How to scrape current prices onto a spreadsheet

http://www.coinjourney.com/how-to-get-real-time-coin-rates-in-google-spreadsheet/

BEWARE!! Scamcoins.

Well as I trade altcoins and bitcoins I always come across articles about "scamcoins".
How does a regular person know if a particular breed of coin is a scam?
Well there is no real answer.

Every article written about bitcoin or any coin is all opinion.
The whole point of a decentralized currency is avoiding rules and regulations.
So that means there really aren't any policing agencies for these coins.
The best thing I recommend are the two following links.


http://altcoins.com/scamcoins
This has a list of what most would consider a scam.
Although there is a complete lack of evidence proving anything - a general consensus may be the only weapon we have against being rooked.
You might still be able to make money trading some of these coins but I wouldn't recommend have large sums of money in any of the listed coins.

http://cryptolife.net/the-anatomy-of-a-scamcoin-7-things-to-know-before-investing-in-an-altcoin/
This link is an article of red flags to watch for with altcoins.

I wish somebody would make a list of all the exchanges that may be scams as well.
So far when I research each exchanges I can't find one place that has a high approval rating.
It looks as if they all suck -- but they are all we have besides craigslist.
That is a scary thought in itself!!

as always
good luck :)

My first payout!!

Finally the day has arrived. Our first payout.
After fighting with Linux commend line for a few days I ended up using bitminter for my pool and mining needs.
They also mine namecoin while mining bitcoin.
Yesterday we finally had .01 worth of namecoin the bare minimum for a payout.
I transferred it to my wallet and at current rates I am officially 81 cents richer!!!
Actually a friend and I are doing this mining together so I'm 40.5 cents richer today than yesterday....

coinbase to cryptsy btc transfer (how long???)

today's test is how long it takes to transfer so I may begin the fun of trading :)

I clicked transfer on coinbase at 6:15pm.
After 5 minutes cryptsy already has the transaction pending.
Finally after one hour and 30 minutes the BTC is in my account and ready to trade on cryptsy
I think tonight I am going to research feather coin, primecoin, and peercoin.
I want to say in the back of my mind I didn't get the best first impression of peercoin,
I will post my selections when they are finally made...

good news!!

The generic 4amp power block I found on ebay works like a charm.
I have six block erupters running and a fan off of ONE hub.
The fan is spinning very fast keeping the hub nice and cool.
I now found the cheapest 7-port USB hub possible. 13 bucks including shipping!

The mcm is similar but it only has a 3.5A power source and their price doesn't include shipping.
After shipping I think theirs is around 17-18 clams each.
Still not bad -- if ebay runs out I would certainly jump on the MCM variety.

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Also in good news.
I finally received my BTC from coinbase.
I purchased at $721 per coin and today when it hit my box it was just under $800 per coin.
I love instant profit!!!

I think I am going to transfer the BTC to cryptsy and trade some altcoin.
DOGE is down over the past few days and it looks like a nice buying opportunity.
This particular altcoin seems to have some controversy surrounding it.
I will find out the hard way if it is a good buy or not...