Re: Can currency exchanges survive with OpenSim grids?
"The ironic thing is that Linden Lab still has the opportunity to go in the opposite direction, to expand instead of contracting.Instead of shutting down third-party exchanges, the company could have...
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A... merger? With whom or what? I haven't read any of those rumours :-)It sounds interesting, though!
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nicely summed up - if Lindens were no longer exchangeable for cash and LL continues with cash-only to pay for tiers, then i would estimate that over 75% of renters would disappearthat's supposition on...
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there are many other services competing for the same customer such as the numerous OpenSim hosts like InWorldz and Kitely, SoaS and NWS, and people hosting their ownseveral schools, universities, and...
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Maria mentioned that it would be bad for open sim is OMC disappeared. I will do everything in my power to help stop that chance. OMC needs to continue its course in Open Sim worlds. AviWorlds is coming...
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LL ToS update breaking news!!"30 days notice has been changed to retroactive to one year ago"uhoh
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In other payment-related news, FaceCash seem to be suing everybody in California who has anything to do with payments. Maybe it's related to Linden Lab doing sudden, weird legal things in too much of a...
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Attention ALL!. The answer is very simple. Linden Labs made this decision in order to make more money (3% exchange fees) and also to prevent LINDEN DOLLARS from being traded outside Second Life. By...
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@Aviworlds Looks great on paper but opensims in general is a free metaverse just a handful try to make a profit. and OMC doesn't have a large profit margin to even speak of.Maybe if you put your...
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So the alternative is just to start a new virtual currency and use it in SL instead.Until LL forbids that as well. Huh. This is completely insane, to be honest. Some days I believe that somehow,...
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Agreed..... and Avination really is a bad excample when it comes to money exchange in general...... No wonder some third-party exchanges who where in AVN already left... wonder if they will be back...
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I meant the competing L$ exchanges.
View ArticleRe: Linden Lab cuts viewer link to OpenSim
I haven't been around in SL for long at all so I missed the ' content-copyright-grab in April 2010'. My googling must be not so great as I couldn't find anything about it. Could you (or anyone else)...
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Maybe they just stop using the L$ and adopt Bitcoin instead :)There, problem solved.
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If there is one thing that Linden Lab has proven over and over again, it is that they are so good at making descissions that are not good for Second Life inhabitants. This is simply another adding. It...
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TheRockTrading has received an email from Linden Lab to stop allowing currency trading of Lindens, and done so. After a request of clarification, Linden Lab answered that TheRockTrading ATM can still...
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Exactly, @Edmund Edgar! I couldn't agree more with you!It would make SO much more sense. Day traders in L$ could continue to do the same. People worried about a lack of exchange which accepts anything...
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Anshe's company, being located in China, might not be under the same legislation... but the US might forbid her to offer services in the US. It's an interesting question.
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Thanks, feel free to quote me - I wrote a load of code for Bitcoin/OpenSim but haven't actually run it on anyone's grid yet, so if you're prepared to give it a spin that would be perfect.
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looks great! signage is a much harder thing than many people thinki like using http://thenounproject.com/ for some symbols and then there are the totally license/copyright free (but limited in number)...
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