What's up everyone...?
So, I guess this is the place to start for forum newbies and as I am supposed to introduce myself, here goes:
I am an independent recording/performing artist, producer, sound engineer and CEO of my own independent recording label - Pagliacci Productionz. As an independent artist I don't make much money so I was VERY intrigued when I learned of bitcoin the other day.
I discovered bitcoin when I came across a news article saying that someone had stolen Mitt Romney's tax returns (lulz) and are holding them hostage for $1,000,000 or it's equivalent in bitcoins.
I did some reading and I REALLY like the idea of a decentralized currency, especially considering that bitcoin could be the beginning of bringing down "the fed". (For anyone who doesn't understand why it would be a good idea to bring down the federal reserve, head over to YouTube and look for the video titled "The American Dream" - yes, it IS animated, but VERY entertaining and VERY educational)
So, I started mining bitcoins the day before yesterday, right now I am cpu mining but I will be switching to gpu mining within the next 24 hours. I have joined multiple pools including: BitMinter, TripleMining, BitParking and DeepBit (My current favorites are between BitMinter and BitParking as I seem to have the best luck at these two places) and I am looking for and testing other pools as well if anyone would care to share their faves with me.
Also, if anyone is interested, TripleMining has "minipools" where we can work together as a team, if you'd like to join mine just register at
http://c4n10.triplemining.comI wish to contribute something to the bitcoin society (besides my hashes of course) so I am currently working on my own "newbie guide" though I have seen many others and eventually I hope to expand upon my programming knowledge so that I can provide useful tools for windows and *nix users.
Anyway, that's pretty much me in a nutshell, thanks for reading!!!