[ANN][XCP] Counterparty - Pioneering Peer-to-Peer Finance - Official Thread

[xnova]

I am selling shares on counterparty to fund my music! You will receive dividends of all album sales, gigs played, and commission projects (such as video game music)!

I am selling 20% of NICEPLUM.

For more info, check the reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/27a7eo/support_my_music_by_buying_niceplum_shares_on_a/

Great to see this!

We will have a Counterparty directory going up here in the next week, with the goal of tracking all of the efforts launching on top of the platform. Chris from our team is putting this together right now.

[rwfreshmore]

I am selling shares on counterparty to fund my music! You will receive dividends of all album sales, gigs played, and commission projects (such as video game music)!

I am selling 20% of NICEPLUM.

For more info, check the reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/27a7eo/support_my_music_by_buying_niceplum_shares_on_a/

I started one of the first online music archive in the world back in 1994 alongside IUMA. Using MP2 technology We always thought this is exactly the way artists should structure their "business". I have mulled over this idea for years and there's never been a way to do this until now.

A front-end built on top of CounterParty would be amazing for this. In any case i think you are WAY ahead of the curve here. Pump it for all it's worth. You need to think hard about how much of your revenue you want to give away. I'm not sure what you've got going but think about ALL revenue you can generate from performing, song sales, merchandise. Other artists will be doing this soon i have no doubt in my mind. It's 20 years in the making.

[countersports]

Hello Counterparty community,

We are proud to inform you that the XBet.IO application (formerly CounterSports) is now live on mainnet at https://xbet.io.
Testnet is still available on http://testnet.xbet.io
We would like to thank everyone that has helped us run tests and shared his thoughts and ideas with us.

xnova and jahpowerbit are working on enhancing Counterwallet and in a few hours will enable users to use the website fully and in a secure manner. That is when we will make our official announcement.

[IamNotSure]

Hello Counterparty community,

We are proud to inform you that the XBet.IO application (formerly CounterSports) is now live on mainnet at https://xbet.io.
Testnet is still available on http://testnet.xbet.io
We would like to thank everyone that has helped us run tests and shared his thoughts and ideas with us.

xnova and jahpowerbit are working on enhancing Counterwallet and in a few hours will enable users to use the website fully and in a secure manner. That is when we will make our official announcement.

Excellent news !!

I hope counterwallet on testnet will be improved aswell in order to place bets, because I'm not familiar and don't have time to run counterpartyd on testnet.

[flayway]

Hello Counterparty community,

We are proud to inform you that the XBet.IO application (formerly CounterSports) is now live on mainnet at https://xbet.io.
Testnet is still available on http://testnet.xbet.io
We would like to thank everyone that has helped us run tests and shared his thoughts and ideas with us.

xnova and jahpowerbit are working on enhancing Counterwallet and in a few hours will enable users to use the website fully and in a secure manner. That is when we will make our official announcement.

Countersport sounds better, have you think to use both address?

[IamNotSure]

Hello Counterparty community,

We are proud to inform you that the XBet.IO application (formerly CounterSports) is now live on mainnet at https://xbet.io.
Testnet is still available on http://testnet.xbet.io
We would like to thank everyone that has helped us run tests and shared his thoughts and ideas with us.

xnova and jahpowerbit are working on enhancing Counterwallet and in a few hours will enable users to use the website fully and in a secure manner. That is when we will make our official announcement.

Countersport sounds better, have you think to use both address?

or SportsParty ?

Personally I like xBet.io

[teamcryptonator]

Hey guys

finally, free cryptocurrency price widgets and calculator widget you were all waiting for has arrived  

• Fully customizable, fits to any website/blog, matches any style
• Supports XCP along with over other 300 crypto- and fiat currencies
• Actual rates updated with 20+ exchanges every 30 seconds
• Installation friendly, just Copy'n'Paste
• Choose JavaScript or iframe, whatever works better for you
• Flat, minimalistic, modern design
• Secure access over https/SSL connection

Now you can display and convert any crypto / fiat on your website, and not only Bitcoin against USD

Check it out https://www.cryptonator.com/widget

[nakaone]

Hello Counterparty community,

We are proud to inform you that the XBet.IO application (formerly CounterSports) is now live on mainnet at https://xbet.io.
Testnet is still available on http://testnet.xbet.io
We would like to thank everyone that has helped us run tests and shared his thoughts and ideas with us.

xnova and jahpowerbit are working on enhancing Counterwallet and in a few hours will enable users to use the website fully and in a secure manner. That is when we will make our official announcement.

love to see a post on r/bitcoin for the upcoming fifa world championships: use the bitcoin blockchain for trustless/decentralized betting.

great that you guys managed to get it started before the world championships

[td services]

Hey guys

finally, free cryptocurrency price widgets and calculator widget you were all waiting for has arrived  

• Fully customizable, fits to any website/blog, matches any style
• Supports XCP along with over other 300 crypto- and fiat currencies
• Actual rates updated with 20+ exchanges every 30 seconds
• Installation friendly, just Copy'n'Paste
• Choose JavaScript or iframe, whatever works better for you
• Flat, minimalistic, modern design
• Secure access over https/SSL connection

Now you can display and convert any crypto / fiat on your website, and not only Bitcoin against USD

Check it out https://www.cryptonator.com/widget

This is great! Did you have to hunt down and patch together APIs for all these different currencies? I was wondering if there is a data feed for all these different assets to use in a portfolio manager, or maybe such a crypto portfolio manager exists already.

