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1321  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ripple is officially open-source! w/link on: September 26, 2013, 10:36:26 AM
You can on Bitstamp.
Exchange them on Ripple with IOU BTC Bitstamp, deposit them on Bitstamp and withdraw them Smiley
Do it quick through if you don't want to go through the hassle of getting AML verified, https://www.bitstamp.net/article/bitstamp-new-verification-requirements/ BitStamp is requiring AML for Bitcoin transfers (ie deposits, withdrawals) as of Sep 30th. You've got a few days.

HostFat and mah87, still waiting for a response. Or do you think I deserve "a bullet to the head"?  Huh
1322  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ripple is officially open-source! w/link on: September 26, 2013, 10:33:32 AM
Is it possible to sell ripple for BTC?
I still have 10000 ripple from some giveaway I have no use for.
Any good exchanges?

Try BitStamp.
1323  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: tradefortress on: September 26, 2013, 10:31:29 AM
What apology do I owe opencoin and the entire ripple economy?

Have you even read ripplescam.org?

Have you ever spend at least an hour exploring Ripple?
Uh huh, are you aware that I've been exploring Ripple when it was in closed beta? I think I have a two letter firstbits even.
1324  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ripple is officially open-source! w/link on: September 26, 2013, 10:28:08 AM
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The first is an empty argument, as validators can switch to a friendly country in just 1 minute.

The second is totally pointless, as everyone can choose the validators that they like best.

You continue, by the way, confusing a payment system with a currency like bitcoin, and ignoring the benefits that a distributed market could give to bitcoin itself.

I'm not aware of how it is possible to switch from a US-owned ARIN block to another country in just 1 minute, because ARIN reassigning a IP block used by Amazon AWS to a 'friendly country' (Russia? Iran? Syria?) in the timespan of 1 minute when the propagation will take longer is.. dubious.

http://ripple.com/ripple.txt

54.225.112.220: US, United States
54.225.123.13: US, United States
107.21.251.218: US, United States
184.73.226.101: US, United States
23.23.201.55: US, United States

Next?

Saying everyone can choose the validators that they like best is a misleading claim. If you don't choose OpenCoin in your UNL, you will not get the same transactions as any other ripple user. This point is elaborated in more detail in RippleScam.org
1325  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ripple is officially open-source! w/link on: September 26, 2013, 10:25:16 AM

JoelKatz answered EVERY POINT of your argumentation. If not go on ripple forum and ask. You won't do that because it would expose your lies and everybody could see that the ONLY point why you are hating ripple is because you are scared for the bitcoin value....
No he didn't. The burden of proof is on you, not on me going on ripple forum.

Please present me with JoelKatz's response. The last time I heard from him was that he left a comment on Ripplescam.org saying he is willing to debate it on a neutral platform (eg bitcoin forum), while ignoring all my respectful questions directed towards him on Ripple.

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+1 And it was provocative on purpose... Your lies will be exposed soon with the success of ripple...

Are the following provocative on purpose?

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i LL FIND WITHOUT YOU HAVING 5MH POWERHASH SO IM NOT SAD YOU WHORE

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USELESS PIECE OF SHIT


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gO TO HELL

Especially this one? Do you support murdering people that do not provide you with tech support??

sEE ,? YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY BIATCH§

Then why would I help you now?

you're not here to help, you are talking about "caps" I so hate people like you, so useless, a bullet in the head that's all you deserve
1326  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: tradefortress on: September 26, 2013, 10:21:54 AM
What apology do I owe opencoin and the entire ripple economy?

Have you even read ripplescam.org?
1327  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ripple is officially open-source! w/link on: September 26, 2013, 10:19:26 AM
Seeing as how you resort to attacking the opponent (Ad hominem) instead of what I'm actually saying, so what about your Dec 20 2012 message stating "BITCOIN IS DEAD" and that you're switching to mining Litecoin?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=131809.msg1412058#msg1412058
1328  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ripple is officially open-source! w/link on: September 26, 2013, 10:15:06 AM
The ONLY reason you want to shut down ripple is that you own A LOT OF BITCOINS and you are afraid that it's a threat to bitcoin value so you couldn't keep your bitcoin for several years without being worried either by tax or bitcoin value.

I hope you'll get sue by Ripple one day for such dumb accusation.

Do you have anything to comment on my previous response before jumping ahead? I don't think holding "A LOT OF BITCOINS" makes my factual arguments invalid.

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Actually gateways must set "restricted holding" the very first time they issue an IOU. So, existing gateways can't actually restrict or freeze anything.

If a government knocks on Ripple Lab's door and mandates restricted holding, do you think code will stop them? With Bitcoin, people won't follow the fork. With Ripple, you're already following the fork.

You're forgetting OpenCoin validators may simply refuse to broadcast transactions.
1329  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ripple is officially open-source! w/link on: September 26, 2013, 10:09:48 AM
That's not how Ripple's UNL works. It's based on validators, not gateways.
You as gateway (everyone can be one) chose who are your validators. To be a validators you only need do run the Rippled, and be a trustful person.

