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Re: How to verify the PGP signed message in the forum?
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Slimquick
on 20/07/2011, 22:31:08 UTC
Any updates on this?
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Re: Selling: Hand painted 16" x 20" acrylic painting of Super Mario
by
Slimquick
on 17/07/2011, 16:27:54 UTC
Good news! I persuaded the artist to open up his whole catalog for sale in BTC. Send me PMs with your BitCoin offers.

Artist's store on Etsy:

The artwork of Jesse Acosta.
Follow him on twitter:
JesseJAcosta
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Re: Mt. Gox Account Claim Rejected Twice? What next?
by
Slimquick
on 16/07/2011, 19:11:41 UTC
Bump because my friend hasn't yet received a response to his Mt.  Gox e-mail. Is anyone else still in this situation?
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Re: No prescription, no hassles- bitcoins for meds. Keep it simple.
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Slimquick
on 16/07/2011, 05:22:45 UTC
Has anyone really ordered meds this way? I am not any sort of expert but this situation seems ripe for unpleasant outcomes.
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Re: How does one increase one's odds in the speculation game?
by
Slimquick
on 15/07/2011, 23:30:49 UTC
Bump for more knowledge about how to effectively use BitCoin Charts.
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Re: Selling: Hand painted 16" x 20" acrylic painting of Super Mario
by
Slimquick
on 15/07/2011, 20:37:50 UTC
Not sure what these sell for... where are you located?  What sort of BTC are you looking for?

7 BitCoins is the price. The artist ships out of Washington state.
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Re: Selling: Hand painted 16" x 20" acrylic painting of Super Mario
by
Slimquick
on 15/07/2011, 20:22:23 UTC
That's pretty sweet.  Lol, too bad I'm a Sonic fan  Cheesy

He does commissions. Are you a Sonic the Hedgehog fan who likes to spend BitCoins on art?  Grin
Lol, possibly.  What kind of price could I expect?

Were you looking for something about 16" x 20", or did you want something smaller?
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Re: Selling: Hand painted 16" x 20" acrylic painting of Super Mario
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Slimquick
on 15/07/2011, 20:13:43 UTC
pretty awesome....don't know what to offer though Cheesy

How about 7 BitCoins.
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Re: Selling: Hand painted 16" x 20" acrylic painting of Super Mario
by
Slimquick
on 14/07/2011, 20:39:27 UTC
That's pretty sweet.  Lol, too bad I'm a Sonic fan  Cheesy

He does commissions. Are you a Sonic the Hedgehog fan who likes to spend BitCoins on art?  Grin
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Selling: Hand painted 16" x 20" acrylic painting of Super Mario
by
Slimquick
on 14/07/2011, 20:08:34 UTC
Offers?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3652019/acrylic_Mario.png

Hand painted 16" x 20" acrylic painting of Super Mario from the NES game Super Mario Bros 3. This painting is on a masonite hardboard panel, making it very sturdy and thin, easy to fit into pre-fabricated frames.

Great for video game fans, and retro fans alike.

I am trying to get the artist more interested in BitCoins. He is willing to accept BTC.
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Re: How does one increase one's odds in the speculation game?
by
Slimquick
on 14/07/2011, 18:23:32 UTC
A good place to start is by not selling lower than you bought them.

Some people on here don't seem to get that one right.

do you mean that if I bought BTC at 30$ I must keep and wait until the price raise again above 30$ ?
This may be or may be not a good strategy...
In general,  trading strategies that prescribes rules of action based on the price you paid are wrong.
The price you paid is the past and you cannot change it. Trading is a bet on the future.
The only things that counts is your prediction about future prices.
The general strategy for trading is this: start with half of your capital in BTCs and half in dollars.
When you feel like it's time to bet on the increase in price of BTC, move some of the capital from dollars to BTCs, viceversa if you want to bet on the decrease of price.
The amount of capital that you move must be proportional to the estimated probabiliy of increase or decrease of the price.

If you you can't tell what the future will be, keep your capital split equally between BTCs and dollars, that is equivalent to not betting.
How you can predict that future price and the probability of it, is another story....
Yes, that is exactly what I mean. I am pretty sure that at *some* point in time, the exchange rate will come above $30 - so it would in my opinion be dumb to sell under that price if you paid $30 for your BTC and want to speculate with it.

