The conference is a good idea. Set up the mining operation first without even explaining much. Use the rest of the time to just talk about the potential for bitcoin and what it represents and at the end of the conference ask them to check their earnings. They may be surprised.

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Bitcoins Worldwide Impact: General news focused on the story of bitcoin and it's impact on countries around the world.

Economics: Data aggregated from sources around the web to show daily statistics of bitcoin markets (exchanges, GLBSE, etc), data analysis by professional financiers and journalists, information on business started in the bitcoin economy and introduction of businesses accepting bitcoins, etc.

Mining Discussion: Articles focused on bringing up-to-date knowledge and expertise on mining practices and where to spend your money to make the most bitcoins, timely introduction of mining rigs that will surprise readers, tutorials on setting up mining hardware, news on upcoming hardware that will change mining, etc.

Interviews with People: interviews focused on bringing real discussions about bitcoin, interviews with high profile individuals in the bitcoin community and newcomers that show potential

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Featured Bitcoin Applications: Will showcase applications (computer and smartphone) that make bitcoin better and more fun. Will include interviews with the developers of such applications.

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Mtgoxtrader for Mac rox!

Are wallets accessible on mobile versions of websites yet?

Didn't mean a couple of days. Allow me to familiarize you guys with a term I coined. I believe that the next bitnight will be longer than 14 days. A bitnight is the amount of time it takes to solve 2016 blocks. There's no proof that for every miner that drops, three come on. The numbers aren't showing that at all right now.

The network hash is just barely greater than the target network hash. Every person entering the mining operation right now is probably doing it based on long-term investments. Now is conceivably the best time to enter since before June.

Admittedly, a small increase in difficulty is better than none at all in my opinion. Increases prove the speculative value. I just think the overall health of the economy isn't going to support an increase during this bitnight phase.

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False...I expect it will go down in the next couple of days

Mt. God is tight at around .01 at any given moment. The others don't fair as well. It has been liquid more so than usual right now. Supply has vastly overcome demand and driven the value down.

I made a chart last week. Mind posting yours to see if our data matches up?

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Yeah definitely. I didn't expect much different. Thanks everyone for responding! Keep up the votes. So far bit-pay.com offers a good service, however most users prefer just using computers. Instawallet programs are gaining heavy traffic amidst all this.

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Did everyone see the guy that had minted versions of bitcoins? They hold no value but a QR code could fit on them. Could that become the thing everyone carries around and merchants scan?

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Bitcoin is noble.
Bitcoin is global.
Bitcoin is mobile.

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My only issue is that the application platform is so widely adopted that this may take more time than is efficient to establish. It would of course open the market to everyone with a phone, but everyone wants a smartphone.

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@samr7
There's definitely a market for Nokia being the largest platform worldwide. Whether or not the geographical market is there is the question. If the bitcoin user and Nokia user overlap then yeah, someone needs to hit that market hard with an app that can do what BitPay does.

I like BitPay a lot. They've managed to market how bitcoin works and develop a product to make it easy for users and businesses to play the game. I'd be interested in seeing where their success goes. I'd also like to see how they make their money

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Of the few bitcoin apps out there right now which one would you guys say is the best?

I'd agree with you. I still feel this is a helpful poll for developers

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Bitcoiners:

This is a straightforward survey of the community's smartphone use. Feel free to answer if you'd like and if there are any questions, ask. I'll do my best to respond to everyone. Thanks for taking a look at the poll.

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