Posts made by summatix

That’s pretty cool about Belgium. Bulgaria and Serbia seem to have the cheapest electricity. Bulgaria has the added advantage of having the second fastest internet speed in Europe (Romania is the fastest). Serbia isn’t part of the EU, and so is cheaper with general costs - I know big miners in Serbia (I buy a lot of my bitcoin from Serbia). When it comes to mining, Eastern Europe seems to be ruling supreme. From what I know, Netherlands is one of the more expensive parts of Europe in terms of electricity costs, similarly along with Germany and the general Northern part of Europe.

[quote name=“DigitalDoom” post=“2390” timestamp=“1368249074”]
So what you gonna do?

FTC is dying rapidly…I’ve seen lots of suggestions in here but nothing being done. Are you guys going to try and save it or let it die? If something isn’t done to turn things around soon, it’ll be a footnote in history. Already it’s worth less than a squirt of piss. By tomorrow morning it’ll be negative zero.

Real shame things went this way. I had really hoped the best for FTC…then it hit the exchanges and it looked like it stood a real chance. Almost immediately after, it began the downward spiral. So…what are you all going to do now?
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Dying? How is FTC dying? The BTC/FTC value has dropped, but the community and support has grown. The value of FTC is trying to be established now, and all cryptocurrencies had their downfalls in the past. FTC is far from dead.

[quote name=“ShadowEW” post=“2063” timestamp=“1368174642”]
I tried to make a Dwolla account, then it got locked down because I’m not in the USA :P
I’ve found it’s even more difficult to get money in most trading sites if you’re not in the USA. It’s not impossible, but it’s not easy.
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Yes, they closed down my Dwolla account too, even though I was using a US bank account. Getting money into exchanges is easy when you’re dealing with larger amounts of cash ($50k+), but for most people dealing with much smaller transactions, many hoops need to be jumped through so it’s not even worth the effort. Just buy using other means.

[quote name=“StephenJH” post=“1995” timestamp=“1368159665”]
I was probably one of the first 12 people in the first faucet post on bitcointalk and have been avid since. My site will be done way after this bounty is collected… but any insight, thoughts, encouragement, constructive criticism is much appreciated. The current site is just a wordpress, I’m just playing with the url tree while I wait for the green light.

I build websites for a Financial Group and I’ve done very well for them. My Business Plan draft is on some money desks but some of you probably know that’s the time consuming part. I mean to do this up proper if it takes 1.2 years.

http://feathercoin.co

(ps if any of you need me to look over website code for section 508, seo, valid html etc, let meh now)
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Interesting choice of not allowing bot trades. How far along are you?

[quote name=“justabitoftime” post=“1966” timestamp=“1368134448”]
[quote author=hectorlee link=topic=259.msg1812#msg1812 date=1368106601]
I’m an audio professional and musician/sound artist. Looks like I’m the odd one out.

[url=http://hector-lee.com]http://hector-lee.com[/url]
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We need more artists around here!
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This is very true. Artwork and video will be very important for Feathercoin.

As for me, I haven’t had a job for years. I’m a serial entrepreneur, of sorts. I live for a living, is that satisfactory?

I used to use Opera, but site compatibility is too poor.

What really needs to be worked on are the advantages of Feathercoin and the selling points of a new platform, otherwise merchants are just going to be left asking why they don’t just use the already established bitpay and coinbase services.

And please, nobody create an underground illegal marketplace using Feathercoin. This at least is one advantage over Bitcoin and Litecoin, as they’re receiving negative attention due to illegal misuses. It really comes down to branding and PR. You can’t control how the currency will be used, but you can control its image, and the marketing is what’s really going to set Feathercoin apart.

Where do you mine? So long as you hold onto them they should increase in value in time. Once more infrastructure is built they can start being spent.

No problem :)

Well I’ve had tough times, just as everybody else. But I’ve done ok. The ‘homelessness’ was partly a forced situation in which a decision was made to either continue renting on my own, or travel. I chose the more exciting option.

