Cool idea.  I've signed up.

I am offering to fund your 5dimes.com account (new or existing) in exchange for bitcoin.  I will offer market rate (~Mtgox USD bid) in exchange for your coins.  Minimum trade is $50; maximum is $1000.  I am well known on SBRforum.com and have a long history of honest conduct there (and several verified trades here).

Let me know if interested in thread or via PM.

Thanks,
Thaddeus

Loan confirmed.  Thanks for giving me try!

Thanks for the info.  I was unaware of the 30 day wait at Awolla - that certainly would have been embarrassing if I took out a loan and couldn't repay for 30 days when I promised 7-14. 

I will look into Coinbase; thanks for the suggestion.

Thaddeus

First off, I understand full well that I am new and therefore expect skepticism.   If no one wants to lend to me, I am OK with that, but I figured I would give it a try...

Reason for loan:  I just learned about bitcoins a couple days ago and am very excited about the currency.  I want to get started "wheeling and dealing" ASAP.  I have started to dwolla->mtgox->bitcoins process, but I guess it will take 7 days or so.  I will be depositing at least US$500 once my accounts are verified.  I could get coins quickly with bitinstant, but their fee would be 3.5% or so, which is unacceptable to me.  Thus I figured I'd give the forum a chance.

Requested loan:  I am thinking 10BTC should be enough to satiate my appetite for quick action.  I will repay as soon as I get my cash deposit approved and converted to bitcoins.  I estimate this will take 7 days, but would like the loan term to be 14 days in case there are any delays.  I will offer 2% interest for the service.  I will consider a smaller amount, if necessary.  If I don't get the loan within 2-3 days, I will simply wait for my funds to become usable

Why you should consider this loan:  I am a long time lender on sbrforum.com (under the same username as here), so I understand newbie loans are usually high risk.  I have 60,000+ points there, which are worth rough 7¢ each.  (http://store.sbrforum.com/points/log/ThaddeusB + http://forum.sbrforum.com/feeds/ads/keys/bookPoints.php?subdomain=ThaddeusB to verify)  I am an administrator on Wikipedia, which implies community trust.  I am also willing to provide via PM whichever of these things a potential lender finds relevant:

*Scan of ID
*Proof of address (scan of bill)
*I am a semi-professional gambler (by which I mean, I make money at it, but it is not my sole source of income), and can provide screen-shots of a couple account balances showing $50,000 of funds online.  [Or can load balance to a poker table as demonstration.]
*A signed promissory note

Will also consider any other verification requested.

Thanks for your consideration,
Thaddeus

I want to link my Bitcointalk name with BTCJam's. Verification code: 8dbbe28c-a7b6-48a4-9ece-40faa9c79060

No longer necessary

Thanks for maintaining this list. 

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Technically, it is illegal to melt U.S. coins.  Other countries have similar laws I'd imagine.

I assume the offer is closed (well over 10 replies), so I will just say Merry Christmas to you.

Yes, I had noticed the website seemed dated - there are dead links, for example.  Is there a better "startup guide".  I've read some stuff on the wiki, but it is hard to know what is up-to-date, what is important, etc. 

I would be happy to write questions for less than that and I am sure many others would too.  Just saying... 

I just downloaded the "normal" wallet because that is what weusecoins.com said to do.

I believe each block takes longer than the previous one, on average, since it has more history attached to it or something like that.

I downloaded the bitcoin wallet program yesterday.  After 24 hours+ it is still "synchronizing with network".  About how long does this process take these days?

Thanks.

Fun site.  I hope it catches on.