Bitcoin Forum
July 03, 2024, 12:47:02 PM *
News: Latest Bitcoin Core release: 27.0 [Torrent]
 
  Home Help Search Login Register More  
  Show Posts
Pages: [1]
1  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The difference between Ripple and Bitcoin on: March 13, 2014, 09:04:28 AM
So I went to Ripple.com to open my wallet. It seems the account is gone. The un/pw are not recognized and they were written down. The PW was very strong. No major deal. I didn't have much on there. Personally, I would rather have the gateways and wallets physically local so they fall under local jurisdiction since they are not transparent.

Cbeast,

Why ship gold when you can store it for free and liquidate into anything on ripple, anytime anywhere?
As soon as there are other gold gateways in other locations you can effectively move it without moving it...

Who independently audits your service that it matches records at your partner's vaults? I'm not saying your record keeping could be wrong, but your partner's may dispute your records and there would need to be independent verification. I have not found that assurance on your website.
Also on your ToS
"Right To Redeem (RTR): means the redeemable electronic representation of an amount of currency or the troy ounce weight of an investment grade precious metal on the Ripple network." (emphasis mine)
"All services are provided without warranty of any kind, either express or implied."

I'm not questioning your integrity. It's just that the customer has little recourse in a dispute.

To answer your question, if it isn't physical gold in your hand, then it's an investment derivative, not actual gold, marketing notwithstanding. Still, I commend you on taking part of a grand experiment.

Cbeast,

You raise some good points. Here is my reply. I welcome further constructive feedback but we best take that off-line.

1. Per the end of this month we will publish a table with links to independently verified documents (signed vault report with gold, silver and platinum holdings, certified true bank statements) Tabel headers will be [Outstanding liabilities],[Reserves],[Reserve ratio] and rows will be the asset classes.
It will be published here: https://www.ripplesingapore.com/Home/IRBA

2. Rights to Redeem relate to the physical bars that can be redeemed at our collection vault.
The electronic alternative is more like a sale of the RTR in exchange for another electronic IOU or XRP.

3. The prices for XAU, XAG and XPT track the physical prices so there is a premium over the leveraged paper varieties.

4. Storage is free...
2  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The difference between Ripple and Bitcoin on: March 13, 2014, 08:02:35 AM
Cbeast,

Why ship gold when you can store it for free and liquidate into anything on ripple, anytime anywhere?
As soon as there are other gold gateways in other locations you can effectively move it without moving it...
3  Bitcoin / Mining / Re: Soft block size limit reached, action required by YOU on: March 08, 2013, 03:04:10 AM
It seems to me that any technical solution for the management of the block size over time WILL be governed by market forces ultimately.
It is in the interest of miners to ensure Bitcoin stays on top of any competition hence transaction fees will need to be competitive at all times.
Any technical solution that loses sight of this bottom line will be a gift to a competing currency. Be that ripple or whatever innovations come next.

The solution must therefore strive to keep transaction costs as low as necessary to trump the competition while providing a good enough return for the miners to stay at it.
In the current market that leaves a lot of headroom to demand a bit more in terms of transaction fees.









4  Bitcoin / Mining / Re: Soft block size limit reached, action required by YOU on: March 08, 2013, 01:26:31 AM
Just noticed a 429kb block by Slush come by as this discussion is ongoing.
That makes BTCGuild and Slush that have doubled the defaults so far.

We talk they get on with it...
5  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Ripple Giveaway! on: February 22, 2013, 01:04:56 PM
rJXpVEfEbiBkxFCLB1SdQCU7HQcpmVjU1U
6  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Ripple value in BTC one year from now on: February 22, 2013, 07:13:53 AM
The bitcoin adoption trend may give you some clues.
First - not much due to complete ignorance of people with regards to how to value Ripples
Second - possibly some over excitement (comparable to first BTC price crash)
Third -  price finding phase through actual market mechanism operating on first material volumes
Fourth - will it get past the innovator phase as bitcoin seems to have managed?

Until then it is pure speculation...

7  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Looking for ways to profit on btc on: February 22, 2013, 07:08:05 AM
Any business that sells or resells its goods and services in the bitcoin economy and retains a % of their earnings in BTC will both enhance the strenght of the bitcoin community as well as profit from doing so. The easiest ideas are usually the most effective. Not everyone is going to come up with a ripple or satoshi dice. You don't need to either. Selling pizza's and underwear for BTC is not rocket science but highly effective...
8  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: HOWTO: create a 100% secure wallet on: February 22, 2013, 07:00:13 AM
Great technical tips!

One big risk has not been covered though; physical violence / threat of physical violence
Seems like the weakest link as with many other things of value.

To hedge such an attack one best keep a wallet or two which can be "sacrificed" under extreme circumstances and a few others that are literally out of immediate reach.
9  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: How long does BTCFPGA.com take to confirm orders? on: September 17, 2012, 03:26:17 AM
Hi Tom,

Thanks for your prompt reply.

Cheers,

Marco
10  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: How long does BTCFPGA.com take to confirm orders? on: September 15, 2012, 03:45:22 AM
Hi Tom,

I placed an order an Asic unit on the 4th of September and paid through google wallet.
The payment has cleared and was confirmed by google but it is not showing up in my order history on your site until today.

Can you confirm when the order confirmation will be updated on my order history?

Thanks,

Marco
Pages: [1]
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | SMF © 2006-2009, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!