Note: you can read this on GitHub (link), Medium (link) or old Reddit (link).

Development

Final version 1.3.0 of the core software was released bringing all the enhancements reported last month to the rest of the community. The groundwork for SPV (simplified payment verification) is complete, another reduction of fees is being deployed, and performance stepped up once again with a 50% reduction in startup time, 20% increased sync speed and more than 3x faster peer delivery of block headers (a key update for SPV). Decrediton's integrations of SPV and Politeia are open for testing by experienced users. Read the full release notes and get the downloads on GitHub. As always, don't forget to verify signatures.
dcrd: completed several steps towards multipeer downloads, improved introduction to the software in the main README, continued porting cleanups and refactoring from upstream btcd.
Currently in review are initial release of smart fee estimator and a change to UTXO set semantics. The latter is a large and important change that provides simpler handling, and resolves various issues with the previous approach. A lot of testing and careful review is needed so help is welcome.
Educational series for new Decred developers by @matheusd added two episodes: 02 Simnet Setup shows how to automate simnet management with tmux and 03 Miner Reward Invalidation explains block validity rules.
Finally, a pull request template with a list of checks was added to help guide the contributors to dcrd.
dcrwallet: bugfixes and RPC improvements to support desktop and mobile wallets.
Developers are welcome to comment on this idea to derive stakepool keys from the HD wallet seed. This would eliminate the need to backup and restore redeem scripts, thus greatly improving wallet UX. (missed in July issue)
Decrediton: bugfixes, refactoring to make the sync process more robust, new loading animations, design polishing.
Politeia: multiple improvements to the CLI client (security conscious users with more funds at risk might prefer CLI) and security hardening. A feature to deprecate or timeout proposals was identified as necessary for initial release and the work started. A privacy enhancement to not leak metadata of ticket holders was merged.
Android: update from @collins: "Second test release for dcrandroid is out. Major bugs have been fixed since last test. Latest code from SPV sync has been integrated. Once again, bug reports are welcome and issues can be opened on GitHub". Ask in #dev room for the APK to join testing.
A new security page was added that allows one to validate addresses and to sign/verify messages, similar to Decrediton's Security Center. Work on translations is beginning.
Overall the app is quite stable and accepting more testers. Next milestone is getting the test app on the app store.
iOS: the app started accepting testers last week. @macsleven: "the test version of Decred Wallet for iOS is available, we have a link for installing the app but the builds currently require your UDID. Contact either @macsleven or @raedah with your UDID if you would like to help test.".
Nearest goal is to make the app crash free.
Both mobile apps received new design themes.
dcrdata: v3.0 was released for mainnet! Highlights: charts, "merged debits" view, agendas page, Insight API support, side chain tracking, Go 1.11 support with module builds, numerous backend improvements. Full release notes here. This release featured 9 contributors and development lead @chappjc noted: "This collaboration with @raedahgroup on our own block explorer and web API for @decredproject has been super productive.".
Up next is supporting dynamic page widths site wide and deploying new visual blocks home page.
Trezor: proof of concept implementation for Trezor Model T firmware is in the works (previous work was for Model One).
Ticket splitting: updated to use Go modules and added simnet support, several fixes.
docs: beginner's guide overhaul, multiple fixes and cleanups.
decred.org: added 3rd party wallets, removed inactive PoW pools and removed web wallet.
@Richard-Red is building a curated list of Decred-related GitHub repositories.
Welcome to new people contributing for the first time: @klebe, @s_ben, @victorguedes, and PrimeDominus!
Dev activity stats for September: 219 active PRs, 197 commits, 28.7k added and 18.8k deleted lines spread across 6 repositories. Contributions came from 4-10 developers per repository. (chart)

Network

Hashrate: started and ended the month around 75 PH/s, hitting a low of 60.5 and a new high of 110 PH/s. BeePool is again the leader with their share varying between 23-54%, followed by F2Pool 13-30%, Coinmine 4-6% and Luxor 3-5%. As in previous months, there were multiple spikes of unidentified hashrate.
Staking: 30-day average ticket price is 98 DCR (+2.4). The price varied between 95.7 and 101.9 DCR. Locked DCR amount was 3.86-3.96 million DCR, or 45.7-46.5% of the supply.
Nodes: there are 201 public listening nodes and 325 normal nodes per dcred.eu. Version distribution: 5% are v1.4.0(pre) dev builds (+3%), 30% on v1.3.0 (+25%), 42% on v1.2.0 (-20%), 15% on v1.1.2 (-7%), 6% on v1.1.0. More than 76% of nodes run v1.2.0 and higher and therefore support client filters. Data as of Oct 1.

ASICs

Obelisk posted two updates on their mailing list. 70% of Batch 1 units are shipped, an extensive user guide is available, Obelisk Scanner application was released that allows one to automatically update firmware. First firmware update was released and bumped SC1 hashrate by 10-20%, added new pools and fixed multiple bugs. Next update will focus on DCR1. It is worth a special mention that the firmware source code is now open! Let us hope more manufacturers will follow this example.
A few details about Whatsminer surfaced this month. The manufacturer is MicroBT, also known as Bitwei and commonly misspelled as Bitewei. Pangolinminer is a reseller, and the model name is Whatsminer D1.
Bitmain has finally entered Decred ASIC space with their Antminer DR3. Hash rate is 7.8 TH/s while pulling 1410 W, at the price of $673. These specs mean it has the best GH/W and GH/USD of currently sold miners until the Whatsminer or others come out, although its GH/USD of 11.6 already competes with Whatsminer's 10.5. Discussed on Reddit and bitcointalk, unboxing video here.

Integrations

Meet our 17th voting service provider: decredvoting.com. It is operated by @david, has 2% fee and supports ticket splitting. Reddit thread is here.
For a historical note, the first VSP to support ticket splitting was decredbrasil.com:

@matheusd started tests on testnet several months ago. I contacted him so we could integrate with the pool in June this year. We set up the machine in July and bought the first split ticket on mainnet, using the decredbrasil pool, on July 19. It was voted on July 30. After this first vote on mainnet, we opened the tests to selected users (with more technical background) on the pool. In August we opened the tests to everyone, and would call people who want to join to the #ticket_splitting channel, or to our own Slack (in Portuguese, so mostly Brazilian users). We have 28 split tickets already voted, and 16 are live. So little more than 40 split tickets total were bought on decredbrasil pool. (@girino in #pos-voting)

KuCoin exchange listed DCBTC and DCETH pairs. To celebrate their anniversary they had a 99% trading fees discount on DCR pairs for 2 weeks.
Three more wallets integrated Decred in September:

Atomic desktop wallet added Decred in version 0.1.31. The team answered many questions on Reddit.
AnyBit wallet added Decred. It features built-in price and news tracking. Notably, the source code is open for their Android and iOS wallets.
Cobo added Decred support into their Android and iOS wallets.

ChangeNow announced Decred addition to their Android app that allows accountless swaps between 150+ assets.
Coinbase launched informational asset pages for top 50 coins by market cap, including Decred. First the pages started showing in the Coinbase app for a small group of testers, and later the web price dashboard went live.

Adoption

The birth of a Brazilian girl was registered on the Decred blockchain using OriginalMy, a blockchain proof of authenticity services provider. Read the full story in Portuguese and in English.

Marketing

Advertising report for September is ready. Next month the graphics for all the ads will be changing.

