Hello there!
Long time lurker (Dec 2010 or so) and miner. I mine on MtRed, but was also once part of slush's pool. I also have created and posted a number of Bitcoin/Linux-related tools and tutorials on my personal website. I understand the Bitcoin in most senses, and am a huge fan of the system. Trying to explain cryptography, economics, and mathematics to people who have no knowledge of Bitcoin or how it works is a little frustrating sometimes, but we make do.

I am a merchant, and run http://metagnosis.biz - we just started accepting Bitcoin, and I would love to be able to start a thread offering our services. I've made 5 posts, but the 4 hours online thing is a bit harder to get.

I've surfed these forums for much more than 4 hours, and there are really a limited amount of topics in this Newbie forum to comment on. If possible, could I please get a whitelist?