Haha! Fun! I don't know what the 'gamer mining hype' is, despite having lurked for nearly a year before registering. But even more fun, as I distinctly remember one of my first thoughts when hearing about Bitcoin was 'hmm... like Linden dollars, but free from the inflation pressure of a single issuer'.


I'm not gonna say whether or not that is a good guess. I will say that I lost on the order of the high side of your estimate in the GLBSE implosion (that was my 'fool me twice, shame on me' moment)*.

*that might imply I had a 'fool me once, shame on me moment' Yes, shamefully, I did.**

** yes, I had a 'fool me thrice, fool.... won't get fooled again' moment. Somewhat less embarrassing.