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15541  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: [CANN]Cannabis Coin Pre-Mine Transparency Discussion on: January 09, 2015, 12:51:06 AM
didn't they set up a place to grow their cannabis strain?  are there any updates?
15542  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: NXT is dying :-( on: January 09, 2015, 12:43:33 AM
It's just like with Christmas.

If you close your eyes, confirmations go faster.

lol.  but there was mention of making NXT's confirmation time to a few seconds right?  if i'm not mistaken, i think it's called transparent forging?  are the devs still working on it?

anyway i think NXT would be way better if it was faster than the rest.

The last I heard the devs were still working on it, but there's only a few who understand it and it's going to take a while to develop. Maybe things have changed since I looked into it.

i think getting faster confirmation times is the way to go.  then add more features later.
15543  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: Stellar on: January 09, 2015, 12:25:19 AM
how many STR have the facebook giveaway been giving?  just wondering...

https://www.stellar.org/stats/

no.  i meant how much STR is given per person by connecting their facebook account with their stellar wallet.
15544  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: NXT is dying :-( on: January 09, 2015, 12:21:24 AM
It's just like with Christmas.

If you close your eyes, confirmations go faster.

lol.  but there was mention of making NXT's confirmation time to a few seconds right?  if i'm not mistaken, i think it's called transparent forging?  are the devs still working on it?

anyway i think NXT would be way better if it was faster than the rest.
15545  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: NXT is dying :-( on: January 08, 2015, 11:49:04 PM
what i think that could help NXT get the edge is faster confirmation time.  and i hope we see it this year.
15546  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Bitstamp will easily recover from this hack on: January 08, 2015, 02:02:22 PM
5 million dollars is a huge amount to cover out of pocket unless they were making insane amounts of yearly revenue off fees.
You have a point, but Stamp's financial health looks okay as of the last published auditing cycle: http://companycheck.co.uk/company/08157033/BITSTAMP-LIMITED/company-summary

That's quite impressive, but I'm guessing those total figures are mostly comprised by the sum of the customer coins held.  I'd be interested to know their actual revenue figures from the past 2 years after employee/server/maintenance costs.

The question is...do they really have the integrity to stick with this and be willing to work basically free of charge and at a personal cost loss for the next few months, if not years...just to pay back the stolen funds?  My gut tells me no...which is why this scenario almost always plays out the same way. Whether or not this was an inside job, from a logical perspective there are very few business owners that would be willing to take that kind of hit, especially knowing it's already a sinking ship.

It's like people with burried with outrageous personal debts with a meager job salary.  That's why filing for bankruptcy is such a common practice nowadays especially in the current financial climate.


According to the Bitstamp financial statement, the 2013 profit was around of 800,000 USD. Even they hide all the figures, let's say 2 mil usd profit/year. It's too less to cover the loss.
5 MIL USD are a lot of money. 500K are a lot of money but 5 MIL is huge Smiley

Bistamp will drag down Ripple with them. Take the popcorn and look to the show that it will come soon. Smiley


you mean ripple the platform...?  nope, that will never happen.  bitstamp is just a gateway as far as the ripple network is concerned.  the price of XRP could go down tho, that i give you.
15547  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Join the Dots: "Nxt" name is temporary, "Unfair" distribution was deliberate on: January 08, 2015, 12:20:08 PM
so...  what would NXT's next name be?  and to what purpose was making the "unfair" distribution deliberate.
15548  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Bitstamp will easily recover from this hack on: January 08, 2015, 12:16:28 PM
I hope what is more important is that after the incident at least they know where the loopholes are and have taken the measures to upgrade their security. Also, what I'm interested is how the coins get lost to the attacker? SQL injection, I'm not sure... but certainly it's not that easy to get hacked in the first place.

hence making the inside job angle very very possible.
15549  Economy / Speculation / Re: Is Gox to be blamed? on: January 08, 2015, 12:14:08 PM
Gox should be thanked for manipulating the prices up to $1200. If it wasn't for them it still would have been floating between $50 and $200.
Its coming down to its correct level, but the rally created a lot of free publicity and it is several times more well known now.
So you mean 250-300$ is the correct level? I guess no, there are hundreds of newcomers joining the bitcoin world everyday and that is certainly increasing the demand of the coin. If dumpers(mining equipment manufacturers who mine a lot themselves) start to hold bitcoins as bit then I guess the price would increase drastically and then it would be correct bitcoin's price.

that would be a nice scenario yes.  Smiley

why you want BTC to go up so badly if you don't mind me asking?  you bought high?
15550  Economy / Speculation / Re: Is Gox to be blamed? on: January 08, 2015, 11:58:48 AM
but think about where BTC was 2 years ago.  still looking good despite all the bad shit happening imo.
15551  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: "Nxt" name is temporary, "Unfair" distribution was deliberate on: January 08, 2015, 11:54:29 AM
Ok, I'll give you a little something that might pique some people's interest...

