WK,

What you are doing is fantastic, and I feel badly that your whole weekend is being consumed by this significant downtime and upgrade to the pool. This is Theron H. with the Life On Bitcoin team. When KnCMiner donated a Jupiter to our film project, they set us up on Eligius. This was in early October. Every time the pool has had difficulties, or the coins have gone to the offline wallet, you have always made good. The bitcoin world needs as many honest souls like yourself as it can get.

I just sent you a 0.03BTC tip for your dedication and hard work. Thank you for all you do.
Theron H.

Goat,

I checked bitcointalk several times a week for the past few weeks, but I didn't see the updates to this thread until today. :/ Sorry, I forgot to check this thread.

I'm glad you still think we are good people.   

I'm sorry you still don't have your swag, but I put that ball in your court quite a while ago. 

I sent you a PM to your bitcointalk.org profile clear back on November 2nd, 2013 with a bunch of questions for you about t-shirt size, t-shirt colors, shipping address, etc., but I didn't get a response from you. I just checked again, and there is no response in our inbox, so I didn't just miss it. I should have followed up with an additional PM. Get back to me, and we will get you taken care of, and include the size for your significant other, and what she wants, and we will send her a couple of shirts as well.

By the way all, the post-production is going really well. Here is our latest blog post about it.
http://lifeonbitcoin.com/post-production-status-report/

After that was published, Thursday night we went up to the Good Line's offices and we watched the rough cut. We are all really happy with how it is taking shape.

Thanks to all who have shown such interest and support!

Theron H.
Life On Bitcoin

Hi Lateblooming,

I'm just getting bitcointalk.org messages now. 

I sent you an email response about 8 hours ago from your website query. I hope you got it. Sorry that receipt got missed. You should have it now. We really do appreciate it and the donation!

@Chaang Noi, thanks for helping him out!

I've been swamped. I manage the team, but it is in addition to my full-time job, and it has been very busy at my other work. Austin and Beccy have been traveling, and I'm responsible for these receipts.

Theron H.
LifeOnBitcoin.com

wizkid057-

You are a gentleman and a scholar. Thanks!

Add Block 262301 to the ones which need to pay out. Eligius is acknowledging there are delays.

Now neither of the blocks 262294 and 262296 are in the GUI. Something is really screwy.

This farmer, Clint Felsted, accepts bitcoin for shares in his Community Supported Agriculture operation La Nay Ferme.

http://youtu.be/WBhR05EQt2s

Okay, Connor said he fixed this, so the website should be able to index properly. Do you have a contact for a radio show?

Thanks for your support!

Theron H.

Austin and Beccy are already doing it. The project has been going now for more than 50 days. They have used only btc for their everyday expenses like rent, groceries, gasoline, exercise facilities, lessons, farmers markets, and other stuff since July 23rd. (They have to pay taxes, credit card bills, and student loan debt with US dollars and that was originally outlined in the rules.) They have used about 33 businesses, for their needs and wants, and with about 2/3rds of those businesses, they persuaded them to accept btc.

Thanks for tipping me off to Fellmer and Suelo. They both look like fascinating characters, and it looks like Suelo lives in Moab, Utah - not too far from us. Maybe we can connect. I'll have to see if I can find some video content for rent or online, and see how the stories are built.

I appreciate the feedback.

Cheers,
Theron H.

Okay, I just left a screaming message for the developer to GET THIS FIXED. I wish I knew how to do it myself. I'll report back in the morning. Yes, we want to be on a radio show! Which one and how?

Theron H.

Austin and Beccy Craig, the Utah based newlyweds are going around the world with the film team on bitcoin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMsHpaHP9f0

Let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks to all who have offered support of every kind for the project. There is a big thank you in the video description. The bitcoin community is awe-inspiring.

Cheers,

Theron H.
LifeOnBitcoin.com

The Life On Bitcoin documentary project is pleased to announce a new sponsor in http://www.SimplyTravelOnline.com. Simply Travel performed the heavy lifting, and helped us with airline tickets and hotel reservations for the Crypto-Currency Conference coming up in Atlanta on October 5th.

Here is our blog post about this: http://lifeonbitcoin.com/300000-hotels-worldwide-available-for-reservation-with-bitcoin/

This is a soft beta launch, and they are still working on improving it, but this looks like it is going to be a great service with more than 10 plus years experience in the travel industry.

Let me know if there are any questions.

Thanks,
Theron H
LifeOnBitcoin.com

I messaged Connor Boyack about this meta-tag issue, and I know he has been swamped. I'll follow up with him again. Thanks for honey badgering us

That is beautiful and really cool. I'll talk to Austin and Beccy about it, and get back to you by PM with their address. Wow, that is so kind!

Yes, we have been in touch via private message. We are trying to see if schedules will mesh.

For processing, we normally encourage BitPay, because they have the most serious suite of tools, and they have reps in multiple states that can help with integration.

I'll PM you. There is a high likelihood we will be using that route as we are going to Chicago. Can you try to get a local mom and pop restaurant to accept btc? We could do lunch with you on the way through to Chicago. Also, if you could talk to local gas stations, and get one on board, that would be awesome! I'll PM you later this evening.

Theron H.

We would love to come to California, but unfortunately, we can't do that on this trip!

A local car dealership is going to rent us a car for the trip for bitcoin.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=198927796952527&set=a.171281793050461.1073741830.152827498229224&type=1

I frankly don't know what you are talking about, and normally I don't countenance these types of comments with a response. I'll make an exception for you. Our rules are public and clear. For the benefit of everyone else reading this thread, here is a list of 28 businesses which we published on our Facebook feed back on August 28th (the list has actually grown since then):

https://www.facebook.com/LifeOnBitcoin/posts/193516810826959

El Azteca
La Nay Ferme
Metropolitan Salon
Our landlord
Bitmit.net
Bitmunchies.com
Lolo's Fresh Food Market
Ridley's Market (and gas station) Midway
XOskins
Bitfash.com
Phillips 66 in West SLC via employee intermediary
Sweeto Burrito
Beli / Dawgs & More
Siegfried's Deli
Naturol Fuels (a juice place)
Lau Family Farm
Icecreamconeucopia
Harmony Homegrown
7/11 via the owner
Bitcoinstore.com
Station 22
Echo Theater
Firehouse BBQ
Frost Homestead
AT&T Store via local bitcoiner intermediary
Xtend Barre Dance Studio
Bees Brothers
McNeil Printers

A couple of notes.
1. We only used an intermediary at three of these businesses as specified above. This was a last resort. The rest of these businesses agreed to accept our bitcoins directly.
2. Furb, the intermediary at Phillips 66 will accept bitcoin when he is on shift from anyone. The intermediary at the 7/11 in Provo is the owner of the store.
3. For most of the businesses, we were their very first bitcoin purchase.

Additional note, not everyone of these businesses is ready to accept btc from the general public, but most of them are exploring it or have started accepting btc from the public.

I'll let the community be the judge as to the value of our project.

As always, if you have any questions or feedback, just let me know.

Theron H.
LifeOnBitcoin.com