Newbie questions:

How are the datasets stored? Is it using a cookie across sessions, and can I move a dataset to another computer or browser?

Is there an easy way to calculate costs for renting mining power, rather than using my own rig? Now I'm manually plugging in fake figures for Watt cost and hours to get to the net total cost of rental in terms of electricity.

So you're just pulling numbers out of a hat. Like every other speculation thread.

This site is comedy gold.

Angela Gossow; finally a meme I can support  

Been waiting for the pump to be over until increasing my exposure in XRP. I've been waiting for a few days for a fiat transfer to my exchange to clear. It cleared this afternoon local time, and I figured I'll do my XRP trade this evening - what could happen in that time, right?

Well, close to 20% appreciation, that's what  

In any case, I got a decent price at 18 euro cents vs 16 euro cents I paid last month, and now XRP is by far my biggest crypto holding. I wouldn't be surprised if XRP doesn't come back to 18 cents after this is over, ever.

Now I'll hold for the next five or more years, as XRP is a long-term play.

I don't know what your point is, other than being condescending (seems to be a popular way to treat new people on this forum).

SegWit was not mentioned in the white paper since it is a fairly recent development (2015 I believe). There have been rather serious security concerns raised about it recently, and it doesn't increase block size much (1.6x?).

I never mentioned Bitcoin Cash, which is not even the topic of the discussion?

Nonsense.

Block size limitation was not in the initial white paper or BTC implementation. It was introduced as an anti-DDOS measure later, and was always meant to be increased when necessary.

SegWit also was not part of the original BTC, but a fairly recent hack and a temporary measure with questionable benefits.

Brad Garlinghouse is the CEO of Ripple. But note that Ripple =! XRP. Ripple do hold majority of XRP, at least 55%, possibly even north of 80% (haven't found a solid source for where in that spectrum the real figure falls), so they have quite a bit of sway with the token and its price, at least for the next five or more years given the escrow rules mentioned above.

But it is very important to understand that XRP is not controlled by Ripple in the sense we usually mean control.

So you didn't bother to read beyond the post title, and then resort (once again) to ad hominems. Truly a class act.

Quote from Ripple's blog entry (emphasis mine):


Mic drop.

If Ripple is one thing, they are professional, so I'm confident they're not paying you for these brain farts. Therefore you are doing whatever it is you are doing with the intention to increase the value of XRP.

The thing is, a token with rock solid fundamentals and industry backing like Ripple can withstand crticism and scrutiny. You and your ilk are making Ripple the company and XRP the token look bad, as no professional will want to be associated with illiterate adolescents whose first course of action is to start calling people names, and use terms like "lulz", repeatedly. And no real investor wants to be part of such "community."

You are not helping Ripple or us XRP holders with your misguided attacks on anyone who has more than "to the moon" or repeating other weak memes.

No need to respond, I'm putting you (too) on ignore, after I check that you're not trying to spin my response your way. Again.

Which part is wrong? Here everything I just said straight from the horse's mouth, i.e. Ripple.

Oh, right, you're just trolling. Again.

By selling up to a billion XRP per month, which Ripple can do, and has at least 55bn to sell.

Crazy ride. I lost access to the online wallet when my computer crashed and I hadn't written down the passphrase. The same day I bought the same amount as I couldn't bear the thought of looking in the sidelines, as I think LSK has much more reasonable goals for their project than the overhyped competition. I'm glad I did, as I've gained paying double for the token due to my oversight, and another 40% on top of that!

If/when there's a pullback I might grow my position further.

Don't feed the trolls.

I agree with most of what you said. I'm not convinced it's the best investment one can make, but it's definitely a long-term play. The fact that they have Ben fucking Bernanke as a speaker at their luau speaks volumes about the pull they have in the establishment, and the long-term potential for the coin. That's why I'm holding, and likely increasing my position now that the pullback is happening.

XRP and Ripple are not for those who are in for constant appreciation in the foreseeable future (years) due to Ripple's massive XRP holdings, or looking to change the status quo in the global banking system. It's for those who want to see SWIFT being deposed (I'm all for it, see what they've done in recent years), and possibly as an upcoming reserve currency. Latter is a huge if, and I'm not sure if Ripple and bankers even want that. If the Fed is one of the XRP holders and buyers, I'd wager there is a real chance of XRP becoming a new global reserve currency, though...

The sad thing is these barely literate people keep doing this for weeks and months on end, just check their histories. I wonder how many cents they get per post...

In any case, I've educated myself about one of the admins of this site and its history of censorship, and have moved on. Can't believe it took me a month of visiting this site to realize how broken, stilted and controlled the "debate" here is.

After a lot of people raised concerns about the huge XRP holdings Ripple had, Ripple put 55bn of it in an escrow. They are now selling up to a billion per month (recently 300m per month) from that escrow. Somehow the escrow is limited to a bn sold per month, but who can really audit this?

So yes, they certainly can and possibly have put up a sell wall, and are controlling the price of the token by selling more (or less) each month.

Posts do get deleted: I had one of my posts removed, here it is in its entirety:


I don't see anything that would call for its deletion - the moderation message didn't bother to mention the reason.

So topical posts can get deleted, but abusive ad hominems remain even though they've been deemed accurately reported.

WTF is going on in here?

Yes, that person.

So all we can do is put people on ignore? I still see their posts appear with content removed, and it's a PITA to do.

More importantly, that doesn't help improve the abysmal signal-to-noise ratio for the rest.

Here a representative sample of this gentleman's work. Didn't want to post it first as naming and shaming is frowned upon on some boards, and one should not feed the trolls.


I have 12 posts reported with 100% accuracy, out of which at least half are for this person. I don't recall all of the posts I've reported, but at least some of the more recent remain which I know for a fact I reported.

I joined here recently to learn more about BTC and altcoins, and get the pulse of the scene. Unfortunately it's full of shills, crapflooders, and people who can't put together a coherent three-word sentence.

Mods aren't doing much either: I've reported a dozen posts with 100% accuracy, and think perhaps two have resulted in visible action (shut down threads). I just wrote a separate thread about a persistent abusive poster who keeps shilling on multiple altcoin threads - have reported him several times with 100% accuracy (whatever that means), no action taken.

Frankly I think leaving is the only option, unless you have the time and determination to wade through a metric ton of BS.

How do I report a poster for constant abusive language, ad hominems and crapflooding? I've reported him close to ten times with 100% accuracy, but his posts remain, and he keeps posting the same shit. Here a representative sample of this gentleman's work, you can check his posting history for more quality content.

This is not the only person, this board really is a cesspool of shills and crapflooders, and there needs to be much more decisive moderation.