ASICMiner USB group buy- orders closed, pay for extra!

[tigerfree]

i will send payment now but i want to ask do you ship to Egypt or i have to have USA address ?

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[gchil0]

I'll take 3.  Sending payment tomorrow.   

[Photon939]

I crashed after I got home from work yesterday so didn't notice that payment had started, will send payment once I get home from work today

[thoughtcourier]

I haven't sent either, but will probably remember to do so tonight.

[Stevenrm87]

Payment sent

[HTML5 Gordon]

Moving some funding around - will pay as soon as it makes it (hopefully Monday at the latest).

[logicbomb666]

I am just waiting to figure out how to sign a message.  It would be easier for me to just put my spreadsheet order number at the end of my transaction.  e.g. BTC 2.101300XX

I was also hoping John would show up and confirm the transactions are coming in like he wants.

The message signing process is only to prove you own a certain bitcoin address.
You will want to sign the message right after you send payment.  Once payment is sent, copy the bitcoin address you sent the payment from and copy the transaction ID to enter in your message.


If using bitcoin-qt:
Click file, then sign message:



In line 1 - enter the bitcoin address you sent the payment from
In line 2 - construct a detailed message based of the example shown below.  Best to use details about the payment sent including transaction number etc.
Then click the button labeled sign message (3)



After you click that button, you will get this message:



Now, email all three of these fields to Arklan:
-Address you sent payment from that you used in line 1
-message entered in line 2
-signature that bitcoin-qt populated.


On Arklan's end, he will use those 3 pieces of information in the verify tab and it will confirm that all the information is correct.

Do not make any of the info public.  Make sure everything is copy and pasted verbatim.  Make sure only the seller knows this information.


Hope this helps.

[Adrian-x]

ASICMiner Block Erupter USB group buy (US/Canada)
Timer removed. End time: 2013-05-10+04:18:59
link to spreadsheet of current orders:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjCZrDbAiz_PdE4tbDR3X3owMHNMb1NyekJGWHN4QlE&usp=sharing

The profitability of this little USB unit is about 0.015BTC per day.  (see http://www.bitcoinx.com/profit/ ) This will last until the next bunch of Asics is released in the comming months.

Given the 0.015BTC profitability will diminish fast, every day is important in recouping costs. 
It should be understood that keeping the order books open will be costing the group about 4.5BTC ($500) a day. That can't be recouped once the difficulty changes.

So processing the order book as soon as possible, is in the best interest of the paid group.   

[John (John K.)]

Thanks for the detailed write up on how to sign a message - I was getting the question so many times via PM. I've added the quote to the OP.

I am just waiting to figure out how to sign a message.  It would be easier for me to just put my spreadsheet order number at the end of my transaction.  e.g. BTC 2.101300XX

I was also hoping John would show up and confirm the transactions are coming in like he wants.

Yep, I've been monitoring the thread regularly and can confirm that we're at currently.   I'll add that ticker to the OP too.

[torusJKL]

I'd like to increase my order from 1 unit to 3.

[Adrian-x]

The message signing process is only to prove you own a certain the sending Bitcoin address.
You will want to sign the message right after you send payment.  Once payment is sent, copy the bitcoin address you sent the payment from and copy the transaction ID to enter in your message.
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Hope this helps.

That's awesome, Thanks you should make a post in the technical support forum. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=4.0 n (ask for sticky status)

(One little difference between owning an address and proof you sent from an address.  note the bold text above)
 
In line 1 - I would add Klestin comment below, as it may be hard to find the "from address" (and a note, you only need to use one of the from addresses.)

In your Bitcoin client, double-click the payment transaction, and copy the transaction ID.  Visit http://blockexplorer.com/tx/[your transaction ID].  On that page, copy the top "From address".  Enter that in the top field under File->Sign Message.

Also I would add how to verify a message. (call me green but this was a hurdle for me as I had no idea what I was doing, I did not understand that: "The message signing process is only to prove you own the sending Bitcoin address" and I had to sent the address through e-mail or another medium other than the Bitcoin network, and the message verification was just a way of proving my message was genuine provided I kept my send address and message limited to myself and the other party.

[CommanderVenus]

Would putting my address in the signed message put my address permanently in the block chain? By signing, where does the message go exactly?

Ill send once i know how to sign and be sure my identity and details are only seen by the parties involved with the transaction.

EDIT: Also, with usps standards, do i have to put my full name in the address format above my mailing address?

[torusJKL]

Would putting my address in the signed message put my address permanently in the block chain? By signing, where does the message go exactly?

Ill send once i know how to sign and be sure my identity and details are only seen by the parties involved with the transaction.

EDIT: Also, with usps standards, do i have to put my full name in the address format above my mailing address?

Neither the original message nor the signature are transmitted or stored anywhere.
You will have to copy and send the message and the signature created by the Bitcoin-Qt client by yourself to whom ever you wish to do so.

[oaxaca]

The profitability of this little USB unit is about 0.015BTC per day.  (see http://www.bitcoinx.com/profit/ ) This will last until the next bunch of Asics is released in the comming months.

Given the 0.015BTC profitability will diminish fast, every day is important in recouping costs. 
It should be understood that keeping the order books open will be costing the group about 4.5BTC ($500) a day. That can't be recouped once the difficulty changes.

So processing the order book as soon as possible, is in the best interest of the paid group.   

My vote is ASAP!

[torusJKL]

The window for ordering is still open for 17 hours.
It would not be fair to close it now.

But once the order window closes everyone should send their funds as soon as possible so that the order can be placed with friedcat.

[Adrian-x]

Would putting my address in the signed message put my address permanently in the block chain? By signing, where does the message go exactly?

Ill send once i know how to sign and be sure my identity and details are only seen by the parties involved with the transaction.

EDIT: Also, with usps standards, do i have to put my full name in the address format above my mailing address?

The message doesn't go anywhere, you seem to have the same problem I did, you have to cut and past the message exactly as it appears in line 2 of logic's post.
Then you send an e-mail with the message to the selling party (not the escrow). He then recreates the message in the verify tab (you can do the same to check it) and if it is green then the selling party can confirm you sent the BTC to the escrow.

See: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=195052.msg2076944#msg2076944 for an example

[CommanderVenus]

Thanks guys! Also, i was wondering. Sometimes multiple addresses are used from a wallet to send BTC, do i just choose one to sign the message if that happens?

[Adrian-x]

Thanks guys! Also, i was wondering. Sometimes multiple addresses are used from a wallet to send BTC, do i just choose one to sign the message if that happens?

(and a note, you only need to use one of the from addresses.)

Also the send address may be a change address, so not accessible through the QT GUI.

[oaxaca]

The window for ordering is still open for 17 hours.
It would not be fair to close it now.

But once the order window closes everyone should send their funds as soon as possible so that the order can be placed with friedcat.

Of course keep the window open, but as soon as we have 597 BTC place the order!  There are going to be adds and deletes throughout the entire process from now, through waiting for shipping, through shipping to Arklan, through the end of time.  That's how these things work.  We should get that order in the shipping queue without delay.

[lostatsea]

newbie here....please put me down for 2 units.

sorry for the late request.  I've been waiting over the past day or two for my noob 4hr limit to finally go away.  I will pay as soon as I can acquire some BTC, no later than this weekend.  Trying to arrange to meet someone to exchange fiat for BTC.  I've been mining on my GPU and recently ported the open source fpga code to a Virtex 5 development board I had laying around, but I've only managed to mine up about 0.4 BTC so far.  If anyone has suggestions on how to buy BTC quickly, that would be helpful.  located in the austin area.