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I have used bitmixer.io many times for around a 0.65% - 0.8% fee.  I advertise for them because they have come through every time (but am not affiliated with them other than being a customer and receiving my BTC0.0007 per post).  bitmixer allows you to get your mixed coins within about 5 - 10 minutes after the first confirmation of your payment to them (amounts up to $2000 or whatever, their website advises that they take longer for LARGE amounts of BTC).  They also allow you to use a time delay as well as to send to more than one wallet at a time (which if you are very concerned re privacy is a plus).

I have also used blockchain.info's SharedCoin service many times (similar fees).

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I would be very interested in reading other comments from users of bitcoinlaundry.com.

bitcoinlaundery has bitmixer as a very tough competitor...

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My very first Bitcoin purchase was from goldsilverbitcoin!  A one quarter oz Gold Eagle.  I wrote it up at my blog, the only problem I had was that the order took a while, "J" explained that he had an out-of-town commitment he had to make, hence the delay.  Read all about it here: http://goo.gl/N1IhAJ.

I am interested in an item that Provident does not in stock, I will PM or email you in the coming days.  Amagi has it, but the one time I ordered from them it took over two weeks to arrive (paid with BTC).

Provident is FAST. They are very worthy competitors of yours.  Zero problems, good prices, fast shipping.

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As far as payment by BTC, for less than $3000 orders, is that reported/reportable to the IRS as well?

Best of luck with your business!

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MAYBE Bitcoin will become a global currency in the foreseeable future.  But, perhaps only 0.5% (a guess) of Americans have ever used it in a transaction.  I am the ONLY one I personally know who actually has.

And in Peru (granted a small and not globally important country), BTC is going nowhere fast.  The only BTC group I have ever seen are located in a provincial city, and they never even go to Lima. 

Peru has a ways to go, it is not adopting quickly like Argentina apparently is.  But, Peru's economy and currency are currently pretty stable.  Argentina has a lot of bad things happening now along with a larger IT sector than Peru.  Bad things happening financially gives Argentines motivation to protect their wealth.

[Peru is where our import company is, run by my in-laws down there]

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I voted "Everyone".  As far as technology allows (and assuming "everyone" includes those with enough literacy and numeracy so they know how), yes, of course everyone should be welcome.  That would give Bitcoinistan more liquidity as well.

Although I was very tempted to vote myself into The Elite too.   

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Wow, I am away from the computer for some 14 hours, you know to get some sleep and stuff, and the dialog here has exploded...

A lot of material to wade through iamback, bigtimespaghetti and coinits!  (I agree, bigtimespaghetti: you may be better off without a real estate loan...)

Heta and Carinthia may be the news of the day, I have just signed on to the 'Net, so I am not up to speed on the news of the moment.


*** Bix Weir has a bad reputation among the guy I respect the most re gold. ***


*** I agree that we MUST have a circulating fiat currency that is not tied to gold. ***


I suspect that iamback is right: "the solution" (freedom) has to come from technology.

More later, when I can think of something to contribute.

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Possum577

Link to mining pool stats:

https://blockchain.info/pools



EDIT: I could not figure out how to get that pie chart pasted in here, but here are some recent stats re hashing power, these figures are very similar to the ones I mentioned in a separate thread a few days ago:

AntMiner:          18%      China
F2Pool:             15%         "
BTCChina Pool:  10%         "
BW.COM:          10%         "
KnCMiner:          6%       Sweden
GHash.IO:          4%       UK?  Slovakia?  Ukraine?    (Comment: remember when GHash.IO briefly had 51%?)
BTCGuild:           3%       ?
Slush:               3%        Czech Republic

There is a separate column for "Unknowns".  You can search Google and find out the country, or at least where they report from.  IIRC, "5.9.xxx.xxx" is Germany and "82.221.xx.xx" is Iceland.  

Correct me where wrong!

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There is a small community of us here who maintain interest in mixing services.  Most bitcointalk members are reasonably happy (my characterization) with the services they actually use (ex. bitcoinfog).  I am happy with bitmixer.io (see my ad, but otherwise I am just another happy customer -- not affiliated) as well as blockchain.info's SharedCoin service.  Both charge around 0.7%, plus-or-minus.

I do not know, but would guess that bitmixer.io had to build up trust over a fairly long time to get to where they are now.

I think that you are going to need some people to try your service and report back.  Maybe cut your fees for three months?

I hope people post with any experiences who try mixing.space.

Good luck!

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Possum577

That was a nice idea you came up with, asking bitcointalkers where they come from.  It will be interesting to see how well (or not) those who respond to you come from vs., say, hashing power (blockchain.info's mining pool stats).

N. America!

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Mewtwo

The US$ is even higher now than your graph shows.  On Friday it jumped over 100 basis points IIRC.  It is at some 97.70 (my favorite quick & dirty widget for this kind of thing is ounce.me).

Yes, I get a little bit of the willies looking at the huge rise of the dollar.  Some of the guys I read say that a big spike in the dollar is really a death dance...

Those with dollars may consider cashing them in for assets that have gone up LESS.  Gold.  Swiss Francs.  Acceptable quality bearings from China (those prices are going down hard).

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NotLambChop

~45% BTCeanie BTCabies sounds about right to me, ha ha ha...  But, you would be wise to have no more than 25% of that in any single BTC.BTC.

Remember, diversification takes many forms, and is multidimensional.  You can't be too careful.

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CtrlAltBernanke420   (I really like your moniker BTW)

If the refund is tiny (which it probably is), no way I would be coerced into joining Coinbase or anyone else like that.  My reasoning is similar to that why I do not use those discount cards at CVS or the grocery store: NONE of their business!

