Sure there would be limitations. It cannot work in any other way. I will assume this will have to run within some sort of sandbox. I speculate that apart from interacting with well defined objects within the platform it will be able to do little else.

Look at Javascript today, it runs in your browser with restrictions, i.e. it can do web related tasks but not others like creating files or accessing file systems. That is called a limitation. It is also constrained by scope, so cannot be privy to information between your browser and another site. That is also a limitation.

With a turing complete language you can expect such restrictions, without them you will have security nightmares, likely still have little loopholes that will have to be plugged along the way while the system itself matures.

Only if you bought it in the first week

If however you bought it in the last 3 days ether cost 80 cents (@800$ a btc)

OK I don't understand the behind-the-scene details of SPV clients other than the fact that it does not do its own verification but connects to a trusted node. I feel like I am missing something here. Why couldn't a thin client do the same with XCP.

By which you mean support for OP_RETURN feature of Bitcoin? I think I read something on that before, i.e. that it is used to store data on the XCP transaction taking place.

I was reading an article on one of the bitcoin magzine websites and they mention that apart from the obvious external dependency (i.e. btc blockchain) the other problem is that it could be sluggish or time consuming searching the block chain for specific transactions that have stored XCP data. Is this a concern for you at this stage.

At the risk of running in circles I think he merely stated it - not to show off or be proud of the fact - but as a way to showcase the credentials of the people involved in the project. If I were announcing a project of my own and had a number of people involved then I would like everyone to know that my team is solid. Unfortunately for Ethereum, people read more than that into such a statement.

Some of it you should be able to do when more features have completed and matured in the NXT development cycle like decentralized exchange. But there are many other differences, like turing complete scripts and a decentralized (and incentivized) platform to achieve any contract not just a financial instrument. So down the line other developers (unrelated to the Ethereum project team) can build applications that take advantage of this. From a mining perspective it is some sort of hybrid between PoW and PoS while NXT is completely premine.

It's unfortunately really messed this thread. People have come here and believed in 36 million dollars BS, GS conspiracy theories. Conversation has not moved beyond issuance which is a real pity because there is so much more to this project and so many important questions that could/should have been raised.

To scare the shit out of everyone and abuse anyone asks why.

Especially when you can still burn and get a minimum of 10 XCP for that price.

The issuance part has been changed once - so to claim it has changed so many times that you can't remember is basically exaggeration. Moreover this is Alpha stage, surely you should know that things are subject to changes and reviews during Alpha stage.

To invest or not to, to buy after the IPO or to mine are all valid options and if you want to participate in the project, depending on your risk you can chose any or all options or none if you don't like what you see. But at least wait until all details are finalized before judging them.

It does not matter because there are a number of people who want to run this project to the ground with complete misinformation. They will stick to their claim of 30,000 BTC and 36 million dollars paying no heed to others. They twist every little piece of information that has been listed with their lies and have completely infected this thread. People who are too lazy to read the original posts or comprehend it correctly buy into their lies.

If you like this project you are either a "HUGE" investor, or scum of the earth or a wall street stooge or your are simply getting paid to mislead people. They will bully, intimidate and abuse you until you no longer give a shit about clearing this misinformation. If you want information on this project this is no longer the thread to seek, look for information on their official website and forum, you might be able to decide if you want to invest or not to.

I have no problem with the opinion that the founders are asking for too much (BTC and premine share) but the numbers being thrown around has become the theater of absurd.

Yep

Lowest is 0.01 BTC

http://wiki.ethereum.org/index.php/Dagger

I don't know how much a significant advantage gpu will give over cpu. The devs of this project want to ensure that mining hardware does not get centralized so that only people with deep pockets can invest in ASIC hardware. They predict that CPU mining will still be possible with this and specialized hardware will be impractical.

This is my understanding on the issuance. A simple spreadsheet that will give you a bird's eye.

I think the minimum is 0.01 BTC

I agree

There is the much derided prospectus to be released on 1st Feb. I will look for any new information on there and also their official website.

Not yet disclosed to the public AFAIK We should hopefully know more now that the Miami conference is over.

+1

I am fast reaching the point where I see no need to correct this misinformation, some of which is clearly deliberate.

Investors are not early stakeholders. Investors own no part of 0.50 * X, we can potentially own a fraction of X as investors.

Early stakeholders could be any person or institution who contribute in any form useful to the project other than in BTC. We will know more when they disclose more information. They have already mentioned that they are partnering with Krypokit and Hive, it has not been made clear if Hive for instance will receive some ether in return but I am assuming they will. There is no free lunch after all.

1. Mining is slated to start after the completion of 2 months from 1st Feb, so the earliest date is 1st April
2. You and I are not fiduciary members. Fiduciary members in this case are the 4 founders, early stakeholders and partners, not even those that receive remuneration/bounties in ETH for being part of the project.