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Soylent Yellow
Nov 5, 2010

yospos

Khorne posted:

The risk of lending someone who needs a $200 loan is immense. I wouldn't do it even with a 400% APR.

Or at least until it becomes legal for someone to sign over their second kidney as collateral.

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Emmideer
Oct 20, 2011

Lovely night, no?
Grimey Drawer

Soylent Yellow posted:

Or at least until it becomes legal for someone to sign over their second kidney as collateral.

Please support my new site, kidney bitcoin loan exchange, otherwise known as kid bit loan exchange

lazorexplosion
Mar 19, 2016

divabot posted:

I wrote up Salon's mining in the browser thing.

I found one of their dev guys talking about how horrible and diseased the javascript in ads is.

Also found what Salon said in those far off days of December 2017: "Bitcoin is a malignant development, and it’s getting worse"

Oh hey, I got attack of the 50ft blockchain the other day and it was good as hell

comedyblissoption
Mar 15, 2006

divabot posted:

I wrote up Salon's mining in the browser thing.

I found one of their dev guys talking about how horrible and diseased the javascript in ads is.

Also found what Salon said in those far off days of December 2017: "Bitcoin is a malignant development, and it’s getting worse"
:yeah:

Soylent Yellow
Nov 5, 2010

yospos

jon joe posted:

Please support my new site, kidney bitcoin loan exchange, otherwise known as kid bit loan exchange

New ICO on Renalcoin incoming as soon as I can find someone who knows what the hell they're doing. I'm just the ideas guy. Renalcoin ©® Soylent Yellow 2018 Original character do not steal.

Soylent Yellow
Nov 5, 2010

yospos
Quote is not edit.

divabot
Jun 17, 2015

A polite little mouse!

lazorexplosion posted:

Oh hey, I got attack of the 50ft blockchain the other day and it was good as hell

:kiss:

oh and Salon also lied about not overdoing it with your CPU:

https://twitter.com/bad_packets/status/963512608610332672

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Khorne posted:

Those APRs are reasonable for real short term loans. If you borrow $200 and pay it back in a day you'll pay a few dollars on it. Obviously, you get wrecked if you can't pay it back immediately.

The risk of lending someone who needs a $200 loan is immense. I wouldn't do it even with a 400% APR.

First of all they usually get you to write them a check for the amount to be repaid or get your bank details so not really, the only risk is if you are so drat broke you literally don't have $20 for them to pull out of your account in installments. I'd be pretty amazed if they had a very high rate of loans that default, and then they can sell them on to collectors so you're not really out the whole amount anyway.

Second of all sure fine loan me $500 I'll pay you back $550 in a month but the predatory part is when they obfuscate all the fees and poo poo and run the scam on unsuspecting people who just need some help and then before you know it you've paid $300 in "service fees" on a $500 loan meaning $0 of the principal is paid down and the interest has also been ticking so you still owe them $550 despite the $100/mo payments you've been making - how would you like to pay? Or we can roll this over to a new loan for you.

Sure, you're right, if they were legit trying to just make an honest buck (as honest as you can be with usury) then that's one thing but for real these are some of the shittiest most predatory "businesses" that exist in this country and what's more they directly prey on people already so destitute that they are living paycheck to paycheck and not even making ends meet with that.

Moridin920 fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Feb 14, 2018

Raldikuk
Apr 7, 2006

I'm bad with money and I want that meatball!

Moridin920 posted:

First of all they usually get you to write them a check for the amount to be repaid or get your bank details so not really, the only risk is if you are so drat broke you literally don't have $20 for them to pull out of your account in installments. I'd be pretty amazed if they had a very high rate of loans that default, and then they can sell them on to collectors so you're not really out the whole amount anyway.

Second of all sure fine loan me $500 I'll pay you back $550 in a month but the predatory part is when they obfuscate all the fees and poo poo and run the scam on unsuspecting people who just need some help and then before you know it you've paid $300 in "service fees" on a $500 loan meaning $0 of the principal is paid down and the interest has also been ticking so you still owe them $550 despite the $100/mo payments you've been making - how would you like to pay? Or we can roll this over to a new loan for you.

Sure, you're right, if they were legit trying to just make an honest buck (as honest as you can be with usury) then that's one thing but for real these are some of the shittiest most predatory "businesses" that exist in this country and what's more they directly prey on people already so destitute that they are living paycheck to paycheck and not even making ends meet with that.

Yeah, the other big scam that can happen (which Scott Tucker's companies did) is obfuscate the terms so the APR listed is what you pay if you pay in full on the first payment date. But they label everything as if you'd be pay $x payments, and when you end up doing that payment on the date, it is actually a "renewal fee". The standard Tucker loan would have the first 4 "payments" be renewal fees, so not even a cent of principal is touched. Most people would think by that time they'd be close to done, when in reality their loan has ballooned out. Now the APR is in the thousands of percent rather than hundreds.

