For whatever reason I remembered this thread and just read through it all from beginning to end. I never liked McAfee -- of course his passing was sad -- but it is disturbing to see the continuance of idolization of him on Crypto Twitter. He was a narcissistic, pathologically-lying con artist. He never contributed anything of substance to the crypto world other than entertainment. I suppose that is enough for some.
What I learned over the last year or so is that a lot of crypto traders celebrate influencers' manipulative skills, along with their ability to lie with a straight face. These are not "virtues" that should be championed, yet they are. Similar to how a lot of douchebags think Jordan "Wolf of Wall Street" Belfort and Martin "Pharma Bro" Shkreli are cool. I dunno how such people see themselves as protagonists in their own life story. They think, "since these guys are scumbags and being celebrated, its OK if I'm a scumbag too." Which is incorrect. Nobody should aspire to be a scumbag, regardless of they potential payday involved.
BTW this coin is no longer being traded, although it is still producing new blocks, somewhat interestingly.
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Ghost Development Update (October 2022)
For Q3, our developers continued to push out a number of developments and exceed milestones, with one deliverable that’s for the history books.
Automated Ghost Veteran Rewards
Our developers worked over time on this deliverable and pushed it to production on Saturday, October 1st at block height 591621. This protocol entered the history books for Ghost as the blockchain becomes even more decentralized. The AGVR protocol introduces GVR rewards on a per block basis given stake weight and AGVR eligibility. No other blockchain has this similar structure in place.
Currently, at press time, there are 102 AGVR eligible Veterans that will soon observe AGVR blocks in their wallet. These Veterans are currently waiting out their time lock of 21600 blocks as described in the AGVR update posted here. After block height 613221 Veterans will begin to see the first AGVR blocks being produced.
We observed a brief bug after the initial hard fork that was related to anon inputs/outputs. Within hours our dev team deployed the hotfix and released the current core version, 0.22.1.0. There were no errors found upon the basis of the protocol tracking GVR transactions, so users and the blockchain remained unaffected. This protocol is compatible in all formats of the Ghost Wallet including GhostVault. Furthermore, users who are cold staking can still enjoy the benefits of this protocol as the rewards are paid directly to the staker and not the pool.
Ghost Electrum
In the background while AGVR was approaching the final stages of development, our developers were also working on a new lightweight wallet for both desktop and mobile use! Shortly after the launch of AGVR, we proudly introduced Ghost Electrum. This new lightweight wallet can be downloaded directly from the Google Play store here. And for those that do not have access to the Google Play store, the APKs can be downloaded here. This is Ghost’s first official mobile wallet developed as an app for your Android device. For Apple users, iOS versions of Ghost Electrum will came later, but again, Apple users on macOS can download the APKs just fine.
The Ghost-Electrum wallet is not a full node like the Ghost Desktop or Ghost QT wallet. It is a lightweight wallet that features greater coin control and accessibility. This new wallet will help pave the way for Ghost to be implemented with hardware wallets like Trezor and Ledger. Because Ghost-Electrum is not a full node, sync times are as low as 2 minutes. This is achieved through servers indexing the block headers.
Speaking of servers, there are zero downtimes because Ghost Electrum servers are decentralized and robust. Your wallet is never down. Another advantage of using Ghost Electrum is the near instant transaction time since block headers are indexed, unlike a full Ghost node. As mentioned above, this lightweight wallet now makes it possible for Ghost to be used on hardware wallets. In the meantime, users are still able to utilize Ghost-Electrum as cold storage. Your private keys are encrypted and never leave your computer. If your device goes offline, you still have access to your funds via recovery seed. It should be noted that the seed phrases on Ghost Electrum are different from that of the Ghost Desktop wallet.
Moreover on security, Ghost Electrum features 256-bit addresses just like the Desktop and QT wallet. This is not common in other lightweight wallets as 256-bit encryption can become complex due to the cryptography. These addresses use the most secure encryption currently available. Not even Bitcoin uses 256-bit addresses. Fore more on Ghost Electrum, please read our announcement here: https://ghostbymcafee.medium.com/ghost-electrum-44a39c6fdfa8
Hardware Wallets
With the launch of Ghost Electrum, implementing Ghost onto popular hardware wallets as described earlier will make this all the more possible. In the past we have researched the different requirements each hardware wallet has. We have developed the foundation for this and are now moving forward with the main development. There has been a few test runs in the past with Ledger, but it was nothing compared to what will be actually supported via official firmware.
