I got the same email. Wooooot!!!! long time coming! Only reason I'm here now is because BFL's site is down from everyone trying to log in and verify (I'm assuming).

oh man. I know they've changed the wording to "Late October/Early November" but i'm getting pretty excited about this. So close!

Date Paid - 07/02/2012   
Order Number -2642
Trade-In (Y/N) - Y   
Qty SC Jalapeno -0
Qty SC Single -1   
Qty SC Mini Rig -0   
User Jebus


Date Paid - 08/21/2012   
Order Number -5520
Trade-In (Y/N) - N   
Qty SC Jalapeno -0
Qty SC Single -3   
Qty SC Mini Rig -0   
User Jebus

This was a big issue for me as well. Currently the entire bitcoin network hovers around 15-17 TH/s total. All of the GPU miners dropping out can be replaced by just a few of the new SC Mini-Rigs. I then started wondering what kind of sales BFL was actually having. If i had one of those SC Mini-Rigs right now it would pay for itself in like 6 days but once 200 of them are in circulation the difficulty will go through the roof and it'll be back to making very little. I've rationalized getting a few of the SC Singles a few different ways. 1) 30k is a huge chunk of money to wire to a company 6 months before you even have a chance at getting the product. I'm guessing there's not a lot of people that will dig up 30k on what is in reality a pretty risky investment. I'm imagining a bunch of the Singles getting sold but their output into the real world will probably fairly slow. 2) Since I'm currently pulling about 1GH/s and the SC Single is supposed to pull 40, as long as the total network hashrate stays below 600 (15TH/s now * 40) I should be effectively mining faster/more productively. 3) If we look at other mining operations, like gold, it started out with a bunch of scrubs with shovels and sifters. Then someone came along and said, "Hi guys, this is an excavator. Now show me your tits!". Gold mining was changed forever. Then newer-more productive methods with additional hardware were invented. It's hard to justify being out there with your spoon and strainer when everyone around you is strip mining. This is just the way things develop. The market has said there is a need for higher hashrates so someone is going to make it happen and the people with the money to get in early make the most. Rich stay rich, poor stay poor. Of course BFL could just give us all the middle finger and hit the road with our cash. Someone once invested money into Uncle Willy's SuperSweet Invisibility Tonic and lost as well and that shit made you invisible!

my recent attempts to move cash from mtgox to dwolla was taking an average of 8 days. From Japan to US

please release my board lock. I've met the post requirements but not the total time. Not sure how that is calculated but i've spent way more than 4 hours on the boards this weekend and i've only banked 1h 28m so far. QQ. I mostly just want to post my BFL orders on that thread but occasionally have smart things to say on a variety of topics. I am not robots!

i usually buy cash money with my bitcoins  love em!

Mining should be possible until 2041ish when all coins have been mined...unless i'm missing something

TrueCrypt is awesome. Big fan of their software. That's what I use at work to secure source code. I use a few things with my coins because they're somehow more valueable than my job

good post. thanks for the tips

I've seen several places where the bitcoiniverse is compared to the wild west. I try to keep that in mind with every transaction.

Hi everyone, new to the forums but have been trading/mining/spending bitcoins for about a year. Love me some bitcoins and I look forward to being part of this community.

It's good that there are restrictions but if i have to post 5x to be released from the restrictions and i can only post here i'm going to have to make 5 posts here. I'll spread them out timewise. Hopefully nobody actually reads this thread. I apologize in advance if my upcoming 5 messages irritate anyone.