Quote from: nwtrades on November 28, 2014, 07:03:55 AM

Quote from: smalltimer on November 28, 2014, 05:36:00 AM

Quote from: nwtrades on November 28, 2014, 04:50:29 AM

Ripple as the network and RTXP as a protocol both are incredible pieces of technology... definitely a LOT of value in there. I'm a Bitcoiner same as the rest of you but I don't know how you guys can look at this with blinders on. I've read the Ripple whitepapers, used the system and researched the valuation basis in depth. There is actually something credible here. It's not Bitcoin, it's a little different, but it will be of tremendous value to the financial system. I am sure it will beat Bitcoin toward the goal of networking the world's currencies for fast value transfer while still saving money for the little guy. Ripple has already pulled ahead of Bitcoin in terms of connecting with banks and such.

1) you are no bitcoiner
2) go connect with banks
3) you sound like a whiny bitch "buy ripple please"
4) prostitutes earn a lot of money too. Should everyone be a prostitute now?
5) ripple is BS to speculate on - if you can make use of its services, sweet for you. But buying more than what you personally need (more than 5$ worth) is a very moronic idea.
6) advertising to people to speculate on ripple is unethical bahaviour.

Do you realize that Ripple and XRP are separate things? Please point to where I proposed to buy XRP, because it's clearly not even mentioned.

If you want to talk about Bitcoin, it would be worth almost $0 without the banks. Libertarians could go back to trading amongst themselves off-market but it is otherwise doomed without exchanges and connections to banking infrastructure.

Most of the world's population is not interested in their money value gyrating out of control. They prefer stability of their national currency and Ripple simply connects points together like Bank A -> Bank B very quickly for these currencies to work together. Bitcoin can be exchanged too. Several Bitcoin exchanges are already connected and act as trading gateways.

Decentralized cryptocurrency are able to do "stable", for example Nubits or BitUSD (from Bitshares), they maintain a peg of 1:1 to USD. There's no need to go to a centralized private company like Ripple for "stable".