Ripple: Does it scare you?

[bitpop]

So how is it be open source and not open source at the same time, exactly? That at least you can surely stick around to answer.

The page is simply wrong/outdated in that regard, all code necessary to run a validator is publicly available (before that access was only granted on demand to a few dozen developers outside OpenCoin) under an MIT license (just like Bitcoin-QT) on github:
https://github.com/ripple

The server is called "rippled", the client "ripple-client" and it uses the JavaScript library "ripple-lib". Also quite a few other projects are also available in source code there (e.g. a market overview page).

There is nothing that can or will stop you from bootstrapping/running your own Ripple network or forking it other than the limitation that this can't be called "Ripple" any more (similar to Litecoin, Dogecoin, Namecoin, ...coin which use mostly bitcoin code but not the Satoshi block chain).

"shill" "protecting my investment in that obvious scam"

[Sukrim]

 

[bitpop]

Hey if you're right, you'll be rich. Many doubted Bitcoin. Stay chipper

[Sukrim]

Nah, I didn't "invest" a lot in BTC back in the day and I won't buy XRP either. I'm happy with what I got for free and rather earn money doing something productive with either system (e.g. building merchant services).

[stink]

Nah, I didn't "invest" a lot in BTC back in the day and I won't buy XRP either. I'm happy with what I got for free and rather earn money doing something productive with either system (e.g. building merchant services).

Why pay when you get XRP for free: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=397696.new#new

[Sukrim]

You have some wrong statements in there (e.g. "Ripple is funded by google"), the giveaway has been announced here multiple times and it just looks like you want to push your digitalocean refcode with this.

[knightcoin]

You have some wrong statements in there (e.g. "Ripple is funded by google"), the giveaway has been announced here multiple times and it just looks like you want to push your digitalocean refcode with this.

Now I see why Litter Coin zap out of groole ...