I'm definitely interested in this as I'll have 95 chips to find a PCB home for. Seems like this would be faster than shipping them to Germany and back which could take weeks.

And they're still using ship technology from the 1970s. Governments tend to move like leviathans... slowly and predictably. By the time they decide to use ASICs, that ship will have sailed and they will have spent millions on making the decision in the first place.

So the idea is to create a fork where one of the fundamental design principles of Bitcoin is broken. Yeah that sounds like a winner to me. 

Good luck with this. As a newcomer to the community, I am pretty unimpressed by BFL's practices, mainly their lack of truthful communication with the community and inability to deliver on promises and timelines made. There are indeed questions to be answered, and the threat of a class-action lawsuit would surely motivate them to be more forthcoming.

I hope 94.997 is close enough. I can send the .003 if needed   edit: nevermind, new spreadsheet!

Also, thanks for making the process easy for everyone, John. I'm sure we all appreciate the time you're putting in here.

I'm in for for ~6 BTC, just trying to finish up some reading and calculations (just found this thread last night)...

apologies if this was answered recently, but say we order within a few days, what is the earliest we'd see shipment?

I think you bring up some good points Viceroy, but to assume that ASIC mining will consolidate itself to the hands of a few is flawed logic IMO. This might happen if the market were not free (ie governments/corporations passing laws monopolizing the mining process) but the market is free for the forseeable future. Even if huge ASIC farms spring up, average Joe will still compete for his share of the pie as newer, smaller, and more efficient consumer ASIC solutions are marketed. Miniature ASIC mining devices and pools are going to be everywhere.

You also assume no new technology will ever trump ASIC, which is also flawed. Next year, ASIC will be the new GPU, and there will probably be faster tech on the horizon. Yes, difficulty will rise to meet ASIC hashing power, but it will not skyrocket beyond our collective reach until the next new tech emerges.

Your scenario might play out if the big players started lobbying to have laws passed on their behalf in order to monopolize the mining market. Don't give them any ideas

My rule of thumb is, if the price isn't where you want it to be, just wait a few days.

I'd say this is bullish as well. I fully expected another selloff to sub 100 range.

Very nicely done.

Great idea

I'm new to TA, but I find there needs to be at least 2 (or more) strong indicators to confirm a change. And some work better than others at different times.

I'm realizing that BTC is a very emotionally-driven market right now, and managing to control my own emotions while making predictions is difficult.

So much for the three hour tour.

I sold around 130 too, a bit too exciting for me.

satoshi has died
satoshi has risen
satoshi will come again

and here we... go

This thread is making me hungry!

I think I agree with this. Everything is about money, sad but true. That said, there will be plenty of FUD media from the interests that stand to lose money. Ultimately the internet is beyond most governments' control, therefore bitcoin is.

And he's attacking credibility of posters who disagree with him.

"Weren't you the guy who..." It's like a bad Family Guy episode.

Yes the argument could be made either way.

Personally I think we are headed down.