Khorne
May 1, 2002

Moridin920 posted:

Sure, you're right, if they were legit trying to just make an honest buck (as honest as you can be with usury) then that's one thing but for real these are some of the shittiest most predatory "businesses" that exist in this country and what's more they directly prey on people already so destitute that they are living paycheck to paycheck and not even making ends meet with that.
Nah, I agree with you that it's super predatory. I just mean, I can see why even "honest" places would have insane APRs.

I get pissed off at car dealership bullshit and my state has decent regulation against it. That doesn't stop them from still being as lovely as legally possible.

Khorne fucked around with this message at 01:09 on Feb 14, 2018

Minimalist Program
Aug 14, 2010
I'm here to use my gpu to mine crypto money and talk about investing in my rear end, and I'm all out of GPUs because the lithunian retard mafia keeps buying them.

Minimalist Program
Aug 14, 2010

Minimalist Program posted:

I am still offering early movers the unique opportunity to invest heavily into, my rear end.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


I just got this Twitter ad and after 2 minutes staring at it I still can't figure out what on Earth it is actually trying to sell and/or say.

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

Moridin920 posted:

First of all they usually get you to write them a check for the amount to be repaid or get your bank details so not really, the only risk is if you are so drat broke you literally don't have $20 for them to pull out of your account in installments. I'd be pretty amazed if they had a very high rate of loans that default, and then they can sell them on to collectors so you're not really out the whole amount anyway.

Second of all sure fine loan me $500 I'll pay you back $550 in a month but the predatory part is when they obfuscate all the fees and poo poo and run the scam on unsuspecting people who just need some help and then before you know it you've paid $300 in "service fees" on a $500 loan meaning $0 of the principal is paid down and the interest has also been ticking so you still owe them $550 despite the $100/mo payments you've been making - how would you like to pay? Or we can roll this over to a new loan for you.

Sure, you're right, if they were legit trying to just make an honest buck (as honest as you can be with usury) then that's one thing but for real these are some of the shittiest most predatory "businesses" that exist in this country and what's more they directly prey on people already so destitute that they are living paycheck to paycheck and not even making ends meet with that.

The irony? The Blockchain would be able to fix all these problems, because it’s based on Transparecy and immutability. Also Smart Contracts.

It’s too bad the government is too blind to see.

George H.W. Cunt
Oct 6, 2010





Can’t wait for the Dirty Money episode on crypto. First season was good.

proctorbot
Jan 27, 2005
BUT CAN IT FEEL??!?!
Litecoin moving, divorcing from BTC here a bit, look at the charts, higher volume, what's the deal with that?

hostile apostle
Aug 29, 2006
:stadia::stadia::stadia::stadia::stadia:
Stadia didn't outlive SA but it did outlive Lowtax - Happy Birthday Stadia! #ad
:stadia::stadia::stadia::stadia::stadia:

proctorbot posted:

Litecoin moving, divorcing from BTC here a bit, look at the charts, higher volume, what's the deal with that?

Upcoming fork? Or possibly litepay?

hostile apostle fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Feb 14, 2018

stab
Feb 12, 2003

To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high

proctorbot posted:

Litecoin moving, divorcing from BTC here a bit, look at the charts, higher volume, what's the deal with that?

Some scam somewhere is going down

let it mellow
Jun 1, 2000

Dinosaur Gum

stab posted:

Some scam somewhere is going up uP UP

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here
Can I buy prostitutes with bitcoin?

Tokamak
Dec 22, 2004

Generally not. They are too intelligent to accept something that is not cash.

Rock Puncher
Jul 26, 2014
https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinGoneWild/


Rock Puncher fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Feb 14, 2018

temple
Jul 29, 2006

I have actual skeletons in my closet
:nws:

VanSandman
Feb 16, 2011
SWAP.AVI EXCHANGER

Christ someone is advertising kiddie porn on this fuckin’ thing.

QuarkJets
Sep 8, 2008

VanSandman posted:

Christ someone is advertising kiddie porn on this fuckin’ thing.

That's bitcoin and/or reddit

Clockwerk
Apr 6, 2005


Someone found bitcoins killer app!! (Besides hiring contract killers)

Kung Food
Dec 11, 2006

PORN WIZARD

Raldikuk posted:

Yeah, the other big scam that can happen (which Scott Tucker's companies did) is obfuscate the terms so the APR listed is what you pay if you pay in full on the first payment date. But they label everything as if you'd be pay $x payments, and when you end up doing that payment on the date, it is actually a "renewal fee". The standard Tucker loan would have the first 4 "payments" be renewal fees, so not even a cent of principal is touched. Most people would think by that time they'd be close to done, when in reality their loan has ballooned out. Now the APR is in the thousands of percent rather than hundreds.

The new Netflix doc series "Dirty Money" features this guy on the second episode. They even interview him and his family and they are the most unapologetic shits ever. It's all woe is me I am such a victim of the big bad government they are ruining my life. If you don't believe in guillotines for financial criminals, just listening to his wife will change your mind. She literally says that their lives are being ruined over "just a number in a box."

It was pretty hilarious how heart broken he looked when they were taking his multiple sports cars away.

