I made a deposit of bitcoin into my account on the cryptsy exchange at 4:18 PM on 1/22. At 4:27 PM executed a trade of some bitcoin for some litecoin. My account showed appropriate balances for both coins. Submitted withdrawal of litecoin at 4:41 PM, the coins were removed from my balance and the transaction was listed as pending state, yet there is no sign of them ever entering the block chain. I submitted a ticket that evening at 8:29 PM, received the automated response but 2 days later have yet to hear from them.

Ok, if i have a balance of litecoin and want to withdraw some, and give them an address to send it to, shouldn't i expect it to show up on the block chain soon after i submit the withdrawal? They have my litecoin, they removed them from my balance, the coins never made it out of cryptsy and onto the block chain. It's like they got pulled into a black hole, and cryptsy seems to be avoiding me...

Hi AmericanBit, i'm new to cryptocurrencies, but i think i would agree with every part of your post (quite remarkable because you really say a lot of things in such a short post). Asic bitcoin mining is probably too competitive now for a noob to have much chance of success. I'm interested in finding niches in up and coming alt currencies and hope to catch some in the sweet spot. Any specific tips you might share on finding and analyzing opportunities would be greatly appreciated.

I may be crazy but i have this vision of mining or trading development or integration skills or ?? for bitcoins and using them for tickets to black rock city, theme camp, and transpo... Maybe participating in Camp Bitcoin? Woo hoo, already getting jazzed about the burn season!!