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Big Thanks from GameCredits team for this article. DNotes helping us a lot and we will have surprise soon for this awesome community.
Thanks again dear friends.
Best regards
Nele
A big thanks to DNotes for the support of GameCredits! No problem at all! We know your team is working hard and doing a great job, we are happy to help.
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I'll definitely take a closer look into this coin! Welcome DERCRYPTOGERMANBRO to the DNotes thread! If you have any questions for us please free to ask, we have a very helpful and friendly community.
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Great article - I posted it on the GameCredits forum as well. Thanks Chase! Nick did a great job. This is a big step, making it easy for any game developer to easily integrate GameCredits.
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This is an interesting article with a different view on what will be disruptive innovations this decade. In #3 - "So what’s happening, for better or worse, is a rising wave of solo-preneurs and lifestyle entrepreneurs—exactly what happened for the hundreds of years that capitalism was around before stiff and rigid corporatism (teamed with unions) became the primary but fake “stable” force in our lives." Could this be the rise of small business again? The Most Promising, Disruptive Innovations for the Decade 2011-2020http://observer.com/2016/03/the-most-promising-disruptive-innovations-for-the-decade-2011-2020/Great find Chase, I agree with most of point 3. In fact, this is something targeted in the book. The problem is: while we were all in our cubicles (and I’ve been guilty of this for many years as well), we stopped being creative, stopped having ideas, and just took orders from the gatekeepers: bosses, colleagues, government, education, family.
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You U.S. guys may be interested to know that this U.S. presidential election has attracted far more attention here in Oz than any ever. Trump seems to be two conjoined things: his outre self and an expression of the tensions of the U.S.
Mark
I'm sure this U.S. presidential campaign is getting a lot of attention worldwide, it is a diverse and controversial group.
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Digital Currency Weekly Recap 4-3-2016ConsenSys Announces Microsoft Visual Studio Support for Ethereum’s Solidity Digital Currency Initiative Bitcoin Developer Fund Receives 900k in Funding Caribbean Digital Currency Effort Receives $4 Million in Overstock Investment Coinify to Join with iPayDNA to Expand Asian Merchant Access to Cryptocurrencies Coinfest is Coming… and It’s Coming Soon! http://dcebrief.com/digital-currency-weekly-recap-4-3-2016/
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That is an interesting headline and certainly caught my attention. In my opinion, what the author proposed is far from being a viable solution even if the bank is interested in Bitcoin. A full-reserve banking scenario for a single bank is hard enough to pull off; for the entire banking system is but a dream. It is always easier to write about a concept than to actually make it happened. “ Bitcoin could be an interesting option to tackle full-reserve banking in the financial industry. The way this could work is by using Bitcoin as a hedge against banks, and assets could be accounted for on the blockchain. Transparency in full-reserve banking is of the essence, yet it is also one trait most banks are lacking right now.
Achieving this goal will be difficult, though, as banks have no apparent interest in Bitcoin.” The Viability of Bitcoin In A Full-Reserve Banking ScenarioPosted on7:00 pm March 27, 2016 AuthorJP BuntinxCategoriesBitcoin, News, Opinion Bitcoin could be an interesting option to tackle full-reserve banking in the financial industry. The way this could work is by using Bitcoin as a hedge against banks, and assets could be accounted for on the blockchain. Transparency in full-reserve banking is of the essence, yet it is also one trait most banks are lacking right now. Bitcoin is often referred to as being many things, ranging from a commodity to currency, and even a solution to solving all of the financial trouble in unbanked and underbanked regions. But very few people believe Bitcoin has the potential to change reserve banking altogether, allowing consumers to be no longer enslaved to the banking ecosystem. While there is serious doubt central bank-issued currency will ever disappear completely, Bitcoin could end up becoming a full-reserve banking solution. Bitcoin is Financial Freedom At its core, the Bitcoin protocol is designed to give consumers and business owners complete control over their finances at any given time. Although there is a lot of focus on the financial side of using Bitcoin technology, this point needs to be hammered until people understand Bitcoin is not just the technology, but it is a viable currency as well. When getting involved in Bitcoin, the sole user is responsible for keeping their funds safe. There are no banks or governments involved, and this thought scares a lot of people. Up until this point, there has been a fair amount of handholding by these established financial players. However, everyone needs to remember banks and governments are the root cause of the financial trouble the entire world is in right now. That being said, it is unlikely to see government-issued currencies going away anytime soon. Replacing the legacy systemand financial infrastructure all at once will be quite the challenge, even though a good amount of Bitcoin community members would like nothing more than for that to become a reality. However, there is a chance for both fiat currency and Bitcoin to complement each other, in a rather straightforward way. Reforming Full-Reserve Banking Reserve banking is an integral part of the fiat currency ecosystem and comes in two different forms. The version one Reddit user was interested in, is full-reserve banking. The way this principle works is by forcing banks to keep a portion of each depositor’s funds in cash, which can be withdrawn on demand. Some people may have noticed that depending on the amount of money they want to withdraw from an account, there is a waiting period involved. Moreover, the funds deposited in these on-demand accounts would not be loaned by the bank to anyone else, as doing otherwise would be a violation of the legal requirements. It comes as no surprise to find out no country in the world requires full-reserve banking at this stage, despite monetary reforms advocating this change since back in 1935. Bitcoin could be an interesting option to tackle full-reserve banking in the financial industry. The way this could work is by using Bitcoin as a hedge against banks, and assets could be accounted for on the blockchain. Transparency in full-reserve banking is of the essence, yet it is also one trait most banks are lacking right now. Achieving this goal will be difficult, though, as banks have no apparent interest in Bitcoin. While they are exploring the boundaries of issuing their digital currencies in the future, they will not be suitable candidates for full-reserve banking. Bitcoin has many advantages, but it will take quite some time – if ever – until banks embrace this concept as part of the financial ecosystem. Source: http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/03/27/viability-bitcoin-full-reserve-banking-scenario/The author is putting the cart before the horse like so many others are doing these days. If something like that ever happens, it will be way in the future. Some folks forget Bitcoin is not the fix all, do all, "manna from heaven" invention. Lets keep working on getting people to use it or, even know what it is before we expect it to solve all the world's problems.... You are right on RJF, there is a lot of work left to do to make digital currency mainstream.
