Pirate, Shakaru, Nefario, zhoutong (contested), Matthew N. Wright (contested, though I think he still has the SCAMMER tag), terrytibbs (SCAMMER tag eventually revoked), PatrickHarnett (I'd contest this, though he's tagged), probably more I can't remember.

Kludgey method: Difficulty can be roughly determined by hashpower at the mid-way point of the difficulty change window (7D in a stagnant mining network) IF it isn't an anomaly (that is, hashpower increase remains fairly linear). We're roughly 4.85 days in and if this were the halfway point, the difficulty could be projected @ 240M. 7/4.85=~1.4433 (estimated %increase from current point to 7D point). 1.4433*(240-189.28[<-Cur. diff.])= 73.204 (estimated difficulty increase).

Projected difficulty: 262.484M

ETA: Nope, all wrong. Forgot to factor in that this isn't a stagnant network, and diff change window <14D. Hrm. Without maffing it out, assuming 11.5D window... 5.75D ends up being the halfway point. 5.75/4.85=~1.185567. 1.185567*(240-189.28)=60.13195824.

Projected difficulty: ~249.412M. In reality, because hashpower increases exponentially, not linearly (right now), an adjusted projection would be ~251-253M. There's a lot of corner-cutting going on here, though.

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Looking for someone to build a model of a longship. It shouldn't be ridiculously intricate like those pieces fellows work on for years, but attention to detail would obviously be appreciated since impact of the vessel is exceptionally important. It needs to be sturdy enough to have a 99%+ chance of surviving international mailing intact (one solid piece of carved wood would be preferable - the possible exception being the mast). As far as scale and dimensions - I'm no nautical expert, but the longship should be large enough to carry roughly 2 "gallons" of loot (~500 cu. in., ~.08 cu. m.).

The longship is for the project listed @ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=307001

At this time, I can't offer much more than materials + ~$10/hr, payable in cash or coin. Should the first project have an excellent result, though, I'd ask for donations to pay closer to market rate, and a woodworker would likely be useful in all future projects. If interested or know someone who may be interested, please PM me.

Try angel.co

Oh. I think we all forgot to factor in the exchanges crapping out, too. 

$1xx in the case where it's the FBI (though they currently don't control the coins as far as we know), since it would be known, and bids would already be up in anticipation of the dump.

I'd guess it'd instead be auctioned if they were to end up controlling DPR's (rather, SR users') coins, where the buyer probably wouldn't do a full-retard dump.

I'm currently only looking for the design of a Nordic-themed Bitcoin logo to have painted on a sail, and personal letters of encouragement (for Paradox's Wester) from users of both Paradox products and Bitcoin. Looking for a woodworker to build a small-scale longship, too. There is likely still plenty of additional space in the undesigned longship for additional advertisers/gift-givers, though I think it's reasonable to hold off engaging them until the longship is constructed. Finding someone to carve out a longship will likely cause the greatest delay, since it'll probably be impossible to find a BTC-passionate woodworker interested in the job near-cost for BTC, where costs can probably be significantly lowered due to the charitable nature and potential for advertising. Delay is really in me giving up on that pipe dream and paying cash at retail for it to be built.

Sorry thread is so incoherent. Idunno what's wrong with my brain the past week or so, but everything I've typed lately comes out a disorganized mess, missing details, and rife with errors. Probably just syphilis. I'll go back and try fixing some of it soon. ETA: Cleaned up the thread as best I could. ETA2: Deleted too much. Fixed (hopefully).

Theoretically:
$2.90 for $2K+
$2.80 for $5K+
$2.60 for $10K+
$2.50 for $25K+
Negotiable for orders in volume beyond.

Worst part about all this may end up being widespread shutdowns in the private sector (from the auto to pharma industry, and plenty in between). Regulatory agencies have funds to continue critical certification services. They had time to come up with plans to deal with funding deferment, but many didn't (instead opting to "go on strike"). Private companies required to go through certification processes the government refuses to provide will eventually have to start furloughs of their own if a solution isn't found fairly soon. Car companies are going to be sitting on piled-up 2014 inventory if it keeps on, since they need EPA certifications. The execs of JIT factories must be jumping up and down while screaming in panic.

If someone told you Bitcoin is anonymous, please punch them in the teeth for us. Bitcoin is, at best, pseudonymous. Analysis software, however, won't help a snoop if the Bitcoins are laundered properly. In proper laundering you get many other peoples' coins sent to fresh addresses presumably not linked to your legal identity. Someone could probably tell it was laundered, but have great difficulty trying to figure out where "your" coins went (if even possible).

