[XMR] Moderated Monero General Discussion Thread

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Quote from: smooth on October 17, 2014, 12:41:51 PM

Quote from: pa on October 16, 2014, 03:50:06 PM

How was Bitcoin being used when its price was about $1? Were there any merchants accepting it back then? What were the first steps in the development of its economy before Silk Road?

Of course history won't repeat itself, but what can Monero learn from Bitcoin's first couple of years?

I was around for single digits but not $1. I remember there being a few merchants. For example alpaca socks and a few VPS providers, and people selling some mining gadgets such as pcie risers. I don't remember much else. For the most part everything was focused on either mining or speculation (MtGox).

I guess Roger Ver's MemoryDealers was the first big merchant to get on board. A trip down memory lane:

Quote from: MemoryDealers on April 26, 2011, 04:00:52 AM

I've been reading all about bitcoins the last few nights and I am sold on the idea.

I'm proud to announce that http://www.memorydealers.com will now formally accept bit coins.

We are a decent size company with about 30 employees with expected sales revenue of close to $10M USD for 2011

If anyone needs any networking equipment, I would be happy to help, and I will accept payment in bit coins.
(Cisco, 3com, Foundry, Juniper, etc. We specialize in transceivers such as GBIC, SFP+, X2, XFP etc)

If anyone has any experience implementing bitcoin into a normal website shopping cart, please contact me.
I will have a bitcoin advertising banner on my website after our next website update. (about 2 more weeks)

If you guys are happy with my efforts, please feel free to send a few bitcoins my way.

15AERx25L4pD9tkKYoYxWgMSuvVNaNhvXG

Please let me know if you have any other thoughts or ideas on how I can help bitcoin grow along with my own business.

Roger Ver

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Quote from: pa on October 16, 2014, 03:50:06 PM

How was Bitcoin being used when its price was about $1? Were there any merchants accepting it back then? What were the first steps in the development of its economy before Silk Road?

Of course history won't repeat itself, but what can Monero learn from Bitcoin's first couple of years?

I was around for single digits but not $1. I remember there being a few merchants. For example alpaca socks and a few VPS providers, and people selling some mining gadgets such as pcie risers. I don't remember much else. For the most part everything was focused on either mining or speculation (MtGox).

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Quote from: Roccker on October 16, 2014, 01:07:34 PM

Monero is not listed in 388 cryptocoins at cryptocoinrank?
http://www.cryptocoinrank.com

strangely enough, bbr isn't either... pattern?

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How was Bitcoin being used when its price was about $1? Were there any merchants accepting it back then? What were the first steps in the development of its economy before Silk Road?

Of course history won't repeat itself, but what can Monero learn from Bitcoin's first couple of years?

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Monero is not listed in 388 cryptocoins at cryptocoinrank?
http://www.cryptocoinrank.com

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Quote from: NewLiberty on October 16, 2014, 03:31:34 AM

Quote from: Anon136 on October 16, 2014, 01:28:44 AM

It looks like this thread is dying. Maybe it will become active again when monero rallies and the trolls crawl out of the woodworks.

Don't confuse signal:noise ratio with death.
There is a lot happening, not all of it is ready for open discussion.

Some even is, yet trolls continue to paint it black:

How can it be bad for Monero if it is adopted as a mandatory currency in a world with potentially millions of people?

Don't you know that such things tie up enormous amounts, which has a tendency to prop up the price, which makes the millions of people get interested as they see the value rising, which makes them invest serious amounts?

If this is unclear, perhaps graduation from level0=troll is not happening soon... Grin

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The discussion on the original thread has been much better lately so less clamoring for a moderated thread. It is nice that this one is here though, in case things get bad again (they probably will).

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Quote from: Anon136 on October 16, 2014, 01:28:44 AM

It looks like this thread is dying. Maybe it will become active again when monero rallies and the trolls crawl out of the woodworks.

Don't confuse signal:noise ratio with death.
There is a lot happening, not all of it is ready for open discussion.

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It looks like this thread is dying. Maybe it will become active again when monero rallies and the trolls crawl out of the woodworks.

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Quote from: myagui on October 08, 2014, 06:55:38 PM

Quote from: Its About Sharing on October 08, 2014, 03:41:54 PM

[...] I think it is a bit soon to start moving Monero content away. Just a simple reason: More people are going to discover Monero here. The Crypto field is in its infancy and outside of Bitcoin having it's own forum, I can't think of any other Cryptos that would warrant their own as well. [...]

While I agree that more people are going to discover Monero here, I just don't think that a dedicated Monero forum will take much away from that. The threads here - at least the main ones - will continue to exist and will most likely continue to enjoy significant activity.

