[XMR] Monero Speculation

[kurious]

Anyone else Struggling with getting onto Poloniex?

[dEBRUYNE]

Anyone else Struggling with getting onto Poloniex?

They are getting DDOSed:

https://twitter.com/Poloniex

[kurious]

Anyone else Struggling with getting onto Poloniex?

They are getting DDOSed:

https://twitter.com/Poloniex

Ah OK thanks.  Was a little buggy earlier on, now it's totally down.

I suppose it's inevitable they'd get a little more 'attention' with so much more volume.

[bobabouey2]

"Gold, Bitcoin And Economic Freedom" - Monero mentioned:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3958137-gold-bitcoin-economic-freedom

Given the topic of the article what I find interesting is the scammy business model of getting someone interested in an article and then attempting to "force" them to register midstream in order extract personal information for commercial advantage. This is accomplished by manipulating the html code and like most forms of DRM can be defeated. In this case a fast Edit > Select All does the trick after changing the page number in the url.

The attack on privacy and freedom by the business model of the publisher seems more relevant to me than the content of the article.

Edit: It is not the regulators who have to worry about Monero, it is businesses who use deceit to collect people's personal information and then traffic in it for commercial advantage that have a lot to worry about Monero, starting of course with the publisher of the said article.

Seekingalpha is a pretty iffy source of information.  Its just a proprietary financial blog aggregator.  There are some credible people who post there, but otherwise anyone can create an account and start posting.  This guy, for example, only has 45 followers.  

[GingerAle]

Anyone else Struggling with getting onto Poloniex?

They are getting DDOSed:

https://twitter.com/Poloniex

Ah OK thanks.  Was a little buggy earlier on, now it's totally down.

I suppose it's inevitable they'd get a little more 'attention' with so much more volume.

I was able to access the deposits and withdraws page, but I got a 403 forbidden on the exchange. So thats nice - you can presumably still access your funds.

[iCEBREAKER]

"Gold, Bitcoin And Economic Freedom" - Monero mentioned:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3958137-gold-bitcoin-economic-freedom

Given the topic of the article what I find interesting is the scammy business model of getting someone interested in an article and then attempting to "force" them to register midstream in order extract personal information for commercial advantage. This is accomplished by manipulating the html code and like most forms of DRM can be defeated. In this case a fast Edit > Select All does the trick after changing the page number in the url.

The attack on privacy and freedom by the business model of the publisher seems more relevant to me than the content of the article.

Edit: It is not the regulators who have to worry about Monero, it is businesses who use deceit to collect people's personal information and then traffic in it for commercial advantage that have a lot to worry about Monero, starting of course with the publisher of the said article.

Screengrabs also work, if formatting matters.  Anyone know of a 'Pause Button' plug-in that will halt whatever tricks a site tries to make your browser do?

I stopped reading SeekingAlpha for exactly that reason.  Someday, browsers will be able to generate enough tacoshi while reading the article to feed the site's cryptowall.  I think Brave is going in that direction, but haven't bothered to try it.

Still, nice to see Monero mentioned on a (sort of) mainstream media finance news blog thingy.

Can't wait until I can pull up Kitco and look at historical charts for the Monero/silver ratio!   

[iCEBREAKER]

Seekingalpha is a pretty iffy source of information.  Its just a proprietary financial blog aggregator.  There are some credible people who post there, but otherwise anyone can create an account and start posting.  This guy, for example, only has 45 followers.  

Sounds like a great place for Pegasus to do his thing!   

Risto and amino would also be a good fit there.

[lolikop]

Monero is right now the only coin holding  stable without big dumps nice  

[dEBRUYNE]

**Funding required! Improving Developer Guides to include Simplewallet examples and Bitmonerod methods and examples**

https://forum.getmonero.org/8/funding-required/2504/improving-developer-guides-to-include-simplewallet-examples-and-bitmonerod-methods-and-examples

Fully funded already, thanks to everyone who donated!

