That was the sum total of your response to me. Let's look at it line-by-line.


It's good that we get the pleasantries out of the way.

First, you made the presumption that I am a Newbie. Yet you are aware that people could have more than one username on this site and elsewhere. Jumping to conclusions like that is indicative of a poor standard of reasoning and understanding. I make that observation since you purport, or pretend to be an investigative journalist/video maker.

Let's continue. You said: "Do your research ... In the process you will eventually realize that you are not the first newb to react in the very same inbred maggot like way.  "

Well, I did do some research before I posted and did find the others (who you refer to as newbies) who did react in a similar way to myself. I even gave the reference to you on a plate. Again, not very convincing of any ability of yours to be able to comprehend English Language.

Not doing very well so far are you? And that was your first sentence. At least technically it was, despite your poor grammar (misuse of the full stop etc.).

When you semiotically analyse your choice of words, together with your attached smiley at the end, it conveys several things, one of which could be that you are getting pleasure out of the attention someone is giving you. The words: 'inbred' and 'maggot' do seem to pop up regularly in your vocabulary elsewhere. Perhaps they are on your mind because they are indicative of the something that might be affecting you personally, or have affected you personally in the past. Perhaps you are a pathetic, delusional, lonely person who tries to assume the mantle of the investigative reporters that you try to associate your name with. I wonder whether they would like to be associated with you. Somehow, I doubt it.

OK. Let's get to the meat: You said: "It has been widely known for some time now that your hero(s) are nothing but scammers, liars.. pure scum.

If this isn't enough.. good luck on your voyage of the crypto damned."

Woooh. No. That isn't enough. That's just a statement with no fact to back it up. If you are going to cast aspersions like that publicly, as any trained investigative reporter will tell you, you have to be prepared to back up those assertions with real evidence. Something you haven't done. Those are serious allegations. From behind that presumed cloak of anonymity of yours, it is cowardly of you to make those accusations without backing them up.

The rest of your post is mainly copy and pasted and presumably was presented by yourself as 'the evidence'. I will selectively summarise it as follows: Horus has had several user names which he quite freely confirms. He has worked for Cryptsy. He gave all his HBN to charity and he gave a reference which can be checked. Then, "Tranz took over dev and has been great with the coin". Well, I think the vast majority of us can agree with that. So what's your point?

Amongst the other revelations you presented as evidence was confirmation by Horus that he had worked in anti-terrorist financing and investigations (presumably in his employment capacity at Cryptsy). He also said that even one of the trolls ... "spoke good words towards my character. I have always tried to be fair with people and I am known in community for being helpful and honest with people." He further states that he is sorry to inform people there is no great Horus conspiracy and that he is saddened to disappoint. But what relevance is Horus to HoboNickels today, other than the being butt of a joke? So Hippie Tech, is this the standard of evidence you are presenting to show proof of some wrong-doing?

I would suggest, on the face of it, that it shows the opposite of what you are trying to impute. He was open with you and quite prepared to talk to you about it. I wouldn't have been in the same circumstances. It is hard to communicate with a delusional, irrational idiot.

You go on to mention the Cryptsy court case. Well, if you check my posts out you will find that on occasions I have been quite critical of Cryptsy. At one time, I even threatened them with court action. I had done many trades with them; some very quickly. Too quickly. I had once inadvertently activated a security 'lock my account' hyperlink. To reopen my account Cryptsy required me to submit all kinds of proof - which is understandable. It took time, which annoyed me, but eventually everything was sorted out to my satisfaction.

Cryptsy's Paul Vernon is upfront and accountable. These are not the markers of a scamster. To persistently make vagaries of accusations on the flimsy tissue of nonsense you have put forward here shows piss poor investigatory powers, in my opinion. It is cowardly to anonymously hound people in such a way as you have done. Why don't you take your evidence to the authorities? Maybe you have, and have had it rejected for the rambling, nonsensical diatribe that it is. Continually plastering it on BitcoinTalk like you have had to do is a sign of weakness. Go to the authorities if you think that you have something.

Finally, you might be aware that Bitcoin has been classified as a commodity in the United States. That means it can be traded on the stock exchange, just as it is on crypto coin exchanges. By logical extension, that classification as a commodity applies to altcoins as well.

