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Re: [ANN]BANKERA - the Bank for the Blockchain Era
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NFI
on 13/12/2018, 02:52:19 UTC
Bankera nr. 65 of top 100 of Leading Global Fintech Innovators according KPMG on their 2018 FINTECH100 Report ->
https://h2.vc/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Fintech100-2018-Report_Final_22-11-18sm.pdf
 Cool

This is news worth mentioning again.  

To be clear. They are not # 65 of the top 100.  They were included in the "Emerging 50" list on page 65.

Still good news all the same.
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Re: [ANN][ICO] BANKERA - the Bank for the Blockchain Era
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NFI
on 08/05/2018, 05:09:28 UTC
Binance gathered 15milions and look how far they came. Here they gathered 100m € and nothing to show up. Yup it is officially: we have been riped off.

I should have read further down as you are now insulting yourself.  Your last comment called investors "greedy".  Does that therefore mean you are calling yourself "Greedy" or just pretending to be "one of us" to gain credibility or favor.

As mentioned earlier.  Please exit stage left and don't let the door hit your a$$ on the way out.

NFI.
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Re: [ANN][ICO] BANKERA - the Bank for the Blockchain Era
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NFI
on 08/05/2018, 05:01:11 UTC
I don't believe they will actually launch anything. 100M of € is a lot of money, they will not bother with greedy investors of their scam project.

It's really great to see educated forumites willing to stick their neck out and warm others against the dangers of loosing their hard earned money to a scam project.  Thank you.  You must be greatly admired within your circle of influence.

On the surface, you seem like such a nice person but when communicating your warning, you not only cast dispersion's on the founders of Bankera but then you go on to call any current investors "Greedy".  If investors are all greedy, you obviously hold us in contempt. Apologies for using such a big word by the way.  In case you missed it, "contempt" means "the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration.

If we are worthless or beneath your consideration, why go to the trouble of writing 100's of post's warning us not to invest.  You embarrass yourself with hypocrisy.

I'm sure you justify your pay check each week in whatever way you see fit.  I sincerely hope that paycheck allows you to sleep soundly at night.   

All the best with your next contract.  Your coat and jacket will be waiting for you by the door.

cheers
NFI.
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Re: [ANN][ICO] BANKERA - the Bank for the Blockchain Era
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NFI
on 10/12/2017, 06:36:47 UTC
@ Bankera mods.

I believe you pay 20% of revenues from all funds moving through Spectrocoin?

Q: Assuming you are successful in raising enough capital and you manage to obtain a banking license, what role does Spectrocoin play in the med to long term for Bankera?

Q: Will all loans be executed through Spectrocoin EG: I take out a $200,000 Bankera loan against my crypto.  Will this be transacted through Spectrocoin or direct?

Q: Will all token holders by entitled to a % of all profits from all of Bankera?  If so, what %?

Q: Should you be successful in obtaining a banking license but chose the close down / sell Spectrocoin, what happens to our tokens? What can they be used for?

Thank in advance

NFI.
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Re: Cardano: A Plebes View
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NFI
on 22/11/2017, 08:25:01 UTC
Appreciate you taking a moment to give your view JinMi.

I've stopped investing in ICO's over the past few month as I feel the waters of the pond are become rather murky. 
So many ICO's now rely on fancy websites, prolific social media marketing, discussion forum manipulation and questionable "advisors".  This is the first raw and unsalted offering I've seen in quite some time which seems to stack up under it's own weight.
I'll do some more research before investing later this week however I'm yet too find any noteworthy red flags.

Cheers
NFI.

Hey NFI.  This isn't an ICO.  Cardano is currently #18 on CMC and has been out since the beginning of October '17.  It is a very stolid project, based in science and research.  The only true Gen. 3 blockchain that I can see as of now. 

Have a gander at https://www.cardanohub.org/en/home/

Sorry JinMi, wrong use of the word ICO on my part.  I consider any new project that comes on the market these days as an ICO.   I guess it's a platform.

