I only have one source of unpaid orders, people who don't RTFM to know they need Bitcoins. If pre-loading bitcoins for new people is unacceptable, how about requiring them to provide a BTC address that has BTC in it to register/bid that will be checked before the person is allowed to proceed.
First time customer of BitcoinFridge posting this about a trade that was done while I was still in the Bitcoin Forum newbie zone:
Great service, timely responses and good communication and co-operation when my Bitcoin client threw a wobbly. And we both shared a laugh over how the BitCoin system sometimes feels more like voodoo than science!
This probably is a speculative bubble although it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me why the shift to ASICs make people think the price will be higher. Looking forward to seeing if this is a bubble or not, and if it is why the support level for BTCs is based on trading fundamentals.
Oh you guys, I think everyone is at a boiling point because of the delays made by our competitors.
We shipped, website will be updated shortly.
First unit goes to Jeff Garzik in honor for the work he has done for the bitcoin codebase being the only developer who ordered from us.
we also arranged to ship a unit to the Bitcoin Foundation, whom is going to do a demo.
The avalon team on the other hand is going to make sure the whole shipping process go smoothly. like handling DHL/EMS problem, and other custom issues.
cheers.
Congratulations to them for shipping the first ASIC miners, and good mining to Avalon's customers when they take delivery from the first batch of 300 Avalon ASIC miners.
The banks will love Bitcoin. Has anyone ever thought of that possibility?
The banks have love/hate relationship with lawmakers: they love their protection, but hate their regulation. Bitcoin may free banks from regulation, but it will leave them without protection as well. Banks worked long and hard to get themselves in their current position and I doubt they are willing to give it up.
There's an alternate theory that once you are established you actually love regulation because regulatory compliance places a larger burden on smaller operations giving larger operations a competitive advantage.
I'm Tony from the UK, long time reader, first time poster. I'm a small time miner for about a year (who's going to become a less smaller small time miner when ASICs arrive) and I'm loving this community and this technology. I'm not a chatty person so I mostly say things when I have something to say which is the other reason I'm here because I wanted to sing the praise of BitCoinFridge, but not being able to do that on the existing thread right now is a small price to pay for a forum that attempts to winnow out the spammers and trollers.