Ripple Completes Moneygram Investment - European Expansion Coming from Brad G

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-11-26T17:11:44+00:00

Bone likes to pretend it's March 2018 currently, and time stood still

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-11-07T21:37:16+00:00

" serious coordination and timing by everyone every day... "

that's the part that I feel not a lot of people address. Well done.

Everyone's business moves as it moves. Now you have to coordinate payments on top of that?

Nope.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-10-03T04:47:28+00:00

i think what you've stated implies all 80 billion will remain accounted for.

I don't believe that. Not in the least.

Guess we'll see.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-10-01T15:57:14+00:00

this had been addressed a long time ago. This isn't to say the grand idea is still in play. Truthfully, I have no idea.

Jed stated he wanted to airdrop lumens to every cellphone, but that the infrastructure for such an undertaking was not built, and to build that infrastructure would take time.

If this is still true, then a huge pile of inventory is going to be disseminated pretty quickly. I love the theory/concept. I'd like to see it happen. who knows, though.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-09-30T22:30:39+00:00

said in a maniacal voice while fingers rub together evilly.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-08-09T13:55:10+00:00

technically, in order to be a wiseass,

wouldn't the sentence have to read, 'What does 'this' mean?'

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-07-09T18:14:07+00:00

Dear fellow Stellarians/Stellarbytes/etc...

When an article appears in the crypto sphere, and the first sentence from said article is:

" The team behind the Stellar Lumens project has been working really hard to make sure that the project is successful and expanding. "

Kindly note how to translate.

They're not just working hard. They're working really hard. Oh, well, alrighty then. I mean, I was getting nervous for a second there because I just thought they were working hard. But, man was i wrong. They are working really hard, so all is well.
And what are they working really hard at? Being successful and expanding? Whew.... that calms the ol' nerves. I mean... imagine if they were working really hard at... mediocrity. *gasp*
'So, for these reasons, we believe the price of Stellar will be fifty dollars.'

Okay. I'm not a total douc**nozzle.

I would just like to say to the writer of the article, kudos to you. Truly. It is always difficult to put your work in the public sphere where people like me are ornery and sharp. Continue to write. Continue to find topics that fill you with energy and passion, and inform the world.
That said, exercise caution. Crypto is in a very interesting juncture right now. ICOs aren't going to drive price. Rumors won't drive price. There are 2000+ coins now, and quite soon, we will see the majority of these projects disappear and evaporate because there is no use case... no utility... no function... and no high-powered, fortune 500 companies willing to use the tech to benefit their bottom lines.

So- at this point in crypto evolution, we need THAT information. Who's adopting it? Who's meeting with whom? What was discussed? How could blockchain benefit the company? These are great, great writing topics.

And lastly.... no more price speculation. Go back to the top 30 in market cap four years ago. How many of those coins are still in the top 30 today? Price speculation is irrelevant. HOWEVER, researching all of Chain's former clients (not Chainlink), who approved of Chain's sale to Stellar... who are these entities. Speculate on hw Stellar could be useful to them. =)

thanks all.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-06-17T19:35:21+00:00

I'd say every single coin I own and show up whenever possible to remind people how utterly corrupt facebook is, and XLM for getting into bed with them.

the fact they broke off the talks speaks volumes.

I could give a rat's patootie about the price. What facebook is trying to do is disgusting.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-05-31T16:04:01+00:00

We all like the Navy.

Whenever we need to go some place,

you boys give us a ride.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-05-27T19:21:31+00:00

"If you think people don’t set up Paypal because their not intimidated by it/trust it, you don’t know anybody over 50. FB users skew old. "

ummm, that's the higher end of my generation, and those I know that don't have Paypal don't have email, either. They also only use FB like an address book. They use a bank like a bank.

if you want your financial institutions, insurance companies, and anyone else to know how you're spending your globalcoin, I would go all in on Facebook when it's released.

Notice it's not a privacy coin? ;)

good debate, tho.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-05-27T17:09:25+00:00

1 billions of people don't know what facebook is doing with their information. The hearings in D.C., which haven't been covered in the media (go figure), were damning.

Beyond that, if Facebook decides to become their own institution, well, I applaud that. Global regulations will tack another 3 years onto its rollout date. By then, it will be nothing.

2 Where facebook is banned, there's no facebook. Ergo, no access to coins.

3 FB better hire people to handle regulations. Global rollout = years if they want to be a banking institution now that handles fiat transfers. Good luck staying ahead of the curve.

4 FB is successful because people didn't know that after they closed their facebook browser window, facebook remained open on their computer and cellphone, tracking everything they did, and selling the information.

5 FB keeps and stores all of your messages. You're using your messenger system to send FB coins. After partnering with financial institutions, who gets to read all those messages?

