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ripple: let's test it! Altcoin Discussion
Distributed exchanges can be built on top of colored coins too.Gateways take mon…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 11, 2013, 06:48:07 AM |
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ripple: let's test it! Altcoin Discussion
How ripple is better than colored coins?Ripple is primarily being promoted as a…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 11, 2013, 05:11:16 AM |
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ripple: let's test it! Altcoin Discussion
OK,so can someone explain to me how I can get CAD funds (from a Canadian bank) i…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 11, 2013, 02:22:13 AM |
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Proposed solution to "lost coins" Development & Technical Discussion
Why would you think that recovering lost coins is necessary? A number of posts…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 09, 2013, 05:23:43 PM |
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RIPPLE - transaction list Altcoin Discussion
This is confusing. Why wouldn't just be able to trade Ripple balances in regula…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 08, 2013, 10:13:55 PM |
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Ripple - Bullets and Debt Based Currency Altcoin Discussion
Say you owe me 0.01 btc. With the way btc prices are going, that could be for so…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 08, 2013, 08:46:58 PM |
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RIPPLE - transaction list Altcoin Discussion
Why would they charge a fee when an IOU changes hands? Unless they are redeemin…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 08, 2013, 08:45:24 PM |
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RIPPLE - transaction list Altcoin Discussion
So I get charged to get an IOU in Ripple and then I get charged every time I use…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 08, 2013, 07:57:01 PM |
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Ripple - Bullets and Debt Based Currency Altcoin Discussion
This confuses me if the guy issuing DYMs refuses to send me my dimes on demand,…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 08, 2013, 05:06:35 PM |
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Isn't bitcoin too SLOW to be called "instantaneous"? Beginners & Help
It woul'd technically be possible. Look at litecoin which uses 3 minutes instead…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 08, 2013, 04:22:23 PM |
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Why not peg the Bitcoin to gold? Beginners & Help
Wouldn't a P2P-currency with a built-in peg to gold (e.g. a mechanism that check…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 08, 2013, 03:46:51 PM |
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Ripple - Bullets and Debt Based Currency Altcoin Discussion
However, with the creation of Bitcoin, the commodity and safe come in one packag…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 08, 2013, 03:38:27 PM |
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Sending LTCs to non-existent address Beginners & Help
If I send LTCs to a non-existent address what will happen to them? If I lost th…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 08, 2013, 07:07:01 AM |
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Who controls bitcoin? Beginners & Help
Every full node peer on the network verifies every block they receive before rel…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 08, 2013, 04:18:38 AM |
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Anonymous PayPal accounts Services
They are not a bank, they are not a governmental entity,They are a "card issuer"…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 05, 2013, 07:15:05 PM |
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I might have found Satoshi! Off-topic
Satoshi is Irish, bro.How do you come to find out such info?He probably believes…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 05, 2013, 07:07:37 PM |
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Where is the difficulty in creating an ASIC? Hardware
Evidently as I have learned through this thread.... no these ASICs that are bein…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 05, 2013, 02:36:32 PM |
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Where is the difficulty in creating an ASIC? Hardware
The biggest problem is lead time. You can't sell an ASIC for more than the value…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 04, 2013, 09:48:36 PM |
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SCAM - Coinabul owe me 81btc Scam Accusations
Perhaps I define "scam" more narrowly than others here, but to me, for something…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 04, 2013, 09:43:41 PM |
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ripple: let's test it! Altcoin Discussion
Thanks for the link. The tl;dr is that they can't easily do what I asked about -…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 04, 2013, 08:14:12 PM |
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NCKRAZZE's Deposits - Low Risk Deposits with Guaranteed Payback Weekly @ 2.5% /w Long-term offers
And that's why denominating loans in an extremely volatile currency is not such…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 04, 2013, 06:23:45 AM |
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The deflationary problem Economics
If I buy the iPhone with bitcoins and want to buy new bitcoins I have to transfe…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 03, 2013, 01:23:36 PM |
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The deflationary problem Economics
If I got 1000$ in my bank account and 1000 $ worth of BTC I would rather buy the…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 03, 2013, 11:29:39 AM |
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The deflationary problem Economics
If I managed an oil company and the price of oil was going up very quickly I wou…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 02, 2013, 07:29:11 PM |
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The deflationary problem Economics
Guess I'm not seeing the "why buy today when its cheaper to buy tomorrow?" argum…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 02, 2013, 05:57:08 PM |
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Announcement: Tradehill is back Service Announcements
