Topic: Tips on not getting scammed & a fun callout to serious devs. - page 3. (Read 4513 times)

It's not revolutionary, it copies gold with a highly accelerated timescale and the inability to cope at all with demand. The concept and the structures realized in code - absolutely brilliant, no question. The monetary system - barf.


A community that has a few thousand people that will rabidly support bitcoin to the ends of the Earth and are unwilling to even discuss alternative systems without foaming, a few thousand more that are trying to engender their own rabid fanbase, and a bunch of people that are taken for a ride. Meh.

Dont buy coins from devs from second and third world countries, chances are 80% more likely a scam

Good tips from eMunie founder, now when are you going to release your coin. My hair is turning grey, I don't think I have much time left 

I completely and absolutely disagree.

Satoshi created a revolutionary currency model  - if you call that a "bad precedent", perhaps you're on the wrong side of the wall.
There was no "community" before Satoshi - he built the community based on a generational leap in socioeconomics theory and cryptographic utility.
As far as "fracturing" the community, Satoshi made his position quite clear during the early days with BitDNS (the precursor to Namecoin).


The advent and, subsequently, abuse and corruption of alternative cryptocurrencies is a byproduct of capitalism, human greed and the apathy of the forum administrators.

Thanks for that!

Yeah common sense indeed, but cant hurt to say it again!  Point 7 is meant to just be a bit of fun, and allow people to get a glimpse of what true developers use everyday.

Its not just fractured on greed but egos & arrogance too, if only we could get back to the early BTC days where everyone had a more common goal....but alas, times passed and lost

AFAIK he didn't close up shop and refuse to make any refunds afterwards, but the exact opposite...

And to the OP, most of this stuff is common sense (although I don't get the tone or the point of 7), but there aren't many people with common sense on bctalk. As an outside observer of the bitcoin and altcoin economy, it makes a lot of sense if you viewed the whole thing as a pyramid scheme from the beginning. I think Satoshi set a very bad precedent, and he also knew it. Instead of uniting a community, it is totally fractured based on greed.

 

Jog on troll! No billy goats on the bridge for you today.

I'm glad to know that I'm one of those eight people, which one, idk.

Are you prepared to prove that by posting here from your oldest account you say was made in 2011? As you say you're allowed to make more than 1 bitcointalk account, so there is nothing stopping you.

The original NXT IPO thread is here.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-nxt-descendant-of-bitcoin-303898

It gives this IPO address

https://blockchain.info/address/1BCN1ugdKdWd9pQ8Am9hMhtHZfmbXzxE8a

Only about 8 people invested a whole bitcoin, and nobody invested more than one. If you don't want to post here from your oldest bitcointalk account, perhaps you could sign a message from the bitcoin address you say you used for the NXT IPO. That would prove you were one of the eight people to invest a whole bitcoin into the NXT IPO.

And jl777 is making the very P2P system that the original OP spoke of and it will be a core feature of Vericoin.

You are apparently oblivious to your implicit assumption that an honest dev is also, apparently by magic, a capable dev. Open Source isn't about the dev's integrity, it's about being able to ascertain the correctness of the implementation. No-one of consequence gives a monkey's fart about whether the dev is as straight as a die or as crooked as a corkscrew, it's all about whether the code does the job it's supposed to.

That's risibly simplistic, you are clearly unaware of the nonsensical nature of your argument. You need to address your profound unfamiliarity with the domain of FOSS licencing, only then will you be in a position to mount a coherent argument. I suggest you start with the wikipedia entry for FOSS.

I presume you are referring to Dan Metcalfe. I've no idea why you chose to introduce that irrelevance but I regret to advise you that you've strayed well out of your depth and that has led you to make unforced errors:

1. I'll thank you not to insult my intelligence by offering me a vacuous guarantee that you patently have no means of securing.

2. Your choice of offensively patronising tone is unfortunate, it lends a keen irony to the fact that you have just embarrassed yourself, assuming you have any such sensibility. Earlier today I submitted a PR containing several fixes to the BlockNet code that had apparently slipped atcsecure's notice: https://github.com/atcsecure/blocknet/pull/2.

3. I'll leave you to reconcile the above fact with your claim of brilliance.

We can continue this discussion after you've acquired some basic factual knowledge about FOSS principles and practice.

Cheers

Graham

I'm glad because you dont know that you're allowed to make more than 1 bitcointalk account, and that my oldest was made in 2011. Phew.

Good tips from the OP.

The OP has been around a long time and even has a fundraiser or two while try make a new platform and speaks from experience.

Nevertheless, how many bitcoins did EQX IPO investors make? I'm not saying all IPOs are scams, but the EQX one obviously was. Are you telling us it was a great idea to invest in the EQX IPO, or that all IPOs will make you a fortune?

How did you manage to invest in the NXT IPO considering you registered on October 26, 2014? The NXT IPO was in 2013.

yup, im glad not too many people invested in nxt's ipo when my one btc turned into around 2,000 btc, would of hurt my own gains. everyone please listen to biggus dickus.

Everyone should have a good look at github.com/jl777/btcd

SuperNET is the future of cryptocurrencies.

1. Yes, yes, yes!
2. All easily faked, unfortunately.
3. Yes. While a lot of people lie, most will usually wilt under scrutiny. Unless they are pathological liars or psychopaths.
4. Helpful, but inconclusive.
5. Yes.
6. Ooh, this stings! "No real developer, that was proud of what they were doing would run a project from here with a 1000 page thread"
7. You didn't number it, so I am having trouble responding.



Graham, I saw your response to a new member requesting for help on wallet nodes a few days ago.
You took the time to write a lengthy response to him. I thought that was really nice of you.
Was browsing from a phone at the time, so I couldn't commend your gesture then (typing with my thumbs tend to make English sound like Swahili).

IMO the thread linked to below says it all, together with the screenshot of the OP (recently modified by the "dev").

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/dont-invest-in-ico-shit-idiots-746191

can one of you peasants tell me the definition of "scam" and how this definition applies to an ICO?