But agree, it looks promising and I will be investing.

cheers
NFI.
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Re: Cardano: A Plebes View
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NFI
on 19/11/2017, 06:35:22 UTC
Appreciate you taking a moment to give your view JinMi.

I've stopped investing in ICO's over the past few month as I feel the waters of the pond are become rather murky. 
So many ICO's now rely on fancy websites, prolific social media marketing, discussion forum manipulation and questionable "advisors".  This is the first raw and unsalted offering I've seen in quite some time which seems to stack up under it's own weight.
I'll do some more research before investing later this week however I'm yet too find any noteworthy red flags.

Cheers
NFI.
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Re: [ANN] RIALTO.AI Cryptocurrency Arbitrage and Market Maker ★ OFFICIAL THREAD ★
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NFI
on 09/11/2017, 06:26:55 UTC
Great news Rialto team. Congrats and keep it up!  Grin

I have a question about your arbitrage trading bot.
Is it going to be avaliable for us (token holders) to use for personal trading?

I highly doubt it JackAce as that may reveal the trade secrets however that is a great question.  I suggest you put it onto the reddit link in the above post so people can vote on it.
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Re: [ANN][ICO] BANKERA - the Bank for the Blockchain Era
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NFI
on 17/10/2017, 01:17:33 UTC
I want to invest in Bankera project but i fear the skinny CEO Vyatutaus as he has more scam accusations than the budget of this project. Why the hell he don't pay back the people from whom he has robbed money?

Do you have any more information why you think it's scam? I participated in pre-ico and currently they weekly payout is perfectly on time and everything seems legit from my point of view.

thx

Try not to feed the trolls Memberx.  It's only encourages them...
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Re: [ANN][ICO] BANKERA - the Bank for the Blockchain Era
by
NFI
on 13/10/2017, 02:50:27 UTC
Lithuania's Central Bank Publishes New ICO Guidance
https://www.coindesk.com/lithuanias-central-bank-publishes-new-ico-guidance/

Hello,

That is just a guidance, so nothing has actually changed. Additionally, Spectrocoin and Bankera do comply with the LB position, as you have to pass the AML verification to trade fiat currencies.

Call it whatever you like but the Central Bank seems to hold a very strong "negative" position on cryptocurrencies.

Can you please specify exactly what influence the Central Bank Of Lithuania will have on your application for a full banking licence next year please? 

I'm invested in your ICO and would like some clarification please?

NFI.
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Re: [ANN] RIALTO.AI Cryptocurrency Arbitrage and Market Maker ★ OFFICIAL THREAD ★
by
NFI
on 12/10/2017, 03:27:51 UTC
I really like the way the team are approaching this.  Low marketing hype and just letting the product stand on it own merits.

Here's an interesting article where XRL get's a mention:
5 Cryptocurrencies You Should Know About Besides Bitcoin
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/5-cryptocurrencies-you-should-know-about-besides-bitcoin-cm854979


There's an ICO I recently invested in (10 times my total investment in Rialto) but worryingly, I'm more confident about this project than that.
Think I'll try and cash out that ICO and move it across to Railto.

NFI.
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Re: [ANN][ICO] BANKERA - the Bank for the Blockchain Era
by
NFI
on 05/10/2017, 23:22:51 UTC
FYI, I'm subscribed to the Bankera email list and just now I received an email saying the ICO is live. Clicking on the link takes you to an exact copy of the real Bankera website but instead is www-bankera.com. Please beware.

Yes. Same email. It's a SCAM

The fact than BANKERA leaked the emails is problematic...

I'm subscribed to the newsletter as well however I never received any false communications.  Can other people please report in.

