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1  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ethereum: Welcome to the Beginning on: January 26, 2014, 07:21:26 AM
I'm a very procedural programmer, so I am having trouble wrapping my head around your contracts system because it seems to be very abstract.

Can you please explain in more detail (preferably with an example) of how to make a useful contract in more of a real world scenario? Since it obviously can't do anything useful inside the ethereum network without also communicating outside of the network?

If it snows more than 2 inches on thursday or Friday, buy two lift tickets for Saturday at the ski resort.

If my favorite sports team wins the wednesday game, buy 2 tickets in Section C rows 10-16 for the friday game.

If a samsung galaxy tab 2 is offered at ebay for < $x, buy it. 


2  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ethereum: Welcome to the Beginning on: January 26, 2014, 05:48:43 AM
To bring back sanity to this discussion, this is why Ethereum needs all the money they will raise. All power to them. Vitalek please use the money wisely and stay in charge of Ethereum fully and all the way.

http://blog.ethereum.org/?p=53/ethereum-now-going-public

"We will be able to develop fully functional and robust Ethereum clients with as little as 500 BTC funding with current rates; basic implementations in Go, C++ and Python are coming close to testnet quality already. However, we are seeking to go much further than that. Ethereum is not "just another altcoin"; it is a new way forward for cryptocurrency, and ultimately for peer-to-peer protocols as a whole. To that end, we would like to be able to invest a large quantity of funds into securing top-notch talent for improving the security and scalability of the Ethereum network itself, but also supporting a robust Ethereum ecosystem hopefully bringing other cryptocurrency and peer-to-peer projects into our fold. We are already well underway in talks with KryptoKit, Humint and OpenTransactions, and are interested in working with other groups such as Tahoe-LAFS, Bitmessage and Bitcloud as well.

All of these projects can potentially benefit from integrating with the Ethereum blockchain in some fashion, simply because the layer is so universal; because of its Turing-completeness, an Ethereum contract can be constructed to incentivize nearly everything, and even entirely non-financial uses such as public key registration have extremely wide-reaching benefits for any decentralized cryptographic product that intends to include, for example, a social network. All of these projects will add great value to the Ethereum ecosystem, and the Ethereum ecosystem will hopefully add great value to them. We do not wish to compete with any organization; we intend to work together.

Throughout the fundraiser, we will be working hard on development; we will release a centralized testnet, a server to which anyone can push contracts and transactions, very soon, and will then follow up with a decentralized testnet to test networking features and mining algorithms. We also intend to host a contest, similar to those used to decide the algorithms for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in 2005 and SHA3 in 2013, in which we invite researchers from universities around the world to compete to develop the best possible specialized hardware-resistant, centralization-resistant and fair mining algorithms, and will also explore alternatives such as proof of stake, proof of burn and proof of excellence. Details on this will be further released in February.

Finally, to promote local community development, we also intend to create public community hubs and incubators, which we are tentatively calling "holons", in several cities around the world. The first holon will be based inside of Bitcoin Decentral in Toronto, and a substantial portion of Ethereum development will take place there; anyone who is seriously interested in participating heavily in Ethereum should consider giving us a visit over the next month. Other cities we are looking into include San Francisco, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv and some city in Asia; this part of the project is still in a very early phase of development, and more details will come over the next month."
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3  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ethereum: Welcome to the Beginning on: January 25, 2014, 11:06:10 AM
Why crowdfunding startups could get ugly
Venture capitalism is about to go mainstream. But while online fundraising could be a gold mine for startups, experts warn of risks to average investors.
http://money.msn.com/technology-investment/post--why-crowdfunding-startups-could-get-ugly
4  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Opinions on non-mineable coins Nxt and Ripple on: January 10, 2014, 05:07:46 AM
Guide to Getting XRP and Activating your Ripple Account
https://ripple.com/guide-to-getting-xrp-and-activating-your-ripple-account/


How to activate a Ripple account
https://support.ripplelabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/200916837-How-to-fund-a-Ripple-account


Donate your idle computing power to scientific research, get XRP from Ripple Labs!
https://www.computingforgood.org/


To Understand Ripple's Trust system
Ripple: How does it work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgGcVv04unM
5  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Best exchange to buy XRP (Ripple)? on: January 10, 2014, 04:31:07 AM
You can just buy XRP for Bitcoin within ripple :-)
Whether the exchange rate is ok to you probably depends on the amount that you want to buy, though.

Onkel Paul

How?  Are you saying I can send bitcoin from a bitcoin wallet direct to my ripple account?
6  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Ripple #2 CoinMarketCap.com ! on: January 10, 2014, 03:48:25 AM
I think this is the only coin with a mining strategy that is actually good for the planet and humans.

not simply burning electricity

Just checked the website and "World Community Grid" etc.

You actually provide you processing power to research on cancer, AIDS, etc.  << how  b e a u t i f u l  is that
It would be more impressive if they gave away more than 1,000,000 XRP per day for this because there are 100 billion XRP in existence. So, they are giving away 1/100000 or 0.00001 or 0.0000001% of the total XRP in existence per day.