Assuming it's theft rather than a "misleading scam," there are a good few companies which will give you information, too, if you provide them details, and especially if you're a customer wanting information on people accessing your account. For example - maybe you want as much information as possible on someone who accessed your email account without authorization. A good few companies will provide this without a LEO demand backing it up (which you pretty much need for online crimes, where the police are about as useful as a dirty sock unless the loss is for $millions), though I found Gmail is a painful exception (they may be reversing this policy some time in the future, though). Amazon EC2 was also largely uncooperative, though the provided me some registration details of the person who used the service to compromise my account. However, simply by asking, you may be rewarded with the information which leads to the big break in info you need. -but again, that assumes it's theft rather than a contract violation.

Well - you have two options. You can use Bitcoin as probably intended, as your own bank - or you can use one of the increasingly-prevelant off-chain "banks." As example, the company paying me for sig-space does this, where you have people you can talk to directly about your account. It isn't really "Bitcoin," but instead a kind of exchange system where you get BTC-redeemable IIO-BTC, but get a good many advantages along with it (in effect, this is quite similar to Ripple, except Ripple is stupid-complicated and cumbersome for what it does). There is no reason you can't go a step further and have banks actually deal with BTC in their own accounts (similar to how you can have mixed fiat accounts, maybe a JPY and USD account), keeping in mind that currency in a bank is not the same currency, and you're instead issued a new redeemable currency in effect (for example, in the US, you deposit USD, but are not guaranteed access to that USD -- you're basically given an interest-bearing certificate of deposit you can slowly withdraw from on-demand, or in other ways as agreed to with the financial institution). -But, going that route, converting BTC to redeemable BTC, you lose a lot of what makes Bitcoin "Bitcoin," from increased security to certain cryptographic capabilities which stem from controlling individual Bitcoin addresses. If you want to use Bitcoin as if it were fiat and have the option to use Bitcoin as a p2p currency, you can put them in online wallets (later, I'd guess - actual banks).

I mean - if you want Bitcoin to be the equivalent of PaypalBTC, you can use it that way. There's nothing stopping you except all the benefits of Bitcoin you lose by doing so. You can also use it both ways, with some coins owned by you, and some coins converted to redeemable notes with online wallets.

(^Great Britain, I imagine)
I've been thinking this less and less lately. People keep getting caught by being shockingly lazy. Ulbricht and Shavers being the two examples most deeply burned in my mind... Experimentally, the level of laziness and arrogance is usually only matched by scam victims who the scammer must be very hard-working and smart to've scammed them.

Yeah - but not relevant to a "mathematical" mining bond (rather, one where all the worry and risk is for the bond-issuer, or group buyer if he guarantees delivery date with something like escrowed funds - it's easy enough to write in guarantees for buyers so long as the issuer/group-buyer trusts the ASIC manufacturer). I think I may've poisoned the well by posting this in Group Buys (and my writing is particularly unclear today).

Maybe rephrasing the question would help -- Okay, so let's say that on January 18th, a fellow is going door-to-door selling hashpower in some magical accounting form which just credits your Bitcoin account with dividends based on the hashpower you purchase. He's from - Idunno, AMD, and this is an official AMD service, with specs and consistent dividends fully guaranteed by some mythical, trustworthy insurance firm. Knowing only what you know right now, how much would you pay per GH/s on that January 18th date?

What if the date were instead December 12th?

o.O My email address has been public for years, and I still only get ~50 per day. No change since BTCTalk compromise exploited.

Haven't ordered - no reason to move forward if market couldn't absorb it (I'm not the one selling, either - just gathering information). It'd all be through Cointerra IV hardware which is already scheduled for production. I wasn't thinking company and related are very important - a GH/s is a GH/s, and if insured, it doesn't really matter who's making it or what the hardware is, so long as it's meeting specs. CT is semi-publicly taking bids on ~1/4 of end-of-year production which hasn't yet been snagged by a big player (though they're receiving a good few bids).

Someone could load up Skype, PM Ravi and just say "here's the money, I want it all," and figure out what smaller customers want after the fact, or equilibrium could be established, which I'd think is best both for consumer and middlemen.

Well - that assumes every outlet is actually on a unique line, which often isn't the case. How many outlets are supported by one line is generally determined by building code, which means it's usually determined by when the house was built. Best (tedious) way to check is to just flip breakers on and off until you figure out exactly which lines support which outlets.

(sorry for first reply - I misread)

Your biggest issue will probably be that the physical lines carrying electricity to the ASICs aren't rated for 25A+ each, which'd probably require a good chunk of change to replace. Especially because you're running them 24/7, anything which may disallow the line from adequately dissipating heat could be dangerous.

You'll probably need extension cords to split the load up among four different lines.

Has my ignore bar turned dark brown? $6-7 GH/s for Jan-Jun Monarch units - no interest in hosted $3 per Jan GH/s from CT?

Need more details - bad offer - "too good to be true"? Any feedback would be much appreciated!