He could do better though.

People need to be doing more to drive price down so I can buy more bitcoins. I'm looking at you "myself". Step up your game! I'm buying more BTC this week and I want a good deal!

Use more better scare tactics. kthxbye

Awwww ... yeah, 1 BTC = 1oz was what I was going for... now im sad.

Im going to give 10BTC to whoever most accurately predicts when Bitcoins outperform gold.

Edited posts do not qualify

For a pat on the back im going to guess 2029, april 18th.

Good luck!

Responsible self-interest 

I've done my research in bitcoin. I see enormous potential outside short term gains. The currency has the potential to be world changing. To support bitcoin to me is supporting economic freedom. Im not going to short sell that, and I think a lot of people coming into bitcoin have a similar mentality.

I bought at 5.60 and held onto it even as it broke 6$. Im in this for the long haul.

I can't wait till BTC gets sticky. It's going to be a brave new world.

I ain't scared.

Im just glad a bought when I did before the december craziness later this year. Its Damn shame I didn't hear about bitcoin sooner than a month ago....

I was mad this one time

Perhaps you should take more interest in these issues then. The health of this decentralized network is important, and indeed it will affect you.

So I just tried to deposit some BTC into my paper wallet, but the funds were re-deposited back into my exchange account immediately.

is this because I used the private key on that address already?

Edit: Ok I was unlazy for a moment and googled it. Turns out Mtgox will keep the private key and auto deposit any coins sent to that address. oops!

Let me out of this cage! 

confound you!

Sounds like something that would happen to me. You forgot the part where I survive with mild brain damage and the winning ticket was consumed in the lightning strike.

But, I created my paper wallet and started transferring my bitcoins. Tomorrow, that paper wallet is going into a safe deposit box

Excellent... ummm... how does that work then?

I have created a paper wallet, but now I think I may have a stupid question:

What if someone generates an identical bitcoin address to my own? Wont they get a private key to that address?

Paper wallet sounds like what im looking for. Thank you everyone for your input!

But say Godzilla destroys the mtgox facility, how would I redeem my bitcoins?

Business failure is a risk I did consider, but have thought acceptable considering how much of the exchange market mtgox has.

Government intervention though; is there legislation in Japan at the moment that would affect mtgox?

I suppose if something like that came down the pipe I would be able to move my BTC out of the exchange account before the fact.

I would love to know how to make my own physical bitcoins. I know casascius (https://www.casascius.com/) can make some really spiffy physical coins, but even he admits there is some risk as he does have access to "the private key", which I guess means if he really wanted to he could take your BTC. I would rather just be able to make my own and store them like savings bonds.

I recently bought bitcoins on Mt.gox, but have been hesitant to send them to my wallet. I found out that they had a physical authentication device that you can bind to your exchange account. Is this sort of security good enough to store a fair quantity on the exchange?

I was also thinking of converting them into physical bitcoins and perhaps putting them in a safe deposit box, though I don't know much more about that process other than its possibility.

 B-b-bu-but 7970s :*(

I'm having a hard time finding a good source for 5970's.

I was under the impression from reading in these forums that an under-volted 7970 is at least on par with a 5970 or a little bit better.

But wouldn't just buying them be easier?
.

I'm running my Sapphire 7970@1125 with temps at 74 with 55% fan.

 

getting 668Mh/s

I've got about $6,000 at my disposal and I'm trying to decide if I want to buy 8 more 7970's or buy the bitcoins outright.
Anyone here willing to sell me 1,000 bitcoins for 6 grand?