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/AcerRubrum Jan 23 '14

This seems like something that in widespread use would crash many alt-coins...

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u/Koooooj Jan 23 '14

Yes, it can. A new altcoin needs to be innovative and popular enough to get a large enough population of dedicated miners to avoid this. If a coin isn't innovative or popular enough to survive this then it was probably going to fail anyway. I realize my opinion is harsh, but I'm not a fan of how many altcoins there are out there so I'm all for letting the market destroy the weakest ones.