Daily analysis of cryptocurrencies 20190930(Market index 27 — Fear state)
https://preview.redd.it/cj3ysjyoirp31.png?width=405&format=png&auto=webp&s=87dc996d5fae2556bc5bd1c22c6a8cceba09e286 European Banking Giant Developing Blockchain Platform And Digital Currency Payments For Transit Riders In Madrid The Municipal Transport Company of Madrid (EMT) is planning to launch a blockchain-powered application that will allow users to pay with digital currency for the company’s train and bus services across the city. Vottun, the company behind the development of the App, is one of 300 firms that submitted an application to participate in the Madrid in Motion project, which involves adding support for a digital payment system to the city’s public transportation system. To develop the payment system, the startup is partnering with Banco Santander, the fifth-largest bank in Europe. Earlier this month, Banco Santander became the first financial institution to issue an end-to-end debt-based bond on Ethereum’s public blockchain. IRS Releases ‘Tax Cheat’ Info Raising Concerns About Crypto Theft The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a new report and infographic on Sept 26 illustrating unpaid or underpaid taxes for the years 2011–2013. The numbers reflect estimates based on the last such findings, for the years 2008–2010. With commissioner Chuck Rettig citing the importance of voluntary compliance, and crypto’s popularity on the rise, the IRS is growing increasingly concerned with opportunities for tax evasion afforded by the new digital money. Japanese Government To Hold Blockchain-Themed Symposium On October 7 The Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry (RIETI) will hold a symposium named Next·Blockchain on October 7. This is reportedly the first time for the Japanese government to host such a blockchain-focused conference. Attendees include Chris Dai, the Long Hash CEO, Steven Pu, the Taraxa founder and CEO, Yuzo Kano, bitFlyer co-founder and CEO, etc.
Encrypted project calendar(September 30, 2019)
INS/Insolar:Insolar (INS) will be on September 30thERD/Elrond:Elrond (ERD) will conduct main network test on September 30thNULS/NULS:The NULS team will plan to beta the ChainBOX in the third quarter.CS/Credits:Credits (CS) will exchange tokens and bug rewards in the third quarterQTUM/Qtum:Quantum Chain (QTUM) is expected to complete lightning network beta in the third quarterXEM/NEM:New World Bank (XEM) will release mobile wallet and computer wallet in the third quarterHC/HyperCash: hypercash (HC) will complete community management agreement in the third quarter
Encrypted project calendar(October 01, 2019)
HT/Huobi Token:The financial base public link jointly created by Firecoin and Nervos is expected to be open source in October.RVN/Ravencoin:Ravencoin (RVN) Ravencoin will perform a hard fork on October 1.SHND/StrongHands:StrongHands (SHND) SHND 1000: The 1st currency exchange event will be held on October 1.ADA/Cardano:Cardano (ADA) plans to hold technical consensus meeting in Amsterdam on October 1stXRC/Bitcoin Rhodium:Bitcoin Rhodium (XRC) will record account balance awards on October 1stPPC/Peercoin:Peercoin (PPC) will perform Peercoin v0.8 (code tang lang) hard fork on October 1st
Encrypted project calendar(October 02, 2019)
BNB/Binance Coin:The 2019 DELTA Summit will be held in Malta from October 2nd to 4th. The DELTA Summit is Malta’s official blockchain and digital innovation campaign.BTC/Bitcoin:The B.Tokyo 2019 conference will be held in Tokyo from October 2nd to 3rd.CAPP/Cappasity:The Cappasity (CAPP) London Science and Technology Festival will be held from October 2nd to 3rd, when the Cappasity project will be attended by the Science and Technology Festival.
Encrypted project calendar(October 03, 2019)
ETC/Ethereum Classic:The 2019 Ether Classic (ETC) Summit will be held in Vancouver on October 3–4ANT/Aragon:Aragon (ANT) is the AGP for the new mandatory community review period, with a deadline of October 3.
Encrypted project calendar(October 04, 2019)
KNC/Kyber Network:Kyber Network (KNC) will update the maxGasPrice parameter in the Kyber Network contract from 100 gwei to 50 gwei within 2 weeks after October 4.
Encrypted project calendar(October 05, 2019)
Ontology (ONT):Ony Ji will attend the blockchain event in Japan on October 5th and explain the practical application based on the ontology network.
Encrypted project calendar(October 06, 2019)
SPND/ Spendcoin:Spendcoin (SPND) will be online on October 6th
Encrypted project calendar(October 07, 2019)
GNO/Gnosis:Gnosis (GNO) will discuss the topic “Decentralized Trading Agreement Based on Ethereum” will be held in Osaka, Japan on October 7th. Kyber and Uniswap, Gnosis and Loopring will attend and give speeches.
Encrypted project calendar(October 08, 2019)
BTC/Bitcoin:The 2nd Global Digital Mining Summit will be held in Frankfurt, Germany from October 8th to 10th.
Encrypted project calendar(October 09, 2019)
CENNZ/Centrality:Centrality (CENNZ) will meet in InsurTechNZ Connect — Insurance and Blockchain on October 9th in Auckland.
Encrypted project calendar(October 10, 2019)
INB/Insight Chain:The Insight Chain (INB) INB public blockchain main network will be launched on October 10.VET/Vechain:VeChain (VET) will attend the BLOCKWALKS Blockchain Europe Conference on October 10.CAPP/Cappasity:Cappasity (CAPP) Cappasity will be present at the Osaka Global Innovation Forum in Osaka (October 10–11).
Encrypted project calendar(October 11, 2019)
OKB/OKB:OKB (OKB) OKEx series of talks will be held in Istanbul on October 11th to discuss “the rise of the Turkish blockchain.”
Encrypted project calendar(October 12, 2019)
BTC/Bitcoin:The 2019 Global Mining Leaders Summit will be held in Chengdu, China from October 12th to 14th.
Encrypted project calendar(October 14, 2019)
BCH/Bitcoin Cash:The ChainPoint 19 conference will be held in Armenia from October 14th to 15th.
Encrypted project calendar(October 15, 2019)
RUFF/RUFF Token:Ruff will end the three-month early bird program on October 15thKAT/Kambria:Kambria (KAT) exchanges ERC20 KAT for a 10% bonus on BEP2 KAT-7BB, and the token exchange reward will end on October 15.BTC/Bitcoin:The Blockchain Technology Investment Summit (CIS) will be held in Los Angeles from October 15th to 16th.
Encrypted project calendar(October 16, 2019)
BTC/Bitcoin:The 2019 Blockchain Life Summit will be held in Moscow, Russia from October 16th to 17th.MIOTA/IOTA:IOTA (MIOTA) IOTA will host a community event on the theme of “Technology Problem Solving and Testing IoT Devices” at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on October 16.ETH/Ethereum:Ethereum launches Istanbul (Istanbul) main network upgrade, this main network upgrade involves 6 code upgrades.QTUM/Qtum:Qtum (QTUM) Qtum main network hard fork is scheduled for October 16.
Encrypted project calendar(October 18, 2019)
BTC/Bitcoin:The SEC will give a pass on the VanEck/SolidX ETF on October 18th and make a final decisionHB/HeartBout:HeartBout (HB) will officially release the Android version of the HeartBout app on October 18.
Recently, there was a minor upside correction in bitcoin above the $8,000 level against the US Dollar. The BTC/USD pair even climbed above the $8,200 resistance. Finally, the price spiked towards $8,400, but it failed to gain momentum. Moreover, there was no proper close above $8,200 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. As a result, the price started a fresh decline below the $8,000 support. It even broke the $7,700 level and traded to a new monthly low at $7,661. Besides, the current price action is bearish, with an immediate resistance near the $7,900 level. Additionally, 50% Fib retracement level of the recent decline from the $8,157 high to $7,661 low is also near the $7,900 level. The main resistance on the upside is near the $8,000 and $8,100 levels. More importantly, there is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $8,050 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair. An intermediate resistance is near the $8,040 level, plus the 76.4% Fib retracement level of the recent decline from the $8,157 high to $7,661 low. Therefore, an upside break above the $8,000 and $8,100 levels is must for a decent recovery in bitcoin. The next key resistance is near the $8,400 level. Review previous articles:https://medium.com/@to.liuwen Telegram: https://t.me/Lay126 Twitter:https://twitter.com/mianhuai8 Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100022246432745 Reddi:https://www.reddit.com/useliuidaxmn LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/liu-wei-294a12176/
338 BC Macedonian army led by Philip II defeats combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean
216 BC Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae - Carthaginian army lead by Hannibal defeats numerically superior Roman army under command consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro
1921 Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox
1921 After 3 hours deliberation a Chicago jury acquits 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal, next day banned from organised baseball for life
1943 Uprising at Treblinka Concentration Camp (crematorium destroyed)
1944 Jewish survivors of Kovono Ghetto emerge from their bunker
1944 Turkey breaks diplomatic relationship with nazi-Germany
1945 After 3½ days suffering exhaustion, lack of water and shark attacks in the Philippine Sea, the surviving crew of USS Indianapolis are spotted by Wilbur “Chuck” Gwinn, a PV-1 Ventura pilot on a routine sector search. 316 had survived.
