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PSA: Don't buy "Cold Storage" wallets off eBay
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fluxer555
on 20/09/2017, 15:02:35 UTC
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bitcoin-Card-PVC-Plastic-Paper-Wallet-Durable-SAFE-and-SECURE-Cold-Storage/222557029319

When purchasing this, your private key should already be considered compromised. This is NOT cold storage, as the private key was generated by a means out of your control. While I have no proof that this seller is a scammer, they have all the power to be one, and by that virtue is being dishonest by claiming that these are secure.

If you want a real cold storage solution, refer to this guide.
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Re: Official BitBay Thread |Smart Contracts Wallet UPDATE|Decentralized Marketplace
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fluxer555
on 03/05/2017, 13:45:59 UTC

Thanks for remembering those details. Also I should add to automate the vote would be what most people will do. I was thinking we might have to add another option to that dropdown box which is "vote towards target" and have them vote to a target supply or price. Its possible to only let those decisions for each user run for a week or so to force them to occasionally check the software again to recast it. These are mostly user interface decisions but not protocol.

The idea of how centric do we want to make an algorithm gets closer to the heart of protocol.

Actually the frozen supply can effect demand in a good way. There is a bylaw being added to allow transfer of frozen supply on the condition it is locked in a 1 month time lock. This "slows" the frozen funds so you could just say there are variable speeds of liquidity. The slowed funds are used for bonds, credit swaps or trustless loans and really all kinds of cool instruments never before thought possible in crypto.

If there becomes a speculative market, i would think the frozen/slowed funds would become the speculative market. Because those give access to voting power, can be staked for interest and also serve as a future. It will be one helluva fun trading game.

I can see the peg falling into the situation you described. A few potential risks is it is deflated too much so the price goes way too high and cannot be recovered to that target. Another risk is the network can't agree on a supply so it gets stuck at a certain level.

But consider that there is always changes to the economy and the ones holding. So most likely it would never really get stuck at a specific supply. Someone who buys up 100% of the liquidity would end up seeing the supply inflate. So i think as long as there is consistent demand that is something we shouldn't worry about.

But lets say this happens. Then we would want to consider forking to update the algorithms perhaps?! The cool part about this is that its an awesome social experiment so we can see how it goes and adjust and get inspired to improve upon it with better algorithms.

In theory, we can do it based purely on algorithms without voting but for now I really like combining the two.

Thanks David, definitely looking forward to seeing all this unfold Smiley
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Re: Official BitBay Thread |Smart Contracts Wallet UPDATE|Decentralized Marketplace
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fluxer555
on 02/05/2017, 18:14:13 UTC
Just to make sure I understand correctly...

By being able to change the liquid supply, we can manipulate the spot price. This shouldn't affect market cap, however, because we're decreasing the supply to increase the spot price, and increasing the supply to decrease spot price. Since market cap = (supply x spot price), in theory, we should be able to keep the price constant.

My questions:

1. At what frequency is the liquid supply updated? It's not uncommon for crypto to have ±10% in a few minutes, and this could be troublesome for a consistent peg.
2. Is voting really going to be effective enough to keep track? It seems like it would be a full time job to constantly adjust the liquid supply manually.
3. Does the existence of illiquid supply affect the demand in any passive way? The dynamics here seem complex.
4. Will we ever get into a situation where BAY will be locked away indefinitely, in a sort of "checkmate" between keeping the peg consistent, and the inevitability of a drop in demand if the peg were to change (to release illiquid funds)?
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Re: Official BitBay Thread |Smart Contracts Wallet UPDATE|Decentralized Marketplace
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fluxer555
on 27/04/2017, 15:55:02 UTC
I just don't understand how the idea continues to perpetuate that the arbitrary division of coin supply somehow affects the worth of the crypto on the whole. I've been seeing this shit for years, either there's some FUD intentions or people are just so dense.

Reminds me of this:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DUPWLwFRHyFgx2A1vOWIRLWBb794eH9HZgBX0am4O3Yb_JtMRZhvqhUkqkUMCn35LqfxE7qgTbjJLCg_ZFNeLaQagby9gJGjdXJ5YknTbXyzk6HBAurHlZixHhlByTGBpQA
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Re: Official BitBay Thread |Smart Contracts Wallet UPDATE|Decentralized Marketplace
by
fluxer555
on 24/04/2017, 15:08:04 UTC
Wouldn't exchanges have to cooperate to a high degree here? The coins in each user's accounts usually just correlate to a percentage of some total supply owned by the exchange. If I transfer 100 coins to an exchange right before a 50% freeze, I'll still be able to trade all 100 of my coins, even though the exchange's wallets will have the funds tied up. The problem will be when I try to withdraw, or rather, when more than 50% of their stored funds are withdrawn. It would benefit those who withdrew earlier, and it seems possible that this could avalanche into a bank-run type scenario. In order to avoid this issue, all exchanges would have to artificially implement the coin's logic within their trade mechanics. Thoughts?
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Re: Official BitBay Thread |Smart Contracts Wallet UPDATE|Decentralized Marketplace
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fluxer555
on 24/04/2017, 05:26:19 UTC
I'm highly skeptical as to whether freezing coins can actually tame the market forces into a predictable/stable token value, especially with voting. Voting takes time, and the market moves instantly. Through what process do stakeholders determine what amount of coins to freeze, and can we trust them to accurately make that determination? Do you have insight on the incentive/game theory behind this, and perhaps investigated if there is any tragedy-of-the-commons scenario to look out for?

