Bittrex did the ERC20-->Qtum swap a while back. If your Qtum ERC20 tokens were on Bittrex, they were converted to Qtum mainnet tokens.
On MEW, there was no token swap. You still have ERC20 tokens. I'm not sure if it's still going, but Changelly was doing the swap still last I checked. You'll have to swap the ERC20 tokens to Qtum tokens before you can send them to Qtum Core Wallet.

If you're staking 2,000 Qtum, that's definitely not normal. Expected wait time is probably about a week over the past 4 weeks.

What are using to stake (i.e., laptop, desktop, raspberry pi)?

Invest in tech., trade on hype.

IMO, Qtum seems like a strong alternative to Ethereum, unlike many other projects out there. As developers continue to build on Qtum, awareness will increase.

Ethereum Whitepaper makes some criticisms of UTXO model. Any thoughts on these points?

"However, the scripting language as implemented in Bitcoin has several important limitations:

Lack of Turing-completeness - that is to say, while there is a large subset of computation that the Bitcoin scripting language supports, it does not nearly support everything. The main category that is missing is loops. This is done to avoid infinite loops during transaction verification; theoretically it is a surmountable obstacle for script programmers, since any loop can be simulated by simply repeating the underlying code many times with an if statement, but it does lead to scripts that are very space-inefficient. For example, implementing an alternative elliptic curve signature algorithm would likely require 256 repeated multiplication rounds all individually included in the code.

Value-blindness - there is no way for a UTXO script to provide fine-grained control over the amount that can be withdrawn. For example, one powerful use case of an oracle contract would be a hedging contract, where A and B put in $1000 worth of BTC and after 30 days the script sends $1,000 worth of BTC to A and the rest to B. This would require an oracle to determine the value of 1 BTC in USD[Note 3], but even then it is a massive improvement in terms of trust and infrastructure requirement over the fully centralized solutions that are available now. However, because UTXO are all-or-nothing, the only way to achieve this is through the very inefficient hack of having many UTXO of varying denominations (eg. one UTXO of 2k for every k up to 30) and having O pick which UTXO to send to A and which to B.

Lack of state - UTXO can either be spent or unspent; there is no opportunity for multi-stage contracts or scripts which keep any other internal state beyond that. This makes it hard to make multi-stage options contracts, decentralized exchange offers or two-stage cryptographic commitment protocols (necessary for secure computational bounties). It also means that UTXO can only be used to build simple, one-off contracts and not more complex "stateful" contracts such as decentralized organizations, and makes meta-protocols difficult to implement. Binary state combined with value-blindness also mean that another important application, withdrawal limits, is impossible.

Blockchain-blindness - UTXO are blind to certain blockchain data such as the nonce and previous block hash. This severely limits applications in gambling, and several other categories, by depriving the scripting language of a potentially valuable source of randomness."

What is the connection between BitSE and Qtum?

Scianna, Dai, and Niel all worked at BitSE. BitSE was collaborating with PwC, as Qtum was for development of DGP. BitSE not listed in Qtum Whitepaper, though (seems strange to me).  

Qtum and VeChain seem to be projects of BitSE, but VeChain (VEN) is building on the Ethereum blockchain, although roadmap says 2018Q4, "Integration with IoT, and more specific industrial blockchain cloud," which I suspect could mean building on Qtum. Additionally, integration with IoT may be foreshadowing Trusted IoT Alliance membership with CISCO among many others... https://tokensale.vechain.com/en/#timeline    http://www.trustnodes.com/2017/07/26/cisco-leads-blockchain-based-trusted-iot-alliance  

Both Qtum and BitSE listed as partners of Trusted IoT Alliance https://www.trustediot.org/membership     


Can someone clarify this? Information past what I have gathered doesn't seem to exist online...

Think you meant Coinone...

I'm assuming you've already read this guide: https://qtum.bizhongchou.com/guide.pdf

It's not bad, but it leaves a few things out if you're not a Chinese citizen. If you do not have advanced certification, you will need to upload a front and back picture of your ID. After you do that, and it is verified, you will need to go back to that page and upload a picture of you holding your ID. Then, you will be allowed to withdraw. If you are already verified, and are only struggling with withdrawing, here are the steps to do so (all assuming you have the page translated using the google's tool):

1) login

2) go to https://bizhongchou.com/account-money_carry_bank.html

3) Click add address under "QTUM/BYTOM/DPY etc" category

4) Fill in the necessary info (it is a community stock DCS), and confirm through your email

5) go to https://bizhongchou.com/account-money_carry_bank.html

6) Click where you see the name of the address added, which is above the withdraw, and view/delete categories

7) Click "present" on the right side of the screen

8)Click again on where you see the name of the address that you added. This will bring you to the withdrawal screen. If you accidentally click view or withdraw, start back from step 6.

