Satoshi created Bitcoin because he wanted an alternative. It seem pretty obvious that he wasn't happy at all with all these banks having issues, bailouts and things like that. Satoshi wanted the world to stop depending on paper currency that government steal, subvert, control and print however they please. He also wanted to be able to send funds without being scrutinized and asked why he was sending those funds and to who. These are pretty much the reasons why we are all here

The answer to your question is pretty simple: folks sending coins there are people who do not value their Bitcoins.

Cheap and fun way to run a node. You can say it's both a hobby and a motivation to keep the network with as many nodes as possible.


Why?

Where are you shipping from?

You protect your coins from theft by having your own private keys (avoid online wallets), having a good passwords on coins on online computers and having a chunk of your coins offline.

A good price to buy Bitcoin is as low as possible... There's isn't a price set in stone for it to be a good buy, the good price you're looking for changes constantly according to the market...

430$ could be good today, but not tomorrow... Or could be bad today, but not tomorrow.

There was already a thread on this with a list compiled and respective charges and sentences around the forums, but I can't seem to find it now.

You forgot to add escrow.ms who seemed to be arrested a few days ago for actions unrelated to the forum (references: 1, 2)

I'll post the other thread here if I find it meanwhile.

I don't think it's fair that you add BurtW to the list. Here's the thread about what happened so you can get a better hang of the situation. As for the other they either did wrong or I never heard of them.

I guess you're right, that seems to be true. Was not aware of that, thank you

If this is true, then we can assume that either the hack is a lie or after being hacked, Cryptsy's MO changed a little bit. This makes "Big Vern" a con artist (beyond having been trusted with coins and "misplacing" them )

The funds have been through quite a lot of confirmations, so they're there. What wallet do you use?

It's really easy to use a Casascius coin, or any other nice physical coin: You buy it, store it safely (preferably in an airtight capsule) and look at how pretty it is

Where does everyone else sell their coins? Exchanges, OTC, through localbitcoins etc... Miners sell their coins there too.

As for how many you'd have to ask the miners themselves, I guess... But I don't think any big operation will disclose their numbers to you (or anyone of us) in this forum

You probably used an installer previously, hence why you have both versions now. Yes, if you used an installer it would have updated your older version.


Fees are not Electrum dependent. More on fees here.

Good news! This would be really great... for newbies as said, but for experts too who the code all too well and get frustrated by having to type everything all the time without the software "knowing" straight away what they want

You're not helping the network, then.

Several connection can be made precisely to avoid being hindered by a unique slow node, so it's better have a slow node, as said.

You know you're helping if you have your ports forwarded and can connect to more than 8 people.

Build a website with Electrum integration... Or at least a wordpress blog with those plugins that accept xpub keys. Or either sell your album through PayIvy or some platform like that.

Well, you choose whatever fits you best... If you're in doubt, an installer is probably the best choice.


Of course not, Electrum isn't available for iOS, what does that have to do with the issues you're having?

If you feel you've been scammed, open a thread on Scam Accusations

Yes, you close Electrum and update it. If you have your seed written somewhere, then there's your backup. You can also make a digital one if needed.

Yes, no issues as long as you have the seed, that where your addresses come from.