Maged
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March 31, 2012, 12:31:46 AM |
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I got my first coins from CoinPal back when the price was just under a dollar. I actually put a request into the faucet first, but because of reasons I can't quite remember anymore, faucet transactions were having a hard time getting relayed and added to blocks, delaying the transactions for about a day. If it wasn't for me being willing to try out buying bitcoins through CoinPal, I very likely would have given up on Bitcoin right there.
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Yankee (BitInstant)
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Charlie 'Van Bitcoin' Shrem
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March 31, 2012, 12:46:23 AM |
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To be honest, I wanted to try out SR, but after researching the actual prices, it was cheaper to use Mr. Shadester who lives a few blocks away  It does take a bit to set up Dwolla, but honestly it's the only reliable 100% scam-free way to get bitcoins that I know of Heh, do you realize you can use my company Bitinstant.com to deposit cash at any bank in the US and fund any of 6 exchanges we support? I think thats 100% scam free |
Bitcoin pioneer. An apostle of Satoshi Nakamoto. A crusader for a new, better, tech-driven society. A dreamer. More about me: http://CharlieShrem.com |
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Soros Shorts
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March 31, 2012, 02:20:16 AM |
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CPU mined 50 BTC back in mid to late late 2010 using the Bitcoin client's built-in miner. A few days later I think I mined another 50 BTC. Shortly thereafter I reformatted the computer (a Dell PowerEdge 2970 server) and lost the wallet.dat. I think it was around the time somebody paid 10,000 BTC for a pizza so I didn't think much of my 100 BTC then.
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bg002h
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I outlived my lifetime membership:)
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March 31, 2012, 03:01:28 AM |
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CPU mined a few hundred on my laptop July 2010 in a few days....I heard about bitcoin via slashdot....difficulty shot up real quick and I forgot about bitcoin for about a year. Luckily I didn't loose them.
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vindimy
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March 31, 2012, 03:13:24 AM |
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Heh, do you realize you can use my company Bitinstant.com to deposit cash at any bank in the US and fund any of 6 exchanges we support? I think thats 100% scam free Thanks, I'll check you guys out. |
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theymos
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March 31, 2012, 04:40:47 AM |
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Mined it. Block #38,754.
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molecular
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March 31, 2012, 12:40:24 PM |
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Started mining with my 5770 back in April of 2010. I believe it only took me a day to generate one Bitcoin with the 5770 at the time.
Wait...you mined at a pool? two years ago? with a 5770? At difficulty 4096? Were you on drugs?  especially because I don't think there was a public opencl kernel at the time  |
PGP key molecular F9B70769 fingerprint 9CDD C0D3 20F8 279F 6BE0 3F39 FC49 2362 F9B7 0769
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molecular
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March 31, 2012, 12:40:52 PM |
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In 2010 I sold an unused copy of Windows 7 Ultimate for 1400 BTC
that's classic! |
PGP key molecular F9B70769 fingerprint 9CDD C0D3 20F8 279F 6BE0 3F39 FC49 2362 F9B7 0769
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Pieter Wuille
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March 31, 2012, 12:43:53 PM |
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Mined in slush's pool a few days after it started (december 2010).
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I do Bitcoin stuff.
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March 31, 2012, 02:55:07 PM |
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First got 0.05 from the Faucet to see how it worked. Then, right after that, I moved all my Second Life Lindens (which I didn't play anymore) via some nice person who was doing SLL to BTC conversions I think mainly as a hobby to spur interest. It was November 2010. Boy, do I wish I had the foresight to buy a bunch more at $0.25 and sell at $30. |
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BrightAnarchist
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March 31, 2012, 03:13:17 PM |
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In 2010 I sold an unused copy of Windows 7 Ultimate for 1400 BTC
that's classic! |
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legolouman
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March 31, 2012, 03:30:48 PM |
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I heard about it right before the MyBTC scam/hack, I mean like days before it happened. I wasn't sure what I was doing, and cpu mined on Mybitcoinplus. My first coin was actually had from mining on a now deceased 5750. I now have about 12 coins, all of which are invested.
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If you love me, you'd give me a Satoshi!
BTC - 1MSzGKh5znbrcEF2qTrtrWBm4ydH5eT49f
LTC - LYeJrmYQQvt6gRQxrDz66XTwtkdodx9udz
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Yankee (BitInstant)
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Charlie 'Van Bitcoin' Shrem
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March 31, 2012, 04:48:49 PM |
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In 2010 I sold an unused copy of Windows 7 Ultimate for 1400 BTC
that's classic! If there was an award, you just won it! Awesome |
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Vladimir
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March 31, 2012, 04:53:51 PM |
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Sorry for being so unoriginal. The "world ugliest bitcoin minig rig" (pictured on the left) was solving a few blocks a day back then.
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rjk
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March 31, 2012, 04:55:24 PM |
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Sorry for being so unoriginal. The "world ugliest bitcoin minig rig" (pictured on the left) was solving a few blocks a day back then.
Do you have a larger picture of that somewhere? |
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BrightAnarchist
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April 19, 2012, 02:58:06 AM |
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In 2010 I sold an unused copy of Windows 7 Ultimate for 1400 BTC
that's classic! Except I kept the coins on MyBitcoin right before their vanishing act... |
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kjlimo
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April 19, 2012, 03:22:08 AM |
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I can remember getting my first .1 BTC after a week of mining with my CPU before my first graphics card showed up, haha.
After that, I made about .2 BTC a day.
Now I'm hoping to get my BFL single unit in the next coming weeks! Woot!
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