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My wife laughs when I say, "I have to go check on my bitches real quick."

That's cool.

I want to send out a bitcoin article to friends to let them know what I've been up to.  I was going to just link them to the http://www.cnbc.com/id/43823614 article that came out today, but I thought I'd better consult the community to find out what the best bitcoin article would be.  I found this CNBC article to lack a bit of bite when it comes to the 'screw the central bank' portion of bitcoin.  Anyone got any great bitcoin articles they can link me to?  I haven't found 'the one' yet.

Even if the website was in invisible ink, it would still be there.  That gives the coin less of a "currency" feel and more of a website promotion feel.  Right now you're the only person (I know of) offering cool cheap bitcoin collectors coins.  Take advantage.  Even if they're brass now, you are in a position to corner the market, which after some profiting could lead to silver coins, then gold...

I say you should design a new back and sell them for double the price of the ones on your website.  Then include one of your website coins for free with every purchase of 2 or more.  You'll make more money, your website coins will get to more people, and you could just end up being the exclusive physicial bitcoin supplier once you work out all the kinks in your operation and gather more customers...

I'd definitely buy one made of pure silver without the website listed.  Just sell the brass (gold plated) ones to gather the funding needed to get a batch of silver ones made (then discontinue the brass ones and only use that for your website coins, which you will then give away free with the silver ones).  I'm excited for you.  This is a great opportunity.  I'm just an ideas guy, but would love to partner on this with you somehow if you were interested in building a team for this project.

Or just go ahead and toss me a free coin when you get rich.   

Probably closer to 20 times per day (it was a fun way to pass the time at work after the NYSE closed).  Although now it's more like 3-4 times a week.

It actually serves a cool purpose, but I agree.  I'd buy one if it weren't for that.  Perhaps the coin creator should make a 2nd type of coin without the website branding on it and sell it for more?  That way he could lower the price on his existing coins (they'll be subsidized by the higher priced ones) or give them away for free to promote his site (1 per order of the new coins?).  A non-numbered coin would also be cheaper to have made, so there would be a much higher profit margin, especially considering he could charge a large premium.  Giving 1 of his website branded coins for free with the order of new coins would also get people like myself (and probably the 2 people I quoted) to give his website a try with their free coin.  I'd imagine that would be a great help to getting this project off the ground.

I was trading A LOT when the price was bouncing all over the place.  The last 2 weeks I've barely been trading.  The price movement just isn't providing the opportunities it once was.  I think the trading bots stabilized the price a little and ruined my fun.

Good one.

+1

I would be happy if it hit $40 by the end of the year.

So...

Has is stabilized or are we going to see 2.5 million sometime in 2011?

Cool service.

If you don't want to keep the BTC, I say you should spend it to help support the community.  Buy lots of stuff off the forum to support fellow members.  Donate some to people's sig addresses when they say something useful.  Try a few of the gambling websites.  Just spread them around, have fun doing it, and get some cool stuff.

That's because you don't understand the concept of merged mining that's being discussed.   

It is the pool who decides, not the miners... My understanding of the proposal is that this could be done by the pool without the miner's knowledge.

To take that a step further, it's the programers that would be merging the blockchains that decides... It sounds like you don't really understand what is being proposed? Sorry if I'm incorrect.

While I like the idea of 2 for 1 mining, I think merging the 2 projects is a mistake. The only argument I can make in favor of this merge is greed. Bitcoin is something special and starting to gain mainstream acceptance. Don't pollute the project by merging it with anything that will make an extra buck. It will most likely only destroy both projects, or at least devalue them to the point where they're basically worthless. Not to mention, what about when pussycoins come to the market, or nutsackcoins? Who decides what can/can't be merged? It's starting to make bitcoin sound a whole lot less attractive to me. Don't go down that rabbit hole.

I agree.

This would be a good opportunity to teach your child that the world is full of average people and average = dumb. While learning to recognize and discredit misinformation you hear coming out of an average person's mouth is important, you must be respectful and argue your point maturely. That is where your child failed, and the reason he should 'serve his time' as they say.

Ya, don't blame the brand.  I have 2 HIS-6870s and they run fine.  Worst thing that ever happened was when the sticker peeled off one of them.

I'm actually a legitimate stock trader who trades BTC for cheap entertainment.  You on the other hand...