I'm opening up a little store selling handheld lasers and accessories for bitcoin!

These lasers are all built by me from parts, so these are pretty much unique. You won't find this powerful lasers except on a few select sites, and my prices are also usually lower.

The lasers are sold in semi-assembled states. Some assembly is required, though it is very easy, takes only a couple of minutes are require no tools or experience. Selling the lasers like this makes them legal to import, so you don't have to worry about customs.

Now, I CAN NOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH: If you want to buy a laser, you must absolutely understand the dangers involved. A split-second of the beam hitting your eye, and you might permanently damage your vision. These lasers are absolutely not toys. I sell protective glasses and I absolutely encourage that you buy and use them. These lasers are also prohibited in some countries, make sure you know the local laws.

I figure bitcoin is mostly used by geeks (no offense ), and what does a geek love more than a badass laser? So take a look: http://bitlasers.com

If you have any questions, please contact me on this forum, or at gitlem@lavabit.com .

Current Bounty
BTC50

Current USD amount of bounty


https://blockchain.info/address/1E36mb8tWuEarA9b99v179CoAkudoadzQS
Bounty is escrowed with John K. and open for donations. Please read below for more details

Bounty Details
I am offering a minimum of 50 BTC for information leading to the arrest of the individual that broke into my house and stole a Batch #2 Avalon ASIC. The burglary occurred at exactly 10:10 AM CST on May 31st 2013, 2.5 days after listing on the forums and eBay. I live in North DFW, in an area with one of the lowest crime rates in America, so this is not a coincidence. I have kept quiet about the burglary while police investigate, but I feel now is the time to take action and provide a little incentive for catching the criminal.

I want to stress that the primary goal of this bounty is not to retrieve my Avalon, but to ensure the criminal who invaded my house and privacy serves due time in prison, and prevent this from happening to anyone else. With that said, I want to encourage those of you that may have purchased a stolen unit second hand to come forward with information about the individual you purchased from. The bounty is available to any individual that provides information leading to an arrest.

Who is eligible, how can you help?
Everyone is eligible.

• Purchased a secondhand Avalon off of eBay, the forums, craigslist? Please contact me. If you are able to provide identifying information on the unit, we can move forward with locating the criminal.
• Provide information on your thieving friend or someone you've seen bragging about stealing an Avalon. I can't imagine someone willing to break into a strangers home has close friends. Surely someone will be willing to rat their criminal buddy out.
• Upvote on reddit. The bounty needs as much exposure as possible to attract an informant.
• Donate to the bounty and help spread the message to lurking criminals that we intend to make sure they don't get away with major theft. I am not the benefactor of bounty donations, and donations can be retracted after each 30 day period(More details in Full Terms). In the event the unit is returned, as a donator, you will receive a percentage of the Avalon's mining power for the life of the unit(no less than 1 year)

Full Terms

• Bounty is run in 30 day intervals, starting June 19th 2013. At the end of 30 days, I will decide wether to continue for another 30 days or not.
• Donators have 24 hour period after each 30 day interval to retract their donation. In the event the bounty is called off, donators will receive a full refund. If you do donate, please remember to donate from your account(not Mtgox or another online account). This will ease the refund process if necessary.
• In the event the unit is returned, donators will receive a percentage of the Avalon's mining power, equal to the percentage donated to full bounty.
• Information must lead to criminal arrest of an individual connected to the burglary. This must be verified before receiving payment.
• Bounty is escrowed with John K. John has been given specific information regarding the case and should only be contacted if you are uncomfortable with speaking me directly

For those of you with ASICs on order, or coming in soon, be careful! There are criminals out there willing to break into your house and take your property. It's easy to forget how much this hardware is worth, and what people are willing to do, when you paid a fraction of the current value.

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If you have always wanted to check out this 3D social casino but could never bring your self to using that out-dated fiat currency to purchase Minecraft, well this could be your lucky day!

Simply post below with your guess between 1-10,000. The person who guesses the closest at the end time of that round will be awarded the Minecraft Gift Code! (Valued at $20).

After that time, a new round will start and everyone will be able to guess again. A new round will start every 48 hours.

The following are SHA256 encryptions of a random number between 1-10,000 followed by a random string to stop you sneaky hackers out there!

All rounds start and end at 11PM PDT
Round 1:
16 - 18 June
SHA256: e8264770c098fb473c96dbe29b40c16c423e5f6a7de38471ca7401d1372fc873
Round 2:
18 - 20 June
SHA256: 4f3a94bae9ec3f4f667634f48f5ce84027b4ed8fddf6bee99dcfbe6e812b5269
Round 3:
20 - 22 June
SHA256: cff6f32778e8ae5b5b27cf9319c745ef7f4f3115439d5e2d9b9fb0094db27c22
Round 4:
22 - 24 June
SHA256: a9ec3caddfd79a7a12929815e44695648892c30dbed80a8284e52476175818a9
Round 5:
24 - 26 June
SHA256: d781fdb48bd56be77137305e53894ff483520002df50f2b60594898fd6e60f48

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Only the first guess from each forum account will be counted
You must place your guess again for each round
If multiple people place the same guess. The first will be counted
If two people are within the same distance of the winning number (eg, the winning number is 2000 and 1998 and 2002 were guessed). The person who posted first will win.


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Thank you...for your succinct post...7 characters...K

I will eventually, but I'd rather find the threads or emails or something first. I doubt he was just appointed by Satoshi randomly. There must have been a vote. A vote from the original 24 other accounts before him. Maybe sirius appointed him?

put me on the meeting list for socal --but im in the LA/hollywood area

If you make the meetup on a Saturday or Sunday count me in unless it is on a Friday I don`t work I could make it to the meetup 

Thanks again for the kind words, and just drop me a PM anytime you need me. *John gets teary-eyed*

+1

obvious scam is obvious

I have to say I have been loyal to Microsoft for years, but the way they handled the xbox one is ridiculous.  For someone like my cousin who just plays offline because he has other expenses,  I guess he is just supposed to miss out on next-gen gaming. And he cant tether his phone its a old sprint flip phone. Then the insult of oh "the offline device is a 360" really Microsoft. Im sorry to say but sony will get my business and display its awesomeness in 4k for my eyes. Until or if microsoft get there logical thought back.

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there was recently a bar meetup and open air exchange with 30 people

Let's say Bitcoin (and all alts) goes to zero because Nakamoto was wrong . What could I do with 50 GPUs besides selling them, have fun with my kids (and the whole school) or replace my home heater with them?

Any ideas that have been implemented? Like starting a "gaming center" or process proteins...

Hello everyone, i'am a new bitcoiner.
I created a pool website named btc.weminer.com, welcome to mining.

What a nice way to conduct a business...

Just post your RealCoin address here, the give out only for the first 2000 users, 50 coins per user.

RealCoin Ann Thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=227149.0

0 left

We are glad to say all the 2000*50 RECs have been give away, the give away of rec is closed now.

We'll consider another give away in the future.