Thanks for all the good advice, everyone. The bolded portion in particular is something I intend to implement.

Researching technical analysis made me curious, specifically about practical application of Bollinger bands. Let's look at a chart from BitCoin charts:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3652019/bands_July_14.png

Things I know about Bollinger bands:
1.) The wider apart the blue lines are, the more volatile the price of BitCoins
2.) When the brown line, (moving average), is above the uppermost blue line, the price is high.
3.) When the brown line falls below the lowermost blue line, the price is low.
4.) One good strategy is to buy when the price touches the lowermost blue band and sell when the price hits the moving average line in the middle.


My question is: what predictive indication does any of this give me about how the prices trending right now? How can I get BitCoins Charts to zoom in and show me a narrower slice of time? Does BitCoins Charts update in real time or do I have to keep clicking the refresh button?

Thank you. All of this has been very informative.
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Re: List of honest traders.
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Slimquick
on 10/07/2011, 05:40:26 UTC
klamathonsite is a trustworthy seller. Full review: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=15275.0
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Re: WTB a portion of your mining rig for $800.
by
Slimquick
on 10/07/2011, 05:22:06 UTC
klamathonsite – A Review

For my mining rig rental, I went with forum user klamathonsite. Seeing as our business is concluded, I feel I must say that the transaction was excellent. klamathonsite surpassed my expectations by demonstrating:

Customer Service. Whenever I sent the fellow a message, he would respond within the next couple days. I felt confident that my patronage was a priority.

Personal Integrity. This was my first person-to-person BitCoin transaction…as you can imagine, I was very nervous about being scammed. (My goodness, I received solicitations from some forum members who are now labeled as, "scammer" and are currently banned.) Boy am I glad I went with klamathonsite; he fulfilled his end of the bargain, in full. I got what I paid for.

Patience. Due to complications from the Mt. Gox hack, it took a while for everything to get satisfactorily resolved. klamathonsite stuck to it. This guy does not throw up his hands when life doles out a, "Force Majeure." I can appreciate that.

In conclusion, klamathonsite turned out to be a wonderful choice.

Thank you very much, sir.

Regards,
SQ
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How does one increase one's odds in the speculation game?
by
Slimquick
on 06/07/2011, 21:14:14 UTC
Howdy,

I have been in BitCoins for about a month now but I can't help but feel like I am relying too much on blind luck when making my buy/sell orders. What tools and information should I consider in order to increase my chances of success when trading at the BitCoin exchanges?

To be sure, I am very inexperienced; for instance, I have heard that a person should study the volume and market depth although I am not sure I know the difference between depth and volume, at this point. Are there different sources of information that would be worth studying, as well?

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you very much.
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Re: CampBX Launch - Free Trades for All Bxlievers!
by
Slimquick
on 05/07/2011, 19:20:56 UTC
How do you deal with stolen funds? If the account of a user gets broken into due to something that is not obviously user error, is there any insurance for these funds?



I second this question.
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Re: Mt. Gox Account Claim Rejected Twice? What next?
by
Slimquick
on 01/07/2011, 02:31:45 UTC
He knows how to use a computer. He just got his account set up before the hack, so I don't think he has forgotten his last balance. Let us presume the information is accurate. What now?
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Re: Mt. Gox Account Claim Rejected Twice? What next?
by
Slimquick
on 01/07/2011, 02:22:09 UTC
Could anyone help me out, please? I would appreciate the advice, very greatly.
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Mt. Gox Account Claim Rejected Twice? What next?
by
Slimquick
on 29/06/2011, 02:13:49 UTC
Hi,

I got a friend into BitCoin, (unfortunately), just before the Mt. Gox hack. He is still trying to reclaim his account. Apparently, he has submitted:

IP address
last balance
Dwolla info
other information

What could possibly be going wrong? Is there still a way my friend can reclaim his account?
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Re: I just got "account claim rejected" from Mt Gox - anyone else?
by
Slimquick
on 24/06/2011, 13:20:50 UTC
Got accepted after including everything under the sun about my account history.
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Re: I just got "account claim rejected" from Mt Gox - anyone else?
by
Slimquick
on 24/06/2011, 07:43:11 UTC
Rejected. Resubmitting claim