Mon, Apr 19, 2010 So I left an otherwise useless old computer on in the corner of my bedroom without another thought for a bit less than a month in one stretch, running nothing but a barebones linux install and bitcoin. 3,150 bitcoins which got generated in that time exchanged to about 19.something USD when I donated them to an old pal who accepts them as payment at his excellent VOIP company:
https://www.link2voip.com/
If you're not into running idle computers for some wicked phone services that you don't have to pay evil $$$ for, you can exchange your own coins for USD here:
So I left an otherwise useless old computer on in the corner of my bedroom without another thought for a bit less than a month in one stretch, running nothing but a barebones linux install and bitcoin. 3,150 bitcoins which got generated in that time exchanged to about 19.something USD when I donated them to an old pal who accepts them as payment at his excellent VOIP company:
https://www.link2voip.com/
If you're not into running idle computers for some wicked phone services that you don't have to pay evil $$$ for, you can exchange your own coins for USD here:
http://newlibertystandard.wetpaint.com/