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Re: [Bounty] 🔥TROY🔥 - Fort Knox In Your Pocket
by
troy.gold
on 21/07/2019, 12:26:47 UTC
!!!ATTENTION!!!

I would like to remind you that all kinds of cheating are not alloweded. We will check every accounts and posts and if we find out the traffic cheat or other inappropriate action, user will be excepted from the campaign.

Thank you for understanding!
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Board Tokens (Altcoins)
Re: [ANN]⚡️⚡️TROY⚡️⚡️ - Fort Knox In Your Pocket
by
troy.gold
on 17/07/2019, 13:04:05 UTC
tokens offered by third parties are considered fraudulent if they are not authorized and are not listed as an approved seller, therefore you are absolutely right in your statements.
I heard such information that for some reason at a certain stage I will not be able to view the balance due to the audit of tokens. What is the reason for this and when will my balance be available to me?
everything is simple, my friend. You can view the balance after the purchase of tokens, but before the audit. An audit is an event aimed at accuracy before the distribution of tokens.
now I understand why this is needed. I assume that after the end of the audit everything is normal, I will receive my tokens on my wallet and will be able to use all the functions of Troy Vault.
But if you are a part of the investors and that doesn't need an audit because the team has enough proof like your tx to buy the token. this looks so weird to hear that the team was doing another audit again to the participant. Will some get removed? we will see

Thank you for your enquiry relating to our audit after the completion of our token sale. This is standard practice in most token sales to ensure there have been no errors in the amounts rewarded. The intention for this audit is to ensure that FIAT purchases in particular have resulted in the correct number of tokens rewarded prior to the tokens being delivered.
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Board Bounties (Altcoins)
Re: [Bounty] 🔥TROY🔥 - Fort Knox In Your Pocket
by
troy.gold
on 09/07/2019, 10:49:06 UTC
Week 2 [ 08/07 - 14/07 ]
Facebook Campaign
Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/zarin4444

Likes & Shares
1. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2115028675461933&id=100008644634028
2.
3.

Twitter Campaign
Twitter Profile  : https://twitter.com/saraevi44

Retweets & Likes
1. https://twitter.com/troygoldtoken/status/1148180043291607046?s=19
2.
3.



Hello! The report day is Sunday, please follow the rules. Otherwise your report can be lost.
Thank you in advance.
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Re: [Bounty] 🔥TROY🔥 - Fort Knox In Your Pocket
by
troy.gold
on 09/07/2019, 10:42:53 UTC
#Proof of Authentication
Bitcointalk Username : miam7374
Bitcointalk profile link :https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1825295
Campaign Joined : Facebook, Twitter. Article/Blog
Facebook Profile Link : https://web.facebook.com/miamisa7374
Twitter Profile Link: https://twitter.com/MiamMisa

Week Number: Week #1(02/07-07/07)
Twitter
Shares:  
1. https://twitter.com/troygoldtoken/status/1146082180461924362
2. https://twitter.com/troygoldtoken/status/1146382874335203333
3. https://twitter.com/troygoldtoken/status/1146737318331633665

Facebook
Shares:  
1. https://web.facebook.com/miamisa7374/posts/1314229335402961
2. https://web.facebook.com/miamisa7374/posts/1314228968736331
3. https://web.facebook.com/miamisa7374/posts/1314695875356307
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Week Number: Week #2 (08/07-14/07)
Twitter
Shares:  
1. https://twitter.com/troygoldtoken/status/1146933902759596037
2. https://twitter.com/troygoldtoken/status/1147989612171800578
3.

Facebook
Shares:  
1. https://web.facebook.com/miamisa7374/posts/1316748635151031
2. https://web.facebook.com/miamisa7374/posts/1316967911795770?__tn__=-R
3.

Hello! We appreciate your participation in Bounty program.

Please, write work reports only on Sunday and make new posts.
Thank you in advance.
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Re: [Bounty] 🔥TROY🔥 - Fort Knox In Your Pocket
by
troy.gold
on 07/07/2019, 22:17:35 UTC
Hello, do you accept Chinese for content?