When this deliverable hits production, users will still be able to cold-stake just like on the other wallets, and of course, use this as cold storage. In the previous section it was mentioned Ghost Electrum supports 256-bit addresses. This will remain true when Ghost is supported on the various hardware wallets available. More to come regarding this deliverable later.
Partnerships
In other developments, our Community Relations and Media Personnel team have been busy seeking out new opportunities to create strong partnerships for the Ghost ecosystem. Some of these include repairing old partnerships that spoiled in our early days due to lost contact and others are new partners that will increase the accessibility of Ghost, among other things. As our continuing efforts to spread awareness and expand our community, we have had a few official news articles written about Ghost. We expect to increase the number of articles through our Media Personnel. They are working day in and day out connecting with journalists and writers from every avenue.
New Exchange Listing
Speaking of partnerships, the last cherry on top of an explosive Q3 is a new exchange listing! $GHOST has been listed on Exchange Assets, a Ukrainian based exchange that offers PoS pools, interest on your holdings, and more. They have been around for over five years and counting! Exchange Assets offers four different trading pairs for $GHOST, BTC/LTC/USDT/S11. Users can trade on this exchange now.! Here is the link to their platform
https://exchange-assets.com/en/
Source:
https://ghostbymcafee.medium.com/ghost-development-update-october-2022-fcb82720ec6
For Q3, our developers continued to push out a number of developments and exceed milestones, with one deliverable that’s for the history books.
Automated Ghost Veteran Rewards
Our developers worked over time on this deliverable and pushed it to production on Saturday, October 1st at block height 591621. This protocol entered the history books for Ghost as the blockchain becomes even more decentralized. The AGVR protocol introduces GVR rewards on a per block basis given stake weight and AGVR eligibility. No other blockchain has this similar structure in place.
Currently, at press time, there are 102 AGVR eligible Veterans that will soon observe AGVR blocks in their wallet. These Veterans are currently waiting out their time lock of 21600 blocks as described in the AGVR update posted here. After block height 613221 Veterans will begin to see the first AGVR blocks being produced.
We observed a brief bug after the initial hard fork that was related to anon inputs/outputs. Within hours our dev team deployed the hotfix and released the current core version, 0.22.1.0. There were no errors found upon the basis of the protocol tracking GVR transactions, so users and the blockchain remained unaffected. This protocol is compatible in all formats of the Ghost Wallet including GhostVault. Furthermore, users who are cold staking can still enjoy the benefits of this protocol as the rewards are paid directly to the staker and not the pool.
Ghost Electrum
In the background while AGVR was approaching the final stages of development, our developers were also working on a new lightweight wallet for both desktop and mobile use! Shortly after the launch of AGVR, we proudly introduced Ghost Electrum. This new lightweight wallet can be downloaded directly from the Google Play store here. And for those that do not have access to the Google Play store, the APKs can be downloaded here. This is Ghost’s first official mobile wallet developed as an app for your Android device. For Apple users, iOS versions of Ghost Electrum will came later, but again, Apple users on macOS can download the APKs just fine.
The Ghost-Electrum wallet is not a full node like the Ghost Desktop or Ghost QT wallet. It is a lightweight wallet that features greater coin control and accessibility. This new wallet will help pave the way for Ghost to be implemented with hardware wallets like Trezor and Ledger. Because Ghost-Electrum is not a full node, sync times are as low as 2 minutes. This is achieved through servers indexing the block headers.
Speaking of servers, there are zero downtimes because Ghost Electrum servers are decentralized and robust. Your wallet is never down. Another advantage of using Ghost Electrum is the near instant transaction time since block headers are indexed, unlike a full Ghost node. As mentioned above, this lightweight wallet now makes it possible for Ghost to be used on hardware wallets. In the meantime, users are still able to utilize Ghost-Electrum as cold storage. Your private keys are encrypted and never leave your computer. If your device goes offline, you still have access to your funds via recovery seed. It should be noted that the seed phrases on Ghost Electrum are different from that of the Ghost Desktop wallet.