Marketing might seem quiet right now, but a ton is actually going on behind the scenes to put the right foundation in place for the future. Discovery data are being analyzed to generate a positioning strategy, as well as a messaging hierarchy that can guide how to talk about Decred. This will all be agreed upon via consensus of the community in the work channels, and materials will be distributed.
Next, work is being done to identify the right PR partner to help with media relations, media training, and coordination at events. While all of this is coming up to speed, we believe the website needs a refresher reflecting the soon to be agreed upon messaging, plus a more intuitive architecture to make it easier to navigate. (@Dustorf)

Events

Attended:

Raedah Group went on the streets of Portland, USA with a pretty blue tent. (photos)
Manual Blockchain in Sao Palo, Brazil.
CryptoFacil Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (photos)
Meetup at Binzantin Cafe in Taipei, Taiwan. @morphymore: "There were 20-ish attendees, and about half of them have joined the Chinese FB group. Most of them don't hear about Decred before, but have expressed the interest in learning more about it after the event. Overall, it's a good exposure for Decred in the Taiwan community.". A report with photos was posted on Facebook, more photos are here and here.
@joshuam made a Decred Jacket appearance at Singapore Grand Prix. (photos)
NewTech PDX meetup in Portland, USA. Raedah Group presented Decred and reported "lots of new converts". (photos)
North Shore Bitcoin & Blockchain in Glenview, USA. @dustorf gave a five minute overview of Decred and noted: "There were only about 25 people, but about 1/3 of them were aware of Decred prior. (...) Our simple presence and explanation of the project moved opinion from 'another shitcoin they sold after mining' to 'an interesting and viable project worthy of further investigation'.". (photos: 1 2)
Ethfinex Governance Summit in Lugano, Switzerland. @Haon attended the event and posted a report on decred, in addition this and this Twitter threads. (video)

Upcoming:

Bitcoin Meetup CDMX in Mexico City on Oct 6. @elian will be talking about Decred at the oldest Bitcoin meetup in Mexico.
SF Blockchain Week in San Francisco, USA on Oct 9. @lukebp will discuss DPoS vs PoS on a panel 9:30a-10:15a at the Titans of Tech Stage, Hilton Union Square.
Decred Meetup in Casablanca, Morocco on Oct 27. @butterfly will host the event and talk about Decred in French.
Texas Bitcoin Conference Austin, USA on Oct 27-28. @BAB: "The great thing about this is that it will also be a Decred Summit. We will have half of the conference dedicated to Decred topics, updates, etc."
Websummit in Lisbon, Portugal on Nov 5-8. @moo31337 will be on a panel discussing "2018: A Rollercoaster Year for Cryptocurrencies"

We'll begin shortly reviewing conferences and events planned for the first half of 2019. Highlights are sure to include The North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami (Jan 16-18) and Consensus in NYC (May 14-16). If you have suggestions of events or conferences Decred should attend, please share them in #event_planning. In 2019, we would like to expand our presence in Europe, Asia, and South America, and we're looking for community members to help identify and staff those events. (@Dustorf)

Media

August issue of Decred Journal was translated to Russian. Many thanks to @DZ!
Rency cryptocurrency ratings published a report on Decred and incorporated a lot of feedback from the community on Reddit.
September issue of Chinese CCID ratings was published (snapshot), Decred is still at the bottom.
Videos:

The underbelly of blockchain Governance - fiat licensing and our code with Marco Peerboom and Chris DeRose (youtube, tweet, decred, missed in August issue)
Insightful dialogue about men's underwear, licenses, subtleties of GPL, BSD wars, tiling window managers and much more.
Introduction to Decred (Korean, youtube)
@Killawhale collected a lot of feedback from the community and produced this video to spread the word in Korea.
Perspectives on Governance from Nathan Wilcox, Jonathan Zeppettini, Vitalik Buterin (z.cash)
Decred - an example of governance (Portuguese, youtube)
Decred, the crypto that wants to compete with Bitcoin (French, youtube)
Exodus.io Live with Marco from Decred! (youtube)
Marco joins Exodus.io to discuss what makes DCR an asset that will stand the test of time.
Building Decred With Systems Development Lead Marco Peereboom - Governance, Politeia, Lightning (youtube)
Topics: early days, Politeia, the structure of Decred, dcrtime, Lightning Network, attracting users and developers, future plans (DEX, Schnorr signatures, privacy, DAEs).

Community Discussions

Community stats:

Twitter followers 39,784 (+192)
Reddit subscribers 8,784 (+153)
Matrix users 187 (+24)
Slack users 6,149 (+82)
YouTube subscribers 3,718 (+51)
Facebook 3,060 (+12) followers and 2,826 (+12) likes
GitHub 419 (+2) stars and 1,073 (+52) forks of dcrd repository

Comm systems news: Several work channels were migrated to Matrix, #writers_room is finally bridged.
Highlights:

Blockchains are not companies by Dean Eigenmann discussed in #governance
How the DEX could benefit Decred:

The trouble with infrastructure, "thin" protocols in particular, is that someone has to build them at a cost. e.g. LN takes a ton of work, doesn't necessarily generate value itself, but it magnifies the value of BTC or whatever coin that uses it. I see the DEX in a similar light - whoever creates it is not going to make a bunch of money from it, but it will magnify the value of the underlying asset(s) that end up having a deep order book on the DEX. (@jy-p in #dex)

Twitter: why decentralized governance and funding are necessary for network survival and the power of controlling the narrative; learning about governance more broadly by watching its evolution in cryptocurrency space, importance of community consensus and communications infrastructure.
Reddit: yet another strong pitch by @solar; question about buyer protections; dcrtime internals; a proposal to sponsor hoodies in the University of Cape Town; Lightning Network support for altcoins.
Chats: skills to operate a stakepool; voting details: 2 of 3 votes can approve a block, what votes really approve are regular tx, etc; scriptless script atomic swaps using Schnorr adaptor signatures; dev dashboard, choosing work, people do best when working on what interests them most; opportunities for governments and enterprise for anchoring legal data to blockchain; terminology: DAO vs DAE; human-friendly payments, sharing xpub vs payment protocols; funding btcsuite development; Politeia vote types: approval vote, sentiment vote and a defund vote, also linking proposals and financial statements; algo trading and programming languages (yes, on #trading!); alternative implementation, C/C++/Go/Rust; HFTs, algo trading, fake volume and slippage; offline wallets, usb/write-only media/optical scanners vs auditing traffic between dcrd and dcrwallet; Proof of Activity did not inspire Decred but spurred Decred to get moving, Wikipedia page hurdles; how stakeholders could veto blocks; how many votes are needed to approve a proposal; why Decrediton uses Electron; CVE-2018-17144 and over-dependence on single Bitcoin implementation, btcsuite, fuzz testing; tracking proposal progress after voting and funding; why the wallet does not store the seed at all; power connectors, electricity, wiring and fire safety; reasonable spendings from project fund; ways to measure sync progress better than block height; using Politeia without email address; concurrency in Go, locks vs channels.
#support is not often mentioned, but it must be noted that every day on this channel people get high quality support. (@bee: To my surprise, even those poor souls running Windows 10. My greatest respect to the support team!)

