Hey guys, I've been away from the scene for a while - I'm in the market for a new GPU (mostly for gaming, but I want it to be crypto friendly too)

I'm aware of the pros/cons of the Radeon VII and the RTX2080 for gaming - but would like to know which folks think offers the most potential for mining usage?

Thanks!

Are there any usable options that allow us to load BTC to a phone wallet (only a small amount, so not real worried about security) and then walk into a store and pay for groceries (priced in the local Fiat) using part of the BTC balance?

Clearly there would be no card, so it would have to be some kind of NFC, Android pay, other contactless solution.

Is anyone purchasing paid (obviously) email hosting with their BTC?

Any recommendations on providers - pros/cons?

I know countermail offers it.  Do folks generally consider them secure? do they have any competitors in the field?

I'm thinking about buying some Amazon GC using Dash from cryptodechange.

Has anyone had dealings with them recently?  They are pretty inactive on social media, and I can't find much in the way of (recent) reviews.

I have been marking some threads with the 'watch' status, but don't see where I can actually view updates to those threads in this forum software. 

Are there instruction somewhere on how to keep tabs on watched threads?

Thanks!

I'm attempting to use regtest as in this tutorial:
https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-examples

When I issue this:
bitcoin-cli -regtest generate 101

I get a failure:
'you must set rpcpassword=<password> in the configuration file:
/home/ubuntu/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf'

I add that file and instead get the error:
'incorrect rpcuser or rpcpassword (authorization failed)'

Do I need particular rpcuser/rpcpassword values in order to use regtest?  Any suggestions as to what I may have missed?

Thanks

Hi Folks,

First attempt to acquire BTC by selling something.

Looking to sell some Citi Thankyou Reward Points - 2000 points for 3.1BTC.  I have more, but starting small - PM to purchase, or post with any questions.

Please read the terms and conditions if interested:
https://www.thankyou.com/transferPoints.jspx

Especially..
"6. Transferred Points received expire 90 days from the date they are received."

So only buy if you have a near term use for them:)

If I have left off any critical information please let me know!