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[tokeweed]

Team for each crypto added.  I couldn't find the teams of some please post the link here.

[kodtycoon]

Team for each crypto added.  I couldn't find the teams of some please post the link here.

http://blog.nem.io/overview/

that holds the info you require for nem, though it is mixed with other info.

[tokeweed]

Ok thanks.

[tokeweed]

GetGems review from Coindesk. 

Basic summary:

GetGems is a decentralized social messaging app built on open-source software provided by popular encrypted messenger Telegram. The app allows users to send and receive both bitcoin (BTC) and its native digital token, GEMZ.

Billed as "the first messaging app that pays you", users earn GEMZ by helping to grow the network, with rewards of 25 GEMZ given for every referral that generates a new participant. Additionally, 27,500 GEMZ are distributed to users daily, with users receiving a part of this amount proportional to the number of users they have invited to the network.

As the app is updated, users will have more ways to earn, including viewing in-app ads.

A token created on top of the Counterparty protocol, GEMZ are currently traded on exchanges such as BTER and Poloniex at a press time value of $0.01 per GEMZ.

Complete review here http://www.coindesk.com/review-getgems-ios-app-review/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CoinDesk+%28CoinDesk+-+The+Voice+of+Digital+Currency%29

[tokeweed]

Bad news for Ripple

FinCEN Fines Ripple Labs for Bank Secrecy Act Violations

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has fined Ripple Labs and its subsidiary XRP II a combined $700,000 for "willful violations" of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).

According to a 5th May press release by the US regulator, Ripple Labs failed to register as a money services business (MSB) with FinCEN prior to selling XRP, a digital token used to settle payments on the Ripple network. Additionally, the company is said to have failed to implement appropriate anti-money laundering (AML) procedures concurrent with its responsibilities as an MSB.

Complete article here  http://www.coindesk.com/fincen-fines-ripple-labs-700000-bank-secrecy-act/

[reRaise]

GetGems review from Coindesk.

Basic summary:

GetGems is a decentralized social messaging app built on open-source software provided by popular encrypted messenger Telegram. The app allows users to send and receive both bitcoin (BTC) and its native digital token, GEMZ.

Billed as "the first messaging app that pays you", users earn GEMZ by helping to grow the network, with rewards of 25 GEMZ given for every referral that generates a new participant. Additionally, 27,500 GEMZ are distributed to users daily, with users receiving a part of this amount proportional to the number of users they have invited to the network.

As the app is updated, users will have more ways to earn, including viewing in-app ads.

A token created on top of the Counterparty protocol, GEMZ are currently traded on exchanges such as BTER and Poloniex at a press time value of $0.01 per GEMZ.

Complete review here http://www.coindesk.com/review-getgems-ios-app-review/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CoinDesk+%28CoinDesk+-+The+Voice+of+Digital+Currency%29

Am i the only one who thinks this is the only alt that has a decent chance to reach the average joe, teens, girls etc? I mean it's the simplest one to use and available on iOS which is unheard of from an alt (besides some tickers), it has to do marketing in non bitcoin related channels, but the app is not ready yet.

[spartak_t]

Am i the only one who thinks this is the only alt that has a decent chance to reach the average joe, teens, girls etc? I mean it's the simplest one to use and available on iOS which is unheard of from an alt (besides some tickers), it has to do marketing in non bitcoin related channels, but the app is not ready yet.

I don't think it's the only one and you can tell that people still don't believe in it. GEMS is declining since day 1.

[reRaise]

Am i the only one who thinks this is the only alt that has a decent chance to reach the average joe, teens, girls etc? I mean it's the simplest one to use and available on iOS which is unheard of from an alt (besides some tickers), it has to do marketing in non bitcoin related channels, but the app is not ready yet.

I don't think it's the only one and you can tell that people still don't believe in it. GEMS is declining since day 1.

Which others, i'm curious, because i don't see any other app besides dogerain on the app store, you can't reach people with just a desktop wallet.

For me and millions of others it's about user experience which is rising, the app is slowly getting polished but isn't ready yet because the iOS version is in public beta with the main features not implemented yet. I think if this app gets popular, rivals will start to get mad because it's disturbing their whole advertising model where users are the product unlike getgems where advertisers must directly pay the users and not the company like fb, google etc.

[tokeweed]

GetGems review from Coindesk.

Basic summary:

GetGems is a decentralized social messaging app built on open-source software provided by popular encrypted messenger Telegram. The app allows users to send and receive both bitcoin (BTC) and its native digital token, GEMZ.

Billed as "the first messaging app that pays you", users earn GEMZ by helping to grow the network, with rewards of 25 GEMZ given for every referral that generates a new participant. Additionally, 27,500 GEMZ are distributed to users daily, with users receiving a part of this amount proportional to the number of users they have invited to the network.

