Introduce yourself :)

[Giddeon]

Hey all,

Been lurking for a couple of months, decided to start posting.

Learned about Bitcoin a couple of months ago and I'm kinda late to the party considering the reward change and the impending difficulty hike from the ASIC storm that's a' comin'. I was all fired up and ready to build my own FPGA grid from something like spartan 6 chips as I was learning and I quickly ran into this ASIC wonder that's coming. Kinda killed the whole hobbyist/enthusiast deal by replacing it with a box with a light on it bu hey.. things move along.

Well, hopefully I can be of some benefit to some here as well as soaking up whatever info and tips I can.

Have a good one guys.

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[crabel]

Hello, testing to see if I can post

[just1nmc]

Hi guys, bought my first bitcoin about a week ago, but I've been interested for a while. Trying to get ahold of some more at the moment
I'm also selling my iPad 2 for BTC if anyone is looking for one.

[kosmokramer]

I'm just trying to post a reply in a LTC thread. What do I have to do to make that happen? I've been a registered member forever!

[Donairsauce]

Hey! I'm Donairsauce.

I love the idea of a universal currency and hope that this will have more mainstream applications soon!

[BitcoinLady]

Hello everybody!
I am new in Bitcoin world. Hoping to gather some knowledge from you, techie friends! Anyway I'm excited to learn more, Bitcoin has so much potential.
Bitcoin Lady

Probably going to ask for a loan and default all within 1-10 weeks.

Probably you collect posts

[logicbomb666]

I'm logic.

I started mining with a cheap $40 GPU last year once I first heard about bitcoin.  Was interested and thought it was cool.  Left it alone and stopped mining to play video games instead.  Got a decent 6950 for video games and started playing PC games only again for the first time in over a decade.  Then during January of this year, a buddy of mine asked me about bitcoins at a party one night, so my brain turned back on. 

I spent some money, built a rig w/ 3 5830s and have it running in the closet.  Once it was running and stable, I then looked around the internet, found this forum, found out about ASICs, pre-ordered a BFL product.  And basically im still reading stuff about bitcoin as much as possible and trying my hardest not to spend more money on a better rig or on any other products available for pre-order.  Everyday it gets harder and harder to not through money at hardware.

BFL have massive supply chain issues. Right now you are looking @ june if you ordered at ASIC rig right now. And by then it'll be all too late, as the ASIC miners are entering the market now and bumping up the difficulty bigtime. Check out the chart. See that spike to the right? Yeah, that's right. ASICs. Lots of them. See that squared red line? Yup, that's the difficulty level - and it just jumped. And will keep on doing so until you receive your BFL. And by then it'll be all too late. Buy your way into coins instead - that's your best shot right now.

I am comfortable with my order timing and the fact that I probably wont make any real profit.  Nevertheless, I still like buying and tinkering with hardware.  Even if it does end up as a continual uphill battle to play catch up.  Still fun for me.  Thanks for the info though, Its basically the same thing I keep reading all around these forums. :-D

[R33FR]

Hey everybody I am R33FR and have been on the forums on and off for a while and I am ready to start discussing topics now. I usually have discussions just through networking with people on IRC etc. so I am not new to the bitcoin bandwagon you could say

[k22k]

Hi everyone

Been using bitcoins for the past year and love the concept as well as the technology behind it.

k22k

[infebious]

Hi everyone - i'm waiting on my asic to arrive.  we will see...

[pumawolf]

loving btc  , this is the future

[pumawolf]

gonna try to buy everything with bitcoins, no banksters no paypal

[dex9]

Looking around...

[priitk]

Hello bitcoiners, I have joined in hopes to expand the use of BTC and LTC.

Very newb at any type of linux use but I'll do my best to figure this all out.

[ed8t]

hi everybody

[KennethCole]

Hey, I am not that new to the bitcoin, but rather, I have lurked for many years... waiting in the shadows >_> but no. I just didn't act because I didn't believe they would excel as far as they have. I wish I would have put a lot of my money into bitcoins when they where just 5 dollars a pop... *sigh*

[chaching1214]

Hello all New to the board and i hope to learn lots. THanks

[stephwen]

Hi everyone,

I've been reading a lot on this forum and on reddit recently.
I've been introduced to bitcoin by a Belgian member of this forum a few weeks ago, and bought my first bitcoins short after that.

I have a few web development ideas related to bitcoins.

[Chaotic]

Hello, my name is BITCOINER.SK

[Pepaco]

Hi everyone!!!