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Re: Stellar

#21

Damn, my open source project was named Stellar way before! http://stellar.evelend.com/

I guess Incubus's song Stellar, Stellar.js, Stellar the band, any number of companies named Stellar, and "Stellar" the adjective describing pertinence to stars should all be upset too.

Oh wait, you're just using this as an opportunity to plug your own work... Move along then.

Re: Stellar

#22

Agh, the Stellar client requires a Facebook login to get a share of the initial batch. :/

Of course it does, otherwise I'd be able to register an unlimited number of accounts to get as much free Stellars as I wanted.

Re: Stellar

#23

Feel free to send me 1000 stellar in step 4 of the signup process. Username: corey . Had to be the first to ask :) Thanks in advance!

Only if you send 2000 to Tomaz :)

EDIT: got 1000 from 'miha'

Re: Stellar

#25

Feel free to send me 1000 stellar in step 4 of the signup process. Username: corey . Had to be the first to ask :) Thanks in advance!

I just sent you 1000 stellars :-) We could set up a chain where we each give to the previous user so all of us get +1000 :-) My username is "lck"

Re: Stellar

#27
post #17
post #12

100% pre-mined? No thanks. People complain about the distribution of Bitcoin being imbalanced. This is 100x worse.

Hi, I work at Stellar. The FB auth is the first of several methods to receive stellars so we will add more methods soon. Also, mining obviously has many benefits, but it's still limited to people who are highly technical and/or who have money to spend. We wanted to provide much broader access to digital currency, and so stellars will be given away for free at the click of a button. To encourage transparency, anyone c…

What other methods are you looking to introduce and when might they be an option?

I created a Stellar account but am in the minority of people who don't have a Facebook account and was a little disappointed.

Re: Stellar

#28
post #25

Feel free to send me 1000 stellar in step 4 of the signup process. Username: corey . Had to be the first to ask :) Thanks in advance!

I just sent you 1000 stellars :-) We could set up a chain where we each give to the previous user so all of us get +1000 :-) My username is "lck"

+1 for the chain idea.

Re: Stellar

#29
The "Connect with Facebook" button on Stellar's dashboard appears to be broken, or at least for me, anyway. Clicking it results in a "Loading..." message that never seems to go away.

Re: Stellar

#30
post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just sent you 1000 stellars :-) We could set up a chain where we each give to the previous user so all of us get +1000 :-) My username is "lck"

+1 for the chain idea.

I got +1000 from "myleshenderson". I guess he's next in the chain :-)
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