as i thought was clear in the OP, three people loaned me between a total of 2.5 btc. marco then loaned me some additional. whats the confusion?

dude, local bitcoins still needs currency... but yea, theft/hacking is of course an option too. except the theft of any significant amount (like the bter hack today) is readily known, and the addresses involved are then known and can be tracked.

yea, cause of the whole blockchain - every transaction being traceable and known - built in to bitcoin, the second the government got wind of any organization they wanted to monitor having a bitcoin address, or even considering such, they'd track every transaction of every coin to that address back to the minting of the coins. wouldn't even be hard, once they had an address to start from.

my income at the time was sufficient to handle repayment as planned. then uber changed it's rates. twice since the loan was requested. and not small changes either. the last one was a 20% reduction.

my last check from them was 2 cents after the car payment, which is withdrawn automatically before they pay me.

a friend of mine is an insurance adviser selling AFLAC insurance. he's passing my contact info to his boss along with his recommendation. mind you, i'm still looking for other, regular work in fields i know. but at the same time if all goes well with my friends boss, i'll begin studying for my state insurance sales license and go from there. according to my friend, he believes he could have me making significant money (being in my own apartment was the example, with an estimated needed income of 1200 monthly.) within 3 months at the outside. i suspect he's being overly confident. but if he's proven correct, or even close to it, that gives you an idea of a timeline. i would be repaying you guys long efore anything like moving, getting married, getting a car (as i'll be returning the toyota to the finance company and stopping working for uber.) and so forth.

so, in the short term i'm still quite screwed, but there's some medium term plans in the works that should bare fruit.

i'll be shocked beyond description if anything even close to it comes about in our lifetimes.

i don't follow. what, put my account in escrow until i pay you off after you pay off the loans? uh... still not interested. my account is not for sale. this is my first name. my REAL one. i don't intend to give that up for anything short of a massive amount of money.

no.

granted. given what's now happened with uber's prices dropping, that would probably have been the wiser choice. my last uber payment was $.02 after the car payment. yep. 2 cents. i don't have any money this week, so i can't go out and earn more to try and pay that car payment. good times, good times.

i'll likely be returning the car to the fiance company before i get so far behind they repossess it and go back to using my old pontiac sunfire. ...which i need to renew the registration and fix a coolant leak on.

my friend is taking me out with him tomorrow as he does his new job, selling AFLAC insurance. he's trying to get me to join him... i don't think i have the salesmen style though, so i'm skeptical. but i gotta try something. obviously i also have been sending my resumes to relevant jobs too.

probably a good idea to leave negative trust on me at this point guys. i'll get you repaid, but i don't know when.

You do realize I tried and failed to get a bank loan?

so little volume this evening. what gives? looks like whole chunks (5 minute chart) are passing without trades. (i'm looking at bitstamp on cryptowatch)

friend of mine recently became and AFLAC insurance agent. still training, only passed his test just prior to christmas, but he talks a big game. as i'm in desperate need of a job with real income asap, he's suggesting i follow his footsteps. so, thought i'd ask here opinions on it.

anyone done aflac sales or other insurance? what about other 100% commission jobs? i'm not what i'd consider a natural salesman. i couldn't talk a starving man into spending his last dollar on a belt buckle or some shit. but i can talk to people and tell them about good products. so, maybe? i don't know...

as the kid who dreamed of game development as a career, the fact i'm even considering this seems ludicrous. but damn do i need a job.

i'm no expert at all, but yea, i tend to agree with your logic. that may be my unfounded optimism though.

pretty sure ya did it right. we just have seen the admin for a bit.

dude, it's a signature campaign thread. we never even go to the site...

so i was trying to find that "come on bitcoin, do something" meme wher the dude is poking a coin with a stcik, but i can't find it... so i'll just type this out so i still post my point... which is "argh. boring."

as discussed in PM, i'm asking for .5 btc loaned until the end of the month aka march 1, repayment of .6 btc at that time, as well as the other loan i owe to you.

edit: send to 1F4j4Lha8BjL4wxwFVbGaQwMJ4Kd1brfXb please.

oh, yes. definitely reenrolling.

 post count is 1943. this post is 1944.

two weeks and a day by my calendar.

i know man, i know.

Zakir, i'll look into it.

wait, what? you'd loan me more even though i've not repaid you?

well my car IS a few thousand miles over due on an oil change and tire rotation...