Decrypt it and then import??? If you can't do this then I'm guessing its not really your privkey.

This whole thread is moot. MtGox released the trademark to the public for open use and the word has since become a generic term. Unless you append some extra words to '__ __ Bitcoin __ __' no one's getting a new trademark.

The whole concept is flawed because you're not treating all currencies equal. BTC, USD, YEN, CNY, CAD, etc, they are all money, currencies. The only difference is who accepts what. Fortunately that's why we have exchange rates. If someone had all their income in CNY but lived in America, you wouldn't seriously expect them to attempt to use their CNY like normal USD dollars would you? No. Because they'd have their bank do it for them automatically(for a fee). This is no different.

Even if you want to rebrand this to: "Paying all transactions using only BTC for a year", then it might be an interesting concept assuming you exclude paying taxes, because that just won't happen currently.

Even then it'll just be about 7 random people, it might as well be Real World: Bitcoin Edition in that case.

I'm sure your method works but its not like the directions @ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=348327.msg3915400#msg3915400 are any more or less complicated really.

Is there a way to get a temperature log or have the miner report when over a certain temperature?

Also is there a default temperature cutoff?

I already RoI'd so now I'm just looking to pump a few extra btc out of this thing, but I know I have to get it cooler first as it ran 48-49C stock. I also wanted it quieter so I swapped the default fan for 2 Cougar CF-V12HBs running off the molex and that keeps up a constant 46-7C. Its quieter now too, but I know they won't keep up if I OC.

Are there any left shipping out tomorrow?

I'm on firmware 11/29 still. I see there is a 12/12 update however. But regardless. Every 2-3 days, I come to find something errors and causes my miner to go from all o to all x. The memory usage shoots up as well. I usually have about 78% free and when it Xs out it has less than 40% free. A reboot fixes it. The temps are pretty constant around 47-48. No cover single fan. No OC either. It doesn't seem to really affect the hash rate though.

I can confirm that I've used it once successfully. My status went instantly to fulfilled and it probably took longer for my mail service to process the email than anything else.

Simple email looks like:


Quick and easy. Didn't pay attention to much to the rate. If I did i'd cry more for spending 20+ btc on xbox live codes 2-3 years ago.

Put me on the wait list for 1 unit please.

If its possible, could we get some power draw measurements along with the price quote? 

Also what would be an estimate on shipping to US?

So is under 375-400W per unit the consistent power draw for the S1? I've read several different quotes as the power draw varying from 200-500W and only seen one actual report of 4 units at ~1500 for 375W each a few posts down.

EDIT - Clarified which miner I was refering to

I just sent 0.4 btc your way for a guest pass.(Timestamp 5/22 @~ 15:15) Look forward to your PM.

btc_jumpnrl

I doubt i'll see a boost that high but i'll make some time to try it out. Call me lucky, but I've NEVER had a crash/lock up while mining. Afterburner auto-sets my OC and fan control.

Guess i'll just have to deal with/remember not to close the command prompt windows in the taskbar if i switch. I wish i could minimize them to an icon in the tray. That's the only reason i really use guiminer.

I don't mind making the switch to p2pool. However i'm not a dedicated 24/7/365 miner. Sometimes I mine for a few weeks or for just few hours a day. Also I'm only contributing ~300Mh/s when I do. Should i still switch?

As well, guiminer is quite stable with my OC and doesn't require any extra resources. Is the switch to cgminer just to use p2pool needed?

Yea once you hit the thresh hold, slush pay outs pretty much instantly. I have it set to notify me by email, and generally see the confirmed transaction about 10 minutes later, though many times I don't bother to even check. The email confirmation is enough for me.

Do you have the latest client? I just had 0.3.21 and no longer was generating connections. Updated to the latest and no longer have that problem.

<3 this!!


Encryption and multiple wallets have me sold already.

Plus it looks pretty nice.


Only thing i have to say would be that to handle the conversions, you will need to reference an exchange. And since there are multiple exchanges, you should go ahead and plan on putting a dropdown selection of several common ones in the settings. (I'm a fan of pre-planning and setting up apps to have setting options built in from the start. It makes things so much easier down the road.)

As well with the backups, I would assume it going under the Accounts tab, in which you will have things like add, delete, move wallets. An export option as the backup would be nice as well.

As for encyrption, you have one of two routes. Either encrypt it so that accessible with the use of the program. Or Enable different forms of encryption upon export/backup.

I'll be favoriting this and checking in now and again. Keep up the good work.

