I read that to be replacing the 22k resister with the 10k one.  Mine are due to arrive today so can't check myself.

In the not too distant future, there will be a ton of mining hardware (near) freely available.  Is there a potential danger of this former mining hardware being used nefariously (cracking wallets and other bad stuff)?  I'm no mathematician, but bitcoin is based on sha256.  Seems like there's a potential for bad guys to do bad things here.

Are they really limited to sha256 mining as opposed to sha256 calculations?  Seems like the mining is done in your mining software and the asic's are just doing the number crunching.

Benny,

I may be in the minority here, but paypal is very convenient for me to use to purchase online and I am a very honest person.  I have complained to paypal for a refund once out of many many dozens of purchases (a filesharing site declared 2 days after a 3 month sign up that they wouldn't allow me to download anything other than what I personally uploaded -- I calculated and requested the exact pro-rated amount).  This is a chickens and eggs situation.  I ordered 15 furies from you which I hope to turn into bitcoins, but unfortunately have no real amount of bitcoins to spend.  For me to purchase bitcoins without exposing myself to fraud, requires me to pay more than they're worth using localbitcoins.com and waiting many hours in between saying goodbye to my money and hello to my bitcoins.  It's a giant pain in the ass, with me feeling like I've been scammed for the hours in between clicking send and the many many refreshes before I see the bitcoin transfer completed.  It's a frightening process for the little guy.  I wish people weren't such douches, but it is what it is.

The short of it is this -- thank you Benny.  You may not feel up to doing this again, but I for one hope that you offer pre-order group buys again in the very near future.


will

Wondering if the blockchain pricing is accurate?  http://blockchain.info/api/exchange_rates_api

If not, what pricing source should we be tracking?


thanks,
will

Faucets give you handful of satoshi (sp?) each allowed time period (30mins seems to be average up to a full 24hr period).  Doesn't seem all that profitable unless your time isn't valuable to you. 

Ditto.  Can't even pm a member to get in on a group buy.  Wth?

Nm.  Found it.

What's the interest rate?  I think I saw an ad for it, but don't recall the specifics.  I'll search for it now as well.

thanks,
will