And we use advertise everywhere that a decentralized network can not halt...

Hope this issue will be tracked down and fixed.

That's not true. Show me where it says "it cannot halt".  It says that your funds cannot be stolen since you hold the keys.  The chain is full of encryption. This is still true.

It's probably nothing more than an inode or disk problem. Who knows. We'll find out soon.

Yes of course this issue will be tracked down and fixed. It's obviously their #1 priority.

no need to request bans here - we do not ban based on different opinions.

Oh great. So if I used my account to explain how much I think fav is a pedophile (which is a difference of opinion) that wouldn't be crossing the line?

Disclaimer: I do not think fav is a pedophile. I'm simply using an awful example of that at some point... to keep discussions on track and we not wildy attack one another in public, there has to be some sort of reasonable expectation of what is acceptable, and what isn't...

See, as long as two people are hashing things out in public.. on this forum, and there are no rules "for difference of opinion" it means anything goes, includes wild accusations, whether it be your religious beliefs, your skin color, your sexual preference (aka pedophilia) ...

Come on.. at some point, we need to put up certain boundaries and keep on topic and not cross lines..

TWO people holding their face to the fire over real issues is important. I agree. But let's not allow Stan's religious beliefs to be a topic of discussion.  He shouldn't have to explain that to us, or defend it. It's his own private and personal belief and has no bearing on what we're talking about...

Do I really need to point out the obvious? sigh...

This is interesting, let's see what Samupaha had to say in March 2015:

so only way to go forward is through trial and error. It is always easy to say afterwards that "we should have done things differently" but at the time of making those decisions, it's impossible to know what is the optimal way.

I'm actually quite impressed how well the developers have handled difficult decisions. Of course it will always give some distress to investors when plans are changed on the fly, but in the long run it is propably the only way to make sure that the end product will be great.

Let's see what Samupaha says June 2017:

Do those people deserve to lose their money who will buy into a scam because of you? Are you willing to admit that you were wrong and pay them back from your own pocket?

I really can't understand your thinking. You seem to be a nice guy but your business actions are confusing. I remember that you have claimed to be a devout christian. Is this just a conspiracy to make people poor so they can get to heaven?

I suggest Samupaha has turned into a troll and a bully and should have his account suspended.  He's obviously trying to blame people for his own personal investment decisions and calling Stan's religious beliefs into question is crossing the line.  This should not be tolerated.

Footnote: Any investor that uses his private cryptokeys to transfer funds, the onus is on him, before he does that... Buyer beware, and do you own due diligence.  No one is responsible for the decisions you make but yourself when you invest in something. That's common sense.

Yes, this could be good.

Let me give you an example. Today, intelliguy and stellabelle on steemit released a week long collaboration called the steemit glossary here:

https://steemit.com/steemit/@intelliguy/steemit-glossary-quick-reference-to-important-words-and-resources

(Original version: $15.84 as of current, writing this post)

Due to the "Edit bug" getting in the way of penalizing for spam, the first 4 edits to the post caused the rewards to drop dramatically. (I'm still trying to figure out where to get the exact figure)

What's worse, is that this user jennykidd stole it within minutes of realizing its value, and the stolen version is making more than the original article.  This user even removed the "who authored the post" right out of the article and reposted it:

https://steemit.com/steemit/@jennykidd/a

(Stolen version: $31.37)

This is a prime example of where steemit whales can help fix a problem to deter theft of content before it gets worse.

Edit:  Apparently the thief finally got downvoted before it was too late. Took a lot of effort letting people know though.

I like this idea... But to be honest the blockchain is something that means something to developers and the science behind how it works. Consumers don't care.  I think I'm contradicting myself with my submissions, but they were purposely done to get others to "do bettter".

Consumers know they use their phone, and that's what is important.

Showing a standard Wifi Symbol, with the word "blockpos" over it, might be enough.  The wifi signal is quite well known and popular, and means it is electronic and goes through the air.

(Even if technically we're scanning codes with a camera, or using NFC. The logo can be technically wrong, as long as it
shows the consumer that you can do a phone payment)

...and since phones keep changing designs, I don't know if you would want a picture of a cell phone.  That's why I suggest
a wifi signal as part of the logo. That's pretty standard these days.

Even look at this logo from Mastercard:



Or even these:

I'm a terrible graphic designer, but I feel this might encourage someone who can do better, to do better.

So smart contracts on the ETH blockchain can have these things happen to them?

https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/06/17/critical-update-re-dao-vulnerability/

An attack has been found and exploited in the DAO, and the attacker is currently in the process of draining the ether...

I didn't know we have an office ..

Yes, this is the office. (grin)