Introduce yourself :)

[eastendtech]

Hi Everyone,
I'm an iOS & Android Developer and a bitcoin aficionado. I'm just getting started with the basics, and don't expect to be mining anytime soon until I replace my crappy hardware, lol  . So I'm diving in head first and I hope I learn and help others to learn this world-changing technology. Its definitely a whole new ballgame. Look forward to chatting with you guys!

Btw this thread has 1337 replies! Woot! 

[zink]

I'm a F@H guy who's running bit-coin for the summer because it covers the electricity costs, folding doesn't. I'm running about 2Ghash with no plans to for any larger investment.

[johnvm]

Location: USA

Actual Job: Sophisticated algorithmic trader focused primarily on domestic (US) equities. High frequency, high volume (millions of shares/day).

Been following bitcoin developments for the past few months. Haven't been trading it due to poor exchange software. If large-scale traders like myself are going to get seriously actively involved in the btc markets there needs to be much better exchange software. $500,000 per single trade isn't anything to me in the stock market (and do many many of those daily) but I don't trust the BTC exchanges at all to handle even 1/10th that right now. Been considering coding up some open source exchange software for btc based on my extensive experience with equity market exchanges. At very least probably will be coding up some public data feed software for use by the general public - BTC tickerplants/feeds/etc. to encourage algorithmic trading. The current software/interfaces for it offered by the BTC exchanges is a total joke and entirely pathetic.

[biohazord]

Location: Massachusetts, USA

Profession: Software Engineer

I've been mining for over a month now and I'm running ~1.4 GH/s (soon to be ~1.7). My system makeup is currently 6950 unlocked x2, a 5830 (soon to be 2), and a 5850.  Hodge podge I know. The 6950s are for my main system and the 5830s I managed to snag from newegg. The 5850 was a craigslist deal.

Wow Johnnvm that sounds impressive. I would be interested in new software for the community. What language would you be using? I'm def interested especially if its open source.

[SkipDaShu]

Location: Republic of Texas, central

I think I've been on here a couple+ weeks now and after hours of reading forum threads (Diablo and Hashkill mostly) I find it odd that I see no mention of running either of these on #! (CrunchBang Linux).  It seems such an obvious choice for a dedicated cruncher of any type.  

I was actually well down the road of converting my Ubuntu and Xubuntu dedicated BOINC crunchers to #! when #3 son got me interested in mining.  So other than one hold out (because I'm too lazy to redo software raid, samba, dhcp3-server, apt-cacher and ntp functions) that still runs Xubuntu all my 'crunchers' now run #!.  They all run BOINC on the CPU cores/threads and Diablo on the GPU(s).  Amazingly easy to build bitminer functions into the OpenBox menu (start Diablo, start AMDOverdriveCtl, start my GPU activity script, setfans, etc. etc.).  It's a whole lot lighter than Ubuntu (actually using PinguyOS on my desktop for now), is a fast install, Debian based so no quantum leaps for relative noobs (like me) that are use to Ubuntu.

BTW, If anyone gives it a try... I've had no luck with the optional liquorx kernal and so don't select that in the first logon/post install script that runs (and lets u bypass openoffice and cups, yeah!).

Happy mining, Skip

[Dom]

Hi. I'm Dom. <audience>"hi Dom"</audience?

Long time lurker, first time poster.

Full time Miner, part time day trader

[Simian]

Ohio USA

I'm a computer technician by trade and a full time web developer/designer by night. Completely new to bitcoin and completely enthralled by the possibilities of a decentralized currency. Started a bank account this week simply to tie to Dwolla for the sole purpose of handling bitcoins. I really wish I would have become more vested in it when I first heard about it.

[webspider]

Greetings everyone, I'm a shiny newbie 13 mins old trying to understand the bitcoin concept and get to know it by reading posts instead of asking heaps of dumb questions. I'll try not to be too lame in what a post if anything.

[ryannathans]

Hey all,

Signed up so I could sell my services (btc only) and help bit coin network.

Guess I need 50 posts. 

hopefully I can get there soon.

[Lorna Morgan]

I'm Lorna.

I'm a model and photographer. I live in South Wales UK and run a website, two businesses and a family.

My programmer introduced me to this new currency. I'm game so I added a "join with bitcoin" option to my site.

If anyone has a comment about the way the button works or if there's something I can improve love to know

[mortenaa]

Hi, I'm Morten from Norway, really excited by this bitcoin thing, even though it's a bit of a hassle to buy any as a newbie living outside the US ;-)

Euro bank wire from a European bank is one of the easier routes for funding an account -- even for a Canadian... 

I don't know, I initiated a bank transfer to TradeHill last week, and still no money in my account... :-(

[cetpa]

Hi

Here Jesus from Spain starting mining. Hello to all people here.

cheers

[satvrnine]

Hello from Canada.  I've been mining and trading BTC for the last month now. 

Cheers.

[magots]

Hello from Warsaw, Poland

[doeiqts]

Getting some posts in so I can answer questions in other forums. 

Pretty new to this stuff, but looking for ways I can incorporate this into my daily life. I'm running servers 24/7 so getting into some mining as well, even if it's small and maybe not worth it yet.

[skillerd]

Hi guys,

I would like to trade but to bad it looks like the market is a bit stuck atm

Interested which way this will go!

[gochk]

I'm relatively new; been reading about bitcoin and have gotten a small taste 0.001 bitcoin from faucet. Hoping to learn more here ...

[flashy]

Been bitcoining since April, just not posting on the forums much. I tried a little bitcoin gambling early, lost like 3 coins total back when they were around $1 each, boy do I regret that now.

[denis2342]

hi,

I use my first post in this forum to announce a new pool:

http://www.btcmp.com

So if you have alot of trouble or invalid shares with the big pools, give us a try. you could also
use us as backup pool to see how we perform actually.

Denis

[Rachit]

Hi,

Big Post now.. I am rachit