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Quote from: HeroCat on February 09, 2016, 10:52:24 AM

Only altcoins, but not all. Only most popular ones can be acceptable collateral. Wink

Does it mean the Escrow has to have wallets for several coins. It is not very convenient. It need quite a large computer.

some escrows like many of other cryptocurrency users support other altcoins too. for example litecoin is a popular one which many of us use, so they have a litecoin wallet at hand in the first place.

besides there is always other ways to create a crypto address and not have a full node wallet running. in the case of litecoin there is a litecoin Electrum version available which is similar to bitcoin electrum (an SPV wallet).

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Any long term investment agreement or gold investments can be considered as collateral. If it does't seems to be good, can go for automobile registration paper.

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Quote from: wolfsoprano on December 07, 2015, 04:55:02 PM

Hello,

New user to the site, and have traded on other exchanges. Curious to know what are acceptable forms of collateral for lending out bitcoins. (I would lend the bitcoins)

you must be collect some trust,try to trade small amount of bitcoin with people,and make sure you have to consistence trade with people,and your trust will raise.

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Quote from: HeroCat on February 09, 2016, 10:52:24 AM

Only altcoins, but not all. Only most popular ones can be acceptable collateral. Wink

Does it mean the Escrow has to have wallets for several coins. It is not very convenient. It need quite a large computer.

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Only altcoins, but not all. Only most popular ones can be acceptable collateral. Wink

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Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on February 06, 2016, 02:54:51 PM

Bct accounts are shitty collateral and lead to account sales which is also shitty. And people with high-ranking accounts often don't want to use them as collateral. So it just doesn't work out well at all.

When the bitcointalk account can be used a collateral, it gives its value. This will increase the value of the forum as a whole.

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Bct accounts are shitty collateral and lead to account sales which is also shitty. And people with high-ranking accounts often don't want to use them as collateral. So it just doesn't work out well at all.

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Just like everyone says, I might agree that altcoins will be the best collateral to ask if you are planning to lend here as it was easy to liquidate if every the borrower defaults. Bitcointalk accounts were also considered coz of the demand of it. On the other hand domains are also accepted as a collateral. I also some lender that accept bitgold , if you are into it then you might also consider it.

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Quote from: RodeoX on January 11, 2016, 03:08:54 PM

Scale also matters. If you wanted thousands of dollars worth of BTC then I would want to hold your car title. Tens of thousands might require the deed to your house. If it were $10, then a netflix account might do. And for what it's worth there aren't enough alt-coins in the world to get me to part with a BTC.

Ethereum has great future. It has strong development and is a platform for many things. It could rival bitcoin in the future.

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Scale also matters. If you wanted thousands of dollars worth of BTC then I would want to hold your car title. Tens of thousands might require the deed to your house. If it were $10, then a netflix account might do. And for what it's worth there aren't enough alt-coins in the world to get me to part with a BTC.

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Quote from: bitcoin revo on January 11, 2016, 12:12:06 PM

Quote from: HarryKPeters on December 10, 2015, 06:11:40 AM

offcourse be very carefull with accounts. Be it BCT, paypal or whatever. Accounts can be hacked etc.

I would never accept any kind of account, no matter what they say. You can do wonders nowadays by ringing up support and claiming your account was hacked, if it's a large website's account. BitcoinTalk accounts can be especially shady for obvious reasons.

If the user signed a message and use the account as collateral and default on the loan, he cannot claim the account back.

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Quote from: HarryKPeters on December 10, 2015, 06:11:40 AM

offcourse be very carefull with accounts. Be it BCT, paypal or whatever. Accounts can be hacked etc.

I would never accept any kind of account, no matter what they say. You can do wonders nowadays by ringing up support and claiming your account was hacked, if it's a large website's account. BitcoinTalk accounts can be especially shady for obvious reasons.

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Quote from: Decoded on December 10, 2015, 08:05:09 PM

The two main popular collaterals on this forum are Bitcointalk accounts, and stable altcoins. These are so because they are easily converted to bitcoin/fiat. Some people take wierd things, like physical collateral, or other accounts, such as Steam accounts.

As the bitcoin price rise, the value of forum account has reduced a lot. So with the forum account as collateral, we can borrow much less now.

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The two main popular collaterals on this forum are Bitcointalk accounts, and stable altcoins. These are so because they are easily converted to bitcoin/fiat. Some people take wierd things, like physical collateral, or other accounts, such as Steam accounts.

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I would go with some solid value items. Like altcoins (litecon, dogecoin, stellar etc.). Some vouchers from amazon, dropbox etc. are also very welcome for me.

But make sure to test their legality by customer service.

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120% is on the low side these days. I would aim for at least 130% and offcourse be very carefull with accounts. Be it BCT, paypal or whatever. Accounts can be hacked etc.
Accept solid collateral and check the person whom you are lending too.

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Quote from: wolfsoprano on December 07, 2015, 04:55:02 PM

Hello,

New user to the site, and have traded on other exchanges. Curious to know what are acceptable forms of collateral for lending out bitcoins. (I would lend the bitcoins)

Hello and welcome to the forum. Make sure that you take at least 115%-120% of a good quality collateral if you decide to give loans. What I mean by quality is that you need to make sure that this collateral can be easily liquidated since the level of scams on this forum is huge!

Good luck!

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In fact - your account ( from full member and up ) or altcoins can be as valid collateral Wink

In some cases you can offer another type of collateral - like hashing power etc. Wink

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Quote from: Sir_lagsalot on December 08, 2015, 04:15:46 PM

It is what collateral is. A stablely priced good that can be resold in the case of a scam, so the lender can make back the money he/she lost. It's that simple. You really don't have to worry. Look at other threads, and see what people have offered as collateral and see if they've been denied.

Some valid forms of collateral are:
- Bitcointalk accounts; provided there is a signed message
- Stable altcoins
- Anything that is easy to sell, and has a consistent value.

Bitcointalk account has not consistent value. The price fluctuate a lot. The account price will go down when the bitcoin price goes up.

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aside from the standard account and altcoin, also hashpower can be used has collateral, maybe hash o legit cloud site like hashnest

it's very easy to give it and return it

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