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December 09, 2017, 03:04:02 AM
NO. Electroneum bounty campaign is not scam. because Electroneum is brand new British cryptocurrency.
and I see all participant on that bounty campaign there has a successful.
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December 09, 2017, 02:43:58 AM
I have no doubt electroneum is definitely legit not a scam, after i research about electroneum in there website and read the development of their project it's pretty good and amazing. This project will be huge one next year and i read also that they've been transparently open to their users and community through social media accounts. The potential of this project will succeed in future.
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December 09, 2017, 01:04:26 AM
I had a look into setting up a low power node to mine Electronium but even after trying the recommended options I could never get the node to actually start processing with any of the three available mining pools.
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December 09, 2017, 12:58:30 AM
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Any explanation of how mobile mining is supposed to work?
Pool mining, but will be considered as micro-earnings.
They mostly target regular or casual smartphone users who want to experience "cryptomining".
there are too many possibilities. But the Team, I think, aren't good enough.

Not that I care a lot, I only solo mine ETN at the first and second day then never continued because of this "short delay".
I'm going dump all my coins right after the launch their mobile wallet.

Edit: 12-18-17
I kept some of my coins, the re-launch feels like a "decent company" now.
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December 09, 2017, 12:36:53 AM
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December 08, 2017, 06:16:21 PM
People mining it, people buying those mined coins when they know millions of coin will flood the market at some point.

I saw the Electroneum app on the phone of a friend who doesnt follow cryptos.  Asked why, he said he was told to get involved by someone who works at major bank.  If/when it launches I believe it maybe the crossover coin for the mainstream adoption of cryptos.
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December 08, 2017, 05:56:40 PM
It`s look like serious and perspective project. So, better advise, a good and profitable pool for ETN =)
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December 08, 2017, 04:39:19 PM
I don't think it's a scam.
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December 08, 2017, 04:38:39 PM
I honestly don't know about the future of electroneum. It has been pumping for quite a few days without any new substance. Anything related to crypto has been pumping lately. You should definitely consider shortening your position soon for the correction coming.

The pump is speculative hype with the wallets allegedly launching soon. I’m sure the crypto rise is just tracking BTC though not everything was up.
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December 08, 2017, 04:32:14 PM
I don't agree with you my dear friend electroneum has made a revolution in the crypto world it  has a good team with creative ideas and a lot of crypto maniacs consider this ico one of the best icos this year.

There is no revolution. The only thing new is the amount of hype they generated and number of people they duped.

No-one (what exactly is a crypto maniac?) has seriously considered this to be a good ICO. Please show an example of said creativity (which is about the least you’d expect from a marketing firm with no background in crypto).

You can say it all you like, but it won’t make it true.

Any explanation of how mobile mining is supposed to work?
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December 08, 2017, 04:30:07 PM
Just got an e-mail from Richard ellis saying that HackerOne will be done with the security testing by Monday next week and the re-launching date will be sometime next week.

LOL good luck. No wallet you cant get your coins.


Thanks for the answer. So in your opinion it's a scam and you'd advise people who invested money into it (after the ICO via Cryptopia) to pull it out?


LOL you cant pull out anything. Noone who invested in ICO so $40 millions cant do anything with their money. Today that BTC and ETH are worth way more then only $40 millions. They should return the money. It is an obvious SCAM.


Electroneum looks like a scammy shit right now they cant even fix the wallet issues,they intended to be a successful coin but they cant,poor developers and management,a lot of investors losts their money by joining their ICO.

Is that true ? I have not seen anything in the latest offer of electroneum developers. What actually happened to electroneum? I will soon be careful of electroneum.

I don’t th8nk anything is lost yet.  Patience is wearing very thin though.  We need more than promises of “soon we’ll have good news.”

there will not be any wallet for at least half year. Mark my words. It is all well planed scam.

I did say invested AFTER the ICO via Cryptopia. That means I CAN pull out my money if I wish to do so.
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December 08, 2017, 04:20:03 PM
Just got an e-mail from Richard ellis saying that HackerOne will be done with the security testing by Monday next week and the re-launching date will be sometime next week.

LOL good luck. No wallet you cant get your coins.


Thanks for the answer. So in your opinion it's a scam and you'd advise people who invested money into it (after the ICO via Cryptopia) to pull it out?


LOL you cant pull out anything. Noone who invested in ICO so $40 millions cant do anything with their money. Today that BTC and ETH are worth way more then only $40 millions. They should return the money. It is an obvious SCAM.


Electroneum looks like a scammy shit right now they cant even fix the wallet issues,they intended to be a successful coin but they cant,poor developers and management,a lot of investors losts their money by joining their ICO.

Is that true ? I have not seen anything in the latest offer of electroneum developers. What actually happened to electroneum? I will soon be careful of electroneum.

