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Re: Stellar

#111

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 5:15 PM UTC

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Re: Stellar

#112

Post by michaelmcmillan » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 5:15 PM UTC

richbradshaw wrote: post #92

michaelmcmillan wrote: post #49

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My username is michaelmcmillan. I'll send 1000 back to the first who sends to me. Let me know here. Let's get a proper chain going on reddit: http://reddit.com/r/thestellar

just sent you 1000, my username is richb. Again, send 1000 to me, I'll send 1000 back :)

I just did! :) edit: uhm, any plans on paying it back?

Re: Stellar

#113

Post by pc » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 5:16 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #111

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Yes; it's because your wallet is decrypted by the client and your password is never sent to the server.

Re: Stellar

#114

Post by oafitupa » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 5:17 PM UTC

kzanul wrote: post #5

Was wondering what was going to come following the post on Bitcoin as an IP layer. This is great stuff - looking forward to seeing how it evolves.

I'm sorry but this is not "great stuff", it's just a fork of Ripple:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8115272

Re: Stellar

#115

Post by tindrlabs » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 5:17 PM UTC

glennos wrote: post #60

slig wrote: post #44

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Sent you 1k.. edit: just got 1k each from "joeboy" and "darrhiggs". edit2: got 1k more from "brimtown".

This is awesome. 'glenn' please! Who's next?

tmyers -- ready to send!

Re: Stellar

#116

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 5:17 PM UTC

JoshTriplett wrote: post #94

joyce wrote: post #17

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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…

Without the inclusion of mining and the incentives to establish a mining infrastructure, how do you intend to provide safe decentralized verification of transactions?

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Re: Stellar

#117

Post by fela » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 5:17 PM UTC

fela wrote: post #83

jqueryin wrote: post #18

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!

first to send me 1000 gets 2000 back ;) username: fela

received and transferred 2000 back :)

edit: didn't get the 1000 bonus yet though, does that only work if I send exactly 1000?

edit 2: I got the bonus now. 34 times. I've 39000 STR total now :O

Re: Stellar

#118

Post by oafitupa » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 5:18 PM UTC

ericb wrote: post #103

I get what bitcoin is. Can someone help me with what stellar is, and why it is better than, or a complement to, bitcoin or the traditional system?

Stellar is just a fork of Ripple:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8115272

Re: Stellar

#119

Post by lazyant » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 5:18 PM UTC

connected with FB and not sure if I verified my email, I get some "server errors" and logouts and can't change my settings

Re: Stellar

#120

Post by tomasien » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 5:18 PM UTC

Is anyone else having trouble with the client? My whole team is trying to sign up and are having a myriad of issues, but I can't submit to the forum because my username and password keep not working even when I make new ones.