0.00001 = 0.001%  and that is pretty good. They are giving 1/100,000 of their total wealth away each and everyday.  In 3 years they will have given away, 1% of the total wealth only through this method (World Community Grid), and they need money for hiring , marketing and building the network too. By the way they are increasing the give away regularly. It's now 1,250,000 XRP each day.
7  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Ripple #2 CoinMarketCap.com ! on: January 10, 2014, 03:38:16 AM
I invested $5,000 during the launch of Ripple, honestly if i had used that same cash on WDC that was selling then @ $0.02 you all know what returns i will have now on my money, but ripple is more focused on the big investor Google Venture. I lost hope when i saw this tweet #1 mission of @RippleLabs is not #XRP value, but to advance @Ripple #protocol as payment system, making money transacting as easy as #email and i sold all my XRP.
 
https://twitter.com/XRPRipple/status/413372728914108416

That's number 1 mission.  Number 2 mission is to increase XRP valuation which is mostly done by doing a good job in number 1 mission.
8  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Ripple: The Best Way To Legitimize Bitcoin on: January 10, 2014, 03:22:10 AM
I had 40K ripple. I tried to move it to my WeExchange account. It "got lost", and was never seen again, despite transaction confirmations and info.

Generally you cannot send Ripples to gateways because gateways do not want to act like Ripple wallets, you need to send USD or Bitcoin equivalent from your Ripple account.  If you contact WeExchange with date and transaction info they should be able to send your Ripples right back. But for them to do this, you first need to open in your Ripple account a Trust line with them (ask them for their Ripple Trustline address or something named like that). The trust line must be equal to or more than 40K ripples so your Ripple account can accept funds from them. 
9  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: How to Buy Ripple XRP's with Cash Deposit on: January 10, 2014, 02:53:34 AM
If you have Bitcoin, here is an easy way to buy XRP:

Go to  https://www.ripplewise.com/
Type in the amount of $ you want to spend, it tells you how many bitcoin that is and how many XRP you will get
Type in your Ripple address and email
Click Issue Invoice
You have 15 or 20 min to send the amount of Bitcoin to the Bitcoin address in the invoice
Shortly after you will get XRPs in your account
I have used it twice successfully

I think this is the easiest way to buy XRP by Bitcoin.
10  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: SnapSwap 500 Ripple Giveaway - a Catch 22 on: January 10, 2014, 02:28:15 AM
fyi

How to activate a Ripple account
https://support.ripplelabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/200916837-How-to-fund-a-Ripple-account


Donate your idle computing power to scientific research, get XRP from Ripple Labs!  Anybody with an internet-connected computer or Android device can participate
https://www.computingforgood.org/


To Understand Ripple's Trust system
Ripple: How does it work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgGcVv04unM
11  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: COINBASE RIPPED ME OFF $80k. *WARNING WARNING WARNING* on: December 27, 2013, 09:41:16 AM
My experience with Coinbase has been positive.  I think it helps if we realize we are dealing with emerging technology, volatile markets and startup companies who have to deal with 100,000s of over-excited clients. It serves us all better to show more understanding and patience.   
12  Economy / Speculation / Re: What's The Max Value of a Bitcoin? on: November 17, 2013, 09:39:46 PM
Let's say the total wealth of the world is going to be $700 trillion dollars by the year 2020 when Bitcoin will be the world currency.  So theoretically a BTC could be worth ($700T / ~20M BTC =)  $35 M.  But this is not a max, as the world's wealth increases so does the value of BTC.
13  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: MtGox Phishing ad on Facebook on: August 01, 2013, 05:03:11 AM

I have not. Is that a problem that bothers the old-timers!?   Wink

No not at all, fresh meat!

Seriously this particular sub-forum is nearly as bad as the troll box on BTC-e for accurate info.

~BCX~

I see.  A post on phishing ads on Fb is a troll but your posts are not!
14  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: MtGox Phishing ad on Facebook on: August 01, 2013, 04:36:08 AM
People become smart and watch after themselves by getting the info they need on forums like this.   Wink

Oh jeez, you obviously haven't been around this particular sub forum too long have you?

~BCX~

I have not. Is that a problem that bothers the old-timers!?   Wink
15  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: MtGox Phishing ad on Facebook on: August 01, 2013, 03:57:52 AM
People become smart and watch after themselves by getting the info they need on forums like this.   Wink
16  Economy / Scam Accusations / MtGox Phishing ad on Facebook on: July 31, 2013, 07:40:19 PM
Be aware!!!  There is a Phishing ad on Facebook, it takes you to this site in Brazil but it looks exactly like the MTGOX site: mtgox.com.bz/login/  It asks you to log into your account for a reward of 0.5 to 0.7 BTC.

I have a screen shot but not sure how to insert it between these tags!?  Done!  thanks Scott J.




17  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: If any one needs a Vircurex.com Referal Code on: April 16, 2013, 04:37:44 AM
ditto   The respective URL is https://vircurex.com/register?referral_id=881-19006   
18  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: If 0.00000001 Bitcoin = 1 dollar cent, 1 Bitcoin = 1 million dollars! on: April 12, 2013, 05:08:02 AM
Therefore, the eventual total number of 21 million Bitcoins = 21 trillion dollars
19  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: google authenticator on: April 12, 2013, 04:24:57 AM
Can someone pls explain how this authentification system is installed?
Google search only shows that it s an authentification system to access your google mailbox.
No info on how it relates to other sites like bitcoin-central etc

I dont use mtgox

You have to see if your Wallet provider supports Google Authenticator.  mtgox does.  From Google Play (App store) download/install Google Authenticator on your mobile. It works similar to a secureID which adds another layer of security, so after login to your mtgox account as an example, it asks for the code that is displayed on Google Authenticator, a code that changes every 30 or 60 seconds.
20  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Introduce yourself :) on: April 12, 2013, 04:08:58 AM
i like cheese

I had cheese for dinner. That's all I had.
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