Introduce yourself :)

[seanschneider]

Great idea man keep it up! )))

[LittleDigger]

I live on a pittance so I'm hedging my bets. I'll wait until BFL starts rolling out the new ASIC's and take a look at the mining environment and make a decision then. My greatest concern is that between the halving of rewards for blocks, and large capital investments in ASIC's by individuals, mining will require large capital investment and be beyond the reach of hobbists like myself. On the other hand, I may get a return on my initial investment of 50% and end up with two decent gaming rigs. I know there are BLF products out there, but a cardinal rule of dealing on the internet has been not trusting dealings by wire order.

Why can't you trust any dealings by wire order?

Wire transfer's have a reputation for being the prefered payment option of internet conmen, although logically a good con would take your money any way they could get it. If I see a company that takes paypal, credit cards, and wire order, I think they are probably legit and have no real reservations. If I see a company that takes just wire orders I am really wary. Though, in trying to find an example, I came across this statement "As long as you avoid transfers via cash offices and stick to transfers performed bank-to-bank, wire transfer is a very safe way to move money around." so it's probably bias from my ignorance in regards to wire transfers

[german_guy]

Hi, my name is Sebastian and I’m from Germany.

[salty]

Hi from Wales UK!

[zero3112]

Hi everybody

[lenny_]

hello everyone

[vengasCool]

Hi, my name is Vengas and I like Merenge.

[Tokash]

Hello everyone!

My name is Tokash and have been mining for about two weeks now

[aristidesfl]

Hi,

currently mining with a pair of ATI HD 5850

Cheers

[JohnG59]

And up and coming bitcoin banker (yes i know an oxymoron dont worry I also mine). But what can i say i'm a wall street guy. Really liked the whole secretive and dark side of the bitcoin. Undetectable and untrackable virtual currency   But for real what got me going was that the normal exchange sites seemed to contradict the very essence of the backhanded (in a good way) nature of bitcoins. So I created the first dark pool http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_liquidity of bitcoins . An exchange place that is totally annoymous, fast and uses private transactions with your very own virtualxchange banker (me LOL!!!).
The site is
http://virtualxchange.webs.com/
You can also message me on the forums
PS Whats the point of mining and using an unregulated and undetectable currency if when you go to exchange it, it becomes just another normal currency that can be logged . Keep the whole process under the radar like it was supposed to be.
Hoping to get pass noob status!!!  

[Rugatu]

A big welcome to all new members, you can get free bitcoins for asking any questions you want on Rugatu  

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=91022.0

[grazcoin]

I am grazcoin. Physically not so far from Graz, Austria.
https://livnex.com/grazcoin/

[zhitgeist]

Hey everybody. Last summer I was really into bitcoins but then gave it up. Now I'm thinking of getting back into the bitcoin game. Not much money in it anymore but I enjoy the geeky and technical side of bitcoins more than money anyway.
I also have a website http://www.thingsthatintrigue.com/.

[Blaztoize]

Hi, I'm an archangel from the High Heavens

Welcome, friend.

[RHA]

Hello everyone!
Just learning this new technology.
I've been reading the forum for over a week, now it's time to join.

[Ja¥1337]

 

[Foxpup]

PS Whats the point of mining and using an unregulated and undetectable currency if when you go to exchange it, it becomes just another normal currency that can be logged . Keep the whole process under the radar like it was supposed to be.

You might as well ask, what's the point of using untraceable cash if you're just going to put it in an easily traceable bank account? The answer is the same in both cases: bitcoins and cash are both more convenient than other ways of moving money around. No exorbitant fees, no daily withdrawal limits, no risk of chargebacks, no risk of identity theft, no waiting forever for transactions to clear, etc. The potential for anonymity is just a side benefit, which not everybody wants or needs to take advantage of. They can use bitcoins any way they want for any reasons they want, regardless of what other people think. That is the way it is supposed to be.

[btcwalker]

Hey everyone

[madberry]

I have been reading forums for ever but still manage to read over the Intro thread.

I was looking for something new to research, remembered hearing about some cryptocurrency thing back in 2009 and decided to check it out.

I've been online since way back when, I believe it was 1996 sometime.  I will probably be online after I die, I plan on taking my tablet or what ever we have around that time.

I already read a lot of the info on the wiki and I am reading through the forum, trying to decide if I want to invest or mine.

[FUgqI9SacB7kWzZC]

Hello. Is there a better way to vet users?  I'm a newbie but have been reading these forums for over a year now.  I finally have cause to post and contribute to the discussion but must play the newbie game first.