Yes
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Board Bounties (Altcoins)
Re: [Bounty] 🔥TROY🔥 - Fort Knox In Your Pocket
by
troy.gold
on 05/07/2019, 15:27:11 UTC
How many videos can i provide to participate in the bounty?

There is no limit, but if the videos are considered to be similar or spam they wont be counted
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Board Бayнти и aиpдpoпы
Re: Airdrop, Сrowdfunding, ICO, CAMPAIGN,...[Анонсы]
by
troy.gold
on 04/07/2019, 16:36:26 UTC
1. Название: GOLD
2. Официальный сайт: https://troy.gold/
3. Официальная ветка на bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5160896.msg51683638#msg51683638
4. Дополнительные ссылки:
Twitter: www.twitter.com/troygoldtoken
Facebook: www.facebook.com/troygoldtoken
Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/troygoldtoken
Telegram: https://t.me/troygoldtoken
Whitepaper: https://troy.gold/whitepaper.pdf

5. Тип активности: Bounty CAMPAIGN
6. Начало: 02.07.2019
7. Условия: окончание: 1.07.2019 0:00(UTC). Длительность 2 месяца.
Компании:
Blog/media, Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Telegram, Signature,Other.
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Board Legal
Re: Are You Afraid of KYC?
by
troy.gold
on 03/07/2019, 16:48:25 UTC
Out token sale is regulated in Malta and is offering gold products with its token. We are conducting KYC / AML, but only during the purchase process.

Customers cannot complete a transaction until KYC has been passed. Our KYC provider can process your application in under 60 seconds to make the process as painless as possible.

Also, bounty campaigns which earn tokens will not be KYC / AML checked.

To have a look at how it works, check out https://www.troy.gold/
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Board Tokens (Altcoins)
Topic OP
[ANN]⚡️⚡️TROY⚡️⚡️ - Fort Knox In Your Pocket
by
troy.gold
on 03/07/2019, 07:42:19 UTC


_________________________________________________________________________
TROY - Fort Knox In Your Pocket

Crypto’s only producer of gold products and creator of the world’s most secure digital vault.

Join the private sale today and receive a 40% bonus!

_________________________________________________________________________


What’s TROY?


                 
1. Cryptocurrency
TROY brings real world value to cryptocurrency through its regulated GOLD token. TROY GOLD Tokens can be exchanged for physical gold or FIAT.
                 
2. Producer Of Gold Products
TROY will produce gold products using 20,000oz of gold bullion supplied by Bullseye Mining Limited (Australia). Our customers can purchase these products using TROY's GOLD Token.
                 
3. Secure Digital Vault
The Troy Vault secures Troy's Gold Token & other cryptocurrencies, storage for personal files and media. Stay up to date with the latest crypto & commodity news and market updates whilst managing all your transactions.
                 








Token sale information


                 1 TROY Token:      
Symbol:                    
Decimals:
             
$1.12
GOLD
18          
                 Algorithm:                
Protocol Type:            
Platform:
         
ERC-223
Proof of Work
Ethereum
                 




Funds allocation




Why Invest In TROY?

1. TROY's 50% Token burn will continually increase the value of your remaining TROY GOLD tokens
2. The expected increased spot price of gold when you exchange TROY Gold tokens for gold products
3. You can recommend a friend through our affiliate program and earn Ethereum
4. TROY is the first cryptocurrency to be fully incorporated in Malta with gold products.
5. TROY’s supplier (Bullseye mining ltd – Australia) is fully incorporated and registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
6. Bullseye’s gold will be stored in vaults at the government controlled Perth Mint – Australia.
7. The TROY Vault will secure access to all ERC-20 & ERC-223 tokens in the world’s most secure digital asset wallet.
8. During the incorporation process, TROY’s directors were fully vetted by legal representatives in order to comply with Maltese and European laws.