To be perfectly clear: Jared Kenna lied about Dwolla, ran off with a lot of mone…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 01, 2013, 05:38:56 PM |
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Announcement: Tradehill is back Service Announcements
I'm not faulting anyone. Just pointing how the statement "TradeHill paid back e…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 01, 2013, 05:49:04 PM |
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Announcement: Tradehill is back Service Announcements
My advice is, do not use tradehill they are scammer imo.Huh? TradeHill paid back…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 01, 2013, 09:43:20 AM |
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[FAQ] Is BitCoin a Ponzi or pyramid scheme? (Newbie-Friendly) Off-topic
The powers in charge will be in control of whichever internet money will be used…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 31, 2013, 05:49:33 PM |
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[FAQ] Is BitCoin a Ponzi or pyramid scheme? (Newbie-Friendly) Off-topic
Quotethose who start it and those who invest in it early get lots of it and ever…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 31, 2013, 07:22:49 AM |
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Is SatoshiDice illegal? Beginners & Help
Sorry for bringing up an old post but I'm curious if you still hold this opinion…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 30, 2013, 10:08:13 PM |
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[FAQ] Is BitCoin a Ponzi or pyramid scheme? (Newbie-Friendly) Off-topic
This truly "one world" currency is just an updated version of the existing Fiat…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 30, 2013, 07:20:28 PM |
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New BTC Found Gambling
Danknug rather than assume anything first try and go to the website and read it.…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 29, 2013, 10:42:36 PM |
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Announcement: Tradehill is back Service Announcements
What are your requirements for a business? Is being registered as an LLC enough?…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 29, 2013, 07:42:42 PM |
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New BTC Found Gambling
The GBBG Bitcoin Fund is a pooled collection of bitcoins contributed by all part…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 29, 2013, 01:39:19 PM |
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Bitcoin: The Scamming Economics
It's easy to think, after the fact, that you would have bought and sold at the r…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 28, 2013, 09:16:10 AM |
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European Union is robbing its citizens' bank accounts. 9.9% to be confiscated. Economics
Murder unless in self-defence is wrong, no matter how you look at it.So, how wou…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 28, 2013, 09:10:03 AM |
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European Union is robbing its citizens' bank accounts. 9.9% to be confiscated. Economics
Wikipedia: Statism is the belief that a government should control either economi…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 27, 2013, 09:23:56 PM |
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New BTC Found Gambling
Can someone explain to me what this fund actually is or does? You buy shares. Th…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 27, 2013, 08:44:54 PM |
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European Union is robbing its citizens' bank accounts. 9.9% to be confiscated. Economics
That is the philosophical difference of opinion between statism and anarchy agai…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 27, 2013, 08:36:06 PM |
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European Union is robbing its citizens' bank accounts. 9.9% to be confiscated. Economics
In other words, the innocent people are also guilty because by voting they agree…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 27, 2013, 07:12:37 PM |
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European Union is robbing its citizens' bank accounts. 9.9% to be confiscated. Economics
It has to hurt the people who profited from this mess, too.No. It has to hurt th…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 26, 2013, 05:03:19 PM |
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European Union is robbing its citizens' bank accounts. 9.9% to be confiscated. Economics
I was wondering about this yesterday. If a bank goes bankrupt, you would loose a…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 27, 2013, 06:38:48 PM |
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Any counter-proof that Satoshi Nakamoto did not design a ponzi scheme on purpose Beginners & Help
Your idealistic bullshit about Bitcoin being different, is just naive and nothin…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 26, 2013, 10:34:36 PM |
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Any counter-proof that Satoshi Nakamoto did not design a ponzi scheme on purpose Beginners & Help
Currency must be backed by production, else by force.That is a basic reality of…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 26, 2013, 08:54:01 PM |
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Is competition healthy for Bitcoin? Bitcoin Discussion
No, competing crypto currencies will rather split nations on demographics, polit…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 26, 2013, 08:33:58 PM |
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Apalling IRS video made with $60,000 of US taxpayer money Off-topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjYrursFkJQThis video was made by the IRS, starr…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 26, 2013, 07:48:36 PM |
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Is competition healthy for Bitcoin? Bitcoin Discussion
competition is always a good thing unless you have a monopoly.It's not quite nec…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 26, 2013, 07:11:35 PM |
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Is competition healthy for Bitcoin? Bitcoin Discussion
Who is to say how much time to "secure" a transaction is SUFFICIENT? You? I thin…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 26, 2013, 02:58:22 PM |
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Apalling IRS video made with $60,000 of US taxpayer money Off-topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjYrursFkJQThis video was made by the IRS, starr…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 26, 2013, 04:46:57 PM |