1945 Potsdam Conference between Joseph Stalin, Harry Truman and Winston Churchill ends
1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands wins the 100m in 11.9 at the London Olympics; 1st of unprecedented 3 individual track & field gold medals
1948 Danish swimmer Greta Anderson (1:06.3) touches out American Ann Curtis by 0.2 in the women's 100m freestyle at the London Olympics
1948 Italians Adolfo Consolini and Giuseppe Tosi go 1-2 in the men's discus final at the London Olympics
1952 17 year-old future world champion Floyd Patterson wins the gold medal in the middleweight division at the Helsinki Olympic Games with a 1st round KO of Romanian Vasile Tita
1953 Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash
1953 KCPQ TV channel 13 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 The second Blackwall Tunnel opens in Greenwich, London
1967 "In the Heat of the Night" directed by Norman Jewison, based on John Ball's novel of the same name, starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture 1968)
1968 35th Chicago College All-Star Game: Green Bay 34, All-Stars 17, 69,917 at Soldier Field
1968 Ron Hansen (Washington) & Tim Cullen (Chicago WS) become the first MLB players to be traded for each other twice in the same season, they had been traded in February in opposite directions
1969Bob Dylan makes surprise appearance at Hibbing HS Minn 10th reunion
1973 Future Baseball Hall of Fame 3rd baseman George Brett gets his 1st MLB hit on debut for the Kansas City Royals in 3-1 win v Chicago WS
1975 104°F (40°C) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record)
1975 107°F (42°C) at ChesteNew Bedford, Massachusetts (state record)
1977 In his comeback Test, England cricket batsman Geoff Boycott is unbeaten on 80 after a 1st innings 107 as England beats Australia by 7 wickets in the 3rd Test at Trent Bridge
1979 "Broadway Opry '79" closes at St James Theater NYC after 6 performances
1979 Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway
1979 Washington, D.C. trial attorney Edward Bennett Williams buys MLB's Baltimore Orioles from Jerold Hoffberger for reported $12.3 million
1980 Cuban super-heavyweight Teofilo Stevenson becomes the 1st fighter to win 3 Olympic gold medals in the same division, scores 4-1 points decision over Pyotr Zayev (Soviet Union) in Moscow
1981 England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham takes 5 for 11 to end Australia's chase of 151 target, all out 121 for 29 run defeat in 4th Test at Edgbaston
1982 Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 100th MLB base of the season in 6-5 win v Seattle, first to steal 100 twice in modern era
1982 Roger Ebert's "Movie News" premieres on ABC FM network
1984 Jeff Blatnick becomes first American to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Los Angeles Olympics, Blatnick was in remission for Hodgkin’s disease
1986 Curtis Cup Women's Golf, Prairie Dunes CC: Great Britain & Ireland beats the US 13-5, the visitors first win on American soil
1986 Lee Elder fires a record 11-under par 61 on his way to winning the Senior PGA Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative at Sleepy Hollow CC; mark stands for 11 years
1987 Don Brown sets flight record for handbow (1,336 yds 1'3")
1987 Cincinnati outfielder Eric Davis is 7th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases in one season as he homers in Reds 5-4 win v Giants
1987 Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49mph) in winning the Marlboro 500 at the Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan
1987 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo
1988 System Enhancement Association settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC)
1989 NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 & 1989 N24
1990 Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait, Emir flees to Saudi Arabia
1990 Yankees rookie 1st baseman Kevin Maas hits his 10th MLB homer in 6-5 loss v Detroit, fastest to reach that mark, just 77 at bats
1992 "Death & the Maiden" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 159 performances
1992 Tom Seaver, Rollie Fingers, Hal Newhouser & Bill McGowan are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
1992 American Jacki Joyner-Kersee becomes first athlete to win consecutive gold medals in the gruelling heptathlon with a 199 point win over Irina Belova (Soviet Union) at the Barcelona Olympics
1992 Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus becomes the first gymnast to win 6 gold medals at one Olympics in Barcelona, also first to win 4 gold in one day's competition (pommel, vault, rings & parallel bars)
1993 NYC radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes
1993 Maryland investors led by Baltimore attorney Peter Angelos buy the Baltimore Orioles at auction in New York for $173m, nearly $50m more than ever paid for a baseball team
1993 Train crash in tunnel at Vega de Anzo Spain, 12 killed
1993 Shamrock Broadcasting, a Disney company, officially takes ownership of Cleveland's WMMS-FM/100.7 & WHK-AM/1420
2003 South African cricket batsman Graeme Smith blazes 259, fast bowler Makhaya Ntini has 5 wickets in each England innings as Proteas win 2nd Test by an innings and 92 at Lord's
2005 The largest trade in NBA history is completed as 5 teams combine to swap 13 players; deal brings Antoine Walker & Jason Williams to Miami, leads to Heat's 1st ever championship that season
2009Michael Phelps ends the World Swimming Championships in Rome with his 5th gold medal as part of the US 4x100m medley relay team that recorded the 43rd world record of the controversial meet
2009 US Open Senior Men's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: Fred Funk wins by 6 strokes from Joey Sindelar with a tournament record score (-20)
2012 23 people are killed after two blasts in a fruit market in Lahore, Pakistan
2012 American swimmer Michael Phelps wins an unprecedented third consecutive gold medal in the 200m individual medley in 1:54.27 at the London Olympics
2012 American swimmer Rebecca Soni becomes first woman to win the 200m breaststroke twice with a world record 2:19.59 at the London Olympics
2013 40 people are killed after an ammunition depot explodes in Homs, Syria
2014 Super Rugby Final, ANZ Stadium, Sydney: NSW Waratahs win their first SR title in a nail-biting 33-32 home effort against New Zealand's Canterbury Crusaders
2017 First successful gene editing in human embryos to repair disease-causing mutation reported by scientists in "Nature"
2017 US President Donald Trump signs legislation imposing sanctions on Russia, limiting his ability to ever lift them
2017 Great Britain's Prince Philip aged 96 makes his final solo public appearance before retiring from public engagements
2017 New larger crypto-currency Bitcoin Cash created
2017 First footage of white giraffes posted by Hirola Conservation Program in north eastern Kenya
2017 More than a billion people around the world need glasses and 36 million are blind, according to new study published in "The Lancet"
2018 Apple becomes the first American public listed company to reach $1 trillion in value
2018 Fields Medal for mathematics awarded to Caucher Birkar (his stolen minutes later), Alessio Figalli, Peter Scholze and Akshay Venkatesh
2018 Pope Frances declares the death penalty unacceptable in all cases, reversing church teachings and adding to Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church
2018 Oldest library in Germany confirmed unearthed in Cologne dating to 2AD, possibly held 20,000 scolls
2018 Tokyo Medical University revealed to have been tampering with female entrance exams to ensure under 30% accepted, by Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri Shimbun"
A lot of people are talking about this project and as a potential investor i decided to run some checks on it and see if it's worth. Everyone is pumped about it but after a closer look I'm not sure it's worth its price. Therefore let's have a look at the facts : Medicalchain.com LTD The company was incorporated on 28/06/2017 under the name MEDICALCHAIN.IO LTD as a private company limited by ordinary shares. Three directors are appointed: Mr. Mohammed Tayeb, Mr. Abdullah Dafir Albeyatti and Mr. Bara Mustafa. The initial shareholdings (total of 999) are split in 3 equal parts: 1/3 (333) owned by Mr. Abdullah Dafir Albeyatti 1/3 (333) owned by Mr. Bara Mustafa 1/3 (333) owned by XL CAPITAL VENTURES LTD (owned by Mohammed Tayeb and Omar Tayeb) At 24/07/2017 the number of shares is increased to 1332, with XL CAPITAL VENTURES LTD holding 666 ordinary shares. At 13/08/2017 XL CAPITAL VENTURES LTD cease to be a shareholder, with MR Mohammed Tayeb now holding the 666 shares previously held by XL Capital. At 14/08/2018 MEDICALCHAIN.IO LTD becomes MEDICALCHAIN.COM LTD Below you can find a bit about every member of the team starting with the top dogs. MOHAMMED TAYEB :: Director MR MOHAMMED TAYEB description taken from medicalchain.com. Mr. Mohammed Tayeb is a Partner at Hearn Capital Limited. Mr. Tayeb co-founded ReadyCache. In 2010, he headed up the development side of morethan.com. During his time there, Mr. Tayeb architected and developed a system to drive down online fraud, saving its over £40 million. Prior to that, he ran a boutique consultancy business in the field of mobile web and application development. Together with his brother and Co-Founder, they own over eight games and utility applications on the Apple and Google Play apps market, with over 10 million downloads. Mr. Tayeb is an internet entrepreneur, investor, and founder of several technology and e-commerce start-ups. As well being a Partner in Hearn Capital, he is also a Non-Executive Director on the board of Salic. Mr. Tayeb specializes in bringing together technological efficiencies to the business world. He has a degree in e-commerce from Brunel University and an Executive MBA from the University of Oxford. I’ve done an extensive background check and noticed that Mr Mohammed Tayeb has had his fingers in many pies since 2010 being appointed director in and out of more than 15 companies. I am not sure if I would trust him with my money as it looks like he cant commit to something for a longer period of time. Below you can find part of his work history: MONSTER TECHNOLOGIES LTD :: Director since 9 January 2017 :: Active - no information found HEARN CAPITAL LIMITED :: Director since 21 January 2016 :: Active
Hearn Capital was incorporated in January 2015 by a group of key technology investors and operators. It aims to provide early stage and growth funding to exciting companies with disruptive IP within the data analytics sector - data mining, dashboarding, predictive analytics and reporting.
Investments of £1.2 mil with a creditor balance of £1.2 mil.