[teamcryptonator]

This is great! Did you have to hunt down and patch together APIs for all these different currencies? I was wondering if there is a data feed for all these different assets to use in a portfolio manager, or maybe such a crypto portfolio manager exists already.

yes, we are fetching APIs of 27 exchanges every 30 secs

and yes, we offering free portfolio for all 300+ cryptocurrencies on our website and as apps for Android and iPhone

in case you need an API, it's right here https://www.cryptonator.com/api

[td services]

This is great! Did you have to hunt down and patch together APIs for all these different currencies? I was wondering if there is a data feed for all these different assets to use in a portfolio manager, or maybe such a crypto portfolio manager exists already.

yes, we are fetching APIs of 27 exchanges every 30 secs

and yes, we offering free portfolio for all 300+ cryptocurrencies on our website and as apps for Android and iPhone

in case you need an API, it's right here https://www.cryptonator.com/api

This is F'ing awesome! Thanks!

[xnova]

Cryptoequity: Legal Considerations

Joel Dietz, a member of the community, has authored a nice paper that provides an overview of the US legal landscape surrounding fund-raising with Counterparty and other crypto platforms. We've posted his paper on our blog for anyone interested:

https://www.counterparty.co/cryptoequity-legal-considerations/

We hope this will help others interested in this very relevant application on Counterparty technology, and we're excited about Counterparty continuing to power some of the most innovative enterprises in Bitcoin.

[CryptoLTD]

How to indicate interest? Is it a kind of private sale before Open Phase 1? Anyone can join this private sale? Thanks.

That's basically correct. We are allowing early access to folks who have been around for awhile and contributed to Counterparty in some way.

Matt Y has specific information on how to participate. You can contact him for details.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=637879.new;topicseen#new

[baddw]

Ok, I have started a Bitcoin Difficulty feed from address

1ADigCqe5tWXBXcM1V82oWaXRNW2wUpXUS

I will attempt to update the feed within 24 hours of every bitcoin difficulty change.  I will definitely try to automate this feed in the future when I get a full counterpartyd installation set up, but I'm doing it manually from Counterwallet now.  So it would be best not to make your bet dates cut too close to the actual change dates -- give it a couple of days

I tried to make a bet from within Counterwallet, but it doesn't pull anything up when I input the feed address.  Is it possible to make a bet using your own feed?  I was going to try to seed it with some small bets

[BitThink]

Cryptoequity: Legal Considerations

Joel Dietz, a member of the community, has authored a nice paper that provides an overview of the US legal landscape surrounding fund-raising with Counterparty and other crypto platforms. We've posted his paper on our blog for anyone interested:

https://www.counterparty.co/cryptoequity-legal-considerations/

We hope this will help others interested in this very relevant application on Counterparty technology, and we're excited about Counterparty continuing to power some of the most innovative enterprises in Bitcoin.

Thanks for the document, but in my opinion, it is too abstract to average readers.

Actually one of my main consideration is why BTCT and BitFunder could not survive but Spawn can. Is there any main difference between them and Spawn?

Remember 1) Counterparty is used by Spawn but it is transparent to Spawn users, so for Spawn users they are using a service very similar to BTCT and BitFunder. 2) BitFunder had to be closed even after they restricted US investors.

I personally had lost a lot of BTC due to the closure of BTCT and BitFunder, so please forgive me if I am over cautious on this topic.

[mindtomatter]

Cryptoequity: Legal Considerations

Joel Dietz, a member of the community, has authored a nice paper that provides an overview of the US legal landscape surrounding fund-raising with Counterparty and other crypto platforms. We've posted his paper on our blog for anyone interested:

https://www.counterparty.co/cryptoequity-legal-considerations/

We hope this will help others interested in this very relevant application on Counterparty technology, and we're excited about Counterparty continuing to power some of the most innovative enterprises in Bitcoin.

Thanks for the document, but in my opinion, it is too abstract to average readers.

Actually one of my main consideration is why BTCT and BitFunder could not survive but Spawn can. Is there any main difference between them and Spawn?

Remember 1) Counterparty is used by Spawn but it is transparent to Spawn users, so for Spawn users they are using a service very similar to BTCT and BitFunder. 2) BitFunder had to be closed even after they restricted US investors.

I personally had lost a lot of BTC due to the closure of BTCT and BitFunder, so please forgive me if I am over cautious on this topic.

