Here's my suggestion: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=567333.0

I'm all for namuh sacrifices.

Looks like you'll be the winner. BTW, I like upgrade (below) that you picked out.

Ditto! No need for me to read the rest of posts on this thread.

Did you know that USS Enterprise once trekked the various galaxies, then was scaled back to only trek the Milky Way, then scaled back again to only be trekking one quadrant of our home galaxy?

Pass over! Good one!

I like your style!



That's how you handle errors. We are all human. I would be an ass it I continued this dialog, but it looks like it's not needed.

Always bear in mind that customers and non-customers (me, for one), alike, are watching you folks, for Bitcoin is at the core of your endeavor, and that's what we're looking out for whether it's miner makers, exchanges, scams in general, etc.

Thanks again, bud.

~Bruno Kucinskas

It saddens me to read this post, for I put you guys above conducting such shenanigans. I put my neck out quasi-endorsing you guys, and this is how I'm rewarded.

Outta all the marketing know how you guys possess, it would have better served you to politely ask posters who veer from what's expected in this thread, i.e. "I bet you...", to take it elsewhere, but you opted to chime in, going as far as taking and upping the bet. This does not bode well!

Do you guys have any idea how much market share you just lost due to this one post alone?

~Bruno Kucinskas

Ummm! I've seen the inside of Josh's truck, thus knowing how true your assessment may be.

Bump, before I call it a night.

Wow! That is so neat! Now, only if there was a website that shows where all the bitcoins went, where they came from, etc., instead of a person pulling up the block chain thingy on their computer.

I also can't wait till the day I can talk to people using my computer instead of wasting minutes on my phone. It's probably 10 years out before we can order, then watch movies on our computers.

AMT did use the Styrofoam, but for some other shipment, for there wasn't enough for all the miners.



How is it that AMT shipped out hundreds (their words) of 1.2 TH/s rigs, none of them to members here until recently, and should have had packaging down to a science, yet now more than one person is expressing that they've received damaged units in sub-par boxes, namely makeshift cardboard wrapped around minimum bubble wrap?

The miner I got from Josh and shipped via UPS also didn't make it intact, with the box damaged (just learnt of it now). I even stood over the gal packaging it to make sure it was as secure as possible for a 54 lb device. Luckily, I insured it, thus the buyer WILL be made whole, albeit I'm not sure how long that process takes. I feel I'm covered since they packaged it, for that's one aspect of what they do - a package/shipping outfit that uses UPS.

reserved, because that's how I roll...

I submitted the first vote (a Yes) so that I can easily see the results as they come in.

Introducing The Great Alt-Coin Race, or GacRac (or GacRace/GACrace) for short.

Each week, starting at the exact same time (to-be-determined), 6 new Alt-Coins are pegged with one another to determine which one at the end of a 28 day period has the best exchange rate (probably based on BTC or USD, again to-be-determined), whereupon the winner takes all (sans ONLY a 1% escrow fee - no other deductions).

Entry fee would be $1,000 USD via BTC, all of which would be held in escrow by some trusted member of this community. I stronger suggest Rassah to fill that capacity, earning a 1% escrow fee. There should be no problem with the escrow being paid out within 48 hours of the contest ending.

I would not earn one satoshi from the entry fees, but may partake in the trading of some Alt-Coins, or may partner up with some viable exchange in some capacity for having them host the weekly contests entries (thinking out loud).

If the $1K entry fee happens to be outta reach for some, perhaps a group buy may be in order, with all you'd have to do is sell/market your coin to the best of your ability.

All 6 Alt-Coins would be evenly matched with one another, e.g. SHA-256, Scrypt or some other innovative hashing algorithm, alternating on a regular basis. Likewise, the max coins that'll be available, the difficulty parameters, etc. would all be set the same at the onset of the contest.

No pre-mining will be allowed. This may cause some Alts to be sluggish coming outta the gate, but a 28 day proof-of-viability should be more than enough time to refine/resolve any issues at the onset and also garner support for your Alt-Coin during the duration of the contest.

Even though there'll be a strict time frame (28 days) for the contest, this doesn't mean the Alt-Coins would cease to exist at contest's end. Far from it! The contests would act as a springboard, so to speak, for the various developers versed in developing sound Alt-Coins.

A queuing mechanism could be put in place for the various developers of their Alt-Coins so that once 6 Alt-Coins having the similar hashing algorithm express interest, then the next available contest date can be set once the entry fees are paid. An alternate contestant or two in the wings may be prudent, again to-be-determined.

The beauty aspect of this idea is that traders who love moving in and out of Alts may feel safer trading Alt-Coins participating in some regulated contest, i.e. this one.

I suggest that only one specific exchange (yet to be determined) be used to determine a winner, albeit the Alt-Coins would be free to be listed on the various other exchanges concurrently, perhaps bolstering their position. I'm sure there's at least one viable/honest exchange that would love to have 6 new Alt-Coins added weekly, with traders following suit, to boot.

Even though I've stated that only 6 Alt-Coins would be pegged with one another, it's not outside the realm of possibility to have that weekly number between 5 and 12, inclusive. 6 just seems more practical/fairer at this penning.

The contests could be managed on this forum, a dedicated website, or a combination of both. I just secured gacrac.com and gacrace.com to hedge my bet in case this endeavor gains traction.

Ideally, I would like to work with a viable exchange while overseeing the various contests, making sure that all parties involved are treated fairly.

Discussion.

~Bruno Kucinskas

Put $350K USD via BTC down payment for a $1M USD via BTC upgrade, and the sooner the better.

Fortunately, not even theymos would fall for this stupid idea, but we can all dream can't we?

WOW! That only make the market cap of gold at $7T.

There was a guy in the office that went by the name Jim Brown, and even referred to Josh as his brother while we were having a smoke outside (just recalled that I probably did pen such), but I never asked for, nor seen any ID. Same true for the Rob dude that was there.

My guess is that there were both there to also act as body guards, even though I arrived alone and had no qualms with walking into some strange office late at night to meet up with three dudes, one of which probably despised my guts.

Jim Brown(?) seemed pretty healthy to me, but I guess a heart attack is possible if one consumes too many Red Bulls. For some reason I don't believe the clan does drugs, so maybe be able to rule that out.

That said, I'm leaning heavily toward this being a ruse.

I'm going to have to hunt down that post I made where I stated that I had a smoke with Jim(?). It is true that I did, but at this penning I don't recall stating such.

EDIT: I do recall stating such.

Actually, there was a kid (meaning younger than Josh Zipkin) when I visited that went by the name Jim Brown, but I didn't have the privilege to see his, nor anybody else's ID.

According to our (Josh and I) conversations, with Jim(?) sitting next to him, Jim didn't even frequent this forum, let along post under the AMT_miners account. Jim Brown(?) supposedly only handled the tech aspect at the facility(s), leaving the convos to Josh, et al.

The way it reads to me is that Joshua Zipkin, CEO of AMT, is just trying to pull a rabbit outta his hat, possibly so he would longer have to reply to any tech support questions as the miners are supposedly in route to their couple dozen or so customers.

Remember, this is probably in the Jewish Bulgarian Freemasons Gimp Bastard's playbook.