Topic: [ANN][DASH] Dash (dash.org) | First Self-Funding Self-Governing Crypto Currency - page 1758. (Read 9724017 times)

sh****t  !  I never realised you had so many followers  

Better watch what I write in future  

Thanks for the material!

https://twitter.com/TaoOfSatoshi/status/651529491580325888?s=09

Did you have to cough up $3k USD for it ?

****************** Bitcoin's Vanishing Nodes ******************

Have a look at this.

https://bitnodes.21.co/nodes/incentive/

This is Bitcoin's equivalent of an incentivised masternode policy - except for Bitcoin full nodes which do no more than serve up the blockchain. They offer no complimentary diversified protocol logic like a masternode does.

It basically amounts to a third party corporate body (1 guy and his pocket money actually) running a lottery for full nodes, with a prize of $10-$30 a week if your the lucky node. At the moment there are 177 Eligible nodes, that means you have a 1/177 = 0.5% chance of winning 0.08 BTC in a given week. Now they're getting support from 21 Inc - one of the high venture funding bitcoin startups. (No prizes for guessing why they're fundng it - the words "turkeys", "christmas" and "please save my $116M venture capital" spring to mind).

http://www.coindesk.com/21-inc-pledges-support-to-bitcoins-vanishing-nodes/

Don't get me wrong - I think it's good that somebody's concerned and trying ot do something about the 12% per year dwindling full node population, but the utter futility of this approach surely shows you what Bitcoin's up against while simultaneously demonstrating the elegance of fully incentivised, decentralised masternode network. (For a start, you don't have a 0.5% chance of getting the 'reward' each week, you have a 100% chance).

So much for decentralisation. Bitcoin's nodes are now on life support from a $116 million bunch of venture capitalists. Next it's going to be life support from payment channels cos the blocks are getting full.

My cynicism isn't because I want to attack bitcoin or to see it die - I want to see it succeed. But it unambigiously vindicates the priorities that Dash has made and for which it has taken flack from all quarters throughout its lifetime - including the bitcoin devs themselves. Maybe some need to start tending to their own backyard first.

Got my Gemini invite, anyone else?

Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-online-secrets/201409/internet-trolls-are-narcissists-psychopaths-and-sadists

For some mentally ill people, trolling is enjoyable. They feel good and happy trolling here every day.
The article is very descriptive of this behaviour. 

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(I'm sure it won't always work as perfectly as that but lets enjoy a perfect moment of theory-meets-practice for once   )

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/europes-highest-court-strikes-down-safe-harbour-data-sharing-between-eu-and-us/

I expect to see a lot more damage done to U.S. software providers in the years to come. I don't blame the EU...if I was them, I wouldn't want my data going to the U.S. either, since NSA has proven that it can't be trusted to follow the rules.

Oops...3283 MNs  

There's some minor issue with the budget this month, I think we need to manually push the finalized budget through. Can everyone with masternodes use this to vote?



I'd look into it more, but I'm sitting in the airport lobby in Amsterdam... kind of busy  

how long did you have to wait?

İ get my 102dash yeaterday. İt was faster than i upgrade and sync my local wallet.

Is Dash withdrawing ok from Cryptsy? or is it frozen/delayed?

1    Poloniex   DASH/BTC    $ 9,838   $ 2.34    34.48 %
2    Cryptsy   DASH/BTC    $ 7,842   $ 2.36    27.49 %
3    Bittrex   DASH/BTC    $ 2,902   $ 2.37    10.17 %
4    useCryptos   DASH/BTC    $ 2,738   $ 2.35    9.60 %
5    CEX.IO   DASH/BTC    $ 1,777   $ 2.37    6.23 %


Top 5 exchanges. I am giving a fought about useCryptos - they have no SEPA deposit fee and only 3 euro withdrawal fee! Could not be better!  Seems Ploniex is now number 1.