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Title: Bitcoin - Flexcoin filed for bankrupcty
Post by: Vince G, CSN MFT on March 05, 2014, 05:27:12 AM
The exchange I was using was FlexCoin and it just filed for bankruptcy today.  I guess I'll have to downsize to a trail.....oh wait a minute I forgot. ;D  I had some in cold storage but not much.


Just so you guys know, I was selling ebooks in addition to having a 600GH Monarch bitcoin miner running in my office.   I'm deciding as to whether to move to a new exchange or just sell off the equipment.  What do you guys thinks
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: BigCyp on March 05, 2014, 05:28:09 AM
Did you make enough money for a face transplant?
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: TrueGrit on March 05, 2014, 05:28:53 AM
I bet Vissy isn't giving up that ass so easy now you're broke!
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Mr Anabolic on March 05, 2014, 05:33:48 AM
It was never money, so you never had it.

All these crypto-currencies are digital fiat scams... they are NOT money, just another gambling/trading vehicle. 

Better off trading penny stocks, at least they trade on a legit exchange.

Gold and silver are money... nothing else.
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Karl Kox on March 05, 2014, 05:37:41 AM
The exchange I was using was FlexCoin and it just filed for bankruptcy today.  I guess I'll have to downsize to a trail.....oh wait a minute I forgot. ;D  I had some in cold storage but not much.


Just so you guys know, I was selling ebooks in addition to having a 600GH Monarch bitcoin miner running in my office.   I'm deciding as to whether to move to a new exchange or just sell off the equipment.  What do you guys thinks


May I ask how much you lost?
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Hulkotron on March 05, 2014, 05:39:03 AM
I'm sure a full recovery is near.
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Vince G, CSN MFT on March 05, 2014, 05:40:13 AM

May I ask how much you lost?

I had a little over 1.6 at the time....I cash out whenever I hit the 2 mark but with equipment rental fees and etc I'm going to be in the red on this
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Karl Kox on March 05, 2014, 05:43:21 AM
I had a little over 1.6 at the time....I cash out whenever I hit the 2 mark but with equipment rental fees and etc I'm going to be in the red on this


Man as much as it will suck it might be best to cut your losses.
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Vince G, CSN MFT on March 05, 2014, 05:48:17 AM

Man as much as it will suck it might be best to cut your losses.

Perhaps....I'll still keep the e-store open as selling ebooks and software is very little risk.  Bitcoin mining however is where the expense and risk.  I may just stop renting and just buy a 100GH miner outright....I'll take much longer to generate the bitcoins but I'll have piece of mind
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Post by: The Wizard of Truth on March 05, 2014, 06:02:43 AM
At least you have your health vince
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: SOMEPARTS on March 05, 2014, 06:06:08 AM
I thought leaving your stack on the exchanges was a bad idea unless you were actually cashing them? Isn't that what the "wallets" are for - storage?
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Vince G, CSN MFT on March 05, 2014, 06:18:03 AM
I thought leaving your stack on the exchanges was a bad idea unless you were actually cashing them? Isn't that what the "wallets" are for - storage?

I did the mining with a group so it was not an option...that's why I'm considering just doing it outright with building my own mining rig equipment for minimal risk
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: BigCyp on March 05, 2014, 06:20:25 AM
Vince, this seems like such an elaborate way to make a bit of money. Have you ever considered working bro?
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Post by: Jizzacked on March 05, 2014, 06:24:32 AM
The exchange I was using was FlexCoin and it just filed for bankruptcy today.  I guess I'll have to downsize to a trail.....oh wait a minute I forgot. ;D  I had some in cold storage but not much.


Just so you guys know, I was selling ebooks in addition to having a 600GH Monarch bitcoin miner running in my office.   I'm deciding as to whether to move to a new exchange or just sell off the equipment.  What do you guys thinks

the miner you claim to have is still in pre order phase.

https://products.butterflylabs.com/homepage-new-products/600-gh-bitcoin-mining-card.html
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Vince G, CSN MFT on March 05, 2014, 06:33:46 AM
the miner you claim to have is still in pre order phase.

https://products.butterflylabs.com/homepage-new-products/600-gh-bitcoin-mining-card.html


Yes, you can't buy it....that's why I rent the equipment from a company that has it.  I have a separate computer in the office just to control it.  Its the same thing for my websites....they run on a VPS server that's controlled from my main computer.

It really doesn't matter because I'm prob going to just build my own rigs and save a ton of money
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Post by: El Diablo Blanco on March 05, 2014, 06:45:14 AM
bitcoin is quite the scam
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Post by: Nails on March 05, 2014, 06:57:12 AM
Mining in the matrix  ::)

Thats an expensive video game you playing vince
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Necrosis on March 05, 2014, 07:03:11 AM
Perhaps....I'll still keep the e-store open as selling ebooks and software is very little risk.  Bitcoin mining however is where the expense and risk.  I may just stop renting and just buy a 100GH miner outright....I'll take much longer to generate the bitcoins but I'll have piece of mind

Hey why don'tn you try learning somethign instead of get quick rich schemes. Face it dude you aren't all that bright and to pull off soemthing like this you need foresight, plannig and wit, none of which you have.

