Don't use Livecoin exchange - scam, they steal your coins without or with any shitty reasons.
I'm bumping this thread just to relay my experience yesterday and today with Livecoin--I'd never used them before, but they're one of the only exchanges that has Curecoin listed, and I wanted to buy some.
The bottom line for me is that I was able to deposit about $30 worth of bitcoin and convert it to and withdraw Curecoin, but it was a huge pain in the ass. Right after I sent the bitcoin the site went into "maintenance mode" for about 18 hours during which time I couldn't log in. That's one hell of a welcome for a new customer.
Then today I was finally able to log back in and do the trade, though they don't allow withdrawals until you've waited 5 minutes after you've logged in. Maddeningly stupid. My impression is that they're sort of like Yobit, which is hit or miss as far as reliability is concerned. I was convinced in those 18 hours I was waiting that they'd just scammed me outright, but I was wrong. I'm not sure if I'll be doing any more trades with them, however.
Sort of the same experience I've had with [input any exchange here] except for binance (even though they've had their own issues too).. Bottom line is that so far I've not heard of a single reputable member of this forum being scammed by livecoin, I have however heard of reputable members who have used them time and time again with no issues at all.
And yes, I'm still salty about how this entire thing turned out, lol. (Nothing against you The Pharmacist!)
Part of the loop is not scamming is not the same as not being a shitty exchange.
As you said, for the most part all of them suck in one way or another.
Biggest issue is that when something does happen (like the MONA issue that started this thread) everyone who has had an issue (like Pharm not having access for 18 hours) shows up and it turns into a crap show.
Now, some of the better exchanges will come in and work though it, others will become aggressive. Some will ignore. How they deal with it matters.
Much like The Pharmacist I have used them and will use them, because they have coins I trade. I also know that like any other exchange they can take my money and run at any minute. And I use it as such. The OP left his coins on the exchange, and as we know not your keys not your coins. He was wrong. How they handled is was not good either. Everyone pounding on after the fact just made it worse.
You see it still (was worse when there were more pools) in the mining section. (-ck / kano) and people arguing about who is correct / better. And all the other crap.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5250876.0;all-Dave