*In addition you can earn as much as 25% from the TROY Vault by recommending a friend.



Core Team


Roadmap


2019

 
Q1

TROY internal systems test, token sale
platform & whitepaper finalised.
Smart Contract Written to ERC-223 standard
 
Q2

'TROY Vault' mobile alpha launch
contract finalised to acquire 20,000oz of gold,
with Bullseye mining being the miner of the Gold
Smart Contract Audit
 
Q3

TROY GOLD token sale relaunch
 
Q4

TROY GOLD token sale Completion




2020

Q1

TROY Vault Alpha Public Release
TROY Vault Beta public Release
         
Q2

TROY Vault Beta Security Audit
         
Q3

TROY Vault v1 launch
                     
Q4

Development of unpublished concepts



2021

2021-2022

Gold delivery and production of TROY's gold products. Product sale window open.



_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________





Our social media:


FACEBOOK    •   TELEGRAM    •     TWITTER  

REDDIT • WEBSITE



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Board Bounties (Altcoins)
Topic OP
TROY - Fort Knox In Your Pocket
by
troy.gold
on 02/07/2019, 15:46:32 UTC





We will pay the award to all campaign participants 2 weeks after the token sale has ended.

Troy reserves the right to make amendments to the bounty program at any time and remove stakes/participants from the bounty for any reason such as unethical behaviour and fraudulent submissions.

The final reward will be counted as: (Total number of token for campaign/ sum of all bounty hunters' shares)*number of one bounty hunter's shares

For any questions related to the Bounty Campaign you can contact us: Telegram Bounty Group

Week 1 [July 2 - 7, 2019]
Week 2 [July 8 - 14, 2019]
Week 3 [July 15 - 21, 2019]
Week 4 [July 22 - 28, 2019]
Week 5 [July 29 - August 4, 2019]
Week 6 [August 5 - 11, 2019]
Week 7 [August 12 - 18, 2019]
Week 8 [August 19 - 25, 2019]
Week 9 [August 26 - September 1, 2019]
(2 months campaign)


Subscribe to our news on the website, be in touch and get 1 stake additional reward!




To take part in the TROY blog/media campaign, simply fill in the form, write your article, make a blog post or create your video and publish it. Content can take many forms and be distributed through many channels, such as media publications, journals, blogs, video, and others.

Form

Terms:

1. Low quality, badly written articles or videos may be rejected.
2. Articles and videos must be your original work. You are not permitted to copy other people's work; it will lead to your disqualification. You are entitled to utilize official materials posted on our website.
3. Your videos, articles or blog posts must include official images, logos, graphics, and other branding items found on our website.
4. A video should be at least one minute long. Shorter videos will not be considered.
5. An article should be 1500+ characters long. Shorter articles will not be considered.
6. You should have at least 300 followers.

Reward:

The GOLD stakes will be distributed as follows :

                  100 - 500 views:
Video   -  4 stakes
Article  -  2 stakes
                 500 - 2000 views:
Video   -   7 stakes
Article  -   5 stakes
                 2000 - 6000 views:
Video   -   10 stakes
Article  -  8 stakes
                 6000+ views:
Video   -   12 stakes
Article  -  10 stakes






To take part in the Twitter Bounty campaign, fill in the form, comment, like and follow our Twitter page.

Form

Terms:

1. Twitter account must have at least 500 Followers.
2. Twitter account must be original. Fake, inactive and bot accounts will not be accepted. We will check every account.
3. Do not delete your retweets until the ITO ends.
4. Do not unfollow until the ITO ends.
5. You must be an active and regular Twitter user and retweet, like at least 3 posts per week.
6. Joining with multiple accounts is not allowed. If we find out that a user uses multi accounts, he will be blacklisted.
7. Comments should be at leats 70 characters long.