Don;t take this the wrong way or anything, just calling it like I see it. Just stop now you will lose more money.
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Vince G, CSN MFT on March 05, 2014, 07:11:12 AM
Hey why don'tn you try learning somethign instead of get quick rich schemes. Face it dude you aren't all that bright and to pull off soemthing like this you need foresight, plannig and wit, none of which you have.

Don;t take this the wrong way or anything, just calling it like I see it. Just stop now you will lose more money.


I make waaaaay more money than I lose and most importantly, I don't invest money that I cannot afford to put up. 
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: CalvinH on March 05, 2014, 07:13:25 AM
Vince, this seems like such an elaborate way to make a bit of money. Have you ever considered working bro?


Lets not get carried away!!!
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: BigCyp on March 05, 2014, 07:16:30 AM

Lets not get carried away!!!

I know forgive me, I saw the blue stars and thought it was some white guy
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: the trainer on March 05, 2014, 07:21:16 AM
Vince losing his bitcoins is like a street bum losing his trolley with trash in it, he wont recover.
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Army of One on March 05, 2014, 07:22:43 AM
The exchange I was using was FlexCoin and it just filed for bankruptcy today.  I guess I'll have to downsize to a trail.....oh wait a minute I forgot. ;D  I had some in cold storage but not much.


Just so you guys know, I was selling ebooks in addition to having a 600GH Monarch bitcoin miner running in my office.   I'm deciding as to whether to move to a new exchange or just sell off the equipment.  What do you guys thinks

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Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on March 05, 2014, 07:25:15 AM

I make waaaaay more money than I lose and most importantly, I don't invest money that I cannot afford to put up. 

will all this wealth at some point make you and Vissy move out of the trailer park?
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: GRACIE JIU-JITSU on March 05, 2014, 07:27:23 AM

 Eletricity. ;)
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Necrosis on March 05, 2014, 07:32:02 AM

I make waaaaay more money than I lose and most importantly, I don't invest money that I cannot afford to put up. 

As should any wise investor, however, this is a poor long term investment and highly volatile, unless you have a really nice cash flow it's a poor investment. Why don't you take you money and invest in known things,long term things, like mutual funds or some shit.

What do you make money on?

Seriously, go to any investment banker, broker etc. this is a really volatile poor investment, it has little long term security, hasn't been around long and frankly is clearly a money making venture in which the idiots who did not get in at the start are left holding worthless shit.
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Vince G, CSN MFT on March 05, 2014, 07:43:23 AM
As should any wise investor, however, this is a poor long term investment and highly volatile, unless you have a really nice cash flow it's a poor investment. Why don't you take you money and invest in known things,long term things, like mutual funds or some shit.

What do you make money on?

Seriously, go to any investment banker, broker etc. this is a really volatile poor investment, it has little long term security, hasn't been around long and frankly is clearly a money making venture in which the idiots who did not get in at the start are left holding worthless shit.


I didn't lose money on the store selling merchandise...just on the bitcoin mining venture due to being in a group collective where more shit can go wrong.  The only money I'm going to lose is the equipment rental and power cost and that's not going to be much.  That's why I'm considering just building my own mining rig and run everything myself so I'll have better control over expenses and revenue.
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Wiggs on March 05, 2014, 08:36:37 AM
Don't leave your bitcoin in a wallet on the site you brought it from. Use different wallets. spread your bitcoin out in those different wallets. I still have mine.
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Vince G, CSN MFT on March 05, 2014, 08:44:00 AM
Don't leave your bitcoin in a wallet on the site you brought it from. Use different wallets. spread your bitcoin out in those different wallets. I still have mine.

Yea, I'm going to do that along with cashing them out faster and not waiting on the market level.  I'm still debating over building a few rigs though.....with my computer skills and access of suppliers, I can build a pretty fast one for a lot less than other people....not only that, I'll have a bad ass gaming machine when I'm not mining
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Post by: galeniko on March 05, 2014, 08:45:57 AM
vince do you even lift?

nice tits brah


Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: syntaxmachine on March 05, 2014, 09:42:59 AM
As should any wise investor, however, this is a poor long term investment and highly volatile, unless you have a really nice cash flow it's a poor investment. Why don't you take you money and invest in known things,long term things, like mutual funds or some shit.

