

Auction starting bid: 1 BTC
Auction end: 31 of may 2012 at midnight eastern time.


EDIT1:

When the deal is concluded I will donate 68 BTC:

50 BTC to the forum
7 BTC to BAMT
3 BTC to Phoenix2
3 BTC to CGminer
3 BTC to P2Pool
2 BTC to mc_lovin for his personal help


EDIT2:

I can accept mtgox weighted average in US or CAN $ at auction end.

You can pay via RBC bank transfer, Skrill (verified member only) or WU/MoneyGram.

I will personally buy back the BTC needed for donations.

Thank you for showing interest!

Sure, 10BTC.

15 BTC

50 BTC

60 btc

When the deal is concluded I will donate 68 BTC:

50 BTC to the forum
7 BTC to BAMT
3 BTC to Phoenix2
3 BTC to CGminer
3 BTC to P2Pool
2 BTC to mc_lovin for his personal help

65BTC

6 days left...

70btc

Can I bid 4 BTC, and you keep the 68 BTC, making my bid 72 BTC?  ;D

lmfao

lol 5 days left  ;D

I've received a question via PM. I'm posting the answer here.

I can accept mtgox weighted average in US or CAN $ at auction end.

You can pay via RBC bank transfer, Skrill (verified member only) or WU/MoneyGram.

I will personally buy back the BTC needed for donations.

Thank you for showing interest!

4 days left!!!

Don't bid all at the same time!

Waiting to snipe it.   ;D

All rights! 3 days left!!!

2 days left!

http://artemias.a.r.pic.centerblog.net/cf8c0ee6.gif

97 BTC

Sam

I am retracting this bid.  I just was offered another computer and I can only buy one of them.

Sam

Ok but remember in real life you can't do that  :o

Better to have him tell you upfront rather than down the road where it becomes a hassle.

True

-1 for this guy ... smh

Come on people, stop bumping the thread, I'm trying to win this auction. Just let it die down until midnight on the 31st.

Edit* Also, what happens if the auction only goes for like 100 BTC, and you are donating 68? As I said before, IF I was to bid 100 BTC, could I just tell you to keep the 68, and you would count my bid as 168?  ;D

Also, making sure you notice I said IF, I am not bidding. Yet...

100 btc


im not a pussy, so i won't retract my bid.

damn you

I'm moving to a town that has its own nuclear power plant. Nows a good time to buy a rig. ;)

Yeah, but do you have a nuclear power plant in your back yard that you built with a microwave?

Yeah, I'm just starting to think mining is a good idea, I'm getting $.02/KWH

I already loled to your proposition  ;D

But I think it's a good idea to donate to the community. The forum need a better engine because it's like the mothership of Bitcoin imo  :D

Auction end: 31 of may 2012 at midnight eastern time

Less than 48 hours left!

Solid  8)

Took 4 days but I finally get it!  ;D

English isn't my first langage... Misleading title I concur!

so does it end tonight at midnight or tomorrow at midnight?

Auction end: 31 of may 2012 at midnight eastern time

Tomorow at midnight.

Your English is fine, everyone is just waiting until the last day so they don't draw any attention to the auction.

I'm going to keep bumping it because I <3 you.

I don't mind bumping, because 100 BTC was my limit, so now I'm disappointed. Id be mad at you lolwut, but I'm a little afraid of you.

Less than 24 hours left.

Auction ends today at midnight eastern time.

Time in Montreal: http://localtimes.info/North%20America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/widget/

Less than 12 hours left.

Last bid is 100 BTC.

Woohoo

101BTC

110 btc

Oooooooooh are you going to take that?

111BTC

120 btc

(why dont you increase the bid by more than 1btc so I don't have to sit here and go back and forth with you all day)

Cuz he doesn't want to pay more than he has to? You're going up in 50s...hes going up in 5s. Just a guess...

121BTC.
It is because I'm careful with my money. Here is for another 9BTC up.

*waits*

125 btc

Ends in 34 minutes :D

thanks for the update.

