04:01 <stellar-slack1> <srqrebel> I set up my Stellar account shortly after it launched, verified it using my Facebook account, and received an allotted amount of Stellars. I have not been back in over a year, and now when I type http://launch.stellar.org|launch.stellar.org into my brower, and hit enter, it stays stuck on "Loading." The Stellar FAQs address the issue of being stuck on "Loading" when attempting to verify the Facebook account, b

04:01 <stellar-slack1> just trying to load the page. I did disable my popup blocker as that FAQ response suggested, but the problem remains. Does anyone here know how to solve this issue? I can't do the upgrade until I can access that page.

04:02 <stellar-slack1> <bartek> @srqrebel: have you tried using a different browser?

04:02 <stellar-slack1> <bartek> (what browser are you using?)

04:03 <stellar-slack1> <sacarlson> the site seems to be working for me at this time from a firefox browser

04:04 <stellar-slack1> <bartek> I was able to login using chrome

10:49 <stellar-slack1> <matslats> Does being a 'permissioned' blockchain that it is possible to restrict account creation? Or does it only concern which nodes are allowed to participate in the blockchain?

10:51 <stellar-slack1> <sacarlson> I don't know how to interpret that

10:51 <stellar-slack1> <sacarlson> what is the context of "'permissioned' blockchain"

10:55 <stellar-slack1> <raymens> if think both may apply for a blockchain to be permissioned. But for me a permissioned blockchain is one where the nodes require permission to participate

10:56 <stellar-slack1> <matslats> Yes I understood same as @raymens so does that mean anybody can always create an account, and trade as long as they have enough STR?

10:57 <stellar-slack1> <raymens> matslats: in the case of Stellar? Yes, everyone is allowed to participate in the network

10:58 <stellar-slack1> <raymens> And Stellar isn't permissioned like some others are, the Stellar Organisation doesn't have to approve your validator node. It's just that your validator node has to be in a set by any node that's already in the validator set

10:58 <stellar-slack1> <matslats> ok thanks

11:03 <stellar-slack1> <sacarlson> from how I understand reading this article that touches on permissioned blockchains , to me it sounds like another term for private blockchain, that only a group of backs participate in the exchange of asset and nodes validation https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/ubs-develop-yet-another-permissioned-blockchain-banks-1441400109

11:46 <stellar-slack1> <garbage> Hi, whether there is a similar software for stellar like a Codius for the ripple? For the possibility of using the smart contracts?

11:47 <stellar-slack1> <garbage> Maybe someone has experience of using?

12:01 <stellar-slack1> <sacarlson> garbage: from what I read in this https://github.com/codius/codius/wiki/Smart-Oracles:-A-Simple,-Powerful-Approach-to-Smart-Contracts as far as I know we could be used in them. I have written some multi sign tools for stellar with examples showing how it could be used.

12:02 <stellar-slack1> <sacarlson> I have no present knowledge of Codius but it sounds cool

12:18 <stellar-slack1> <fredolafritte> ripple has stopped developing Codius long time ago