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Anyone else concerned that there seems to be a permanent confirmation code for resetting pw sent in plain text over email? "Keep this code SAFE. Anyone with this code and your username can gain access to your account" Where I'm from, that is a password.
I got this message when signing up with my Facebook account (which I only use for signing in to services, not to connect with people, which may be why I got it): Oops! Our spam detection checks say your Facebook account isn't eligible. If you are a legitimate user, we apologize and are improving our detection algorithms. And we will release new ways to grab stellars soon, so please check back. Is there any way to pro…
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It's a fork of Ripple, lol. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8115272
But this one is better because it has mandatory Facebook integration! Exactly what everyone wants!
I need to connect with Facebook to receive stellars. How is this decentralized again?
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No this is not Bitcoin-like. It's premined and requires trust. Besides, it's just a fork of Ripple, which has already failed after being dumped by its creator. http://i.imgur.com/DvyNzY3.jpg Oh but it has integration with Facebook, so I guess that changes everything! /s
Bitcoin also requires trust, specifically the trust that miners will not collude to double spend. There is also nothing fundamental about the idea of issuing coins as a reward for mining. It's just one possibility among many, there's nothing intrinsically "fair" about it.
Maybe you think that some scheme will be discovered, but that's pretty speculative at this point. It's been many years and not a whiff of one.
If anyone wants to get a send-to-receive chain going for the learn to send free 1000 STR deal, reply to this with your username. I'll send 1000 STR to anyone who sends me 1000 STR. My username is tklovett on stellar.