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Would love some free ZET!

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will you settle for some of bobby's salty tears?

Honest Tim - you are giving away ZET coins?

Yes, but only to those who DESERVE it. Such as people who don't mine, or didn't buy any when it was cheap, or who only want some now because the price has risen a bit. I try to make it as fair as possible.

Ha ha... Not sure if I deserve any but... Never took much notice of Zetacoin until it rose 5x and was pretty suspicious. Have bought in now though, 1200 ZET @ 4500 sat or so. Not going to chase any pumps but am going to wait and see what happens. I do mine but just with a single 7850...

ZET: ZU1bNxcc5aSViF1mDqdJk1w5Z83V2iTjcv

Sorry Dragon, but you have been mining and took the risk of buying some. The Zeta Bunny is only willing to help those who have actually done nothing at all. Thats only only fair I suppose.

If only your philosophy were more broadly shared. I don't do shit except surf the internet all day long and the only thing my boss has ever given me is attitude.

However, I wouldn't ask for coins. What I'd ask for is information - does anyone know when we find out this big news for sure? I was a serious skeptic and I came here to be a smartass last night but someone in this thread explained the m-pesa rumors to me and I bought 100k. I've done a lot of work in developing countries and I absolutely believe that integrating crypto into worker remittances and transfers in the developing world would be THE killer app for digital currency. But it's been 24 hours already and the suspense is killing me. Is this happening or isn't it?

Just be patient, these things take time, especially in Africa. Just hang on to your ZET

I will. It seems like a very promising possibility.

I do have nagging doubts though. M-pesa could pretty much dictate the terms of any deal, so what they would want is the key, and I can't exactly figure that out. Why link up with an existing coin instead of simply paying a developer to create a Vodafone or m-pesa branded coin? It seems like that would meet their needs as well or better than simply adopting zeta as a medium of exchange. Maybe this reduces risk of storing value for them - their model would be simply charging for exchange and transfer fees, but crypto removes their costs for banking and securing the money? I dont know. I'd be interested to hear what people think about that. But basically, I'm prepared to set that aside and hold while we all wait find out.

Actually, I think this link from Googling "mpesa security" begins to answer my question. It looks like the administrative costs, customer service issues, and liability for funds, is indeed a major headache for mobile operators. Perhaps crypto simply let's them continue to rake in usage fees while offloading liability and management costs - let's them reap the fees while retaining focus on their core business.

http://www.kictanet.or.ke/?p=713

Still, they have a system that is working, although apparently not always smoothly. I would guess any zetacoin integration would be on some kind limited, pilot basis initially. But I agree the details and practical challenges of actually doing this would no doubt be momentous, and it won't happen overnight.

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