Thanks for making the announcement Benson.!
We are still giving out the invites. Do contact Benson (or me if he is not online) for invites. The invites are STRICTLY for beta testers.!

@And those who have already signed up - Please use this as feedback thread. Do let us know if something is not working fine.
Thanks.

difficulty just changed to 267 Mil.
Any word of any price cuts of H-Boards from bitfury / dave.?

10 btc's available for a quick purchase.!
If anyone is interested, then PM me for rates.

Hello..

Can anyone guide me as to what will happen to the labcoin shares on btct site now that it is being closed.
I have heard back from other operators with regards to the migration but nothing from labcoin team.

Thanks,

Thanks for those kind words Benson.! I appreciate you taking time in holding escrow.
I have told it verbally but i will write it here that you are my most preferred escrow holder.

And deal with Equate was smooth.
Thanks,

The fact that btc prices bumped back to 130+ (close to the price before the seize) instills trust in many of us that it is being used for legitimate purposes as well.

When i read last, SR's btc transaction was just about 1/11th the total btc transaction.
This is good for bitcoin's future.

+1. Glad to be back.!

Mate.. Am not charging for this service. Am trying to help out people who are sailing on the same boat as i was a week ago. I posted here just in case they might have not been aware of the technique people in USA and Europe are employing in getting the refunds.

You can believe it if you want to. I got a 100% refund within 16 hours of sending email to Paypal (period). I will not try to justify myself.

That being said, seems like you are late to the party. By the looks of it, paypal seems to have been out of funds in the BFL Labs paypal account. Now they are saying that if your order is older than 45 days, then they cannot help and asking customers to chargeback using their CC or something on those lines.

Again as others said, there is an entire thread in Custom Hardware section. Feel free to read through it.
Thanks,

Thank you for that clarification. Am an Indian living in USA and i have come across this question a number of times from my american friends and colleagues, so let me pitch in. They comeup to me with an idea of taking a personal loan here in USA (which you get at a nominal interest rate of ~ 3 - 6%) and then keep it as deposit in India at 9% earning an income of ~3 - 5% which is completely legit and many people do that.

Yes you are correct. The interest rates offered by Indian banks to deposits are at the rate of 8 - 9% depending upon the bank. These banks are either owned by Govt / regulated by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (Hence protection to your principle is similar to FDIC insured in USA.)
RBI is the governing body something similar to FDIC and Federal Reserve in USA.

However, the catch is that you need to be an Indian citizen to open any bank account and the interest earned on your principle is taxable in India.
RBI is strict in regulation and it is quite difficult to get around that.

If you are looking for heavy investments, some of the other ways that i have seen people do is (but am not sure how it works)

1) They visit India on Business / Work visa, open Foreign Currency account and make deposits.
2) Partner with an Indian citizen or an Indian investment company who will manage your portfolio on your behalf.
3) Reachout to global banks like Citibank and HSBC to check if they can offer something for you as they have presence in India as well. I have even heard that citibank provides you with IRS Form-1099 for the interest earned in India so that you can file taxes here in USA. (Yes. US and India have an active tax treaty).
4) Apply for Dual citizenship (US and India)
5) Or finally Marry an Indian.

Hope this helps.!

Looking for a quick deal. Selling a few btc at btc-e.com average.
Escrow through Benson. Buyer pays the escrow fee.

Payment through ICICI Fund Transfer / NEFT

Disclaimer : It is technically not free Wi-Fi, if you are cracking it. It is illegal to crack into others wifi unless they don't have any password protection.

Also, there have been cases in some countries where, hackers have left a public access point in Starbucks and Cafes with a SSID similar to the well known one without any password protection. Once a user gets connected to that, they act as man-in-the-middle who will have access to all your passwords and anything that you login to.

Welcome to bitcointalk.

With regards to your response, then how do you suggest one trades bitcoins.?

FYI, That is the reason people are advised to use escrow.
Thanks,

You need PAN card to open accounts (more like SSN). Why can't you do this yourself.?
If you are not a Indian resident, then you need to come up with a Joint Venture with a Indian resident but then you will have to setup LLP and open a current / business account.

Which M board do you have.? Did you buy from EU or US.?

Also can anyone confirm that it reduces miso errors on v 2.3 M-Board from US sales.?

I agree. Am not sure how is it being calculated.
I read somewhere else that he brought 2 B2 blades and received 20 USB's for each blade.?

Guys.. Go the legal route. File a complaint with the county consumer court.

Fill out the form here http://da.jocogov.org/sites/da.jocogov.org/files/CONSUMER%20COMPLAINT%20FORM.pdf

I can answer some of those questions.

I had / have a few blades myself which are running for the past 4 months non-stop. (i shutdown my pc occasionally to install windows updates).

Each blade consumes close to 120 watt. I have used Corsair CX 600 M PSU to power 3 blades completely at 80% load and they worked like charm.
CX 750 M is also good for 4 blades. If you are buying more, then reachout to Pinwheel, he has his own custom power module that he uses for 10 blades.

ASICMINER is one of the best companies for warranty. One of my blades had a problem. One of the chip was not working properly. Nothing serious. The max it could hash was at 11500 - 12000 GH. So a simple email to them and they sent me a new blade altogether before asking me to ship the faulty one back reducing my downtime to mere 10 minutes.

@coolbreeze16 : Thanks for that mate..! I appreciate it.

Yes. Selling btc for paypal is strictly No-No for me. I have turned down thousands of dollars worth order just for that. Its always better to have YOUR btc in YOUR wallet than somebody else's.

How does electricity costs so less for you.?
Free.?

Pinwheel is officially the reseller for India. Try to contact him and he should have some stock and shipping locally will not acquire customs.