The US government might go after it but will take years. The only reason they want to go after it is because of silk road. If silk road goes away I think bitcoin will stay off the radar for quite some time.

Also even if the us government goes after bitcoin, theres still 200+ countries out there who could care less about bitcoin.

I used a damaged dremel wheel to attempt to modify my x1 extender, it shattered as soon as I revved it up and a piece hit my face causing a small cut.

I was out of wheels so I grabbed my super sharp knife and started to shave away... slipped and cut my thumb open.

Neither cut was deep enough to warrant stitches, but there is a nice little pool of blood on my workbench now.

The good news is that I got the little fucker whittled down enough to make it work, and was able to add another 300MHash/sec to my secondary rig.

Great, add more paranoia to the fanatic rants. That's exactly what Bitcoin needs to be taken seriously.

You speculate every day you carry dollars, too.

You're holding on to them in good faith that the government won't screw up horribly and devalue them somehow. And unfortunately, that is the case. It is just a matter of 'when' the massive debts the U.S. is carrying crash upon our heads. There is no such thing as perfectly 'safe', but you better bet I'd rather hold bitcoins in the long run than fancy green toilet paper.

Step 1) Buy RepRap with BTC
Step 2) Make RepRap build GPUs
Step 3) Take over world!

That's interesting. The ignorance is truly amazing. How about the one guy who says it would take about 40 days to recover your cost in a condescending tone.

Anyone who's ever owned a business would LOVE to recover their costs that fast. Most have capital to carry them through the first two years of expected LOSS so they can then realize gains. But hey, what do you expect from a bunch of people buying video cards for gaming (nothing against that but they have no business knowledge [general assumption])?

I just don't take these guys seriously. I've been investing in silver for over three years now and when I was buying it at $8.90 I had an investment advisor tell me I was nuts. Well it went up to just shy of $50 and now holding steady. Now that I'm studying the economics and philosophy behind BTC I will run it as a speculative business investment. I will hold onto my BTC like they were oz's of silver or gold and pay the electric bill out of my day job.

IF BTC is burnt to ash so be it. I've lost more on crazier ideas. But what these dweebs don't understand is that BTC is an attempt to bring change to a world that so desperately needs it in a way that it can actually accomplish something. What are they doing? What change are they trying to bring about? None. They are watchers not doers. Eating popcorn and watching the doers do that which they don't understand like it was Netflix or something.

And for enduring all that is exactly why people who are involved in BTC deserve to be rewarded. Perhaps we are martyred and future generations benefit and the history books write of us. Many of the founding fathers of America did much of what they did not for their own gain as much as for ideals. A man must ask himeslf at the end of the day what he has contributed to his fellow man. Popcorn eaters can choke on those salty seeds!!

this IS satoshi

You can be dam sure there are all kinds embedded in these pages. All kinds with different agendas. Miners who want to keep the difficulty down. And certainly, certainly gov agents and agents (i use that term loosely, aka, actors), of banks, corps, etc, who are trying to sway opinion.

It took many, many years for the Fed member banks to convince people that fiat was valid currency and they are incorporating the digital world into their fraud. Bitcoin will be a clear and present danger to their world and it will be acted upon. I'm curious beyond words how this will play out as the gov's previous foray into the world of bittorrent was an utter failure. It backfired and they brought more interest into something they tried to shut down. So now what the fuk do they do?

If they're smart they will not combat it openly through litigation but rather subterfuge. They will paint such a negative picture in the media in an attempt to keep it grounded in hopes that it will only be used in small niches. Eventually there will be competing currencies and this will become more clear to the larger mass of ignorant gov stooges. You can be sure some know it is an unstoppable train at this point.

We need to be aware of their tactics. Catalog the methods they use (it WILL be primarily media based attacks) and somehow counter them. It'll be a grassroots ground war spreading the gospel like an apostle. Many will not have the fortitude for it. Unfortunate too. This is the beginning of something that is sending shockwaves through the world that will be felt for ages. Many can't see that.

My rigs will be used to drive personal video wall(s)

Got a big lot of 30 LCD monitors in january and I've been set on making a video wall ever since.

1. This bald guy have no understanding how Bitcoins work.

2. He smoked way too much marijuana and made a sceptical opinion.

3. EPIC LULZ!

No, doesn't mean too dumb only watched, it means too long didn't read.

I have lavatory-literature already. Currently reading Carol Quiggley's brilliant work Tragedy & Hope, great book. Text here.

As I linked the book, what did you think of it, good? Agree with his observations?

Psst! The next solar cycle is said to be minimal, it's time to buy!
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/big-drop-solar-activity-could-mean-much-coole

Can whoever is jobbing the market please drop the rate to below $4 so I can buy in, kthx.

wow i was trying to guess the answer using a formula i learned in film school, its way off from what you guys have.  i was thinking along the lines of volts * watts= amps so v*1250= (substitute wither 15 or 20 for amps) so 83.333*1250=15amps with 120v lines you should be ok right?
thats what 26k in student debt with 1 lighting class and a rip off the bong gets ya.

 Personally I'd prefer to keep all the equipment running in the 110-120v world so I don't do something stupid like plug a machine intended for 120v into a 240v line.