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. Total views per day on more recent days (in December):
- 1^st: 117218
- 2^nd: 113702
- 3^rd: 101787
- 4^th: 93767
- 5^th: 122460
- 6^th: 109000

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 05:00:00 on December 14, UTC. Countdown (http://free.timeanddate.com/countdown/i2u518av/cf12/cm0/cu4/ct0/cs0/ca2/co0/cr0/ss0/cac000/cpc000/pcfff/tcfff/fs100/szw448/szh189/iso2011-12-14T05:00:00). (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.

1 slot - .5 BTC

5 slots @ 1 BTC each

1 @ 2BTC :)

Current state:
Slots BTC Person
1 2 c0ffer
5 1 wm-center.com
1 0.5 Harvey
1 N/A N/A

If this stays the way it is (an empty slot) can have 2 @ 1BTC instead of 1 @ 2BTC?

Here, I'll take care of that for you.

My bid: 7 slots at 1.5 BTC each

Since you already submitted a bid, I think you're morally obliged to pay it if you win it?  That said, if I understand the rules right, you could bit 0.5 BTC on the last slot and get it.

I like this answer :D


I had no problem paying either way, just didn't want to see slots go to waste and it's nice to see bidding activity increase ;)

Current state:
Slots BTC Person
1 2 c0ffer
7 1.5 edd

1 slot @ 2 Bitcoins

5 slots @ 2.5 btc

I like my chart better ;D.

Slot #	Username	Cost (BTC)
1	Wm-center.com	2.5
2	Wm-center.com	2.5
3	Wm-center.com	2.5
4	Wm-center.com	2.5
5	Wm-center.com	2.5
6	C0ffer	2.0
7	Harvey	2.0
8	Edd	1.5

3 slots at 3 bitcoins each.

1 slot at 3.5 bitcoin

1 slot at 4 bitcoin

The rules do not state whether this is possible or not. As a bid cancels all previous bids, it is my understanding that it is in fact not allowed. But, you can replicate it by bidding 5 slots at 3 bitcoins each and later increasing the bid, which I put you down as.

Slot #	Username	Cost (BTC)
1	Goat	3.0
2	Goat	3.0
3	Goat	3.0
4	Goat	3.0
5	Goat	3.0
6	Wm-center.com	2.5
7	Wm-center.com	2.5
8	Wm-center.com	2.5

5 slots @ 3.5

Let a mod deal with this. My bids stand... I have done this before.

Okay then. Here's the corrected version.

It is.

Current state:
Slots BTC Person
1 4 Goat
1 3.5 Goat
5 3.5 wm-center.com
1 3 Goat

I paid for a slot at 10 when the next highest bidder was 7.

I'll buy one slot for 2btc

sorry that bid is too low and the auction is over:(   they will have a new auction soon.