There are stringent laws against people trying to depress the price of traded commodities with what we call FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. Recently, there was a case here in the UK, where one person tried to influence prices on the Stock Exchange with FUD via Twitter. He was pounced on by the authorities and is now serving a prison sentence. You can be traced. You might want to take that into account before you post any further in this thread.

Prison life can be pretty stringent. If it ever comes to it, I give you my word, I am prepared to back you up ... that you shouldn't be in a prison, ... but in an asylum.

If you are referring to me, I did leave the room. I came back home from work a short while ago. People have been known to have to work for a living, you know. You really do revel in your own self-importance don't you?

O.K. I see that you have responded to my bait to draw you out into open. Not much to see really, other than a pathetic load of twaddle. I'll respond to your main post shortly, after I've had a bite to eat.

There seems to be a discrepancy between our two main block explorers.

PressTab's currently shows a difficulty of 0.00384384         on block 1320669 (so did my wallet)
while BlockExperts' shows a difficulty of  0.01163326 stuck on block 1318135

Both are current readings accessed a couple of minutes ago. I wonder if this shows where the problem might lie and whether BlockExperts are running a Linux-based system?

I forgot that you were on Ubuntu. While you are sorting things out on your side, I just fully synced up two weeks worth of blockchain using the Windows QT wallet. It took approximately 45 minutes with just a few little pauses. It has stayed stable for the last 10 minutes, so your problem might be due to a glitch similar to what some of us experienced a few weeks ago.

It could be that lots of micro-amounts were competing with each other make it into a block, maybe creating lots of orphans - enough to make it difficult for you to sync. I'm not sure how that would make you stall with 5 days to go though. I notice that the current difficulty is 0.01163326. That's quite high.

Johan 11's solution seems like it could be the best bet.

Thanks. I was aware of this thumbnail HoboNickels history early on and was so impressed with how it performed that I decided that this was a coin to invest in. I liked the Hobo Nickels association and thought that it encapsulated what a cryptocoin should be: something created out of something to produce greater value. In marketing terms, I thought the name HoboNickels was good 'positioning'.

Obviously, if I have offended anyone other than Hippie Tech, then I would extend an apology. But to besmirch someone's character like he has done with Tranz, that makes him the lowest of the low in my book and worthy of some basic AngloSaxon connotation. Let's not mince words. He's a dickhead (Pron. 'dik-hed'. Noun. Course slang. A stupid, contemptible, or obnoxious person. An idiot).

I wouldn't expect him to answer in any event if, as expected, there is no real substance in the aspersions he has cast. He obviously leads a mundane life and has to stoop to trolling to be noticed. It's Christmas, so let's be kind and give him a little of the attention he so desperately craves.

I don't preclude the possibility that he might have something to say. I very much doubt it though. I'd like to explore more. So c'mon Hippie Tech here's your chance to be taken seriously.

Hippie Tech. I've seen your negative FUD posts elsewhere, as well as here. What a stupid cunt you are!!! Anyone looking at your trust rating here might ask why you bother, you worthless waste of space https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=31553 You can't even communicate in plain English.

Are you trying to say that Tranz is Horus, is "the crypto hobo"? If you are, so fucking what! Are you saying that HoboNickels is backed by Cryptsy's knowledge and expertise? If you are, then that will make me buy it all the more.

Cryptsy isn't exactly my favourite of the month. Far from it. But c'mon. Explain yourself. You've intrigued me with your hidden, hysterical, history. Tell us all about Tranz, Horus and Cryptsy. Enlighten us. I suspect that you have nothing relevant to say. It's not enough to reference John Pilger et al in your arse-end. C'mon. Give us the benefit of your extensive knowledge, you horrible piece of shit.

I'm hesitant in giving you advice because you have my ultra-respect. I've not tried syncing recently, because I had a very successful minting a short while ago. Try getting rid of cookies and other garbage slowing down your computer with the free version of Ccleaner https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

Try turning off your anti-virus program.

But I'm playing to the gallery here. Please tell me that you found my advice was useful and that all is well!!!

Good points Uki. We don't have to beg to be delisted from Cryptsy. Let's vote with our feet. This directiion Cryptopia >>>>>>>>>>>>>  https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/

Hey. HC Livess. I really like what you are trying to do, although I'm not sure what it is that you are trying to do! I'd like to do the same! I'm trying to bring myself up to speed coding-wise. Keep it up. We need people like you!