If I remember correctly, NuShares tried to do this and failed spectacularly. Let's not make the same mistakes.
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Re: [WTS] BtcFaucets.com
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fluxer555
on 03/03/2015, 16:00:20 UTC
Still looking for offers!
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Re: [WTS] BtcFaucets.com
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fluxer555
on 26/02/2015, 15:31:27 UTC
how much do you want for it then? it shouldnt be too much then

Make me an offer if you are serious. Thank you.
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Re: [WTS] BtcFaucets.com
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fluxer555
on 23/02/2015, 17:41:27 UTC
was it used for anything before? if yes how much visitors did it have regulary?

This domain has not been used for anything before.
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Re: [WTS] BtcFaucets.com
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fluxer555
on 20/02/2015, 20:41:49 UTC
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Re: [WTS] BtcFaucets.com
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fluxer555
on 19/02/2015, 18:14:07 UTC
How come that you aren't running a faucet or made a page with a list of Bitcoin faucets ??
Anyway do you mind giving more informations please ?
  • Website registered where ? Namecheap / GoDaddy / etc..
  • How much you are looking for ? and what are the payment methods do you take

Btw , willing to go first or using an Escrow ?
~ Madness

I don't have the intention of developing this domain because I am simply a domain investor, and I don't have the time to research how to make a profitable faucet website.

Domain is registered at NameBright.com.

I have no asking price, however I am open to all offers. I accept Bitcoin and BitUSD, however I am open to other forms of payment as well.

Escrow can be through a company like escrow.com, or through a trusted escrow BCT member.
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Re: [WTS] BtcFaucets.com
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fluxer555
on 19/02/2015, 15:02:45 UTC
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[WTS] BtcFaucets.com
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fluxer555
on 17/02/2015, 20:24:12 UTC
Selling domain:

BTCFaucets.com

Perfect generic, brandable, concise, memorable, SEO-friendly domain for your bitcoin faucet directory website.

Post or PM me your offers.
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Re: [Announce] Project Quixote - BitShares, BitNames and 'BitMessage'
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fluxer555
on 30/01/2015, 16:09:31 UTC
You might want to start a new topic... this topic is severely outdated.
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Re: Official BitBay Thread |Smart Contracts Wallet UPDATE|Decentralized Marketplace
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fluxer555
on 25/01/2015, 17:05:37 UTC
Mac wallet crashing on startup. Any fix?
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Re: PayTripler.com High Risk Investment... 300% Payouts!!
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fluxer555
on 19/01/2015, 03:30:24 UTC
The Altcoin forum is now officially comprised of topics that are either screaming "_____ IS A SCAM!", or topics that are actually scams themselves.
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Re: Even though BTS devs are greedy, it's still better tech than NXT and NuBits
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fluxer555
on 17/01/2015, 16:35:56 UTC
Come-from-Beyond, I think some of that may be outdated, describing an older version of DPOS. Specifically,

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- At all times no delegate may have more than 2% of the vote. Any transaction or block that would give a delegate more than 2% of the vote is to be rejected.

I could be somehow mistaken, but this does not seem to be the case.
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Re: More BitShares greed.
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fluxer555
on 14/01/2015, 22:48:44 UTC
Come-from-Beyond, your presence here is quite refreshing. Thank you.
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Re: Is my crypto decentralized?
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fluxer555
on 12/01/2015, 17:19:54 UTC
A system destined for growing centralisation can't be called decentralised. Where is the logic?

Your statement is at odds with itself:

1. By describing "A system destined for growing centralisation" you acknowledge that there many shades/degrees of centralization/decentralization.
2. By stating "...can't be called decentralised", you force a description of said shades/degrees into a binary TRUE/FALSE state.

That being said, I think the point you bring up about increasing centralization with network growth is a valid concern, and is a useful contribution to continuously-improving BitShares hivethink.
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Re: [PRE-ANN][ZEN][Pre-sale] Zennet: Decentralized Supercomputer - Official Thread
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fluxer555
on 13/12/2014, 05:28:21 UTC
Good question. The original plan was to work with DPOS which is like Ripple but breaks some of the centralization with POS like. After discussions with HunterMinerCrafter we consider moving to plain POW. Please see above more about this subject.

Would you (and possibly HunterMinerCrafter) be interested in joining a voice conference session with the top minds and developers behind DPOS for an intelligent discussion on the right consensus model for Zennet? I can have this arranged.