Shared masternodes are interesting. Particularly since the 500k masternode amount is probably out of reach for most people at current prices.

Now looking forward to reading the whitepaper whenever it comes out.

True. Although I'm one of those people who prefers to hold ethereum if not holding another altcoin! So for me, I often compare to eth prices not btc.

Price is relatively stable and the announcements on lounge access and new team members are a positive.

This bitcoin cash run reminds me of a month or so back when the same bitcoin down bitcoin cash up thing happened, and everyone was saying bch was taking over btc as the 'true bitcoin blockchain'.

Think all that is overblown, expect btc will bounce back.

So is this a redo of an older coin called hyper. Is it trying to be like enjin or nitro coin in terms of being a gamers coin?

It would be useful if there was a snapshot of differences between these different coins. Or even just a few dot point summaries.

Hey another bitcoin fork! Haven't had enough of those I feel eventually we'll run out of reasonable variations that can be made to bitcoin and still maintain interest from people from all this 'forking'.

 I mean, why not just start a new blockchain?

I'm not really sure what you mean. Centra is an old project, nothing new, and what monaco is doing is much better in my opinion.

Especially when you factor in that they are visa program managers and are listed on multiple exchanges plus a number of other positive moves.

I remember reading about campus coin back when I was first getting into crypto back in July 2017. Good to see that it is still around and hopefully will make a comeback soon!

The private ledgers idea could be promising but getting colleges behind it will be difficult.

Excellent yes that makes sense thanks. Particularly for coins that have a max supply limit. So the block reward essentially acts as a floor for the miners reward, and the transaction fees add a bit extra to the reward, also to benefit miners.

Congratulations on the airport lounge access for hong Kong!

Hopefully rolls out to many other countries. Airport lounge access is a 'premium' credit card service. So further rollout can help monaco compete against more established cards

Yea think that sounds about right. I believe there was a smart contract arrangement, or perhaps just a commitment from the monaco team that most company tokens would remain locked up for a number of years, with some available for marketing or listing purposes.

If I find this info again I'll post a link.

Thanks cryptovore for pointing out a few things on steemit for the blog. On holiday at the moment so can't type out a proper response yet on steemit, so that all the info is together.

Main point is that I understand your team is not affiliated with signatum developer skankhunt etc at a development level, and I dont think the post says that, but involved more at a community level. Also I agree that the swap done properly is a positive for sigt holders, and can help bring that community over to straks.

It's definitely great for the community that you guys are being proactive on communication, like responding to steemit posts

Hey guys just trying to understand where the transaction fees 'go'. Are they incorporated into the block reward somehow, or are they 'burned' in a sense, as the block reward is stable.

Couldn't find any easy answer to this, I might be reading the wrong articles!

Yea interesting we know china has a tight hold on social media activities so not sure a platform like this would be given much leeway over there. Or if it would be welcome at all.

Plus, you know, china doesn't like icos in general.

A slow steady stroll to the top is the way to go! Especially if they deliver on the functionality detailed in the roadmap over 2018. It's a really exciting time to be in crypto when speculation gets overtaken by functionality

The 560 is a good option for ethereum. Nvidia, in general terms, is better for equihash algorithms. So thats things like zcash or zencash. Nvidia also tends to use less electric so keep that in mind.

I asked a similar question recently and the answer is currently no. It is not possible to run a zen secure node on windows. However, it could be something for the future if we're lucky! Otherwise, you could always learn basic linux, and then follow the step by step guides out there on setting up a secure node. I believe someone made a guide that should be available on the zencash website.

It is impressive bulwark was able to get on cryptopia. I understand from some other coins that the 'default'' amount of BTC required to get a listing on cryptopia is something like 5 BTC for basic listing, no bells and whistles. So in today's USD terms, that would be about $100,000!

I'm sure there is scope for negotiation with the exchange owners, since I doubt many new projects would have that sort of money/BTC just lying around.

All set for this week! Three announcements, hopefully they'll be big would make a great christmas present

But even if they aren't big announcements, it is all trending in the right direction and I"m looking forward to when I get my card, hopefully during (early?) 2018!

Yeah I agree, just did the math on cryptopia listing and it would be around the $100,000 mark in USD (or around 5 btc) just to get a listing. You see some of the old dead coins up there on and surely something new would be much better placed, and would be better for cryptopia as well.

Hey guys, I wrote a short blog on steemit about my thoughts on Straks.

Also, I think the Straks developers are doing a good job under difficult circumstances, and really hope the project will be a success. I've also learned what the name 'SkankHunt' was likely referencing, so at least I've learned one new thing today.

https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@hassy/straks-any-future-or-will-it-be-another-signatum