Bartering is a great process. Originally stemming from the lack of a currency, people traded goods and services. And thusly people would barter the price of a chicken for a couple pieces of cloth. Currency only serves to mitigate the need to directly trade those goods and services. The world would be significantly less complicated if you had to drag your chickens around with you all the time when you need to buy something. Thats where currency comes in. Originally, gold and silver pieces (you could go farther back with coins and the like but this is a good place to deem the start) were the first "currencies". It small, its fairly light (relative to a bunch of chickens), its precious to a large majority of people, its limited in supply, and can be used for other things like decorations, electronics, wires, jewlery, especially jewlery. Gems are very old traded good. People like shiny things. They like rare shiny things even more.

This is where gold is deemed to have its "intrinsic" value. (Since this thread likes to keep using that word). It has uses to many people all over the world. The trust in gold as a currency is largely derived from its limited supply and the fact that it will ALWAYS have a use besides a currency.

A problem arose however when there wasn't enough gold for everyone to use a currency. So silver was used as well. And even bronze at times in history. Eventually governments recognized that there needs to some sort of order and made them into coin shapes and pieces. When transactions became larger than gold pieces, people started writing "notes". These notes were backed by trust that people were good for the gold on their paper. Originally this was done by governments, and the notes had government seals of authenticity. As populations grew, more and more of the notes or bills were printed and used more frequently. Just like the USD was once backed by gold. (Thats a whole different topic)

The point is currencies have to exist. They are a necessity. Bartering is a form of trading that has been reduced to a cultural activity. Many ignore it for the ability to pay just a set price to save the time of having to barter.

Currently none (?<--not positive of this statement) of the fiat currencies are backed by gold. This is a problem because if the currency loses it value, people using the currency have nothing but their current goods and services to fall back on. Thats why there was a rush on gold. Because it holds intrinsic value. It will ALWAYS be useful. It will ALWAYS hold a significant value. Current fiat currencies do not have that same intrinsic value. Its simply a piece of paper only worth its ability to be burnt if it loses its trust.

This is where bitcoins comes in. The simplest way to put it is that Bitcoins are the gold of the internet. Granted they have been created by people, but thats how the internet and electronics work. There are only so many in existence. But since they are digital they can be sub-divided into as many small pieces as needed. They are decentralized, meaning no one is assigning a value to them. The value of a bitcoin is purely determined by the people using them. Bitcoin removes the trust that was once assigned to government notes/bills that said "this note is worth XX gold", and places the trust back in the people trading the currency. If no one has trust in the Bitcoins then they are worth less goods and services. If more people continue to use them, they the value goes up and your bitcoins can buy you more goods and services than previously.

This is were people get confused, and people bring up intrinsic and extrinsic value. However you have to consider this is also a virtual currency. It has very little meaning IRL currently seeing as they are purely digital. This is were people say on now it'll fail just like the USD. But thats were they are wrong. Intrinsic and extrinsic value are irrelevant. The point of a currency is to simplify daily trading. Bitcoin puts the trust back into trading. So long as people are trading, Bitcoin will ALWAYS have value.

This is also where people claim Ponzi scheme, because the similarities are there. However, unlike a ponzi scheme, you can ALWAYS take out you money or trade it for goods and services. Bitcoin is more like an investment or stock at the current time, because the number of people trading bitcoin goods and services is so small. If people suddenly decide not to TRUST bitcoin anymore, then yes all fiat currency invested into bitcoins will have disappeared with no return. But it is a currency. Its has value. A value assigned by you and your peers. You control what it will become.

TRUST.

Trust bitcoin. Trade bitcoin. Treat it just like your bank account information. Actually treat it even more securely. Talk to people about it. Get involved. It'll never go anywhere if everyone dismisses it. The more people that use it, the more stable and usefull it will become.

WE are literally watching the birth of a currency right now.

EDIT- I fully expect tl;dr. But that just means those who do are too ignorant to learn or you understand it already. For those that make it through, bravo. I hope I have generated a new thought or two.

Mtgox has always been very jumpy. For now its fairly stable. Last month the trends were barely predictable. For now, margin and day trading isn't the way to go. Monitor the 5-day moving averages if your intent on trying to sell consistently. Otherwise keep glued to the ticker and wait for the sell off spikes. Then buy and resell when it goes back to normal. Theres been some consistent drops couple times a week lately. That's where you can make your money.

But always think twice before selling off. Currently there is NO downside to holding your current investments for later.

Yea doesn't it average out to be the same in the end?

And to use the -f option, point a shortcut or command line argument at the target miner and on the same line append "-f[number]" (no quotes) to the end of the target when you run it.

Look here for other poclbm flags. http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=4122.0

The lower the number the higher the priority. So if you set one miner at 1 and another at 60 and one goes down the other will take over.