Ok, so then I went back to the paper and read the relevant section so I can go ahead and clarify for the purposes of posterity.

1) This does not have to do with the 51% attack.  This section of the paper is about calculating the probability that a node can spend bitcoin and then maliciously include a transaction that reverses that spend in a subsequent block.  The high-level observation is that the attacker necessarily has to start behind the blockchain because it has to wait for the first transaction to be included in a block before trying to maliciously undo it.

2) The "infinite distribution" referred to is a poisson distribution (a random distribution) so there is an infinite tail.  The particular rearrangement just has to with manipulating the expression of the probability in such a way that there's not an infinite sum to calculate.  By rearranging the sum, we can calculate a finite sum from 0 to k

3) It looks like the coin as printed actually has an error, Satoshi's paper has q= 'probability that he attacker will find the next block' whereas the coin has a 'g', which is undefined in Satoshi's paper.

Cheers!

Why is it going to 'bite some of us in the ass'.  I've booked a hotel with expedia in the past and didn't have a problem.  I used a visa card.  Next time I use expedia I may get to pay with BTC.  I think that would be wonderfully convenient.  Can you be a little more clear?

You can say "ugh" if you want, but your "direct quote" wasn't very informative.  You vaguely mentioned an "infinite tail" of a distribution and "rearranging" something.  You referred to a sum as an equation.  An explanation of what it means would simply say what the values of g,k,lambda, refer to in context.  I think it's quite okay for you to simply say "i don't know, it looks pretty".  But pretending that you explained something isn't really helpful.

Just watch the blockchain to see about transer of the coins.  Once the coins start going out from the slik road addy, then you know they got sold and delivered even if you don't know who bought them.

I have to say that if the OP doesn't have the patience to read through docs and understand cryptos well enough to carry out the process on his/her own, I doubt very much that any crypto created will be worth very much.  Nonetheless, this does seem like an easy way for someone to make 0.5BTC by just making a video for the OP.

I'm not against BTC-e, I just want to point out the fallacy in your argument by using an example: many folks used Mt. Gotx for years and NEVER had an issue, until the issues began.

Right, I think these Amazon Coins, with the name __ Coin, is what leads to people getting confused and thinking that Amazon is interested in making their own competitor to BTC.  However, as you rightly point out, this doesn't have anything to do with crypto, it's just like frequent flyer miles on an airline or something.

It does say you can rest assured it will be taken care of.  I guess BTC at Amazon is in the works

Um, so it sounds like the emphasis is on "little" here.  

And I'm not saying it doesn't look nice.  Sounds like learning what it refers to is up to me.  Cheers!

What about the "horse"?

Really great news, I actually may use this service.  Thanks for the news!

If the OP only want's the btc as a longish term speculation or some sort of savings, then this might not be a bad offer actually.

Exactly, the gov't isn't going to switch over to btc.  However, individuals very well may do so.  This wouldn't be terrible for bitcoin prices either.  However, i think that folks who put money in bitcoins in argentina probably aren't goign to do so for money they want to spend, but for money they want to save.  That's my guess.  I suppose it's probably hard to find a grocery store in argentina that accepts btc.

Thanks for the clarificiation, we send a pm to you with our post count on Monday or Tuesday.

What is Skrill?  Can you provide a link?

Fair enough, I'm not saying it shouldn't be memorialized.  I'm just wondering if the designer of the coin can comment on exactly what is being memorialized.  So far all I've learned is 'something to do with the 51% attack'.  But then again, I understand that I can go read the paper if I really want to understand.

I guess I need to go back to that paper to see this formula in context.  I just want to note that this is not and equation (there's no equals sign), it's a sum.  Also, it doesn't look like it's a sum to infinity.  It seems to be a sum from z to k.  Again, I guess I need to take a look at the paper for more detail, but what distribution?  what infinite tail?  The number of miners is always going to be finite.

I just want to say how cool it is that you guys have released the code of your website.  I already liked this project but now I love it.  I think it's a bold and proper move and I just want to say how much respect I have for folks with this kinda attitude.

Finally, just one question: I noticed your use of CC-SA-NC license.  I think this means copyleft with only non-commercial use allowed.  Are you guys yourselves non-commercial, is this a non-profit service?  Or are you guys a commercial outfit and you're simply limiting the reuse of your code to non-commercial stuff?

Thanks again for the code release!

Thanks for the link.  I didn't realize that the CGB website had changed domains again.

Is this poker-lingo or just nonsense?  I'm not enough of a poker player to tell.  However, I have read a lot of auto-translated nonsense on this forum.