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Sig & Avatar updated.

Thanks,
Dave

Saturday price drop now $275 shipped CONUS.
-Dave

I have 2 left. One is still sealed in the box, the other is the one I took out for the pictures and ran for a little while.
-Dave

The problem with Registered USPS (at least for me) is that I have to go to the Post Office, I can't just drop it up front in my office and have it show up someplace else like Priority Mail. That means I'm either killing 30+ minutes during the work day or longer on a Saturday to do it and the actual service costs more and is slower. Somewhat easy to justify on a $1k deal (yeah I know I didn't for the last things I shipped to you) but for a $500 or a $100? tough to say. Everyone has their own level of risk. And as krogothmanhattan said above they have lost registered mail too.


Yes, but I would want to do something which I may or may not get bids on because I am going to start it way up there in BTC or something really different, I'm just not sure what yet.
Possibly trades for gold and silver coins? But that would put other people out of the bidding who don't have / collect them.
Which brings me back to the do I just start it really high and risk not getting bids? I'm in no rush to sell them but if anyone wants to swoop in with an insanely high offer I'll listen. My problem at the moment is not that I need BTC it's that I need storage space. So I have been selling some collectable coins here and there, but mostly trying to move miners that I have been sitting on, old PC stuff, shrinking my hot sauce collection, thins like that which take up more "space".
 
-Dave

Giving me a response back of:
 28132b260e01746019426ee311e5a8fca4e4bcae8d74b7ddd76580b84a677fc0

Still not moving the coins.
Going to let it sit for a few hours and I'll get back to you.
Thank you for all your help so far.

-Dave

I loaded the GUI client, and it looks like there are 2 transactions, but both are unconfirmed and not in the memory pool:

Status: 0/unconfirmed, not in memory pool
Date: 3/16/2018 14:01
To: ASeWcrV81VCmfBy9yFrLP6WEH2Zi7wqL8D
Debit: -0.10000000 BCA
To: Aci7AqupDHHNSsZRzZsecPsLYFJ78G4qps
Debit: -113.50985059 BCA
Transaction fee: -0.00000228 BCA
Net amount: -113.60985287 BCA
Transaction ID: 28132b260e01746019426ee311e5a8fca4e4bcae8d74b7ddd76580b84a677fc0
Transaction total size: 225 bytes
Output index: 1


Status: 0/unconfirmed, not in memory pool
Date: 3/16/2018 14:01
To: ASeWcrV81VCmfBy9yFrLP6WEH2Zi7wqL8D
Debit: -0.10000000 BCA
To: Aci7AqupDHHNSsZRzZsecPsLYFJ78G4qps
Debit: -113.50985059 BCA
Transaction fee: -0.00000228 BCA
Net amount: -113.60985287 BCA
Transaction ID: 28132b260e01746019426ee311e5a8fca4e4bcae8d74b7ddd76580b84a677fc0
Transaction total size: 225 bytes
Output index: 0

-Dave

Already did, he is in the loop.

-Dave

So it all begins back on Feb 2nd 2016.
BG4 posts and auction for the 2016 PaperSafe , Satoshi Note #000100 , BLOCKCHAIN MINING series, Face Value 250000.00 bits ---1/4BTC

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1350618.0

Bidding is intense and in the end I won (yeah me way to go)

I decided to do something nice and since there was a bidder after the end I decided to let it run for another 45 minutes and anything above my bid would be doubled with 1/2 going to BG4 and 1/2 going to the red cross.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1350618.msg13844929#msg13844929

Nobody loved the red cross so I got to keep it and paid the next morning.
Then the fun begins.....
Auction ended on the 11th, I paid on the 12th and BG4 shipped on the 13th.
I'm in NY BG4 was in NJ (might still be there I don't know)
On the 19th my brain said "Hey Dave, that PaperSafe never came in, you should track it." Never being one to ignore my brain (OK that's I lie I ignore it all the time) but anyway, I tracked it.

And then sent this PM (more or less) to BG4:
Looks like it went from NJ to PA to MA and then nowhere  
Could you swing by your PO and ask them if they have any more info?

He then spent a lot of time over the next few weeks harassing the post office as to where it was.
Tracking had stopped in MA and nothing was happening.

At some point he got a letter saying (more or less).
Yup, it's lost, if we find it we will deliver it. Don't call us, we'll call you. Thank you from USPS

A week or so later BG4 then went and made a star note (just like the US mint) and shipped it to me with no issues.
And the story ended.....
Till this Monday.....
When BG4 got a PM from me.....

Telling him that yes, 2 years and 1 month later the Post Office dropped off the box with the original PaperSafe in it.
No I'm sorry. No here you go this tracking # is so old we can't scan it. Nothing, just dropped in the bin up front at my office with the mailman telling the office manager "here you go". Just like he always does, just drop, polite comment and leave. The box was crushed somewhat and the tracking number was blacked out with sharpie. But since I get a lot of stuff shipped here and some is just reshipment stuff I didn't think much about it. I have gotten a lot worse looking boxes over the years.

So the moral(s) of the story.
1) Insure everything you ship.
2) Good things come to those who wait.

Now the questions are. Do I keep both because, lets face it, it's an interesting story? Or do I set up a REALLY high priced auction and start the bidding at what I paid back in 2016 BTC0.47? Or do I do something else?

Any opinions?




-Dave

Nothing on the 1st and no idea on the 2nd.