Markets

In September DCR was trading in the range of USD 34-45 / BTC 0.0054-0.0063. On Sep 6, DCR revisited the bottom of USD 34 / BTC 0.0054 when BTC quickly dropped from USD 7,300 to 6,400. On Sep 14, a small price rise coincided with both the start of KuCoin trading and hashrate spike to 104 PH/s. Looking at coinmarketcap charts, the trading volume is a bit lower than in July and August.
As of Oct 4, Decred is #18 by the number of daily transactions with 3,200 tx, and #9 by the USD value of daily issuance with $230k. (source: onchainfx)
Interesting observation by @ImacallyouJawdy: while we sit at 2018 price lows the amount locked in tickets is testing 2018 high.

Relevant External

ASIC for Lyra2REv2 was spotted on the web. Vertcoin team is preparing a new PoW algorithm. This would be the 3rd fork after two previous forks to change the algorithm in 2014 and 2015.
A report titled The Positive Externalities of Bitcoin Mining discusses the benefits of PoW mining that are often overlooked by the critics of its energy use.
A Brief Study of Cryptonetwork Forks by Alex Evans of Placeholder studies the behavior of users, developers and miners after the fork, and makes the cases that it is hard for child chains to attract users and developers from their parent chains.
New research on private atomic swaps: the paper "Anonymous Atomic Swaps Using Homomorphic Hashing" attempts to break the public link between two transactions. (bitcointalk, decred)
On Sep 18 Poloniex announced delisting of 8 more assets. That day they took a 12-80% dive showing their dependence on this one exchange.
Circle introduced USDC markets on Poloniex: "USDC is a fully collateralized US dollar stablecoin using the ERC-20 standard that provides detailed financial and operational transparency, operates within the regulated framework of US money transmission laws, and is reinforced by established banking partners and auditors.".
Coinbase announced new asset listing process and is accepting submissions on their listing portal. (decred)
The New York State Office of the Attorney General posted a study of 13 exchanges that contains many insights.
A critical vulnerability was discovered and fixed in Bitcoin Core. Few days later a full disclosure was posted revealing the severity of the bug. In a bitcointalk thread btcd was called 'amateur' despite not being vulnerable, and some Core developers voiced their concerns about multiple implementations. The Bitcoin Unlimited developer who found the bug shared his perspective in a blog post. Decred's vision so far is that more full node implementations is a strength, just like for any Internet protocol.

About This Issue

This is the 6th issue of Decred Journal. It is mirrored on GitHub, Medium and Reddit. Past issues are available here.
Most information from third parties is relayed directly from source after a minimal sanity check. The authors of Decred Journal have no ability to verify all claims. Please beware of scams and do your own research.
Feedback is appreciated: please comment on Reddit, GitHub or #writers_room on Matrix or Slack.
Contributions are also welcome: some areas are adding content, pre-release review or translations to other languages.
Credits (Slack names, alphabetical order): bee, Dustorf, jz, Haon, oregonisaac, raedah and Richard-Red.

Les pieces stables

Que sont les pièces stables? USDT, TUSD, GUSD, USDC et USDQ
Que sont les pièces stables? USDT, TUSD, GUSD, USDC et USDQ
Dans cet article, Slava Mikhalkin parle de l' USDQ , un stablecoin entièrement algorithmique offrant fiabilité et facilité de sécurisation pour Bitcoin. Travaillant en tant qu'architecte de chaînes de blocs avec PLATINUM ENGINEERING, Slava collabore avec l'équipe de + 200 employés pour développer des solutions innovantes dans les portefeuilles en marque blanche , les STO et les plates-formes de collecte de fonds des IEO.et des modèles commerciaux à cycle complet pour les projets de chiffrement. Une proposition de valeur clé, apportée par PLATINUM ENGINEERING, est une approche holistique, dans laquelle un pool de talents polyvalent aide les startups à renforcer leurs capacités en informatique, en marketing et en droit. L'USDQ, unique et décentralisé, présente divers algorithmes de stabilisation des prix, un système complexe d'incitations pour les traders et un module d'analyse prédictive basé sur l'IA. Ce roman de stablecoin est à noter tant qu'il est en train de prendre de la vitesse.
Avant-propos
Il est clair que les cryptomonnaies entrent progressivement dans l’économie mondiale et se rapprochent de l’adoption massive. Les crypto-monnaies offrent un certain nombre d'avantages - décentralisation et confiance, réduction des commissions et désintermédiation - qui permettent aux utilisateurs d'effectuer plus facilement leurs transactions quotidiennes. Tout le monde peut transférer de la valeur dans le monde entier, en gagnant du temps de traitement rapide.
En comparaison, envoyer de la valeur au-delà des frontières via des systèmes financiers traditionnels nécessite de longues périodes d'attente et des frais, tout en contraignant les utilisateurs à suivre des processus extrêmement complexes. Par exemple, si une personne du Japon veut envoyer de l'argent en Angleterre, les frais peuvent varier de 5% à 10%, selon le système utilisé. En outre, il y aura des frais de conversion de devise. Il semble que les joueurs centralisés, qui manquent actuellement de concurrence, fixent les frais et les commissions comme ils le souhaitent.
Et ce sont les commerçants qui effectuent des transactions transfrontalières qui trouvent le plus pénible de travailler avec des institutions de financement traditionnelles. Ils continuent à perdre de gros montants de leurs bénéfices potentiels, ne faisant que payer des frais aux processeurs de paiement. Cela incite les entreprises à augmenter leurs prix et à répercuter ces dépenses sur les consommateurs ordinaires. Crypto propose un changement de paradigme, apportant à la table une vitesse fulgurante et des frais réduits. Bien que les cryptomonnaies retiennent de plus en plus l'attention des marchands du monde entier, il existe encore de nombreux obstacles à une adoption plus large, parmi lesquels la volatilité des prix, les limitations en matière d'évolutivité et autres.
La volatilité est certes le plus gros obstacle qui empêche les entreprises d’utiliser davantage de cryptomonnaies. Bitcoin peut connaître d’énormes fluctuations en quelques heures, voire quelques minutes. En outre, des pièces majeures comme Bitcoin et Ethereum posent des problèmes d’évolutivité, ce qui entraîne un temps de traitement élevé. Un commerçant, qui doit traiter des centaines de paiements quotidiennement, ne pourrait pas gérer ses affaires efficacement si les transactions se trouvaient bloquées plusieurs jours de suite. En plus de cela, il est extrêmement difficile pour les adoptants de convertir les crypto-monnaies en fiat via les banques et les autres agents financiers avec lesquels ils travaillent habituellement.
Les crypto-monnaies cherchent à offrir des solutions à tous ces problèmes.
Qu'est-ce que stablecoin?
Un stablecoin est une crypto-monnaie, dont l'architecture permet à son prix d'être toujours égal au prix d'un autre actif. La plupart des pièces en dollars sont indexées sur le dollar américain. Les plus grands noms des crypto-monnaies sont Tether, Dollar Gemini, USDQ, TUSD et autres.
Comment les Stablecoins parviennent-ils à être aussi stables?
Contrairement aux autres pièces qui flottent librement, les crypto-monnaies stables exigent que chaque unité soit adossée à une unité de la monnaie fiduciaire. Par exemple, Tether (USDT) fixe 1 USDT à 1 USD sur une base individuelle. De cette manière, les pièces de monnaie sont quelque part entre les crypto-monnaies et les fiats ordinaires. Tether est basé sur sa propre blockchain construite sur les systèmes Bitcoin, Litecoin et Ethereum.
Bien que Tether soit la plus grande caisse stable, son fonctionnement soulève un certain nombre de problèmes. Le plus important est la controverse persistante sur les réserves en fiat, que l'émetteur est censé stocker sur un ratio de un pour un par rapport au nombre d'unités Tether émises. La société a déclaré que la vérification serait effectuée dans un proche avenir, mais il y a quelques semaines à peine, elle a commencé à affirmer qu'il ne s'agissait pas uniquement de liquidités, mais également de prêts à d'autres sociétés pouvant être enregistrés en tant que réserves fiduciaires. Ces déclarations ont entraîné une méfiance croissante parmi les passionnés de cryptographie.
Un autre projet est TrueUSD (TUSD). Il se fixe également à USD. La différence avec Tether réside dans l'ouverture aux audits et à la transparence. La société est ouverte aux audits tiers, elle publie les rapports dûment vérifiés sur les réserves fiduciaires qu'elle détient. De plus, les utilisateurs bénéficient de protections légales.
USDC est un autre stablecoin créé par le fameux Cercle de crypto-monnaie d'échange. Tout comme TUSD, si offre la conformité réglementaire et la transparence. Le gros problème de tous ces systèmes est le fait qu’ils permettent aux autorités de saisir les fonds des utilisateurs, ce qui va totalement à l’encontre de l’idée même de décentralisation et de lutte contre la censure, sur laquelle repose la crypto.
USDQ est différent des autres monnaies stables puisqu'il ne s'appuie pas sur la devise fiduciaire, mais sur le bitcoin et les 10 autres crypto-monnaies du futur. Cela permet à l'écosystème d'éviter de traiter avec les systèmes financiers traditionnels. Grâce au processus de surdimensionnement, USDQ transforme des crypto-monnaies très volatiles en USDQ indexé en USD, ce qui est parfait pour stocker de la valeur et traiter des transactions dans l’économie externe sans aucun risque de variation de prix. La pièce est développée par PLATINUM ENGINEERING et la petite communauté grandit lentement autour du projet.

