[Discuss] xapo, what do you think?

[Eric Chadbourne]

> 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