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Intriguing article on Coindesk, Forget How Blockchain Works, Talk About What It DoesThe author basically made word clouds based on articles on Coindesk. I have noticed the shift in their content to blockchain over bitcoin, but this was a great visual to exactly how much. So here is what the author had to say. A look at the numbers
To underscore this point, here's a word cloud generated by analyzing CoinDesk's articles published over the past month.
As an experiment, I decided to drill down and analyzed all the articles where blockchain was part of the title this March and repeated this process for March 2015.
Then, I found my first setback. No single article published on CoinDesk in March 2015 had blockchain in the title. The hottest FinTech technology of 2016 wasn't mentioned in a single headline a year ago.
To move forward, I analyzed the articles where blockchain was mentioned in the text.
Here are my results:
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Blockchain Weekly Recap 4-2-2016Smart Contracts Firm Among Eight Startups Chosen for L’Atelier Accelerator HyperLedger Inches Closer to Codebase Merge Deloitte to Serve as Title Sponsor for Consensus 2016 French National Assembly Blockchain Conference Examines Blockchain Impact SEC Currently Exploring Blockchain Regulation http://dcebrief.com/blockchain-weekly-recap-4-2-2016/
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The new site looks fantastic!! The membership fee for the entire first year is only $1 - awesome! All that hard work is about to pay off. Thanks Chase. Yep, the first year we will be building content and creating value. It's getting really close now! This will help launch DNotes into the next phase of it's progression. Nice work Joe, REALLY nice work! Thank you RJF! By the way, in the book preview, there is a chapter by chapter summary on the site. It needs a touch of tweaking yet, but it should give anyone a good breakdown. Affiliate Program You can even earn money on referrals, simply by convincing others to purchase the book or membership plan. Since you are going to share the news with people you know anyway, we figure you might as well get paid for it too!This is a great idea to spread the word and increase sales! Getting close to launch date... Absolutely, there are plenty of affiliate marketers out there that I'm sure would love to promote the book as well. Catching up on my favorite crypto.. Busy this week. The site looks very good. Keep up the great work. Thanks Bergman! We are very anxious to get rolling.
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Something going on with the word b i t coin on the forum. April fools joke?
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Bitcoin Weekly Recap 4-1-2016Cornell Institute Study on Block Size Scaling Yields Interesting Results Excel 2016 to Support Bitcoin Format Putin Advisor Calls Bitcoin a Virus First Arab Bitcoin Community Launched: AskBitcoiner Needham & Company Report: Bitcoin Considerably Undervalued Coinkite Reveals Plans for Disposable Bitcoin Wallet http://dcebrief.com/
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Website is looking really impressive.
Will be good to have a series of content available for people to view at launch. The members subscription will be a great money earner for the web property and company.
Does anybody here have any ideas for content / or skills they can share their expertise so that other people can quote them? (basically, I'd write and quote you as an expert).
Video series? I'm sure I could create a video series of Frequently asked questions that cover general business theory / skills based from notes written by experienced business professionals here - I've only so far operated a Personal Training business, but that involves a lot of the same sales and strategy skills, albeit on a smaller scale. I'd just need a desk to sit at, and a camera. Could throw a basic mock up together on a simple topic, nullify my New Zealand accent... and see how it comes out. These videos could be based from theories in business text books but adding Alan's flavour to it. Just an idea anyway. I will do one video mock-up though.
Thanks TeeGee, we will have some content available at launch. There are two guides in there now, they are just hidden to unless you are a member. We plan to have a few more as well, at a minimum. One thing we will need help with is getting the forum started, it will be good if anyone has business related topics to share or ask business questions. For the videos, I'll defer to Alan, but sounds like a good idea.
