what happened to the transferred shares on BitFunder?
Nothing, we are waiting to be allowed to trade on either counterparty, coloured coins or cryptotrade. So far it's wait and see.
To use counterparty do you need XCP?
some info from reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/22erxg/counterwallet/cgm46jb
- declare that a tiny amount of BTC is equivalent to some asset, and exchange your asset, e.g. stock, for BTC; or store it or send it
- bet on the outcome of sporting events, presidential elections, and quite literally anything under the sun. What will people bet on when there are no rules, restrictions, or requirements for personally identifiable info?
- broadcast information, e.g. a price feed, from an address, which is distributed across the network
- pay dividends on user-defined assets
Counterwallet is a Bitcoin wallet that enables Bitcoin storage, and tracking of user-defined Counterparty assets side by side. It's like what you would get if you put an open source client-side stock market on Blockchain.info, and users could trade with each other directly there, and it couldn't be shut down. Goes well with Tor browser.
What does killerstorm think about it? He is the developer for Colored Coins.