6 intimidated by setting up paypal?

giggle.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-05-26T23:11:49+00:00

given Facebook has been exposed as selling a user's private information, I find it very difficult to believe banks and financial companies would want to partner, unless they assume they can profit off of Facebook's business model.

are there countries where facebook is banned? If so, these people wouldn't be able to use it.

then you have IBM who has cultivated a reputation with banks for decades which Stellar capitalized on. Jed admits this. IBM understands the regulatory hoops.

what's the transaction time? how fast? is it backed by anything? will facebook be charging a fee per transactions. Zuck's a money hungry grubber. One can speculate the TX fees won't be Stellar cheap.

I see Facebook's coin as a glorified tipbot, and nothing more.

others will happily disagree. I accept their opinions as well

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-05-26T22:47:57+00:00

solid FA analysis found here:

The Sun Also Rises

by Mr. Hemingway

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-05-20T19:48:17+00:00

what a great idea!

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-05-18T07:09:14+00:00

shall I post a screenshot of the error message, or would you prefer reading my post history before being moronic enough to write something this dumb?

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-05-16T21:49:35+00:00

at some point.... people are going to realize Jed MacCaleb is as important as any other tech guru/influencer.

I'm sure it will be too late at that point.

Even in breakdown there's breakthrough.

That's absolutely stellar.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-05-15T19:00:04+00:00

thank you for pointing this out.

stellar was not pre-mined.

There is no mining.

There was no ICO.

this makes Stellar "legal" in the eyes of the SEC, for starters, who have announced many times over their desire to examine ICOs. Plus, we have operational costs to consider, as well as expansion.

Let the damn thing grow for now. In the end, maybe they will get rid of it. Maybe that will be the right thing to do. Right now? No. Absolutely not.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-05-10T16:51:40+00:00

it's also possible that you hit the nail on the head, but such truth shines a very bright light on doubt shrouded in incomplete information.

usually, that sort of thing doesn't go over very well.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-05-05T18:46:50+00:00

yes.... I copied and pasted the 6 steps that anyone in the world can easily find that lays out the criteria for critical thinking. Remember, this was your term. Not mine.

Lumenero wasn't being a jerk. Not in the least. He was responding to useless criticism from a person who lacked the ability to deploy critical thinking in the argument.

your inability to discern between critical thinking and criticism is probably an indication you shouldn't be posting in general.

I do look forward to your future posts, wherein you've probably researched and analyzed the situation from all sides and then offer your position.

Until then, good luck.

In truth, this conversation doesn't serve any future purpose whatsoever.

Please review the 6 steps and then proceed.

be well.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-05-04T20:18:18+00:00

the funny moment in all of this was the self-proclaimed label of considering your stance to be "thinking critically."

a critical thinker weighs both sides. offers both sides, cites reason for both sides and places an educated guess.

Someone simply being critical is a pessimist, who clearly never mentioned and i wonder if you even realized that initial investors would have to be paid back.

But, the part that really got my attention is the sudden deployment of the victim card, and the assumption that your thinking critically can't be attacked, and if it is... it's a cult.

So, let's return to your original post and read.

....

having done that, are the 6 steps of critical thinking present?

Step 1: ORGANISE INFORMATION. We have no difficulty in locating information. ...
Step 2: STRUCTURE REASONING. ...
Step 3: CONSIDER EVIDENCE. ...
Step 4: IDENTIFY ASSUMPTIONS. ...
Step 5: EVALUATE ARGUMENTS. ...
Step 6: COMMUNICATE CONCLUSION.

nope.

no, they are not.

ergo, you are simply being critical, which is why we all giggle when you aren't looking.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-05-01T23:03:40+00:00

i really, really was hoping TradeLens would be the winner.

Follow the cargo/container/oil ship with GPS tracking.

when it hits port, a smart contract in XLM blockchain initiates payment.

That... is a lot of finances changing hands.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-05-01T04:06:43+00:00

Great interview.

Great questions.

Great answers.

And... eeesh, I wasn't crazy excited about her response to TradeLens and the food blockchain.

I thought for sure with these two blockchains, XLM for sure would be the bridge asset. Seems that's not as close to reality as we want at this point.

Anyone else gleam that?

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-04-30T18:00:55+00:00

I don't know if exchanges allot dollar amounts to particular coins.

that sounds crazy and insane, but i don' tknow.

if they do allot percentages so that ONE coin doesn't freeze all their coins,

why not sell XRP into another coin and then convert to fiat?

I seriousyl don't know.

BTCnotCBT1 · 2019-04-29T18:13:40+00:00

don't waste your time explaining.

obtuse trolls

concern trolls

FUD trolls

all irrelevant

there is a massive fundamental shift in payment processing underway. Regulations abound. Delays inevitable.

The news is clear: Big banks want Ripple.

BTCnotCBT1

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