I paid for the early adapters upgrade to Tera because you assured me that it would work out to more than make up for the Giga dividends that I'd then miss, so far it's been 4 payments approx (7 + 7 + 6 + 6 BTC) totaling 26 BTC = about $2,000 that you've held on to, I trust that you will stand by your assurance that this will have been worth it or if it is becoming impractical due to BFL's delays then to scrap that plan, pay past dividends & treat all upgraders as equals when Tera starts.

Here's an Avalon update from the competition btw: https://i.imgur.com/78Iq4Mu.jpg

Maybe luckyindia uses a different system to me, with a Western one I find the sun to be in Capricorn & the moon to be in Aries, likewise many other planets are shown differently, please to see the third chart posted here.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=75955.0

Summary page updated, btw bitrain & live627 you choose some dates that were already picked, please re-enter different ones for the 1g Ag, ty.

Cas LTC

See OP edit, added this one   <--- doesn't anyone feel that this is worth betting on? If you do then please to do so in new posts, rather than edits to previous ones, so that I can see the order that they came in, many thanks.

Litecoin's Weekly Outlook from 25th March

Later in the week you may be rather unrealistic, so watch you don't sail into something thinking you can't lose. Find the right balance between confidence and common sense.

In other news

Litecoin now showing up on Google Trends maps for the first time & perking up like a bauss

http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=litecoin%2C%20&date=today%2012-m&cmpt=q

http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=litecoin%2C%20bitcoin&date=today%2012-m&cmpt=q


Atlantis's Weekly Outlook from 25th March

If close partners are not entirely on your wavelength, maybe you need to cajole them into fitting in more with what you have in mind. You may have to give in the first instance to get a response, but it will be worth it. This week you may be overspending because you feel like indulging yourself. Don't assume that if you let money float out of one hand, it will just float back in the other. Such an approach can end up in a minor budget crisis.

Atlantis's Sunday Play List

goo.gl/tRvrs - Sugar Town 1967

goo.gl/XadiY - LSD Research

goo.gl/aZSps - Buddhist Chant: A Lucky Star it is, a Lucky Blessing, a Lucky Dawn

Bitcoin's Weekly Outlook from 25th March

There could be communication or travel muddles if you don't keep your eye on the ball. This is definitely your lucky week in however small a way. There will be a lilt in your step and a twinkle in your eye. Look out for a good break or a light at the end of one tunnel.

In other news

https://i.imgur.com/6a0QujR.png

http://stats.grok.se/en/latest90/Bitcoin

Summary Page # 1 ...will edit to add dates chosen ...

1g Ag

2013 03 31 Organic    <--- looks like a winner, this now confirmed  
2013 03 31 bitrain ~ void, needs to pick a date that hasn't been taken already    <--- 10 LTC consolation prize given anyway  
2013 04 04 Bitcoin BEAR
2013 04 05 samurajj
2013 04 06 RyNinDaCleM
2013 04 15 niner
2013 04 27 live627
2013 04 30 goxed
2013 05 01 smoothie
2013 05 02 iCEBREAKER
2013 05 03 ALToids
2013 05 04 Grover
2013 05 05 kooke
2013 05 18 mrbrt
2013 05 22 wizzardTim
2013 06 23 myhoho
2013 07 23 Wekkel
2013 08 04 thepickingpair
2013 08 31 MyZhre
2013 10 01 tgsrge
2013 10 05 bitcartel
2013 11 11 Chaang Noi (Goat) ช้างน้อยMyZhre

Edit: 2013 03 31 With the silver price making a low of $28.22 per Oz = $0.87774 per gram last Thursday & Litecoin making a high of $0.8247 yesterday we are getting very close, so a small rules change, once the price of litecoins goes over $0.85 or if silver falls below $27.50 per Oz = $0.85535 approx per gram then entries on the 1 LTC = 1 gm Ag part of the competition are closed.


