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July 02, 2012, 08:21:57 AM
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Swiftcoin?

Does anyone have more information on this? Is it Solidcoin 3.fail?

I don't see anything open or in support of full disclosure.
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July 02, 2012, 09:26:16 AM
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Swiftcoin?

Does anyone have more information on this? Is it Solidcoin 3.fail?

I don't see anything open or in support of full disclosure.

scroll down on the page, see links.  fnib.

danger, will robinson: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=47496.0
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July 02, 2012, 02:47:36 PM
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Swiftcoin?

Does anyone have more information on this? Is it Solidcoin 3.fail?

I don't see anything open or in support of full disclosure.

Meh, prone to failure. It's not open source, and it's not backed by any government.
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July 02, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
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Swiftcoin?

Does anyone have more information on this? Is it Solidcoin 3.fail?

I don't see anything open or in support of full disclosure.

scroll down on the page, see links.  fnib.

danger, will robinson: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=47496.0

Yes, I discovered Swiftcoin after exploring FNIB from the trade wiki. From what I could find, it seems to be a private variant of Bitcoin based on promises with none of the openly verifiable benefits.

The FNIB service may be worth a try, but I wouldn't touch Swiftcoin; buyer beware.
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July 02, 2012, 08:23:38 PM
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Let's see now...

Low quality stock photography of random women - Check
No HTTPS - Check
No Contact Info - Check
TOS saying "we are not liable for anything" - Check
Affiliate site has all of the above problems plus fake TRUSTe and BBB seals - Check

Yeah, I think we're done here. Roll Eyes

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August 31, 2012, 02:16:08 AM
Last edit: August 31, 2012, 02:31:50 AM by Stephen Gornick
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I got an e-mail from them asking me, if I remember correctly, if I was interested in working on their wiki.  With all the spammers using the leaked MtGox e-mail list from June 2011 I got a quick trigger finger for the delete key, but I remember it being from BNAK / Swiftcoin.

So apparently it is a real company.

They got a trademark for SwiftCoin here:

 - http://www.trademarkia.com/swiftcoin-85427714.html


From their business registration:

 - http://www.business.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/3473593/documents

Is the director's name.  And from there, Google pulls his LinkedIn and shows owner for 20 years of a mailbox and mail/parcel forwarding service business in the UK.

So I've no clue what they are up to.  New Zealand sure pops up a lot around here.

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They've been accepting Bitcoin for over a year now, apparently:

 - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=11893.0

Though apparently there were some stumbles early on.  And hasn't logged in since 2011:

 - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=13665;sa=showPosts ]

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August 31, 2012, 02:54:51 AM
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So I've no clue what they are up to.  New Zealand sure pops up a lot around here.
NZ is popular for setting up shell companies for some reason. The fact their company address is a mail forwarding business seems to point that way. Their business address isn't far from where I am. If I went to the building and looked do you think I'd see what they show in their company photo's, or just a shell company plaque?
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August 31, 2012, 02:57:19 AM
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So I've no clue what they are up to.  New Zealand sure pops up a lot around here.
NZ is popular for setting up shell companies for some reason. The fact their company address is a mail forwarding business seems to point that way. Their business address isn't far from where I am. If I went to the building and looked do you think I'd see what they show in their company photo's, or just a shell company plaque?

If they have offices and aren't using them, why not invite your friends over and have a little party? Or move in for a while. No one would know and it would make for a great blog Wink

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August 31, 2012, 03:09:16 AM
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Their NZ phone number is a Skype purchased "online number" based on the first few digits (889 xxxx comes from Skype) so they could be anywhere in the world.
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March 20, 2016, 03:40:48 PM
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Youn can check this out: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1405179.0
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