Waltzing Along posted:

Can I buy prostitutes with bitcoin?
I remember in one of the bitcoin threads of ages past there was a guy who charged for his girl friend's cam site with bitcoin. I don't think she ended up with very much of the money.

Kung Food fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Feb 14, 2018

Illuminti
Dec 3, 2005

Praise be to China's Covid-Zero Policy

Waltzing Along posted:

Can I buy prostitutes with bitcoin?

Of course you can, because it's obviously going to be better with johnchain

https://www.smartcompany.com.au/startupsmart/news-analysis/sex-industry-blockchain-startup-intimate-4-5-million-ico-pre-sale/

everyone will love having an indelible and unchangeable record of every time they went to a strip club or prostitute

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

Waltzing Along posted:

Can I buy prostitutes with bitcoin?

You sure can, buddy! Well not “buy”, you rent them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j0Hp-TaCKA

NSFW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj3hSvPuzZ8

Risc1911
Mar 1, 2016

Another BitConnect scam is starting to sell their fantasy currency on Sunday. They claim Artificial Intelligence Neural Network bot trading will give you 3% profit daily.

https://eoz.com/whitepaper.pdf

EOZ оffеrs аn еffесtivе mеthоd for invеѕting in, аnd ѕесuring thе vаluе оf, thе $1
billion+ сrурtосurrеnсу market.
● EOZ is a highly secure, decentralized platform that uses our proprietary
сrурtосurrеnсу bоt.
● An Artifiсiаl Nеurаl Nеtwоrk (Dеер Learning) gives trading signals tо our bot.
● EOZ is a uniquе blосkсhаin technology with inhеrеnt vаluе as a ѕесurе
сrурtосurrеnсу that intrоduсеѕ dесеntrаlizеd lеnding оn blockchain.
● EOZ рrоvidеѕ decentralized solutions designed to mitigate risk.



:allears:

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

Minimalist Program posted:

I am still offering early movers the unique opportunity to invest heavily into, my rear end.

I PMd you my kik and snap let’s get this party started.

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

Waltzing Along posted:

Can I buy prostitutes with bitcoin?

I PMd you my kik and snap let’s get this party started.

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

Pokey Araya posted:

You've obviously never hung around drug dealers.

I PMd you my kik and snap let’s get this party started.

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

null posted:

I have a chain of illegals

I PMd you my kik and snap let’s get this party started.

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

Risc1911 posted:

Another BitConnect scam is starting to sell their fantasy currency on Sunday. They claim Artificial Intelligence Neural Network bot trading will give you 3% profit daily.

https://eoz.com/whitepaper.pdf

EOZ оffеrs аn еffесtivе mеthоd for invеѕting in, аnd ѕесuring thе vаluе оf, thе $1
billion+ сrурtосurrеnсу market.
● EOZ is a highly secure, decentralized platform that uses our proprietary
сrурtосurrеnсу bоt.
● An Artifiсiаl Nеurаl Nеtwоrk (Dеер Learning) gives trading signals tо our bot.
● EOZ is a uniquе blосkсhаin technology with inhеrеnt vаluе as a ѕесurе
сrурtосurrеnсу that intrоduсеѕ dесеntrаlizеd lеnding оn blockchain.
● EOZ рrоvidеѕ decentralized solutions designed to mitigate risk.



:allears:

A Satoshi scheme

Computer Serf
May 14, 2005
Buglord

:bitcoin:

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005

Risc1911 posted:

Another BitConnect scam is starting to sell their fantasy currency on Sunday. They claim Artificial Intelligence Neural Network bot trading will give you 3% profit daily.

https://eoz.com/whitepaper.pdf

EOZ оffеrs аn еffесtivе mеthоd for invеѕting in, аnd ѕесuring thе vаluе оf, thе $1
billion+ сrурtосurrеnсу market.
● EOZ is a highly secure, decentralized platform that uses our proprietary
сrурtосurrеnсу bоt.
● An Artifiсiаl Nеurаl Nеtwоrk (Dеер Learning) gives trading signals tо our bot.
● EOZ is a uniquе blосkсhаin technology with inhеrеnt vаluе as a ѕесurе
сrурtосurrеnсу that intrоduсеѕ dесеntrаlizеd lеnding оn blockchain.
● EOZ рrоvidеѕ decentralized solutions designed to mitigate risk.



:allears:
its upsetting to see this brazenly obvious scam and know that it is going to rake in a lot of cash for the scammer

Gobbeldygook
May 13, 2009
Hates Native American people and tries to justify their genocides.

Put this racist on ignore immediately!

Waltzing Along posted:

Can I buy prostitutes with bitcoin?
There was a brothel in Germany that advertised accepting bitcoin. I bet a lot of US escorts will accept it because they need bitcoin or litecoin to buy ads on Backpage.

Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005

gary oldmans diary posted:

its upsetting to see this brazenly obvious scam and know that it is going to rake in a lot of cash for the scammer

It's not that upsetting.

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gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005
its pretty upsetting. a code of ethics and/or basic human empathy are the most expensive things

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