Huh? Satoshi Dice?

... Sure, I suppose they're a major transaction source


...WTF? ... just no. I'll pass on the censorship:


There's an official, more long-term solution underway.
(more long-term compared to the censorship and filtering discussed in that thread)


(( Bitcoin Foundation: Blog -- Core Development Update #3 )) -- Link

It should not be needed after miners increase the soft block limit.

Very exciting past day! Bitcoin bug makes blockchain fork. Exchange price dive. 25 blocks orphaned. Who needs Hollywood? We have Bitcoin!

nastyfans backend updated to bitcoind 0.8.0. The new version uses a new database so the full blockchain must reindex. This was several hours time. Thank you for your patience for members using the auction. During reindex purchase orders were queued and purchase order status was not updated. A message was showing to explain this. Now everything runs normal again.

The best feature of bitcoind 0.8.0: It is friendly to my hard drive.

Thanks you for the update! But about the refund, it's only a 80% USD refund, so are we expected to receive more in the future? And if so will it only be a maximum of a 100% USD refund or could/should it be a a 100% BTC refund, if bASIC kept their funds in BTC? I haven't really kept up to date with all the bASIC developments, and I'm not sure if you could even have any more answers than what you've already stated

 How long is the current Nastyfans poll open for? Is there a clear policy yet for how retained coins will be spent on new hardware as far as further preorders go?

We spent a total of BTC177.86 which at the time was worth $2,198.00.  We received a BTC38 refund which is currently worth $1,818.30.  Definitely not the way I would have liked to see things go, but it gives us a good head start towards ordering 2 more Single SCs from Butterfly Labs.

Im not so sure buying some more Singles is the best decision right now, i think it would be better to hold it as a liquid asset for now until a better opportunity become clear.

I concur.  The invective coming from the BFL communications officer lately is causing me alarm.  It's not the kind of thing I like to see.  Perhaps a delay is imminent?

However, I'm nervous about Avalon as well.  Are there any other choices?

Concur. Longevity will be determined by power consumption as margins dwindle.

Distribution 226039 is complete. It uses tx fee of 0.0025 BTC. Indeed it was propagated and included at normal speed again.

For this distribution 2 seats accepting donations enter probation. The probation account is visible on the donations page. As per policy if the probation seat owners do not sign in within 90 days the probation account is distributed to the other members.

This distribution also includes 9.8705 BTC in refunds for members that sent payments after purchase order expire.

We thank our donators. Even with doubled difficulty we still receive good donations per seat.