The company is owned from background by Influential (Holdings) Limited owning more than 50% of shares with a total equity of £1.7 mil. Basically Influential Holding has lent Hearn Capital 1.2 million to invest in different companies. To me it looks like Mohammed has no skin in this as Influential Holdings Limited is owned by Mr Andrew Richardson and Mr John Edward Simpson. GOODSHAW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LTD :: Director since 6 January 2016 :: Company still active Dormant company aka not carrying any business activity DYNISTICS LIMITED :: Director since 03/03/2015 :: Company still active Acquisition of Dynistics https://www.dynistics.com/ :: a software company that Hearncapital bought in 2015 which counts colleges, NHS Foundation Trusts and recruitment agencies as clients. Link for acquisition:https://www.insidermedia.com/insidemidlands/141513-hearn-capital-buys-solihull-software-company Dynistics is listed as a “small company” and the directors have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements. Total equity registered at the end of 2016 : £16.557 SALIC(UK)Limited :: Director since 22/01/2015 :: Company still active Saudi Agricultural and Livestock investment company: this company belongs to Ministry Of Finance (Saudi Arabia) and financed with over 300 million pounds in capital and 75% or more ownership. The Travel booking Company LTD :: Director since 19/11/2014 : Dissolved 29/03/2016
previously known as red travel LTD
no other information found
XL Capital Investment LTD :: Director 17/03/2014 :: Dissolved : 04/07/2017 - no other information found Global Labs Technology Limited :: Director since 10/12/2013 –Dissolved : 18/07/2016 - No record, probably westernlabs.com which has no track record nor an online presence Ready Cache Technologies LTD :: Director since 01/10/2013 :: Dissolved : 04/07/2017 - ReadyCache is a website that accelerates your online content and delivers the best possible speeds to you. Pepperstone Limited :: Director 13/02/2017 – 22/06/2017 :: Resigned (former 123FX.COM LTD) Pepperstone acquired 123FX.COM LTD what is now its UK subsidiary from Mohammed Tayeb, who alongside his broker Omar Tayeb established an FCA regulated shell with plans to launch a retail forex brokerage called 123FX.com. The business was never launched, and instead was sold to Pepperstone in late 2015. Pepperstone has suspended trading for clients in its UK subsidiary as the company is making some changes to its management structure and processes, and bringing on some additional resources in its UK office. To comply with its FCA obligations Pepperstone has had to temporarily suspend trading in the UK until all of the changes are complete and the additional resources are in place. http://www.checkdirector.co.uk/directomohammed-tayeb/https://www.leaprate.com/forex/brokers/pepperstone-swaps-phil-horner-mohammed-tayeb-board-uk-fx-relaunch/ Some other companies he had been involved with: • Director House of Choice Stores LTD :: 2013 – 2016 Disolved • Director XI Capital Ventures LTD :: 2014-2017 Disolved • Director UR Trading :: 2002 – 2010 Disolved • Director LOVEFRAGRANCE INTERNATIONAL LTD :: 2012 – Dissolved 2013 • Director DAR FIRST LIMITED :: 2007 – Dissolved 2011 • Director BLACKSTONE E-COMMERCE LIMITED :: 2011 – Dissolved 2013 All this information can be found at https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/ . You just lookup his name or company names and access the records. ** Mr. Abdullah Dafir Albeyatti :: Director** Enthusiastic doctor with a wide range of skills and interests. Currently completing my general practice training in Leeds. Previous surgical trainee in the London Deanery. My ambition is to continue improving as a doctor and to develop myself in other fields of medicine and aesthetic training. He is also the founder of dischargesummary.co.uk. The website is described as a website designed to streamline and lessen the work load placed on junior doctors by standardising the content of discharge summaries produced when a patient is discharged from hospital. This platform has allowed hospital departments to establish quality assurance and accurately produce reliable discharge summaries to effectively commute between hospital and community medicine. I checked the website and 3 out of 6 features are under development. The site is now redirected to https://ds.medicalchain.com/ Mr. Bara Mustafa :: DirectoCTO There is no mention of Mr Bara Mustafa on the mediclchain.com which is weird as he is one of the directors and shareholder. It looks like Mr Bara occupation is CTO, which surely would be of interested to the public. Mr Bara is also a OwneDirector of ENETIDEAS LTD since 2010 rendering services as IT Consultant. https://www.enetideas.com :: the website is not functional, none of the products links are working. Jay Povey :: Blockchain developer at medicalchain His introductory linkedin line : Self taught programmer, programming for 7+ years. BA(Hons) from Buckinghamshire New University. Since January I joined Medicalchain to help create a world class blockchain platform for electronic health records. Previously worked on forex trading algorithm using deep learning / pattern recognition techniques. I have had a keen interest in blockchain technology over the past 2 years. I have been learning the ins and outs of the technology and Im very excited about the future of blockchain. I see great potential for revolutionizing the way businesses are run. He started coding for Medicalchain in 2017 previously working for 2 years for one of Mohammed companies ReadyCache which was dissolved. I’m not sure about his experience developing “on forex trading algorithm” as at the previous company ReadyCache they were “building software that is making a difference to webmasters and large companies. We accelerate our customers’ websites, save our customers money and enhance user experience” Before ReadyCache he worked for a college as an IT technicial and e-learning advisor. Also I’m not sure what to make out of his facebook profile, he comes across a bit weird. Also on one of his facebook posts he was asking where you can buy bitcoin in may 2017 but on his summary : “I have had a keen interest in blockchain technology over the past 2 years. I have been learning the ins and outs of the technology and Im very excited about the future of blockchain” https://www.facebook.com/jaypov Robert Miller :: Director Of Business Development Looks like his CV is somehow better than the rest, again worked alongside Mohammed at Goodshaw Capital for 1 year. Freelanced a few blockchain projects so I would say he is the one who will drive the project as longs as the money are coming in. Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/bertcmiller Natalie Furness :: Communication Director She has a background in healthcare industry, namely working as a physiotherapist since 2010. She also lectured for Physiotherapy and Sports Exercise Scientist students at Birmingham University and currently working as a project manager for a company offering solutions to the occupational health sector. The rest of the team occupies either associates or consultants positions for a short period of time 2-3 months. To sum it up : the initial £5000 pre-ICO investment is way way exaggerated based on the fact that there is nothing to show for at the present moment, just ideas. Mr Mohammed has started 15+ companies and most of them are dissolved which doesn't sound very promising. On top of that he now owns half the company whereas initially the company was split in thirds. Their CTO is not mentioned anywhere on the website but he is a shareholder in the company. I would not recommend investing in the project right now and I would wait to see if the project would ever gain traction and materialize. Below I listed some of the videos related to Medicalchain at different conferences / interviews : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Bc4RiugMg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6WbFMt6Ic4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT-vRXZ2k-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=devzmfzsh7E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA91OAaNZUo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_OdMREOpBI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebP5ZzQView If you want me to run any other checks on other upcoming ICO please let me know.
A quick take on what's happening in Cyprus now (I'm here at the Neo opening event)
Today I attended a very exciting opening event here at Neo & Bee, the company who is making Bitcoin easily accessible and practically useful for the general public in Cyprus. Over the past few weeks, Neo ads have been displayed on many billboards around the country and in television teaser commercials, and the company has been prominently featured in all the major newspapers with front page wrappers yesterday. There were many people present here at the opening event, and the Neo website hit +10,000 unique visitors in a day. With 800k inhabitants, the large majority of the population now knows about this company Neo that can empower them to break away from the banking system that they feel so betrayed by. Many Cypriot journalists outside are writing stories about Bitcoin as we speak. (Interestingly enough, the largest Turkish Bitcoin exchange is also located on Cyprus, in the northern part of the Island.) Many local banks here are facing litigation soon, so they have their own things to worry about. Meanwhile initiatives like Neo are capturing the imagination of the public at large. The central bank here is obviously critical of Bitcoin and Neo, but the rest of the authorities are in contrast very opening and welcoming. The reason is that many officials lost money during the crisis, and have suffered damage from the lies coming from the banking system. Bitcoin is a positive story that people and the authorities can get behind, and in many ways is also an opportunity for the country to keep being relevant in the world of finance. To give an idea of the dire state of the economy here: It's estimated that in the past 12 months, between 5 and 6 billion euro's have been pulled out of the financial system and are now being held as cash-under-the-mattress on the island. So the need for a solution to liberate this (legal) money is huge. Also, I'm being told that in 2013, only 2 companies made notable investments in Cyprus - Neo is one of them. Is Cyprus on its way to become the Hong Kong of Bitcoin? --update-- The picture was taken after the opening event, that explains the lack of of people. I don't own any shares in Neo & Bee at the moment Follow me on twitter @tuurdemeester for more Bitcoin & economy related updates. The next few weeks I'll be in London (Keiser Report), Brussels, Austin TX, Guatemala, and San Francisco. --update 2-- Neo's Bitcoin conference today was attended by executives from Deloitte, FinMin, Pirraeus, C-Cola, B of Cyprus, FBME, MTM mobile, ISPs, ... Excitement was palpable, even from some bankers. Tomorrow to Limasol. --update 3-- The Limasol crowd was equal in quantity, quality, and excitement. Bitcoin has enormous appeal in distressed environments, that much is sure.