Pourquoi avons-nous besoin de Stablecoins?
Les Stablecoins ont évolué en tant que nouvelle itération sur les crypto-monnaies, permettant de résoudre des problèmes tels que la forte volatilité et les interactions avec les systèmes financiers traditionnels.
Des pièces comme USDQ s’assurent que divers mécanismes sont utilisés afin de stabiliser les prix à la parité USD. Les traders peuvent facilement convertir leurs Bitcoins en USDQ et éviter ainsi l’impact négatif sur les variations de prix indésirables. Les pièces Stablecoins sont très faciles à utiliser, ce qui est une aubaine pour les utilisateurs non avertis. Toute personne de partout dans le monde peut rapidement convertir une propriété en monnaie stable, sans avoir à se préoccuper des futurs changements de prix et sans s'inquiéter des risques potentiels de perte de fonds. En règle générale, vous trouverez toujours divers billets de banque sur les échanges cryptés, ce qui permet aux traders de se déplacer rapidement autour des écuries et autres cryptos.
Comme nous l'avons dit plus haut, les paiements transfrontaliers sont ceux qui gagnent le plus avec l'utilisation des stablecoins. Cette espèce hybride entre fiat et crypto contribuera à ouvrir la valeur cachée du commerce mondial, représentant des milliards de dollars de profits pour les parties prenantes.
USDQ est un stablecoin décentralisé , qui utilise des algorithmes pour offrir une stabilité et une fiabilité accrues . Entièrement en chaîne et surveillé par des robots d’intelligence artificielle à grande vitesse, l’écosystème offre des défenses fiables contre les attaques et les actes malveillants. Première ligne de fabrication de pinces fiat, l'USDQ est présenté par l'équipe PLATINUM ENGINEERING, qui cherche à trouver des solutions innovantes en matière de garantie, en utilisant des mécanismes de stabilisation et des oracles pour les pièces de grande endurance. Entièrement anonyme, USDQ dépasse les limites de ce monde hérité.
PLATINUM ENGINEERING partage ouvertement son développement et ses vecteurs de croissance, permettant aux parties prenantes d’en apprendre davantage sur les solutions de pointe dans le domaine des chaînes de blocs / cryptage. PLATINUM ENGINEERING a déjà permis à plus de 150 projets de cryptographie de se développer grâce à l’économie émergente de la blockchain. Les entreprises seraient émerveillées par les nouvelles capacités qu’elles peuvent obtenir grâce à la reconnaissance de leurs modèles commerciaux, à l’automatisation des processus opérationnels habituels et à l’attrait des investisseurs sur les marchés de la cryptographie. L'équipe invite la communauté à contacter directement via les groupes officiels de Telegram , Facebook ou LinkedIn . Les lecteurs apprendront à obtenir de nouveaux avantages concurrentiels en exploitant la blockchain de leur blog .

Les analystes surveillent le découplage des cryptomonnaies, de la corrélation boursière et prévoient un bitcoin à 7 000 dollars fin 2019