Reward:

The GOLD stakes will be distributed as follows:

                  500+ subscribers  -   2 stakes per week
1,000+ subscribers  -  4 stakes per week
                 3,000+ subscribers  -  6 stakes per week
10,000+ subscribers - 8 stakes per week
                 

Additional reward:

2 comments = 1 stakes

Attention! We count only good quality comment.

Subscribe to our news on the website, be in touch and get 1 stake additional reward!





To take part in the Facebook Bounty campaign, fill in the form, follow, like and repost our Facebook page. Moreover, you can post your own info about Troy on your Facebook account.

Form

Terms:

1. Facebook account must have at least 500 Followers.
2. Facebook account must be original. Fake, inactive and bot accounts will not be accepted. We will check every account.
3. Do not delete your reposts until the ITO ends.
4. Do not unfollow until the ITO ends.
5. You should be an active and regular Facebook user and retweet at least 3 posts from Troy Facebook.
6. Joining with multiple accounts is not allowed. If we find out that a user uses multi accounts, he will be blacklisted.
7. We will not give tokens for comments on Facebook. Spam and bad comments will be deleted.
8. Comments should be at leats 70 characters long.

Reward:

The GOLD stakes will be distributed as follows:

                  500+ subscribers  -   2 stakes per week
1,000+ subscribers  -  4 stakes per week
                 3,000+ subscribers  -  6 stakes per week
10,000+ subscribers - 8 stakes per week
                 

Additional reward:

2 comments = 1 stakes

Attention! We count only good quality comment.

Subscribe to our news on the website, be in touch and get 1 stake additional reward!




To join the Telegram campaign, please fill in the form and join our telegram chat.

Form

Terms:

1. No spam or foul language against other members or about the project.
2. Stay until the end of the ITO to get the bounty.
3. PLEASE DO NOT MENTION BOUNTY ON TELEGRAM CHAT. ONLY DISCUSS THE PROJECT/ITO DETAILS.
4. You must leave at least one constructive message to get tokens. We don’t count such messages as “Hi”, “Good project”, “Joined” and so on.
5. You should use the English language in the chat.

Reward:

Telegram chat: 3 stakes for a week

Subscribe to our news on the website, be in touch and get 1 stake additional reward!




To take part in the Reddit Bounty campaign, fill in the form, subscribe our Reddit, post information about Troy ITO.

Form

Terms:

1. Must subscribe to subreddit: Troy Subreddit
2. We reserve the right to not consider your Reddit account eligible.
3. Your account should be at least 20 days old and have 10 posts or comment karma
4. External posts should link to either Troy ITO Website or Official Announcement.
5. Posts and Comments with negative Karma will not be accepted. Any kind of spam will not be rewarded either.
6. For a post to be counted, it needs to be posted in one of the following subredits, or cryptocurrency related subreddits: r/bitcoin, r/ethereum, r/ethtrader, r/icocrypto, r/cryptocurrency

Reward:

The GOLD stakes will be distributed as follows:

1 contribution to TROY subreddit = 1 stake
1 upvote or comment = 1 stakes
Submitting TROY related story to other subreddits  = 4 stakes

Subscribe to our news on the website, be in touch and get 1 stake additional reward!




To take part in the signature bounty campaign add a signature (with HTML content exactly as specified below) to your profile rank and fill in the form.

Form

Terms:

1. Signature should be retained till the end of the token general sale period, removing the signature before that time will lead to disqualification.
2. During that period you should make at least 10 posts per week.
3. Post must be relevant and constructive; low quality, spamming & copying will not qualify.
4. Post should be 50+ characters long. Shorter posts will not be considered.
5. It is preferable to write in English-speaking branches, threads of other ICO.

