Intro post

[Vampaerus]

Hi all. Just joined, so I'm making an obligatory first post.  Many of you will groan, but I'll admit when I first heard of Bitcoin a couple years ago I thought it was "stupid".  Boy am I kicking myself now.  The current market price is proof.  But I'm thinking the ASIC revolution did more than just ramp up difficulty.  I think in many ways it contributed to "legitimizing" bitcoin itself. Real world companies are making real world hardware dedicated to the process.  New companies springing up left and right and yet they still can't produce fast enough to keep up with demand.  That kinda shatters the old public image of a handful of "kids" hacking on spare CPU cycles.  So I'm trying to get up to speed and get involved, the sooner the better.

Here's a few things currently occupying my mind the most.  Tips, pointers or links appreciated.
cex.io
converting USD to BTC/GHs efficiently
the "best" hardware that exists right.now. (Blades? Chilis? KNC?)

[PenAndPaper]

Well the irony is that some of the real world companies you are talking about are among the most hated from the bitcoin community 

[Vampaerus]

Understandable, nobody likes to have a good thing infringed.  But change is kinda inevitable.

[Wed]

Hey, welcome to forum.
You will enjoy it to be here :-)

[brycead]

Welcome to bitcoin talk! Enjoy