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The new site looks fantastic!! The membership fee for the entire first year is only $1 - awesome! All that hard work is about to pay off. Thanks Chase. Yep, the first year we will be building content and creating value. It's getting really close now! This will help launch DNotes into the next phase of it's progression. Nice work Joe, REALLY nice work! Thank you RJF! By the way, in the book preview, there is a chapter by chapter summary on the site. It needs a touch of tweaking yet, but it should give anyone a good breakdown. Affiliate Program You can even earn money on referrals, simply by convincing others to purchase the book or membership plan. Since you are going to share the news with people you know anyway, we figure you might as well get paid for it too!This is a great idea to spread the word and increase sales! Getting close to launch date... Absolutely, there are plenty of affiliate marketers out there that I'm sure would love to promote the book as well.
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I just found this on H&R Block's Dollars & Sense blog for teens. This is the first time I've seen them address cryptocurrency and they did it in a factual and no-nonsense way. I am very impressed that they formed their own opinion and encouraged teens to give it a try. Who’s a Bitcoin and Where Can I Facebook Him?Have you ever heard your teens talking about Bitcoin and thought, “Oh, great—not another video game”? If so, then you’ve been greatly misinformed. Yes, Bitcoin is a product of the Internet age and is used solely within the digital sphere, but it is not a video game. It’s also not a social media platform, mobile app or new dance craze. Bitcoin is a form of digital currency—a.k.a. cryptocurrency—created and held electronically that operates independently of a central bank and its regulations. Being that it’s a decentralized currency free from the control of one institution or government, its value is derived from the relationship between its supply and demand. (As opposed to the dollar whose value is based on the commodity it represents—gold.) This is all very confusing and quite abstract, we understand. But the simple truth is that teens can buy and use Bitcoin on the Internet to purchase just about anything. There are no age restrictions in place to purchase Bitcoins, and for a younger generation that operates almost exclusively on the Internet, it’s more than likely they’ll come across an opportunity to get involved with it. So what should you, the parent, know about Bitcoin? We’ve distilled the info and packaged it into bite-sized pros and cons. Pros:Allows teens to make purchases onlineIn most jurisdictions, an individual must be 18 years of age to make a purchase on online. That means your teen will either get a hold of your credit card with no restrictions (yikes!) or you’ll have to monitor each and every purchase (also yikes!). With Bitcoin, a teen can spend a specific amount and receive a corresponding amount of bitcoins in return, regardless of age. There’s no immediate risk of overspending. Teaches teens practical personal financial skillsBudgeting is engrained in this system. Teens have to decide what is worthy of their bitcoins. Additionally, all bitcoins are encrypted with the history of each and every purchase, meaning frivolous purchases will never be forgotten and hopefully can teach meaningful lessons. This system of spending also provides more independence, which might work well with some teens that resent being constantly monitored by parents. Encourages entrepreneurshipsTeens can actually earn bitcoins using their skills—just like a job. The Internet isn’t as ageist as the real world, so if a 13 year old can do computer programming as good or better than a 35 year old, then they can be hired and paid in Bitcoin. Freelance writers, gamers and programmers are regularly being paid in Bitcoin for their services. The value of ability and competence is valued more highly in this space than experience/wisdom/degrees. Cons:The dollar value of bitcoins is volatileFluctuation is the name of the game here. Within a two-year span, the price of Bitcoin went from under $100 to over $1,000. The current price of Bitcoin on the market as of this writing it $375. What this means in normal person terms: a bitcoin that bought you a DVD on Amazon yesterday won’t necessarily be able to buy you a piece of gum tomorrow. Additionally, there is only a finite amount available. This gets complex as well, but the basic fact is there will only ever be 21 million bitcoins in existence, with close to 15 million of them still unreleased to the general public. Only 2 percent of merchants currently accept BitcoinThat 2 percent equates to 160,000 digital merchants, so there are places to use Bitcoin. It’s frustrating, but don’t expect to be able to use it everywhere. Additionally, if more merchants don’t begin adopting Bitcoin payment, the overall value could potentially take a hit. Can be used for not-so-reputable dealingsWhile some see and use Bitcoin as a way to fund some shady dealings, the big picture view is that they’re better used as an investment tool. Some analysts have made optimistic predictions that by 2025 one Bitcoin will be worth $17,473. That would provide a handsome return to current Bitcoin owners. However, your teen can still use Bitcoin for smaller payment transactions. It’s a fun foray into money management that could give them insight into an emerging form of currency that could very well become commonplace in our society. http://www.hrblockdollarsandsense.com/ideas-info-for/parents/explaining-cryptocurrency/Good article and great title lol. I'm glad they are targeting parents to get their teens involved. Digital currency will likely be widely used by the time they start to join the workforce.
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The new site looks fantastic!! The membership fee for the entire first year is only $1 - awesome! All that hard work is about to pay off. Thanks Chase. Yep, the first year we will be building content and creating value. It's getting really close now! This will help launch DNotes into the next phase of it's progression. Nice work Joe, REALLY nice work! Thank you RJF! By the way, in the book preview, there is a chapter by chapter summary on the site. It needs a touch of tweaking yet, but it should give anyone a good breakdown.
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