NapoleonX AMA — July 9, 2018 — French Report

Looking for the English version? Read it here.
Stéphane Ifrah, CEO de NapoleonX, a répondu à vos questions lundi 9 juillet sur JVC. Si vous avez manqué la discussion, en voici le compte rendu complet !
Si en septembre tout se passe bien et que la licence est obtenue, combien de DAFs seront lancés d'ici la fin de l’année 2018 ?
Si nous obtenons notre licence d’asset manager courant septembre comme prévu, nous pouvons envisager de lancer 2 ou 3 DAFs d’ici la fin d’année. Nous sommes en train d’avancer sur la structuration avec nos avocats pour trouver la juridiction et le format le plus optimal afin de pouvoir lancer ces véhicules d’investissements dans un cadre réglementé, de maximiser la capacité de distribution et d’optimiser les impacts fiscaux éventuels pour les investisseurs.
Sans pour autant citer des noms, avez-vous déjà des investisseurs pour les DAFs ? Si oui, par lesquels sont-ils intéressés ?
Nous avons à peine commencé le marketing sur les DAFs : pour être pris au sérieux par les investisseurs que nous visons, nous avons en effet besoin d’aller les voir avec une structuration quasi définitive et un calendrier précis (qui dépend notamment de l’obtention de l’agrément AMF). Nous sommes également en train de finaliser nos outils de gestion et d’ouvrir nos lignes corporate avec les différents échanges. Cependant, nous sommes allés à NY en juin pour le World Blockchain Forum, où nous avons rencontré Rodolphe — que nous tenons à remercier pour cette AMA — et nous avons pu prendre la température sur notre proposition de valeur. Il en ressort que les investisseurs sont très intéressés par nos signaux de trading et qu’une majorité d’entre eux n’a pas forcément envie de mettre en place les moyens de les utiliser à grande échelle, préférant qu’on le fasse à leur place.
Combien de temps sera nécessaire selon vous pour que les DAFs atteignent leur régime de croisière (ICO, etc.) ?
Pour un fond classique, il faut attendre 18-36 mois pour être en régime de croisière en ce qui concerne la collecte. Cela correspond plus ou moins aux 3 ans de track record demandés par les institutionnels. Avec un peu de chance, nous irons peut-être un peu plus vite car il y a assez peu d’offres sur notre créneau.
Avez-vous pour projet de laisser vivre les 10 DAFs le plus longtemps possible (tant qu'ils fonctionnent) et de créer par la suite d'autres DAFs ? Est-ce que vous avez fixé un nombre maximum de DAFs que NapoleonX pourra gérer ?
Notre intention est de maximiser les frais de performances pour la société de gestion et donc pour nos token holders. Nous avons prévu de faire bénéficier nos DAFs des différentes évolutions et recherches sur nos modèles de gestion afin d’éviter de fermer et de rouvrir de nouveaux véhicules. C’est un moyen bien plus intelligent pour conserver les encours au maximum. En ce qui concerne le nombre maximum de DAFs, nous n’avons pas de limite, si ce n’est de s’assurer que chaque DAF est supérieur à une taille critique, car nous aurons des frais fixes à couvrir (tenue de compte, audit, valorisation…). Mais nous contrôlerons cette croissance afin de garder une communication claire en termes de produits, notamment au niveau des performances.
Avez-vous déjà des pistes concernant des échanges acceptant les tokens des DAFs ? Avez-vous déjà inclus dans votre contrat (avec IDAX par exemple), l'acceptation de ces tokens ?
Il y a de fortes chances que ces nouveaux tokens soient des securities et il y aura donc des diligences à faire auprès des échanges. On voit dans le marché une part de plus en plus croissante de security token dans les nouvelles ICO, et les échanges vont s’adapter à cette nouvelle donne. Pour le moment ils sont réticents, mais le marché évolue très rapidement. Comme toujours, nous serons le plus réactif possible, et le plus pragmatique également.
Sera-t-il possible, via la plateforme NapoleonX, de revendre ses tokens de DAFs contre de l'ETH ? Par exemple si un DAF est liquidé et que l’on souhaite récupérer la part qui nous revient.
Nous allons intégrer cette fonctionnalité à notre plateforme afin de faciliter la monétisation des frais de performance. Cependant, il n’est pas complètement exclu que les DAFs paient leur frais de performance directement en Ether. Cela dépendra de la structuration finale de ces derniers.
Quel serait l'impact d'une crise financière sur le rendement moyen des DAFs ? On parle dans la presse spécialisée d'une crise à moyen terme (d'ici 3 à 5 ans), peut-être même avant. À terme, est-ce dans la stratégie de NapoleonX de proposer plus de DAF crypto ?
Nous avons fait en sorte de développer des algorithmes de trading dont les performances sont les plus indépendantes possibles de la bonne santé des marchés financiers. Cela peut se voir en comparant les performances de long terme de nos algorithmes aux sous-jacents que l’on utilise. C’est un point essentiel de notre proposition de valeur et de la sélection future des nouvelles stratégies de trading. Timer le marché est extrêmement difficile, nous devons donc nous en affranchir au maximum.
Quelle plateforme permettra aux DAFs de passer un ordre ?
Nous sommes en train de développer cela en interne. Nous rencontrons de nombreux providers pour se faire une idée plus précise des fonctionnalités que nous devons embarquer et voir si nous devrions plutôt la louer, l’acheter ou bien la développer. Pour le moment, nous penchons sur le développement en interne, ceci afin de contrôler complètement notre outil. Une fois la plateforme développée, nous aurons alors des connecteurs par lesquels passeront nos ordres. Pour les cryptos, nous passerons par les 5-10 plus gros échanges du moment. En ce qui concerne les Futures, nous penchons actuellement pour Interactive Brokers qui propose une API. Mais nous pourrions retenir une autre solution en fonction des prix et du set-up opérationnel de nos véhicules.
La paire USD/BTC ayant le volume le plus important est celle de Bitfinex avec environ 150 millions de dollars de volume quotidien. Si les DAFs passent des ordres de 5, 10 ou 20 millions de dollars, cela sera susceptible de faire augmenter ou descendre le prix du Bitcoin, peut-être de quelques pourcents, ce qui peut avoir une influence sur les performances réalisées par les DAFs. Quelle sera la stratégie employée pour éviter une manipulation involontaire du marché ?
La liquidité est un de nos points d’attention majeur. C’est pour cela que nous allons nous concentrer au démarrage sur des stratégies cryptos sur l’Ether et le Bitcoin uniquement. Au final, notre rémunération sera le produit de la taille des encours sous gestion et de la performance réalisée sur ces derniers. Nous comptons diversifier les échanges par lesquels nous allons traiter afin d’augmenter notre capacité à gérer de plus gros encours. Pour le moment, nous n’avons regardé que de l’exécution sur un point dans la journée au travers de nos back tests. Nous sommes en train d’acquérir des données intraday afin d’affiner les exécutions et de voir l’impact en cas d’étalement d’ordre. Compte tenu des volumes journaliers sur le BTC, nous visons d’augmenter fortement cette capacité. Cela devra également s’accompagner d’une croissance du marché.
Concernant les institutionnels et le DAF BTC, allez-vous récolter leur participation en fiat puis convertir en BTC, ou collecter directement en BTC ? N'est-il pas moins contraignant de récolter du fiat à la lumière du rapport Landau ?
À ce stade nous n’avons pas de préférence sur les devises en collecte. En effet, il serait bien plus facile de récolter en fiat qu’en crypto. Mais ce qui est valable aujourd’hui pourrait changer demain. Il faut garder un maximum de flexibilité sur cet aspect. Ce qui est important pour nous, c’est que nos DAFs aient leur passif et leur actif en crypto. La collecte est un sujet un peu connexe.
Dans leur projection, quel ratio est-il prévu entre le prix du NPX et le dividende (même si l’on sait que le marché crypto réserve des surprises) ? Pensez-vous qu'il y aura un prix maximum qui ne pourra pas être dépassé, ou inversement un prix plancher ?
Le but de notre société de gestion est de maximiser les performance fees qui seront payés par les DAFs. En plus des signaux de trading, c’est ce qui fixera la valeur du NPX. En ce qui concerne le prix auquel les personnes souhaiteront acheter ces deux services, il est difficile de répondre précisément. Dans le monde plus classique des equities, il y a des actions qui sont valorisées avec des PER de 5 à 100, parfois plus. En général, plus le PER est élevé, plus on attend de la croissance sur les résultats.
