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alidervash@pluspora.com

MAY 18, 2019, 10:20:53 PM
Top 4 Ways to buy XRP in 2019

kraken adds xrp
As the year 2019 trucks along, it seems likely the current price trend will attract new holders and investors over time. For fans of Ripple’s asset, being able to buy XRP in a quick and convenient manner will be a top priority. The following trading platforms can all suit this need, depending on one’s personal preferences.

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1 Buy XRP With BTC: Binance/OKEx/Huobi Global/Poloniex
2 Buy XRP With Euros: Kraken/Bitstamp/Coinbase Pro
3 Buy XRP With USD: Coinbase Pro/Bitfinex/Bitstamp/Kraken
4 Buy XRP with USDT: OKEx/Binance/Huobi Global
Buy XRP With BTC: Binance/OKEx/Huobi Global/Poloniex
Most of the top cryptocurrency trading platforms allow users to freely interchange XRP and Bitcoin. This also means anyone with access to Bitcoin can quickly diversify a portfolio without much friction. Binance is the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange by vole and public sentiment. Its XRP/BTC pair always generates tremendous liquidity, thus obtaining Ripple’s asset will not pose any major challenges.

The same can be said about OKEx, albeit this trading volume seems to generate a lot less buzz among enthusiasts. Its own XRP/BTC trading pair generates nearly $30m in volume every single day, which means Bitcoin holders can easily obtain RIpple’s asset through this platform. Having multiple options at one’s disposal is never a bad thing, after all.

Another option which has always remained somewhat popular among altcoin users is Poloniex or Bittrex. Both are prominent altcoin-oriented exchanges, which have built up a decent reputation over the years. Poloniex is now under professional management since it was acquired. Bittrex is actively complying with regulations in several regions. Both options are solid to exchange between Ripple’s asset and Bitcoin, albeit they both generate less trading volume compared to Binance and OKEx.

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alidervash@pluspora.com

Pakistan urges more global efforts to combat illicit financial flows
Pakistan on Saturday called for stepped up efforts to plug loopholes that impede the international community’s ability to combat illicit financial flows.

Speaking at the high-level meeting on International Cooperation to Combat Illicit Financial Flows at the United Nations, Pakistan’s ambassador Maleeha Lodhi said that the illicit financial flows were a key contributory factor for the economic underperformance of developing countries and a major obstacle to poverty eradication.

“Illicit Financial Flows have a catastrophic impact on societies; they stifle opportunities, deny vulnerable people access to infrastructure, and condemn them to a life of inequality and inequity,” Ambassador Lodhi pointed out.

Pakistan’s UN peacekeeping role shows strong support for multilateralism: Lodhi

She also stated that despite a plethora of institutions and initiatives dealing with illicit financial flows, significant challenges and gaps remain.

“These include lack of an agreed definition; difficulties in reliable measurement due to their disguised nature; increasing use of information and communication technologies and crypto-currencies by criminals; inadequate participation of developing countries in multilateral initiatives and their lack of capacity in combating illicit flows”.
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alidervash@pluspora.com

BitMEX witnesses $225 million in long liquidations as BTC plunges to $6,400
During Bitcoin's sell-off this morning, crypto exchange BitMEX saw a single liquidation of $104 million as price crashed down from its recent $8,400 high to around $6,400
Bitcoin crashed to a low of $6,380 on BitMEX this morning as the original cryptocurrency lost over $10 billion in market cap during a period of flash liquidations on the exchange.

BitMEX’s price index is formed using a 50:50 split of the Bitstamp and Coinbase Pro BTC/USD markets. The sell-off seems to have been triggered due to a massive amount of BTC being sold all at once on the crypto exchange Bitstamp.

Bitcoin was trading comfortably above $7,800 before the sale of 3,600 BTC (worth around $28 million) wiped just over $1,500 off the price of the decentralised asset to trade at a low of $6,175.
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alidervash@pluspora.com

Bitcoin Price Prediction and Technical Analysis for May 17
t hasn’t been a good day for the Bitcoin price as of today. A lot of value has been lost in very quick succession, yet no one seems to know where this downtrend will end exactly. With some basic technical analysis, it quickly becomes apparent numerous key support levels have been broken in quick succession. This free fall will end eventually, but for now, it will seemingly continue.

