I'll consult the Magic 8-ball:



You still want BTC500. That you want BTC250 in the form of bitcoin and BTC250 in the form of sunshine, rainbows, warm fuzzies, and cheers of AMAZING COMPANY projected upon your self esteem doesn't much change that you are asking for BTC500 in value. That is unless you consider your own stake worthless or at least worth less than BTC250 yourself.


Of course things have costs. Covering the costs of things you can not self finance is a motivation for seeking investment, generally in exchange for seeking or receiving investment some sort of return in the form of dividends would be ideal. At a minimum though shares should represent some sort of transferable equity.

And though you think offering:


and


means, you aren't offering a reasonable market for these shares.

Additionally having to hope into eternity that your forum account is never hacked/phished or otherwise compromised Further hope is needed that you are consistently honest in your dealing through PMs. Hope is a poor substitute for security and verifiability.

There are numerous other problems with your proposal. Read moar, study moar, and stop presenting the arrangement of the bits of corn in your turds as investment opportunities until then.

I believe by argument they mean you note what "sharp edges" exist and you suggest remedies both general and specific. There would probably be two possible outcomes: you make a case for actual improvements and they might be considered or you muck that certain things like identifying yourself or identifying actors in the bitcoin space don't feel or seem necessary.

You are rightly drawing criticism because instead of answering concerns with arguments constructed from reason and cohesive thoughts you post crap like:


This. You have one pseudogambling website where looking at the front page the income stream seems as though it may be reasonably be measured in Satoshis. Maybe with gambling you might be able to create more serious revenue streams, but based on your sample site http://satoshisquared.com/ your single example portfolio of work doesn't do much to offer confidence that you could deliver the large number of sites you hint at, any of which might have substantial revenue much less profit.

So instead you come and beg the forum for BTC500. Why BTC500? Maybe it is a nice even round number? The problem with it though is it doesn't seem like any sort of market influences have shaped it hinting that its origins may be rectal in nature. If you can't see the problem with asking for somewhere between a Corvette and a Dodge Viper's worth of BTC at today's prices in exchange for you offering the BTC equivalent of a fart app, vague promises, and polite dismissals.

With the bitcoin mining landscape being characterized by runway increases in difficulty for the near future do you really need to throw a MLM type structure onto the shares with all of the negative connotations that brings to this already questionably valued asset?

What sort of contingency plan do you have for an event in which you can't meet the promised returns? Given the history of most attempts at mining investments, are there plans for a potential failure beyond taking the money and walking briskly into the sunset?

Looks rather interesting. I'll have to try it.

Of course we are.

I think you forgot your sarcasm tags too...

Is recoil the issue?

I do have to say though I do respect a lot of the people who were criticizing this venture, some of which I have traded with and had very pleasant experiences.

When you were still on CoinChat I pointed out the part where, "Hey avoiding dice might be a good idea" but then I saw the stills from the Sparklecoin venture. Bitcoin could use a daredevil. Bitcoin could use more actual financiers like MP instead of moar mining bond tards. Do what you do well, or else someone is going to have to jump on Roman Candle Coin.

And seriously about the mood shit. Lamotrigine, Maybe lamotrigine plus lithium, but lamotrigine might do you some good.

Be a daredevil, not a Swede!

This isn't about what sounds better, it is about what is. You might be proud of your sew ins, but you are still wearing weave.

I guess they figure for utilities you wouldn't be paying them unless you were living there. I find Google location history even more problematic though, because usually Google misses me by about 35 - 45 miles.

That address is an incorporation farm. Hundreds to thousands of companies use it. Hence, this thread looking for a physical address.

Not a big fan of Reuters calling Wyoming the Great Plains though when clearly it is in the Mountain West.


This really sucks. He's hopped on IRC more than a few time.

I agree that Gox shouldn't be the default price, but


This.

Also there are some people who want to know how far out of sync Gox is. Knowing how much of a premium #Goxfail is might be useful.

This will just create a huge market opportunity for exchanges that don't agree, and won't do anything to OTC trading. The market won't trade at that rate until the market finds that rate to be the rate.

This is true, and I salute you for it.

Maybe you should start a fund for Bitcoin stunt earnings where you allow other people to somehow monetize your stunts?

Linux, simply so much of what is useful in bitcoin is made with Linux users as first class citizens.

I'm a really big fan of the Lenovo low end X-series (X120e-X131e). The Wi-fi card is accessible to unplug easily so you can make sure it stays offline. Then you install Linux on a decent SSD and make sure you have enough RAM. If you are really paranoid you can use something like this to take things to the next level.

Use Armory to sign transactions and make wallets.

As far as new vs. old computers go New computers might have NSA spyware, but old computers risk having spyware and compromises the previous owner picked up. What you want in a dedicated machine though is to keep it offline broadcasting transactions and other secure communications from a reasonably clean computer (or random coffeeshop computer).

It's really just a matter of how deep you want to go down the paranoia hole.

This is a problem. More to the point though...


It can go lower, they'll find the drill when they bottom out the trench.

This is headed to the core!

And Trilema supports this story. MRKLYE risked his sphincter for BTC from MP. http://trilema.com/2013/perfect-money-corrupts-absolutely/

Seems like TradeFortress pays out in batches once or twice a week.

They used to be fast. I'd only get bets that hung in limbo very infrequently using them. They were very responsive to problems I had.

Now though... These delays in grading and payment are incredibly uncomfortable, especially when they are happening to so many people. It's hard not to wonder when a bet goes more than a day if the coins aren't going to come back. It also becomes impossible to recommend this book to other people looking to make bets.

Bet has been paid.