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European Union is robbing its citizens' bank accounts. 9.9% to be confiscated. Economics
It has to hurt the people who profited from this mess, too.No. It has to hurt th…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 26, 2013, 02:52:02 PM |
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Ripple Scam: Centralized, Centrally Issued, Bribes exchanges, Closed Source, Tax Altcoin Discussion
If we only "trust" "gateways" though, then it's not much different to today's ba…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 26, 2013, 06:44:58 AM |
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Is competition healthy for Bitcoin? Bitcoin Discussion
Who is to say how much time to "secure" a transaction is SUFFICIENT? You? I thin…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 26, 2013, 05:34:31 AM |
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Ripple Scam: Centralized, Centrally Issued, Bribes exchanges, Closed Source Altcoin Discussion
It isnt about how much 1 person trusts a ton of people. It is the inter-trusting…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 26, 2013, 05:27:27 AM |
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[FAQ] Is BitCoin a Ponzi or pyramid scheme? (Newbie-Friendly) Off-topic
You cannot have a Ponzi scheme without a Mr. Ponzi type person lying to customer…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 22, 2013, 05:15:50 PM |
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European Union is robbing its citizens' bank accounts. 9.9% to be confiscated. Economics
This is the kind of 'tax' that started the American revolution.The Cypriots were…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 22, 2013, 12:38:44 PM |
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[FAQ] Is BitCoin a Ponzi or pyramid scheme? (Newbie-Friendly) Off-topic
You cannot have a Ponzi scheme without a Mr. Ponzi type person lying to customer…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 22, 2013, 08:44:06 AM |
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[FAQ] Is BitCoin a Ponzi or pyramid scheme? (Newbie-Friendly) Off-topic
The reason i bring this up is that i think that in a situation where you need ne…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 21, 2013, 08:25:21 AM |
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Wouldn't it be more fair if the bitcoins were shared equally? Beginners & Help
His point was blockchain technology is expensive (in terms of never ending stora…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 21, 2013, 08:17:13 AM |
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ripple: let's test it! Altcoin Discussion
Well, it seems difficult to host a validator node, or even a regular node for th…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 21, 2013, 08:11:05 AM |
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[FAQ] Is BitCoin a Ponzi or pyramid scheme? (Newbie-Friendly) Off-topic
It's not goalpost moving, you said "In a Ponzi scheme, you are told you can just…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 21, 2013, 07:13:15 AM |
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[FAQ] Is BitCoin a Ponzi or pyramid scheme? (Newbie-Friendly) Off-topic
And I totally disagree that a Ponzi scheme *must* have "operators" who make the…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 21, 2013, 06:16:55 AM |
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ripple: let's test it! Altcoin Discussion
In Bitcoin, because you can verify the validity of the entire blockchain and a v…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 21, 2013, 05:20:35 AM |
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ripple: let's test it! Altcoin Discussion
Can someone explain how Ripple and the consensus approach would handle a fork (m…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 21, 2013, 01:44:40 AM |
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[FAQ] Is BitCoin a Ponzi or pyramid scheme? (Newbie-Friendly) Off-topic
I am sorry, but this is the real world definition of "pyramid scheme", which is…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 21, 2013, 02:07:59 AM |
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[FAQ] Is BitCoin a Ponzi or pyramid scheme? (Newbie-Friendly) Off-topic
Wrong, you could claim whatever you want about bitcoin, a certain stock, etc, bu…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 21, 2013, 01:52:24 AM |
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Is competition healthy for Bitcoin? Bitcoin Discussion
Aren't you confusing 2 different concepts? Sure, an attack on the network could…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 19, 2013, 06:05:38 AM |
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Wouldn't it be more fair if the bitcoins were shared equally? Beginners & Help
A crypto-currency where currency could only be created by a fixed amount being i…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 20, 2013, 09:30:24 PM |
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[FAQ] Is BitCoin a Ponzi or pyramid scheme? (Newbie-Friendly) Off-topic
Bitcoin doesn't fit the definition of a Ponzi scheme, wherever you look up the d…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 20, 2013, 09:09:41 PM |
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[FAQ] Is BitCoin a Ponzi or pyramid scheme? (Newbie-Friendly) Off-topic
If you think that the only significant source of value Bitcoins will ever have w…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 20, 2013, 01:59:40 PM |
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European Union is robbing its citizens' bank accounts. 9.9% to be confiscated. Economics
Yes. The way every civilized country does it. Honor the value of insured accou…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 19, 2013, 07:14:35 PM |
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European Union is robbing its citizens' bank accounts. 9.9% to be confiscated. Economics
In the US, they would just print 11.1% more money. Same effect, but people don't…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 19, 2013, 06:07:59 AM |
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Is competition healthy for Bitcoin? Bitcoin Discussion
LTC is better in that it is FASTER. I hate having to wait 1 hour to send coins.…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 18, 2013, 07:59:08 PM |
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Announcement: Tradehill is back Service Announcements
Welcome back!