Secretly, I hope Cryptsy come through their troubles OK. My record here shows that I've always been prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt. I think that they are being targeted by people who hate cryptos.

But these fuckers made me pay 20% extra over the going rate to get my BTC out. I believe that they are manipulative little bastards who have been milking POS coins for all they're worth on the sly. So yes, I agree with you, let's think of delisting out of the manipulation that is keeping us down. Zeit pairing with LTC??? Fuck off!!!

The moral of the story is to get your arses over to Cryptopia. Pronto!

800,000 - that's super heavy weight! I've found amounts in the 200,000 to 500,000 range mint quickly after 6 days at '97% probabilities in 24 hours' (see wallet minting tab). I've also had amounts as low as 7,000 minting quickly after 10+ days at an '87% probability of minting after 24 hours'. Whatever the number of days it takes to mint you still get 2% per day for every day taken - 10% for 5 days; 12% for 6 days; 20% for 10 days; and 60% for 30 days, etc.

So far, after the 5 day maturation period, I've never failed to mint within a two week period - touch wood!   

I can see your logic on the coin supply. Other successful POS coins have decided to keep the coin integrity - what it's unique selling point is - rather than cap the POS % payout. Tekcoin is one with a similar policy to what you suggest. Tek does link the % payout to difficulty, but a maximum 40% payout after a 30 day maturation is still very possible and easily achieved - so there is not an effective break to achieving a maximum reward. The Sprouts rate over the same time period is 60% (2% per day with a maturation after 5 days). So with Tekcoin there are similarities with what you propose, except with Sprouts the POS rate is a little higher, and Sprouts has better compound interest opportunities.

I think that I would still like to see some form of a gradual brake put on the coin supply sometime next year, but would be OK with whatever is decided. What avenues could the community discussion explore? Linking POS payout to the coin supply, like HoboNickels? Linking to difficulty like Tek? Or, simply keeping things as they are - with the rationale that there are some very useful coins out there that totally dwarf the Sprouts coin supply for the foreseeable future, like Dogecoin as you mentioned - i.e. if it ain't broke, don't fix it? Throwing it open for community discussion is a good first move to ensure we get this right.

Why would anyone want to mine when it is so easy to mint with Proof of Stake? Just open your wallet after maturation, wait a short while for you coins to fight their way onto the blockchain and voilà!

It's rainin' Sprouts!

77 wallets are offline at Cryptsy at the moment and Tek is one of them. If you are looking for coins to get your balance out with, HoboNickels and Sprouts are being processed quickly. I found Sprouts to be the best. It is currently at what I consider to be a bargain price.

When I tried to buy HoboNickels, I bought a few and the useful quantities suddenly disappeared and reappeared further up the sell wall at a much higher price. Algorithmic shenanigans?

There are 77 wallets offline at Cryptsy at the moment. If you are looking for coins to get your balance out with, HoboNickels and Sprouts are being processed quickly. I found Sprouts to be the best. It is currently at what I consider to be a bargain price.

When I tried to buy HoboNickels, I bought a few and the useful quantities suddenly disappeared and reappeared further up the sell wall at a much higher price. Algorithmic shenanigans?

There is talk relating to the price in the other Sprout thread, which is still running. So I repeat here: I don't think hyper-inflation is a factor at the moment and there is an inflation brake due to be applied early in the new year. We are still way under 200M. Bitcoin''s rise has affected most altcoins, not just Sprouts. But prices go up and down. I think the problem is that not enough people know about Sprouts. Those that do tend to be keen adherants.

Take Thundertoe's thundering endorsement a short while ago: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1103868.msg12720381#msg12720381 You can't get a better endorsement than that from a top developer of a top coin.

I think that the devs are trying too hard. I doubt whether the price will get any lower, but I don't mind too much if it does. Chill out! Spread the word and enjoy the Christmas break.  

I don't think hyper-inflation is a factor at the moment. We are still way under 200M and there is an inflation brake due to be applied early in the new year. Bitcoin''s rise has affected most altcoins. But prices go up and down. I think the problem is that not enough people know about Sprouts. Those that do tend to be keen adherants.

Take Thundertoe's thundering endorsement a short while ago: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1103868.msg12720381#msg12720381 You can't get a better endorsement than that from a top developer of a top coin.

I think that the devs are trying too hard. I doubt whether the price will get any lower, but I don't mind too much if it does. Chill out! Spread the word and enjoy the Christmas break.