*Bangs on the gate*

Let me in!!

** BANG BANG BANG ***

I Wantz in!!
Gimme MOAR!!!

Actually, I'm interested in an ASIC chip group buy really...

I know the feeling, personally the time is the bigger problem for me.

It's cute, I love it. It's definitely a Ponzi Scheme, but who cares. Label it as gambling, and if you make some money of it, great. If you lose money, well you knew the risks. Any chance of an app? This would be a really fun programming experiment - I'd love to try coding it in something like node.js for the fun of it.

Pardon my ignorance, but why is everyone so quick to create other crypto-currencies? The only possible benefit I can see is that if another does happen to take off, you have the chance to get rich from it. Apart from that though, where is the silver lining? Surely putting more effort into marketing bitcoins would benefit the economy of bitcoins, and thus increase the value of your current balance?

Are there any technological advantages to these alternatives?

I think all of us humans want to use the other parts of the forums. I've been following bitcoins for about a year, but we're all in the same boat. If it means less bots once we make it into the garden of eden, I'll put up with it. But of course, if you do get white-listed, I'd love to be able to join you?

Personally, I'm hoping to put a fair chunk of whatever I'm able to save into bitcoins. If it grows, then fabulous. If I lose it all, I'm young, and can afford to do so. What I love about bitcoins is that all I can lose is 100%, but I have the opportunity for it to grow perhaps 300%+. My main concern though is that there isn't too many places (esp. in Australia) to buy items using bitcoins (and I rarely buy digital goods regardless).

If I do happen to make money from putting money into btc, then I hope to be able to develop and build vending machines that both accept bitcoin payments for goods, and allow customers to buy bitcoins as effortlessly as possible. I wish it was easier to buy bitcoins currently, but I suppose that is what makes them profitable for now (I believe they will explode in value and then slow down once/if they become mainstream).