Update from bigreddmachine at the official forum:

Update:

I have submitted the following pull request: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-site/pull/110

This represents work done towards my proposal. Please feel free to comment and I am happy to make further changes/edits if the community feels they are needed or useful.

https://forum.getmonero.org/8/funding-required/2504/improving-developer-guides-to-include-simplewallet-examples-and-bitmonerod-methods-and-examples?page=&noscroll=1#post-4771

[illodin]

If any alt reaches about 10-20% of Bitcoin's marketcap, Bitcoin is doomed in such a great probability that I'll sell mine (in favor of the alt).

All-in ETH?

[aminorex]

If any alt reaches about 10-20% of Bitcoin's marketcap, Bitcoin is doomed in such a great probability that I'll sell mine (in favor of the alt).

All-in ETH?

I don't think it counts as an alt.  Alt meaning alternative cryptocurrency:  It's not a cryptocurrency. 

[iCEBREAKER]

If any alt reaches about 10-20% of Bitcoin's marketcap, Bitcoin is doomed in such a great probability that I'll sell mine (in favor of the alt).

All-in ETH?

I don't think it counts as an alt.  Alt meaning alternative cryptocurrency:  It's not a cryptocurrency. 

ETH is an alternative use of blockchain technology.  And it can be monetized, thus gaining currency-like aspects.

I like the idea of ETH being the oil to Bitcoin's gold.

MAID doesn't even use blockchains, except for its parasitic Safecoin IPO tokens piggypacking on Bitcoin.

[aminorex]

If any alt reaches about 10-20% of Bitcoin's marketcap, Bitcoin is doomed in such a great probability that I'll sell mine (in favor of the alt).

All-in ETH?

I don't think it counts as an alt.  Alt meaning alternative cryptocurrency:  It's not a cryptocurrency. 

ETH is an alternative use of blockchain technology.  And it can be monetized, thus gaining currency-like aspects.

I like the idea of ETH being the oil to Bitcoin's gold.

MAID doesn't even use blockchains, except for its parasitic Safecoin IPO tokens piggypacking on Bitcoin.

The day you pay for dinner with a barrel of oil is the day I agree that ETH is a cryptocurrency.

[americanpegasus]

Mr. Whale moved his bully wall down to 270k.  
  
Hate this guy.  Wish someone would just hit the stack with a 300 Bitcoin buy all at once one day and vaporize his XMR asks en masse, forcing him to buy back in at a higher price floor.

[aminorex]

see if it is sticky when you bite it.  i am full for now.  need time to digest.

i think it is a very unclever move, that wall.  poor guy.

[lolikop]

We need weak hands out of XMR let them sell their coins because of that fake sell wall

[explorer]

Monero is up ~ 50% from 2 weeks ago.  Consolidation here for a spell is not a bad thing.  The wall will go soon enough, one way or another.  The market will get used to this level, then level-up again.  And again.  Some dips and doldrums are expected, required, and happily exploited by those who believe in future growth.  Relax!

[equipoise]

That wall at 0.0027 stays? If it stays I'll buy 500$ from it in 20 hours. Not much, but that's what I could afford.

[americanpegasus]

That wall at 0.0027 stays? If it stays I'll buy 500$ from it in 20 hours. Not much, but that's what I could afford.

10,000 Monero has already been eaten from it; we'll see how long it holds and if the seller has another wall in their pocket.  The seller is offering artificially low prices on XMR, hoping he can scrape capitulation sells from the bid stack in the 250 to 270 range.  The only winning moves are to deny him/her the bids by outbidding, or even better calling the bluff by eating the wall.  It's payday so I'll have some fresh coins to take advantage with soon.

[Sukovsky]

Monero sounds too stupid to begin with. Not even mentioning its completely flawed architecture. You got a piece of the altcoin pump pie and now you will once again fade into oblivion. Get a job.