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1  Economy / Speculation / Re: SecondMarket Bitcoin Investment Trust Observer on: November 05, 2014, 10:30:07 PM
To what extent is their NAV calculation change skewing the data?  It seems the timing matches up with the 7k buy, making me think it's probably not accurate.

Source: https://twitter.com/BitcoinTrust/status/529390214897102848
2  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] DarkCoin | First Anonymous Coin | First X11 | First DGW | ** HARD FORK JUNE 20TH ** on: June 20, 2014, 09:19:33 PM
<@CHAOSiTEC> so, today we gained alot of wisdom, and we are working on a new way to implement masternode payments, that will work... (my idea) :-p
and a bit later...
<@CHAOSiTEC> ive come up with a new solution for masternodes payment, we are working on that now

New dev on the job helping Evan, no ETA was given.
3  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][XC][OFFICIAL] X11/PoS/Privacy on: June 12, 2014, 11:07:11 PM
wow 143000 btc buy at 569 !!!   81 367 000 USD in 1 trade waouh lol

BTC is crashing lol
WallStreet?

It was 143 BTC; the guy is lost.
4  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][XC][OFFICIAL] >> Mandatory Wallet Update - The first POS ANON on: June 02, 2014, 02:40:10 AM
Ok so basically each user will have to validated by an Admin and the newbies will have their own section where they can post until they reach 5 posts. Sounds good?

It'll be a nightmare validating each and every user manually. If you really believe it is necessary, you'll be much better off limiting Newbie accounts to a certain section for 10 posts or so.

In all honesty though, the more you try to fight criticism the harder it becomes. It will be easier on everyone if there are no restrictions from the get go.

FUD and trolls will clear as confidence grows and the product becomes more stable.  I agree with this sentiment, just ride it out.
5  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][XC][OFFICIAL] >> Mandatory Wallet Update - The first POS ANON on: June 01, 2014, 09:27:46 PM
Created my own Xnode with the executable mainnet with the X11Coin.conf file with rpc=bitcoinrpc and random password that was generated, I locked the file with read only rights and are waiting to sync.

Such anticipation Smiley

Do you mind laying out the steps?
6  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] DarkCoin | First Anonymous Coin | First X11 | First DGW | ASIC Resistant on: May 31, 2014, 09:01:01 AM
is there any news on the Bitfinex front yet?

Official response from Bitfinex here, at the end:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/26uhkp/warning_bitfinex_is_bugged/chusmc1


"Rumors on DRK are just rumors, there is nothing to say at this point."

vs.

"Rumors on DRK are just rumors, we are not adding DRK at this point."
"Rumors on DRK are just rumors, there are no plans to add any additional coins at this point."
"Rumors on DRK are just rumors, lol no."
"DRK?"

Personally, I think they are preparing for the possibility that DRK triples from here and becomes a serious alternative to LTC.  I doubt they will begin trading the coin until they are confident the network is stable and operational as advertised, meaning July'ish if things go according to plan.  I don't think BFX come in early to lead us up, but if we get just a bit further they might take us over the top to blow past LTC.

It would probably be a very irresponsible business decision to support a coin that hasn't proved itself as a stable third place.  We're getting there but I mean just look at the chart for the last week, we're not there yet.
7  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][DRK] DarkCoin | First Anonymous Coin | First X11 | First DGW | ASIC Resistant on: May 31, 2014, 03:51:32 AM
is there any news on the Bitfinex front yet?

Official response from Bitfinex here, at the end:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/26uhkp/warning_bitfinex_is_bugged/chusmc1
8  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][XC][OFFICIAL] >> Mandatory Wallet Update - The first POS ANON on: May 30, 2014, 08:34:51 PM
I'll bounty out 200 XC to make the block explorer.

I will add 200 XC to this bounty.
9  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][XC][OFFICIAL] >> Mandatory Wallet Update - The first POS ANON on: May 29, 2014, 11:10:33 PM
Yep, DRK is a good coin, but I dont think they realise the masternodes could be its biggest weakness not strength.. If the coin gets a very high value a masternode will need to be like fort knox.. One on Amazon has already been hacked... Owner lost 1000 DRK, so its not a laughing matter.

Another risk of masternodes is pooled masternode owners creating network issues with denial of service attacks.  In the words of gnos1s, Zerocoin developer (AnonCoin) speaking on Masternodes "When the number of participants is low, the anonymity is low or nonexistant since each user’s money is not being mixed with many other users’ money. When the number of participants is high, a malicious participant can execute a denial of service attack by refusing to sign the transaction."

This may or may not be a serious flaw in the masternode approach, I'll be very curious to see what dark devs can or can't do about it.  I can easily imagine a whale controlling masternodes creating short-term panic for cheap trade entries, or perhaps shorting crypto currency pairs on exchanges that support it.  Also, just generally speaking, ddos attacks are so cheap these days kids can do it with mommy's credit card if they want, so that's another noise in the background of all this.

Anyway, back on topic, let's see some more peer review!
10  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][XC][OFFICIAL] >> Mandatory Wallet Update - The first POS ANON on: May 29, 2014, 07:42:07 PM
Actually most people are wanting to look at the source to evaluate whether or not this is worth investing in.

There have been many scams in altcoins.  So auditing code, is pretty essential, imo.  

The fundamentals of distributed cryptocurrency, and trustless actors (including the original devs), is dependent on open source.  Otherwise you are basically left with a centralized coin, where you need to trust the dev.

Ultimately, nothing wrong with that.. but it is what it is.

+1

I understand the concern with copying of code, but creating a successful coin is as much about marketing/network effect and credibility as it is technology.  My advice to the dev, reveal a nice amount today, do what you need to do to establish credibility and keep an audience, and then after today stay ahead of the copy cats with a combination of hard work and your great vision.  No need to browse the threads every day responding to everyone; don't feed the trolls and if a concern grows large enough I'm sure your community manager will bring it to your attention.

On a side note, getting other developers like battbot interested in your work is the first step to growing the team or at least jointly improving certain things.  Open sourcing is also an opportunity to gain help and improvement - not having to do everything alone can be really awesome.
11  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][XC] >> Mandatory Update to new Wallet - The first POS X11 anonymous wallet on: May 29, 2014, 06:14:50 AM
I made an account just to say this one thing:

Please don't rename to Xecutive Coin, it sounds cheesy and also hurts whatever existing brand you have.  New website is awesome, new name for the coin is not.  Already I see people making fun of the name / decision, please consider this request seriously.  X11-Coin or even X-Coin would be much better imo, frankly I don't see the need for any change and added confusion.
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