 Show Posts
|
|
Pages: [1] 2 »
|
I didn't realize there was a G-20 meeting on cryptocurrency, but according to CNBC, it was "very positive" for crypto. Apparently, it was closed door meeting but reports were good. From the article: ""The spirit of the discussion was very productive, and I agree that everybody left very pleased," governor of the Central Bank of Argentina, Federico Sturzenegger, said Tuesday during a press conference. "It was a very good meeting." Cryptocurrency discussions happened during a closed-door session earlier Tuesday, a spokesperson from the G-20 told CNBC." https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/20/bitcoin-bounces-back-above-8800-after-a-very-positive-g-20-cryptocurrency-meeting.html |
|
|
|
So yeah, this is your typical traditional asset manager fear mongering, but I found this article most interesting because it includes a side by side comparison chart of volitility for BTC, ETH, Ripple and tradition assets, stocks and gold. We already know how volatile it is, but had never seen a side by side comparison like that. Remember, though, the word volitity has a connotation when talking about investments, but it goes both ways. Highly volition assets can “explode to the upside”, too. At least this BlackRock asset manager does appear to acknowledge that Cryptos may eventually become mainstream. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/26/worlds-largest-asset-manager-says-get-ready-to-stomach-complete-losses-in-cryptocurrencies.html |
|
|
|
|
I’ve been a Blockfolio user, but I’m giving “Delta” a chance, and so far, I like it better.
But what does it mean when there is an asterisk * next to the coin ticker ... LCC* ( Litecoin Cash) for example?
Anyone know? I can’t find info on that.
|
|
|
|
I'm only aware of two "member", or above, who have earned enough merit to rank up. There are probably more, but I have been paying attention, and these are the only two I'm aware of. 1) One is the well-know member Nullius. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=976210Currently, a "member" with 435 merit, which would not only get him to Full Member, but Sr. Member, too, I believe, when his activity increases. And this, of course, is well earned. He is a great poster. 2) The other member is DeeperX. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1038794Also, currently, a "member" with 268 merit, which would not only get him to Full Member, but Sr. Member, when his activity increases. While I have no opinion myself on DeeperX, I would point out that he has negative trust, by Lauda, for " DeepOnion is a copy/paste project with a massive amount of shills. This user will censor any mention of this, which makes his behavior and project even shadier than it already is.
Read the reference link for more information.
More ratings and information can be found on the original account: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=321080.
User has created this account to avoid their negative trust. Avoid this scam project."Again, there may be others, and I'd be interested in hearing about members I may have over looked. I just thought it was interesting to note the seemingly wide variation in the quality of these posters, who have both reached the promise land. |
|
|
|
|
After being in a campaign that ‘surprise’ KYC’ed their members after the campaign was completed, I have to say, the KYC was worth it.
People do have a valid complaint about the 'surprise' KYC only being mentioned after the work was done, but from the looks of it, the manager has ID’ed hundreds of “spam syndicates”, duplicate accounts, people registering under other people’s BCT user name, etc … and at least half of the members didn’t bother to KYC. It means a lot more for the rest of us.
And I can tell you first hand, from what I’ve witness, the bounty manager is taking this very serious, doing his best to eliminate cheaters and give the people who actually cared about the project a larger share.
Now, I get the complaints, especially when the KYC isn’t mentioned in the announcement, but it worked like it was supposed to. So far, the most common objections to KYC itself I’ve seen are:
Crypto is supposed to be private: Yes, it could be, but every other investment I’ve been involved in has required much more info than what the KYC asked for…. Social Security numbers and the names of my heirs, for example. KYC asked for my name, address, phone number, and a picture ID. Really, not much more than you can find on a government website about me, or my business Facebook.
I can’t trust an ICO with my personal data: Really? You are promoting the ICO and asking people to invest their hard earned money in it, but you can’t trust them with your name and address? This is only a valid concern if you are a professional bounty hunter retweeting every campaign out there without regard for quality. If you engage in one bounty at a time, you have the luxury of researching the crap out of it before you get involved.
