You know, I heard Tiger Direct was accepting bitcoins too but when I checked out the other day I did not see the option to pay with BTC. Could it be they just accept it so they can get the business of crypto miners and don't really want to in general?

If they are paying to exchange it immediately, that probably sucks the profit out of it. I never really realized how high the fees were at Coinbase until I purchased a significant amount. Must they butt rape us so?

I'd like to try an automatic trader, but wouldn't know how to program it. P.M. me if you have any resources where I can learn enough to earn 

So you are saying that getting an education and designing automation won't even be a job? What will we do? Sit and play x-box? I think automation frees up labor to do other things. I can't see the future but progress is either good or you can go find a cave.

They can do that.... put you in a uniform and hand you a rifle.

Some people in the amazon have relatively nothing and are happy. We (USA) have one of everything but we want two.

The best indicator of who will rise from poverty is hard work, and determination. I'm not rich, but I'm not in poverty.... but if I wasn't so lazy, I'd have a lot more :-)

Thanks,
 I can now see how it probably won't get out of hand. I just bought a couple BTC for offline storage and this makes me feel better about the future.

Thank you for answering my earlier questions. One thing that struck me in an earlier post (and having listened to podcasts), was the fact that some other alt-coins ride the block-chain. I assume by using it, they enlarge it, making it harder to d/l and store. Isn't this a "tragedy of the commons" scenario?

First I am not completely new but by the time I got into bitcoin, I was under the impression that mining is too difficult to be profitable unless you have asics or a server farm.. Is this correct? I mean you have to be the "winner" or in a pool to receive bitcoin, right? Do all miners receive transaction fees, and is it worth it just for that if you try to cpu mine with one pc? I doubt I could make anything with trying to out mine anyone.

I'm afraid I don't fully understand transaction fees (I know they would be small but not sure how they are earned).