My take on what happened with Neo & Bee, after visiting the company in February
Things have taken a dramatic turn for investors and employees with Neo & Bee. The gist of it is that CEO Danny Brewster has disappeared, and with him apparently thousands of bitcoins from investors. If the company is not salvaged, the reputation of Bitcoin on the island of Cyprus will be tainted, and hundreds of bitcoiners will see their investment fail. This is ugly, there's no other way to put it. I hope that my perspective below can help putting some of the pieces together as to what exactly happened. Interactions with Danny and my trip to Cyprus for their branch opening My first contact with Danny Brewster was in june 2013. We had a brief skype call in which he asked me some feedback about his plans for starting a Bitcoin company in Cyprus. I was quite skeptical at the time, because his profile and background in security didn't seem to match with my notion of a tech entrepreneur. I did agree with him that Cyprus was a very interesting location for a Bitcoin venture, and I wished him well. Later last year, in early september, Danny informed me about the prospectus and public offering of Neo & Bee. I didn't pay much attention to this and didn't read the prospectus, as I was in Austin at the time helping out with Cointerra. In november, he contacted me again with the question whether I wanted to speak about Bitcoin at their conference in Cyprus. Originally it was planned for january, later it was pushed back to late february. I booked the flights, and they were reimbursed to me in BTC by Danny. The pieces of information Danny shared every now and then over skype were intriguing. He talked about his connections with the university, meetings with the minister of finance and other high brow people, how he had signed up a chain of 40 stores where Neo & Bee products could be offered, and more. When I arrived in Cyprus in late February, Danny picked me up at the airport. In the kiosk there he showed me how all major newspapers had a 2 page wrapper over the front cover, featuring "Neo" in big letters. On the way to his house (he had invited me to stay at his place) we saw at least four big Neo bilboards flash by. Danny drove a posh Bentley car that he'd imported from the UK. Once arriving at his luxurious but sparsely furnished rental home, I was greeted by his fiancé. At first I was surprised by the affluence he displayed that first day, but that faded when Danny told me he was an early Bitcoin and Litecoin adopter who'd invested thousands of his own coins into the company (since his disappearance, his personal btc wealth became very contested). When Danny and I discussed the MtGox failure the day it made the news, I asked him how many worthless bitcoins he personally had left sitting in the exchange. He answered "365". At another point during my stay, the Bitcoin price fell briefly to below $500, and when I told him about this, he set up a trade to allegedly buy over €80,000 in bitcoins while sitting in his office, taking profit a few hours later when the price had recovered. (I was at the other side of his desk, so I didn't see the actual trade happen.) The evening of the first day, Danny drove me to Neo's headquarters, an impressive four story building in downtown Nicosia. The building was owned by Christos Vlachos, CFO of the University of Nicosia, who I met several times during my stay and who'd made headlines last year by being the first to launch an Masters' degree in Digital Currencies. The bottom floor of the building featured the Neo store, with furnished rooms in the back for staff meetings and sanitation. Next to the store there was a large floor where I saw at least 12 programmers at work, one of whom demonstrated to me a functioning beta version of Neo's teller backend software as well as the e-banking interface. Upstairs on the second floor I found Neo's headquarters, and on two floors above that there were a number of ad agencies, the largest of which had created the ad campaign for Neo. Over the course of the three days I got to talk to about ten of the Neo employees. They struck me as quite professional, and they were obviously passionate about the company and about the prospects for Bitcoin in Cyprus. The impression that I got of the corporate culture was relaxed and open. Danny didn't seem to mind showing me emails or allowing me to be present in the office while he was discussing certain corporate decisions. In a skype message to a friend, I wrote on the 23rd: "I still need to find out whether these guys are casual geniuses, or clever cowboys". After the opening event the next morning—about 120 people attended, and it was widely reported—, we traveled to a hotel/conference centre nearby for the Bitcoin conference. The turnout was impressive: about 200 professionals, many working for multinational corporations, banks, and even government agencies. The next day in Limasol, the same scenario repeated itself. I left for London the following day. How I found out about the problems at Neo & Bee I was not aware of anything amiss with Neo until late last month when one of their investors asked me about the rumors that were circulating. That day I contacted Neo's management, and on sunday march 30th I got to talk to its COO and Compliance Officer (George Papageorgiou and Øystein Aaby). They told me the story as it was published today on reddit. I also emailed CEO Danny later that day, asking him about his version of the facts. Surprisingly, I did get a short response (he also seems to have given Coindesk a short response), though he didn't answer my request for more details and contact info of the lawyers he mentioned. Earlier this month I helped the former management with reaching out to various Bitcoin angels and funds, to see whether Neo & Bee can still be salvaged. The outcome of that process is uncertain. Why I didn't investigate Neo & Bee's financial situation more thoroughly — though I should have On February 23rd I asked Danny for clarification about the company's valuation. He said that Neo had +3,000BTC left from the IPO proceeds. Based on the numbers he told me, I calculated that the total valuation of the company was roughly 56,000 BTC, or $32.3M at the time, $2M of which were the publicly available shares. Despite the 3,000 bitcoins that were allegedly left, this valuation struck me as very high, and so from then on I didn't ask more because I had decided that this company not something I would be interested in as an investment. The next month, on march 17, my attention was caught by the newly published Neo & Bee prospectus and the fact that they had received several inquiries from international parties that wanted to start franchise Neo stores (as per Danny). I decided to buy 250 shares at 0.8 BTC as a first investment just in case the international leg of the company would take off quickly. I disclosed that purchase on twitter. Ironically I made that purchase exactly the day before Danny disappeared. In hindsight I definitely should have done due diligence before writing in such positive terms about Neo & Bee. That is a lesson I will certainly remember. Final thoughts Even though I never had any business relationships with Neo*, I do feel I have failed to take my responsibility as a public commentator seriously enough. To wit, over the past two months I have talked repeatedly and positively about Neo & Bee and the Bitcoin ecosystem in Cyprus. I also visited the company headquarters on February 24th and 25th, and spoke about the experience on various public fora. Though I never recommended anyone to invest in the company, and only did so myself for less than 1 BTC, I can imagine that my enthusiasm for the project, combined with my profile as an economist and investor helped convince a fair amount of people to make an investment or to maintain their trust in the company. I'm very sorry for any losses incurred because of that. The lesson for me going forward, which I already knew but that I have now laser engraved into my brain, is that it is critical doing proper due diligence when making investment decisions. Excitement is never an indicator of viability or proper management. Sure, we all occasionally make an investment decision based on nothing more than a trusted reference. That's fine, as long as we keep these investments very small to manage their inherently high risk. This episode has also reminded me, as I stated in my Buenos Aires talk last december, that investing in Bitcoin the currency is likely the most stable and maybe even the most profitable option going forward, because it avoids the bulk of the third party risks involved with Bitcoin ecosystem investments. Best wishes, Tuur Demeester *My financial interactions with the company were thus: I was reimbursed for my flight with 0.27 BTC, and the compensation for speaking at the two Neo conferences was a surprise gift containing promotional materials including an €80 tablet pc, a writing pad, and a Neo T-shirt. Here's the post I published on reddit during my visit late February: http://www.reddit.com/Bitcoin/comments/1ysbt6/a_quick_take_on_whats_happening_in_cyprus_now_im/
An Insiders Take on CoinTerra & the Bitcoin Mining Sector
Having been involved in Bitcoin since 2011 and on the inside of one of the 28nm Bitcoin mining contestants for the past two months, here is my story. Feel free to skip the long intro to skip to the present: I added it because people might want to know where I'm coming from. My elevator pitch is that I discovered Bitcoin in 2011 while traveling in Argentina, and after doing research I started recommending it as an investment to the subscribers of my financial newsletter in early 2012. BTC was $5 back then, so we did well with that. Here are some links of the things that I've done in Bitcoin:
Since the beginning I've been thinking a lot about how I wanted to invest in Bitcoin. It has always made plain sense to me to begin with buying coins, as it is like an ETF on the entire Bitcoin economy. However, in early 2012, just the idea of buying bitcoins was a pretty scary prospect. I consulted with two core developers who actually tried to dissuade me from looking at Bitcoin as an investment. One said it was still very much an experiment, the other said (correctly so) that there were still substantial security risks. Eventually it was my experience in Argentina's difficult economy (rife with currency crackdowns and capital controls) that convinced me to take the leap - I decided that there was enough demand and enthusiasm for financial freedom in the world. Enough for some crazy people to keep funneling resources into Bitcoin, resources that would support the idealist hackers and maverick entrepreneurs to make the technology of cryptocurrency a success. So I started buying bitcoins, considering myself lucky because my friends in Latin America had it much tougher: they had to mine most of their cryptocurrency in their basement with graphic cards because of the harsh capital controls that prevented them from sending money abroad and buying them on an exchange. In all, 2012 was a difficult year for Bitcoin. The 'old' bitcoiners were still psychologically numbed from the huge decline in price, and the newbees were continually scared by new scandals: the Bitcoinica thefts in May and July, the BTC Savings and Trust-ponzi implosion in August, and the Bitfloor theft in September. The price of Bitcoin hovered between $5 and $13 all year, the mainstream media ignored or at best scorned Bitcoin, and I for one was mostly happy to still have an unscathed wallet. Throughout the year I wrote about Bitcoin practically every week in my email updates and every month in my printed investment newsletter. It was often a frustrating job, because my many of my subscribers are babyboomers or from an older generation who don't intuitively grasp the concepts of peer-to-peer, open source, online, etc. I received a good number of emails accusing me of promoting a ponzi scheme, and my publisher (who does all the promotion for the newsletter) was very sceptical and tried to persuade me to write less about Bitcoin and more about traditional investments like gold and stocks. I think this tension/struggle is part of what prevented me from exploring the investable side of the Bitcoin economy for quite a while, although I did buy a few Bitcoin mining stocks on the GLBSE. (Compliments to the miners that kept paying out dividends even after the wild ending of this stock exchange - COGNITIVE is one of them) Attending the Bitcoin London conference organized by Amir Taaki in late 2012 was definitely a turning point for me. Cryptocurrency suddenly became tangible and real, and I think that was the case for many people there. During Amir's conference, I made friends with Jim from MultiBit and Nejc from BitStamp. I likely missed an investment opportunity with BitPay (even though Tony Galippi was just as impressive back then as he is now), and I tried to persuade GLBSE's Nefario to start talking to a lawyer about the legal risks of running a Bitcoin denominated exchange. Josh from Butterfly Labs made an announcement there in London, and that was my first experience with the excitement and controversy that characterizes so much of the Bitcoin mining industry today. Meanwhile my investment newsletter kept doing well, and I decided to make a move to South America to expand my horizon. That's how it happened that I was with my friends in Buenos Aires when the March-April 2013 explosion in price happened: an exhilarating time, and I'm still grateful for their long term Bitcoin experience which helped me make the right decisions for myself during this period. Still I kept thinking about how I could invest some of my gains back in the Bitcoin economy. Chasing a dollar profit doesn't make sense to me, so I had to identify business models that gave perspective for making a multiple on my bitcoins. Bitcoin mining felt like an interesting fit, for several reasons. First, I spent the past few years studying the gold mining industry and the parallels and differences with Bitcoin mining are absolutely fascinating to me. Next, in the short run I am not at ease regarding the authorities ability to attack or destabilize the BTC network. Many will object by saying that the Bitcoin network has a hashrate that's currently 40 times faster than top 500 supercomputers combined. However, that is misleading because the equation would change dramatically if those computers were equipped with specialized ASICs that can be produced for a couple of million dollars. This is what Jim Rickards referred to when he said "technologists don't understand the world of power politics and malicious actors: there are people who don't care about the cost. (…) If they want to destroy a system, and they have to pay to do it, they'll do it. It's not necessarily more expensive than buying an aircraft carrier or building a submarine." This is the reason why I think it's crucial to push up the network speed as close to the physical limits as possible. Once the miners are working on the smallest node and with the most efficient chip possible, it will be much more difficult for a malicious entity to do a 51% attack on the network. (By the way, much respect to the small bitcoiners and basement miners for this: they are the ones that have been bankrolling the expensive development of ever more sophisticated ASIC chips. They are the ones that are slowly turning the once brittle skeleton of the Bitcoin network into an indestructible Adamantium shield.) Finally, it seemed obvious to me that the Bitcoin mining market was about to enter a consolidation phase, in which the market would increasingly sponsor the more reliable and technically gifted chip producers, which will eventually create a more stable environment for everyone. How exciting, to try and witness from the first row how an entirely new industry grows from childhood/adolescence towards maturity! Enter CoinTerra. I first met Ravi Iyengar and his team members at the San Jose Bitcoin conference, where they pitched for an angel investment in their company. I was immediately impressed by their passion, technical pedigree, and understanding of the workings of Bitcoin. I was definitely intrigued and after the conference we kept the communication lines open. Back in Belgium I met with two interested angels who happened to be Belgian, too. I then talked to different people with hardware backgrounds to verify whether Ravi's team really was that good judging by the industry standards. They were. I started getting excited. From there on, things began moving fast. The two Belgians got in and the more I talked to Ravi, the more I was impressed with his cogent reasoning, his decisiveness, and the speed by which he absorbs large amounts of new information. By mid July I finally made the decision to also come in as the third angel investor in CoinTerra. When I talked about the company to Timo Hanke (German cryptographer and author of the Bitcoin Pay-to-Contract protocol) he was intrigued, did his own due dilligence, and soon after became an investor in, and later a team member of CoinTerra. Other investors and advisors that came in on the angel round had reputable backgrounds in the software and hardware industries, precious metals, telecom, and law - all of whom shared a great and genuine passion for Bitcoin. I began feeling very fortunate to be able to follow this project from such a close perspective. After some days, because of Ravi's high energy and magnetic enthusiasm, the following turned into involvement. When I was invited to come to Austin, Texas to help out, I jumped in with both feet - I've been here for a week now. One thing I noticed when getting involved with CoinTerra more closely, is that the communications part of the equation needed improving. I can understand how the issue came to be. Ravi is in the first place an engineer and a team leader, and he started structuring his company from that same perspective. Even today most of his focus is directed to closely managing all the engineers (in Austin, in Raleigh, and also in India) to make sure that the risks involved are managed to the greatest possible extent. The engineering roots of CoinTerra are also reflected in the initial vision behind the company: to build large and efficient mining data centers, deploy them worldwide, and to then offer cloud hashing services to the public. However, the still uncertain legal repercussions of that lead to a change in strategy. Instead, CoinTerra is now working on providing chips and rigs for the general public, and leaves it for the customers to decide where and how to mine with them. Now, I understand and appreciate how very skeptical a large part of the Bitcoin mining community has become. People have invested a lot of resources in brave but often very inexperienced teams who have not always been able to deliver on their promises. It has been a road of trial and error, and the errors of some have proven painful to many. I can say that I understand what it means to have skin in the game of the mining market; I am an investor in a company that has announced but not released a manufactured product on the market yet. And I stand by it: I think CoinTerra is working on fantastic products and has great future potential as a company. Would I like to make a return on my investment? Of course, that will be the best proof that it fulfills the potential that I see in Ravi and his team. That said, even to just be involved in this technological arms race that is taking place in Bitcoin mining, where hyper competitive capitalism is miraculously creating a very pure public good, is a real privilege. I think the sector will further mature and that we will see more and more reliable companies emerge over time, and all the while the Bitcoin network will grow stronger and stronger. I'm happy to take questions if you are interested. Best wishes, Tuur
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I'm 99.9% sure I know who bought SatoshiDice.com and I'm willing to 'bet' on it!