Reward:

The GOLD stakes will be distributed as follows:

                 Signature reward per week
Jr. Member: 1 stake
Member: 2 stakes
Full Member: 3 stakes
Sr. Member: 5 stakes
                 Avatar reward per week
Full Member: 1 stake  
Sr. Member: 2 stakes
Hero Member: 4 stakes
Legendary: 8 stakes
                 


Signature HTML content:

Jr Member:

TROY
♦ Blockchain gold ♦
Pre-sale on Aug, 13

Code:
[center][size=12pt][b]TROY[/b][/size]
♦ Blockchain gold ♦
[b]Pre-sale[b] on Aug, 13[/center]


Member:

TROY
♦ Blockchain gold ♦
Pre-sale on Aug, 13

Code:
[CENTER][size=14pt][/size][B][size=12pt]TROY[/size][/B][size=14pt][/size][/CENTER]
[CENTER]♦ Blockchain gold ♦[/CENTER]
[CENTER][B][URL=]ANN[/URL] [B]| [/B][URL=t.me/troygoldtoken]Telegram[/URL][B]|[/B][URL=www.facebook.com/troygoldtoken] Facebook[/URL] [B]| [/B][URL=www.twitter.com/troygoldtoken]Twitter[/URL] [B]| [/B][url=https://troy.gold/whitepaper.pdf]Whitepaper[/url][B]| [/B][url=https://troy.gold]Website[/url][/B][/CENTER]
[center][b]Pre-sale[b] on Aug, 13[/center]


Full Member:

TROY
♦ Blockchain gold ♦
Pre-sale on Aug, 13

Code:
[CENTER][size=14pt][/size][B][size=12pt][color=#3e6082]TROY[/color][/size][/B][size=14pt][/size][/CENTER]
[CENTER][B][color=black]♦ Blockchain gold ♦[/color][/B][/CENTER]
[CENTER][B][URL=][color=#9a7438]ANN[/color][/URL] [B]| [/B][URL=t.me/troygoldtoken][color=#ba9650]Telegram[/color][/URL][B]|[/B][URL=www.facebook.com/troygoldtoken] [color=#cfb773]Facebook[/color][/URL] [B]| [/B][URL=www.twitter.com/troygoldtoken][color=#e2d088]Twitter[/color][/URL] [B]| [/B][url=https://troy.gold/whitepaper.pdf][color=#b29353]Whitepaper[/color][/url][B]| [/B][url=https://troy.gold][color=#987438]Website[/color][/url][/B][/CENTER]
[center][b]Pre-sale[b] on Aug, 13[/center]


Sr Member:



Code:
[center][table][tr]
[td] [/td]
[td][center][size=18px][url=https://troy.gold/sites/privatesale.aspx][color=#cfb773] [b]Pre-sale Aug, 13[/b] [/url]
[url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5160896.msg51683638#msg51683638][color=#9a7438][b]BOUNTY THREAD[/b][/url][/td]  
[td][/td]
[td][size=26pt]|[/td]
[td]  [/td]
[td][center][font=Arial Black][size=22px] [url=https://troy.gold][color=#3e6082]TROY[/url]
[font=Arial][size=11px][b][color=black]♦ Blockchain gold ♦[/color][/td]
[td]  [/td]
[td][size=36px][[/td]
[td]  [/td]
[td][left][font=Arial Black][size=2px]
[size=10px][color=#FA1]- [url=t.me/troygoldtoken][color=#a31818]TELEGRAM[/url]
- [url=www.facebook.com/troygoldtoken][color=#a31818]FACEBOOK[/url]
- [url=www.twitter.com/troygoldtoken][color=#a31818]TWITTER[/td]
[td][/td]
[td][left][font=Arial Black][size=2px]
[size=10px][color=#FA1]- [url=www.reddit.com/r/troygoldtoken][color=#a31818]REDDIT[/url]
- [url=][color=#a31818]ANN THREAD[/url]
[color=#FA1]- [url=https://troy.gold/whitepaper.pdf][color=#a31818]WHITEPAPER[/url][/td]
[td]  [/td]
[td][size=36px]][/td]
[/tr][/table][/center]


Hero/Legendary:


