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[Discuss] xapo, what do you think?



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On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Eric Chadbourne <eric.chadbourne at icloud.com
> wrote:

>
> > On Jun 2, 2015, at 11:02 AM, Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 09:55:12AM -0400, Eric Chadbourne wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I stumbled across an interesting looking bitcoin site https://xapo.com/
> >>
> >> Right now I?m playing around with Electrum but the extra services
> provided by xapo looks compelling.  Anybody ever use it or hear anything
> about them?
> >>
> >
> > I have come up with a list of the methods that have actually
> > been used to make money with Bitcoins.
> >
> > 1. Join five+ years ago, mine BTC.
> > 2. Run a BTC exchange. Charge a high spread.
> > 3. Run a BTC exchange. Abscond with the money.
> > 4. Invade a BTC exchange and steal from it.
> > 5. Steal BTC wallets.
> >
> > Anything else?
> >
> > -dsr-
>
>
> Oh I?m not trying to make money, I?m trying to easily transfer.  Kind of
> use it like PayPal.  I wouldn?t use it as a bank, as Rich made a valid
> point.
>
> FWIW, Xapo at the moment, from what I can tell, might be legit.  Just
> curious if anybody has interacted with them.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
>
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