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1 A Retrace was Completely Expected
2 BTC/USD Technical Analysis
3 The MACD Looks way Oversold
4 The Elder Ray Indicator Looks Bearish
A Retrace was Completely Expected
It is always crucial to keep an eye on how fast a cryptocurrency market moves up or down. In the case of Bitcoin, the recent uptrend has been both impressive and violent at the same time. Such strong gains in quick succession cannot go by without a hefty correction of some sorts. That correction is currently ongoing, as the actual bottom may sit a bit lower compared to the current price.

As is usually the case when it comes to volatile cryptocurrencies, the current trend can turn around on a dime. There have been numerous attempts at reverting the Bitcoin trend today, albeit all of them have failed miserably so far. The market is clearly in a massively oversold state, but since there are not enough buyers willing to push the price higher, the current trend could remain in place for a few more hours. For all one knows, the current resistance levels are broken as swiftly as they were when the levels acted as support. Unpredictability is what makes these markets so appealing.

BTC/USD Technical Analysis
There are some interesting aspects of the BTC/USD chart when looking at the one generated by the Bitstamp exchange. Perhaps the oddest fact is how this is only one of the only trading platforms to see the Bitcoin price drop as low as $6,168 which is well below the lowest price of other exchanges. Why the value hit such a low value, remains rather unclear at this time. It is possible there simply wasn’t enough liquidity to keep the order book afloat, although it does raise a lot of interesting questions.

When looking at the actual technical indicators, a very worrisome trend becomes apparent. Albeit the chart below might label too many levels as “crucial”, there are all former resistance levels of the past few weeks. Every single one of those levels was turned into perceived support lines, albeit last night’s retrace shows that is not necessarily the case. The Bitcoin value got dumped through at least eight “support” levels in very quick succession, which still leaves a lot of people puzzled at this stage.
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alidervash@pluspora.com

6 Developments Potentially Triggering Bitcoin Price Volatility
NullTX VOlatility Cryptos TOkens
It has been a very turbulent night for Bitcoin and all of the alternative markets available today. With all markets losing as much as 10% of their value in quick succession, everyone is looking for a reason as to what happened. It appears there are a few interesting developments which can all influence the way these markets are moving. There is always much more to this industry compared to what is seen on the surface.

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1 More Tether / Bitfinex “Drama”
2 Blockport’s STO Fails to Raise Capital
3 Prohashing Drops BCH ABC Mining (for now)
4 Mounting Bitcoin Transaction Fees
5 Binance Resumes Withdrawals Following Upgrade
6 Poloniex Cracks Down on Potential Securities
More Tether / Bitfinex “Drama”
For quite some time now, a lot of cryptocurrency enthusiasts have claimed there is something amiss with Bitfinex and Tether. Both entities are suspected or artificially influencing the Bitcoin price, either for better or worse. These developments would then, in turn, affect all of the alternative markets as well, as they derive value from Bitcoin. In a new announcement, Bitfinex has scored a minor victory in terms of its legal proceedings. The New York Supreme Court agreed the injunction against Bitfinex was vague and overbroad. Because of this decision, both Bitfinex and Tether can continue their business as normal without any hindrances.

However, there are always two sides to every story. As part of the proceedings yesterday, it seems Tether’s reserves can no longer be loaned to Bitfinex. Nor can Tether distribute funds from its reserves to its employees, executives, or anyone else who is not on the normal list of recipients. This new measure will remain in place for 90 days but will seemingly not cause any real problems. In fact, Tether seems more than happy with the new decision. A very interesting situation well worth keeping an eye on.

Blockport’s STO Fails to Raise Capital
Ever since ICOs have gone out of fashion, numerous companies have tried to raise funds through an STO, or Security Token Offering. While that model can be successful in many different ways, it is evident not everyone will be successful. Blockport, a company specializing in letting users buy Bitcoin with Euros, attempted to raise 1 million euro to keep its business moving forward.

Since the cap was not reached, all investors will be reimbursed and no BPS tokens will be distributed. This also means the company needs to scale down significantly, and Blockport will be taken offline in late May of 2019. Although the company may restart in the future, the future remains somewhat unclear at this time. Users will be able to withdraw their funds accordingly, although further details will be provided over the coming weeks.