His name is Jez San, one of the UK’s best known technology entrepreneurs and current owner of PKR.com (a very popular poker website). Did you know that Jez and Eric both attended the Bitcoin London conference on July 2nd, 2013? Here's the video proof: Eric Voorhees: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWLgSHHFaI0 (@ 0m:53s) Jez San: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWLgSHHFaI0 (@ 1m34s) According to reports, Jez's net worth is estimated to be over 200 million pounds. However, what most people don't know about Jez is that he is a HUGE risk taker. Even though 3D poker seemed to be a laughable idea at the time, Jez pursued it and made it very successful. Personally, I think this was an extremely smart move by Jez. If PKR decides to make a huge push into Bitcoin gambling, the SatoshiDice brand would be a great asset. Maybe SatoshiPoker or even SatoshiCasino might be in the cards. ;) Let's see how this theory plays out.
Coinjanitor - The Project That Wants To Revive Dead Coins
Ever wonder where coins go to die? You probably don't, but According to an interview with Coin Janitors founder Marc Kenigsberg "there are many more crypto-currencies than people realize - at least 4,500. The vast majority of these cannot be traded or sold. In fact, only around 1,400 crypto-currencies are listed on crypto-currency markets. The rest, many of which are no longer being maintained, are effectively failed or "dead" projects.Do dead ICO projects haunt the blockchain like ghosts, endlessly wandering about with un-finished business? Apparently there is an project with a vision to re-discover these lost coins of blockchains past.My review today is on CanJanitor… He's coming, give him time he's a bit old. There he is, CoinJanitor is here to clean up the blockchain! Searching thru the couch cushions of the internet finding loose coins in need of a spit shine. The Mission"To reduce cryptocurrency market dilution and restore lost value to the Crypto Economy, by providing holders, community members and creators of failed coins, a buy-out, a way to join a project that has the network effect that the projects they created or supported failed to achieve, and implementing a subsequent systematic burn of the coins bought out."Yea! Sounds like serious business, and a potentially lucrative project. Symbolized by the (JAN) coin, CoinJanitor will liberate the potential of rediscovered coins through a 5-Step process
Profiling the coins that should be considered as failed. These coins will be PoW coins primarily, that were launched more than 2 years ago, are not traded on exchanges and have a market cap smaller than $50,000 USD
After profiling, CoinJanitor will reach out to the coin’s creators, their users and their wider community to set up a buy-out program and have the creators turn over access to GitHub, other code repositories and all marketing assets. The buyout program will have a deadline. All buy outs will be done using the CoinJanitor token to avoid pump and dump schemes, and to avoid becoming a de-facto exchange service for coins that are otherwise not exchangeable.
Once the buy out on a given project ends, CoinJanitor will proceed to burn the coins it bought.
When the coins are burnt, CoinJanitor will proceed to disable or decommission the underlying blockchain. To do this, CoinJanitor has access to mining equipment that can be directed towards these blockchains to implement its decommissioning process, if need be.
The team will proceed to organize relevant code repositories, turning every piece of code it acquires from these projects, into an open source “blockchain library” that any member of the community will be able to access for future project development, for academic purposes or any other goal they have in mind.In parallel, CoinJanitor will start compiling relevant data about all the coins it buys out, to provide market information that is otherwise missing.
Much thought has gone into laying out a process that takes into account possible scammers looking to cash out on CoinJanitors buy-out offer, while being mindful of the community and creators of the coins. Of course I foresee some project owners feeling as if their defunct tech or code is worth more than they are offered, however the fact remains that in all reality a failed project is no longer likely capable of generating positive cash flow. If I had an old man wanting to hand me a bag of cash for my failed project, I'd probably hug him. That fifth step is awesome, and potentially a million, no billion dollar source of future revenues for the CoinJanitor project. Users The opportunity to get value back from coins that cannot be sold and to join a community that will grow exponentially, achieving a network effect through the amalgamation of communities that are otherwise cut-off from cryptocurrency markets altogether. Project Creators Creating the first project of its kind in cryptocurrency markets, opening the debate about what to do with failed coins and leading a newly created community in the development of more tools that will be useful to cryptocurrency markets altogether. CoinJanitor The creation of an economy that wouldn’t exist otherwise. This economy will grow with every failed coin that is disabled and with every community that is amalgamated under the CoinJanitor umbrella. The Market Reduction of dilution and the transfer of value that would be otherwise lost, into top ranked cryptocurrencies. Another thing to point out is that the Coinjanitor team makes a claim that it is NOT a Regular ICO."Despite the creation of the CoinJanitor token as the umbrella coin with which CoinJanitor aims to start cleaning up those failed or dead coins, this project is NOT a regular ICO. CoinJanitor is a community funded project that aims to do something that has never been tried before and contribute positively to the larger cryptocurrency community." The goal is not to be Vultures of blockchain technologies, but rather to address a messy problem that will continue to muddy the waters as hundreds if not thousands of new ICO's attempt to succeed in a super competitive space. "Marc has been an advocate for cryptocurrency and bitcoin since 2013. He is an internationally recognized speaker and firmly believes in the power of the blockchain." Marc is also one of the Top20 ICO advisors in the industry. He has built multiple companies around the crypto ecosystem, including one of the biggest news websites in the Bitcoin world BitcoinChaser, is a recognized ICO adviser and regular speaker at industry conferences like the London Affiliate Show, Ice Totally Gaming, the World Gaming Summit, SiGMA Malta, Bitcoin Europe, Crypto Friends Hypethon and more. "I get the impression, that when this man talks crypto, leaders in the field stop and listen. It would be sad to hear if this project became like the coins it aims to revive, however having such experience leads me to believe that he understands how to deal with coin exchanges, and work with partners to make the JAN coin price moon. I personally think Coinjanitor is one of the most unique projects to come on the scene in recent history. With a great idea that spans the entire Crypto space and possibly the world. I hope this review gave you a level of interest to continue doing your own research. We may be hearing for years to come of projects that were made possible because of what Coinjanitor is doing. So I'll end this review with a look at the multiple ICO ratings the projects has received so far. Coinjanitor is putting up some great numbers, and will for sure be a project that I will be looking out for once it hits the mass market.
A lot of people are talking about this project and as a potential investor i decided to run some checks on it and see if it's worth. Everyone is pumped about it but after a closer look I'm not sure it's worth its price. Therefore let's have a look at the facts : Medicalchain.com LTD The company was incorporated on 28/06/2017 under the name MEDICALCHAIN.IO LTD as a private company limited by ordinary shares. Three directors are appointed: Mr. Mohammed Tayeb, Mr. Abdullah Dafir Albeyatti and Mr. Bara Mustafa. The initial shareholdings (total of 999) are split in 3 equal parts: 1/3 (333) owned by Mr. Abdullah Dafir Albeyatti 1/3 (333) owned by Mr. Bara Mustafa 1/3 (333) owned by XL CAPITAL VENTURES LTD (owned by Mohammed Tayeb and Omar Tayeb) At 24/07/2017 the number of shares is increased to 1332, with XL CAPITAL VENTURES LTD holding 666 ordinary shares. At 13/08/2017 XL CAPITAL VENTURES LTD cease to be a shareholder, with MR Mohammed Tayeb now holding the 666 shares previously held by XL Capital. At 14/08/2018 MEDICALCHAIN.IO LTD becomes MEDICALCHAIN.COM LTD Below you can find a bit about every member of the team starting with the top dogs. MOHAMMED TAYEB :: Director MR MOHAMMED TAYEB description taken from medicalchain.com. Mr. Mohammed Tayeb is a Partner at Hearn Capital Limited. Mr. Tayeb co-founded ReadyCache. In 2010, he headed up the development side of morethan.com. During his time there, Mr. Tayeb architected and developed a system to drive down online fraud, saving its over £40 million. Prior to that, he ran a boutique consultancy business in the field of mobile web and application development. Together with his brother and Co-Founder, they own over eight games and utility applications on the Apple and Google Play apps market, with over 10 million downloads. Mr. Tayeb is an internet entrepreneur, investor, and founder of several technology and e-commerce start-ups. As well being a Partner in Hearn Capital, he is also a Non-Executive Director on the board of Salic. Mr. Tayeb specializes in bringing together technological efficiencies to the business world. He has a degree in e-commerce from Brunel University and an Executive MBA from the University of Oxford. I’ve done an extensive background check and noticed that Mr Mohammed Tayeb has had his fingers in many pies since 2010 being appointed director in and out of more than 15 companies. I am not sure if I would trust him with my money as it looks like he cant commit to something for a longer period of time. Below you can find part of his work history: MONSTER TECHNOLOGIES LTD :: Director since 9 January 2017 :: Active - no information found HEARN CAPITAL LIMITED :: Director since 21 January 2016 :: Active
Hearn Capital was incorporated in January 2015 by a group of key technology investors and operators. It aims to provide early stage and growth funding to exciting companies with disruptive IP within the data analytics sector - data mining, dashboarding, predictive analytics and reporting.