127

128

end

Thank you. I won!

But the auction says "Auction end: 31 of may 2012 at midnight eastern time."

But 12:00:59 is still Midnight. So the question is, is the cutoff 11:59:59 or 12:00:59?

He's RIGHT!@

you snooze you lose.

This is going to be a tough one, the owner is going to have to decide since it was not explicitly listed or implicit. So I don't really know how its going to turn out.

Honestly I would take the extra BTC if I was the owner, but if they had it set in their own mind that the cutoff was 11:59:59 I'm sure they will sell to you.

Just have to wait to see who wins.

Typically it's when the clock hits 12:00:00, tho I would personally give it to lolwut. Tough call...

May I ask why?

Because 12:00:59 is still 12 12:01:00. Its like if someone said it was One Oclock (1:00:00), it might be one oclock with 30 seconds (1:00:30), but its still considered one (1:00:00) until it becomes 1:01:00


EDIT Wikipedia Definition:

"It is not always clear what times "12:00 a.m." and "12:00 p.m." denote. From the Latin words meridies (midday), ante (before) and post (after), the term ante meridiem (a.m.) means before midday and post meridiem (p.m.) means after midday. Since strictly speaking "noon" (midday) is neither before nor after itself, the terms a.m. and p.m. do not apply. However, since 12:01 p.m. is after noon, it is common to extend this usage for 12:00 p.m. to denote noon. That leaves 12:00 a.m. to be used for midnight at the beginning of the day, continuing to 12.01 a.m. that same day."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock

My unbiased opinion:

The OP states the auction ends "at midnight."

The word "at" suggests that as soon as it is midnight, the auction ends.  This would imply 00:00:00 and not 00:00:59.  If a 5k race is run, the finish line is at 5k, and not 5.999k. 

I think the 127 bid wins.

I know what you say, but we all know that you love LOLWUT.
He himself aknowleged that he was beaten, when he told me to suck his. Then after he read your comment, deleted his post.

either way, i'm going to sleep well tonight knowing i put up a good fight.

I was entertained from the outside :D  Nice bidding!

That's the spirit. If you need the video cards let me know.

Love not so much, I just like to cause controversy.

I'm said previously, it can be viewed either way, its open to interpretation from both ways, so I guess its up to the OP to decide.

You could say its a finish line point, but the definition of midnight depends on who is talking. Are we talking by the end of Midnight which ends at 12:01 or as soon as it is considered Midnight 12:00?

I mean whoever wins wins, I didn't win so it doesn't effect me much, but I find this interesting.

That is OK, who doesn't like a bit of controversy? It was an entertaining auction indeed.

From Wikipedia TheFreeDictionary.com:

at 1  (t; t when unstressed)
prep.
1.
a. In or near the area occupied by; in or near the location of: at the market; at our destination.
b. In or near the position of: always at my side; at the center of the page.
2. To or toward the direction or location of, especially for a specific purpose: Questions came at us from all sides.
3. Present during; attending: at the dance.
4. Within the interval or span of: at the dinner hour; at a glance.
5. In the state or condition of: at peace with one's conscience.
6. In the activity or field of: skilled at playing chess; good at math.
7. To or using the rate, extent, or amount of; to the point of: at 30 cents a pound; at high speed; at 20 paces; at 350°F.
8. On, near, or by the time or age of: at three o'clock; at 72 years of age.
9. On account of; because of: rejoice at a victory.
10. By way of; through: exited at the rear gate.
11. In accord with; following: at my request.
12. Dependent upon: at the mercy of the court.
13. Occupied with: at work.

Notice that #8, which utilizes the specific example of time, differs from #4 which incorporates an interval/span.

Actually, he said Auction end: 31 of may 2012 at midnight eastern time.
12:00:04 is on June 1st.

Then wouldn't that be yesterday?  Lol now this is just getting confusing.

And I thought I got it :)

Wait, so did it end yesterday? I was just trying to be annoying, but now I'm confused.


