Introduce yourself :)

[Rob E]

Hi My name is rob i'm from amsterdam holland i've been follwing bitcoin for about 3 or for day just looking at different things wondering what it is all about i'm in it for supporting an alternative currency that could possibly save the planet as we know it . . i think we need a free currency that is decentralized cannot be manipulated by governments or so called elites to bring countries and people to its knees and to financially  enslave them. . that's what i am in it for if i can make money at the same time then it's just win win ( not that im not already doing other things beside employing bit coin ) . . an investmend advice i once read was " invest in something that you love and you'll never lose. . i love this planet and it's people and the many freedoms that still we do have . . yeh i mean that  .. because in relation to if and when . . the world bankers do fully take over ,  what we still have now, would be paradise,  compared to that. .

As max keizer said  .. this is the currency of the resistance . . I'm not in it for illegal activity i'm in it for the financial freedom on this planet and freedom from financial slavery. . and take the power away from the financial psychotic criminals in charge today .. .. I see bitcoin as the good for all humanity i think this should be our main focus and should be our main purpose ..

[BTC-TradingCo]

Hi all.  I'm the CEO of BTC Trading Co.  A new company in Seychelles that I am setting up.  Hope everyone is having a good day!

[Decent Relish]

Hi folks,

So I've finally got around to joining. I guess that makes me a newbie here but I've been reading through the posts here for around the last 18 months and was gpu mining for a while last year (until I moved and found myself without space to do so).

Main thing that finally prompted me to join is the recent GLBSE drama as I have a few assets there and am trying to figure out what's going on and whether I've lost my coins. I think I've read through most of the related threads, including updates from both gigamining and bitbond (which has thankfully made me a little more confident that all is not lost as these 2 are where most of my investments are). I also had a small amount of rareearth bonds but haven't found much about them on the forums so if anyone can point me in the right direction there it would be much appreciated.

Cheers,
Relish

p.s. I picked my username on a total whim and it's simply a play on the word decentralist and the fact I like chutney

[Darkchild]

I'm the Founder of the Bitcoin Cameroon website at www.bitcoin.cm

Been GPU mining since March 2011 and I'm looking forward to the new BFL miners!

[m4rtin]

I'm Batman.

I wanted to write the same

But the truth is I'm just another guy trying to learn more about the Bitcoin revolution. To bad I've started with the HungerCoins SCAM

Anyways ... Hi my name is Martin and I'm an addict

[powersync]

Hello I'm Powersync.

PS

[Natrecs]

Hey all hows it going?

[projectstealth]

I'm new to bitcoin but have done lots of reading up on it for the past month. Would love to get into bitcoin mining but with the upcoming 50 to 25 coin payout, I'm a little bit weary about its profitability.

[Menoxen3]

Hello friends !!!
I am Menoxen from United States Of America, And I am new on this forum. I think it is best way of learning and communication with you. So help me about this forum I have much interested in business marketing.  


Strategy for business growth

[Mausini]

Hi I'm not really new to bitcoin, but I'm new to this forum and would like to have my newbie status removed, so i can post in threads relevant to me How does that work? I read my account should be unlocked after 5 posts; but it isnt...

[jps44]

Longtime lurker, recent member.

[EuroTrash]

Longtime lurker, recent member.

Same here.

I started investing in BTC on Nov 2011 - pretty late.
I have had mixed success with it.

Right now if I converted my BTCs into fiat, I'm still up 5% since I started. But it could have been 40% up if I didn't suck at trading as much as I currently do. One for all, I have spent a good 25% of my investments in GLBSE assets that were plummeting just before the GLBSE shutdown.

Here's a little story for you:
I'm customer of a leading bank in my country since many years. Never been overdraft, never had a debt to repay.

Yet one day they refused me a loan that I was well able to pay - in fact half of the money I asked for was already in my current account, and the rest would be covered with less than one year of my net salary. And I had asked for a 3-year loan.

I did not even need that loan. It was a test. To see how much of a valued customer I am.
The reason for the refusal was "the amount is too large for your first loan".

The day after their refusal, I retired all my savings with them and turned them into bitcoins. F* them. I'd rather take the risk.

Cheers,
EuroTrash

[brutchell]

Hey Hey! // I tried posting this intro-Q in another thread but received no replies:

// Welcome all around, then.
I am a super-newbie too and have been scanning the forums to make sense of how this all works.
After checking with many suggested sites & resources I think I understand this but please, correct me if I'm wrong:

So. I went to http://bitcoin.org/ and dwnld'd the BTC app. Now I install that to have my "wallet" wherein will reside my BTC currency.
{I should use TrueCrypt or somesuch to secure said wallet and make back-ups to a flash drive}
Do install TrueCrypt to my flashdrive or to my laptop (or both?) ... and ... do this before I install the BTC app?

Next: I setup an account with Mt.Gox that will allow me to buy BCT, but first I need to fund with say, USD and to be expedient, I can use https://www.bitinstant.com/home to take cash to my local bank and have it sent to my Mt.Gox account. Thereafter, I buy BTC at Mt.Gox which will send them to my "address" on the "wallet", right?

(Of course, I can wire-transfer straight to my Mt.Gox and/or eventually explore the options available at http://bitcoin-otc.com/ and https://www.bitcoinary.com , but since I'm new and without experience, feedback, and history, I'm unlikely to get any sellers until I have a few transactions under my belt.
{I am however, more than willing to buy with my secured, business PayPal acct, but PayPal is decidedly not the choice among sellers, I see}.

So and again, now that I (will) have BTC in my "wallet" I can send the "address info" in an encrypted buy message to any willing seller for goods or services on say, a Tor marketplace?

Is that about right?

Any suggestions or corrections?
Many thanks in advance.

PS. I'd like some clarification of the Mt.Gox exchange too: Can it be used without a "personal wallet"/BTC client to make payments directly from my account to sellers?

[warbdan]

lolwut

[Belami]

PS. I'd like some clarification of the Mt.Gox exchange too: Can it be used without a "personal wallet"/BTC client to make payments directly from my account to sellers?

You can do that if you want to. Just note that if the exchange crashes/shuts down/gets hacked/whatever there's no guarantee you'll get anything back. Also you can't use satoshi dice or anything that auto-returns btc.

[QuizKidDonnieSmith]

I'm here to mine BTC so I can get corrective oral surgery.

[ammo88]

Someone said he was Batman...

Well, MY NAME is BITCOIN-MAN. And I..uh.. I can turn your dollars into bits!

Alright alright, my name's Emil and I like music. There, now u know the man behind the mask, too !

[Beirdo]

Howdy.  Real name is Gavin, go by Beirdo...

I started with bitcoin stuff in 2010 or so, but lost the drive with the wallet on it, AND the backup.  Good thing it was only like 0.25BTC in it at the time.  Anyways, getting back into it.

[misterpotato]

I am mister potato...aw yeah

[jking]

Hello. Looking forward to learning more about Bitcoin.