As the app is updated, users will have more ways to earn, including viewing in-app ads.

A token created on top of the Counterparty protocol, GEMZ are currently traded on exchanges such as BTER and Poloniex at a press time value of $0.01 per GEMZ.

Complete review here http://www.coindesk.com/review-getgems-ios-app-review/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CoinDesk+%28CoinDesk+-+The+Voice+of+Digital+Currency%29

Am i the only one who thinks this is the only alt that has a decent chance to reach the average joe, teens, girls etc? I mean it's the simplest one to use and available on iOS which is unheard of from an alt (besides some tickers), it has to do marketing in non bitcoin related channels, but the app is not ready yet.

I like the idea, and it has potential imho.  But spartak is right.  It's been declining and there's no volume.  But it's not because 'people don't believe in it' (again imho).  I think the problem lies in the lack in marketing and promotion.  Maybe they're still trying to make the app perfect before going on a full blown marketing campaign.

[tokeweed]

Added Storjcoin in the OP!

[kodtycoon]

you should post white papers of each project on the OP if they are available..

[tokeweed]

Good idea!  I will do that later..

[kodtycoon]

Good idea!  I will do that later..

ok great. il mail you the nem one once its out.. save you looking.

[spartak_t]

I don't think it's the only one and you can tell that people still don't believe in it. GEMS is declining since day 1.

Which others, i'm curious, because i don't see any other app besides dogerain on the app store, you can't reach people with just a desktop wallet.

For me and millions of others it's about user experience which is rising, the app is slowly getting polished but isn't ready yet because the iOS version is in public beta with the main features not implemented yet. I think if this app gets popular, rivals will start to get mad because it's disturbing their whole advertising model where users are the product unlike getgems where advertisers must directly pay the users and not the company like fb, google etc.

Well, I was not talking about app. I was talking about adoption, because this is what GEMS aims at first place - to be adopted. Every coin or asset is doomed to die if it's not adopted. Technology behind it is not that relevant. It's like comparing Windows with Linux for example. Linux may be better OS, but Bill Gates is richer than Linus Torvalds.

[tokeweed]

Added Ziftr!

[tokeweed]

Net Neutrality and the Safe Network

Per Wikipedia, “Network Neutrality” is the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally. Essentially, the concept calls for a level playing field for all users, whether they be individuals or providers of high-bandwidth services like Netflix, HBO, etc., or whoever.

From an egalitarian perspective, the answer as to whether net neutrality is a good idea or not is easy: of course, it is good.

From the perspectives of companies which wish to provide high-bandwidth services, as well as the customers who are willing to pay extra to receive those services in the best possible quality, the answer is not so clear. Why, for instance, can’t such services as Netflix, and thus the customers who use them, pay more so that high-access-streaming channels can be built up, taking traffic off of the other lines, thus being better for everyone?

Full blog here http://blog.maidsafe.net/2015/05/06/net-neutrality-and-the-safe-network/

[ThomasVeil]

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Team:  Looking for the page

NXT Core Dev Recognition Guide

[tokeweed]

Thanks.

[tokeweed]

Beyond Basic Income: The Power of Networks Putting People First

The Basic Income in Brief

Swarm basic income is valued on the basis of the total production of the community. There is one base unit, the Swarm membership, and then a number of tokens which represent the value of other projects. This is similar to the old idea of each community or project having its own unit of account which represents the aggregate value.

At the moment, invitations are sent out manually based on existing human networks of trust. As reputational systems evolve this web of trust will be extended into many other areas as well.

Failures of Governance 1.0
Past notions of basic income typically relied on governmental involvement. This meant, by definition, a centralized control mechanism deciding when and where capital should be allocated.

It also typically involved an old idea of currency, the issuance of which was controlled at will by this same centralized mechanism.

Unfortunately, none of these mechanisms possess dynamic methods of accountability. The systems are not designed by nature to be transparent, and so there is always the possibility of some third party inserting themselves into the mix and taking control at a crucial stage.

Full blog here https://medium.com/@Swarm/beyond-basic-income-the-power-of-networks-putting-people-first-dbb97416d7a6

[tokeweed]

Stellar Report: Stellar.im, Bitcoin Indonesia, and South Africa

Bitcoin Indonesia now supports the stellar. Folks can use IDR to get stellars.

Stellar Educator Vanessa taught a workshop on reimagining the future of money. Attendees came up with creative models of currency to think about how we might improve financial systems.

Professor David Mazières gave a talk on the Stellar Consensus Protocol at Stanford’s annual security workshop.

Stellar cofounders Jed and Joyce visited South Africa and spoke at MIH Media Lab at Stellenbosch University.

Complete blog here https://www.stellar.org/blog/