I hope in the future that more bounties include whether or not they KYC in their announcement. I know the merit system was just introduced, but I think KYC for signature campaigns will cut down the spamming and duplicate accounts much more. It will discourage the “spam syndicates” from getting involved right from the start, and probably make the campaign manager’s job easier.
I would absolutely get involved in another project that KYC’s if they check out, so I hope they will start making that part of their announcement. In fact, if I were a campaign manager, I would put “we reserve the right to KYC our members” in every announcement, just to discourage the multi-account spammers.
|
|
|
|
Scam Advisory: I'm not involved in any projects listed below. I have no knowledge of the legitimacy of any of the projects listed below. In order to claim Bitcoin forks, you usually have to enter your Bitcoin private key into a new wallet or App. This is a very dangerous thing to do. Some of these "forks" listed below may be scams designed to steal your private key, and some 3rd party wallets claiming to support these forks may be scams designed to steal your private key, therefore it is advisable to move your Coins to a new wallet/address before attempting to claim any fork. If a scammer has your private key, they have full access to your Bitcoin wallet and can steal any Bitcoins left in that wallet, and any associated assets, such as Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Gold, etc. This list is just for reference. Do your own due diligence, use at your own risk, and do not trust any claims made by these websites without verifying. Bitcoin "Forks"Bitcoin Cash "Forks"Doge "Forks"Ethereum "Forks"Ethereum Classic "Forks"Litecoin "Forks"Monero "Forks"| Name.......................... | Symbol.. | Date.............. | Block...... | On.CMC?.. | Ratio......... | Website | | MoneroV | XMV | 3/7/2018 | 1529810 | - | 1:10 | http://monerov.org | | | | | | | | |
Cross-Chain Claimable "Forks"Excluded From "Fork" List| Name.......................... | Reason For Exclusion ............................................... | Website | | Bitcoin Silver | Announced as Fork, Turned into Airdrop, Likely Dead | - | | Bitcoin Rhodium | Airdrop, must be claimed | http://www.bitcoinrh.org | | Bitcoin Pieta | Website offline, never provided fork info | http://www.btcpieta.com | | Bitcoin Point | Worst announcement thread ever | http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2624373.0 | | Litecoin Private | Airdrop, claimable by LTC holders, limited claim period | https://litecoinprivate.co | | UnitedBitcoin | Must sign a wallet and claim, limited time | http://ub.com | | Bitcoin Nano | Must sign a wallet and claim | http://www.btcnano.org/ | | ABitcoin | Airdrop, claimable by BTC holders, limited claim period | http://www.abitcoin.one/home.html | | Bitcoin@CBC | Claimable @ block 498754, you lose 1 coin | http://cleanblockchain.org | | Bitcoin Lite | Date passed, never provided fork info | http://www.bitcoinlite.us |
Sourceshttp://list.wiki/Bitcoin_Hard_Forkshttp://forkdrop.iohttp://bitcoinforks.iohttp://www.forks.net/list/http://btcdiv.comhttp://www.findmycoins.ninja
|
|
|
|
According to this, it's the 4th most valuable ERC20 token (Between OMG and REP) at $386 Million. https://etherscan.io/tokensNever heard of it. Doesn't have a thread on BCT. Doesn't even seem to be mentioned anywhere here. Doesn't appear to be on any major exchanges, the only one shown on their web page is "OasisDex". It appears to be something like tether ... stabilized to fiat. Anyone know anything about it? |
|
|
|
|
If my math is right, Bitcoin Gold should debut tomorrow with a market cap of over $6 Billion, making it the #5 currency on Coinmarketcap, knocking Litecoin out of the top 5. From there, who knows. I could see it initially dumping pretty hard as it goes live.