Or using a credit card to buy booze.

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My game plan would be something like this:

1) Buy slowly as long as BTC is under $500.  And if gold continues to be low vs. BTC (ounce.me has a nice little widget showing that ratio), then I buy gold with SOME of that newly bought BTC.

2) If/when (latter more likely) BTC goes to $1000 - $1500, HODL most (no more buying), but buy a bit more Au.

3) BTC goes over, say, $2000 or $3000, use most to buy even more gold.  HODL the rest until kingdom come. 

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I have not used Coinbase so cannot offer a good comment on them.

I HAVE used trucoin.com, and yes they are expensive (9% total by my calculations, not their's!), but they have always come through.  But, trucoin is easy to use (after set-up), and has not failed me.

My city does not offer many who I can meet via localbitcoins (I've tried).  THAT option would be great because it leaves much less of a trail...

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Brown/black and blue is what I see, no changes.  But I did see somewhere (Drudge?, somewhere) pictures of apparently the same dress in different lighting conditions, and yep, different colors.

Perhaps they slyly used materials that have that effect in different lighting...

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iamback

The topics you typically discuss are inherently difficult.  And you discuss a lot of them.

Perhaps a better way to success (here: demonstrating that a certain point or idea is superior to another) is to maybe discuss FEWER ideas...  Smaller bites.  Fewer topics that require research that takes time to do, to think about and to verify.  This is the way good educators teach to the masses...

We are not all programmers, especially me.  What, about 1% are programmers?  (hmm..., that 1% business again)

"Economic Devastation" is a wonderful thread.  Look at how long it has endured and how many read here and comment.  The nature of financial thought, IMO, especially if one is carefully constructing comments so that others may understand and appreciate, is one that invites careful consideration among your counterparts.

"Bite-sized" ideas and consideration for the fact that most here at "Devastation" are NOT programmers slinging the zing at the slower students may yield better understanding of Armstrong's ideas and yours as well.  An organization (the name of the organization is unimportant) wrote long ago:

Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion...

Contributing your thoughts in an attractive and inviting manner here will win them more consideration.  And as we understand them better, the entire set of conversations will become enhanced...

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That dress has become famous on the web for its color-shifting, smile,,,

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My case:

1) Spiritual health (the most neutral way I can characterize my beliefs without causing offence)
2) Physical and mental health (includes a happy marriage, decent friends, etc.)
3) Money, in its various forms (including preparations "just in case"), to lead to safe, comfortable and interesting life

No. 1 is by far the most important for me.



EDIT: Nice thread Bit_Happy!

EDIT-ER: Money at No. 3 IS important!  There are maybe 50 other things of lesser import...

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CoinCube

Yes, I saw that at ZH last night.  The time to have moved gold from your "Home Country" to "Plan B" was yesterday...  I did.

But not 27 kg of gold, ay que pena!

JUST for everyone's possible future reference, you may take ANY amount of cash, gold and other very liquid investments (or "negotiable instruments") out of the USA with you.  But, if the total value is over $10,000 per person per trip you must report it on a Customs form available (but not easy to find) at international airports.  So, our pals at .gov will know if you take out a large amount, but no one else (we presume and hope) will.

Re smaller amounts (say 5 oz Au, or $5000, TOTAL) you do not have to report.

Many countries (inc. Peru) have similar regulations, I think Peru's case is, surprise!, $10,000 as well.

iamback

The OROBTC guy has a very weak Sarcasm and Bullshit Meter.  In fact, it barely functions at all.   I like humor as much as the next guy (in fact I send out jokes to some 50 people via "mass" emails on occasion), but sarcasm (IMO) ought to either be marked or drop-dead clear...  No need to confuse people.  The fact that sarcasm is hard for many people to detect in writing is the fact that written words often do not offer up the obvious clues that many smart people think ARE obvious.

Also, frank discussion is fine.  But, IMO it is not, ahh, simple human kindness and courtesy to disparage others for not catching a fairly difficult point you are trying to make.  Armstrong seems to be insensitive as well.  Perhaps this is the way super-bright guys think...

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I know a short note on this thread does not count toward a BTC0.0007 per post, but I received my third payment, thank you bitmixer.

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One of my favorite expressions from my time over at Zero Hedge (I dropped out recently) is:

"Be your own bank, buy gold!"

That can be extended to Bitcoin as well, both are assets outside the banking system.  IMO, it is smart to have soem valuables away from the clutches of the banksters...

Perhaps if you own enough Bitcoin and gold we could say:

"Be your own Central Bank, buy gold and Bitcoin!"

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CtrlAltBernanke420

I changed my BTC receiving and spending patterns when some serious members here at bitcointalk told me similar things as the above: more privacy!  The logic behind what they say is good.  You not only protect yourself, but to a lesser degree protect your partners receiving your BTC and those you send to.

I currently use three wallets: a Trezor one, a Ledger Nano one and a blockchain.info wallet.  The first two are mostly for longer term storage or big purchases (gold).  I am trying to see which I like better (Trezor vs. Ledger), so far I like them both.  I do use the blockchain.info wallet to mix coins with their SharedCoin service and smaller transactions.  The blockchain.info wallet is pretty easy to use with nice features, but is NOT as secure!

Like many others here, I have used a lot of addresses, maybe 60 or more.


DannyHamilton

THANK YOU for your explanation, I did know the difference between "wallets" and addresses", but you cleared up a point or two and performed a genuine public service.  Bravo.