Prohashing Drops BCH ABC Mining (for now)
It has been an eventful week for the Bitcoin Cash community. Following some positive price moment, one would expect this ecosystem to note some big growth accordingly. A new hard for this week has caused a fair few problems. Especially the Prohashing mining pool saw an influx of orphaned blocks. Since no solution has been offered since, the company removed mining support through the Bitcoin Cash ABC Client. Instead, they now switched to Bitcoin Unlimited Cash. This doesn’t mean BCH support has been dropped altogether, but it is a peculiar development regardless.
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alidervash@pluspora.com

India's powerful NASSCOM tech lobby wants the Reserve Bank to give crypto a chance.
Powerful Indian Tech Lobby Urges Central Bank to Favor Bitcoin Startups
Dominant Indian tech lobby, NASSCOM, is pushing the Reserve Bank of India to be inclusive with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin in its regulatory sandbox to shape the future of the country’s fintech industry.

NASSCOM, which represents the $154 billion Indian IT sector and is a powerful voice in the industry, is calling for the RBI to include crypto in its so-called ‘Draft Enabling Framework for Regulatory Sandbox’ after they shunned its inclusion in the official document on the framework, and excluded cryptocurrency, crypto trading and ICOs from testing.

BITCOIN INCLUSION
A NASSCOM spokesperson said including crypto in the framework would help the bank better understand the risks and opportunities presented by cryptocurrencies:
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alidervash@pluspora.com

Crypto Market Crashes, Bitcoin Down 9%, Ether - 7%
The crypto market crashed on Friday morning (UTC time) suddenly, erasing almost all its gains this week, before rebounding somewhat.

All major coins are in red now (04:14 UTC), while the absolute majority of tokens among the top 100 dropped by 10%-20% in the past 24 hours. The total market capitalization is down almost 10%, to USD 234 billion.

Bitcoin dropped almost 10%, ether lost almost 7%, while XRP, Stellar and Cardano are the biggest losers among the top 10 coins.

Top 10 coins by market capitalization:
(04:14 UTC)
According to Tuur Demeester, founder of Adamant Capital, a Bitcoin alpha hedge fund, and some other members of the cryptoverse, this flash crash was lead by selling on the Bitstamp exchange, where bitcoin price fell to as low as USD 6,178 before rebounding above USD 7,000 again.
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isaackuo@pluspora.com

Multi-column Stream in diaspora!

One thing I like about Google+ is the multi-column stream view. It means I can browse articles more quickly than with a single column view, with less scrolling effort. Conversely, it means my followers can browse articles more quickly, so more people see my posts. It's great! More engagement, more enjoyment, less time spent.

Diaspora has many features I like, being similar to early G+. But it has just a single column stream view...until now! It turns out that adding a small bit of CSS code gives a crude multi-column stream view. It's not neat Masonry tiling, with weird gaps. But it's good enough for me.

The steps to do this are:

1) Use Chrome or Chromium

2) Install the Stylus plugin (search for "stylus chrome")

3) Go to pluspora.com (or whatever diaspora pod you're on)

4) Click on the “S” plugin icon in the upper right; select Write Style for pluspora.com

5) Paste the code:

#main-stream .stream-element {
    float: left;
    width: 33%;
}

.container-fluid {
    max-width: 3000px;
}

.col-md-3 {
    width: 15%;
}

6)Click “Save” to save your new style.

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dcleverley@pluspora.com

Regarding advertising on our pod:

There's a little confusion over advertising on pluspora, so I'd like to clear this up a bit.
--Spambots whose only posts are ads, with no personal interaction and no other content are not permitted to have accounts.
--The podmins will not ever accept payment for advertising. This is a slippery slope we're not heading down.
--However, citizens of pluspora who interact in good faith who are small business owners who would like to post occasionally regarding their services along with other non-advertising are free to do so.
--Other pods on the Diaspora network may have different rules, so just be aware. Always remember, we are part of the bigger Fediverse.

This is very similar to what we experienced on GPlus.
Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions!

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thomthomas@pluspora.com

Have You Ever Pressed Share only to notice a mistake? Bummed because you'll have to redo all the markdown formatting? Boy Do I Have A #Tip For You | Or:

How I lost my shit reading the historical discussion around adding an edit feature to diaspora* and accidently stumbled across a fugly workaround to retrieve markdown formatting.

A story of agony (for the author or the reader? You decide)

The Problem with how we have to currently edit
aka: I seriously enjoy the current edit process. About as much as I enjoy fucking myself in my own face with a cinderblock.