Code:
[center][table][tr]
[td] [/td]
[td][font=Arial][size=11px][b][color=black]  [/color]
[center][size=25px][b][url=https://troy.gold][color=#fff][glow=#000000,1]        [color=#987337]T[/color][color=#ac8c4d]R[/color][color=#c4a966]O[/color][color=#d2ba76]Y[/color]        [/url][/b][/size][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][size=26pt]|[/td]
[td]  [/td]
[td][center][font=Arial][size=21px][b][color=#000]♦ Blockchain gold ♦
[size=11px][color=#987438] [url=https://troy.gold/sites/privatesale.aspx][color=#987438]Pre-sale Aug, 13[/color][/url]  |  [url=][color=#987438]ANN THREAD[/url]  |  [url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5160896.msg51683638#msg51683638][color=#987438]BOUNTY THREAD[/url][/td]
[td]  [/td]
[td][size=34px][[/td]
[td]  [/td]
[td][left][font=Arial Black][size=2px]
[size=10px][color=#FA1]- [url=t.me/troygoldtoken][color=#a31818]TELEGRAM[/url]
- [url=www.facebook.com/troygoldtoken][color=#a31818]FACEBOOK[/url]
- [url=www.twitter.com/troygoldtoken][color=#a31818]TWITTER[/td]
[td][/td]
[td][left][font=Arial Black][size=2px]
[size=10px][color=#FA1]- [url=www.reddit.com/r/troygoldtoken][color=#a31818]REDDIT[/url]
- [url=][color=#a31818]ANN THREAD[/url]
[color=#FA1]- [url=https://troy.gold/whitepaper.pdf][color=#a31818]WHITEPAPER[/url][/td]
[td]  [/td]
[td][size=34px]][/td]
[/tr][/table][/center]


Avatar:





To take part in the Bag, Telegram Sticker Creation Bounty campaign, fill in the form and wait when we will contact you.

Form

Reward:

Reward will be validated after all agreements.

_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________

The number of your GOLD stakes will be displayed in the Spreadsheet given below.

  


Attention! We need a weekly report about your work. You should publish it on our bounty thread on Sunday.


_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________

Link to the official ANN Thread


Our social media:

FACEBOOK    •   TELEGRAM    •     TWITTER  

REDDIT


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Topic
Board Altcoin Discussion
Ethereum Network
by
troy.gold
on 25/11/2018, 23:09:16 UTC
What are your thoughts on claims that the Ethereum network isn't sustainable and that it's smart contracts will be overtaken by networks like the Tron Network, Cardano, EOS? Surely Ethereum 2.0 should help?
Post
Topic
Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Become a miner for FREE
by
troy.gold
on 25/11/2018, 21:59:18 UTC
The majority of these are old miners which are now being scrapped, even when Bitcoin was close to its ATH, some of these miners weren't profitable then.
Post
Topic
Board Altcoin Discussion
Re: Ethereum 2.0 when?
by
troy.gold
on 23/11/2018, 15:11:41 UTC
What are your thoughts on the adoption of ERC-223 ERC-721 and ERC-777?
Post
Topic
Board Altcoin Discussion
Re: Do bounty hunters become ICO investors?
by
troy.gold
on 23/11/2018, 15:10:24 UTC
Quite a number of bounty hunters and airdrop hunters become ICO investors. Some people base the quality of the airdrop/bounty and interaction of the team as a basis in which to judge their investment.
Post
Topic
Board Off-topic
Re: Software Deals for Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2018
by
troy.gold
on 07/11/2018, 11:20:58 UTC
Does anybody know if there will be any deals for games/software on Steam?

Steam nearly always have an offer of some sort, but CDKeys is often better regardless
Post
Topic
Board Beginners & Help
Re: Can you make your own "section" somewhere for your own ICO?
by
troy.gold
on 07/11/2018, 11:05:29 UTC
If you're referring to making an announcement thread - there is a section dedicated to this.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=159.0

The standard format for the subject is

   [ANN] name - tagline
Post
Topic
Board Legal
Re: Bitcoin tax advisors (UK)
by
troy.gold
on 07/11/2018, 11:01:49 UTC
So... I've cashed out enough Bitcoin to pay off the mortgage and pay 28% capital gains tax on it. I spent £10 on Bitcoin in January 2011 when you could still buy them with Paypal.