I believe Swarm is directing users to http://counterwallet.co, and the cryptoproperty they're selling (SWARM) are assets owned by individual backers bitcoin addresses, so the answer to your particular question "What happens if Swarm fails" is a little complex.

If swarm the company fails, the value they were going to provide in exchange for SWARM (access to their crowdfunding platform and other things) won't be there, so the value will almost certainly go down in the event the company giving it value fails. 

but that failure would not result in the loss of the token.  Where the centralized crypto-equity exchanges take the records and tradable asset with them when they go, the demise of swarm would have zero impact on the token (SWARM) holdings of its users.

So it's better in one way, but no different in the other.  Failure is still bad, just not paralyzing.

[BitThink]

Cryptoequity: Legal Considerations

Joel Dietz, a member of the community, has authored a nice paper that provides an overview of the US legal landscape surrounding fund-raising with Counterparty and other crypto platforms. We've posted his paper on our blog for anyone interested:

https://www.counterparty.co/cryptoequity-legal-considerations/

We hope this will help others interested in this very relevant application on Counterparty technology, and we're excited about Counterparty continuing to power some of the most innovative enterprises in Bitcoin.

Thanks for the document, but in my opinion, it is too abstract to average readers.

Actually one of my main consideration is why BTCT and BitFunder could not survive but Spawn can. Is there any main difference between them and Spawn?

Remember 1) Counterparty is used by Spawn but it is transparent to Spawn users, so for Spawn users they are using a service very similar to BTCT and BitFunder. 2) BitFunder had to be closed even after they restricted US investors.

I personally had lost a lot of BTC due to the closure of BTCT and BitFunder, so please forgive me if I am over cautious on this topic.

I believe Swarm is directing users to http://counterwallet.co, and the cryptoproperty they're selling (SWARM) are assets owned by individual backers bitcoin addresses, so the answer to your particular question "What happens if Swarm fails" is a little complex.

If swarm the company fails, the value they were going to provide in exchange for SWARM (access to their crowdfunding platform and other things) won't be there, so the value will almost certainly go down in the event the company giving it value fails.  

but that failure would not result in the loss of the token.  Where the centralized crypto-equity exchanges take the records and tradable asset with them when they go, the demise of swarm would have zero impact on the token (SWARM) holdings of its users.

So it's better in one way, but no different in the other.  Failure is still bad, just not paralyzing.

Thanks a lot for your thoughts, mindtomatter.

I am more concern about the Swarm project, not the Swarm token. If Swarm project cannot succeed, the Swarm token has zero value. I don't want to be just an early adopter earning money by selling high to the late comers.

[ttyler333]

i like xcp

This is a very good coin, it can bring us money! I also like it very much!
 

[fractastical]

Cryptoequity: Legal Considerations

Joel Dietz, a member of the community, has authored a nice paper that provides an overview of the US legal landscape surrounding fund-raising with Counterparty and other crypto platforms. We've posted his paper on our blog for anyone interested:

https://www.counterparty.co/cryptoequity-legal-considerations/

We hope this will help others interested in this very relevant application on Counterparty technology, and we're excited about Counterparty continuing to power some of the most innovative enterprises in Bitcoin.

Actually one of my main consideration is why BTCT and BitFunder could not survive but Spawn can. Is there any main difference between them and Spawn?

I believe Swarm is directing users to http://counterwallet.co, and the cryptoproperty they're selling (SWARM) are assets owned by individual backers bitcoin addresses, so the answer to your particular question "What happens if Swarm fails" is a little complex.

If swarm the company fails, the value they were going to provide in exchange for SWARM (access to their crowdfunding platform and other things) won't be there, so the value will almost certainly go down in the event the company giving it value fails.  

but that failure would not result in the loss of the token.  Where the centralized crypto-equity exchanges take the records and tradable asset with them when they go, the demise of swarm would have zero impact on the token (SWARM) holdings of its users.

So it's better in one way, but no different in the other.  Failure is still bad, just not paralyzing.

Thanks a lot for your thoughts, mindtomatter.

I am more concern about the Swarm project, not the Swarm token. If Swarm project cannot succeed, the Swarm token has zero value. I don't want to be just an early adopter earning money by selling high to the late comers.

Pretty much everything that has been said so far is true. If Swarm as a corporate entity fails, then SWARM tokens will probably lose value. That said, because SWARM actually distributes new tokens and access to presale that are done on the SWARM platform, it is quite possible that all of these other tokens acquired via SWARM will increase in value even if the legal entity behind SWARM is shut down. So the downside risk is relatively small.

That said, we are working hard to make sure that SWARM is compliant with local regulation. Also even if the US locks us out we can still offer our sales to non-US residents.

One other interesting possibility is that we could continue offering coin launches without any associated legal entity. 

[SlickTheNick]

New dividend paying counterparty asset released: https://forums.counterparty.co/index.php?topic=373.msg2542 EARNFREEBTC