Topic: Flexcoin is now owned by James Gray (Read 10033 times)

Hi James,

Could you please advise if you are still the owner of flexcoin? If so, is there any cold storage wallets that remain unclaimed? I’m trying to track down an old wallet of mine with unspent BTC and flexcoin is one of the username/passwords on my list from 2011.

Thank you. 

Some interesting words + connections in this thread, looking back then... and in relation to events now...


hmm

Yes.  Yes it is.

I'm on a forum where you can pay to change the tag of anyone else for shits and giggles. It doesn't bother me in the slightest that Theymos' personal opinion is displayed on my account.

Says Matt Wright, Who has has "untrustworthy"  under his name. 

 I have no idea what's going on at Flexcoin.   I've had zero contact with them since the site was sold.

Has the wording changed since "The Founder" sold it? His name alone should clue you in to his ambiguous, exaggerating and sometimes scammy tone if you hadn't already read his posts. I wouldn't be surprised if that was all still there from when he wrote it.

Indeed, it seems it's muchly a bundle of solutions in search of some problems.

I don't like that this site is making false claims.


This is a lie, you can easily use a mobile wallet. You can access blockchain.info through their web browser as well as their mobile app, and many other android apps as well.


While this is semi true, I could still scan a qr code faster than I could type in "coffee shop". Also, if you're going for memorization, firstbits solves that problem.


Please tell me why you can't already do this with bitcoin.


Isn't this the reason why so many bitcoin users hate Paypal and use bitcoin?


You can use coinapult.com , mailacoin.com , any other service like that.

My point is, they're trying to make up imaginary problems that don't exist to get you to use them. I personally feel more secure when I'm not trusting my bitcoins to some other entity other than myself.

So whats the deal with flexion now. Is it dead?

I've never used that, or any other Texas address. I've never even been to Texas.

Therefore no Texas connection? Would you be so kind as to state that fact on this forum that you've never used that Texas address?

~Bruno~

Let me make this really simple for you. My real name is "James Gray", I've been using the handle "Mark Logan" since ~1996 (I'm not %100 sure). At the time, we had just gotten the internet in Yellowknife and I used the name "Mark Logan" to setup my hotmail account.

In what respect did his name keep coming up ?

Im also glad I dont have any coins at flexcoin considering the track record of bitcoin companies that get bought out.

As you'll soon see, at one time it was both: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1094214

I found this thread due to my investigation on Bitcoinica, for his name/company get coming up along with bitcoinplus, of which I've yet to dwell into.

~Bruno Alpaca Duck~ (See what I did there?) (Bruno is my real name, Alpaca is my Christian name, and Duck is my surname.)

PS: Tomorrow I get my degree, so then it will become Dr. Bruno Alpaca Duck PhD.

Any chance the site could show the fees when transferring out, instead of just saying "You don't have enough bitcoins"?

Sorry, I have not been monitoring this thread as closely as I should have been. So I missed that last post.

Transferring of the actual server should be done by tomorrow. "The Founder" and I have been dealing with the hand-over of the hosting/server/cold-storage etc for the last little while, and suffice it to say, it's not going as smooth as either one of us would like. These things take time, and I would like to apologize to all who are waiting for this to be finalized and for whatever inconvenience it may be imposing.

I have yet to be handed the keys to any social media accounts, and thus cannot push out any messages telling of the coming change-over. Additionally I have yet to be given any emails/email-lists to contact people about the pending changes. I do realize that it says the quoted line in the privacy policy, and as "Yooter Marketing" was/is responsible for that privacy policy they should be held responsible (asked nicely) to send out an email to all people subscribed to the Flexcoin service, advising them of the change-over.

I realize this response will most likely not satisfy your concerns. However, I would like you to know that I do take this seriously, and as such will be looking into it right away and encouraging the good people at "Yooter Marketing" to take the proper steps to avoid violation of their own privacy policy.

Thank you.

when is the actual transfer of control going to occur?  were customers sent an e-mail?

i see there is mention on the site now: http://www.flexcoin.com



subtle, but still present i guess.

there's nothing on the @flexcoin twitter account yet regarding this: http://twitter.com/flexcoin

[update: from the privacy policy:]

I like the idea of flexcoin, especially for enabling fast microtransactions, and quick transfers person to person needing but web access.
A merchant API would be nice though.

_{Flexcoin id: moneyisdebt}

So good luck with it.

Keep drinking OJ, and give it 24 hours. One dose should be enough but it only helps to have more. Vitamin C will kick your body's natural defense into gear. Keep insulated and you should move to the recovery part of the cold cycle quickly.


The bitcoin community currently consists mostly of technocrats. These are not your primary customers and will mostly look after their own coin management. Your customers (fortunately for you) are the majority of the populace, and begin to frown at anything with more than one or two big shiny red buttons.

Bitcoins are highly complex to understand and manage successfully. Absent severe market pressures most wouldn't even attempt using them in raw form. This means services are badly needed to make bitcoins more user friendly. Currently there are no market pressures, and the people who hold bitcoins do so for investment/speculation primarily. Taking the management/security responsibility off these users for no fees is quite a favor.

As market forces do develop average users will definitely need/seek banking services, and even be inclined to pay for it. The business model of no account fees employed by Flexcoin is good in a promotional sense, and naturally supports bitcoin adoption but I wouldn't be too shy about fees especially as things develop.