I agree that Vircurex should be held to account for this and I am outraged that I have over 2 btc in a 'frozen' account -  I've had a few thousand Satoshi put back into my account, but still not enough to get to a withdrawal limit and nothing has been added since August.  It is a crime and if this was money in a bank the owner of Vircurex would be facing jail.  Like others have said there doesn't seem to be anything that I can do though - I've emailed but had no response and the owner of Vircurex obviously thinks he is above the law!

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I still can't log on to devtome - any idea when things are going to be sorted?

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I'm also having problems with devtome - I logged in successfully yesterday but an article had vanished.  The article is back today, but now I can't login as password not recognised.  I'm glad its not just me and comments on the forum saying they are working on it are encouraging!  Hope its all back to normal soon.

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I read about Bitcoins in Wired magazine, but it wasn't until the news about Crete's banks going bonkers and people starting to invest in Bitcoins, that I finally got involved. 

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When I first started exploring Bitcoins I saw adverts on a load of sites about a shared mining pool where you pay a small amount of btc and this helps to pay for their mining equipment and they then give you back your money with a percentage bonus a week or so later.  Ok, sounded too good to be true - and it was - but at the time it was being advertised heavily, sounded legit with a well-presented website, and lots of other people were investing in it.  Luckily, I only lost 0.1 btc, but I'm sure others lost a lot more.

All I'm saying is that the pro of Bitcoins is their anonymity, but it is also a negative - its easy for somebody to present a believable business model, grab a load of coins, and then vanish. Probably better to mine yourself, although you need a stack of cash to buy the equipment! 

Can all these new coins really co-exist and have value?  I'm only asking because I'm confused about where to focus my attention.  I started recently with bitcoins (though shouldn't make that plural because I still haven't got a whole one - just a fraction of a minuscule piece of one!) then I looked at feathercoins, ripple, devcoins and litecoins.  I've read about at least half a dozen other alt-coins and really don't know if any, or all, of them are worthwhile pursuing.  Now there are Bestcoins - are they going to be best or will they eventually vanish into obscurity? Any thoughts?

Hey, I'm back again - its been a couple of weeks I think

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Also, can anyone advise how I can get started earning Devcoins through writing?  What sort of things can be submitted and who moderates?
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I started with the faucets but after three months I'm still sitting at 0.06 BTC - god knows how much time and effort I've put in to make a few cents.  Mining looks like the only way to go, which also means spending cash up front to get a decent rig.  There really seems to be no way to get BTC with a willingness to work hard - you actually need a computer to do the work for you ... seems a bit limiting way to earn money when there are myriad ways to earn fiat currency!