Moreover on security, Ghost Electrum features 256-bit addresses just like the Desktop and QT wallet. This is not common in other lightweight wallets as 256-bit encryption can become complex due to the cryptography. These addresses use the most secure encryption currently available. Not even Bitcoin uses 256-bit addresses. Fore more on Ghost Electrum, please read our announcement here: https://ghostbymcafee.medium.com/ghost-electrum-44a39c6fdfa8
Hardware Wallets
With the launch of Ghost Electrum, implementing Ghost onto popular hardware wallets as described earlier will make this all the more possible. In the past we have researched the different requirements each hardware wallet has. We have developed the foundation for this and are now moving forward with the main development. There has been a few test runs in the past with Ledger, but it was nothing compared to what will be actually supported via official firmware.
When this deliverable hits production, users will still be able to cold-stake just like on the other wallets, and of course, use this as cold storage. In the previous section it was mentioned Ghost Electrum supports 256-bit addresses. This will remain true when Ghost is supported on the various hardware wallets available. More to come regarding this deliverable later.
Partnerships
In other developments, our Community Relations and Media Personnel team have been busy seeking out new opportunities to create strong partnerships for the Ghost ecosystem. Some of these include repairing old partnerships that spoiled in our early days due to lost contact and others are new partners that will increase the accessibility of Ghost, among other things. As our continuing efforts to spread awareness and expand our community, we have had a few official news articles written about Ghost. We expect to increase the number of articles through our Media Personnel. They are working day in and day out connecting with journalists and writers from every avenue.
New Exchange Listing
Speaking of partnerships, the last cherry on top of an explosive Q3 is a new exchange listing! $GHOST has been listed on Exchange Assets, a Ukrainian based exchange that offers PoS pools, interest on your holdings, and more. They have been around for over five years and counting! Exchange Assets offers four different trading pairs for $GHOST, BTC/LTC/USDT/S11. Users can trade on this exchange now.! Here is the link to their platform
https://exchange-assets.com/en/
Source:
https://ghostbymcafee.medium.com/ghost-development-update-october-2022-fcb82720ec6
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BTW does anyone know how many coins McAfee holds? And did he dumped them already?
McAfee has/had 5% of the supply. I assume that McAfee sold it already, because at the last month the price was dumping (23 July the price was 1.67$).BTW does anyone know how many coins McAfee holds? And did he dumped them already?
5% of what Ghost coin or bitcoin? Nah McAfee likely doesnt know about the existence of this coin, why would he hold a stake? And seeing that McAfee antivirus is just as dumb as McAfee himself as it doesnt detect any vitrions at all, I guess doubts should be posted against the fact the McAfee's bitcoin price prediction is legit. Surely everything this guy says is fraud.
Whatever he was he was a clever fame hungry man. He tweeted that he would not kill himself, then killed himself. Knowing that the conspiracy theories will go on and on and hence his name will go on too. He was scared of going to the us and spending his remaining days in prison. He did kill himself imo but left it open so people speak of him.
RIP John McAfee.
If he got Epsteined, does he really have any very valuable intel to be epsteined as well?
Didn't McAfee also claimed that he uncovered who the real Satoshi N. is as well?
Anyways, we'll never really know the real story why he was epsteined anyways....
RIP.
If he got Epsteined, does he really have any very valuable intel to be epsteined as well?
Didn't McAfee also claimed that he uncovered who the real Satoshi N. is as well?
Anyways, we'll never really know the real story why he was epsteined anyways....
RIP.
McAfee commit suicide in a spanish prison cell: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57589822
He definitely got "swhackd".
https://freebitcoins.com/blog/john-mcafee-is-free-but-dead/
No fucking way Epstein or Mcafee killed themselves.
The weird thing is McAfee twittered, that he will not commit suicide and if he will be found dead in his prison cell, then that means that they "make the Epstein":
https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1316801215083225096
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2021-06-23/spanish-court-oks-extradition-of-mcafee-to-the-us
McAfee told Wired Magazine in 2012 that his father, a heavy drinker and “very unhappy man,” shot himself when McAfee was 15. “Every day I wake up with him,” he told Wired.
He lived for a time in Lexington, Tennessee, a rural town of about 7,800 some 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of Memphis. In a 2015 interview with WBBJ-TV, McAfee said he only felt comfortable when armed. The TV station reported that he chose to be interviewed with a loaded gun in each hand.
“Very little gives me a feeling of being safe and more secure other than being armed in my bedroom with the door locked,” McAfee told the station.
