Guy who dumped @144 3500 BTC is probably not too happy now..

and what happens if we reach the cap?

If you calculate back, an extra 4 days is $200, but they delayed 8 months which is about 240days.

2: requiring so much power that its becoming almost impossible to reasonably mine at your home, due to power usage, heat and noise !

I can re-enter with another public notice, like a legal name-change, whereby I introduce the new handle as me, gogxmagog?

"upgraded" expedited shipping option

Secondly i doubt all 80 mil he made is all in one place, and none of it spent ye

But if someone else mentions Tulipomania and compares it to Bitcoin, these fanatics becomes very angry and a discussion usually finished with personal insults.

1btc reward if I recover it all.

What? It would be $135.

One reason, it is like playing the lottery. You know that your chance of winning is almost nonexistent. Yet people buy those tickets anyway. People know that they won't hit it big mining, but there is still that one chance. BTC exchange rate could shoot through the roof. The pool you are in might get extremely lucky. etc...

Forget about mining to earn back your initial hardware investment. Those days are long gone. Instead, use your miners to support your favorite bitcoin charity or organization.]