|
|
|
|
I found this chart which overlays bitcoin / bitcoin cash transaction fees. You can see bitcoin cash in the lower right, in red. The average transaction fee for BCH is about 10 cents, while BTC is $2-5 ... I know Bitcoin Cash is hated by many, but I don't see SegWit2X reducing fees by that much. Did BCH have the better solution? https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/transactionfees-btc-bch.html |
|
|
|
|
It seems a given that opposition to SegWit2x is going bring us yet another fork of BitCoin in mid-November ... has anyone given this coin a name? Seems like Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold were named well in advance, to give people something to talk about. I've never heard an "official" name for the SegWit2x fork coin that's supposed to happen ... are both teams going try to claim they are the real "bitcoin"?
|
|
|
|
|
Looks like I got an airdrop I didn't sign up for ... 0.01 "REGA Risk Sharing preICO Token". Anyone else see this on their Etherscan? Was this just some sort of forced airdrop token or something? Similar to what OMG did?
Well, since I now have it, anyone know anything about REGA Risk Sharing -- looks like some insurance token from their announcement here?
|
|
|
|
|
We've all seen these junk ERC20 tokens being issued and airdropped, and if I understand correctly, they are smart contracts that operate on the Etherium block chain, basically sharing the chain with Ether. I don't understand how this isn't the same as spamming the block chain. Doesn't this slow down legitimate business, cause transfer prices to rise, etc? What am I missing?
|
|
|
|
|
I'm still unclear on this. I've read numerous articles and I've seen that the segwit2x improvement is highly opposed, but none of these articles state whether or not anyone with great hashing capacity actually intends to create a 'new' coin and continue mining on the "unimproved" BlockChain.
What is the verdict on this? Yes, No, We don't know yet?
|
|
|
|
Upcoming/Ongoing Airdrops, Forks, and GiveawaysCompleted Forks & Airdrops (Unregistered)| Name | Type | Snapshot Date | Notes | | BitcoinCash | Fork of Bitcoin | 9/1/2017 | 1 BCH per 1 BTC Held | | OmiseGo | Airdrop to ETH Holders | 7/7/2017 | ~0.05 OMG per 1 ETH Held | | EtheriumClassic | Fork of Etherium | 7/20/2016 | 1 ETC per 1 ETH Held | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Reg./Sig. = Registration Required/Signature Required *Notice. These Airdrops and Forks are not verified. Always use extreme caution when registering for Airdrops or downloading new wallets to claim Forked coins. Do not give your private keys to anyone, or download software from sources you do not trust.
|
|
|
|
|
With all the scams, hacks, and phishing going on, I'm wondering if anyone knows of a project that allows you to lock your coins against transfer at the BlockChain level. I.e., set a password, or some other system, that would prevent a transfer even if someone got your private keys, hacked an online wallet, key logged your computer, etc. Heck, there are even people pooling resources to "check" private keys for balances.
It wouldn't be ideal for active traders, but for hodlers, I'd do it.
|
|
|
|
|
For those familiar with stocks, you are probably aware that the stock market is divided in 10 main sectors, ... financials, industrials, utilities, energy, healthcare, etc...
I'm wondering if anyone knows of a website or project that has broken down altcoins by sectors ... or if anyone has considered what the major sectors could be (pure currency, platforms, gambling, etc.), what coin is the sector leader, etc.
Could be an interesting project.
|
|
|
|
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/22/bitcoin-jpmorgans-jamie-dimon-lays-into-bitcoin-again.htmlThis time he says it is "worth nothing" because it was made out of thin air. He also talks about the importance of government backing in a currency and says again that Bitcoin will "end badly". And adds that more governments will move to shut it down. I wish a reporter would ask him about the discovery that JPM was trading Bitcoin after he said he'd fire everyone he caught trading Bitcoin.
|
|
|
|
Someone posted this on a Slack Channel I've been Lurking in. Does this mean there is an insane amount of transactions still waiting to process? ... I hate to say it, but this looks bad. Especially if these are headed to the exchanges.  |
|
|
|
|
