I had also looked at bitcoin arbitrage between the various exchanges (especially vis-a-vis Mt.Gox), but it is really difficult to withdraw USD from Mt.Gox (5-6 week delays) and the exchange rate and wire transfer fees would cut into any price differentials. The other western bitcoin exchanges are much closer in price so very difficult to make any significant arbitrage profits unless you have a vast sum of working capital.

I'm sure they had no prior knowledge of the CEO's private activities on Silk Road - and even if they did, they are sure to distance themselves as quickly and as far away as possible. Bitcoin is here to stay and will get more mainstream respect as additional major international players start accepting it over the coming 1-2 years.

Always nice to have additional new exchange options - improves potential liquidity for everyone. 

Welcome, a very fascinating place to be.

The way you treat others always comes back to you eventually. It probably didn't help Mt.Gox that they also promised to collaborate with their U.S. partner Coinlab and then reneged on their agreement...

Great idea!

Coinlab would certainly agree...

We offer a free Bitcoin Like button (similar in size and principle to Facebook Like button) which allows anyone to send/receive bitcoin-based "Likes" using a variety of funny/positive/snarky icon-based slogans, so you can earn free bitcoins whenever you receive a "Like" from anyone else.

Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome!

Wouldn't be surprised if Satoshi himself owns the largest bitcoin block. Anyone smart enough to create this revolutionary currency model would certainly be prescient enough to acquire the most bitcoins at the earliest stages and just allow time and the bitcoin model adoption to evolve and work for him. Would be interesting to track any sub-transactions related to that largest bitcoin block to see where bitcoins have been spent.

Coinbase allows transfers both ways between dollars and bitcoin for a 1% + $0.15 fee.

You need to be actively browsing new pages for your total time to increase. If you are idle for 10-15 minutes, then the total time will stay the same. Try logging out and then re-logging in and browse for 10-15 minute periods, then take a break and then repeat the process.

Priceless.

Welcome!

I love the photos on your site. Are you going to be making/shipping home-made jams also?

Quite interesting learning about all the different multi-faceted people joining each day in the Newbie section.

Great advice - thanks!