hi thx

is MEW down? I can't view my ETH total amount.

I got a slot for TenX pre-sale

c'mon and confirm damn it!

Thinking about modes of payment, if given the choice, I would choose credit card over cash over cryptos!

Credit card earns points and cash back while cash gets nothing. Cryptos have additional charges with the prospect of increasing value.

Even if I can spend ETH now, it is highly unlikely I would use ETH. Hmmmm... as I was thinking earlier, unless a crypto is stable, it wouldn't be the payment mode of choice....

Of course I think I'm thinking along the line of an investor....

Not too sure. I guess the requirement would be a stable cryptocurrency with fast transaction time and low fees with low premium on first purchase.....

And maybe even a crypto that functions mainly as a "currency" rather than anything else.... 

The other possibility is those that strike rich and want to unload or spend their riches. The card would definitely make things easy, rather than converting to fiat first before spending..... Come to think of it, there are people who wants to unload after gaining 20, 50 or 100%.....

And yeah, as I'm a HODLer, I don't see myself spending or unloading my collection at least for another 2-3 years..... but that's just me.

7 BTC here, I believe in Alibaba!

LTC head by oversea chinese, but boss is china
ANS fully china

then...
LTC is BTC to china
ANS is ETH to china

Can buy ANS in Polo?

Not too sure what to make of this : https://twitter.com/SiaTechHQ/status/877172...9563778/photo/1

Obelisk SC1 - Siacoin ASIC miner..... 

Oh well, sleeping time! 

Dammit. Can somebody help post up the ASIC article of Sia from medium - "Choosing ASIC for SIA"? https://twitter.com/siatechhq?lang=en

I can't access it. Moon or no moon? 

Thx.

Anybody planning to buy PAY by TenX tomorrow?
So the address will only be released 15 mins before the sale start?
And follow this website?
https://medium.com/@TenX/pay-token-sale-how...ps-8620367eba34

The target is 100K ETH, how likely is it going to be reached? If it is reached within a month (sales period), then the sales period will end earlier?

Vorick had put it in such a nice way that it was mostly understandable for noobs like me. However, the arguments for and against ASIC usage is beyond me and I would not have any idea on the merits of the arguments. I can only say that it sounds believable and it is a bold step forward. Here you have various sorts of cryptos trying to be ASIC-resistant and suddenly Sia decided to be ASIC-friendly.

I'm still waiting for the Obelisk SC1 announcement. Probably a joint venture with IBM? 

have u download the core chain file like 300mb+, that file can accelerate your sync progress.

if no, please read the post from lord wootz few page back 

copied from reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/Antshares/comments..._shares_wallet/

NEO uses dBFT (delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance)
https://themerkle.com/what-is-delegated-byz...ault-tolerance/

And so, Sia announces Obelisk's Sia ASICs : https://www.reddit.com/r/siacoin/comments/6...s_full_details/

The problem is, a lot of people are not happy with the terms and regulations of pre-ordering the miner at USD2.5k which will only come out in March or June 2018!

I like the idea of securing the network by having dedicated ASICs. I mean, they are providing cloud storage that has to be 100% reliable with 100% uptime. However, it looks like they need to iron out the process of getting those ASICs to end-users. From the looks of it, majority are unhappy.

The only worry I have is whether Obelisk (the company) can deliver on those ASICs which is still on the drawing board!

Nope. To me, the concept and future plan is sound. Even the explanation of payment method (using BTC instead of SC) was acceptable, to me at least. The only thing is whether they can successfully create the product and get it to end-users on time. Any failure will probably lead to a big crash although I don't see why it should crash as GPU mining will still go on until those ASICs comes out.