Pensez-vous que le trading haute fréquence et plus globalement l’industrie des quantitative HF soit encore viable aujourd’hui, malgré des résultats plutôt décevants sur les 4-5 dernières années ? Quel avenir lui présagez-vous ? L’émergence des cryptos pourrait-elle lui donner un nouveau souffle ?
Il faut faire attention à ne pas mettre tout le monde dans le même panier. Le marché est un jeu à somme nulle, donc s’il n’y avait que du trading quantitatif, en moyenne personne ne gagnerait d’argent — ce qui ne veut pas dire que certains ne gagneraient pas régulièrement de l’argent. Cette classe d’actif est celle qui a la plus forte croissance depuis maintenant 10 ans, mais évidemment tous les bots ne se valent pas. Il faut savoir faire le tri dans ce qui est proposé — c’est exactement ce que nous comptons faire chez NapoleonX. Nous l’avons fait au travers des premières stratégies que nous avons proposé et allons continuer à le faire dans le choix des nouvelles que nous intégrerons.
Comment voyez-vous le futur l'équilibre entre petits et grands portefeuilles, par rapport aux différents aspects du projets (système de vote, \% détenu du total supply…) ?
Même si, de par nos techniques, nous pouvons aussi facilement gérer de l’argent pour des petits portefeuilles que des gros, nous risquons d’être initialement limités par le côté réglementaire, qui sera toujours plus protecteur des petits porteurs que des gros. En conséquence, le législateur risque de limiter notre capacité de distribution auprès d’un public très large, au moins dans un premier temps. Mais nous allons tout faire pour s’affranchir de cette contrainte le plus vite possible, car notre dispositif sera complètement automatisé.
Quel type de stratégie essayez-vous de développer avec le bot sur IDAX ?
À ce stade nous développons un bot afin de faire le market making sur notre propre token. Nous nous servirons de cette expérience et des savoir-faire acquis pour voir si nous pouvons généraliser cette technique et proposer des offres à d’autres ICO en échange d’un mandat de gestion des fonds qu’ils auront levés.
Peut-on en savoir plus sur le partenariat avec Ledger ?
Nous avons noué un partenariat avec la Maison du Bitcoin, située à Paris, afin de gérer nos conversions de crypto vers le fiat (afin de faire face à nos dépenses corporate). Il se trouve que Ledger est la maison mère de la Maison du Bitcoin et que jusqu’à très récemment ils étaient dans les mêmes locaux. Cela nous permet de discuter plus régulièrement avec eux. Il se trouve que, du fait de cette proximité, la Maison du Bitcoin est en train de développer une solution de conservation basée sur l’expertise de Ledger.
Quelles sont les perspectives d'avenir de NapoleonX ? Quid de l'intelligence artificielle ? Peut-on espérer d'ici 5 ans avoir un ou plusieurs DAFs dirigés par une intelligence artificielle ?
Nous souhaitons incarner le futur de la gestion d’actif dans le monde crypto, devenir le nouveau Blackrock de ce milieu-là, même si nous sommes conscients du chemin qu’il reste à parcourir pour y arriver. À ce stade, nous avons développé des algorithmes sans utiliser d’IA, mais nous croyons beaucoup à son utilisation pour trouver de nouvelles sources de performance. Nous sommes en train d’explorer l’utilisation de l’IA sur de l’allocation entre stratégies sur un même actif, afin de rendre plus robustes nos stratégies déjà développées. Nous explorerons ensuite la possibilité de créer des stratégies sur un actif utilisant cette technique pour voir ce que cela peut apporter en termes de performance et de décorrélation.
Vous avez récemment ajouté l'analyse de sentiment SESAMm. Est-ce qu'à terme NapoleonX envisage de se diversifier davantage ? Si oui, quels sont les produits en réflexion ou en développement ?
Nous avons ajouté un nouvel indicateur de sentiment car nous pensons que c’est quelque chose de diversifiant. L’analyse de sentiment, tout le monde en parle, mais peu de gens la pratiquent. Nous ne savons pas encore si nous pourrions définir des algorithmes là-dessus, mais nous voulions offrir la possibilité à notre communauté de pouvoir se faire sa propre idée. Et nous allons aussi y travailler de notre côté en parallèle. Une des idées qui sous-tend cette démarche est également de diffuser un maximum de contenu pertinent sur notre plateforme afin de générer un trafic de qualité et de construire notre image de sérieux.
NapoleonX pourrait-il s'imposer comme la plateforme d’une nouvelle génération d'AM "globaux", même si les cryptos se révélaient être des actifs relativement peu intéressants à trader ?
C’est en tout cas clairement notre stratégie. Nous souhaitons devenir un nouveau Blackrock de la gestion, moins par la taille que par le côté novateur et performant.
Allez-vous ajouter une seconde authentification (Google Authenticator…) pour se connecter au site ? Pour le moment, la sécurité parait assez limitée.
Pour le moment, il n’y a aucun flux d’argent sur notre site, donc les soucis de sécurité ne sont pas aussi centraux que sur d’autres plateformes. Nous mettons principalement à disposition de l’information (signaux de trading) à ce stade, donc nous ne craignons pas trop le piratage. Lorsque les DAFs seront en place et qu’ils distribueront des paiements issus des performance fees, ils seront payés aux adresses NPX via des smart-contracts, sans passer par notre plateforme. Cependant, nous reverrons sans doute notre politique de sécurité à ce moment-là, car cela reste un sujet important.
Il faut actuellement 10 000 NPX pour avoir un compte Platinum. Cela est-il susceptible de changer à l'avenir avec un nouveau statut offrant de nouveaux outils ou d’autres avantages ?
À ce stade, l’idée est d’offrir un certain nombre de services en fonction du nombre de NPX détenus. Il est à noter que nous ne demandons pas de consommer (« brûler ») ces NPX, mais seulement de les immobiliser. Cela permet à ceux qui en détiennent de s’assurer que les gens n’ont pas intérêt à les revendre, et donc d’organiser une forme de pénurie qui met une pression à la hausse pour les porteurs. Notre job va être de trouver de nouveaux services à mettre à disposition, avec une vraie valeur ajoutée. Nous ferons cela de manière graduelle et sans inflation démesurée.
Quelle est la somme d’actifs sous gestion par la société Napoleon Capital ?
Napoleon Capital est notre autre structure, privée. Nous n’avons pas vraiment vocation à dévoiler de chiffres là-dessus, mais à titre indicatif, nous avons actuellement des encours supérieurs à 50 millions d’euros pour plusieurs clients. Les stratégies utilisées combinent plusieurs des stratégies des DAFs que nous vous avons proposées dans le cadre du projet NapoleonX.
Fin Q2/début Q3 va avoir lieu votre campagne marketing principale, coïncidant avec la potentielle obtention de l’accréditation AMF. Pensez-vous qu’en cas de refus de l’AMF cela changera la stratégie que vous avez planifiée ?
Nous allons obtenir cette licence, il n’y a aucun doute là-dessus. L’incertitude porte plus sur la forme des véhicules que nous allons pouvoir lancer, même si nous avons déjà de très bonnes pistes. En fonction de la structuration finale, nous aurons des potentiels de distribution différents, à cause de la réglementation. Notre but est de maximiser ces potentiels-là. Aussi, en fonction de la solution retenue, nous aurons une approche marketing spécifique que nous mettrons en œuvre à plein régime à partir de septembre.
Plutôt que de distribuer 70\% des bénéfices aux holders de NPX et en conserver 30\% pour le staff, pourquoi ne pas redistribuer 100\% aux holders et garder 30\% des tokens ?
Cela aurait pu être une alternative, mais ça n’est pas celle que nous avons choisie.
Avez-vous vendu/dilué votre equity en plus des tokens ? Si oui, quelle est la répartition, quel est le pourcentage vendu, et pour quelle somme ? Et dans quelle mesure souhaitez-vous qu'elle prenne de la valeur (plus ou moins important que la prise de valeur des tokens ?) Si non, pensez-vous le faire dans le futur ? Et avec quelle valorisation ? Similaire à celle des tokens ?
Nous n’avons pas dilué notre part dans le capital de Napoleon Crypto. Nous en détenons toujours 100%. À court terme, nous n’avons aucune intention de diluer le capital, si ce n’est pour faire de la place à nos employés. En ce qui concerne les tokens, ils constituent pour nous une réserve supplémentaire de financement pour développer le projet. C’est pour cela que nous comptons bien les valoriser au mieux, non pas en créant un faux marché, mais en apportant de la valeur ajoutée.