I'd say that ~282% compounded return for half a decade constitutes a decent investment. If your commentary is merely forward looking then, well, perhaps it is correct, but the reality is that no one knows for sure what the future holds for bitcoin's price.
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Post by: _aj_ on March 05, 2014, 11:29:39 AM
Don't bother mining, it isn't worth it. I will bet that your mine hasn't minted a single BTC. The more BTC there is, the "harder" it is to mine (with the difficulty being measured in the escalating complexity of the mining algorithm). The complexity will even outstrip Moore's Law.

Leave the mining to the dorks that have access to a mostly-idle 10,000 CPU data center.
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Army of One on March 05, 2014, 11:37:53 AM
Don't bother mining, it isn't worth it. I will bet that your mine hasn't minted a single BTC. The more BTC there is, the "harder" it is to mine (with the difficulty being measured in the escalating complexity of the mining algorithm). The complexity will even outstrip Moore's Law.

Leave the mining to the dorks that have access to a mostly-idle 10,000 CPU data center.

This, I was going to buy a couple of radeon 9970's a couple of years back but the thought at that time was that the easy mining had finished and now it wasn't worth it as electricity would cost more than the coin, and I listened :( lol @ Goodrum mining now with his pentium 3 processor @ 1.7ghz, 512mb of ram and integrated intel graphics  ;D
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on March 05, 2014, 11:39:30 AM
I'm sure you're all familiar with the bitcoin (http://bitcoin.org/en/) by now. But what you might not know is that there is a whole ecology of alternative (http://www.coinmarketprice.com/) cryptocurrencies being brought to market (initially just mined, then put on an exchange and traded for fiat) with their own special functions -- e.g., coins whose mining sends computational power to BOINC research projects (gridcoin).

As CEO of Vincent Goodcome Enterprises, I'm always looking for ways to innovate and expand my burnt appendages into new markets. Today I'd like to share my latest innovation:

Introducing, the goodcoin (GOC)

(http://i43.tinypic.com/ac5phi.jpg)

Technical specifications:
60 second block time
10 goodcoin's reward per block
60 second transaction confirmation time
scrypt-based, proof of work algorithm
Retarget every 4 hours

RPC/P2P Ports = 8505/8506

The goodcoin will be a revolutionary new cryptocurrency that will only gain value as its adoption rate increases. Initial miners will get free digital coupons to Caliber Fitness and Caliber Grocery upon successful mining of each block (in addition to the standard 10 goodcoin reward). Goodcoins make a great holiday gift as well because I'm sure they'll be useful for something sometime in the future (haven't figured that part of the business out quite yet).

More news to come!!

(http://i41.tinypic.com/35hiidv.jpg)
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Nails on March 05, 2014, 11:40:28 AM
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Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: 65stew on March 05, 2014, 03:11:25 PM
It will be interesting to find out how she died

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/head-online-currency-exchange-found-dead-singapore-n45101
Title: Re: Well...just lost the bitcoin money I made....:(
Post by: Nails on March 05, 2014, 08:36:51 PM
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Title: Re: Bitcoin - Flexcoin filed for bankrupcty
Post by: Nomad on March 05, 2014, 11:54:39 PM
The exchange I was using was FlexCoin and it just filed for bankruptcy today.  I guess I'll have to downsize to a trail.....oh wait a minute I forgot. ;D  I had some in cold storage but not much.


Just so you guys know, I was selling ebooks in addition to having a 600GH Monarch bitcoin miner running in my office.   I'm deciding as to whether to move to a new exchange or just sell off the equipment.  What do you guys thinks

Interesting. https://products.butterflylabs.com/homepage-new-products/600-gh-bitcoin-mining-card.html

Apparently the 600GH Monarch bitcoin miner you claim to be using is not even available yet....

Shipping Schedule

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This is a Pre-Order product which is not yet shipping.  If you're uncomfortable waiting until the development is complete and the product is shipped, do NOT pre-order this product. Perhaps undesirable, but this is a pre-order market.  Customers flatly demand to get in line for the new technology before it's finished development.  This has created a lot of drama for the manufacturers but it's something we simply have to deal with.  All manufacturers in this space have experienced some degree of delay with their first generation ASIC.  Every last one of them, so we're reluctant to give a specific delivery date.  However, this is our second generation, so we have much greater clarity on the process and plan to begin shipments in February 2014.  Orders are shipped in order date priority so any order placed now should be expected to be delivered in April.
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Title: Re: Bitcoin - Flexcoin filed for bankrupcty
Post by: muscleman-2013 on March 06, 2014, 12:01:12 AM
The exchange I was using was FlexCoin and it just filed for bankruptcy today.  I guess I'll have to downsize to a trail.....oh wait a minute I forgot. ;D  I had some in cold storage but not much.


Just so you guys know, I was selling ebooks in addition to having a 600GH Monarch bitcoin miner running in my office.   I'm deciding as to whether to move to a new exchange or just sell off the equipment.  What do you guys thinks

Hey Vince, sorry to hear you lost your 0.0000001 bitcoin!