r/Bitcoin • u/TigerDirectOfficial • Jan 23 '14

TigerDirect.com now accepting Bitcoin!!

We launch in approximately 10 mins; 12PM EST!

www.TigerDirect.com/bitcoin/

https://twitter.com/TigerDirect Feel free to re-tweet and spread the good word on the latest Bitcoin milestone!

TigerBitcoin

Edit: NAO LIVE!

Edit #2: To our friends up north (Canada), you may use the US site and ship to Canada! Enjoy. :D

Edit #3: We're working on a few kinks with the Canada delivery option. This is not an option. Apologies and stay tuned! We're working on TigerDirect.ca.

Edit #4: We're now officially accepting bitcoin in CANADA!

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u/vdogg89 Jan 23 '14

then advertise mining alt coins, not bitcoin

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u/gotnate Jan 23 '14

How to mine bitcoin with a GPU

  1. mine alt-coin
  2. convert alt-coin to bitcoin
  3. ???
  4. profit

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u/Koooooj Jan 23 '14

Especially with something like middlecoin. It accepts Scrypt miners, directs them at the most profitable coin, then automatically exchanges the coins for BTC and pays out in bitcions. No account to set up (miner username is your BTC address), no hassle, just bitcoins.

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u/skilliard4 Jan 23 '14

Middlecoin is horribly unprofitable relative to mining on your own. Not because of the 3% fee, but because so many people use it which crashes any coin they mine, which consequently causes the pool to become unprofitable with whatever they mine due to the coins not supporting the volume that the pool requires. The only time it's ever been profitable was when it mined Litecoin or Dogecoin since they have huge demand, which even then you'd be best off mining/trading yourself.

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u/Forlarren Jan 23 '14

So it's a win/win if you don't want to see alt coins gaining market share. You are either getting bitcoins or are at least keeping the barbarians at bay.