2018 Stellar roadmap • Hacker News Board

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by slig » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:14 PM UTC

twostorytower wrote: post #20

zanmat0 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How did you manage to do this? I'm in the same boat. I have the username, password and recovery key yet I can't login and the website tells me that recovery has been disabled for my account.

Exact same here - please let me know if you figure out the solution.

See this thread https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellar/comments/7jf9yq/solving_upg...

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by robinoh » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:14 PM UTC

readams wrote: post #11

I read this whole article and I'm still not sure if this is a real thing or a parody.

According to some guesses, the author is cofounder of OkCupid and has a track record of humorous blog posts. His writing even made it to the NYT. See https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellar/comments/7s7b1l/new_blog_po... for the source.

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by yohann305 » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:15 PM UTC

Two days ago, Stripe announced they were dropping Bitcoin. And now Stellar (A Stripe-seeded company) announces their 2018 plans. Good job on the guy that saw it coming in HN comments!
Note: I'm not bashing Stellar, I'm actually a big fan.

: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16216329

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by tgb » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:16 PM UTC

slig wrote: post #4

From few days ago: "PSA: Check your inbox for email from stellar.org, you may be sitting on $ " - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16109292

Thanks for this. Now what do I do, though? I'd rather not mess this up. I can log in to launch.stellar.org and can "upgrade" to lumens. Do I do that? My goal is to sell them for USD.

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by asciimo » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:19 PM UTC

tgb wrote: post #24

slig wrote: post #4

From few days ago: "PSA: Check your inbox for email from stellar.org, you may be sitting on $ " - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16109292

Thanks for this. Now what do I do, though? I'd rather not mess this up. I can log in to launch.stellar.org and can "upgrade" to lumens. Do I do that? My goal is to sell them for USD.

Yes, I went through that process and it was pretty painless. I recommend going the extra step and getting a secure wallet to store them in. Ledger (https://www.ledgerwallet.com/products/ledger-nano-s) has an app for Stellar Lumens.

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:24 PM UTC

asciimo wrote: post #25

tgb wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for this. Now what do I do, though? I'd rather not mess this up. I can log in to launch.stellar.org and can "upgrade" to lumens. Do I do that? My goal is to sell them for USD.

Yes, I went through that process and it was pretty painless. I recommend going the extra step and getting a secure wallet to store them in. Ledger ( https://www.ledgerwallet.com/products/ledger-nano-s ) has an app for Stellar Lumens.

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Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by foota » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:32 PM UTC

Is uh this a parody or not?

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by j_s » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:43 PM UTC

yohann305 wrote: post #23

Two days ago, Stripe announced they were dropping Bitcoin. And now Stellar (A Stripe-seeded company) announces their 2018 plans. Good job on the guy that saw it coming in HN comments ! Note: I'm not bashing Stellar, I'm actually a big fan. : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16216329

Not sure which comment you're referring to specifically, perhaps https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16216329#16217304?

>swanson: Related to the Coinbase/insider trading noise around BCH a few weeks ago, it seems strange for Stripe to plug other alt-coins (OMG, Stellar, etc) in the post as things they view as "promising" and "imagine enabling support for". I don't think it's illegal nor unethical personally, but it is such a dicey topic that I'm surprised to see someone writing without a mountain of disclaimers on an official Stripe communication channel

>>ChristianBundy: FYI, Stripe has been very transparent in the fact that they believe (and have pumped millions of dollars into) Stellar

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by tzakrajs » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:44 PM UTC

yohann305 wrote: post #23

Two days ago, Stripe announced they were dropping Bitcoin. And now Stellar (A Stripe-seeded company) announces their 2018 plans. Good job on the guy that saw it coming in HN comments ! Note: I'm not bashing Stellar, I'm actually a big fan. : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16216329

I feel really stupid. Back in 2015, their lead scientist David Mazières explained Stellar consensus protocol inside the Gates computer science building at Stanford to a small group of people back when Lumens were worthless. I was in that group of people and I completely missed the boat.

Re: 2018 Stellar roadmap

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Post by Xeoncross » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:45 PM UTC

bkolobara wrote: post #10

As many developers visit HN I will use this opportunity to advertise the Stellar Build challenge[1]. I participated in the past and it's great. Especially to build some fun side projects, learn about distributed ledgers and earn a bit of money. [1]: https://www.stellar.org/lumens/build/

What did you make?