If the majority of the Ripple gateway chose to NOT trust Opencoin validators, they simply can, and maintain the network active.
As much as Bitcoin users will stop to use/trust Bitcoin-Qt node for another one.

That's not how it works.


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Without the mining, gateways work as nodes/miners at the same time. They have the same functions for the safety of the network.

Did you mean validators?

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They can also change the base of the protocol, and creating an hardfork.

That's not how it works. Miners cannot change what your client accepts as hard ground rules.

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Neither can gateways, they can't inflate XRPs.

OpenCoin Inc can - for example, reducing transaction fees is inflating XRP.

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They have only power on the IOU that they gave you, only if you trust them.

False. You don't have to directly trust them.

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When you look at Bitcoin on your Bitstamp wallet, they are also IOU, and they can steal them from you if they want.

I agree! Please debate this point to Sukrim who still disagrees that Bitstamp can steal ripple BTC IOUs?

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Yes they can, just need to be the majority.

No they can't. Your client will automatically reject anything that doesn't follow it's hard coded rules, majority or no majority.

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They can as the Bitcoin dev team can, until the majority of the community trust them.

OpenCoin Inc's Ripple design and change process is very much more internal compared to the Bitcoin core dev team. Just take a look yourself.

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They can steal them until your Bitcoin are on their pockets. When you use IOU Bitcoin from Bitstamp, they are like Bitstamp/BTC-e/Mtgox codes, so they can disable them if they want.

Show me how I can keep BTC in my pockets with Ripple.

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I see that you really understand how Ripple works, but you are trying to spreading misleading meaning/fud to force your way.

Please elaborate on misleading meaning and FUD. Preferably a point by point rebuttal, like this post.

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You are free to continue, as I'm free to say that I think that you are a liar and so I don't trust you.

Calling me a liar without pointing out instances where I've lied may result in people thinking you are an idiot.
1330  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ripple is officially open-source! w/link on: September 26, 2013, 09:58:19 AM
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Well, I did read that (probably some time before you did...) - if my gateway does this, I can just get my lawyer and sue them for breach of contract as they are a legal entity in my jurisdiction.

Bitcoinica. Good luck, because you'll need it. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/bitcoinica-users-sue-for-460k-in-lost-bitcoins/

Keep in mind that if this was Bitstamp, 99%+ of Ripple BTCs would be vanished.

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Still you did not explain how they would steal my BTC.Bitstamp that are sitting at an address without me doing anything...

Only semantics.

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SO WHAT ? What will you do when Mtgox or other plateforme will be shutdown by USA and that bitcoin value will come close to 0 because of that ?

Making efforts to be compliant and to insure that this network is not to fund alquaeda people is legit .

Unfortunately MtGox isn't like HSBC who can launder billions of dollars to drug cartels and gets a slap on the wrist fine.

I also do not believe 'plateforme' like MtGox getting shut down (http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/feds-seize-funds-of-largest-bitcoin-exchange) (http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/23/feds-seize-another-2-1-million-from-mt-gox-adding-up-to-5-million/) is going to cause BTC to go close to 0. Last time I checked, MtGox is complying with US AML/KYC requirements and BTC is trading at ~$125.

It seems like Ripple users use tu quoque (appeal to hypocrisy) and appeal to emotion (THINK OF "ALQUAEDA") instead of backing up their statements with historical precedents and logical reasoning.
1331  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Why Ripple has failed. on: September 26, 2013, 09:53:25 AM
In my view the whole concept of supporting debt/transactions through trust is majorly flawed.

Why create a system that is based on IOUs and trust?....."faith"?....."credit"?  <--- The last two words are use by the U.S. govt when making promises they can't keep based on IOUs.

We already have that type of broken system...it's called the Federal Reserve System.

Hey, Ripple Labs is the new Fed! They and sub-banks (Gateways) issue currency / IOUs, while Ripple Labs can play Federal Reserve and set Ripple-affecting variables like account reserve requirements, trust line requirements and transaction fees!
1332  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ripple is officially open-source! w/link on: September 26, 2013, 09:46:18 AM
You can still transfer them and have full control over them - you are jsut not able to redeem the value they stand for.

https://ripple.com/wiki/Gateway_policies
https://ripple.com/wiki/Transit_Fees

A gateway is able to levy you a 100% transfer fee on their IOUs. Not only won't you be able to redeem the value they stand for, but you can't even transfer it.

You should spend more time reading the official ripple wiki, particularly:

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Restricted issuance of IOUs
    The gateway may restrict the accounts to which it sends IOUs. For instance, it may limit sending to those account for which KYC requirements have been met.
Restricted holding of IOUs
    The gateway may restrict hold of its IOUs to pre-approved accounts. See Authorized accounts
IOU freezing
    Not implemented. The gateway may freeze an account's ability to transfer their IOUs.
1333  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: Just-Dice.com : Invest in 1% House Edge Dice Game on: September 26, 2013, 09:43:17 AM
So...gambler wins lots of money on a house edged game and you tell him to stop betting big after he's won lots of your money?