When we are posting to diaspora, we all know what to do if we make an error/typo/word choice that we simply cannot live with.

A. We copy the text, 
B. Delete the comment or post, 
C. Start a new comment or post 
D. And then mark it up all over again,
    hoping not to make the same or new mistakes.

If it wasn't clear, I seriously enjoy this process. About as much as I enjoy fucking myself in my own face with a cinder block. So nice, I typed it twice.


So here it is, just the #tip

  1. Before you delete the offending post, get the permalink to the post
  2. and add .json to the end of the URL
  3. You will see a nasty looking blob of text but upon closer inspection, other than some HTML and other markup, nestled within one big quotation, you will find your post in all it's markdown glory (plus some characters to represent line breaks /r and /n and the magic code for the > character [markdown for blockquote] that will need to be cleaned up.)
  4. Copy your words along with the markdown formatting intact,
  5. Paste into a new post
  6. And clean up some of the rendering artifacts noted above and there you have it! A fresh start.

And a Kafkaesque editing process that feels like a late 90's problem ruining a perfectly AWESOME diaspora UX (otherwise).


Wondering how I stumbled across this tip?

Or what it has to do with anything else in this rambling nightmare of a story? Well - buckle upand prepared to be bored to death by my petty, nit picking reaction to what I perceive to be user experience (UX) hostility.

Seriously - there's lots of words below, but you don't want to go there. It's a dumpster fire smoldering in the shit show of my heart. Consider this your warning. Below you will find a WTAMFF and a I shit you not.

You will read an author full of incredulity, self righteous ire and a whole lot of puffed up attitudes about the import of his own opinion. Is it a spectacle worth your time? I don't know. You'll have to decide.


So I decided to start reading Feature proposal: Editing of posts

You know - the 7 year long discussion where developers wring their hands and knit their brows about how can they possibly control the end users from abusing an edit feature.

After reading more than I care to admit on this tiresome conversation that ended in a muddied proposal about diaspora lacking an edit post & edit comment feature, I came across the json tip.

In fact, one of the devs actually suggested the .json trick as a satisfactory method for users to edit (that is - copy the .json markup, delete the old post, redo the post, publish again) and therefore there was no need for edit features.

W T A M F F
^what^ ^the^ ^actual^ ^mother^ ^fucking^ ^fuck^

One of the devs actually asked:

Is it really a good and desirable thing, coding effort aside, to let people edit their historical comments at any time? I don’t think it is, for reasons I’ve outlined above ...

His reasons outlined "above" boiled down to the fact that people are children and can not be trusted.

That kind of end user hostility is unacceptable to me.

Another of the greatest hits from as recent as October 2017:

If you have any doubt, copy the raw markdown version of your post before submitting it.

The best way to avoid errors is to preview your post until you are certain everything is correct!

I shit you not one goddamn bit.


To be fair, there were voices of reason

After getting lost down this rabbit hole for a few hours, I ended up posting these comments to the github diaspora project issues

Well, it looks like my comment on the issue isn't being shown publicly.
Good thing I took some really bad advice and decided to copy the raw markdown version of [my] post before submitting it.

Oh wait - no need because you can actually edit comments on github issues.

Imagine that! It's a goddamn Christmas miracle all up in github. Mofos be editing with abandon! Look out, neckbeard42 is going to go back and maliciously edit his comments to make shabang7 look like a stupid head. OMG! :scream: ^emoji^


Okay - I'll cut and paste my comment here:

I want to contribute to the bountysource but I am unclear as to what form the edit feature will take. I have a few hundred dollars I'd like to add to this bounty and I'd like to encourage my friends and followers to contribute as they can. I'd like to raise the total to over $1000 but I need to know what it is that is being proposed.

Maybe I'm being unfair, but reading over the conversations dating back to 7 yrs ago (in a few different places) - I think all the fretting about people going back and changing a comment or post in bad faith amounts to a user hostile attitude.

Most people will use the edit feature in good faith. The few that don't will lose engagement and trust. For the most part, we are adults. I think we can handle the incredible responsibility of editing our own words and managing our own credibility.

Maybe that is no longer an issue and that fear of users abusing the edit feature has been put to bed. From what I've read, it is not clear to me.

In fact, there doesn't seem to be an easy to understand overview of how the edit feature is envisioned from a UX point of view.

