04:31 <stellar-slack> <2667273151> Is the auction over?

09:09 <stellar-slack> <john> @2667273151: currently lumens are widely available at Poloniex, Kraken & BTC38. The foundation will also setup a signup program. More info @ https://www.stellar.org/about/mandate/#Direct_signup_program

10:09 <stellar-slack> <2667273151> Well, I know. Some friends have just sold the stars again. Complain about the auction the cheaper.

13:02 <stellar-slack> <john> @2667273151: you can get 201000 XLM for 1 BTC right now on Kraken. Over 2M to grab at that price, a real bargain!

13:07 <stellar-slack> <2667273151> I bought it last year，100000xlm for 1BTC

13:55 <stellar-slack> <jeremy> Would it be possible for an owner to enable the IRC gateway setting in https://stellar-public.slack.com/admin/settings#gateways ?

13:58 <stellar-slack> <dzham> there *is* an IRC gateway already

14:26 <stellar-slack> <john> @2667273151: yes that was when STR were quoted at 0.00001BTC/STR. The price did decline though but hopefully things will pick up again with the new upgraded network and future releases.

14:31 <stellar-slack> <powderfan> yes, and remember bitcoin was below 250$ at that time. Now with bitcoin at 380$ you get more per bitcoin. does not mean stellar is worth less than before

14:59 <stellar-slack> <john> @powderfan: good point!

15:02 <stellar-slack> <2667273151> Maybe SDF do not intend to give early participants superiority. Sooner or later, all the same. But XLM is really cool, I am afraid that someone will soon copied XLM, strengthen promotion, robbed the work achievement of SDF.

15:05 <stellar-slack> <sacarlson> 2667273151: it's already been done by some private bankers that look to be using the same tech stellar created to be used in private networks. but that will have no real effect on stellar as far as I can see

15:20 <stellar-slack> <2667273151> Ha ha, thank you say these. Freedom, cheers. But still expect us to raise the value of the stellar together, rather than let it become more and more cheap.

15:24 <stellar-slack> <sacarlson> @2667273151: maybe your focus on stellar Lumens as a speculative investment is the wrong way to be looking at stellar. Stellar and systems like it are far more then a speculative investment, it is the future international money transactions and trade system.

16:19 <stellar-slack> <2667273151> But can't deny that the body of any system is people. Who is seek benefits and avoid disadvantages. Stellar is one of many kinds of value and currencies that can run on the http://protocol.It|protocol.It can also show the value of this system.Now fewer than 3000 people in China focus on STR.Being so cheap, buy some wrong? Wrong is the people who still selling now. Don't know how they http://think.Be|think.Be

16:48 <stellar-slack> <john> @2667273151: sorry mate you feel that way :worried: The Stellar foundation is an organisation that focus on financial inclusion, not on profit. Did you know that the foundation plan to *donate* 95% of lumens created? https://www.stellar.org/about/mandate/#Lumen_distribution

17:14 <stellar-slack> <dzham> SDF could’ve done a lot things differently to keep the momentum going though. People like freebies, 6M signups is a testament to that. But we have less than 9000 accounts on the new platform, so what happened.

17:28 <stellar-slack> <john> I wonder how many will signup again when SDF will open the new direct signup program.

17:29 <stellar-slack> <dzham> There’s still 48B XLM left to distribute in the direct distribution program

17:30 <stellar-slack> <john> Does that include STR?

17:32 <stellar-slack> <dzham> That was 1.5B or something like that, IIRC

18:10 <stellar-slack> <acetakwas> @eva Hi. What do you think of this? http://takwas.github.io/article/on-the-stellar-train.html

19:44 <stellar-slack1> <brian.ebert> What SDF has done to keep up momentum is continue development, delivering multi-sig, permissions to hold an asset, and 12 char asset designation that should keep creatives inventing stuff to trade for a long time. (I'm sure I missed some development, so if your personal contribution wasn't called out I apologize). Free stuff is nice, but is that really what you want to build a user population with? Buy

19:44 <stellar-slack1> develop me personally. I have doubts winning a lottery would do much to develop me personally either.

20:27 <stellar-slack1> <john> Hi @acetakwas, thanks for sharing your link. I also liked Joyce's example of email & SMTP, a simple but powerful point illustrating the need to reform this old financial system. I'm also very happy that you feel welcomed in our community. I'm pretty new around here myself and I'm impressed by the level of maturity and respect between community members. Keep up the good work!

20:33 <stellar-slack1> <acetakwas> john: You are one of those fostering the wonderful atmosphere around here. Thank you.

22:15 <stellar-slack1> <vanessa> @acetakwas: welcome! So happy to have you here. :)

22:48 <stellar-slack1> <acetakwas> @vanessa: Thanks for the opportunity.