If you check out the merchant page on bitfreak you might find some answers to your questions.

Well I would expect a lot more mining pools to pop-up now that all the software for doing so is open source.

I'm not saying it implicates or illuminates anything. Does it?

edit - the reason I found it interesting was simply because it allows us to visualize the Mt. Gox crash and how the market reacted. As I said, nothing ground breaking, but perhaps interesting/useful for a few.

Please elaborate. I warned it was nothing special.
If you find boring why post one word.

I thought this was an interesting graph worth sharing. Don't flame me if this is really basic/boring stuff, I'm far from an economist or market analyst.  It's just a fairly simple mtgoxUSD/BTC graph showing price and volume for the period between June 16th and July 5th, with a clarity of about 8 points per day. There is also a missing gap of information between June 18th and June 26th. The location of my mouse indicates the last log before the crash. Their API actually changed around the time of the crash, breaking many scripts. I'm not sure if it was the crash or their API change which broke my script first.



edit: because I'm feeling nice, here is the live version (constantly updated): http://bitscape.co.cc/index.php?page=charts&cc=BTC

You sir, are a genius. VERY informative post. Can I use that graph else where? It's great.

Yes, I agree with you, Bitcoin will come back strong given time, and the advantage is lower prices again for a little while, which I can't argue with, but it is a shame to lose the big influx of interest Bitcoin had garnered recently.

I believe there is a pre-existing condition/phenomena for that, it's called the anime addict. ^^

I was actually looking at the Google trend data for Bitcoin earlier today, and imo this trend definitely exists, there is a clear correlation, and it makes perfect sense, the OP explained it well. Bitcoin is a virtual commodity, one would expect supply and demand to play a significant role in the value of BTC. Google trends gives a very powerful way of measuring the growing popularity of Bitcoin. Such a drastic and sudden dip in the trend data was obviously caused by something other than chance imo, and that something was probably the Mt. Gox crash. A lot of miners got out, a lot of investors got out, and a lot of interest was washed way in the overall process. We can all thank Mt. Gox for this imo. I will never use their exchange, so help me god.

This is a really good poem about the matrix we live in. It's a few years old now but it deserves a look for those of you who haven't seen it. You'll be impressed. I'm not sure if it's possible to embed YouTube videos on here, so here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P01ZxSb3SZM

And what is cotton made from? Plants? Ok, money grows on plants. Haha.

Please explain why it is more worthless than a currency which can be continually created from thin air and injected into the money pool whenever a minority decide upon it. The real worthless currency is one which is completely centralized and heavily taxed. The real worthless currency is one which can be produced en mass from paper grown on trees. That's right, money does grow on trees.

It may not be completely reliable, but it offers a staggering degree of potential profit. And VirWoX is very trusted. If you really want security (and the ability to use PayPal), then VirWoX is a valid choice, but the fees will probably be higher.

I don't really know if it was planned, but I'm loving it.   

We now have a new domain name! bitfreak.co.cc is now bitfreak.info

Why the change?

Well you see, Google, in all their wisdom, has decided to filter out EVERY SINGLE co.cc website from their search results.
As a result, we have been forced to purchase a new domain for bitfreak. So in conclusion, googlesucksballs.co.cc.

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread724477/pg1

They are liking it (scroll down a bit and you'll see my post)

edit - oh, u wont be able to see the stars on the post unless you're a member

YAY!  

PS - it's well made, did you make it?

Can I have permission to post this else where?

VERY interesting post sir, my sort of stuff. I didn't know TOR was made and funded by the Government. Can anyone else back-up that statement? But as for the statement I quoted above, it made an interesting thought pop into my head. I read not long ago that the richest Bitcoin user (assuming they only had one account) was holding EXACTLY 250,000 BTC. Considering about six and half mill is in existence now, and only 21 mill will ever exist, that is a mind-boggling amount of BTC. And quite honestly, one of the biggest fears I have about Bitcoin.

You may want to check out this list of Bitcoin websites I'm putting together: Bitcoin Sites. And by all means, add any good websites you know about.

lol, this is classic. I love how he acts all casual about it, we all know the US dollar sucks and we all hate it anyway. That's why we are here, on the Bitcoin forum.