First question: Does it work when mining for another pool?

Heh, I've got a copy of SeukeX... It's epic fun to spam forumz

Seriously though.. You're in the wrong forum for this, go to BHW.

That's very true - if it was my exchange, I'd pull half the cash and invest in TBills or a money market fund

$6 and $10 - somewhere in there is a happy number.

First, a thought: The Accountant YOU pay who gives YOU advice YOU paid for shouldn't be one to dictate terms to, if you share the advice YOU bought with the world, I don't see why he'd have a problem, if he does, suggest finding an accountant who can:

1 Accept your choices, advise and suggest things to make business easier, rather then telling you you're going to be a terrorism suspect, I mean why are you asking this forum for financial advice, you're paying HIM for that!

I'm done the rant.

Yeah, I mean I've operated a bunch of different kinds of sites over the years, and I've seen all sorts of cons, especially when money is involved, what's the con - email addresses are a dime a dozen, but best practices are tougher to beat.

There are a few options markets now, any recomendations or comparisons?

Truecrypt is your friend. Safe enough I'd leave the file lying around on the web with my 36 character password.

Fun fact: bitcoin addresses are far too long for the average person to read out over the phone, or type in securly.. Need some kind of short url combined with a onetime use address to tie orders to people.. Eg:

Visit paysite.com/11357 and pay the address that comes up.. Next person who calls is told 11358 etc.. Would be much easier for merchants, users, and sales trac”ing.

Riiiiight, that's a good one... Mind quoting a reliable source site?

Makes sense to me, random aside.. The forum really needs a facelift

Porn and  Gambling will be the two best areas to focus on IMHO.. And creating an easy mechanism for people to purchase coins (dwolla is great if you're in the states, I'm in Canada so my options are rather limited).

The economy needs to grow, spending coins on real goods and services is essential, I'm thinking of offering consulting services for website owners and pricing in BTC at a discount to encourage use - thoughts?

Easy test: Do you get any bills from any companies which are denominated in Oz of gold? No.

Are there some coins which are plated in, or made FROM gold? Yes.

Both are commodities IMHO. The volatility problem of BitCoin is a serious one.. until the market calms down to the point where coins have a relatively fixed value or appreciate at a relatively sane rate it is completely impractical to use this as a currency, much better as a medium of exchange

As for the practical applications for this kind of a digital commodity.. Vice has, and always will be the best early adopter: Drugs, Guns, Porn, Gambling. Once these guys dive in with both feet it will be fantastic and could morph into a real currency.

Thankfully I'm not one of those affected as I'm still hoarding my coins and biding my time. The markeyts will mature and securirty will improve with time, still, remember the old saying:j Don't put all of your eggs in one basket, or keep all of your coins in one wallet