You do realize your running a casino; not a retirement fund?
Some say that he'd have lost more.
1334  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ripple is officially open-source! w/link on: September 26, 2013, 09:41:28 AM
BitStamp cannot steal my 1GLadosEke BTC in a few seconds. Bitstamp can steal my rGLadosEke BTC in a few seconds.

I respectfully recommend only talking about what you know about Smiley

Please give an example how... it is NOT possible without compromising a lot of servers at the same time, more than what is needed for Bitcoin.
1. Refuse to honor BTC withdrawals on Bitstamp. Requires two keystrokes - // to comment a line out.
2. Finished.
1335  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ripple is officially open-source! w/link on: September 26, 2013, 09:38:36 AM
Sooo... when will the source code for inputs.io be released? Tongue
When has Inputs advertised it as open source?  Wink

OpenCoin / Ripple Labs has been doing it for something like a year now?
1336  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ripple is officially open-source! w/link on: September 26, 2013, 09:34:53 AM
It's built on the majority of gateways, as it is about majority of nodes/miners on Bitcoin.

Here you trust the majority of miners, instead of the majority of gateways.

That's not how Ripple's UNL works. It's based on validators, not gateways. In addition, Bitcoin is not based on the majority of nodes or miners, it is based on a majority of combined difficulty. Miners in addition have very limited influencing ability - miners can only change the order of transactions, and only that. Miners cannot inflate the currency. Miners cannot change core network rules (whereas OpenCoin can, as seen by account / trust line reserve requirements).

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It's the same trust that you give to exchanger now. BTC-e/Bitstamp/other can just steal all your money in few seconds.

BitStamp cannot steal my 1GLadosEke BTC in a few seconds. Bitstamp can steal my rGLadosEke BTC in a few seconds.

I respectfully recommend only talking about what you know about Smiley

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Is Bitcoin so fragile that can be killed from the free market? Who here is against the free market?

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/loaded-question Are you against free speech?
1337  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: SOLD on: September 26, 2013, 09:23:18 AM
Time to work on the SEO for RippleLabs.net or RippleLabs.org and get it ranked higher than the official one Smiley
1338  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ripple is officially open-source! w/link on: September 26, 2013, 08:54:29 AM
Which exchanger will be the next big gateway? Smiley

- BTC-e
- mcxNOW
- Mtgox ...
None because they know it's a bad idea to support Ripple.

Myth: Ripple is decentralized, or open sourcing Ripple will make it decentralized

Ripple was designed around centralization. The network consensus is built upon trust because they're Ripple Labs and they said so, instead of trust because of proof of work or expense of computational power like Bitcoin. The currency is built upon because gateways said so, instead of cryptographic proof or the decentralized mining process. Don't forget all XRPs (Ripples) were premined - all 100 billion of them. Ripple calculates their market capitalization with all 100 billion XRPs, despite the fact that the vast majority are not in circulation.

How would you kill a decentralized internet currency? By making a centralized one, complete with infinite money printing via gateways, where you don't have control of your money (gateways can arbitrarily levy fees on your transfers of IOUs) and much much more.

Before you buy into the 'promises' of Ripple, learn about what Ripple actually is. It's distributed, like having load balancers. It's not decentralized by any stretch of the word, and open sourcing code that forces centralization does not mean anything.

Yeah, the main problem I see with Ripple is that it's probably a lot more centralized than it appears, even ignoring the issues with XRP distribution and source availability.

AFAICT, Ripple requires that your UNL:
- Contain entities that won't cooperate to defraud you.
- Contain entities that themselves have good UNLs, and the entities in their UNLs must have good UNLs, etc.
- Form a "good network". A UNL containing just your friends wouldn't form a good network because you wouldn't be linked well-enough to the rest of Ripple. Your section of the network might get into a situation where its idea of history will never converge with the rest of the network's idea of history.

As a result, I believe that Ripple can really only be used reliably and securely if everyone has pretty much the same UNL. It's probably OK to remove or add a handful of nodes to your UNL, but at least a big portion of it probably needs to remain the same between users. So this ends up being a distributed system, but not a decentralized one. Whoever decides who's on the canonical UNL has a lot of power over the network. Also, people generally can't be "full nodes" in Ripple and participate in the consensus process because full nodes need to be online all the time and in someone's UNL.

Despite this, I wouldn't be surprised to see Ripple grow over the next few years. A lot of people think that it's decentralized and safe, and if they use the default centralized Ripple configuration it probably will be safe and stable in the short-term, and it'll be a lot cheaper to transact using Ripple than with Bitcoin. But it won't actually be as decentralized or as robust as Bitcoin, and legal issues may bring the whole thing down eventually.
1339  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: To the Ripple haters... on: September 26, 2013, 08:52:50 AM
Ripple is also opensource from today Smiley
NSA uses open source software
1340  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: [WTS] Ripple Labs .org and . net / OpenCoins new name on: September 26, 2013, 08:50:18 AM
*awaits tradefortresses offer*
Email me, payment in BTC only.

Where can I read about OpenCoin Inc's name change?
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