It is because of people like Laszlo that bitcoin got to where it is today.

 Pizza day is not about pointing a finger at the value of BTC then and now, and cringe or laugh. Bitcoin started at zero on the 3rd of January 2009.

 Pizza day will forever immortalise the significance of the community for the success of the world's most important decentralised movement in human civilisation.

 laszlo is a pioneer. He is a legend.

 Thank you laszlo, happy pizza day !!

 

 Doing my due diligence, I can confidently say this is going to be one of the biggest and most impactful blockchain project in the history of blockchain tech. My sincere congratulations to the creators of this project

 As a legendary member with +10 trust factor, I feel it is my responsibility to call out this injustice towards Trade Ogre.

 For reference, I was part of the official Dash team for 3 years, and I am now part of the Graft team.

 Don't judge a book by its cover. Trade Ogre admin has shown nothing but the utmost professionalism and competence running that horrible looking exchange. But you know what, It is called Trade Ogre for a reason. It is not meant to be pretty, it is meant to work rock solid - which it does. I was also a bit put off at the beginning due to the anonymous nature of the people behind it, plus dealing primarily with cryptonote based coins also freaked me out. But in these past 8 month I have grown to respect TO far more that most other exchanges. NEVER leave funds you can't afford to loose on an exchange.
In - trade - out. No drama, any risk is mitigated.

 TO does not wash trade. TO does not margin trade. TO does not have shady book keeping, or false triggering. Deposits and withdrawals are the fastest I've ever witnessed. And customer support, despite being on Twitter - simply works faster and more efficient that any other exchange.

 Regarding this case;

 On the 29th of January, this user contacted me in an extremely aggressive manner, while asking my help. He deposited 1.9M Graft only to find his account became locked. This was after a successful previous dump. I will not reveal TO secrets, but it is clear without a doubt this was the user that performed a 51% reorg attack using NiceHash, and because Graft is currently only traded on TO with enough liquidity, he was silly enough to deposit back the stolen amount under a new account. This action instantly flagged his account and was locked for investigation.

 "Moon Cow", as seen in the screenshot below - was so enraged that he even threatened to sue Graft lead developers - which is in the least both bizarre and … just plain silly.

 

 I hope that it is evident by the choice of words and aggressive nature, this is not someone in distress asking for genuine help. This is someone who is on the verge fo a tantrum attempting restitution with threats, who is irritated and not genuinely concerned about his funds.

 I did, however, take this very seriously, and contacted TO admin. We both went through the evidence and I have absolutely no doubt at all regarding TO's admin's seriousness and honesty in this matter.

 Moon Cow / soundasleep acuses TO of selective scam, and infers about an attack that nobody knew about except TO, and then the community a few days later when deposit confirmations increased to 200 and everyone started asking questions. What an astonishing coincidence…

 I follow several communities that use TO daily. I have never, ever once hear anyone mention and detained funds - even during and after several attacks TO has been subject to.

 Even still, I did invite Moon Cow / soundasleep to show real intention by "KYC" himself to TO, as a sign of good faith and transparency. And by that, I would involve myself further at a higher level.  Which he refused, again, threatening to contact the authorities. Which of course, I said that would a perfectly valid option and invited him to do so.

 Moon Cow / soundasleep is also anonymous and has no legitimacy in this case.

 He is a NiceHash attacker.

 And will the Beta have open access, or restricted to ICO investors only?

 Welcome to this loony bin! You can't post pictures because your account is new. Let me do it for you.

 

 Very well put, my thoughts exactly

 So these guys just disappeared into thin air it seems? Well, at least it wasnt a MN ICO  

 
 So these guys just disappeared it seems? Well, at least it wasnt an MN ICO  

 lol... What does that have to do with anything related here? Denari-who ? 

 Do you remember the good old days here in the forum, when an airdrop was actually a totally legitimate thing to do as a means of equalitarian distribution of coins, so that projects would not suffer from the "instamine blues" ... or simply be 100% premined but justly distributed amongst all participants, so the dilution of coins would produce a much fairer and even economy, without being subject to insider manipulation?

Ahh ... the good old days...  It makes me sick to my stomach to see what these airdrops have become today. Completely destroyed the original vibe. Hope Kambio doesn't fall into the "free money come and get it" game

 Totally agree with you, I sense this project is different. Can't remember an ICO in pre-ICO stage that had so much going on already.

 yeah, I got thrown back a bit at first, wasn't expecting that at all. But makes perfect sense, this could be huge. Hope to see an MVP soon

 What a whitepaper   !! damn...

 I've got to say, only a team of this calibre and expertise can pull this off. Puts this project right up there along with tZero, Polymath and Bancor.
 Will definitely keep this under the radar. The ICO is not even active and already attending conferences showing face... bravo!

 Alpha testing has started 

 I know this may a little preemptive, but I am lighting a candle that over the crazy good tech you are developing, there is an equally elegant GUI/ UX!

 There have been very few times in my life when I was absolutely certain about something. This is certainly one of them. By far the best-hidden gem in crypto.

If you study the details closely, you will quickly see how Graft is way waaay waaaaaaaay more than meets the eye.

 The only thing that needs to happen is ... well ... its happening already. I will not eat my most prized organ on national television like John McAfee, but I will say this;

 Out of all the projects I've witnessed through the years, and some even officially participated in - this is the one that truly nails it IMHO - in terms of philosophy, tech implementation, team credentials and competence, market strategy and (finger's crossed) delivery.

 True decentralization, even at the FIAT level (jurisdiction dependent, but hey, its FIAT...)

 RTA is kick-ass, and Verifone + Ingenico a fast track to mass adoption. But still, that scenario is still a few good years away from true expression.

 The way they are edifying the DEX and reward system - holy smokes batman!

 A proper DEX, for the first time, to serve the crypto community, without any BS. Lighting fast, with instant authorization, without slow bookkeeping due to blockchain confirmations/orphaning...

The community is a liquidity provider and sole beneficiary. Incentivized  Supernodes to power the 2nd layer without the BS.

 The barrier of entry in terms of tech knowledge is completely eliminated natively. The DEX can perfectly serve as a personal bank to anyone holding a smartphone - no need for anything else.

 I am blown away by the elegance in the design of the network. When this "gets out" ... Binance Labs will have a very strong competitor.

The airdrop will not need to happen. Mark my words.

 Please dont use this pool. They were hacked again, it's the 3rd or 4th time this happened already.

This has been answered a few times before.

 Ok calm down. I understand your logic. I thought the same in 2013.

 If you base your views on what is happening on that weird and extremely dubious exchange, that no sane human being would ever
send funds to start with ... then that says it all.

 Anything that happens on TradeOgre has zero significance whatsoever, especially at 3 BTC/day trading volume

 I most-heartedly agree 150% with your first sentence. However...

 Let me see if I understand this... Your ambition is to create a for-profit company that creates hundreds (or thousands) of new coins, that are ASIC resistant, so everyone can mine them, but you will mine the coins that you create - for profit - and by doing so you are contributing to open-source?

 I think its brilliant.

 How did you do as a financial risk manager, by the way?