Investments of £1.2 mil with a creditor balance of £1.2 mil.
The company is owned from background by Influential (Holdings) Limited owning more than 50% of shares with a total equity of £1.7 mil. Basically Influential Holding has lent Hearn Capital 1.2 million to invest in different companies. To me it looks like Mohammed has no skin in this as Influential Holdings Limited is owned by Mr Andrew Richardson and Mr John Edward Simpson. GOODSHAW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LTD :: Director since 6 January 2016 :: Company still active Dormant company aka not carrying any business activity DYNISTICS LIMITED :: Director since 03/03/2015 :: Company still active Acquisition of Dynistics https://www.dynistics.com/ :: a software company that Hearncapital bought in 2015 which counts colleges, NHS Foundation Trusts and recruitment agencies as clients. Link for acquisition:https://www.insidermedia.com/insidemidlands/141513-hearn-capital-buys-solihull-software-company Dynistics is listed as a “small company” and the directors have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements. Total equity registered at the end of 2016 : £16.557 SALIC(UK)Limited :: Director since 22/01/2015 :: Company still active Saudi Agricultural and Livestock investment company: this company belongs to Ministry Of Finance (Saudi Arabia) and financed with over 300 million pounds in capital and 75% or more ownership. The Travel booking Company LTD :: Director since 19/11/2014 : Dissolved 29/03/2016
previously known as red travel LTD
no other information found
XL Capital Investment LTD :: Director 17/03/2014 :: Dissolved : 04/07/2017 - no other information found Global Labs Technology Limited :: Director since 10/12/2013 –Dissolved : 18/07/2016 - No record, probably westernlabs.com which has no track record nor an online presence Ready Cache Technologies LTD :: Director since 01/10/2013 :: Dissolved : 04/07/2017 - ReadyCache is a website that accelerates your online content and delivers the best possible speeds to you. Pepperstone Limited :: Director 13/02/2017 – 22/06/2017 :: Resigned (former 123FX.COM LTD) Pepperstone acquired 123FX.COM LTD what is now its UK subsidiary from Mohammed Tayeb, who alongside his broker Omar Tayeb established an FCA regulated shell with plans to launch a retail forex brokerage called 123FX.com. The business was never launched, and instead was sold to Pepperstone in late 2015. Pepperstone has suspended trading for clients in its UK subsidiary as the company is making some changes to its management structure and processes, and bringing on some additional resources in its UK office. To comply with its FCA obligations Pepperstone has had to temporarily suspend trading in the UK until all of the changes are complete and the additional resources are in place. http://www.checkdirector.co.uk/directomohammed-tayeb/https://www.leaprate.com/forex/brokers/pepperstone-swaps-phil-horner-mohammed-tayeb-board-uk-fx-relaunch/ Some other companies he had been involved with: • Director House of Choice Stores LTD :: 2013 – 2016 Disolved • Director XI Capital Ventures LTD :: 2014-2017 Disolved • Director UR Trading :: 2002 – 2010 Disolved • Director LOVEFRAGRANCE INTERNATIONAL LTD :: 2012 – Dissolved 2013 • Director DAR FIRST LIMITED :: 2007 – Dissolved 2011 • Director BLACKSTONE E-COMMERCE LIMITED :: 2011 – Dissolved 2013 All this information can be found at https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/ . You just lookup his name or company names and access the records. ** Mr. Abdullah Dafir Albeyatti :: Director** Enthusiastic doctor with a wide range of skills and interests. Currently completing my general practice training in Leeds. Previous surgical trainee in the London Deanery. My ambition is to continue improving as a doctor and to develop myself in other fields of medicine and aesthetic training. He is also the founder of dischargesummary.co.uk. The website is described as a website designed to streamline and lessen the work load placed on junior doctors by standardising the content of discharge summaries produced when a patient is discharged from hospital. This platform has allowed hospital departments to establish quality assurance and accurately produce reliable discharge summaries to effectively commute between hospital and community medicine. I checked the website and 3 out of 6 features are under development. The site is now redirected to https://ds.medicalchain.com/ Mr. Bara Mustafa :: DirectoCTO There is no mention of Mr Bara Mustafa on the mediclchain.com which is weird as he is one of the directors and shareholder. It looks like Mr Bara occupation is CTO, which surely would be of interested to the public. Mr Bara is also a OwneDirector of ENETIDEAS LTD since 2010 rendering services as IT Consultant. https://www.enetideas.com :: the website is not functional, none of the products links are working. Jay Povey :: Blockchain developer at medicalchain His introductory linkedin line : Self taught programmer, programming for 7+ years. BA(Hons) from Buckinghamshire New University. Since January I joined Medicalchain to help create a world class blockchain platform for electronic health records. Previously worked on forex trading algorithm using deep learning / pattern recognition techniques. I have had a keen interest in blockchain technology over the past 2 years. I have been learning the ins and outs of the technology and Im very excited about the future of blockchain. I see great potential for revolutionizing the way businesses are run. He started coding for Medicalchain in 2017 previously working for 2 years for one of Mohammed companies ReadyCache which was dissolved. I’m not sure about his experience developing “on forex trading algorithm” as at the previous company ReadyCache they were “building software that is making a difference to webmasters and large companies. We accelerate our customers’ websites, save our customers money and enhance user experience” Before ReadyCache he worked for a college as an IT technicial and e-learning advisor. Also I’m not sure what to make out of his facebook profile, he comes across a bit weird. Also on one of his facebook posts he was asking where you can buy bitcoin in may 2017 but on his summary : “I have had a keen interest in blockchain technology over the past 2 years. I have been learning the ins and outs of the technology and Im very excited about the future of blockchain” https://www.facebook.com/jaypov Robert Miller :: Director Of Business Development Looks like his CV is somehow better than the rest, again worked alongside Mohammed at Goodshaw Capital for 1 year. Freelanced a few blockchain projects so I would say he is the one who will drive the project as longs as the money are coming in. Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/bertcmiller Natalie Furness :: Communication Director She has a background in healthcare industry, namely working as a physiotherapist since 2010. She also lectured for Physiotherapy and Sports Exercise Scientist students at Birmingham University and currently working as a project manager for a company offering solutions to the occupational health sector. The rest of the team occupies either associates or consultants positions for a short period of time 2-3 months. To sum it up : the initial £5000 pre-ICO investment is way way exaggerated based on the fact that there is nothing to show for at the present moment, just ideas. Mr Mohammed has started 15+ companies and most of them are dissolved which doesn't sound very promising. On top of that he now owns half the company whereas initially the company was split in thirds. Their CTO is not mentioned anywhere on the website but he is a shareholder in the company. I would not recommend investing in the project right now and I would wait to see if the project would ever gain traction and materialize. Below I listed some of the videos related to Medicalchain at different conferences / interviews : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Bc4RiugMg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6WbFMt6Ic4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT-vRXZ2k-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=devzmfzsh7E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA91OAaNZUo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_OdMREOpBI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebP5ZzQView If you want me to run any other checks on other upcoming ICO please let me know.
BitConseil is a consulting and professional training organization specialized in the cryptocurrencies sector and making its expertise available to the community through analysis and opinion publications.
ADAPP is an IT company with expertise in distributed ledger technology and providing secure, reliable and fully managed scalable blockchain infrastructure solutions.
Journalducoin is the first media of the French-speaking community dealing with all the news of cryptocurrencies, tokens and other blockchain solutions.
Franceos team members are proud to be the first to represent France on the delegate list. All share the same vision of decentralized value exchange systems, through the following core principles.
Our right of private ownership ;
Our right to contract on the basis of free consent ;
Our right of free enterprise.
EOS is the most ambitious project ever developed in the crypto-economic universe and we are convinced that EOS will become the platform of choice to deploy decentralized applications. EOS consensus system (delegated proof of stake) is the most elegant solution to maintain a scalable and solid network while remaining sufficiently decentralized. We therefore propose our application to become a block producer.
Our mission
Operating : As a block producer, we are committed to developing a robust and secure infrastructure to ensure the operation of the EOS network, drawing on the experience of our members.
Developing : development of tools and interfaces for EOS network users. Creation of decentralized applications and oracles.
Growing the community : Through our media activities, we will offer resources to the Francophone community of EOS. We will also organize events dedicated to EOS and its applications.
