Maybe worth trying to contact him on this forum or on #bitcoin also.

I like the little funky green alien you've got going in the sign-up box ;-)

Nanocoin

Your IP is not hidden except if you use TOR or a proxy. However, other nodes can only tell you are an active node. I believe they can't necessarily associate a particular transaction with your node/IP.

Some people need to use a proxy as their networks won't allow them to communicate externally using certain ports.

You could forward all your email to a Gmail account and let it sort out the ham from the spam. But once your email was harvested, there's no going back unfortunately...

Agreed. But getting funds from the old world banking system, where some transactions are reversible, is tricky. As bitcoin adoption grows from the techies to a wider audience, new exchanges will hopefully cater to this mass market and make it very straightforward to buy bitcoins.

BTW, thanks for the link to opencoin.org. Their document http://opencoin.org/Members/jhb/legal-report-published makes for a fascinating read.

You could try contacting MagicalTux on #mtgox on IRC

Did you use to mine with these? If so, may I ask why you are selling them? Is mining not profitable enough anymore? Just wondering.

I've seen a similar service but I can't recall the name right now. Still, we need more services like these. Thanks for the effort!

Check out videos on youtube made by miners. It'll give you an idea of their rigs and the surrounding setup required to keep them cool. If you are buying new gear specifically for mining, make sure you carefully work out your calculations based on expected future difficulty increases.

Not surprising though as the machine, although expensive at the time, dates back from 1996 and its MIPS cpu was only around 150-250Mhz.