[À Lire] Tout sur Monero, résumé en Français

Qu'est ce que Monero (XMR)?
Monero est une (crypto-)devise sécurisée, personnelle et intraçable. Monero est Open-source et librement accessible à tous.
Monero est une vraie monnaie que tout le monde peut réellement utiliser dans la vraie vie. Il permet simplement de recevoir des paiements sans de soucier de la provenance des fonds. Avec les systèmes dit 'transparents' comme Bitcoin, Ethereum, Verge ou Dash (par exemple), les personnes ne peuvent qu'espérer (ou bien passer pas mal de temps à vérifier) que le payeur n'a pas utilisé ses fonds de manière frauduleuse. De plus, les vendeurs ne souhaitent pas que les acheteurs soit tracés et connus de tout, tout comme chacun d'entre nous ne veut pas que tout le monde sache combien nous dépensions. Si je dépense plus que je ne devrais sur Amazon, c'est mon problème.
Monero est différent car chacune des transactions est toujours privée. Il n'y a aucun moyen pour une mine ou une plateforme d’échange de devise de désactiver ces transactions privées. Par conséquent, l’anonymat offert par Monero dépasse largement celui des autres cryptomonnaies. À ce jour (depuis le fork de septembre), 100% des transactions cachent l'émetteur, le receveur et le montant. Il n'y a également aucune raison d'avoir peur d'effectuer une transaction privée, puisque toutes les transactions Monero le sont. En aucun cas une transaction peut "briller" plus que les autres.
Cette "privacy" (ce qui relève du privé, au sens personnel) est apportée par ces 4 principales technos :

Ring signatures: permet de cacher la provenance des fonds. Chaque entrée dans une transaction est cachée en même temps que plusieurs autres qui sont déjà dépensées. Par conséquent, personne ne peut trouver la source de la somme (inconnue) qui est dépensée. Il faut imaginer chaque entrée dans une transaction comme un euro ou un dollar. Cette vidéo (en anglais) présente ce sujet. Note: ce n'est pas la même chose que le "mélange" (mixin).
Ring CT: permet de cacher le montant de la dépense. Au lieu de dépenser une somme connue, il est crytographiquement possible de le dépenser sans en connaitre le montant (si si!). C'est un sujet compliqué, plus d'information dans cette vidéo.
Kovri (en cours d'implémentation): Permet de cacher l'origine physique de la transaction. Il sera simple et transparent (puisqu'intégré dans Monero) de cacher l'adresse IP des utilisateurs. Korvi est prévu pour être compatible avec d'autres cryptomonnaies à l'aide d'une API commune, et peut même être un moyen de cacher que vous utilisez Monero. Kovri ajoute plusieurs couche de sécurité réseau pour les mineurs et les mines, et permet d'atteindre un niveau très élevé de résistance à la censure. Video. Cependant, il existe déjà des moyens de cacher son origine, et plusieurs guides expliquent comment utiliser Monero sur le réseau opaque TOR.
Stealth addresses : Permet de cacher la destination de la transaction. Au lieu d'envoyer directement de la monnaie à une adresse, certaines sorties de la transaction sont prévues pour les adresses mais il est impossible de dire à qui appartient cette adresse. Même si les Ring Signatures sont compromises, il serait toujours impossible de déterminer la destination grâce à cela. Video

Il y a bien d'autres choses qui font que Monero est un bon projet :

Émission de monnaie dans le temps contrôlée et douce.
La taille des blocs (qui regroupent plusieurs transactions) est dynamique, ainsi que les taxes associées (chaque traitement de transaction est monnayée, ceci afin que les mineurs soient rémunérés et donc supportent le réseau)
L’algorithme de minage est accessible à tous. (la concentration en ferme de minage est bien moins profitable, car l'avantage du GPU sur les CPU est faible et l'algorithme est ASIC-resistant (aka, pas de composants spécialisés dédiés au minage de Moneroj).

Maintenant que vous être familier avec Monero, et êtes convaincu qu'il utilise ce qui se fait de mieux en cryptographie, qu'apporte-t-il de plus par rapport aux autres crypto-monnaies ?

Monero est FONGIBLE. C'est fondamental. Chaque Monero est et restera toujours égal et identique à un autre Monero. On ne peut pas blacklister ou mettre en avant des Moneroj par rapport à d'autres.
Monero prend de la VALEUR: Le cours du Monero est stable et en constante évolution. Contrairement aux autres, Monero est utilisé pour ce qu'il offre, et non comme un N^ieme investissement. La demande en privacy ne cesse de croitre, et Monero est actuellement le seul sur le marché à pouvoir répondre à cette demande.
Monero est en constant DÉVELOPPEMENT: Les développeurs derrière Monero sont les meilleurs. Plus de 295 contributeurs ont permit au Monero d'en être là aujourd'hui. La plupart des personnes sont volontaires et donnent de leur temps pour aider la communauté, mais certains sont "payés" pour leurs travaux: Un système de financement communautaire est en place pour permettre le développement de (plus ou moins) gros chantiers (la cryptographie appliquée et l'implémentation demande beaucoup de temps et d'investissement personnel). C'est un bon moyen d'être récompensé de ses effort, et d'autant plus motivant pour faire quelque chose de vraiment qualitatif. C'est comme cela que Monero est devenu un projet aussi fort sans avoir eu recours à l'arnaque du pré-minage ou de prévente de monnaie (ICO).

Suis-je un forcément un délinquant si j'utilise Monero ?
Non, bien sûr que non. Monero se considère comme la monnaie de la liberté. Il est possible d'en faire ce que l'on veut, où on veut, quand on le veux. Cependant, il n'est évidement pas conseillé de mettre tout ses revenus dedans, bien que nous croyons fortement dans son utilité dans la vie réelle, il y a toujours un risque non négligeable lié aux marchés boursiers. Après, ce que vous en faites ne nous regarde pas ! (et il nous serait impossible de le savoir ! ;) )
D'où vient le mot "Monero" ?
Monero vient de l’Espéranto. Il signifie "pièce de monnaie", "monnaie" ou "devise". Le pluriel de Monero est "Moneroj"
OK. Comment débuter ? Comment stocker mes Moneroj ?
Nous recommandons UNIQUEMENT l'usage des logiciels officiels:

Monero Core
Monero Core GUI (tuto) <-- À privilégier pour les débutants. Cependant, en cas de non utilisation d'un nœud distant existant, la synchronisation de la blockchain peut prendre plus de 30Go et durer plusieurs jours, en fonction des performance de votre machine. C'est le prix à payer pour la privacy, et être votre propre banque ;)
Monero Web-Wallet
Offline Wallet Generator

Guide d'installation pour grand-maman !
Y a-t-il un portefeuille léger pour Monero ?
Pas pour le moment, mais il est possible d'utiliser l'interface officielle en la connectant à un nœud existant. C'est vrai que le client officiel est relativement lourd, mais les équipes de devs travaillent durement à son allègement.
Y a-t-il d'autre moyen de stocker des Moneroj ?
Oui, il existe plusieurs portefeuille pour mobile, mais nous ne les recommandons absolument pas car ils ne sont pas issus de développements officiels. Certains ont fait état de perte de Moneroj, de vol ou autre. Si vous voulez tout de même utilisez un portefeuille tiers, faites le en tout état de cause et de connaissance, et pour de petites sommes. La plupart de ces portefeuilles tiers possèdent vos clés privées (ce qui sert à générer votre adresse, et ne doit absolument pas être connue de quiconque (sauf peut-être un avocat, pour vos enfants au cas où ^⁾⁾ et donc les moneroj présents ne vous appartiennent pas.
Comment acheter des moneroj ?
Il existe plusieurs plateformes d’échange de cryptomonnaies contre des devises.

