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.

Your visible ad text (ignoring link URLs, etc.) must be less than 150 characters in length, and it can only contain links: no other style. It will be prefixed with "Advertisement:". Ad text may not contain lies, misrepresentation, or inappropriate language. 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. (One of the remaining slots has random factoids, and one links to the current ad auction.)

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

Stats: On the 20^th of November, 2011, there were about 120,000 views of topics. So one slot would have appeared around 12,000 times per day. The ad doesn't appear on topic pages with only one post, though, and it only appears for people using the default theme. Views per day on other days:
- 18^th: 130739
- 19^th: 148084

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 bid, all of your previous bids are automatically canceled.
- All bid prices must be divisible by 0.5.
- The bidding starts at 0.5.
- The auction end time is 03:00:00 on November 30, UTC. Countdown (http://free.timeanddate.com/countdown/i2u518av/cf12/cm0/cu4/ct0/cs0/ca2/co0/cr0/ss0/cac000/cpc000/pcfff/tcfff/fs100/szw448/szh189/iso2011-11-30T03:00:00). (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 slot may be sold to someone else.

10 slots, 2 coins:)

Even though there are 10 slots, only 8 are up for auction.

8 slots, 2.5 BTC each

Well in that case 12 slots 3 bitcoins  :P

8 slots at 3.5 please

2 @ 4!

1 slot @ 5 BTC

:D

2 more slots at 4btc so a total of 4 slots at 4btc

its too bad there's no a way to visually see what the high bids are without having to read through all the posts and add it up yourself...

I would like to place a bid for 2 slots at 4.5

I also have no idea what the current bids are.  I guess I will offer 2 for 5?

Current state:
Slots BTC person
1 5 c0ffer
2 5 Andrew Bitcoiner
2 4.5 darbsllim
3 4 Goat

Ok, can you pm me with the bitcoin address?

i think there might still be 2 days left.. not sure... the OP is not right, this will not end on the 22nd...

Yeah, there are about two days left.

Can you make it clear when this will end? Thanks.

I see the source of your confusion now. I had accidentally written that the auction ended on the 22^nd, but it actually ends on the 30^th. The time was correct in the countdown.

Sorry about that. I edited the post.

I'd like to bid 3 for 4.5

2 slots at 5 btc

2 slots at 5 BTC please.

2 for 5 btc

mac, i think you only have one spot at 5 right now. all the others where already called if my counting is correct.

Current state:
Slots BTC person
1 5 c0ffer
2 5 Andrew Bitcoiner
2 5 Goat
2 5 Coinabul
1 5 macintosh264

Lets Make this

2 5 Andrew Bitcoiner
2 5 Goat
2 5 Coinabul
2 5.5 macintosh264

Just to clarify, I bid 2 at 5.5 btc

This is correct then?

Current state:
Slots BTC person
2 5.5 macintosh264
1 5 c0ffer
2 5 Andrew Bitcoiner
2 5 Goat
1 5 Coinabul

Thanks.

Right.

Next auction: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=53306.0