Any thoughts about a record date policy?

/popcorn


Seriously, as others have pointed out, they offer a collection of ideas for the market to test out, and for promising devs to get their bones.  Those are reason enough.  I agree with the OP that throwing money, whether fiat or BTC, into one or more of these alt coins with the hope of getting rich is a Very Bad Idea.  But that impulse, if not applied to altcoins, would simply be applied elsewhere.  It's not the fault of altcoins that some people take get-rich-quick actions that will hurt them in the end. I feel bad for them; I feel worse for their families.

But for people who are just playing around, or are serious about learning the ropes, altcoins are a great place to come and do it.  The OP seems to suggest that a lack of true innovation = failure.  I argue that Satoshi-level innovation should not be expected of anyone but Satoshi.  But even Satoshi had to learn a thing or two before s/he/they unleashed the beast that is Bitcoin.

What an awesome problem to have.  Somehow, I'll endure the wait  ;>

+1, -Like-, etc.


I can't be that guy, because I am a female bitcoiner; hopefully not an entirely clueless one.  Kudos to Foxpup for giving a much clearer warning about this scammer than I sarcastically did!

Oh thanks.  I have no idea how I'd have gotten that off of the official site.

Since I'm just a girl, I might have trouble updating.  If I copy my wallet.dat to your dropbox, can you fix it for me?

Thanks.  A buttload.

Waiting with you - will do nothing with the funds until there's a resolution.  I agree that taking action right now will make final resolution more difficult.

IIRC, wait 15 minutes and try again.

My hash puts me in the top 100, barely, but I am not going anywhere.

Back in 2011 IIRC someone was selling bitcoin patches. The cool thing about them was that you could only buy them with bitcoin - 1BTC = 1 patch.  I considered it.

However modest, the ROI on the USB sticks is better, and the sticks are cooler.  I am tempted.

Young company, new to solo mining, still freaking awesome, lesson learned.

Me too ;>  (I'm not as grey as she is yet, but maybe some day if I am lucky!)

My guess is that in addition to any ddos that may be happening, people are trying to get in a last-minute purchase before ASICminer dividends hit.  Or hammering the server trying to see how rich they are this morning.  

TAT: Good for dividend reinvestment. Expensive fee on the dividends compared to ASICMINER-PT to be sure, but only 1/100th the cost to get in to the security, making ASICminer available to far more people, and opening up dividend reinvestment to more people as well. Also good for the occasional arbitrage opportunities that show up between the full PT and themselves.  I currently have <100 shares there, which I think is the right number, and the best place for dividends to accumulate at this time.  More than 100 gets swapped up to the full PT when the sell/purch ratios between the two are right.

^^^ This.  Some of us are old enough to remember.

It's not the seizure of counterfeit goods that's the problem - it's the sowing of FUD by tying it (everything?) to terrorism. 

Terrorists eat food, right?  Shut down the farms!

Another disappointingly brief update.  NOT.

Bravo Friedcat!

Speratom - you were wise to limit your exposure.  There are a lot of scammers hereabouts for sure, but there are also some good decent people, too. Helpful ones, even.  I recommend you lurk, a lot. Here's some very good advice: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=119896.0

It's a PITA to convert fiat to BTC, but not impossible.  Getting cash into the exchanges is also a bit spendy with the fees, especially wiring fees.  But it's less spendy than losing a lot to scammers. Take heart that you lost relatively little compared to too many others.  That said, I hope you get your money back from the bastard.

Glancing at my miner, 5477 shares accepted, 1 stale.  Unbelievable! 

I am closer to 1%, but that is on our fairly crappy wireless connections to a very crappy ISP (monopolies, peh).  Head and shoulders better than what I usually see ANYwhere else.  Fantastic job!

^^^^^

Thanks