Wow, I can only hope the linux code will somehow benefit from whatever Noodle did with the Windows code.  I've got 4x Opterons that went from 2.8947 H/s to 5.000 H/s when I moved it from Ubuntu to Windows.  My E5 box with Ubuntu is doing 5.4 H/s, but I can't swap OS's on it.  Both are VPS.

I suggest SecureBits or something similar.

For me, Security is above all what I'm looking for.

Secure in my privacy : anonymity is a must
Secure in my transactions : transaction fidelity is provable
Secure in my trust : distributed participation that precludes centralization of control

With the above platform, what am I not safeguarded against?  Sure, market demand may drive the value of the above currency to zero, but that has no bearing on the fact the infrastructure is worthy of use; is Secured.

The choice of the word bits isn't necessarily as copy-cat as it might sound either.  A bit is intrinsically a piece of something.  They can be added to together or broken down further.  A bit has been commonly used as a currency valuing term in various places across the world and is already a part of many people's lexicon.  Obviously there is the technical usage in the computer world.  I think in the end it works on lots of levels and can be pretty accessible to a wide audience be they lay or technical.

I know liberty was mentioned earlier, but I think liberty is only truly held after it has been secured and true liberty is simply the guarantee of being able to succeed or fail without undue external pressure.  That works on the market side of this coin, but I really don't like that meaning associated with the infrastructure.  It could just be me, but I would rather have a term that feels more like a an obstacle overcome, beaten and well, secured, than one that means I now have the opportunity to fight the battle to the best of my ability.  I don't think Liberty is as much achieved as it is lived in.

(edit: I kinda like the sound of SecureBlox too.  A Blox/Block is made of 'something', it has a perceived value, it is still associable with the tangible world yet isn't necessarily defined)

Playing with a couple VPS machines

Azure machine - Ubuntu 13 working just fine
uname -a = Linux ***** 3.11.0-20-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 1 20:40:25 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Rootwelt machine - Ubuntu 13 not working - illegal instruction (followed the same instructions except added swap space)
uname -a = Linux ***** 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 9 16:20:46 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

2014-Apr-30 06:48:21.165950 Starting...
2014-Apr-30 06:48:21.169761 bitmonero v0.8.5.294()
2014-Apr-30 06:48:21.169873 Module folder: ./bitmonerod
Illegal instruction


dmesg shows
[4286201.683830] do_trap: 21 callbacks suppressed
[4286201.683836] traps: bitmonerod[14444] trap invalid opcode ip:59e4ec sp:7fffe15e5270 error:0 in bitmonerod[400000+273000]

Any ideas?

I have been reading your posts and am somewhat mesmerized by the breadth of your observations, explicit research and quite ordered analysis.  Many if not most of your conclusions will need to be judged by future outcomes, but they ring highly probable to my lay ear.  This brings me to the reason for me message.  I am absolutely new to crypto-currencies.  While I thought I knew little, now that I've been reading the the depth of this understatement is a bit overwhelming.  While I would like to enter into this market (for both finacial and sociopolitical reasons) I am struggling with the coalescing of control I see in bitcoin.  If at this point in time the only way to effectively continue the generation of bitcoin towards its intrinsic currency cap is through huge expenditure of resources, then only the "whales" are actually functional in the market.  This appears to be exactly what Satoshi was against.  If it isn't, it is something *I* am against.

For me to enter into bitcoin, my current options are to a) exchange fiat for it b) expend the resources to become a "producer" of monumental scale or c) provide services, knowledge or products in exchange for bitcoin.  While those are all perfectly fine options, I'm not certain I want to further bitcoin and it's increasing centralization.  What does that leave other than altcoins?  If altcoins, where does one even start?  While there are a plethora to delve into, most all seem to be less than useful or plagued with fundamental issues.  I am drawn to currencies that are constructed to try and withstand industrial scale takeover of mining such that the Commons can continue to participate in currency creation well into the future; keeping the currency truly decentralized.  I am a fan of anonymity in transactions as governments have proven all to clearly they are willing to exploit, break or create laws that favor their continuance of power and exertion of control on the populace.

What options would you point a new entrant into the cryptocurrency world look at?  Wait for a better market contender?  Consider a handful of coins that have existing merits beyond the rest of the pack?  Back bitcoin until an alternative emerges that isn't clearly ephemeral?  I truly am having a hard time picking out potentials (if only for research and not financial entrance) from a field I am only now becoming familiar with.  Any advice you could provide would be truly helpful.  There are many voices on the forums and in blogs, but not so many that are so rigorously dedicated to the facts and not their dogma.

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TxID 0a7f9b1a5bfc42002a00acded76909fda97e3b43b58aa6d779df274b9dafeab8

Payment sent!

TxiD: af9c6e5106d61361b632cf296e311c6346a108822caf17d95128f6feb2db27f1
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Please reserve 1 share on Titan #5 for me (1.2btc).  I'll send payment this evening or in the morning.

Any way to estimate what the difficulty #'s might go up to after release?  3'ish months out?  6'ish months out?  7000?  10,000?  I wasn't part of the Bitcoin run-up post ASICs so I don't know if those numbers can be extrapolated.

OK, so I'm a totally noob.  Never mined at all.

I'm trying to get a handle on potential mining outcomes.  On litecoinminingcalculator, I plug in 12500 khs (1/20 total) @ 5797.27800722 difficulty with a 3% fee.  This returns

2.1 LTC / Day
(Diff. 5797.27800722)   
63.11 LTC / Month
768.37 LTC / Year

Is that a decent ballpark or am I not plugging in the right numbers?  What is a reasonable hope for break even and how long do we estimate the machine would be viable?