Questions a user wanting the edit feature might have:
1. As a diaspora user, will I be able to publish a post, re-read it 3 days later and edit an autocorrect mistake (change 'poop' to 'park')?
2. Ten hours later, I get comments asking for clarification - will I be able to edit the post again to add an addendum to the bottom of the post clarifying the details of my narrative?
3. Will there be a time limit of minutes, days, weeks, months for editing?
3. Will I be able to make similar edits to my comments on my or someone else's post?
4. Will there be the typical notation on the post/comment that the post/comment was edited 20 minutes ago (for example)
5. Will we be notified of every edit made on posts or comments we've interacted with?
6. If I make a bunch of changes experimenting with the markdown to get the best presentation I can, will I irritate the people with a bunch of notifications?

If anyone herding this effort along thinks it would help, I am more than happy to jump into the IRC channel or participate here or in whatever comms channel best suits the project to help specify what the feature will look like from a user perspective - both in detail and in a tl;dr format.

I used to work as a technical writer so I'm equipped to interface with technical people and translate it into end user.


Do you want to contribute to the Edit Feature Bounty?

User should be able to edit posts


PS - If you think I notice a typo and I'm going to make use of my own #tip here to retrieve the text with the markdown markup from the .json file, you are out of your got'dammed mind.

I'd almost rather fuck myself in my own face with a cinder block.

#tip #json #markdown #why-the-eff-doesnt-diaspora-have-edit-features-yet #thomrant #github #bountysource #diaspora-issues #sorry-if-i-hurt-feelings #humor #just-the-tip #mole-hill #mountain #dumpsterfire #mystory #tilting-at-windmills

dredmorbius@joindiaspora.com

#tip: If you're a uMatrix user and find some Diaspora functions aren't working for you, check your configuration

I found that username expansion on tagging wasn't working until I enabled numerous additional domains. I need to to some further research to find out just what settings are or are not necessary, but poke around within the grid if bits seem missing.

Among features:

  • Rich text editor.
  • Preview display.
  • User tagging (this has been the big one for me).

There may be other functions/features I've not run into yet.

#googleplus #newhere

mjcarman@pluspora.com

As a Google+ refugee I've been trying to work out the diasporan analogues to G+ paradigms. Here's what I've sussed out so far:
- Liking a post is equivalent to a +1 (but you can't like comments)
- Disapora uses Markdown for formatting which is >>> than the limited markup G+ supported.
- You can follow a post without needing to add a comment like "/sub" by enabling notifications for a post. (Click on the bell icon.) Similarly, you can disable notifications to unfollow.
- Diaspora doesn't support editing posts or comments.
- Aspects are pretty much a 1:1 match with circles. (They're completely unsuited as a substitute for collections or communities.)
- Diaspora doesn't have an equivalent to communities.
- Tags are the rough equivalent to collections. They're both more flexible (you can add multiple tags to a post) and less precise (you can't follow a particular tag from a particular user).
- You can ignore users (so you don't see their posts) but you can't block them (so they can't see/comment on your public posts and you don't see their comments). The closest you can come to blocking is to post privately (i.e. to an aspect).

#newhere #gplusrefugee #tip

babylontales@pluspora.com

Introducing #Tiplist.

I've had this idea for several weeks, kinda wish I'd gotten it sorted out then before the deathnail of G+, but alas. So many amazing tips go out in the #Tip hashtag, and some of them are just so good I want to bring them all together and share them in a single post. Not just reshare them.

And so, I've decided to create the hashtag #Tiplist, a type of post that's a playlist of tips. Anybody can create a Tiplist and share with the Pluspora community. It's not just my hashtag. It'll be a great way to currate the best of the best tips for folks. Please make sure you tag and credit those who wrote the tips, and link to them. Full credit, full heart.

Here's my first Tiplist, enjoy.

Tiplist
- Keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys by @Sebastian Inacker
- Change color theme by Me
- Diaspora Tips: Pods, Hashtags & Following by @Dr.Edward Morbius
- A quick GIF guide to the Stream options by @Ayoub

If you only click on one of the posts, make it the one by Ayoub. His quick GIF guide is great. Thanks so much for that Ayoub! But now it's your turn to start mixing your Tiplists. Happy listing, happy tipping!

Kramer from Seinfeld TV series saying "You just blew my mind"