I got 35.000 XRP on time about 1 day after posting. Unlike you I was eligible though. You are free to look at their giveaway addresses (rJR7gjNe3DpJ7kpB4CHBxjDKfwVMpTKPpj is one of them) and see if you can find the addresses where XRP were sent to in the giveaway topic if you need further actual proof.
I never gave my email address to Ripple Inc. and stored my private key outside of their system too, as it was advised in their client. You were incompetent enough to actually post your private key(!) in there and were ignoring the terms under which you'd receive XRP (your account was too "young"), then complaining to this day about not receiving any.
Anyways, I agree that it probably was/is a publicity stunt and I still am not a big fan of XRP as a currency - however people around here far too often seem to confuse XRP, RCL, RippleConnect, ILP and Ripple Inc. as well as the actual idea of "Ripple" as a monetary system by Ryan Fugger with each other, unfortunately often only reducing it to the bare minimum (XRP) which is the easiest part to understand and critizise.
Ripple has had lots of drama and they always come out trying to spin it all.
Such as FiNCEN fining them.
How many other coins in history went through that again ?
When did that happen,why would FINCEN fine ripple and if that is true it will hurt them bad and could reflect it in the market,since i recently started trading with ripple after some major news i saw in their slack that some of the banking system will be using their technology and that news just started the rally in them and so in entered,so what is this all about,is it true that the banks will be using their system or just plain lies.
May 2015:
https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-fines-ripple-labs-inc-first-civil-enforcement-action-against-virtualI doubt that it will reflect in any market, since their shares are not publicly traded and they since have pivoted away from customers towards getting banks to use their ILP connector software. You maybe started trading XRP, I don't think you started trading with Ripple. Banks are using Ripple Connect, it is speculation at best if they will currently or in the future also settle partially using XRP via ILP enabled market makers or directly.
I think you are full of shit.
Show us the post maybe..
Back then the only option was to sign up on the web site and login that is how i KNOW you are lying.
There was no other option back in mid-2013.
And google search FiNCEN + Ripple ..you will find lots of info on it.
The shills though and Joel etc simply spinned it all so they weren't in trouble with the public..
FiNCEN shit on them and they dropped to their knees sucking cock hard.
They had to make radical changes which has what now to do with how it works today ?
What was their ORIGINAL PLAN ?Spin
that crooked frauds.
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Funny how Ripple assholes claim this is the idea yet they had to change the "idea" after FiNCEN went after them.
Another contradiction that shows their are waffling bullshiting con artists.
Hey wanna "invest" with crooked douche bags in crypto then have at 'er guys.
Any scammy ass bullshit becomes legit if you hang around long enough and cry "FUD" or "Troll"
Reality.. Ripple the premined centralized bank bullshit is a fraud.
Their track record is dog shit and their shills are paid losers.
There was a topic i seen in 2013 that had a guy asking..
Who are all the people listed in the corporate about page and why did they all get so many free Ripple coins ?
Want to talk Ripple history ?
Don't motivate me to get on the Wayback-Machine cocky smug little fucking Ripple pricks.
PS:When they stopped the giveaway they should have said something and locked the topic.
Not a year after the fact luring in more people to get involved for a few cents worth of coins.
That *IS* deceptive.
Which is a decetful stunt.
And who ran the giveaway ? Look yourself at the account name..
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=145506.0Posted by "
Ripple Labs"
And there were other giveaway topics (see via Google) posted too but that one was 417 pages.