I've outlined the situation briefly to my Mum's accountant who says it all sounds pretty straightforward. Obviously I visit exchanges and read Bitcoin news and google therefore sends me lots of adverts for accountants who specialise in dealing with Bitcoin tax issues.

Is there any point in going to one of these firms? It strikes me that I might end up paying them a lot of money for advice on a straightforward issue. I know there is a suggestion that sufficiently speculative transactions count as gambling and are therefore untaxed. However whilst it feels as if I've won the lottery, another part of me feels that it was just a particularly good investment and should have been treated as such. In which case, simple..?

UK capital gains tax is 20%, not 28% - unless you're a high earner. I assume because you're using your mum's accountant you are not a high earner.

Also, the first £11,700 earned annually via capital gains is tax free.

If your partner/mum and you invested together, then this means the capital gains tax allowance would be doubled to £23,400.

The majority of accountants dont understand crypto, but they do understand capital gains so it should be straight forward. I don't believe you need a large firm to handle it.

At the end of the day, if the figure is £50,000 - £500,000 or even £5,000,000 - the maths is straight forward for an accountant.
Post
Topic
Board Altcoin Discussion
Re: Stable Coins Necessary?
by
troy.gold
on 07/11/2018, 10:22:32 UTC
Stable coins are necessary in order to protect your investment during downtrends. Unfortunately - you cant profit from a stable coin, sure you may make a fraction of a percent here and there but there is no real return. I am ignoring teather's recent volatility as it isn't common.

See below

https://medium.com/coinmonks/fundamental-problem-with-all-stable-coins-339516acb094

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“Stable” coin is a hot topic, Haseeb Qureshi had a great Medium blog post dissecting three types of “stable cryptocurrencies”. Here’s the link to his article. I will go over the pros and cons of all three categories later in this post, but Haseeb, and many other commentators are missing the point and so do all “Stable” coin designers. All of these coins have one characteristic in common: they all target a specific price. I assume the thinking goes: “if the price doesn’t change much, that would make a coin stable”. I think it is a big mistake. First of all, when a specific price is targeted that means that any time price moves away from that target, an organization tasked with maintaining the price stability will use their predetermined process to force the price in other direction. Historically that is how any price peg is maintained. And as we all know pegs have tendencies to be broken. It becomes a game of who has more resources, people that are trying to break the peg and people that are trying to defend it. George Soros is a poster child of peg breaking. Any time speculators feel that they have enough resources to break a peg they go for it. It’s just a matter of time when a peg is attacked. When investors lose confidence in the peg or price stability that spells the end of that particular “stable” asset. But that is not even the main problem with targeting a specific price level.

Stability in itself should be viewed as a valuable resource, and the value of any market resource is changing based on the demand. When volatility is up or inflation increases (reduced stability in the world financial markets) demand for stable asset would increase, and when volatility is decreasing and there is no threat of a runaway inflation, demand for stability goes down. These market forces make stable assets more stable, it regulates its supply and makes such assets productive.

A great example of a stable asset is gold, and gold price moves around. It is determined by market forces and perceived stability of the global financial system. The dollar is another example. It’s ironic that many stable coins are trying to target a price equal to one dollar, but the price of the dollar itself (as stable as it is) moves around against other currencies. Stability of the dollar or gold does not come from targeting a specific price. A dollar is relatively stable (compared to many other currencies) because it powers the US economy, biggest and most stable economy in the world. Gold is stable because it has a perceived value and that perception has been around for millennia.

Targeting a specific price actually makes stable cryptocurrency less stable. As demand for the stable assets is increasing or decreasing it put pressure on whatever stabilization mechanism that currency is using. Increasing stress on the stabilization process and cost of that stability.

