Topic: New To Bitcoin. Have a few questions. (Read 5164 times)
The bitcoin software only allows you to hold, send and receive bitcoins. Just like a real money wallet or bank account.
Im currently doing 14 mh/s on slush's pool. Im picking up a monster graphics card locally tonight!
wow. that's 30x more that i squeeze out of my pc's cpu. enjoy the hard work!
If you're purchasing a video card for the sole purpose of mining Bitcoin, two things.
1) You might be better off straight up purchasing Bitcoin through an exchange
2) I'd recommend an ATI Radeon 5850 or higher
1) You might be better off straight up purchasing Bitcoin through an exchange
2) I'd recommend an ATI Radeon 5850 or higher
btw to generate coins on your pc just go to menu and check "generate coins" option.
you might not be able to compute a single block in your pc's lifetime but there's also a pool for miners that does rewards per partial computation task. you would contribute to the computing power of bitcoin network and gain some bit pennies
you might not be able to compute a single block in your pc's lifetime but there's also a pool for miners that does rewards per partial computation task. you would contribute to the computing power of bitcoin network and gain some bit pennies
Im currently doing 14 mh/s on slush's pool. Im picking up a monster graphics card locally tonight!
bitjet, I sent you some coins. Have fun.
Hey thanks so much man!! I was wondering where those came from.
Bitcoin-otc is good for buying coins with paypal, as is coinpal.
coinpal is out of coins.
and he is usually offline on Sundays.
try today again and or search for his forum here. he usually posts a brief "hello I've stocked up coins" msg there after he reopens with fresh stock of btc.
and for your question from two copies of wallet spending ... one of the transactions would be rejected by the network. depending on the peers connected to your client while spending it's hard to tell which one would make it to the block chain but you would not succeed.
btw to generate coins on your pc just go to menu and check "generate coins" option.
you might not be able to compute a single block in your pc's lifetime but there's also a pool for miners that does rewards per partial computation task. you would contribute to the computing power of bitcoin network and gain some bit pennies
bitjet, I sent you some coins. Have fun.
Use separate wallets on separate computers and as different ones acquire btc, use transactions to send them to the one wallet you want to hold most of your btc (and back that one up and encrypt the backups)...and make sure your computer where you run you main btc client is secure. Sending btc between your different wallets is a great way to get a feel for how it works. Basically, when you spend btc, you are creating a transaction and broadcasting it...that transaction rapidly spreads through the P2P network (which is why you don't have to send ip addresses or anything when exchanging money with anyone else on the btc network)...the transaction gets confirmed when it is rolled into a block in the chain...multiple confirmations just mean that more nodes in the network have accepted it as part of a valid block of transactions. It really is a beautiful system on many different levels.
If I make a copy of my wallet what prevents me from useing both copies? for example if I have 2bct and make a copy then load it onto another computer what happens?
You won't be able to spend the coins twice. The network will prevent it. However, Bitcoin is not meant to be run like this, and you might lose coins by accidentally making invalid transactions.
Nice try, anyway. Not especially smart, but quite an amusingly naïve attempt.
If I make a copy of my wallet what prevents me from useing both copies? for example if I have 2bct and make a copy then load it onto another computer what happens?
You won't be able to spend the coins twice. The network will prevent it. However, Bitcoin is not meant to be run like this, and you might lose coins by accidentally making invalid transactions.
Amongst the numerous questions you have, one is worth answering right now:
Yes, it is possible to backup your wallet, and you really should do it once you got a significative amount of bitcoins. Check out the FAQ and the wiki.
Yes, it is possible to backup your wallet, and you really should do it once you got a significative amount of bitcoins. Check out the FAQ and the wiki.
Bitcoin-otc is good for buying coins with paypal, as is coinpal.
coinpal is out of coins.
Bitcoin-otc is good for buying coins with paypal, as is coinpal.
It's less pointless than buying a lottery ticket 
You might want to look into the various mining pools that have been set up. A bunch of people share results reducing variance. It's set up pretty well, cheating is not possible afaik.
This will get you like .02/day or something instead of a very random result.
You might want to look into the various mining pools that have been set up. A bunch of people share results reducing variance. It's set up pretty well, cheating is not possible afaik.
This will get you like .02/day or something instead of a very random result.
.02 BCT? Thats cool considering BCT looks to outpace the dollar.
Does anyone know where I can purchase bitcoins via paypal without heavy fees?
Also how do I keep track of my bitcoins, how do I move/store my wallet, bank it ect?
Is it possible to make a backup and have two wallets?
If I make a copy of my wallet what prevents me from useing both copies? for example if I have 2bct and make a copy then load it onto another computer what happens?
It's less pointless than buying a lottery ticket
You might want to look into the various mining pools that have been set up. A bunch of people share results reducing variance. It's set up pretty well, cheating is not possible afaik.
This will get you like .02/day or something instead of a very random result.
You might want to look into the various mining pools that have been set up. A bunch of people share results reducing variance. It's set up pretty well, cheating is not possible afaik.
This will get you like .02/day or something instead of a very random result.
Ok I JUST got my transaction from bit faucet and the program stopped downloading blocks at 107896. Can someone explain this to me?
It stopped because you got all the blocks. They will trickle in now as new blocks are found roughly every 10 minutes.
Only when the program is mining/generating?
No, you hear about new blocks whenever you are connected. Mining means you are doing hard computational work to find a block yourself, that is very hard to do now with only a cpu.
Ok I get it. So is it pretty pointless to mine with my pc?
I like the idea of bitcoin. I like it a lot. Im considering making a couple dedicated mining units to link up with pool mining. It would have to be easy for me to do. I can build a pc but I'm not really familiar with linux. Im sure I can figure something out.
Ok I JUST got my transaction from bit faucet and the program stopped downloading blocks at 107896. Can someone explain this to me?
It stopped because you got all the blocks. They will trickle in now as new blocks are found roughly every 10 minutes.
Only when the program is mining/generating?
No, you hear about new blocks whenever you are connected. Mining means you are doing hard computational work to find a block yourself, that is very hard to do now with only a cpu.
Don't bother with the generate coins option in the bitcoin program. It's too slow and you'll burn more energy than is worth it.
As long as the client is open and has connections it should download new blocks.
As long as the client is open and has connections it should download new blocks.
Ok I JUST got my transaction from bit faucet and the program stopped downloading blocks at 107896. Can someone explain this to me?
It stopped because you got all the blocks. They will trickle in now as new blocks are found roughly every 10 minutes.
Only when the program is mining/generating?
Ok I JUST got my transaction from bit faucet and the program stopped downloading blocks at 107896. Can someone explain this to me?
It stopped because you got all the blocks. They will trickle in now as new blocks are found roughly every 10 minutes.
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