$0.1B

2013 04 02 raintrain
2013 04 03 btc24    <--- looks like a winner, this now confirmed & prize sent    
2013 04 04 FatMagic
2013 04 06 Hannah
2013 04 08 forgeron
2013 04 13 tellmemiau
2013 04 14 Scott J
2013 05 02 der_troll
2013 06 03 samurajj
2013 06 04 myhoho
2013 06 06 niner
2013 06 22 bitcartel
2013 07 04 Wekkel
2013 07 08 live627
2013 08 01 bitrain
2013 08 31 goxed
2013 09 20 mrbrt
2013 11 01 tgsrge
2013 04 11 elelegzet
2013 12 15 MyZhre
2013 12 29 ALToids
2013 12 30 iCEBREAKER
2013 12 31 smoothie

2014 01 15 Bitcoin BEAR
2014 02 02 wizzardTim
2014 02 20 Grover
2014 05 03 kooke
2014 06 11 thepickingpair

2015 01 01 Chaang Noi (Goat) ช้างน้อยMyZhre
2015 05 22 Organic


Cas LTC

2013 05 15 FatMagic
2013 06 01 RyNinDaCleM
2013 06 13 Craftyman
2013 09 13 Hannah
2013 10 27 samurajj

2014 01 01 Bitcoin BEAR
2014 02 02 Chaang Noi (Goat) ช้างน้อยMyZhre
2014 04 01 kooke
2014 06 02 der_troll

See OP edit, added this one   <--- doesn't anyone feel that this is worth betting on? I know that he hasn't exactly shown any interest in alts as yet but time will tell. If you do then please to do so in new posts, rather than edits to previous ones, so that I can see the order that they came in, many thanks.

Edit: Seems like he's not interested in this, so entries now closed, thanks to all who took part.


Thumbs up from Casascius

"You may have heard that Noah Luis aka Smoothie on the Bitcointalk forums has released “Lealana Litecoins”, essentially a physical Litecoin similar to my offering. His current product is a half-ounce silver round loaded with 10 Litecoins, and is available for sale for both BTC and LTC directly from him. I support his efforts and am pleased to see what he has produced."

I expect that you meant 1,000 BTC = 12.5 Kg of gold here, yes? May as well make this a competition as well then, I'll have a think about an appropriate prize - maybe a couple of 1 BTC Casascius coins, also I've just started a competition thread similar to the one here but for litecoins this time, with a total of up to 500 LTC being offered in prizes.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=157448.0

I'd like to offer a competition similar to my previous Bitcoin one, but for Litecoins this time, firstly for when the value of a single litecoin will be equal to 1 gram of silver, with a present silver price of $28.64 per Troy Ounce with 32.15075 ounces to 1 Kg, that gives a price of $0.9208 per gram atm for silver against the present LTC price of approx $0.56 each. Note Bitcoin overtook the 1 Gm gold price this week for the first time, see recent posts in the other competition thread.



Secondly for when the Litecoin market cap (number of units issued times price) will equal at least 0.1 billion dollars = $100,000,000
the present market cap is around 11 million USD I believe.

There is a prize of 100 LTC for each competition with a doubling of the prizes for anyone who guesses both correctly for a total of 400 LTC.

Please express date as YYYY MM DD or as 29th Feb 2012 say, thread will be locked on the 1st May 2013 - please don't edit your dates except for typos/clarity or to add a date for either one of the competitions that you haven't yet chosen for but please also make a new post for this so that I see it, my rules & common sense, i.e. if someone puts the same date as one already chosen the first person wins it & ambiguous dates will be void, one entry per pre-existing forum ID & sock puppet accounts will be void if spotted.

Edit: Closest guesses win obviously, dates are by GMT/UTC time & an additional competition for a flat 100 LTC prize, if he does so then when will Mike Caldwell/Casascius first put physical litecoins on sale to the public.

Edit 2: If anyone who would like to add to these prizes then please to let me know.

Edit 3: Price to be taken as on the main/largest exchange at the time, ie atm it's BTC-E.

Edit 4: 2013 03 31 With the silver price making a low of $28.22 per Oz = $0.87774 per gram last Thursday & Litecoin making a high of $0.8247 yesterday we are getting very close, so a small rules change, once the price of litecoins goes over $0.85 or if silver falls below $27.50 per Oz = $0.85535 approx per gram then entries on the 1 LTC = 1 gm Ag part of the competition are closed.

See post #7 for a summary of entries to date, which updates every so often, but quite often, at least daily usually atm.

(Note to self - in future reserve post #2 for this)

You're welcome, you could try & guess also when/if 1,000 BTC will equal a London Good Delivery Bar of say 12.5 Kg, so at present gold prices it would need a Bitcoin price of $646.47 per bitcoin.