Perhaps the leak was not directly from Bankera but another popular ICO subscription. Bankera needs to officially respond to whether or not the leak was from their side as it does not look good either way.

cheers
NFI.
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Re: [Trusted ICO Reviews&Ratings] Which sources of ICO ratings do you trust and why?
by
NFI
on 26/09/2017, 03:37:09 UTC
When it comes to the question of investing crypto into this or that ICO one has to review website, White paper, chat with the team members and advisory board, watch official groups in Telegram, Slack, study smart-contract and Bitcointalk thread.
But this is a huge work for one person, taking into account the amount of ICO that is being held lately.

Except for your own study of the upcoming ICO, which sources of ICO reviews and ratings do you trust and why?

There's no need to do all of that with every ICO.

You can make your search far easier if you filter out the majority of coins.  It's easy to do this with 2 simple filters:

1)  Does the project have anything built? No? Move on. Forget about their big teams and fancy titles. Most projects have these and they cannot prove that they can build anything. Writing software is much more difficult than creating a one-page website or video. Several projects raised multiple millions and still haven't delivered any software. Let me know if you want examples.

2)  Is the team from a corrupt country? Yes? Move on. In corrupt countries, ethics and honesty are more lax, which means that they will have a higher propensity to exaggerate or lie.

https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016

The third filter is harder to implement. You need to be able to do critical thinking. Does the application make sense? Jesus coin is an extreme example of something that doesn't make sense, but most are leaning towards this. Crypto currency is good for some applications (transfer or store of value, save fees, save time, gambling) but not all applications.

Most projects are trying to squeeze square pegs into round holes. There's a project that wants to connect locals with travelers to enhance the travel experience. You have to do mental gymnastics to figure out why an altcoin is needed here.

You have "Tokenizing Rising Tennis Stars: tokenstars.com/ace" in your signature.  That sounds like somebody is trying to squeeze a square peg into a round hole.  Why the hell would you have that in your signature?  It's getting close to the Jesus coin.


This ^^^^^.  Is right on the money.

Just to add a few more to jlp's excellent advice.
1: Does it solve a "current" real world problem?
2: Are the founders greedy?  EG keeping a large percentage of the tokens for themselves. Releasing a huge amount of tokens in total. Is the token sale uncapped (big red flag right there)?
3: Does the token have an intrinsic function of the platform etc?  Many ICO's are just tech startup's who cannot get funding via the usual channels (perhaps because it fails the basic test) but then think, hey why don't we add a token to it, and launch an ICO".  Once you cut through all the fancy marketing BS you find the real world value of the token is worth the same amount as a recipe for ice cubes.  And once you've paid for said cubes, the project evaporates just as quick.    
 
Someone suggested https://icobench.com/ico/selfpay
Interestingly, out of their top 10 projects only two have a working product.
I checked out 5 of my current investments who all have a working product and most scored terribly (under 2.5/5)

Not to overemphasis the point but in real world terms, if someone came to you and said "We have this idea for a new smart phone.  It's going to solve this xxxx problem. It's built on a telecommunications network that is 5 years off being useful and by the way, we've never built a phone before and we don't even have a working prototype to show you because as I said, we've never built one before".
This is what most ICO's are asking of investor's which is why most will fail.  Heck, I'll be happy if just one of mine pays off but you just never know so never gamble more than you can afford to lose.

One final note. These ICO evaluation sites are all good for one thing.  A "quick initial" assessment of an ICO that you may be interested in. Like panning for precious metal, there are so many ICO's being released that it's hard to filter out out the silt and crap and uncover the real gold.   Don't rely on just the one resource and as always DYOR to see if it satisfies the above criteria.

cheers
NFI.  
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Re: [ANN] RIALTO.AI Cryptocurrency Arbitrage and Market Maker ★ OFFICIAL THREAD ★
by
NFI
on 15/09/2017, 06:12:23 UTC
Does anyone think it would be possible to live a modest lifestyle solely off of the bi yearly dividends this coin pays? For example, if they earned 100m in a year it would pay about $1 worth of ether per coin held, correct? (100m total supply) Any speculation on the amount of coins one would need to hold to be set for life (without selling and just collecting dividends)? If this theoretically was a successful project, at this price it would be infinitely cheaper and less complicated than mining ether while potentially being way more profitable. It seems like a very low risk high reward coin to accumulate and hold indefinitely. Thoughts?

