Not everything has to be done for profit. The OP is clearly aware that his equipment is obsolete, but he's keen to try anyway.
Long time ago I bought a USB block erupter and did some mining being 100% aware that it's not profitable. Just wanted to see how it works etc, and have no regrets.

@OP - I won't be able to help you, as I haven't mined in a long time. It may be best to post it in the 'mining' section of the forum and state as many details as you can (operating system, have you installed drivers, what's the version of cgminer etc).

Just thinking that is likely that newest versions of cgminer and bfgminer don't support the old block erupters (just my guess tho).

I've no idea whether there's any exchange, try googling it.

But you can always use localbitcoins:

https://localbitcoins.com/country/ET

Yup. Edited my post above before you replied

Nothing wrong with that as long as you're able to withdraw without limitations. Had no issues in this matter with FJ.

Edit: But is this their first campaign, or have they done one previously? If it's 1st - they defo should escrow or pay in advance (like FJ did with their 1st camp)

Haven't they run a campaign previously? If so, there's no real need for an escrow.

Rates are lower than FJ, but FJ is only for seniors and above. And if all spots are taken in FJ camp, then few seniors may go for it.

You don't necessarily need a skilled/professional designer to do it, anyone can come up with the good logo idea.
Also, what's considered 'peanuts' in US can be pretty worthwhile in some of the poor countries.

True, but value of those properties is a small % of total gold value. If you take away all the speculative/investment/store of value part, the price would fall to something around 15% of it's current value.

Also, remember that it's use in jewelery is mostly due to it being considered precious and valuable. Afaik pure gold is too soft and brittle to be used as sole material to make rings etc, you have to mix it with other metals.

Helium (gas) got some very unique properties and apparently is very scarce, but it's not considered valuable or precious.

I know how escrow works. But in this scenario copyright + watermarks are the only protection. Escrow is pointless and doesn't make any difference in this case.

They started to accept BTC in August and raised BTC237 in the first week, which was pretty good result.

That doesn't sound right. I'd always use singular for fractions less than one.

0.4 apple - singular, as it's shorter version of "four tenth of an apple" not apples


Aint nobody carez for your rulez!

How would the escrow work in this case? You submit your logo, he says he doesn't like it, BTC return to him from escrow, he uses the logo anyways.
Same risk as without an escrow.

I did some experimenting with freebitco.in new 'Advertise' feature and have mixed feelings.

I created and tested few banner ads, my stats for the best of them are:

Views: 13,703  Clicks: 43  Total cost: BTC0.00904398.

They charge for views not for clicks, so basically I've got:

1 click for every 319 views and cost per click of BTC0.00021

Didn't manage to convert it to profit, but didn't really expect to, since it's a small, experimental run.

I don't have much experience in advertising, so my question is: Are the above results good/poor/average?

What are your opinions on freebitco.in as advertising tool? I like how easy it is to set up and manage a campaign, but I'm bit concerned about the quality of their audience. Since most of them are looking to get tiny amounts from faucet, their not likely to be holding/operating with reasonable amounts of bitcoin, which doesn't really make them 'valuable customers'.

Is it worth it? Are there any better alternatives (working in a similar way)?

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No to pieknie.

Ponoc nowo zarejestrowani uzytkownicy maja wydluzony czas oczekiwania na potwierdzenie depozytu (x1.5), moze o to chodzilo.

Zalezy od waluty. Jesli masz "... out of 4" to zapewne 4.

Jesli ci nie przejdzie to pisz do customer support

Don't see it work for toasters and freezers, but it could be possible for an electric air heaters. Instead of classic heating mechanism, you could use optimised/integrated ASICs to provide the heat. The only question is power consumption, if it's significantly higher than for classic heater, then it's pointless.

By general consensus that gold is precious and valuable?

It's probably possible to set a decentralised 'backing' if it relates to other intangible/digital asset.

Yes, backing bitcoin with physical goods would require trust (to the 'backer') but that won't necessarily make bitcoin centralised. Anyone can really back bitcoin with anything. For example, I can publically promise/oblige myself (making formal signed off statement, with all my details etc) to exchange 1 paperclip for 1 bitcoin. Each full bitcoin would be officially backed with one paperclip (as long as I'm alive), but that won't make it centralised. It won't make any difference whatsoever, other than no one could say that "bitcoin has no intrinsic value" anymore.

It's pretty easy: "two bitcoins" plural. The same rule as saying "I've got two coins" not "two coin"

OK, cool. Thanks for replying.

Sounds like good deal for affiliates (maybe except for the fraction-of-satoshi-rounded-to-zero thing). Although, think it'd be better if op was getting his cut of the commission from every bet, creating more sustainable model etc.

@SafeDice, it's a long shot, but do you have any promo banners by any chance? Ideally 468*60px or similar. No worries if not.

OK, got bit confused here regarding commission/referral payments.

Long story short - is it the same (or similar) system PRCdice have? You take commission on every bet (win or lose) and share a % of that commission with referrer?