Activating ripple account

[puzzlepenny]

Whats the point of creating a ripple account then not being able to activate it unless you have 300 xrp? if youre new to all this virtual currency and want to start off with ripple - yeah yeah they give them away for free, but not to people that are starting off or only people that have bitcoins. Im sure Ill figure a way to get ripple but in the mean time I spose I just need to vent. 

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[charles11]

Whats the point of creating a ripple account then not being able to activate it unless you have 300 xrp? if youre new to all this virtual currency and want to start off with ripple - yeah yeah they give them away for free, but not to people that are starting off or only people that have bitcoins. Im sure Ill figure a way to get ripple but in the mean time I spose I just need to vent. 

I assume they will change that once they do a full launch.  Maybe because it is in beta and they are trying to make it more difficult to do anything on there?  I'm not sure but I agree it is a major obstacle to the common person. I bet they give you like 300 XRP for free when they open it to the general public and promote it during an official launch.

[Oldie]

There was a thread in the regular section where people were loaning XRP to others with a promise of paying back.  I think they raised the limit to 400 to get full site access.  I was lucky and knew someone who had some from the previous giveaways and send me some (that I will pay back eventually).

[herzmeister]

The 300 XRP are some kind of security or elaborate CAPTCHA.

Otherwise bots could create spam accounts and fake webs of trust en masse.

[virginiallorca]

Yes it was easy to get a 300 XRP loan at first when they were just worth about 20 cents.  But then XRP went up and were worth $1.  Now it is down a bit but still in that range and people can't afford to give out a lot of loans.  but the price shoudl fall back down in time.

[thattalldude]

The Ripple concept greatly intrigues me. I'm also eager to get some XRP and see what we can do, although most of my friends aren't the adventurous early adopter type.

[ShakerRaiders87]

I'm sure they will have some more giveaways before long.  At least I would expect them to.

[Davethedestroyer]

Did anyone else get an email offer to buy your forum account?

I just got offered $12.00. I'm assuming it's because of this giveaway?

[abrkn]

　

[Davethedestroyer]

This is going to sound dumb, probably... But, can you mine XRP? I just learned of ripple today and I'm still very confused...

[abrkn]

　

[Gorillabiscuits]

I hope to get more ripples myself..hopefully very soon.

[Davethedestroyer]

abrkn - Can you point me to any good threads that explain ripple and XRP? My initial impressions are that XRP is a "transactional" currency for ripple? Is that right?

[abrkn]

　

[TheWaler]

When you use the Ripple network (sending currency, creating exchange orders, etc.) you pay fees in XRP: https://ripple.com/wiki/XRP

I'm currently trading BTC/XRP at https://snowco.in

Why does it work like that? I never got it.

[abrkn]

　

[TheWaler]

Ok.. And what how/where do I find and add gateways? 

[Sou]

All coins "pre-mined" with one party in control over the entire network while retaining 20% of the total supply for them selves...i'm i the only one that thinks that sounds odd?

[Thedomone15]

Ok.. And what how/where do I find and add gateways? 

Only two gateways right now are Bitstamp and Weexchange...well those are the two major ones. 

[abrkn]