The first thing I would say is never assume any coin (BTC or Alt) will provide you with a modest lifestyle as its all speculation and nothing is certain.  If you are after security, I suggest you look towards another investment vehicle.

Secondly, we have zero indication how much
1: The total Arbitrage market is worth.
2: How much of this market Railto will be able to leverage.

Yes this project has promise however we won't have any real data until the process starts and they release their first round of performance metrics which will no doubt be influenced by market size.  Speaking of market size, the total market cap was was $176 bill just a few weeks ago.  Right now, it's $114 bil... Shocked

Always DYOR and good luck.

NFI
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Re: [ANN][ICO] BANKERA - the Bank for the Blockchain Era
by
NFI
on 14/09/2017, 05:34:43 UTC
I dont 100% understand this and my maths is not perfect but I am seeing people here saying that as bankera takes off the money paid to token holders weekly will increase, however, from reading the whitepaper I dont think this will happen. Even by 2027 when bankera is flying if everything goes as forecast they wont be trading as much as they have in the ico phase where they have traded 2.5 billion tokens (25 million) in about 2 weeks.

I am seeing that bankera forecast to make 500 million profit per year by 2027 (page 16)
Now if they make 500 million that is 1/2 a billion
Divide that by 52 to get weekly profit
Lets say 10 million to round it up and keep things simple profit per week
If they pay 20 percent of that to token holders that is 2 million shared around

This could be way off and I Could have missed something I dont think they forecast to ever do even close to the amount they did in pre ico when live.

I hope Im wrong and I hope to be corrected but wanted to make a post

I see no one has bothered to answer your question so let me try and see if I can.
Quote"Each holder of Banker (BNK) tokens will be entitled to a referral commission, paid weekly; this will be constituted of 20% of Bankera and SpectroCoin net transaction revenue."
The key word here is "revenue" and not "profit".  If they were only paying on profit, then your figures would be correct however they intend on paying 20% of the total "revenue" through both Bankera and Spectrocoin.
Anyone in banking will tell you than profit levels can range between 0.5 - 2% of net revenues so this means that the revenue through Spectrocoin will multiples higher than the $500million they anticipate
Happy to corrected by those smarter than myself though.
Cheers
NFI.
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Re: [ANN][ICO] BANKERA - the Bank for the Blockchain Era
by
NFI
on 14/09/2017, 05:18:32 UTC
BANKERA IS A SCAM !!!

CEO of Spectrocoin an Bankera Vytautas Karalevicius is a scammer !

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1586595.msg15932635#msg15932635

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/69ekq6/beware_spectrocoincom_is_a_scam/

Here is the profile of Bankera CEO Vytautas Karalevicius

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=317543

Here is his trust rating given by default trust members (Just follow the references)

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=317543

Reference : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1586595.msg15933748#msg15933748

This guy is a thief !

This scam company is registered in GB with post box address and the balance sheet is just 1 pound !   The founders are
KARALEVICIUS Vytautas and MOCKEVICIUS Mantas.

Here are the details :

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09008498/filing-history

(Just press filling history and view pdf file)

DO NOT INVEST !


Oh, come on now dude ! You have 21 posts and in all of them you are accusing different coins of being scam. Can't be all that bad !
I don't know about Bankera, but being backed up by Spectrocoin, I trust it and I already bought 175k.
I've been using Spectrocoin for quite a while now without any issues. I even have two cards registered with them, which are accepted in most of the online shops and ATMs as well.
Just get a life and let us live ours.

Cheers.

You forgot to mention that all the warnings (apparently from different users) all appear to be in exactly the same template (sorry format).

