Cool; even I qualified for 2020 XRP. I'll figure out where it's going later, most likely to SkSp :P thanks Mark!
On 30 October 2013 00:03, Mark Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > I mentioned Ripple (ripple.com) during a past TL;DR post. I swear > sometime in early 2014 I will give at talk at Skullspace explaining why > Ripple could be a very useful tool for Skullspace and Skullspace members. > > Reminder in short, what Bitcoin is doing for digital/crypto cash, Ripple > could do for electronic networks of credit relationships denominated in > whatever currencies/commodities the users wish to have with each other. > (tracked on a distributed ledger) > > Though the emphasis is on credit networks, the Ripple system includes a > built-in cash like crypto currency, XRP. > > If you have a GitHub account, don't wait for my presentation to learn > more. Right now, and ending possibly soon, RippleLabs is giving away 2020 > XRP to anyone with a GitHub account created prior to May 1st, 2013 that has > had public code up since then. I think many of you qualify for that > https://giveaway.ripple.com/ > https://giveaway.ripple.com/**rules <https://giveaway.ripple.com/rules> > > 2020 XRP is worth around ~$11 USD and ~0.05 bitcoin right now. Hard to > argue with free money on that scale. > > Thanks to the outbound bitcoin bridge feature being supported by Bitstamp > and the depth of markets there, you can easily trade almost all of your > 2020 XRP for bitcoin and never think about Ripple again if you so want: > https://ripple.com/blog/**bitcoin-bridge-lets-ripple-** > users-make-payments-to-**bitcoin-accounts/<https://ripple.com/blog/bitcoin-bridge-lets-ripple-users-make-payments-to-bitcoin-accounts/> > > If you want to use that and want to just away give your free 2020 XRP by > way of bitcoin to someone else, here are four good causes that could use > your free ~$10: > > #1 Skullspace mining profits > 14eS3vDCn66Dy7N1PJXA7KTULPirfC**JJeW > https://blockchain.info/**address/**14eS3vDCn66Dy7N1PJXA7KTULPirfC**JJeW<https://blockchain.info/address/14eS3vDCn66Dy7N1PJXA7KTULPirfCJJeW> > (next sell off at BSides in November) > > #2 Journalistic Source Protection Defence Fund for Edward Snowden > 1snowqQP5VmZgU47i5AWwz9fsgHQg9**4Fa > (vanity address!) > https://wikileaks.org/**freesnowden <https://wikileaks.org/freesnowden> > > #3 https://my.fsf.org/donate/**other/ <https://my.fsf.org/donate/other/> > 1PC9aZC4hNX2rmmrt7uHTfYAS3hRbp**h4UN > > #4 https://supporters.eff.org/**donate <https://supporters.eff.org/donate> > > > If you want to keep bitcoin or XRP for yourself and trade for CAD some > time, you could wait until I'm around at BSides and buying. > > But if market volatility in the price for crypto coins makes you nervous > as hell, you can hedge the value of this give away right away and lock in > your $10 in CAD or USD so it doesn't crash in value on you. > > In the ripple system you can say you trust an exchange like Bitstamp and > trade your XRP for USD owing to you by Bitstamp. You wouldn't want to use a > wire transfer out of Bitstamp to withdraw (fees would eat it all) -- > instead you would wait until you're face to face with someone like me or a > friend who wants bitcoin and in one quick *swoop* you can trade your > Bitstamp USD for bitcoin (at the market price of that moment) directly to > the bitcoin address of whoever is paying you CAD cash (at market rate of > that moment) for it. > > Or, email me for my ripple address and you can open a ~$10 CAD trust line > to me in the Ripple system. I'll post a XRP for CAD trade at current rate > and you can utilize that and have less XRP and ~$10 CAD owing by me to you. > Then, when you run into me at BSides or wherever, you can redeem the ~$10 > that I'll owe you. > > > Mark > ______________________________**_________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: > http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/**index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss<http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss> > Archive: > https://groups.google.com/**group/skullspace-discuss-**archive/<https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/> >
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