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Kodak shares up as it announces KODAKCoin cryptocurrency

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Re: Kodak shares up as it announces KODAKCoin cryptocurrency

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At the risk of a very low value comment... The fact that this wasn't called KODAKoin seems like a major oversight.

Yes, I was thinking the same thing! Only difference is that you name it KodaKKoin to grab the ticker symbol KKK. It will become the latest and hottest meme on the block.

Re: Kodak shares up as it announces KODAKCoin cryptocurrency

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>Utilizing blockchain technology, the KODAKOne platform will create an encrypted, digital ledger of rights ownership for photographers to register both new and archive work that they can then license within the platform. With KODAKCoin, participating photographers are invited to take part in a new economy for photography, receive payment for licensing their work immediately upon sale, and for both professional and am…

isn't this the main problem with digital currencies? it's easy to make one

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Re: Kodak shares up as it announces KODAKCoin cryptocurrency

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post #7

>Utilizing blockchain technology, the KODAKOne platform will create an encrypted, digital ledger of rights ownership for photographers to register both new and archive work that they can then license within the platform. With KODAKCoin, participating photographers are invited to take part in a new economy for photography, receive payment for licensing their work immediately upon sale, and for both professional and am…

> it's just Kodak trying to ride the free money wave of cryptocurrency speculation. Our company made a massive push last year for developers to be "using blockchain technology, now." No real direction as to what exactly needs to be solved with it, just that we need to be seen using it. This was before several months before the whole Long Island Blockchain fiasco. Apparently, last year, "block chain experts" were meet…

Guys billing $500 an hour to tell people what they want to hear.

Re: Kodak shares up as it announces KODAKCoin cryptocurrency

#58

>The initial coin offering...is open to accredited investors Is this fairly common now? Most of the ICOs I've read about before were basically open to everyone.

This is SEC rules for ICOs. ICOs that don't have that limit are a) likely scams or at best b) probably a gigantic legal mess.

Has this always been the case (ICOs are only open to the accredited), or does this only apply to ICOs after the SEC's Dec 11th, 2017 statement?

Re: Kodak shares up as it announces KODAKCoin cryptocurrency

#59

Easiest short opportunity of the year.

"The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent"

And this "surge" only takes the price back to where it was 3 months ago. Which in itself is less than half of 12 months ago.

It looks like an easy short but you could easily get burnt.

Re: Kodak shares up as it announces KODAKCoin cryptocurrency

#60

At the risk of a very low value comment... The fact that this wasn't called KODAKoin seems like a major oversight.

Too easy to misinterpret as KODA Koin. Brand guidelines are important especially at a company like Kodak.

>especially at a company like Kodak.

As they have barely anything left, I agree.

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