I don’t th8nk anything is lost yet.  Patience is wearing very thin though.  We need more than promises of “soon we’ll have good news.”

there will not be any wallet for at least half year. Mark my words. It is all well planed scam.
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December 08, 2017, 04:19:47 PM
I don't agree with you my dear friend electroneum has made a revolution in the crypto world it  has a good team with creative ideas and a lot of crypto maniacs consider this ico one of the best icos this year.
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December 08, 2017, 04:04:11 PM
I cant believe how many people are saying things like "they are doing a good job" or "give them credit for a quality product" when so far all we have is a monero crypto with the name scribbled off with a sharpie and electroneum written underneath
oh wait.. we don't even have that.. all we have is a defunct blockchain gaining height while a few miners and no actual users utilize the chain of this botched crypto turned scam that keeps the coins safe by design. now if they are concerned that their shitty website is compromised, then why not keep everyones coins on the chain instead of whatever "bitcoin account" they are developing and allow users access to keys holding their coin if they by some strange incidence are a subspecies of human that actually prefer to have unfettered access to their currency.. while the people who need an app with a pretty little box saying how many coins they have directly below their username and a quick little bio of themselves that say things like "this coin is a success" can wait for that day to come.

if they are not a scam then why do they insist on acting like one

also, someone please explain where the $40 million went? there wasn't any actual crypto R&D for this coin, and their website could not have been more than $39.5 mil tops

it seems the only investment these people have actually made is in their image.. literally, all they have are pretty graphics and a sweet name


just some advice from someone who has been scammed too many times to count: for every honest person in the crypto world there are 10 dishonest ones looking to make a quick buck

Watch out!

The Electroneum evangelists will come after you and say 'but LOL they hired HackerOne and ETN is going to the moon'. I don't see why they can't see past these issues or why they are tolerating over a month of no wallet access, or appallingly low-quality video productions, or the lack of an app, or the fact it's a Monero clone.

I would also debate 'pretty graphics' - the logo is dreadful, OMG a lightning bolt in a circle, whatever next!

Let's not get started on 'mobile mining' - where the actual miners will basically run and secure the network so people who happen to own a smartphone get free coins...

Also, I'm new to crypto so forgive my ignorance. But let's assume for a moment they are scammers that wanted to run off with the money. What exactly are they to gain by dragging this out over several weeks, giving updates (albeit very shallow ones) and giving interviews on camera, let people visit their office exposing more of yourself?

Couldn't they just let the hack happen, say the project was a failure, end it and take the money?

Again, forgive me if I'm thinking to simplistically.

Their ICO funds are locked for 12 months so they have everything to gain by pulling the wool over everyones' eyes and dragging this facade out. Also Richard Ells is barely believable as a human being, let alone someone who deserves to have raised lots of funds in an ICO; if you believe that bumbling idiot should have a business that raised $40M in an ICO then you have been truly done over by the cult of Electroneum. I guess he is believable as someone with a background in marketing, that's why they got to where they are and sucked all these people in.

Thanks for the answer. So in your opinion it's a scam and you'd advise people who invested money into it (after the ICO via Cryptopia) to pull it out?

Not necessarily.. most coins get pumped on pure hype and there is no reason to think that wouldn't happen to ETN.
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December 08, 2017, 03:29:05 PM
 


Electroneum Update
Hi Everyone!

I have some GREAT NEWS for everyone!

HackerOne are drawing to a close on their Private Challenge and not one bit of private data has been compromised or accessed by their team of awesome hackers!

They found a handful of little bugs, but did not gain access to private keys, wallets, user data or anything scary. That is a HUGE relief for all of us.

The HackerOne Challenge officially finishes on Monday and we are now rolling out the last of these little bug fixes and we will be launching (ahem!, cough! RE-launching) Electroneum by the middle of next week!

We have not been idle while HackerOne were busy, we've made improvements to the look, feel and functionality of the website wallet system (which will enable iPhone users to make transfers until the iOS app is launched) and the Android app, and we've been contacting hundreds of potential partners to ensure we have some joint ventures already negotiated for once we are up and running. Hopefully by the time we launch next week, we will have something signed and have our first public partnership(s) in place.

I'd like to thank everyone for their patience, after seeing NiceHash hacked for $64m USD just yesterday, I was glad we made the tough decision to engage HackerOne.

Have a great weekend everyone, we'll be working straight through to ensure everything goes according to plan THIS TIME!

Richard Ells
Founder of Electroneum
[email protected]
PS - please don't hit reply to this email - it goes to "[email protected]" which will never be read. My email address is above - I get a LOT so I can't guarantee a reply. No really, a L-O-T. If you think the phone book has a lot of entries... then you should see my inbox Smiley
 



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December 08, 2017, 03:25:07 PM
Agreed, I was actually browsing their facebook to find some answers. There were a few people asking some legit questions (not the trolls) which then got answered by the fanboys with nonsense answers,  which in my opinion was more damaging to the brand than helping. All the racist comments towards people that were asking some critical questions were ridiculous as well.

