I'm going to keep it the same for a little while. If the price starts going up really fast I'll adjust it.

Well I finally got it finished! There are already some sweet auctions running such as Left 4 Dead on Xbox 360 and a God of War edition PSP bundle. As a thank you to all the forum members that have supported bitcoin I am giving the first 200 forum members who sign up half off on their subscription. We offer 1 year, 5 year, and Lifetime subscriptions. Your premium account gets you unlimited auctions and unlimited photos for the duration of your subscription. Check us out at http://www.bitbid.net.

Go here to register:

http://www.bitbid.net/wp-login.php?action=register

Then go here to sign up for a seller account:

http://www.bitbid.net/?page_id=116

Use promo code BTCforum and your subscription will be half off. Even for lifetime accounts! Sign up now before the price of bitcoins gets even higher.

You need to open the command line window and change the directory to the folder you have phoenix in. Then just type in the commands and flags posted above for the pool you are using and your video card.

went from 334 Mhash/s to 388 Mhash/s. Overclocked some more and I'm getting 409 Mhash/s with mem at 300 and core at 975 on my 5870. temp is 76-77c with fan at 75%.  This is fantastic! Great work!

The only advantage gold has over bitcoin that I can see is that gold does have practical uses. It is very useful in electronics and as shielding on spacecraft. Bitcoins can't be made into anything but they still fulfill a need which is all you need for a successful currency.

Just got Portal 2. Transaction went great! Highly recommended.

This makes me think of an old dilbert strip. Why do all economists look like flood victims?

After thinking it over I think I'm going to go for a small yearly subscription fee instead of the big flat fee up front. Unfortunately I am going to have to postpone the launch of the site as my aunt died from cancer earlier today :-( and I have to go to St. Louis for her funeral and won't have regular access to a computer or the internet. I was going to launch on 4/20 but now I think I'll move it back to next Monday.

You can all just call me The Archduke of Bitcoinia

Here is a screen of the main auction page. I only have one test auction up right now but you can get an idea of how the layout works.
http://iansouter.com/farkstuff/bitbid_beta_screen.jpg

Haha, I'll try not to. For some reason I was thinking you could only generate 100 addresses but I can't even remember where I read that. Maybe I dreamed it. Anyways, new addresses it is!

I'm going to do this now. For some reason I was thinking there was a limited number of addresses I could use.

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Got me thinking about a lot of stuff related to the business side. Right now I don't have much invested besides the time it took to build the site so I'm OK with a small periodic income as people sign up. Right now I am mainly getting the site up and running to help the bitcoin economy. Choice and competition are good so this is me throwing an alternative into the pool. I am going to post a promo code here on the forums soon that will give a big discount to the first 200 bitcoin forum members that sign up using it. I'm kind of seeing this site as an app that you buy (with your registration fee) and then can use how ever much you like. You will have complete control over how long the auction lasts and can repost it as many times as you want till it sells. I have BitBid tied in with Twitter and Facebook so all auctions will be promoted there automatically when you post something for sale. That way you have an easy way of sharing things you are selling with people in your social network by simply "Liking" or retweeting your auctions. I've designed the site to be clean and simple so even bitcoin noobs can easily post their stuff for sale and invoice buyers. Thanks again for the critiques and keep them coming. I want BitBid to do well and you guys are currently the only bitcoin focus group there is. :-P

I intend BitBid to stay around. I picked that price to be high enough to discourage people from signing up just to spam stuff. I figure if people are serious about selling things the 25btc price at the start will be small change compared to what they would pay eBay in posting and closing fees over a year. This one time fee is for the life of the site. You can post as many auctions as you want until the site goes bankrupt or bitcoin gets shut down. I am considering a launch discount for forum members as thanks for all their support of bitcoin. Everything is still fluid and could change depending on suggestions and opinions. I want BitBid to be a site people respect and use for years to come.

I'm getting very close to being finished with my new website BitBid. It is an auction website like eBay but everything is priced in BTC. Anyone can sign up to bid but you need a BitBid premium account to post auctions. A one time registration fee grants you unlimited auctions for life with no posting or closing fees. The current price of a premium account is somewhere between 24 and 25 BTC. Upon registration a random value between the two will be chosen for you to pay. The decimal amount you pay is used as an identifier to ensure your payment is credited to the correct account. This makes it easy for me to verify who has paid and when. Check it out at http://www.bitbid.net

I sent 2BTC.

Just heard about this today. Could this be of use to the coders here?

FIXED!

The -a flag was what I needed. The satellite lag was messing with the getworks. Instead of the default 5 I moved it up to 8. It is sitting at a steady-ish 330 Mhash/s.

Does anyone on here have a 5870 they aren't currently using? How many BTC would you require for me to purchase it from you?

How about Validators or Operators? We are validating the transactions and operating the backbone.