"Structure things" as far as using bitcoin? Or Financial structure for the family? Or the bank account?

Lots of ground that could be covered here. Would help if we had some more specifics.

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Too damn seldom in my case. Need any help? 

Regarding using your own "wallet". If you want to go this route, take his advice and get it downloaded and started early. The entire process can take 24 hours and suck the life out of a 4 processor computer. 

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I just "purchased" it and downloaded it - it opened in IE in "cloud reader"
https://read.amazon.com/

Book is a great resource btw.

Looks interesting - btw - should be "coming"

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+1 - I've seen his book. It's a useful resource.

Hi Danny,

Thanks for the advice. I have established a wallet and am waiting on my dwolla being confirmed. But then I find MtGox <-> Dwolla is maybe not what I expected (they seem not to play well together), so I come here reading forums and determine I "might" be able to secure some bitcoins via trading - but only after I leave newbie purgatory.

I would somehow hate for my customer base to have to rely on bitcoins to do business with me. Note sure if any of them would ever make it.

cheers, and thanks for your kindness.

berry

Your ebook looks like a very good resource for newbies. I only wish I had seen it earlier in my learning curve, but even now, it's a great resource. Many thanks for sharing it with us.

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Let's see. I came to bitcointalk for two reasons:
1) I wanted to gift some money via bitcoins (have since decided it will probably be faster to mail him funds, despite the fact that I'm in US and he's in Europe.)

2) A prospective customer of my business ( http://notefrog.com ) suggested I ought to consider accepting bitcoins. Oh sure, I can already see how successful that's going to be. - All you have to do is. . .

On second thought, I don't know why I'm here. Best to all of you.

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Well, I've been attempting to GIVE someone $10 in bitcoins for a few days now and still have not completed the transaction. Maybe because I'm stupid, but for the "general public" bitcoins is still a bit confusing.

If you're still unsure - see this post
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=128258.0

Damn - all those hours spent in the "real" forums wasted.

Note to self - register first. (Of course in many other forums that just MIGHT result in some unintended consequences)

Wouldn't work in my case. I came here hoping to purchase some bitcoins. Wouldn't be able to spend any yet.

But a better method would be appreciated. Like I'll fax you a copy of my passport? Whoops, guess that wouldn't prove I'm me - like this does

Yeah - I sold my house and moved my family to Alaska. Bought a dozer, loader, washer, etc (over $150K). Signed a lease. Only to find I needed a powerful computer.

Hell, I didn't even have internet where we were.

No more mining for me. 

I wanna let you help me.

 

Is this service associated with bitcoin? Or ?

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I sell software - http://notefrog.com

A potential customer suggested I look into accepting bitcoins. So far, I'm not sure if it will be worth the hassle, but I'm keeping an open mind.

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Wow. Thanks for the info. I was just about to sell everything and move to Alaska to mine bitcoins. So glad I read this first.

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the ex-wannabe bitcoin miner

Hadn't thought about some of this. Thought my bitcoin wallet was secure.

Thanks for the info.

Trust me,  I'm a nice guy, really.

I'm actually going through about 2 days (and counting) of "hoop jumping" just so I can purchase $10 in bitcoins to GIVE to someone else.

I can only hope they're not dead by the time I complete my "initiation".

But, I keep smiling