The first part of the title is a quote from BCNext. The second part is a quote for Come-from-Beyond.

And no, I'm not making that up   Cheesy

Quotes from the same guy. BCNext and CFB are the same person, the former was created to give an air of mystery and make it seem larger than life and trying to create parallels with Satoshi. It also allowed CFB to get a big part of the share without allegations.

proof?
15552  Economy / Speculation / Re: Is Gox to be blamed? on: January 08, 2015, 10:48:57 AM
blame is not the right word for it i think.  anything traded in the open market are subject to certain economic laws and market manipulation.  so naturally BTC will trend up, down, go sideways, go smooth, go choppy, etc, etc...
But running away with 100thousands of bitcoin wasn't a part of the "economic laws" and market manipulation,that's what I was talking about. It made the bitcoin to crash suddenly and there wasn't enough room for it so stand up.

if that's the case then yes.  just like the financial crisis of 2005, there were certain players to be blamed.
15553  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: NXT is dying :-( on: January 08, 2015, 10:46:33 AM
only a falling price will make them let go of their NXT. 
15554  Economy / Speculation / Re: Is Gox to be blamed? on: January 08, 2015, 10:39:35 AM
blame is not the right word for it i think.  anything traded in the open market are subject to certain economic laws and market manipulation.  so naturally BTC will trend up, down, go sideways, go smooth, go choppy, etc, etc...
15555  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Bitstamp will easily recover from this hack on: January 08, 2015, 08:33:39 AM
Bitstamp hack was an inside job, same as Mt gox

Everyone is way too optimistic, I don't think they will even re-launch

possible. most multi-million dollar heists in history are inside jobs.  i'm not saying the bitstamp hack is, but it is something to consider and think about.

edit:  i'm pretty sure law enforcement officers are investigating bitstamp employees too.
15556  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: A sad year for alts, here are the charts. on: January 08, 2015, 08:27:18 AM
i hope the slump continues for 2 more years, so we'd know which ones are legit.
15557  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Bitstamp will easily recover from this hack on: January 08, 2015, 06:29:18 AM
Not so easy I think

that reserve includes the bitcoins owned by users,not their bitcoins.

Some calculations say that 18k bitcoins are aproximately 8 months of fees.

And from now on they will have fewer volume for sure.

It will take many time to recover this

I think this is the key point.  Stamp is not going to disappear and the poloniex analogy is good one.  However, 18K coins is a lot to make up over time via fees.

not going to disappear but is certainly a huge dent in their cash reserves and reputation. There are a few well backed western exchanges currently lacking customers that will try to soak up current bitstamp's customers. Other than their liquidity and reputation of being here for a long time, I don't see it has other advantages over other exchanges.

what other exchanges are there?  time to find a new home.
15558  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: is the only point of bitcoin drugs?? on: January 08, 2015, 04:44:27 AM
Yes, it is.




LOL
15559  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: is the only point of bitcoin drugs?? on: January 08, 2015, 04:43:59 AM
cause if it is.  i think we should stop fighting.  and use the US dollar instead..

yes. ok, we use dollar.
15560  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Could the bitcoin community start its own bank? on: January 08, 2015, 03:12:52 AM
Just wondering what would be involved in founding a new bank that's friendly towards the interests of bitcoiners. Of course you'd still be dealing with the problems of having to trust a bank, but at least it would be better than trusting the big banks that are always closing bitcoin-related accounts. I'm just talking about a bank that would be willing to open business accounts for bitcoin traders, and where you wouldn't have to worry about telling them you're using your account for buying and/or selling cryptos.

How much capital would it take to start a small bank or credit union along these lines? Which country would it make sense to try it in, if any?

wasn't bitcoin started so that we wouldn't have a bank?

I think the OP is talking about traditional fiat-based banks that are friendly towards the interests of Bitcoin traders but don't directly deal with Bitcoin itself. While Bitcoin is supposed to eliminate the need for banks (an idea which I disagree with if Bitcoin is ever to become mainstream), those traders and businesses that deal with both fiat and BTC will require a traditional bank to process fiat transactions. Many banks today are unfriendly towards Bitcoin traders and Bitcoin-based businesses and will shut down their accounts if they see the word "Bitcoin" being mentioned too much.

For example, I know a very popular LocalBitcoins trader who lives in New Zealand. He buys BTC from exchanges and sells it to people via LocalBitcoins in exchange for fiat. He has had two bank accounts (BNZ and ANZ) shut down recently because of Bitcoin-related activity and he recommends those who deal with him from not mentioning the word "Bitcoin" when sending money. This is because the banks don't like Bitcoin and are scared of it. A Bitcoin-friendly bank would easily remedy this situation.

what about creating a ripple gateway specifically made for that function?  that could be viable, right? 

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