The franceos team
Our name on the testnet : nakedmolerat
Public key :EOS8Uxtp4T1B5evXXohxx6h1yEH61pLC6bqQKLHdxZKkYPjkNWEUi
https://preview.redd.it/dys9x063y0111.jpg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a0b22697a176f96c684b1882bdd708c4d9a0ec0e Nazim Morera -Chief Executive Officer Born from Digital Marketing serving major groups in the real estate and banking sector, Nazim Morera is involved in 2013 in the Bitcoin / blockchains ecosystem. Co-founder of BitConseil, expert in digital, marketing and distributed ledger protocols, Nazim Morera assists companies in their blockchain transformation and fundraising projects via blockchain assets. https://preview.redd.it/tljiy097y0111.jpg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43be44ce77a6743a48fda94ad1f289b64bd53b00 Adrien Bensaïbi -Chief Technical Officer Founder of ADAPP. Node operator since 2015 for various blockchains. Expert in scalability and web availability issues. He is interested in EOS in production. developer C++ , Rust and Linux. Active member of the Cercle du Coin, organizer of the BitcoinTalksLille meetup. https://preview.redd.it/t16cnt18y0111.jpg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b545a38333fb223b3186839a254d3c149936202 Morgan Phuc Calmejane -IT Director Born from a university degree (mathematics and physics), he co-founded BitConseil.fr in 2014. Editor-in-chief of this analytical site and associate editor-in-chief of Journalducoin.com. He is also a trainer in distributed ledgers and crypto-economics at BitConseil's training centre. https://preview.redd.it/gav6uqt8y0111.jpg?width=187&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0031d483bdce823f56730cdbf26fed8150147fbd Lucas Ermisse -Chief Operating Officer A lawyer by training, and convinced by the emancipatory potential of Bitcoin and crypto-currencies, he launched Journalducoin.com alongside Romain Didierlaurent in June 2017. He has since taken on the role of editor-in-chief and leads a team of journalists on a daily basis to cover all crypto-active news. https://preview.redd.it/05yzx8o9y0111.jpg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1ff6108b898ab609e010a2e1c96c1ee41481814 Robin Calmejane -Lead Developer Trained since 2005 in web development and webdesign, he discovered Bitcoin in 2014 and found a passion for blockchain systems, smart contracts and other decentralized applications (dapps). Co-founder of BitConseil, he firmly believes in the economic-political innovation of these protocols. https://preview.redd.it/sta0j0may0111.jpg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a94e4e9f95186bbc8e4e48c376dd45a8920fe693 Adrien Jund -Lead Developer R&D project manager and C/C++ developer in the field of RFID security. Active contributor in open source and maintainer of the Dokany project https://github.com/dokan-dev/dokany, reference like the FUSE for Windows. Crypto-enthusiast, he is involved about the technical and security aspects of the EOS project and its actual applications. https://preview.redd.it/fpx97xeby0111.jpg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09b808276be762e63ee9b662013f95652e3c5dac Benoit Huguet -Chief Investment officer After meeting Bitcoin in Argentina in November 2012, he co-founded BitConseil on his return to France. Very involved in the French-speaking associative fabric, he became administrator of the French-speaking association the Cercle du Coin in 2015 and co-responsible for the historical Bitcoin meet-up in Toulouse. Author, he is also an investor and manages Bitconseil's training department. https://preview.redd.it/7bjsbgdcy0111.jpg?width=150&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3147912abe97772260b57fc89431e8dbd69d7b3 Romain Didierlaurent -Chief Marketing Officer Having discovered Bitcoin in 2015 after a long night of insomnia, he creates Journalducoin.com in June 2017 after having made an observation: the French-speaking environment is developed but it still lacks a media of reference. Very involved in sharing with the French-speaking crypto community, he presents the JTduCoin every week on YouTube. Why vote for Franceos ? The members of the franceos team, mainly from the Bitconseil.fr and Journalducoin teams, are established in a sustainable way in the French crypto-economic ecosystem. In addition to our daily involvement in the sector, through BitConseil since 2014 and the Journal du Coin since 2017, our existing structures allow us to reach French-speaking EOS users in particular. Communication will be regular and we will rely on the experience gained at Journalducoin.com to be seamlessly responsive to EOS announcements and developments. Beginners will benefit from constant support, an activity that has been close to Bitconseil.fr's heart since its inception and we will make many resources available to users to understand EOS or develop decentralized applications.
Node infrastructure : technical description
The servers are hosted by OVH and located near Paris, PCI-DSS accessibility level. They are monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To start, our servers have the following specifications :
# Servers :
BP Server :
CPU: Intel Xeon 28 Core / 56 threads
RAM: 384GB of RAM DDR4 ECC 2133 MHz
DISK: 4To SSD for IPFS
Bandwith: 1 Gbps
Backup Server :
CPU: Intel Xeon 28 Core / 56 threads
RAM: 256GB of RAM DDR4 ECC 2133 MHz
DISK: 4To SSD for IPFS
Bandwith: 1 Gbps
# Location
Roubaix, France OVH
Backup in London, England OVH
# Networking :
ECMP LoadBalancing
AntiDDOS FPGA
# Availability strategy :
Backup Domain
Multiple IPs and Failover IPs to plan BP upgrade
Failover IP
Multi DC backup
Hosting on multiple datacenters
franceos scaling plan :
Phase 1 :
Determination of the best sizing for BP
Migration to other options in case of bottlenecks
CPU: 36 core and 72 threads
RAM: 512Go+
DISK: 8To and NVMe for host
Dedicated storage node
Phase 2 :
Working on C++ development
Benchmarking with dedicated lab
Dedicated hardware selection
Phase 3 :
Userland networking using Intel's DPDK, for low latency and high-throughput
Upgrade to specialized NICs
Franceos will have several areas of focus :
Monitoring, reporting the EOS blockchain. Creating and deploying DApps on the network. Build oracles for the network.
Providing resources to the community via social media accounts and the platforms of the founding members of Franceos (BitConseil.fr and journalducoin.com) Organizing meetups with the french EOS community.
The companies BitConseil and ADAPP will organize meetings in the cities of Toulouse, Paris and Lille. Volunteers wishing to host meetings, conferences or various events dedicated to EOS are welcome.
The franceos team will propose to developers interested in the project to join us, in order to create tools and interfaces with the EOS network, as well as decentralized applications.
Voting and dividends :
The Franceos team is committed to respecting the EOS constitution.Franceos considers any form of plutocracy ("vote buying") or collusion between block producers as harmful to the network and the community as a whole, and will never engage in this type of activity. Franceos defends a vision that promotes the general interest and is based on the following pillars :
Transparency
Knowledge sharing
Integrity and resilience
Similarly, Franceos is committed to funding the development of decentralized applications that respect the members' vision :
User-friendly and secure interfaces ;
Value-added and censorship-resistant decentralized applications ;
Quality financial services ;
Projects oriented towards financial inclusion.
Franceos will campaign to be elected as a block producer by bringing added value to the ecosystem as a whole, especially to Francophones. Franceos undertakes to communicate regularly on its budget and on the allocation of dividends resulting from the production of blocks, in a totally transparent manner.
By voting for franceos, you give life to a French-speaking EOS community.
In honor of Talladega, here is a list of 98 FACTS ABOUT DOGECOIN AND DOGECOIN FACTS. Enjoy!
Hello, everyone! In honor of the Talladega race, here is a list of 98 facts relating to Dogecoin and other Dogecoin-related facts, however tenuously. ;) This list isn't an official fact sheet, nor is it particularly authoritative, but hopefully you'll learn something interesting. I tried to offer a mix of obvious and esoteric information.
Josh Wise is the underdog(e) racer driving the Dogecoin-sponsored car in the Talladega NASCAR race.
The number 98 comes from the number of Josh Wise's race car. You'll often see tips, etc. with 98 in them on the dogecoin subreddit.
Other funny tip amounts include 4.20 and 777.
NASCAR is an acronym meaning National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, referring to the stock cars that are souped-up from “normal” vehicles.
NASCAR's roots are in bootlegging, where people drove illegal booze around and avoided cops with fast cars during the Prohibition.
Doge- has become a useful prefix. A well-known example is the Dogecar.
The Dogecar in question is a Ford Fusion.
“Talladega” refers to the name of the racing track, the Talladega Superspeedway. The track was originally known as the Alabama International Motor Speedway, which is not nearly as catchy as 'Dega.
The actual name of the race that Josh Wise is racing in is the Sprint Cup, during Aaron's 499.
The Dogecoin “mascot” is a Shiba Inu, a Japanese dog breed whose name is sometimes translated as “Small Brushwood Dog.”
People in the Dogecoin community are known as “shibes,” the nickname of the Shiba Inu.
Sometimes “Shibes” is capitalized, just as “dogecoin” can be written in lowercase.
The palindrome of Dogecar is Racegod.
“To the moon!” is a rallying cry in both the Dogecoin and Bitcoin communities. It can refer to several things: the skyrocketing price, the adoption of the currency, or both.
Dogecoin is based on a meme in which a Shiba Inu named Kabosu looks quizzical and uses strange grammar to remark on things.
A mainstay of Doge grammar includes the use of “wow” at the end of statements.
The Dogecoin font of choice is Comic Sans, released in 1994 with Microsoft products.
Comic Sans, a much maligned font, was redesigned recently as Comic Neue. Classy!
Dogecoin's code is derived from Litecoin, which is a cryptocurrency that developed after Bitcoin.
Some of Dogecoin's biggest fund-raising efforts have included sending the Jamaican Bobsled Team to the 2014 Winter Olympics, building wells in Africa, and supporting victims of natural disasters. Plus the Dogecar!
A Dogecoin ATM was demoed at Coinfest in early 2014.
In Tijuana, Mexico, there are two Bitcoin-based ATMs that support Dogecoin.
A house was recently put up for sale with the price of 100 million Dogecoins.
A key difference between Dogecoin and Bitcoin is that Dogecoins are less rare, with 5.2 billion coins released into the economy every year.
There are a handful of Dogecoin-friendly restaurants that accept Dogecoins as payment for food. One of the most well-known is the Iron Rail Diner.
The Iron Rail Diner offers a “To the Moon” Sundae.
If you'd rather buy food online, Dogecoin marketplaces have sprung up to allow shibes to grocery shop in their favorite cryptocurrency.
The dogecoin subreddit lists a ton of service providers and shops that allow Dogecoin purchases, and there are other directories that can help you lighten your Dogewallet.
Three foods available for purchase on ShopDoge are two flavors of Doritos and a pack of Mountain Dew.
The stereotype does stand to some scrutiny: recent demographic surveys have skewed towards young, tech-savvy males.
In fact, two recent surveys have shown female participation within the Dogecoin community at less than 15%--and one showed the level to be less than 10%.
Mountain Dew is generally shown on labels as Mtn Dew. No period after Mtn, much like there being no period after the Dr. in Doctor Pepper.
