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pankkake: it disconnects and never comes back, and it happens in the irc lib, and I never got around figuring why
pankkake: fluffypony: actually, I made a bot a few months earlier.
benkay: i am leasing a fucking processor with some fucking ram and running some calculations.
benkay: i am not running on your distributed compute network.
benkay: i am not paying per operation.
benkay: i am a purchaser of compute
cgcardona_: I'm really just looking in to it recently . Can you elaborate benkay ?
mrstickball: and all of a sudden, I find a swelling padded mailer with a few K in it
mrstickball: I told him to do a cashiers check
mrstickball: but I bet I'm on a government list now
mrstickball: I knew the person. He needed BTC. He did CIM via express, got here OK
cgcardona_: : has anyone actually used a btc atm? I've not used one yet. they didn't have any in SF before I left.
fluffypony: wasn't what I was trying to do
TestingUnoDosTre: Seriously, I travel through airports frequently
mrstickball: I've done cash through mail though
benkay: i don't care, man.
mrstickball: benkay: I gotta re-download my wallet to auth with Gribble. If you give me maybe 2hrs, I can re-auth
mrstickball: the reason I ask is due to my contract with a major US PC retailer that wants to sell bitcoin/litecoin products
TestingUnoDosTre: Also, I thought you had to register as a money transmitter in US
mrstickball: I assumed 10
TestingUnoDosTre: I though it was more like 10
mrstickball: I am thinking of putting one in a PC retail store
fluffypony: I don't think they're all inherently scammy by default
TestingUnoDosTre: It took me a while to realize the forum is %100 propaganda or regards. Even after I read that accounts could be purchased in bulk
TestingUnoDosTre: Wish I could have found a way to swap that for analogous, but not that quick on my feet
fluffypony: TestingUnoDosTre: true, but I doubt 95% of them even consider that
TestingUnoDosTre: Well there's also an advantage to receiving bitcoin outside of an" established" exchange. I think this is somewhat true
fluffypony: I think the bottom line is that it's fallatious to fault a company that sees an opportunity to sell shovels in a gold rush
TestingUnoDosTre: I don't want to hear about shitcoins
fluffypony: benkay: the other exception I've seen is with GPU rigs mining profitable altcoins, as theres always a new pump-and-dump "ASIC-resistant" scamcoin being touted. drive them hard for 2-3 years or until unprofitable, and then part out the equipment to gamers
TestingUnoDosTre: If I buy a miner, expecting to roi in 180 days at constant diff, even with electricity. Costs factored in, I'm fucked
mrstickball: as per the chart I showed you, there's been a steady reduction since the peak in September
mrstickball: that was the chart I was looking at
TestingUnoDosTre: I don't understand what you mean by daily diff change? Hashrate increase?
mrstickball: rest I own outright including the 500 Grids in front of me
mrstickball: but that is literally the only line of products I've done commission on
artifexd: mircea_popescu`: I was too slow
TestingUnoDosTre: I know that
mrstickball: but I'd say the catch is if difficulty slows down, you'd be good
mrstickball: I may drop the price a bunch and just throw 'em out
artifexd: I am not aware of a single asic currently available that will ever make its money back.
fluffypony: TestingUnoDosTre: I think the point is to mine, pay electricity out of pocket, and HODL until BTC has risen sufficiently to profit from it
TestingUnoDosTre: That's what I'm saying
TestingUnoDosTre: I've calculated 25 month to break even at current diff with no electricity costs
fluffypony: mrstickball: well having spoken to Kate on the phone I can confirm she is female and British
artifexd: I imagine it would work with any sha256 coin.
Duffer1: oh i agree
mrstickball: Duffer1: right. I just thought it was unfathomably odd that there's a John W that killed himself due to fraud like that in a similar window of time
artifexd: The ice-fury usb is the one I had up when I asked
mrstickball: so that was a dead end, at least from what I saw
mrstickball: I don't think there was any relation, AFAIK
mrstickball: I am trying to dig that up
mrstickball: but all the digging I did for a Jon W turned up a securities guy that stepped in front of a bus and killed himself due to.......get this.........securities fraud
mrstickball: and I started thinking that Kate's last name was Wood, so maybe Jon W = Jon Wood
mrstickball: for awhile, I thought Kate was Jon W's alter-ego or something, because they both disappeared at the same time
mrstickball: I wish I could tell you
fluffypony: I have no idea, spoke to her on the phone a few times and she seemed quite nice
mrstickball: Duffer1: I believe they about have that done now
mrstickball: they are buying more rigs. I gotta deliver 40 Grids to them shortly w/ the voltage mods
fluffypony: I agree
fluffypony: mrstickball: yeah I know it's not Kate's fault
mrstickball: all interactions I've had with Si are beyond fantastic
fluffypony: he's a nice fellow, I'm just letting sleeping dogs lie atm till I figure out my next move
fluffypony: mrstickball: I've been chatting to him about it
mrstickball: and I can vouch for you
fluffypony: I had an agreement with Kate
fluffypony: yeah I'm just nervous about the changes higher up
fluffypony: but I admit to a bit of cold feet
mrstickball: so I am simply shopping around and to educate myself further on options
Duffer1: i see
rithm: yes. yes i know.
mrstickball: so we're looking to work with them to put Bitcoin mining hardware in most states. I know our webstore needs a site revision (working on that currently)
mrstickball: I also snagged a >$50,000 order from a major US computer retailer
fluffypony: I wonder how the Lending section on Bitcointalk would react to a LoC listing ala DeathAndTaxes?
mrstickball: I want to make it larger.. a fair bit larger
mrstickball: I already have a fair amount of backing
TestingUnoDosTre: Personally, I would find a small group of people to invest initially before ipo ing on a public exchange
fluffypony: mrstickball: I've been thinking the same thing
mrstickball: ATM, I am looking at what my fundraising options are
mrstickball: I hear you
mrstickball: why'd I forget LTCI
mrstickball: I gotta pull out my gribble OTC keys from my old machine to get back in to the WOT
mrstickball: I assume the 30 BTC is to provide some sort of barrier to prove sophistication
TestingUnoDosTre: The fees are more than I pay fidelity
mrstickball: but maybe those that invest in it have access to something I do not
fluffypony: oh didn't realise, that article I linked to is by asciilifeform
mrstickball: I was just curious because the volume is so.... strange
TestingUnoDosTre: But in all honesty, I haven't invested a satoshi in any of these businesses
TestingUnoDosTre: I do think there was quite a bit of discontent with the satoshi dice closing
mrstickball: They haven't listed any independent companies in a year if I am reading that right
TestingUnoDosTre: I've always wondered that myself. Perhaps the ability to grow?
fluffypony: on the client side, I mean
davout: i'm not really sure i want to promote web-based wallets anymore
davout: but i can think of quite a few reasons why that would be a bad idea anyway
fluffypony: yeah I like the way blockchain handles things from that perspective
davout: fluffypony: it's dead. i may at some point start working back on it, but it definitely won't be in the same form
HeySteve: I will let you guys know if it's accepted
kakobrekla: (i have no experience with scrypt)
fluffypony: kakobrekla: I think they're just on a dogecoin fork and are reloading the blockchain from scratch
Naphex: there'se probably lots of stuff to visit, but i can't recommend much :) my last holiday in romania was when i was 13-14 or something