BTC Private Holders have Just Struck Gold
According to the snap shot recorded on https://btcprivate.org/ only 784337 total BTC and zClassic were stored in the correct place in order to receive BTC Private.
They have updated their site, the cited numbers are the blocks and not totals. Fingers crossed for low numbers.
This fork was a royal PITA, so I guess the reward is that so many people didn't bother with it. It really proves to me what a nascent industry we're playing in, when so much simply doesn't work.
First I bought my ZCL on Cryptopia and tried to move it to the Electrum wallet. After 72 hours and about 20 messages with support, I gave up on making that wallet work on my laptop. But now I had ZCL on an exchange that wouldn't honor the fork. And Bittrex isn't creating new accounts, which at the time was the one exchange everyone thought would support the fork.
Fast forward to yesterday, when I learned Trade Satoshi would support the fork. So then I had to get my ZCL from Cryptopia to TS. Of course all kinds of wallet maintenance going on, but thankfully eventually it transferred.
Then this morning, I'm ready for the snapshot and to then sell my rapidly devaluing ZCL. Of course the TS site is down starting 20 mins. before the snapshot and until at least 30 mins. after it.
Finally the site's back up and I try to log in. I'm sent both a security code email and a "account locked" email the same instant! Haven't been able to log into TS all day, as the price has gone from the $98 this morning, to $50 when the site first came back up, to now about $10.
This BTCP better turn out to be something special after all this fuss and muss.
Anyone who bought zClassic should have understood it is a $4 coin. You will now get BTC Private which has less than 1 million tokens issued and has the speed of zClassic the build of BTC and is private.
I'm giving all my zClassic away in a contest after the wallets work again. CRYPTO is about freedom and privacy and not flipping for the highest value of fiat. You may want to look into crypto's more and learn what they are for and why they hold value. You sound like someone has been brain washed by the site scammer @jerrybanfield and think this is all about quick profits.
I am still sitting on my BTC from 2013 and could care less if they go to $1 or 1 million. That is not why I purchased them and anyone who chases dollars with crypto's is in for a long painful ride. Ask Jerry, everything he promotes only becomes valuable after he gives it up and leaves.
He likes it here because many don't understand he is a scammer and using different accounts to scam people and reward himself. Now he is trying to throw a fake SteemFest 2.5 and steal more from the community.
Can you make money in Crypto? Yes and lots of it, I am just thankful there is an unchangeable block chain of every scammer and every wallet transfer since 2009. Many will be in Federal Prison right around the time crypto really achieves it's true purpose.
You're totally reading me wrong. If you read any of my articles on crypto, you'll see that I'm all about the values angle (as in how a coin aligns with my values) with profit potential secondary. I don't participate in every fork I know about. I participated in this one because I believe in the values proposition of privacy coins, and thought this one had some particularly good things about it, some of which you mentioned.
However, once I decide to get the coin, I don't expect to be dragged through all this with the tech with basic things like wallets working. I've wasted so much time just trying to get it to work, first the Electrum wallet, then the exchange wallets. Server nodes weren't connecting, wallets kept going into maintenance, I mean hours and hours. So yes, I was definitely hoping to be able to sell the ZCL at some fraction of what I paid for it when it was all done. Glad to have the BTCP, which was the coin I wanted to start with. But really, I think their is a reason behind those low numbers of people who qualified. It was really a nightmare being able to.
(And then there were the poor people on Bittrex yesterday, scrambling to either sell or move their coins before the snapshot, because it turned out at that last minute that Bittrex was not supporting the fork!)
It's a young industry technologically, so we are all super early adopters. With that comes a lot of angst.
Glad to hear!
zClassic losses will correct after those who were just waiting to dumb directly after the fork sellout. The volume may be high but there are not that many being sold it is the same ones back and forth.
Just hold them as zClassic is also a great coin and once BTC Private goes up one token will cover all the zClassic purchased.
I am a little annoyed today so if you don't hold it against me, disregard my previous message.
No worries. But honestly, you sound like someone with a similar view of crypto as me, and I'm really trying to find people I can engage in these more meaningful conversations about it. If you have the time, I really would appreciate your reading my article from earlier today and seeing if you feel moved to comment. The article is quite meaningful to me, and I really value your thoughts.