[quote name=“sheepson” post=“1883” timestamp=“1368115833”]
Im also from The Netherlands ;).

Electricity is pretty expensive, around €0,21 kw/h ($0.28).
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That’s what I figured. It wouldn’t make it the most ideal location for mining then.

[quote name=“zerodrama” post=“1901” timestamp=“1368118018”]
What if it’s as easy as a Firefox extension? :)
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That would be cool. Though I use Chrome most of the time ;)

I just quickly threw this together: [url=http://feather.lokifund.com/]http://feather.lokifund.com/[/url]

Not concerned about GUI atm, just fleshing out functionality and what direction Feathercoin should head. My idea is to essentially do the same thing as Coinbase. What are people wanting to see? Also will need to work on selling points for Feathercoin.

Eventually the goal would be to integrate with banks to buy FTC directly, but that’s further down the track…

Turning USD into anything is troublesome due to the nature of USD and the regulation within the USA. I’m assuming you’re in the USA. Outside of the US there actually tends to be more options. You can use Mt.Gox or BTC-E. Transfer money in using Dwolla or Bitinstant. Alternatively, you can usually find people on LocalBitcoins to do cash in hand deals. Other avenues also exist to purchase cryptocurrency from individuals directly.

Your only option at this stage is to purchase bitcoin, and then trade bitcoin for FTC. The process will become easier as more infrastructure for Feathercoin is developed.

Personally I’ve never actually used USD to purchase cryptocurrency - I mostly deal with AUD and EUR, which are far easier to work with.

What’s the mining community like in the Netherlands? How cheap is electricity? I know there are huge mining communities for cryptocurrencies in the southern eastern parts of Europe near the Balkans

[quote name=“zerodrama” post=“1834” timestamp=“1368110537”]
Peer Market will be a downloadable GPL licensed peer to peer exchange platform completely unlike anything out there.

First milestone, run an exchange via gopher protocol.
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This is a rather ambitious project. Good luck.

Most people don’t want to have to download something in this web dominated society, but it’s difficult to make a purely decentralised open source exchange that is web based.

haha. Yes, I’m homeless by choice. By “homeless” I mean I don’t have permanent residency (or legal residency in any country) nor own a house. I’m a perpetual traveler. Two days ago I was in Poland. Now I’m in Hungary. I’ve also rejected the path of employment (definitely not due to lack of offers) to pursue entrepreneurship.

Perhaps the sarcastic humour loses its effects through written form…

[quote name=“ShadowEW” post=“1766” timestamp=“1368092739”]
Reading through it doesn’t look like you’ve had the best of starts into life but it does look like you’re really making the most of it to the best of your abilities.
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That’s a first I’ve heard. Do you mind elaborating on why you think this?

Well this is more about me: [url=http://robertroose.info/about/]http://robertroose.info/about/[/url] (I have no desire to be anonymous here and would rather be open and establish reputation. summatix is my public name.)

I’m a heavy user of bitcoin. Basically, I’ve shut down all my personal bank accounts and travel around using cryptocurrencies (I’m a bit of an extremist). Feather has some good branding and marketing behind it, which makes it somewhat better than litecoin.

I think a global currency is not feasible, which is why we won’t see one victorious cryptocurrency arise above all others, just like no fiat is used exclusively. We’re seeing many cryptocurrencies emerge, and we will continue to see more. But if this community support and growth keeps up, feathercoin could become quite successful.

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Great to see such an active community

[quote name=“ShadowEW” post=“1742” timestamp=“1368089884”]
interesting site you have there and if it could be (and you want it to be) adapted for Feathercoin purposes I think you’re onto a little winner. ^^
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Well it’s definitely a possibility. I’m no longer an active founder of the project. Feathr is based in Florida, and I’m in Hungary right now.

I’m interested in building up a similar type of service as an extension of my company in Australia. It’s just a lot of development work… Shouldn’t be too much effort to get some sort of MVP up and running though. Any other developers interested?