Quote from: waiataaroha on June 11, 2012, 12:55 pmIt did go down in $ ... it was 754$ then 746$ then 737$ & now 735$ !!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is what I was thinking why would the $ go up & down !! Only if it is viewed in Bitcoins it should go up & down right ??? ??? :-\Afraid not.You bought a certain number of Bitcoins and this amount remains constant. Silk Road displays the current USD equivalent of this number of Bitcoins at MtGox rates. If you have for example 100 Bitcoins in your account, the USD value of your Bitcoins can vary from day to day but there will still be 100 of them!You can protect yourself against losses by making sure you only buy as many Bitcoins as you need at a time and placing your order as soon as you have them. V.