I'm not sure how long it takes from Canada. I wouldn't think it would be that long though. Please send me an email at sales@bitcoin2cash.com and I'll see what information I can find out for you.

I had to edit out the Q&A at the end because the audio started going weird, you can hear some hissing but at the end it made it inaudible.

The Q&A's were mostly technically related. One person pointed out that transaction fees will eventually exist in a few decades since that will be the only way for miners to make money. However, the response to that is that even though transaction fees will exist, they will be highly competitive and still better than anything VISA or PayPal is offering.

Another person asked what PLATO had actually bought with Bitcoins other than food and gas and he mentioned a METRO card pass and some other stuff.

One guy really understood the mathematics behind Bitcoin, especially how the 21 million limit is approached asymptotically-like and asked some really technical questions. I hope some of my fellow students will be joining the forums since I think they could really contribute to the community.

The best "question" was from a female teacher at the back of the audience who was generally dismayed at how all us "kids" were probably pissing off the federal government and she wanted us to know that we probably weren't as clever as we thought we were.

There was also a mixed reaction to Bitcoin while we were handing out flyers. One guy took a flyer, read it and balled it up in my friend's face but my friend just laughed. One guy didn't like how Bitcoin could be used to evade taxes because "you gotta pay taxes". It seemed that the younger audience got it but the older crowd was fairly hostile which isn't too surprising.

Some people think initiating violence is acceptable as long as there is a net benefit to society. I disagree with that but I would also like to point out that it hasn't even been established that there is a net benefit to society as far as intellectual property laws are concerned.

Here's a video I took a few miles from my house: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2rkk8ABeeU

I consider myself extremely lucky not to be sifting through a pile of rubble right now. I've got solar panels charging a portable Duracell backup battery by day and running a generator by night. The mail is still running at my P.O. box so deposits shouldn't be affected.

Yes, I will be going ahead with my sale as usual. I see a lot of people bidding exactly $0.40 but I hope people realize that if someone bids $0.41 they will get their orders filled first.

The point was only that some things can harm some people while helping others. That should be fairly uncontroversial. If you don't like the lemonade stand analogy then I'm sure you can tweak it a little so that it fits, instead of giving it away, selling it at a lower price or even the same price. I'm still hurting your business by not giving you the entire market to yourself. I'm sure you could come up with your own example if you gave it enough thought.

This leaves us with the real question regarding IP laws: are they a net benefit or a net harm to society? If you don't know one way or the other and can't provide evidence to backup your assertion then you have no business advocating the existence of such laws. One assumes that the state of nature is the default and that we don't keep laws on the books without good reason. I personally think that IP laws are a net harm because it stifles innovation, i.e. nobody can use the likeness of existing fictional characters to reinterpret them into new contexts and stories.

If you own a lemonade stand and I start giving out free lemonade while standing next to it, I'm harming you but I'm also helping other people by giving out free lemonade. The question is a matter of whether or not there is a net benefit to society by IP laws. Just because the lack of IP laws may hurt the author of a book doesn't mean it can't help others.

You should understand that when I quote prices they can change a lot in two hours and I have no control over that. It's probably a fluke that the $1.72 ask is still there at all.


The prices are based on the market. You should put a bid in at whatever price you are looking for and it might encourage someone to sell them at that price. You shouldn't wait for a price to be at what you want before you place a bid. As for how the system works, it's fairly simple, you deposit money into your account, place a bid for X number of bitcoins at a certain price and then wait for someone to match that price and the system will perform the trade. Once you have purchased bitcoins you can have them sent to any address you want or relist them at a higher price.

The market is moving pretty fast right now and I seriously doubt you will find anyone willing to sell that far below market price unless they are doing so to draw traffic to their exchange, like I've done in the past.

Harm to you personally or society as a whole? If it's the latter then I'd really love to see some kind of argument for that. The burden of proof is on you.

Here's a video of PLATO's presentation...

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB1dNmphRJQ

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuRys98OzlI

I just did. Thanks for the suggestion.

If you are still looking to buy Bitcoins, check out my website at https://www.bitcoin2cash.com which does not charge any fees to purchase BTC. It's cash by mail only and the prices are currently around $1.72. Good luck and welcome to the community.

For some reason, the RPC server was locked up. I restarted it and everything is running normally again. Nothing was lost, just a pause in service.

All the Bitcoins listed on the market were sold. Now there's several buyers but no sellers.

https://www.bitcoin2cash.com/orders.php

If the prices people are bidding are too low for your tastes, please list your BTC for sale at the appropriate price so we can attract new buyers.

Bitcoins themselves have value since they can be used to slow spammers down.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof-of-work_system

I added a picture to the first post of the vouchers we'll be giving away.

Personal gratification.

I'm still looking for partners.

If you can't find anyone to do it in person, I'm selling through the mail.

I was joking.