Discussion thread re: "Ripple Giveaway!"

[elux]

I'll start...

1: Anyone got their 30K yet?
2: What's the ETA on the giveaway?
3: Will I still be eligible if I acquire a non-zero balance while waiting?

4: Does OpenCoin compensate employees in XRP?
5: Where did you get your Ripples? (Is there a BTC/XRP market yet?)
6: How many XRP have been distributed to date?
7: Ponzi? LOL...

Any input appreciated!

Also: Feel free to post your own questions.

[Adamlm]

1. Yes
2. It took about 2 days

[nameface]

1: Anyone got their 30K yet?
yeah

5: Where did you get your Ripples? (Is there a BTC/XRP market yet?)

Send BTC to Bitstamp first, and then to the Ripple client via the 'Ripple' function in the Withdraw menu on Bitstamp.
Within Ripple click 'Advanced' (at the top), and then 'Trade' on the left sidebar. There's a market there.
  
6: How many XRP have been distributed to date?

Good question, where can we find more details on what OpenCoin is doing?

7: Ponzi? LOL...

Nah, more like a pyramid scheme BAHAHA! But it's also part of one of the greatest technological innovations the world has ever known, so there's a good trade-off.

[elux]

A Complaint:

To start, I signed up for the 30k XRP giveaway two days ago.

"We are currently giving 30k XRP to anyone who claims."

My Issue:

I open ripple today, and note that I've been sent a 20K XRP transaction.

I check the thread, which now reads:

"We are currently giving 20k XRP to anyone who claims."

Clearly, the correct thing to do would be to do distribute the stated amount at the time.


The Details:

For the record, I signed up for 30K XRP at:

2013-04-11, 16:54:25

The rules were changed and the stated amount edited to 20K at:

2013-04-12, 18:08:54,

as can be verified by the reader.


Other users affected?

Assuming I was the first new rippler thus "swindled",
a minimum of sixty users were similarly affected by this mistake.


Proposal for a solution:

1: Send 30K to the ones signed up for 30K.
2: Send 20K for to the ones  signed up for 20K.

Requests made after OpenCoin edited the post and changed the amount should already have received the correct amount.


Why even bother?

This is a small thing perhaps, but this first encounter doesn't inspire much confidence in OpenCoin.

Specifically, my concern is the following:

Since one entity is in control of the XRP supply, is it not reasonable to expect
that they proceed honestly and correctly, even in small matters,
if we are to trust them with our money, and trust them to do great things?


tl;dr: I've been short changed by OpenCoin and feel a bit miffed.

PS: Who should I contact about this matter? (Is JoelKatz is a spokesperson of sorts around here?)

If I don't recieve a reply in this thread, I will move this post to a separate thread.

[tex83rb]

me too, I signed up for the 30k XRP giveaway two days ago

Quote
"We are currently giving 30k XRP to anyone who claims."


but i have neither 20k neither 30k ....

[Ivica]

I thought ripples were given by bot who doesn't care when you posted message. But bot cares when you were registered. If you were recently registered you are ought to get the whole whooping amount of 0 XRP.

[dchapes]

tl;dr: I've been short changed by OpenCoin and feel a bit miffed.

Real tl;dr: "I'm a whiny bastard that feels entiled to more free stuff than the already generous amount of free stuff that I was given for doing almost nothing."

Shut up and take your free handout. Some of us didn't get any and actually paid for our starting XRP.

[Joe_Bauers]

I'm just trying to get 300  

Also - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esr4MEu20bs

[JoelKatz]

I open ripple today, and note that I've been sent a 20K XRP transaction.

I check the thread, which now reads:

"We are currently giving 20k XRP to anyone who claims."

Clearly, the correct thing to do would be to do distribute the stated amount at the time.

We did distribute the stated amount at the time. The giveaway thread reads, "We are currently giving <amount> XRP to anyone who claims. This amount will decrease over the course of the giveaway. We are giving to a limited number of people a day so it might be awhile after your post before you receive your XRP."

This is a small thing perhaps, but this first encounter doesn't inspire much confidence in OpenCoin.

Specifically, my concern is the following:

Since one entity is in control of the XRP supply, is it not reasonable to expect
that they proceed honestly and correctly, even in small matters,
if we are to trust them with our money, and trust them to do great things?

I think we did. Honestly, I don't understand why you see this as dishonest or incorrect. We were clear that the amount would drop over time and the number of payments made each day would be limited.

[Slix]

I posted in the giveaway thread back in February and as I recall I got 50000 at the time. I just logged on just now and it looks like my account has a completely different ripple address than back then and my balance is now 0.

Where did the XRP go?

[ahbritto]

I posted in the giveaway thread back in February and as I recall I got 50000 at the time. I just logged on just now and it looks like my account has a completely different ripple address than back then and my balance is now 0.

Where did the XRP go?

Code:

rippled -q account_info rfsAGCxek7qw5cqgZS5YFmJ6GYKq8tGVhx
{
   "result" : {
      "account_data" : {
         "Account" : "rfsAGCxek7qw5cqgZS5YFmJ6GYKq8tGVhx",
         "Balance" : "50000000000",
         "Flags" : 0,
         "LedgerEntryType" : "AccountRoot",
         "OwnerCount" : 0,
         "PreviousTxnID" : "0060FDDE1BCF5DF2026A22167F47CE3B4F7A900402C375AE1BC3A5C7ED2354F4",
         "PreviousTxnLgrSeq" : 263994,
         "Sequence" : 1,
         "index" : "78D66C16023DA38947F3A19AA04D9E9422B4EAA6EA20641878E0F1728D316DA9"
      },
      "ledger_current_index" : 508351,
      "status" : "success"
   }
}

The funds are still at the address you posted. If your wallet is showing a different address, create a new wallet with your master secret. That should allow you access to your account.

The client issue tracker is a better place to report bugs. There is a link in the bottom right of the client.

[Slix]

I posted in the giveaway thread back in February and as I recall I got 50000 at the time. I just logged on just now and it looks like my account has a completely different ripple address than back then and my balance is now 0.

Where did the XRP go?

Code:

rippled -q account_info rfsAGCxek7qw5cqgZS5YFmJ6GYKq8tGVhx
{
   "result" : {
      "account_data" : {
         "Account" : "rfsAGCxek7qw5cqgZS5YFmJ6GYKq8tGVhx",
         "Balance" : "50000000000",
         "Flags" : 0,
         "LedgerEntryType" : "AccountRoot",
         "OwnerCount" : 0,
         "PreviousTxnID" : "0060FDDE1BCF5DF2026A22167F47CE3B4F7A900402C375AE1BC3A5C7ED2354F4",
         "PreviousTxnLgrSeq" : 263994,
         "Sequence" : 1,
         "index" : "78D66C16023DA38947F3A19AA04D9E9422B4EAA6EA20641878E0F1728D316DA9"
      },
      "ledger_current_index" : 508351,
      "status" : "success"
   }
}

The funds are still at the address you posted. If your wallet is showing a different address, create a new wallet with your master secret. That should allow you access to your account.

The client issue tracker is a better place to report bugs. There is a link in the bottom right of the client.

Thanks that worked and I guess I missed the link in the bottom corner. I was just posting here in passing wondering if other people had similar issues. My bad.

[tclo]

Ripple Giveaway is awesome.  They are giving free money out every day....got to love OpenCoin for this one.