C:\Users\Acer\Desktop\atom-0.15.99\bin>atom-cli listunspent
[
]

C:\Users\Acer\Desktop\atom-0.15.99\bin>atom-cli getrawtransaction 28132b260e01746019426ee311e5a8fca4e4bcae8d74b7ddd76580b84a677fc0
0200000001f448438704962f6456837dfc82ecc0b335432d75893420c7a381cb27eec36fa501000 0006a473044022058a626a457345869e9e7be837f214873b594500d14b8d64bc7414cfcef537d88 022008acb0b1bee8bf579deaa23a4fe8adf4766dbf2aa6ee79c75655768973b119414121030496b c768a3be8efe83469ab262e895ffa0bb50c372d66bd4488e16d5a6da7a1feffffff028096980000 0000001976a9147744eb161bbffbaeb8b3c295843b0e93396113c688ac634992a4020000001976a 914e5a444269276d7502511d85372f17da61a49d0c388aca2fd0800

On a side note if I create a new wallet (well just rename wallet.dat and let it create a new one itself) and import the 1 private key that has the 133 BCA in it, it shows up. But when I go to send it anyplace it fails.

I'm open to any ideas.

Thanks,
Dave

Yes.  Still here.
-Dave

Help. I'm missing ~ 113 BCA
I tried to send a small test transaction, it crashed and now all my coins are missing:

Here are the 2 transactions 1 incoming for 113 and change and one out for .1

C:\Users\Acer\Desktop\atom-0.15.99\bin>atom-cli listtransactions
[
  {
    "account": "",
    "address": "AHYLEdaSsvM79rBKhRuQEfceWi2gpZT5Mx",
    "category": "receive",
    "amount": 113.60985287,
    "label": "",
    "vout": 1,
    "confirmations": 2868,
    "blockhash": "b332a064097f3885720950dbd16bebd7588f71ac517eb702f58f175130850b04",
    "blockindex": 2,
    "blocktime": 1518891886,
    "txid": "a56fc3ee27cb81a3c7203489752d4335b3c0ec82fc7d8356642f9604874348f4",
    "walletconflicts": [
    ],
    "time": 1518891886,
    "timereceived": 1519184803,
    "bip125-replaceable": "no"
  },
  {
    "account": "",
    "address": "ASeWcrV81VCmfBy9yFrLP6WEH2Zi7wqL8D",
    "category": "send",
    "amount": -0.10000000,
    "vout": 0,
    "fee": -0.00000228,
    "confirmations": 0,
    "trusted": false,
    "txid": "28132b260e01746019426ee311e5a8fca4e4bcae8d74b7ddd76580b84a677fc0",
    "walletconflicts": [
    ],
    "time": 1521074662,
    "timereceived": 1521074662,
    "bip125-replaceable": "no",
    "abandoned": false
  }
]

And now it's showing no coins.

C:\Users\Acer\Desktop\atom-0.15.99\bin>atom-cli getwalletinfo
{
  "walletname": "wallet.dat",
  "walletversion": 159900,
  "balance": 0.00000000,
  "unconfirmed_balance": 0.00000000,
  "immature_balance": 0.00000000,
  "txcount": 2,
  "keypoololdest": 1518034064,
  "keypoolsize": 1000,
  "keypoolsize_hd_internal": 1000,
  "paytxfee": 0.00000000,
  "hdmasterkeyid": "45e60b9daf74203b4e25e863c9fdc092720778b3"
}

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Dave

Is anyone seeing MUCH WORSE performance on low-end machines?
I have an old PC 1st gen i3, 6GB ram, 256GB ssd, Win 10 64bit and nothing else installed.
With 0.15.1, 0.15.0, 0.14.2, everything was fine. With 16 it takes minutes to do anything.
On the newer PCs I have running core everything is fine, but this on has become worse then useless. Before I wipe it and start again is anyone else seeing this behavior?

Yes, I know it's old and slow but all it does is just sit there with the core client running on it with nothing else and it's been fine like this for years. Did it just get too old or is it something else?

-Dave

OK so checking it's only 7.5A. I didn't know that it did not pull full power all the time.

According to the Kill-A-Watt the space heater pulls a steady 873 watts as it runs.
According to the same Kill-A-Watt the D3 that I have with 2 working boards, plugged into a cheap 1000 watt power supply pulls 803 watts.

The D3 has a 16 gauge cord that is a little warm. According to the IR thermometer its a little (8 to 14 degrees) above room temperature.
The heater (pulling close to 9% more power) with 18 gauge wire is the same temp as the floor it sits on.

All in all it's not a big deal, I just don't get it.

That or the 16 gauge cable that came with the powersupply is crap. Have to check that tomorrow.

-Dave

Just checked on 110V with a crap 1000W power supply It's pulling 803 watts.
I don't have an easy way of checking the 220 pull.
-Dave

Yes it is (was...) a 19.3 model.
It is pulling under 800 watts. I can get you a better number tomorrow if you really want it. I hung some other stuff off that power supply so just going by the Kill-A-Watt meter is not going to give me a good number till I unplug some stuff from it.

As for profitability, it's up in the air. Just pointing it to a pool and hoping for the best, you might get $3.00 a day. I have been doing some "hit & run" on newer X11 coins that come up and have made good cash here and there since the board died. I just don't have the time at the moment to really hunt for the good ones.

-Dave

Pending sale.
-Dave

Price updated to $390 because I evidently failed basic math and could not add up the costs properly. I have no idea where I got my original total from.
This is what happens when you rush....
-Dave

Wow I did not notice that the prices had dropped so far on these units.
Now $300 shipped anywhere in the lower 48 states.
-Dave

No, they are unfunded.
-Dave

Just got the 1st lot of them in.

I can ship you a sealed box from Bitmain or run it for a day to make sure it's not DOA, up to you.
$390 shipped CONUS.

I know people will say that it's not worth it, probably not but you can run them easily on 110V
I know people will say that it's not worth it, probably not but they are cheap enough to play with.
I know people will say that they are cheaper from Biamain, Yes but you have to buy 5, pay for import and pay for shipping. This is $390 to your door. [So long as your door is in the lower 48 states]






-Dave