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 18, 2013, 12:48:20 PM |
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Is competition healthy for Bitcoin? Bitcoin Discussion
Well, this would make the telephone calls extremely valuableI have yet to hear t…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 18, 2013, 09:11:15 AM |
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Is competition healthy for Bitcoin? Bitcoin Discussion
A better analogy would be a telephone network that only allows a global maximum…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 18, 2013, 08:54:24 AM |
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European Union is robbing its citizens' bank accounts. 9.9% to be confiscated. Economics
The contract is saying that you can request a withdrawal at any time. It is tota…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 18, 2013, 06:27:13 AM |
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European Union is robbing its citizens' bank accounts. 9.9% to be confiscated. Economics
Well, if their current account contract says that you can withdraw any amount an…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 18, 2013, 05:26:49 AM |
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European Union is robbing its citizens' bank accounts. 9.9% to be confiscated. Economics
Yes, the only moral thing was to let banks compete with same terms as the other…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 18, 2013, 03:20:10 AM |
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I can no longer see the RIPPLE trading floor, just all blank???? Altcoin Discussion
So you're using the client? Then clicking 'Advanced', then 'Trade', then 'Order…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 18, 2013, 03:02:44 AM |
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I can no longer see the RIPPLE trading floor, just all blank???? Altcoin Discussion
How are you viewing it?
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 18, 2013, 02:30:10 AM |
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Is competition healthy for Bitcoin? Bitcoin Discussion
Why would people invest in a crypto-currency that can't even run it's own networ…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 16, 2013, 10:24:30 PM |
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Why use rewards instead of starting with 1 BTC? Economics
Where bitcoin has way too much network security, Ripple has almost none. There…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 15, 2013, 04:58:18 AM |
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SCAM - Coinabul owe me 90btc Scam Accusations
Fedex is not lying. Fedex is mistaken. I don't think FedEx is really either lyin…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 14, 2013, 02:05:38 PM |
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ripple: let's test it! Altcoin Discussion
2) Customer service/public relations. They seem a little weak here. They need…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 14, 2013, 04:50:40 PM |
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ripple: let's test it! Altcoin Discussion
If I can set, for example, a 0.1% fee for clearing my contact's transactions, an…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 14, 2013, 12:28:59 PM |
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SCAM - Coinabul owe me 90btc Scam Accusations
The terms may be crooked in your mind, but they are not illegal (that I am aware…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 14, 2013, 01:17:48 PM |
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SCAM - Coinabul owe me 90btc Scam Accusations
Beyond that, our International Shipping page is quite clear:"You are responsible…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 14, 2013, 09:05:53 AM |
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SCAM - Coinabul owe me 90btc Scam Accusations
As long as USD isn't shown on the order page, invoice, or receipt, I agree 100%.…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 14, 2013, 03:30:35 AM |
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ripple: let's test it! Altcoin Discussion
Why doesen't ripple contain contracts on interest rates etc. So I trust XXX for…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 14, 2013, 12:15:26 AM |
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Why use rewards instead of starting with 1 BTC? Economics
I finally did some reading on Ripple. I didn't realize how similar it was. I d…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 14, 2013, 01:43:14 AM |
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Why Ripple is a bad idea. Altcoin Discussion
Its in the spec but maybe not provided yet with a user-interface in the GUI clie…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 14, 2013, 12:12:39 AM |
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SCAM - Coinabul owe me 90btc Scam Accusations
Paying back 90.78 BTC now would be over $4085~. The 1603 USD amount is too low,…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 13, 2013, 01:59:21 AM |
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What should be considered in a BTC trading algorithm? Beginners & Help
"I want to design a really nice suspension bridge. Now if this were your ideal s…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 13, 2013, 01:53:21 AM |
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What happens to inactive Bitcoins? Beginners & Help
It doesn't do anything special. They just sit there, possibly forever.It's theor…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 13, 2013, 12:23:02 AM |
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Alert: chain fork caused by pre-0.8 clients dealing badly with large blocks Bitcoin Discussion
Some of this profit can be fairly spent RIGHT NOW on improvements to internalize…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 12, 2013, 09:45:06 PM |
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Why Ripple is a bad idea. Altcoin Discussion
2) The interlinking still makes me nervous even with the instant IOU cancelling…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 12, 2013, 04:45:37 PM |
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Alert: chain fork caused by pre-0.8 clients dealing badly with large blocks Bitcoin Discussion
The bug is that there has been an unknown BDB limit the in 0.7 and earlier code…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 12, 2013, 04:15:43 AM |
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Alert: chain fork caused by pre-0.8 clients dealing badly with large blocks Bitcoin Discussion
OK, so 25 blocks got orphaned, that's 25 times 25 BTC = 625BTC (or approx $29K a…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 12, 2013, 04:12:34 AM |
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Alert: chain fork caused by pre-0.8 clients dealing badly with large blocks Bitcoin Discussion
Please explain how the timestamp of block 225449(2013-03-12 05:30:02) is before…
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n/a | JoelKatz | March 12, 2013, 01:07:16 AM |
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