Topic: Name something you've actually BOUGHT with bitcoin - page 22. (Read 20296 times)

Silver, domain registration...

I bought $100 worth of pre-1982 copper pennies from a random bitcointalk forum user, the name of whom I forget. I thought society might collapse and 10,000 copper pennies might be the start of a small eco-village economy; loldoomporn. This was $12/BTC times.

I bought a $60 double chambered bubbler glass piece from dankglass on these forums. Nice piece for $60. This was also $12/BTC times.

I bought a 1oz Gold Coin(2011 Canadian Maple Leaf). Got an amazing deal on this at the time; BTC was yet again $12/BTC and I paid 25BTC for the gold coin. Gold was $1700 spot back then. My friend didn't understand mining and didn't want to mine, but wanted BTC. He is very glad he made that deal now.

I bought a $60ish gift-pak of Bees Brothers honey-caramels as a birthday present for my mom. This was also around $12/BTC times.

I bought an Acer laptop Core i3 2.2ghz/4GB/500GB from bitcoinstore.com a couple weeks ago as a Christmas present for my mom to replace a decade old single core celeron lappy. This was $500/BTC times.

I got conned by some dick named Tom (the btcfpga.com guy) around this time last year who was supposed to send me 180GH/s worth of ASICs that never ended up existing. This cost me 225ish BTC ($2900 ASIC order, paid with BTC, when BTC was $12/BTC).

I cashed out at an exchange for the first time yesterday, after over 3 years of mining. I withdrew ~$30,000 USD so I can move out of my parents basement this coming spring and put a down payment on a condo somewhere in Colorado where I can't get arrested for smoking weed(currently on probation for distribution).

I have exactly 150 BTC left in cold storage, backed up in 4 different locations. I stopped mining a few months ago. The equipment that I wanted and paid for never existed (see 2 paragraphs ago). The coins I have left will not get touched for a long, long time.


Lesson?  Love your mom, and don't trust assholes named Tom.

There are definitely people spending their bitcoins. We have made above average bitcoin sales over the past week. There is definitely a few spending.

Domain names from namecheap

a jolly roger, silver bullion, ammunition. jesus in retrospect, from that list, you would ACTUALLY think i was a pirate. Arrrrg.

I've spent thousands in the last year (value at the time of spending) on things I'd buy anyway. Beer, a lot of gift cards, given BTC to friends as presents and also betting and altcoins in decreasing order of usefulness...

Edit: Planning to visit Kreuzberg, Berlin next spring to spend more BTC in the real world, flight to be paid in Bitcoin and I persuaded a friend who owns a B&B there to accept it.

I feel very conscious about doing my little bit to keep the economy active and "Buying Bitish" (sorry).

Trip to North Korea (young pioneer tours)

A bracelet made by a 9 year old kid wanting to earn bitcoins. http://www.diddit.net/wonderbracelets/

Masks, Physical Casascius designed bitcoins, and recently an iPad.

Humble bundles, domain names, Block Erupters, Nokia Lumia, Indian takeaway, several games, a cigar and a couple other I can't think of.

A laptop, gift cards, a router, honey products, and if the exchange rate keeps soaring I am buying some airplane tickets over at cheapair.com!

I will also be buying a number of my Christmas gifts in btc 

But yes, most of my btc is saved. Just like my fiat from my job. It happens to reside in my bank acct.

A lot of organic vegetables, domain names, food delivery, jams, and delicious cashew butter

Some of the things I've bought or sold for btc
Guns
Ammo
Grenade launcher ( yes really )
Cash
Vps
Silver
Gold
Stocks and bonds
Mining equipment
Bread
Chocolate
Gift Cards

If FBI is to be believed then lots of drugs were bought with BTC since 9.5 million BTC went through SR.

Nothing.

Games.
8 humble bundles.
$$$$ paypal cash.

Just-Dice quality time.

Um... That's it really...

Bought/Exchanged for food, domain names, mining hardware, misc electronics etc. Also traded a few btc for an idea

*All large appliances in kitchen
*Honey caramels (as mentioned above), along with some granola and other things
*New laptop
*Really awesome coffee
*A few games off Steam
*Cigarettes
*Bitcoin Magazine subscription
*VPS service
*Remote FTP service
*Coding service
*Everything I can't think of off the top of my head

Humble Bundles, obviously. 

humblebundle, graphic cards, cigarettes, giftcards