NFI.
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Re: [ANN][ICO] BANKERA - the Bank for the Blockchain Era
by
NFI
on 07/09/2017, 04:05:30 UTC
Here are a few observations from their first payout figure and information.
https://blog.bankera.com/2017/09/06/the-first-weeks-net-transactional-revenue-share-has-been-paid/.

It looks like Bankera have made some changes to their Secondary ICO by lowering the coin offering from up to 25bil to just 10bil.
This is a good thing as it's clear this is a long term play and this ICO was never going to benefit from the crazy speculating of some other ICO's where punters were looking to flip (Enigma, Monetha etc).  
The early payout (relative to the investment) is only 4.5% annualised however this is based on current traffic.  This is both good and bad as all Spectrocoin throughput would have been artificially inflated by this very ICO however you might expect the long term outlook would include bank loans being issued which would drive this figure up.

So, less coins for the moment and the ICO will not be an overnight success but no surprises there.

My only concern is releasing the next wave of coins at .1EUR into a downward market.   Whether you like it or not, another bubble is here and it will burst just like the 4 other occasions since 2009.

cheers
NFI.
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Re: [ANN] RIALTO.AI Cryptocurrency Arbitrage and Market Maker ★ OFFICIAL THREAD ★
by
NFI
on 07/09/2017, 03:34:23 UTC
I am invested in Rialto since its pre-ICO. So far I don't see any reason (even minor ones) why this is a sell.
The team has been handling dissemination of information to the public very well and professionally done.

Dorky,
Can you possible share the ICO list price as I got in a little later and I'm curious to know?

Thanks
NFI.

I think it was around 0.13 to 0.15 USD.
So at current price of ~0.5, that's quite a hefty return for an ICO that's maintaining a very low online profile.

The pre-ICO (Priority Pass) ended much earlier, as I correctly speculated, due to reasons I now forgotten.
I also shared this info with some members here but in a different thread where I more usually hang out.

Thanks so much Dorky.  That is most appreciated.
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Re: [ANN] RIALTO.AI Cryptocurrency Arbitrage and Market Maker ★ OFFICIAL THREAD ★
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NFI
on 05/09/2017, 06:06:07 UTC
I am invested in Rialto since its pre-ICO. So far I don't see any reason (even minor ones) why this is a sell.
The team has been handling dissemination of information to the public very well and professionally done.

Dorky,
Can you possible share the ICO list price as I got in a little later and I'm curious to know?

Thanks
NFI.
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Re: [ANN][ICO] BANKERA - the Bank for the Blockchain Era
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NFI
on 01/09/2017, 23:01:36 UTC
OP / Bankera.

The right thing to do for anyone caught up in the ETH processing delays should have their transactions honored at the buy rate at the time of their transaction.
EG: If it was at the very start of the ICO then they should receive their BNK at .012EUR.

cheers
NFI.
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Re: [ANN][ICO] BANKERA - the Bank for the Blockchain Era
by
NFI
on 01/09/2017, 12:40:46 UTC
Long time listener, first time caller here so I hope my first post counts for something (yes, I know my account is new).

For my sanity, I withdraw my BTC from my Spectrocoin wallet earlier today and what do you know.....  It was all there waiting for me in my other wallet. All there.  Exactly as it should be.
The crypto hadn't been stolen like some earlier posters had suggested so let me say to anyone reading this.   Be wary..... of those pretending to help their "buddies" here on the forum by flagging this coin as a scam.
Yes there is a well documented issue with their ETH transaction facility and Spectrocoin's official response has been lacking however logic would suggest to me that if you're about to run off with someone $$$$, why only do it with one segment of your customers AND then if it was only one segment, why not the most popular one (BTC).

If the "Chicken Little's" of this forum honestly believe they are doing the right thing by spreading this type of FUD, let me tell you that it has the opposite effect.  When a genuine scam warning comes up, most won't take it seriously as we don't really trust anyone.

PS: Hi. It's been very nice to meet you.

NFI