The dedicated forum just adds to what already exists, a new location that effectively brings Monero to focus. A location where the Monero community can start taking a stronger shape and take on honest discussions about Monero's direction.

hear, hear

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Quote from: myagui on October 08, 2014, 06:55:38 PM

While I agree that more people are going to discover Monero here, I just don't think that a dedicated Monero forum will take much away from that. The threads here - at least the main ones - will continue to exist and will most likely continue to enjoy significant activity.

The dedicated forum just adds to what already exists, a new location that effectively brings Monero to focus. A location where the Monero community can start taking a stronger shape and take on honest discussions about Monero's direction.

Well said. I think the best answer is to continue to use both.

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Quote from: Its About Sharing on October 08, 2014, 03:41:54 PM

[...] I think it is a bit soon to start moving Monero content away. Just a simple reason: More people are going to discover Monero here. The Crypto field is in its infancy and outside of Bitcoin having it's own forum, I can't think of any other Cryptos that would warrant their own as well. [...]

While I agree that more people are going to discover Monero here, I just don't think that a dedicated Monero forum will take much away from that. The threads here - at least the main ones - will continue to exist and will most likely continue to enjoy significant activity.

The dedicated forum just adds to what already exists, a new location that effectively brings Monero to focus. A location where the Monero community can start taking a stronger shape and take on honest discussions about Monero's direction.

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Quote from: rpietila on October 07, 2014, 04:19:28 AM

Quote from: sleepdog on October 07, 2014, 03:56:13 AM

Not even a mention of GUI... Sad

The missive is weekly, and the GUI is coming hopefully by Christmas. There is no need to mention it in every weekly bulletin unless there is something available for trial use or something

Otherwise excellent, very well written summary about the forum! I will have to join soon. My joining is the stress test to any software, because I am naturally dumb, and totally incapable of doing anything lower-level stuff with computers (most higher-level also, but my Excel skills keep me alive year after year). I will come back screaming YIPPEE when the registration has worked fine Grin

Incidentally, we just started a MEW vote concerning whether to move "our" discussion to a new forum or try to continue discussing here. Since the announcement that a new dedicated forum actually is available, the support from members has moved to support the new forum.

I think it is a bit soon to start moving Monero content away. Just a simple reason: More people are going to discover Monero here. The Crypto field is in its infancy and outside of Bitcoin having it's own forum, I can't think of any other Cryptos that would warrant their own as well. Just my .02

IAS

ps - Really looking forward to Christmas Grin

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Quote from: binaryFate on October 07, 2014, 06:07:16 PM

Quote from: rpietila on October 07, 2014, 04:19:28 AM

[...] the GUI is coming hopefully by Christmas. [...]

Can a core dev confirm this is indeed the time frame we're looking at?

This is our guesstimation. You should better interpret it as "not before Christmas" than "at Christmas". And of course, it could happen that a time warp (pun intented) makes it available earlier.

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Quote from: rpietila on October 07, 2014, 04:19:28 AM

Quote from: sleepdog on October 07, 2014, 03:56:13 AM

Not even a mention of GUI... Sad

The missive is weekly, and the GUI is coming hopefully by Christmas. There is no need to mention it in every weekly bulletin unless there is something available for trial use or something

Otherwise excellent, very well written summary about the forum! I will have to join soon. My joining is the stress test to any software, because I am naturally dumb, and totally incapable of doing anything lower-level stuff with computers (most higher-level also, but my Excel skills keep me alive year after year). I will come back screaming YIPPEE when the registration has worked fine Grin

Incidentally, we just started a MEW vote concerning whether to move "our" discussion to a new forum or try to continue discussing here. Since the announcement that a new dedicated forum actually is available, the support from members has moved to support the new forum.

From one idiot to another, registration was very easy Wink

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Quote from: binaryFate on October 07, 2014, 06:07:16 PM

Quote from: rpietila on October 07, 2014, 04:19:28 AM

[...] the GUI is coming hopefully by Christmas. [...]

Can a core dev confirm this is indeed the time frame we're looking at?

It is my deadline only, don't push the devs! Grin

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Quote from: rpietila on October 07, 2014, 04:19:28 AM

[...] the GUI is coming hopefully by Christmas. [...]

Can a core dev confirm this is indeed the time frame we're looking at?

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Quote from: sleepdog on October 07, 2014, 03:56:13 AM

Not even a mention of GUI... Sad

The missive is weekly, and the GUI is coming hopefully by Christmas. There is no need to mention it in every weekly bulletin unless there is something available for trial use or something

Otherwise excellent, very well written summary about the forum! I will have to join soon. My joining is the stress test to any software, because I am naturally dumb, and totally incapable of doing anything lower-level stuff with computers (most higher-level also, but my Excel skills keep me alive year after year). I will come back screaming YIPPEE when the registration has worked fine Grin

Incidentally, we just started a MEW vote concerning whether to move "our" discussion to a new forum or try to continue discussing here. Since the announcement that a new dedicated forum actually is available, the support from members has moved to support the new forum.

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Not even a mention of GUI... Sad

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