Walter Rothbard
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May 06, 2014, 01:50:22 PM |
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Is this the new gold backed altcoin that is in the news today? If so - why not spell that out in the announcement?
A gold or commodity-backed cryptocurrency would certainly be an interesting innovation. But what I would like to see is something like colored coins where arbitrary entities can issue coins on the blockchain which that entity pledges to redeem for a unit of metal - then all those issued currencies can float in value relative to each other and relative to the market's trust in the issuing authority's promise to redeem.
My understanding is there are two solid gold bars backing this currency, and I doubt those are going to be divided up for redemption. If this currency isn't truly redeemable for gold I'm not sure it can really be called "backed" by gold. Still reading, though, so maybe I don't understand it all, yet.
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dmpotter
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May 06, 2014, 02:35:03 PM |
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How would it work without miners?
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mindact
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May 06, 2014, 04:27:18 PM |
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Needs a more responsive website. yes we need more details
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dancupid
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May 06, 2014, 04:44:39 PM |
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OK, I get it - it's satire.
You've just proven that it's impossible to create a backed cryptocurrency.
"The initial price of each coin is equivalent to 1mg of gold in our vaults."
As soon as 1 coin is worth more or less than this, we immediately know that 'backing' is impossible for any cryptocurrency.
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brian_nguyen
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May 06, 2014, 04:54:00 PM |
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Walter Rothbard
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May 06, 2014, 07:51:45 PM |
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Finally got to the website. What is required to redeem the Minacoin for gold?
The gold will be held in trust and not redeemable. So long, folks - this is not really backed by gold. If I own an ounce of silver and 1000 Zimbabwean dollars, and sell you a Zimbabwean dollar, the Zimbabwean dollar is not "backed" by the silver that I own. You might just as well claim that Bitcoin is backed by some other guy's gold in a vault - this backing is just as valid as the gold backing Minacoin is claiming.
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Walter Rothbard
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May 06, 2014, 07:54:53 PM |
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Myth #2: A single point of failure is created by the fact that it is not decentralized.
Minacoin is peer to peer, and it can be stored offline, traded without an exchange, and transported on paper. The lack of decentralization allows us to work closely with regulator to ensure the gold is secure and consumers are protected. This does not make sense -citing a perceived advantage of centralization doesn't make this disadvantage a myth.
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Phinnaeus Gage
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Bitcoin: An Idea Worth Spending
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May 07, 2014, 01:10:34 AM |
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Myth #2: A single point of failure is created by the fact that it is not decentralized.
Minacoin is peer to peer, and it can be stored offline, traded without an exchange, and transported on paper. The lack of decentralization allows us to work closely with regulator to ensure the gold is secure and consumers are protected. This does not make sense -citing a perceived advantage of centralization doesn't make this disadvantage a myth. IT'S NOT A MYTH!!! I'm the one that sold them the two 400-ounce bars of gold. I even have the receipt - laying around here somewhere - where I sold enough barn wood to purchase the gold. FYI, they weren't bars of gold, but... Minacoin is fun, buy right now, don't walk - run!
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🌟 SONM ICO: 25/05/17 🌟
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May 07, 2014, 01:32:48 AM |
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So interseting,I even don't know what you want to do
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May 07, 2014, 01:34:46 AM |
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You're kidding, no introduction, just send a post
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MY twitter is Bangel (@Bangel19)
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May 07, 2014, 02:51:14 AM |
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You have no power here. -"Bitcoin on Governments"
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May 07, 2014, 02:53:40 AM |
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we need more info about minacoin
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ripplebtc
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May 07, 2014, 03:03:08 AM |
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kololo
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May 07, 2014, 03:04:14 AM |
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what's meaning, how to distribute ?
I want to ask the same question too.
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suntek
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May 07, 2014, 03:06:15 AM |
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There are more? For example, how distributed?
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wisnon
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May 07, 2014, 03:23:41 AM |
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How to participate?
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May 07, 2014, 03:56:24 AM |
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it might become a classic P&D
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Revewing Bitcoin / Crypto mining Hardware.
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May 07, 2014, 04:25:09 AM |
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100%Premined???
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lihaidong198871
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May 07, 2014, 05:20:15 AM |
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I do not know what the dev is saying~
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