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Topic: Any idea on when GOX will implement LTC? (Read 1974 times)

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Time is on our side, yes it is!
May 12, 2013, 11:30:32 PM
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I also would like to know more on this topic.  Tired of random people making false statements about it all the time.  I'd like gox to give some usefull info for once about it.
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Never cause they won't, they can barely handle btc trading without going down for goodness sake!!

I got faith, im holding my ltc

How many ya gots?
sr. member
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Never cause they won't, they can barely handle btc trading without going down for goodness sake!!

I got faith, im holding my ltc
sr. member
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Let's Start a Cryptolution!!
Never cause they won't, they can barely handle btc trading without going down for goodness sake!!
legendary
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I might be wrong but the initial intention for namecoin is to build a domain name system, so it's not strictly a commerce "coin" I see LTC,PPC as the top two altcoins, I expect both to be on gox eventually. 

it's almost anything you want it to be, including "a coin", and the domain names are just an example of it's power.. as well as being a "coin" it's also does something apart from waste electricity.

It doesn't really use much electricity, since the same hashing that secures bitcoin also secured namecoin and the six other merged mined coins almost for free on the side thanks to merged mining, which the namecoin dev(s) originally implemented. So merged mining can also be seen as an innovation introduced by namecoin.

-MarkM-
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Right now? Never. They still have massive issues with only trading BTC, adding another coin while these problems remain unresolved would be a HUGE pr debacle.
I would love to see LTC on gox, I was excited to read the ann. gox made on implementing LTC, but, when will we get there.. who knows, I would safely say before the end of the year, but as another user said, they have to have a complete handle on their BTC trading beforehand.
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Right now? Never. They still have massive issues with only trading BTC, adding another coin while these problems remain unresolved would be a HUGE pr debacle.
legendary
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I might be wrong but the initial intention for namecoin is to build a domain name system, so it's not strictly a commerce "coin" I see LTC,PPC as the top two altcoins, I expect both to be on gox eventually. 

it's almost anything you want it to be, including "a coin", and the domain names are just an example of it's power.. as well as being a "coin" it's also does something apart from waste electricity.

sr. member
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Yep, LTC and NMC for sure. Haven't seen evidence for any other coins like PPC.

Bet you FTC makes its way onto there
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I hope Gox implements them with a good amount of information available, though. Gox gets a lot of traffic from newcomers and it would be detrimental for them to see LTC and PPC as "just more coins" without considering their technical differences.
legendary
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I might be wrong but the initial intention for namecoin is to build a domain name system, so it's not strictly a commerce "coin" I see LTC,PPC as the top two altcoins, I expect both to be on gox eventually. 
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nmc is the best altcoin,

It has the same amount of total coins as bitcoin?
I think it's possibly the oldest? (bar bitcoin)
it does something useful...

the only real special altcoin that brought something new to the table .. can't think of a better word.. in 2nd place is litecoin imo

definitely needs to be on mtgox..



i own a small number of nmc lol


Namecoin is strange and that's why it hasn't been on my radar. It's like no one talks about it, even less than people talk about PPC.
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They said 1-2 months 2 weeks ago. They were within a week of implementing LTC until it became obvious they needed to work on their trade engine and get it faster and more scalable.

I'm a software developer by trade and I know if they're doing a bunch of work on the trade engine they'll likely have to throw out a chunk of the LTC work they did and redo it to work with the new engine. So, once the new engine is deployed I'd say it'll be another 2-4 weeks after that until LTC is ready. That's just a wild guess though.
legendary
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nmc is the best altcoin,

It has the same amount of total coins as bitcoin?
I think it's possibly the oldest? (bar bitcoin)
it does something useful...

the only real special altcoin that brought something new to the table .. can't think of a better word.. in 2nd place is litecoin imo

definitely needs to be on mtgox..



i own a small number of nmc lol
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Yep, LTC and NMC for sure. Haven't seen evidence for any other coins like PPC.
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maybe we should petition mtgox to add it already
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I am expecting a timeframe of BFL proportions.

+1 They will probably will wait until the new trading engine is finished, so it's going to be awhile. Also, the current interface wouldn't accommodate multiple currencies well IMO.


Why would it take a while? Are they short staffed?

They are massive with massive volume.. I think they are just taking it easy.

Also, while LTC is an obvious second choice, don't be too surprised if it's not just LTC they add.

You telling me they are adding bitbar also?

No not that far of course. Say what you want, yada yada yada but the only coin I have a little invested in for an actual future ATM is PPC. So I follow it on reddit and stuff. Right when the LTC to Mtgrox rumors started a dude posted to our fairly small community a picture of him asking Mtgrox on twitter if they will add PPC. The response was that they were considering several coins, not just LTC.

Bullshit? Photoshopped picture? I don't know, I went back a few days later and the post was completely gone.
hero member
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I am expecting a timeframe of BFL proportions.

+1 They will probably will wait until the new trading engine is finished, so it's going to be awhile. Also, the current interface wouldn't accommodate multiple currencies well IMO.


Why would it take a while? Are they short staffed?

They are massive with massive volume.. I think they are just taking it easy.

Also, while LTC is an obvious second choice, don't be too surprised if it's not just LTC they add.

You telling me they are adding bitbar also?
hero member
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I am expecting a timeframe of BFL proportions.

+1 They will probably will wait until the new trading engine is finished, so it's going to be awhile. Also, the current interface wouldn't accommodate multiple currencies well IMO.


Why would it take a while? Are they short staffed?

I just think if it was coming anytime in the near future they would say something more than "we have no ETA." I don't think they are short-staffed, but they want to take their time and get it right, Gox can't afford more PR blunders.
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