I often see physical Bitcoins pictured in various news articles and blog posts. They don't always look the same, sometimes they look all-metal, sometimes they appear to have a hologram image. I was wondering, what the heck are they showing pictures of? Are there physical Bitcoins (even if they are just for show)? Or is everything I'm seeing just good 3D renderings?
This really demonstrates the problem when a hot new cyber currency expands beyond those really knowledgeable about general computer security practices. I don't know if we should blame someone for being naive and trusting.
1. Obtain a URL with the last 4 characters of **coin.com (ie Yacoin.com) 2. Start a rumor of a new coin that has the same name to be launched in 24 hours. 3. Post a new post encouraging people to wait longer.... 4. Sit back and wait for advertisers on your newly acquired URL.
At the time I decided to buy some Bitcoin, I also bought a few coin-related domains. I didn't really have a plan like yours, but fun idea!
The newbie thing isn't that hard, I guess... But it does seem to make me want to post a few unimportant posts just to get my 5 in... Guess this thread is as good a place as any!
I joined the forum simply to post on a thread I'd found on a Google search. By the time I'm allowed to post, my comment will be long past meaningful.
I just signed up for my first Bitcoin account on Mt. Gox just a few days before Bitcoin went on a wild ride. I was lucky that Mt. Gox took awhile time to accept my small wire transfer, or I might have bought around 250!
I found a great Podcast, The Daily Bitcoin, and saw a thread on this forum talking about it. I signed up for the forum in order to comment on that thread, but alas, newbies can't really do that sort of thing... Oh well. If any mods can see I'm real and can allow me to comment on this thread ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=171353.0 ), that would be nice.