How many people are here because they like reading about scams?

[nutildah]

There are lots of interesting things if you look well. If you are stupid enough to fall for a scam its your fault. Most of them are easy to spot.
You can earn a lot also if you can get into some early.

You mean, like its easy to spot that you were in a bad mood when you wrote this comment?

If "most scams" were easy to spot, they wouldn't get very much traction.

Yet some of them do get traction and go on to become heavily-traded coins, like XC and Monero (lol).

[Spoetnik]

There are lots of interesting things if you look well. If you are stupid enough to fall for a scam its your fault. Most of them are easy to spot.
You can earn a lot also if you can get into some early.

You mean, like its easy to spot that you were in a bad mood when you wrote this comment?

If "most scams" were easy to spot, they wouldn't get very much traction.

Yet some of them do get traction and go on to become heavily-traded coins, like XC and Monero (lol).

so wrong and i hear this same crap a LOT !
and as always i have to correct everyone like a broken record.

they are easy to spot.

they gain traction for one simple reason..
assholes who don't care about the long term destruction of crypto or the guys coming up behind him. (fuck em.. fall in the manhole kind of guys)
simply say but but but "i made 3 BTC off of it"
They know damn well they are scammy fucking garbage but they don't give two shits as long as they can make money off it.
BY MY SELF i have battled these kind of people on places such as Cryptsy chat and the whole place and the staff and every guy there time after time,
would admit to doing that word for word and defend the behavior or outright troll me in response !
it has been historically unusual for anyone anywhere to agree with me when i say these people are cancerous to crypto.
and look around.. this stupid bullshit is doomed.

I can rattle off the names of the guys who said that to me word for word too and i recall clearly who sat their mouthing me off over it too !
i have no doubt what so ever the majority of people know damn well a coin is probably a scam.
and the majority don't give two fucking shits if it is.. if they can make money off it.

when i read your topic here and your poll i could tell right away you didn't "get it"
you need to augment how you approach with these guys i speak off.. or they will roll their eyes thinking your a clueless naive noob.

[nutildah]

Yeah that's cool. Halfway through your post I thought to myself, "man, this just isn't worth it."

Its a losing battle you're fighting.

And you're still wrong, because if you were right, the scammers wouldn't be winning.

[counter]

I vote for #4.  It's not that I enjoy reading about the scams It's actually the exact opposite now that I think about it.  I just like to be aware of what scams are taking place in hopes I don't fall victim to them.  Also The tracing tips and discussions are what really interests me.  Being a newb I like to be able to read thoughts and opinions of which coins are worth investing in and why. 

There's clones and scams out there and I think the average investor needs a formula to workout which coins are worth the time of looking to and investing into.

[Brewins]

I'm here to collect giveaways, so in the future I will be multi-billionaire because all coins claim themselves to be the new future booming coin.


Of course they wouldn't lie to me, would they?

[Nxtblg]

So yes, some alt that is defined outside of the new regulation will surpass bitcoin, until it itself is regulated, then the cycle will repeat again.

But are they? How broad is the relevant definition in the enabling legislation? Anyone know?

This isn't the terms of broadness of which you are speaking, but Coinbase (headquartered in the U.K.) is already collecting their users' personal information _in anticipation_ of NY state passing laws which potentially effect the entire world.

I was wondering how broad was the definition of "cryptocurrency" because I was worried that someone 'round here would assume that his/her favourite alt was exempt when...

[atoni]

They should add section with naked women and gossip. I would be much more interested into reading that

[TwinWinNerD]

They should add section with naked women and gossip. I would be much more interested into reading that

Ahmmm, there is https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=9.0

[atoni]

They should add section with naked women and gossip. I would be much more interested into reading that

Ahmmm, there is https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=9.0

I dont see naked women there, you tricked me, you should start a scam coin

[TwinWinNerD]

They should add section with naked women and gossip. I would be much more interested into reading that

Ahmmm, there is https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=9.0

I dont see naked women there, you tricked me, you should start a scam coin

Just looked 5 seconds and found one: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=724212.msg8197837#msg8197837

[atoni]

They should add section with naked women and gossip. I would be much more interested into reading that

Ahmmm, there is https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=9.0

I dont see naked women there, you tricked me, you should start a scam coin

Just looked 5 seconds and found one: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=724212.msg8197837#msg8197837

She is pretty

I just bought some wankcoins so will put them to use

[TwinWinNerD]

They should add section with naked women and gossip. I would be much more interested into reading that

Ahmmm, there is https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=9.0

I dont see naked women there, you tricked me, you should start a scam coin

Just looked 5 seconds and found one: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=724212.msg8197837#msg8197837

She is pretty

I just bought some wankcoins so will put them to use

Have fun entertaining yourself!