9) Number of copies is the place where you fill in the amount you wish to withdraw. Fill this in, get email verification code, use payment password, and your transaction should go through in about 24 hours (in my experience at least). You must withdraw at least 1 Qtum, and there is a 0.1 Qtum fee. I recommend withdrawing once to make sure everything goes through as expected before withdrawing the rest. I used MyEtherWallet and this worked for me. You have to add Qtum as a custom token, if you haven't already.

I know mainnet launch date has been said a million times (Sept.). Does that mean the 1st, or potentially a later date?

What are the thoughts here on ANS/NEO? How does it compare to Qtum?

Gleb is currently on vacation on the other side of the Colorado River. He is role-playing as a dog in a pink tutu, and with a woman (5/10 on the beauty scale) holding him on a leash.

Where was this addressed in February, and more importantly, can we still read the statement? I have read the SmithandCrown article and David's side of the story, but I would very much like to hear Patrick's. I agree with you entirely that Qtum has been more transparent than nearly any other project out there. With that being said, when people bring up the one-sided BitBay story, it's very hard to argue when you don't even know what Dai says about his own involvement.

I'm not making any accusations, I clearly said I think they're inaccurate. To not address them, and to pretend like they don't exist is a huge mistake if you want community trust in your project. The cryptocurrency subreddit, for example, views Qtum very badly (most users say that they think it's a scam). Again, I am completely on-board the Qtum project and the amazing work that the devs have done, but I just don't see a way that Western users get over Dai's previous work in BitBay if it's not properly addressed and explained. So far, all I can find through research is the word of David Zimbeck, which certainly is biased in his favor.

Let's not act as if it would be as hard as developing a VM that is compatible with x86 as it is to give a brief summary of Dai's involvement in BitBay. It wouldn't be hard to clear the air here.

Someone posted a while ago that the Qtum team had addressed the issue on Slack, but I did not see the conversation. Another person mentioned that the Qtum team posted a statement on their website regarding the matter, but if it were ever there, it doesn't appear to be there now. I really wish that they were more willing to speak out about the situation because making people guess leads to some cynical explanations on the whole ordeal.

I'm all on-board the Qtum project, but that logic is the definition of ignorant. If Bernie Madoff opens a new investment firm, I don't think you'd be so eager to invest. The same principles apply here, if you actually believe what is being said (which I, of course, don't).

I respect your decision not to invest, and I think it's a completely valid reason. With that being said, if integrity were the main issue with many of the people shouting scam, then they wouldn't post things like, "He founded Bitbay and left with all the ICO funds. Then used Bitbays ICO funds to create QTUM and then buy their own ICO... This is not trolling its the truth," when that's not true at all.

Somewhat comically, the implication of what was said here is that Dai would exit with the Qtum ICO funds. If that were the case, he would've left a long time ago.

It's funny how people who are overly critical of Dai all seem to define research and truth on this forum. They take the word of David Zimbeck as truth, and the hitpiece of a Coinjournal article which goes as far as to attack Caspal's Rubik's cube record, WRONGLY saying that Caspal does not hold any.

Here are the narratives I've seen so far with the conspiracy-prone skeptics: 1) Qtum is scam. They will take your ICO money --->  2) Okay, they haven't left project and taken ICO money but they will! ---> 3) They have probably already stolen the ICO money! We don't have txids (incomes third-party accounting firm that shuts these guys the fuck up).  ---> 4) They're just a pump a dump (for some reason, they continue to develop the project though...)



Here's a more neutral article for those who actually care about that stuff:
https://www.smithandcrown.com/qtum-controversy-patrick-dais-exit-bitbay/

Oh, i see what you say, but problem is i have no monies expect for bitcoin but poloniex sucks so i cant withdraw/send. when you send dad money, you get 400x your monies. i am very reliable. never lie because lying bring dishonor to whore family.

C'mon man... Why would Qtum, a coin that wants to compete with Ethereum with it's own blockchain, use Ethereum's blockchain?

On a completely different note, I am your third cousin, and my father is a rich prince in Nigeria. He wants to come to America, but needs $5,000 USD (he only owns Nigerian currency, and there is no bank or airport in Nigeria that will do the exchange). I don't have the money, but if you wire him that money, he will repay you 400X that when he gets to America.

I don't see any good reason for it to drop on release. Trading volume will increase significantly. It will grow bigger in the West, especially if Poloniex offers it, which I imagine they will. Additionally, most people who bought in at ICO are able to sell now through IOU trading if they would like. It seems to me that there's no reason that anyone who was planning on dumping hasn't already dumped in IOU.