Having said that, I still feel cautiously optimistic about ETN and definitely hope it will succeed.
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December 08, 2017, 03:23:58 PM
No, Electroneum is not a SCAM.
I mean any arguments?
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December 08, 2017, 03:22:16 PM
Just got an electroneum Update e-mail from Richard ellis saying that HackerOne will be done with the security testing to access private keys, wallets and user data by Monday and the re-launching date will be sometime next week. Let's see how next week will turn out.
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December 08, 2017, 03:15:42 PM
Thanks for the answer. So in your opinion it's a scam and you'd advise people who invested money into it (after the ICO via Cryptopia) to pull it out?

No, not necessarily.

I am not giving financial advice.
I am invested in it, in the sense I have some coins and I have mined it.
I do believe (based on my own research and understanding) that the team, run by Richard Ells, are an utter joke.
I also think the hype alone, caused by the cult of Electroneum and the blind disciples who defend it but can't provide any kind of evidence, might be enough to carry the coin to a decent value - in which case, 'wait and see'.
I don't hold enough ETN to really care what I do with it, it's worth maybe a thousandth of the other currencies I hold.
I don't think it set out to be a scam, but the scope of what they're trying to do is far too big for a naive and wholly inadequate team.

If you have enough time skim read this entire thread and make your own mind up based on what people have said - I genuinely think if you go in with an open mind you will find that people like me have considered it objectively and have valid concerns while the other side of the debate just say the same things: 'HackerOne', 'be patient', 'to the moon', 'you'll be sorry if you sell', etc. - basically all the usually FOMO and FUD from people who don't want to believe they are on the losing side because they put fiat into it.

It's close to call but I am going with: 'long-term, it'll crash'.

Fair enough mate. I'm definitely willing to hear both sides of the spectrum. And I actually value the peoples opinion who critique the coin as it gives me more information to like you said, make up my own mind. There are certain people on their facebook that are ONLY glorifying them to an extent that it's actually not helping at all. I want to hear positives AND negatives. So I thank you for your answers, it gives me something to think about. I will also follow your advice and read through this thread (already did a little bit but's its ALOT of info)

I understand you aren't here to give out any financial advice, so that's perfectly fine ofcourse.  

PS: I just saw a video on youtube posted by CryptoRich that he spoke with CEO Richard Ells, and that the launch date will be announced soon via FaceBook or Twitter and will be somwhere next week including some big partnership announcements.

I think I can be fair because I actually hold some ETN, so if it goes up, I do well too but I just don't see a long-term future in it. However, I do like the community aspect of crypto that's why I am involved.

The negatives that me and others have raised have only been responded to vaguely - like 'be patient', 'they have HackerOne', etc. There is always some rebuttal. I would be concerned with their lack of updates - people say they post every 1-2 days but it's always just BS, there's no hard evidence.

And yes, their Facebook is just like all the diehards/disciples high-fiving the team thinking they're going to make them millionaires overnight... but that pretty much just epitomises cult behaviour.

Crypto Rich just seems to hype up and talk about ICOs - I haven't found a single ICO that excites me, it's literally vapourware - fundraising without a product.
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December 08, 2017, 03:11:13 PM
Thanks for the answer. So in your opinion it's a scam and you'd advise people who invested money into it (after the ICO via Cryptopia) to pull it out?

No, not necessarily.

I am not giving financial advice.
I am invested in it, in the sense I have some coins and I have mined it.
I do believe (based on my own research and understanding) that the team, run by Richard Ells, are an utter joke.
I also think the hype alone, caused by the cult of Electroneum and the blind disciples who defend it but can't provide any kind of evidence, might be enough to carry the coin to a decent value - in which case, 'wait and see'.
I don't hold enough ETN to really care what I do with it, it's worth maybe a thousandth of the other currencies I hold.
I don't think it set out to be a scam, but the scope of what they're trying to do is far too big for a naive and wholly inadequate team.

If you have enough time skim read this entire thread and make your own mind up based on what people have said - I genuinely think if you go in with an open mind you will find that people like me have considered it objectively and have valid concerns while the other side of the debate just say the same things: 'HackerOne', 'be patient', 'to the moon', 'you'll be sorry if you sell', etc. - basically all the usually FOMO and FUD from people who don't want to believe they are on the losing side because they put fiat into it.

It's close to call but I am going with: 'long-term, it'll crash'.

Fair enough mate. I'm definitely willing to hear both sides of the spectrum. And I actually value the peoples opinion who critique the coin as it gives me more information to like you said, make up my own mind. There are certain people on their facebook that are ONLY glorifying them to an extent that it's actually not helping at all. I want to hear positives AND negatives. So I thank you for your answers, it gives me something to think about. I will also follow your advice and read through this thread (already did a little bit but's its ALOT of info)

I understand you aren't here to give out any financial advice, so that's perfectly fine ofcourse. 

PS: I just saw a video on youtube posted by CryptoRich that he spoke with CEO Richard Ells, and that the launch date will be announced soon via FaceBook or Twitter and will be somewhere next week including some big partnership announcements.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxphPluWoM
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