Are there confirmations of Avalon customers receiving their units?

All the confusion in this thread... Things are not "worth less" tomorrow because there is inflation, nor they cost more in real terms. Things are not "worth more" tomorrow when there is monetary deflation, nor they cost less in real terms. The metric is changing, is all.

Sure, when I lived through a hyperinflation I wanted to convert inflating currency into another currency or goods/services as soon as I received it but that did not make me spend more in real terms. It didn't make the economy grow - on he contrary, everybody wasting resources on this conversion game resulted in less overall productivity.

By the same token, even if I tend to save/hoard bitcoins because of expected increase in value, the economy can still grow. A company may be worth a 100 bitcoins today, and after growing, it may be worth 90 bitcoins next year. It has still grown, becausr these 90 coins can buy more stuff.

Have you ever heard of inflation-corrected historical charts? Why can't you apply the same concept and embrace deflation-corrected data?

Thanks, I emailed friedcat to check if we can get this taken care of before trading commences.
We'll stay in touch via PMs.

It was too late when I realized that...

The shares are sold to creativex!  You may send the payment to the address provided in the OP, or PM me if you prefer a non-public address. Also, PM me an address that you wish to associate with your shares in ASICMINER system, and I will contact you and friedcat with the signed request.

Less than an hour left to go, in the midst of uncertainty about the mistery miner on btcguild
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=49417.msg1522065#msg1522065

Good to know, thanks!  After this auction is ended I will ask him to perform the transfer before the launch if possible.

Eight hours and thirty minutes left until the end of auction at 23h UTC. I provided the payment address to make things more verifiable in the public eye. If highest bidder prefers a more private transaction, I can provide another address via email.

As for transfering the shares, I am not aware of a way to do it before ASICMINER is listed, but if you do, by all means let me know.

Cheers!

Businesses try to make value, not money (except maybe banks ). Just because the number of coins used to represent value is going up or down does not mean that created value is changing relative to other items in the market. Bitcoin price is irrelevant, it's just that old ways of thinking are hard to get rid of.

I have redeemed an old paper wallet via MtGox android app on February 4 without any problems.  Can you log on to your account and confirm your api key has proper security settings to allow withdrawal?

Jan, do you make available some compounded statistics?
It would be nice to see the total number of wallets over time, or number of transactions per day.

Two units are confirmed in this thread (jgarzik and the BF), and network hashrate indicates no jncrease beyond the usual variance.

You've got it all mixed up... Really sketchy guys you should be worried about wear suits and offer you lines of credit, bright future, and fight against "terrorists" from your OP. Do you ask them about the origin of their money? You should. You should gather facts before attempting to come up with  the "moral obligations" you brought up in OP.

Would you provide any details of the dispute? You vented out in the public, but have not provided any information.

If a company makes btc profits only, workers can be entitled to a percent share of profits based on their position, hours worked, etc. Call it a co-op, an employee-owned company, or whatever you like. It would take some active involvement of everyone to manage things and renegotiate all pieces of cake when new hires are made or people quit, but there are historical examples where this worked (see worker self-management).
Bitcoin would further enhance things by providing necessary transparency and audit trail.

Example: majority of people involved decides to hire a new engineer. Everyone's share is reduced to accomodate for the new hire's sallary of 1.23% of the net profit. The net profit is expected to increase due to increased productivity, so everyone's happy.
 

Glad to see you'd offer more than the current bid. This a bitcoin auction. You are welcome to purchase bitcoins anywhere using any method you like, and use these coins in here. Alternatively, if you still prefer PayPal, you can try purchasing ASICMINER shares on ebay using your PayPal. I hope one of these options works out.

Unless they believe the singularity is coming. I wonder what Kurzweil's thoughts on Bitcoin are.

It is also worth noting that the existing system, described above, inevitably leads to someone getting screwed just because. Even if everyone did a perfectly identical job in going about their business, someone will have to default, because at any point of time there is simply not enough fiat to provide for the debt+interest. Healthy competition is an illusion.
Also note, this has got nothing to do with the level of presence of government. The problem is more fundamental.

At least everybody seems to agree that "market capitalization" is not an appropriate term.

I prefer a specific reference to the base or "M0" because there may very well be some fractional reserve approaches built on top of Bitcoin in the future, regardless of how we feel about it.  So, the "monetary base equivalent in USD" or "M0 in USD" seems most appropriate and most specific.

Helium.

And, due to same life-changing events, I was posting in a hurry, and my calendar was a week off.
So, correct dates are shown in bold below - since no bids have been placed, no harm done.