Sounds like he was born with mental health problems that were most likely exacerbated by years of drug abuse.
His pinned tweet makes it sound like he knew what was coming, and he's trying to absolve his associates of potential incriminations:
This would have been a great opportunity for him to say that being a swindling con artist is bad and we shouldn't do it in the name of having a society and the golden rule, but oh well.
Well one thing is for sure: no one can accuse him of being a pussy.
McAfee told Wired Magazine in 2012 that his father, a heavy drinker and “very unhappy man,” shot himself when McAfee was 15. “Every day I wake up with him,” he told Wired.
He lived for a time in Lexington, Tennessee, a rural town of about 7,800 some 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of Memphis. In a 2015 interview with WBBJ-TV, McAfee said he only felt comfortable when armed. The TV station reported that he chose to be interviewed with a loaded gun in each hand.
“Very little gives me a feeling of being safe and more secure other than being armed in my bedroom with the door locked,” McAfee told the station.
Sounds like he was born with mental health problems that were most likely exacerbated by years of drug abuse.
His pinned tweet makes it sound like he knew what was coming, and he's trying to absolve his associates of potential incriminations:
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The US believes I have hidden crypto. I wish I did but it has dissolved through the many hands of Team McAfee (your belief is not required), and my remaining assets are all seized. My friends evaporated through fear of association.
I have nothing.
Yet, I regret nothing.
I have nothing.
Yet, I regret nothing.
This would have been a great opportunity for him to say that being a swindling con artist is bad and we shouldn't do it in the name of having a society and the golden rule, but oh well.
Well one thing is for sure: no one can accuse him of being a pussy.
McAfee commit suicide in a spanish prison cell: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57589822
He definitely got "swhackd".
https://freebitcoins.com/blog/john-mcafee-is-free-but-dead/
No fucking way Epstein or Mcafee killed themselves.
McAfee commit suicide in a spanish prison cell: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57589822
Holy moly, that's wild.
Thanks for sharing... I did not expect things to come to an end this way.
There will be some great conspiracy theories to arise out of this, seeing as how Spain had just ruled he could be extradited to the U.S. hours earlier.
This quote says a lot about what he was capable of, after he was accused of killing his neighbor in Belize:
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Then-Prime Minister Dean Barrow expressed doubts about McAfee’s mental state, saying, “I don’t want to be unkind to the gentleman, but I believe he is extremely paranoid, even bonkers.”
McAfee commit suicide in a spanish prison cell: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57589822
after October 15, the GhostX.live exchange will add the GHOST token for trading, within the next four days
https://twitter.com/GhostbyMcAfee/status/1315088129452322817?s=20
https://twitter.com/GhostbyMcAfee/status/1315088129452322817?s=20
That's all well and good but McAfee has since pulled the plug on his involvement with this coin for almost a month now. Maybe he has residual holdings to pump but I doubt it. I think he's got more than enough on his plate to deal with for the time being. Ghost was probably the last case study of a McAfee pump job ever -- so it will go down in history for that. What a time to be alive.
after October 15, the GhostX.live exchange will add the GHOST token for trading, within the next four days
https://twitter.com/GhostbyMcAfee/status/1315088129452322817?s=20
https://twitter.com/GhostbyMcAfee/status/1315088129452322817?s=20
Do you have opinions?
Source: https://decrypt.co/43969/sec-sues-john-mcafee-for-shilling-crypto-icos & https://journalducoin.com/bitcoin/john-mcafee-perd-cache-cache-autorites-americaines-espagne/
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The troubles don't end there for John McAfee, as the SEC is suing the billionaire for his numerous declared supports for dubious cryptomoney schemes.
In this complaint filed in the Federal Court in New York, the SEC is accusing him of violating several U.S. securities laws. And not just a little! According to the document, McAfee received a huge payoff for promoting Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs):
"McAfee received more than $11.6 million worth of Bitcoins (BTC) and Ethers (ETH), plus an additional $11.5 million in promoted tokens, as undisclosed compensation for his promotions of seven ICOs. »
In this complaint filed in the Federal Court in New York, the SEC is accusing him of violating several U.S. securities laws. And not just a little! According to the document, McAfee received a huge payoff for promoting Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs):
"McAfee received more than $11.6 million worth of Bitcoins (BTC) and Ethers (ETH), plus an additional $11.5 million in promoted tokens, as undisclosed compensation for his promotions of seven ICOs. »
Source: https://decrypt.co/43969/sec-sues-john-mcafee-for-shilling-crypto-icos & https://journalducoin.com/bitcoin/john-mcafee-perd-cache-cache-autorites-americaines-espagne/
McAfee has been arrested in Spain: https://www.coindesk.com/sec-alleges-john-mcafee-pumped-tokens-for-profit
John has a history of manipulating the media for lulz.
