Wondering about trading BTC for gold and vice versa. Anyone used this site before? or any other sites that exchange gold/silver and bitcoin?

Thank you so much! I had a momentary freak out when I saw the other address. This explanation helped me. +1 karma for you.

Whenever I send bitcoin, I see two addresses as recipients. For example, see this transaction

https://blockchain.info/tx/cbdc112a33125480fa539911c3cc6f4eea5fa7c34b2df895e6de058f204a8794

The address with "1F" is where I sent 10BTC to. What is the "1AvH" address? That address is somehow related to my wallet?

No trades shown for a 30 minute window. whatsupwiththat?

http://i.imgur.com/reZIDv0.png

Once a newb, never a newb again. Maybe someday I'll be promoted to speculator =p

^my life right now. http://bitcoinity.org/markets/mtgox/USD and the Mt Gox price ticker

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dohhefnfohhoefmncgdbacnindpodgcj

If this were a stock chart, I might agree with you, but it's not. It's a new medium of exchange, the likes of which we have never seen before. Why, then, does it follow that this is also a bubble? Sure, some folks will want to take profits, but consider:

1) Speculators want the exchange rate to increase, and to increase for as long as possible. Speculators will hold as long as the price trends higher.
2) Merchants want the exchange rate to increase. They will take new approaches (for instance, sell products for lower than their value in anticipation of an exchange rate increase).
3) New users want the exchange rate to increase. The higher the price, the more interest, the more users of the new currency.
4) As the market cap rises the rate eventually reaches a balancing point. It won't fluctuate by many dollars per day, but instead by fractions of a cent. When its stable, more merchants will enter the market, and users have less incentive to cash out since they can finally take advantage of the true benefits of the new currency: anonymous, global, simple payment processes. And all this without the tax implications.

I anticipate corrections but an upward trend until some (much higher) market cap is reached.

Hello all. New to bitcointalk, been lurking for a couple of months. Enjoying being part of the community and really excited about watching the Bitcoin rise as a medium of exchange.