The no-period thing wouldn't be that unusual to someone familiar with British English: in many situations, the period is omitted after the title.
The Tex-Mex fast food chain Taco Bell has exclusive rights to Mountain Dew Baja Blast.
Tipping is a huge deal in the Dogecoin community.
Although dogecoin is obviously very welcoming towards Dogecoin tips, other subreddits are less excited about them.
“Tip” as a word isn't all that old. It originated in the 1700s and was originally a slang term.
Tipping started in England when guests would offer “vails” for overnight accommodations.
The word “gratuity” is much older, though the word in English has a much more official feel than the tipping found in the Dogecoin community.
Tipping is a common practice in the U.S., but it's not an expectation around the world.
The practice of tipping waitstaff in the States derives the fact that waiters and waitresses earn a much lower wage in order to offset food costs.
In Japan, it's weird to tip people.
Tips in USD are considered taxable income by the IRS, the Internal Revenue Service.
The drinking water campaign in Kenya was funded partially by a 14 million-doge tip through Twitter, so-called the “most valuable tweet in history.”
Dogecoin can be bought, acquired through tips, or acquired through faucets.
Faucets are sites that offer a slow leak of cryptocurrency to users who enter their wallet address. Although the faucets offer free coins, the amounts are generally very small.
A common occurrence in the Dogecoin community is the giveaway, a spontaneous tipping event with rules and parameters—even if the rules are that everyone who comments gets some Dogecoin!
Although there are many shibes who start out in Dogecoin via mining, many others are lured in by the giveaways and the free Dogecoins that dogecoin hoists upon newcomers.
The first Dogecoin conference happened in May 2014 in San Francisco. It was appropriately called DOGECON SF.
Dogecoin started as a joke, but it soon became serious business.
Another thing that started as a joke includes the game Goat Simulator, a ridiculously game in which the player causes goat mayhem.
Testing new ideas as “jokes” can be a good way for businesses to get a sense of what their consumers actually want.
One big example is ThinkGeek's Tauntaun sleeping bag, a joke that was so awesome that it had to eventually come true.
Be careful, though: depending on where you live, online gambling may be illegal regards of currency.
Actually, the laws regarding cryptocurrency and gambling are a bit nebulous.
Online poker sites began to disallow U.S. Players from gambling their USD on a Black Friday.
Black Friday is the day when profits go “in the black” (to the moon!) in time for the upcoming Christmas and holiday shopping season. It's a U.S. holiday of sorts after Thanksgiving in November.
DogeMusic brings busker tips from the real world into Dogecoin tipping online. Much generous.
Tipping in Dogecoin can be a type of crowdfunding, a pooling together of money for a cause that's rife around the Web of 2014 on sites such as Kickstarter, Kiva, and Indiegogo. In fact, these sites could one day accept Dogecoin tips!
May 4th is Buy Something with Doge Day, an effort to stimulate the burgeoning Dogecoin economy.
May 4th is also Star Wars Day, an unofficial celebration that was given the nod by LucasArts. May the Fourth be with you!
Dogecoin was introduced to the world on December 8th, 2013.
If Dogecoin were a person, it would be a wobbly toddler. At the age of four months, toddlers' eyes have generally sharpened to 20/40 vision.
If Dogecoin were a puppy, its vision wouldn't be in black and white, like some people believe. Instead, it would be saturated in yellows and blues!
Dogecoin shares a birthday with Nicki Minaj, Mary Queen of Scots, Eli Whitney, and Ann Coulter.
Another famous birthday twin includes Sinead O'Connor, who was sent to an asylum for shoplifting when she was a teenager.
The day after Dogecoin's inception, an article reported that over 500 were mining the new cryptocurrency. That number has increased tremendously since then.
One famous Dogecoin supporter is the man behind Goatse.cx.
Goatse.cx is a shock site from the Internet days of yore featuring, well... Google it.
The owner of the .cx domain, Christmas Island, is the one who stopped the scourge of Goatse.
Before the advent of novelty domains such as .ninja or .bar, domain names were based on actual locales.
Colombia, owner of all .co domains, gets revenue from sites with a .co suffix.
One of the top-rated posts on dogecoin shows a photo of the Jamaican bobsled team in the Olympic parade.
Another post shows 50,000 Dogecoin-worth of pizza being delivered to a homeless shelter.
Dogecoin is very much focused on philanthropic efforts. Studies show that doing good makes you feel good, which has likely contributed to the tipping culture on Dogecoin.
That said, there have been Dogecoin scams and the like, so it's important to be cautious but friendly, much like how you'd approach an unfamiliar doge.
Reddit supports Dogecoin not only through the dogecoin community. The co-founder of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, accepts Dogecoin donations for crowdfunding efforts and is a big supporter of the currency otherwise.
Much as there is doge, there is cate. Cate doesn't have a spokescat, however.
One of the most famous meme cats is Grumpy Cat.
Grumpy Cat arose to fame on Reddit in 2012 and has since become a cat celebrity of sorts.
Dogecoins have been featured in street art, the most famous incidence being when an anonymous shibe started donating thousands of Dogecoins to people in San Francisco.
FUD is an acronym for “fear, uncertainty, doubt.” It's bandied about in an effort to calm people down during spikes and lulls in the Dogecoin economy.
The amount of Dogecoin raised to fund the Dogecar was 67.8 million Dogecoins, around $55,000 at the time of exchange.
Before the Talladega race, dogecoin was a trending subreddit.
The future of Dogecoin appears bright, but there's nothing factual to say about it: so many things can happen that it's impossible to predict any sort of growth trends.
Craig Wright is a con artist and had incentive to fake being Satoshi. Now his job is promoting a Blockchain consultancy company.
Craig Wright is a scammer, and no matter how much he says what you want to hear, relating with him is going to bring no good. First, why did he claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto? The whole presentation with fake signatures from an old Satoshi transaction made no sense. Someone with any knowledge of CS as he seems to have, had to know someone would catch it sooner than later. Later he promised the definitive proof, to hours later retract it saying it was all too much for him. But then instead of retiring from the public eye because it was too much for him, he has come back to the front line to promote a new Bitcoin consultancy firm. He is doing presentation where he has no problem firing away with controversial and aggressive statements (independently of their validity, with a lot of what he says I personally agree). He suddenly became shy and scared only to present the cryptographic proof, but not before or after. His story offers no proof, just some weak indications here and there, and at the end became full of incongruence, just like your typical hoax. But the question is then, why did he do it? He had to know without a solid proof people would not believe him, so what did he gain from all of this? The answer is in this article from the BBC. The show was not for us, but for his investors, the community was just used:
To me, the key revelation is about this motivation. He had told the BBC that he had not wanted to come out into the spotlight but needed to dispel damaging rumours affecting his family, friends and colleagues. But O'Hagan shows us something rather different - a man under intense pressure from business associates who stood to profit from him if he could be shown to be Nakamoto. These people had signed a deal with Dr Wright in June last year, which saw them pay off his debts, including legal fees incurred in a battle with the Australian tax authorities. Then, they had a plan for him. "They would bring Wright to London and set up a research and development centre for him, with around 30 staff working under him," O'Hagan writes. "They would complete the work on his inventions and patent applications - he appeared to have hundreds of them - and the whole lot would be sold as the work of Satoshi Nakamoto, who would be unmasked as part of the project." The intellectual property, which he had already created and would now augment, would be worth as much as $1bn (£700m) with the Nakamoto name attached, so they would all end up very rich indeed. That may sound fanciful, but Dr Wright's research was into the block chain, the technology underlying Bitcoin, and the world's big banks are rushing to invest in exploring its potential. Now, they may have had dollar signs in their eyes, but Dr Wright's backers certainly seemed to believe he was Nakamoto, and O'Hagan outlines some new evidence that supports that view. He spends days talking to Dr Wright about his relationship with Dave Kleiman, an American who died in 2013 and is thought by many to have played a big part in the creation of Bitcoin. With some reluctance, Dr Wright eventually supplies some emails that seem to suggest the two worked together on the 2008 Nakamoto white paper explaining the idea of the "peer-to-peer electronic cash system". O'Hagan goes to meet Dr Wright's ex-wife, who stands up a story about the two men meeting at a conference in Orlando in 2009 - because she came along too. She gives a detailed account of their meeting and the way Dr Wright hero-worshipped Mr Kleiman, which rings true coming from someone who has no reason to lie. There is a document about a trust fund set up by Dr Wright to hold some bitcoins for Mr Kleiman, along with a promise not to reveal the identity behind Nakamoto's email address. And there are minutes of a meeting between the Australian tax authorities and Dr Wright's business, where his advisor appears to suggest that he possessed 1.1m bitcoins - worth nearly £600m at the current exchange rate.
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After all, he had been planning to out himself for months - albeit under pressure from his backers - so why this sudden fear of the consequences now? The other question left hanging is why the backers who had invested so much in their Nakamoto had not demanded more proof from him at an earlier stage. In the end, we are left uncertain about Dr Wright's true role in the creation of Bitcoin. It seems very likely he was involved, perhaps as part of a team that included Dave Kleiman and Hal Finney, the recipient of the first transaction with the currency. He may have exaggerated his contribution, he may have constructed a very elaborate fantasy - or this fragile personality may have lost his nerve as he realised that his life would never be the same again once he was Craig "Nakamoto" Wright.
In short, he had unpaid taxes and other debts and convinced investors that he was Satoshi (or maybe the investors were in on it too) and got them to pay his debts in exchange for promotion for their patents company. Craig Wright needed to make a show for his investors and he did, using us all. Also, anyone here thinks that Satoshi, a guy who gave all the Bitcoin ideas in the open would start patenting them or promoting a patent holder company? Now he is working for a Blockchain consultancy firm. There is a lot of money to be made consulting for the buzzword Blockchain, with companies like IBM putting aside millions just to invest in it. And now Craig Wright has come out attacking Blockstream and promoting big block ideas, which has granted him and the consulting company he works for a lot of attention and possibly future business. To finish, this guy is a con artist. Just because he says what you want to hear, does not mean you should associate with him, unless you want to end up burnt. I agree with a lot of things he says, but anyone can say shit. This guy is just another Maxwell type, intelligent but a lier and a manipulator, defending only his own personal interests. His actions speak for themselves.
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