This was the first post after the cutoff date, so the actual bid would be 100 BTC. Yay even more confusion.

Lol well, that depends.

Midnight of the 31st would technically mean 12:00 a.m on the 31st, not 12:00 a.m. on June 1st...which would suggest that the auction technically ended over 24 hours ago.

Edit:  For the record, I think I started all the paranoia and scrutiny of the language used in auction/contest threads, so I feel I should just go balls to the wall and impart comments in all threads where such scrutiny exists  ;D

Ok, however this auction turns out, I have to say, this is incredibly entertaining.

Hopefully, the seller will bring some light into this matter!  ???

Obviously the seller is going to want the most amount of money out of the transaction, since the issue is up in the air, they will most likely side with the method of getting the most BTC, but I guess its open to how they interpret it. I'm just going to put this here for back reference.

100 btc it is then

I stayed up for nothing, but it was fun  ;D

It sure was fan. Very interesting ending, can't wait to see what the seller says.

Well that's quite the twist.  :o We were all an entire day off.

Wow!!! Fall asleep before the end... I'm reading all the new post  ??? and will determine the winner based on post time.

Edit: Be right back after some coffee.

damn I should of stayed up for this I thought the price was going to end around 150BTC. 12:00:00 is midnight I dont see how there is any confusion. Winning price is 127BTC.

That's what I think. But I found an impartial jury to conduct a vote: http://forum.pokercollectif.com/pas-poker/49171-decision-difficile-propos-definition-du-mot-minuit.html#post960177

Looser will win 2BTC

 ;D

i'll up my bid to 130btc and we can call this thing done.

(I'm joking, that would be unfair. )

The new confusion is, the auction ended over 24 hours ago by the auctions end time, Midnight on May 31st was actually not last night, but the night before. Last night was Midnight of June 1st


*Grabs some popcorn*

ORRR if you really can't decide, you can always just give them to me, I'd be happy to pay free  ;D

When I updated the title of the thread to "ends today < 12 hours left!!!" it was clear that the auction was not finished.

My interpretation of finish at is that the auction closed at the end of 31 of May. Which make 23:59:59 (3:59:59) the time limit for the last bid.

I made an impartial pools on another forum: http://forum.pokercollectif.com/pas-poker/49171-decision-difficile-propos-definition-du-mot-minuit.html#post960264

On ten votant, result are 10/10 for ciuciu.

My decision is that ciuciu win the bid at 127 BTC.

I'm sending 2 BTC to lolwut for his participation: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7436003/0c3897ee173f7e945b96f289de3fa158989b62e01d682977714ff6f8714f68bc

More donations to come...

Thank's to all who participated!

Thanks :)

Not bad lolwut 2BTC for participating in an auction. Winning would of been nicer but free bitcoins is good too.

congratz ciuciu

No its not. midnight is still part of that day. The second after midnight is the next day.

All donations have been sent:

50 to Bitcointalk: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7524203/f4b615e9694cf5c9a7dc4049e68fee50a40489765d75fac283398c08ec39b469
7 to BAMT: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7524586/5ccc6f509807fa96d42ee3b7cc1588a84fa87e5f572cb9978c907584ee9c8af6
3 to Phoenix2: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7524674/c3d67e07086447803dc115c3add21524dc36821cc421b624d6b712d8f151535c
3 to CGminer: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7524736/cd662d8cc7f7ac8f502a1d2291ef3dfbe6de3def708158d4e4239625fa28ab35
3 to P2Pool: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7524794/dd6e0e072e91dd87d5991eaf8592f9b9907c0fdb20a665b5acacd9678bd83054
2 to lolwut: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7436003/0c3897ee173f7e945b96f289de3fa158989b62e01d682977714ff6f8714f68bc
2 to mc_lovin: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/7527595/509e065088bb7501f8bb53515d2b5f4ad2d08f0e9f4501d88f3a914ffb273601

Total: 70 BTC

thanks 01BTC10, you're so kind!