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newbie
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August 22, 2011, 01:39:36 PM
Hi I'm Mike and I run http://thepetboard.com  I am new to bitcoin and want to learn more about how useful it could be to my website.
newbie
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August 22, 2011, 01:19:29 PM
PMB917 here.  Howdy yall.
newbie
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August 22, 2011, 01:06:48 PM
Hi, I've been following bitcoin for quite a while now.. First time I heard of it, bitcoin was still under a dollar.. Could kick myself for not getting in way back then.

I've been reading the forums for quite some time too.. finally decided to make an account.
Looking forward to graduating from the newbie board Smiley
newbie
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August 22, 2011, 12:36:37 PM
Hi,
I'm PrEzi,
I've been reading this board for quite a long time, however since I've found some of the developer's work usefull for me,
I've joined to donate and thank the developer of CGMiner.
Maybe In the future I could be of help for testing things etc.
Anyway - keep up the good work !
newbie
Activity: 13
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August 22, 2011, 08:30:25 AM
Hi, I'm the BitCoin Duke. It's a shame I hadn't heard earlier about BitCoins, as it immediately striked me as an interesting and promising concept.
newbie
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August 22, 2011, 07:16:03 AM
Hello there.  I have been reading for a while but figured I should get some of my ideas out there. I mine some I buy some but I defiantly see a future in bitcoin.  see you in the forums.
full member
Activity: 192
Merit: 100
August 22, 2011, 07:01:33 AM
Hi!

I'm from Lithuania, found out about bitcoin after the mtgox issue. Did my research and got extremely excited, been mining with (only) 2 GPUs since then.

I guess it's time to start my own bitcoin bank! Smiley
member
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August 22, 2011, 06:40:36 AM
hows it goin out there,,,,,,,,,,,,,getting ready for this hurricane!!!
newbie
Activity: 2
Merit: 0
August 22, 2011, 02:15:43 AM
hey everybody im springbranch im a little new to the bitcoin community. i researched bitcoin mining and i am planning to buy new graphics cards since is so hard to get at least one bitcoin for me lol but it will be worth it soon. i wish success for bitcoins and the bitcoin community. thx
newbie
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August 22, 2011, 12:11:02 AM
I'm interested in bitcoins mainly because I think it's quite an interesting concept.
newbie
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August 21, 2011, 11:52:03 PM
uberdog reporting in
newbie
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August 21, 2011, 11:23:09 PM
Hi I'm new.  Smiley
newbie
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August 21, 2011, 10:46:00 PM
Ahoy, all, me be Ahab.

I was literally introduced to bitcoin yesterday by a friend that was planning on paying bitcoins to people who helped him build things in minecraft, but I haven't heard back from him on that.

I originally thought that because of the logarithmic inflation rates that this was one big pump and dump scheme about a year ago, but since there's a strong community, I might as well jump in.

So now I've got an ewallet, guiminer and a mining pool, mineco.in, and I'm figuring out everything for the first time. I was messing around with guiminer and managed to  BSOD, so I figured it was dangerous to go it alone, so here I am.

MHash/J isn't really a problem because I have a solar panel array on my roof. Also, my laptop is a 3 year old mid-line, so it only eats about 90w.

Speccy:
Make/Model
   ASUSTeK X83vB Laptop
Operating System
   MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
   Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T6400  @ 2.00GHz
   Bus Speed   199.5 MHz
   Rated Bus Speed   798.0 MHz
   Stock Core Speed   2000 MHz
   Stock Bus Speed   200 MHz
RAM
   4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz Stock (6-6-6-18)
Graphics
   512MB nVidia GeForce 9300M GS  Driver 275.27
   Bus Interface   PCI Express x1
   ROPs   2
   Shaders   8 unified
   Physical Memory   512 MB
   Virtual Memory   2304 MB
   Bus Width   64 Bit
   Current GPU Clock   OC 666 MHz
   Current Memory Clock   OC 1332 MHz
   Current Shader Clock   OC 533 MHz
Hard Drives
   313GB Western Digital WDC WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0 SATA

Hooray mediocrity!

Anyway the current predicaments I face are cooling because the solar is enough for a clock, laptop, minifridge and a few other things, but not enough for the window rattler, and not knowing how to correctly set stuff in GUIminer.

I add the arguments -v -w256 to the worker running my GPU and the hashrate jumps up to something like 226 GHash/s so obviously I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I also got a BSOD when I tried a suggestion that I run a CUDA worker. Is there a better mine client for laptop GPUs?

So now I'm learning, and my GPU is chugging along at a steady 1 MHash/s, and my CPU worker at 4 MHash/s, but doesn't have any work from the mine pool. Does that mean I can run shares from a different pool on my CPU?

So I have a lot of questions and I'll be researching them studiously, but if anyone prefers to help me I wouldn't say no to answers.

In the end it's something I can run in the background to make a few bucks. I'm currently unemployed, so every penny counts! If I get enough, I might trade it out and play the forex and speculate against bitcoin. My stats teacher said I might have a knack for it. It'd beat having a real job Smiley

See you all around.
sr. member
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"Yes I am a pirate, 200 years too late."
August 21, 2011, 10:34:16 PM
Howdy... pirateat40 here, long time watcher first time poster.  Those that know me, know me from OTC. Arrrrgh
newbie
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August 21, 2011, 10:09:30 PM
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full member
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Merit: 100
August 21, 2011, 10:08:07 PM
Hello my name is cgpgroup and I am a coinaholic...
newbie
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Merit: 0
August 21, 2011, 09:52:16 PM
Hi, Michael from Sydney Australia here. New to bitcoin, and interested in the idea represents.
newbie
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Merit: 0
August 21, 2011, 09:23:09 PM
hello! Ricky here a newbie that deiced to join the forum to trade things for BC.  Smiley
newbie
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August 21, 2011, 09:11:11 PM
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member
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August 21, 2011, 08:41:47 PM
I'm in the newbie thread as well. My name is Greg, I'm a (pending results of the NY/NJ bar exams) lawyer. I was glad to see Paul's post, it sounds like he thinks a lot like I do. I'm very exited about the possibilities that bitcoin has for the future. I'm not interested in currency speculation. I'm more interested in the incredible amount of value that could be created in the efficiency of eliminating many of the barriers and middlemen involved in today's world of finance.

Also, I just received in the mail my first bitcoin purchase, a video game. The whole process went great.
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