Thanks for that perspective donkeypong, you're probably right, that may be my only path.

I don't have an account on an exchange, and I really dislike the fact that all the early adopters and supporters of bitShares have to go through some sort of tracked USD onramp to obtain shares.

Perhaps I'm being overly paranoid but I really really don't want that trackability.

So there's nobody willing to accept 4 half ounce American Eagles for BTSX or bitGLD shares?

toast says he's willing to be the escrow agent and that's good enough for me 

OK. I posted the other account key for another share to register galtman, as well as in the tip thread to thank you for your assistance.

Registration is at hand... at last!

Woops, xeroc just informed me that I won't be able to register the account I just requested the shares for unless I first register galtman. I didn't realize the dot signified a hierarchy.

How about another half share for galtman: BTSX687zVYuV7eezSUTw12Xzdcypw6ojB2egfVaCLk8o98rBTXfEd7  ?

Thx!!!

PS: I just posted in the tip thread, thanks onceuponatime!

I didn't realize the dot signified a hierarchy. I will create another account. Might as well use galtman. Stand by for another share request...

I'd like some shares to complete registration please.

Thank you!

BTSX58VnQ6Tb6S6GV1B6KwRVE9itjx1VXRiy1QJUmSU7jJ4nq9ZRbg

1) I installed 0.4.13.
2) It prompted me to install an update so I did. I was confused by the msg as it said it could be done later.
3) I stopped the client and restarted it. 1st thing I did was check for updates. It said there were none.
4) I logged into client. No accounts are listed anywhere. No connection in lower right.

It was busy syncing when I switched back to the other account.

Why doesn't the account show up? Does it need to finish sync before I'll see it under the unregistered tab?

It only asked me for the account name once when I did the first install. I haven't seen it since, but them a complete sync has yet to be completed.

Newbie alert!

OK folks, I'm sure this must be dealt with somewhere on this forum but I can't seem to find where.

Trying to get the Windows client working but it crashes frequently. I'm no noob with computers, 3+ decades as a SW dev, mostly web dev.

Some basic info:

Windows 7 Home Prem, ASUS MB, AMD quad core CPU, 2.4Ghz, 8 GB DDR2 RAM, 2TB disk, 3Mbps Internet feed

I created a brand new account to install the client, version 0.4.10. I provided a long sentence for password. First time it asked I provided an account name, but it cannot be found anywhere in the gui since it asked. I presumed that was b/c the blockchain sync was not complete.

Every time I start the client it says in the lower right corner it's catching up, down to 4 days, 10 hrs from 52 days. 8 connections to bitShares network are common. Last time I wrote down it had 408765 blocks out of 450391 blocks. The client crashes so frequently now I decided to stop trying and seek help here.

What should I do next? Is this typical of the state of the Windows client stability?

I very well realize this is beta code and much remains to be done in it's development, but am quite surprised at the poor experience I've had so far. Any help will be greatly appreciated.