Here is a better source: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/john-mcafee-indicted-tax-evasion
McAfee has been arrested in Spain: https://www.coindesk.com/sec-alleges-john-mcafee-pumped-tokens-for-profit
I sold all my Ghost and that gave me a huge lost of ETH. There is a German saying "besser ein Ende mit Schrecken, als ein Schrecken ohne Ende"; that means: "better an end with horror, than an endless horror".
I also asked myself: "would I buy Ghost today?" and the answer is "No!" so why should I keep a Token/Coin that I would not buy anymore...
The trading volume seems quite suspect to me. the two exchanges with the largest trading volume (together 90% oft the trading volume) have a low confidence of 15 on coinmarketcap. And the ratio between the market cap of Ghost and the daily trading volume ist very high. Maybe some wash-trading or something other devious behind this...
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ghost/markets/
Before I bought Ghost I understood on a logical level why so many people hate McAfee, but now - after loosing a lot of ETH and a lot of Lifetime - I feel that hate towards McAfee and my own greed. It's time to listen to Eckharte Tolle to come back to the present, get ride of this negative emotion of my past, and finding inner peace again.
I also asked myself: "would I buy Ghost today?" and the answer is "No!" so why should I keep a Token/Coin that I would not buy anymore...
The trading volume seems quite suspect to me. the two exchanges with the largest trading volume (together 90% oft the trading volume) have a low confidence of 15 on coinmarketcap. And the ratio between the market cap of Ghost and the daily trading volume ist very high. Maybe some wash-trading or something other devious behind this...
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ghost/markets/
Before I bought Ghost I understood on a logical level why so many people hate McAfee, but now - after loosing a lot of ETH and a lot of Lifetime - I feel that hate towards McAfee and my own greed. It's time to listen to Eckharte Tolle to come back to the present, get ride of this negative emotion of my past, and finding inner peace again.
What's funny is the fact that people who insisted on pretending he's not a fraud got burned.
All the evidence of McAfee being a fraud was there in your face, and you shoved it aside in order to lose money.
Clown world indeed.
All the evidence of McAfee being a fraud was there in your face, and you shoved it aside in order to lose money.
Clown world indeed.
It's weird why people still wanna believe anything that McAfee says because he has proved time and time again that he promotes a project just for the money as soon as he runs away the project suffers badly. I learned that hard way by investing in his SETH.
What's funny is the fact that people who insisted on pretending he's not a fraud got burned.
All the evidence of McAfee being a fraud was there in your face, and you shoved it aside in order to lose money.
Clown world indeed.
All the evidence of McAfee being a fraud was there in your face, and you shoved it aside in order to lose money.
Clown world indeed.
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BTW does anyone know how many coins McAfee holds? And did he dumped them already?
McAfee has/had 5% of the supply. I assume that McAfee sold it already, because at the last month the price was dumping (23 July the price was 1.67$).BTW does anyone know how many coins McAfee holds? And did he dumped them already?
exactly. u would never get away with this in a regulated environment. not only that but many people hang on every word from people like him. he can cause a lot of damage.
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BTW does anyone know how many coins McAfee holds? And did he dumped them already?
McAfee has/had 5% of the supply. I assume that McAfee sold it already, because at the last month the price was dumping (23 July the price was 1.67$).BTW does anyone know how many coins McAfee holds? And did he dumped them already?
John's motto is. Whoever sends money to a scammer deserves to be scammed.
I think he means. Scam cake and scam sandwich and scam good things.. Or he would be pure evil and hungry.
BTW. Defi Tre and crew was on this pie.
That scammer has criminal past he did this so many times like this but greedy people will never learn the lesson. Now everyone is crying because of his nature I also think McAfee what did in this project too all holders deserve to be treat like that.
Missing a point. Tre and crew goes like. Tre buys a shitload. Then tells his patreons to buy a shitload and dump on them.
Those are the Stockholmers. Taking an hour for a golden shower.
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