As far as the three known categories of stable cryptocurrencies, there are examples of all three and many are viable and I am sure many more will be created. But all three have problems.

Cryptocurrencies backed by fiat currencies are probably the best know “stable” cryptocurrencies. Tether and TrueUSD are good examples of this category, but Tether specifically is used not because of it’s stability, it is used as a US dollar substitute by many crypto exchanges. Exchanges are afraid of dealing in USD directly because they don’t want to answer to US regulators and they all use USDT instead. As any asset-backed token, dollar backed currency is as stable as the dollar itself, as long and the relationship between the underlying asset and the token is transparent and safe. Even though Tether is in demand, the shortcomings of the dollar backed tokens are obvious, creating cryptocurrency backed by a fiat currency means that the coin’s ecosystem has to be plugged into a traditional banking system to hold the underlying fiat currency at best with a centralized custodian. And the risk of that design is front and center in the Tether implementation. Tether cannot be open about where the dollars backing the currency are held without exposing itself to the wrath of US banking regulators. As a result, it’s unclear who is holding the dollars for Tether and how much of it is there. One call from US regulators to any bank that is doing business with Tether and that relationship is gone.

A good example of a “stable” coin backed by crypto collateral is Dai by MakerDAO. The market cap is growing, it stands just over 40mm USD. Dai seems to be pretty stable so far, but to achieve that stability, Maker is over collateralizing its tokens. That process makes the stable currency expensive and whether it will be able to significantly grow its market share remains to be seen.

The last and my favorite (I am being a little facetious here) category is “stable” currencies with stability provided by an external resource or an economic schema where some other resource (usually a second coin) is used to maintain the stable price of the first one. Basis (formally known as Basecoin) would be a good example. It is unclear how this coin will behave, especially at the time of a significant market stress. I view these systems as artificial, and ultimately, artificial systems use external resources to maintain stability. Investors have to trust that participation in these type of dual coin models will be profitable. The second this trust in an outside resource or a dual coin structure is gone these type coins would collapse. Resources have a tendency to run out and I think at a time of some market crisis these type of tokens will not do well. I may be proven wrong, time will tell.

So how can a stable cryptocurrency be created, or what could make a cryptocurrency stable? In short, a truly stable cryptocurrency has to have its own stability and not rely on another asset or another coin to maintain its price. A stable crypto ecosystem has to be created and a cryptocurrency that is an integral part of it will be as stable as the ecosystem itself. Both Bitcoin and Ethereum ecosystems are growing and gaining stability, these currencies won’t be viewed as stable in comparison to gold or dollar any time soon but they are gaining stability. As a number of market participants increase these currencies will be less volatile and more stable. Stable ecosystems mean there is a stable demand for the currencies, not just from traders and speculators. The current value of these two and other cryptocurrencies is based purely on real or perceived demand generated by investors entering the crypto market. The influx of new market participants is significant and for now, it doesn’t add to the stability of these cryptocurrencies.

So, what will a real stable cryptocurrency look like? Here’s my list of attributes:

It will run on its own blockchain that is a well understood and safe
It will support a large ecosystem with a stable and significant number of the daily transactions.
The value of this currency will have a direct correlation to the size of its network
It will not be backed by any other asset
The price of this currency will be allowed to fluctuate based on supply, demand, market sentiment, etc.
The value will not depend on gimmicks like token burning, etc.
Fungible Network is working on such currency. We believe it will be the first cryptocurrency where stability will be a byproduct based on real returns the currency can generate for its holder.

STAY TUNED!

Dan Raykhman, CEO of Fungible Network
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Re: Eduroam blocks tor, vpns and bitcoin core!
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troy.gold
on 07/11/2018, 10:15:25 UTC
You could try the following:

- VPS server tunneled out
- A proxy server
- a remotely accessible computer outside of the network (sounds extreme but i've used this in the past)
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Re: The Bitcoin Hype-Cycle
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troy.gold
on 07/11/2018, 01:36:02 UTC
Where can I view the entire article?