[balu2]

There are lots of interesting things if you look well. If you are stupid enough to fall for a scam its your fault. Most of them are easy to spot.
You can earn a lot also if you can get into some early.

get into scams early?


have to agree. The drama becomes increasingly entertaining.

[nutildah]

So yes, some alt that is defined outside of the new regulation will surpass bitcoin, until it itself is regulated, then the cycle will repeat again.

But are they? How broad is the relevant definition in the enabling legislation? Anyone know?

This isn't the terms of broadness of which you are speaking, but Coinbase (headquartered in the U.K.) is already collecting their users' personal information _in anticipation_ of NY state passing laws which potentially effect the entire world.

I was wondering how broad was the definition of "cryptocurrency" because I was worried that someone 'round here would assume that his/her favourite alt was exempt when...

Yep I think the prospects of all-encompassing legislation & regulation are highly likely. The good thing is we will probably still be able to ignore it unless the government implements some serious internet metering and basically goes China on us.

[GenX]

People will scam with anything including BTC and US dollars. Altcoins are just that alternatives to BTC. Some may be scams so are just fine coins. You should look into anything you spend money to invest in. Houses, Stocks, Crypto's and much other stuff. Scams are out there just be careful. I like the altcoins section for a lot of reasons. I actually don't want to read about scams. I would hope there wasn't any. Too bad there is.

[BrewCrewFan]

I pretty much skip over a majority of the alt announcement area just skimming looking to see if there is anything that perks my interest. I need to keep the rigs mining after all.

I am much much more selective on what I mine though. I dont have the time, nor the need to chase the next new pump and dump coin. Sure even something that sounds decent is a gamble, but then again, all I lose is some time and a few bucks in power.

[edgar]

There are lots of interesting things if you look well. If you are stupid enough to fall for a scam its your fault. Most of them are easy to spot.
You can earn a lot also if you can get into some early.

absolute shit!

this is how scammers (and rapists) justify their behaviour!

[asdlolciterquit]

the poll miss on option!!

i would have vote 5)"a combination of the above"

[Nxtblg]

Yep I think the prospects of all-encompassing legislation & regulation are highly likely. The good thing is we will probably still be able to ignore it unless the government implements some serious internet metering and basically goes China on us.

That's exactly what I suspect to be the case, even now. As part of my NFD-related responsibilities, I bought a paper copy of the basic-but-complete securities laws and regulations for my home domicile of Ontario, Canada. Its definition of "security" is so broad, a brash and clever accounting student could make a case that "Canadian Tire money" is a security!

Now, that brash claim would be laughed off by the Ontario securities regulators - but it'd be a different story if they found out about "feeshares." (I haven't breathed a word about 'em outside of here. ) When I saw the definition of "security" in my skim-through of the "Definitions" opener, I decided to put NFD's Asset Exchange on the back burner and hope that its still-bare-bones offerings remain confined to gateways for other cryptos.

All power to Nxt, of course, but a little beyond our present-day horizon is an upcoming major legal clash that will rock the Nxt world. Right now, they'e relying on the legal analog to "security by obscurity" for their own very-well-filled AE.

God bless 'em, and God help 'em: I will definitely and publicly be on their side once the clash comes to a head. Since NFD has its fully functioning Nxt-clone Asset Exchange in its own ecosystem, I have lot of good reason to be on their side if the regulators come a' "knockin'."

So you can take the above as a Distant Early Warning plus a pre-commitment to help out the Nxters in any way that I can once the clash starts.       

[Equate]

There should be an option in poll like - I want to be millionaire because I missed bitcoin train