You should move this to the technical section of this forum - you'll find people with more experience to give you a better or best solution.

Coinbase accounts (for both of you) might work best for the actual payment transaction - it's easy to use and will track transaction history and such for you. Once you receive your pay you can decide if you want to keep the balance with Coinbase or another wallet (i.e., cold storage, paper, etc).

You guys/gals did a great job calling bull shit when things didn't sound right from the beginning. I feel better about this community knowing that so many people are genuinely interested in make sure others, strangers, won't get ripped off.

Yeah, but we all know Mike's fingers are made of gold and impervious to influencing any tarnish on the brass coins!

(Might as well start the tall tales and myths now...)

I'd bet you get more response if you posted this is the technical section of the forum.

You still haven't answered the question: How can we trust you?

Just because you're giving us a certificate for 1% of whatever doesn't mean that that piece of paper represents a legal contract - does it? What proves that we would obtain a right to the portion of future earnings or value based on our initial investment?

Once you get all of the money you need you could split on us all...

If you want to consider buying Bitcoin as an investment, I think it makes more sense to think of it as investing in a commodity (like precious metal) or an index.

Stocks represent ownership in an organization, Bitcoin isn't an organization is a resource. It's an alternative to gold or silver. Bitcoin can do something that influences it's price, whereas a stock (or the company it represents) can influence its value based on decisions it makes.

One problem I see is that if people start using Bitcoin as intended, as a currency, the value of a Bitcoin (to USD for example) is going to go down. 

Hey, I don't see my name on this list!

I kid, I kid...

Any new thoughts given the price drop today?

Unfortunately no, not this year. And likely not until a Bitcoin promoter choose to grant the winner with Bitcoin on their own.

It's funny when people write 'I'm just guessing but I think...' followed by a list of very specific price moves with zero rationale, support, or logic to back up their assumptions.

This poll is useful, it's great to see people optomistic. The posts should talk about how we spread the use of Bitcoin. If each of us introduced one new person to it, how much growth would we see?

In related news, how devastated was the UK that Cavendish went down in the first stage? I mean, clearly he was pushing it as he edged out for that sprint but it sucks he pushed it too far and fell on his head as a result.

Next year, I want someone to wear the big BTC running up the Alps or Pyrenees...

You forgot to add the disclaimer that past performance isn't indicative or a predictor of future results.

FreeBitco.in could have sent you the money as a teaser to get you back to their site again. For the cost of a nickel they could get you re-engaged on solving the captchas and staring at their ads again...these people with the websites are pretty smart! 

Back in the good ol' days?

I'll confess that I'm still doing the faucet thing, mostly as a novelty still. Any thoughts on freebitco.in? It pays more than 50-70 satoshi per hour (although I admit that the amount is still insanely small).

What are faucet rotator sites?

Can you provide more details on the alpha testing?

How much time commitment is it?
Will I be informed of the results?
Will you be sharing my email address with your vendors or business partners?

Thanks.

Well, not really, but it would be cool, right?

For those that watch the TDF you're familiar with the fans that line up along the road on the mountain stages cheering the riders. Often companies have their mascot on the side of the road too for some free publicity. How cool would it be to see a guy/gal dressed up in a big yellow BTC waving his hands or running along side the yellow jersey rider?

We should start a movement to get the BTC symbol and other witty quips on camera at various sporting events. The more people see it the more people may be intrigued or interested in adoption, no?

No, it's not the right place. He's trying to educate the educated.

To the OP you should buy some paper wallets and hand them out to friends, family, charities, or make a scavenger hunt about it.

There's a guy/gal on Twitter (@SFHiddenBitcoin) putting paper wallets around the city and then tweeting clues, all in the spirit of "spreading the gospel". It's good stuff, for sure.

I'm definitely in the accumulation phase of my Bitcoin experience.

But, I completely agree with the "do as you do" folks. Spending is good for the Bitcoin economy, just as spending is good for the US (or any other country's) economy.