I like to collect 1 gram gold bars from different manufactures & just like Casascius coins you pay a premium for this, the melt value atm is $51.72 & the premium is usually less than 80% making them very comparable with the Casascius 1 BTC physical coins atm. I guess if you peal a Casascius coin that too is a bit like then getting the melt or scrap value - ie just the actual bitcoins from the private key.


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Yep, it's a feature of the excellent blockchain.info wallets, I expect that you'll need a price of at least $100 if not over by mid April (coins issued to date times value) for $1B, if we hit $100 though I expect that 'the over' part will not be a problem with the news splash that will make, anyway should be a fun month to watch, good luck!

My pleasure: https://blockchain.info/tx/a6b9e02b65c77883c7c8a32ff39678dfd05f421797d51fec55b4aa2285cf7adf
 
Good luck for the $1B double prize, you should make some headlines if you've predicted that one correctly too

more than a little & less than a lot

Thanks, answering, enjoying the link on the latest buyer's entry there

I have no idea about mining, check the info in the links in my sig or ask on btc-e exchange chat box or litecoin forums if you still need more info, there's lots about mining in threads on the forum in my sig.

Litecoin's horoscope for Saturday March 23, 2013

Saturn, the practical planet of limits, is now in your chart area of personal finances. So you need to be thrifty when it comes to money and possessions. You need to save for a rainy day, get your pension plan and retirement cottage all lined up.

Litecoin's horoscope for the week ahead ~ March 23, 2013

There is no law that says you have to do things the hard way. You may feel that if you have really earned a reward, it means more than if you have merely struck lucky. The universe, though, is not always so fascinated by the traditional work ethic. The cosmos gives freely. It plants abundance. Sometimes, it yields its fruits only after consistent, persistent, effort but sometimes, like a tree in an orchard in autumn, it just bestows its bounty on whoever happens to walk beneath its boughs. Trust that this week.

I just requested a 7 char after the initial 1 vanity address & from the time of sending the fee to receiving the (multiplication) solution was just 12 minutes, amazing! Many thanks.

requested 10.39 am
fee sent 10.42 am
solution received 10.54 am

Yep, I can confirm that 1 BTC first equaled 1 gram of gold on the 18th March 2013, so Scott J with a pick of the 23rd March 2013 was easily the closest & wins a 5 BTC prize, for the $1B prize we would need a BTC price of approx $95 if it was to be in 2013 which seems possible now, if over $100 (?) happens before mid April roughly (need to calculate coins issued times price) then Scott J would win the times two doubling prize for a total of 20 BTC all together.

Scott J - please post an address that you would like your prize to be sent to, many thanks & congratulations!

Edit: just tracking you down, it looks like it's: 1ScottJJpqTCBbTqnPa7Dyak5cfBPhtdh - I've PM-ed you for confirmation.






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Amazing to think that 1,000 BTC now equals considerably more than 1 Kg of gold atm.

Funny how the price then climbed about 50% to 1.5 gms Au/BTC over just the next 3 days & then crashed back to about 1 gm again 2 days after that, now somewhere in the middle-ish, maybe 1.25 gms approx.


Edited to add, from the distant future of about Nov 2013, the BTC vs Gold Oz chart:

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If Mr BitLotto hasn't surfaced & paid the winnings by April's draw date of 4/4 I will release a PM from him that though it won't help at all to track him down does give a little info on his plans & thinking at the time it was written regarding how he saw BL going forward, there was nothing about it that personally made me any nervous about continuing to play, in fact I bet all told 18 btc on it in March's draw but it may as well go in to the public domain if he's AWOL still then or if the coins move before then which I doubt - I still hold out hope that the situation will resolve itself.

Yep, you're right - ty, it does look like Scott J has won the 1g Au bet as 1g Au = $51.93 atm (laughably close to it's price when I made this poll over one year ago on 2012 01 04 = $51.25 up under 1.5% only), whilst 1 btc which was under $5 at the time has done appreciably better (up over 1,375%) & is now at $71.50 with this jump up which happened so fast from $50 over the last 3 days or so & did occur since the last person's entry of expected value.

I shall review it all over the next couple of days.