Kraken
Bitfinex (STATUT: Quelques problemes sont apparus avec les transactions concernant des devises (USD/EUR))

Pour changer des crypto-monnaies entre elles:

Poloniex
Bithumb
Kraken
Bitfinex
Bittrex
Bitsquare
ShapeShift
Livecoin
BTER

En France, il existe La Maison du Bitcoin, qui permet d'acheter des bitcoin par virement ou carte bleue. Il suffit ensuite de changer les bitcoins pour des Moneroj (XMR) via Shapeshift ou une des plateformes d’échange listées ci-dessus.
MINING:
Où trouver une bonne mine (pool) ? Monero Pools
Quel logiciel de minage utiliser ? CPU:

GPU:

XMR-stak (AMD)
Ccminer by KlausT, psychocrypt, and fireice-uk (nVidia)
Claymore's CryptoNote GPU Miner (AMD)

J'ai un commerçant qui accepte uniquement les bitcoins, mais bitcoin n'est ni privé ni anonyme. Comment faire ?
Il est possible d'utiliser XMR.TO, mais il serait bien de sensibiliser votre vendeur sur l'absence de privacy et d’anonymat inhérent au Bitcoin. ;)
Liste des ARNAQUES avérées:

Freewallet (Mobile Wallet App)
MoneroWallet.Info
MinerGate

SubReddit en relation avec le Monero:
(tous en Anglais)

/Monero - Sub Monero Officiel
/xmrtrader - Discussion autour des marchés liés au Monero
/MoneroMining - Tout sur le Minage de Monero
/MoneroCommunity - Pour de l'aide autour de l'aspect communautaire de Monero
/moonero - Pour les memes et les vannes
/MoneroMarket - Pour acheter et vendre des biens ou des services en échange de Monero
/MoneroSupport - Support technique.

Note:
Ce post est une tentative hasardeuse de traduction faite par moi même du post original du sub principal. Si vous voyez une erreur, une coquille de trad ou une tournure de phrase ambiguë, dites le moi !
Je tenterais la traduction d'un des guides d'utilisation du GUI...
ttlk.

My Reports for this phase (Mar. 22)

I tried to report as well as possible. So far I've lost a little bit of REP. I thought this thread might be helpful for people to figure out where they are deviating from the consensus. If you have reported differently than me, post here and we can see if there are any problems with how this works.
How many markets will be created today (14.03) here?
OUTCOME REPORTED indeterminate
Will be more than 50 markets created today (14.03)?
OUTCOME REPORTED No
What range will the S&P 500 close on March 18, 2016?
OUTCOME REPORTED 2000-2099
Will Leicester win against Newcastle on March 14, 2016?
OUTCOME REPORTED Yes
Will Ethereum be worth more than 1 billion $ on the 15 of March 2016?
OUTCOME REPORTED Yes
Will the Uconn Huskies beat the Colorado Buffaloes on March 17th, 2016?
OUTCOME REPORTED Yes
Will Donald Trump win Illinois on March 15?
OUTCOME REPORTED Yes
Over 5,000 Markets will be created on the Augur.net Beta by March 18, 2016?
OUTCOME REPORTED No
Will the price of Ethereum close above .04 BTC on Poloniex at 12:00am GMT on March 17, 2016?
OUTCOME REPORTED No
Will Hillary Clinton win the Democratic Primary Election in Florida on 3/15/16?
OUTCOME REPORTED Yes
Will the sun blow up tomorrow (March 15, 2016)?
OUTCOME REPORTED No
Will the sun explode on St.Patrick's Day (March 17th, 2016)? Report
OUTCOME REPORTED No
Will the price of two barrel of WTI crude oil be below 50 Dollar on March 19, 2016?
OUTCOME REPORTED No
What is 3+3
OUTCOME REPORTED 6
Who will win the GOP primary in Ohio on March 15?
OUTCOME REPORTED Kasich
Who will win the Florida GOP primary on March 15?
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[Table] IamA Owner of a used car dealership. AMA!

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What's the most expensive car you've had on the lot / sold?	The most expensive car we have is a 2008 R8 that we just got in. It will be selling for $89,999.
What's your cost on something like that?	I paid 80. Spent 3000$ of recondition already.
	But this is my daily driver so I didn't buy it to sell it...if that makes sense, I would love to drive it for a year and sell it for what I paid. Drive and R8 for free :)
If you had to buy parts for a car like that, what would you do? Do you have any advantage over a regular guy? I happen to know someone who is an Audi service advisor and he showed me in their pricing system that R8 floor mats are $750.	I do get dealer rate on parts (15% off retail)
How did Cash-4-Clunkers effect your business?	Not that much, we don't sell many 2999 or less cars because they are too unpredictable and we don't want to sell anyone lemons. Not worth the headache and bad karma.
I bought a used car from a scumbag salesman two years ago. It was useless a year later. What's something I should ALWAYS look for in used cars? - 19 years old and I'm going on my 4th car :\	I'm not saying this is what you did...but generally a car thats 3gs or less is unpredictable.
	Maybe for your first car you get something that might not be the prettiest but maybe reliable. Like an older pontiac vibe, they are great cars and won't break the bank...not the prettiest but will get you from point a - b.
	There is no one thing to look at. sorry nothing sexy about that answer.
the Pontiac Vibe is Toyota where it counts, basically the Matrix I understand. Same thing with the Chevy Prizm/Toyota Corolla.	Exactly...getting the Toyota without paying a premium for a badge.
I love my Vibe; I just wish it was called something else. When I was still shopping for it, I was pretty amazed that a Matrix would go for $1000 - $2000 more than Vibes of similar age and condition. It's the same damn car.	EXACT same guts. You're just paying for the emblem.
Wow, it'd never clicked with me, despite lots of searching in that category, that a Vibe gets around the Toyota Tax. Matrix's are overpriced because Toyota. Vibes are the same damned car (more or less) but fewer people buy it cause toyota reliability.	On the used market people know this and thats why they sell well.
People pay a premium for a Toyota badge?	What I meant was even though matrix and vibe are basically the same car you can expect to pay 2gs more for the Toyota name.
Did the vibe have an awd option like the matrix did ?	Yes it does. Both body styles do.
Have you ever found anything odd or weird in a car or about a car after you bought it from someone?	Bought a cop car once and found a couple dime bags of week under the seat. I'm assuming the person who was arrested had some on them and hid it under their seat.
	We found this super old log book it was from world war 1 and had a soldier's name and all these amazing stories of people he met and people who had died etc. We gave it to the police hoping they would find out who this man was (had his name DOB etc)...couple weeks later this old man comes in all teary eyed and told us it was his dad's book and he was so grateful we gave it to the police.
You told us what you did with the log book. What did you do with the weed?	AHHAHAHAHAHAH.
	I'm pretty sure the clean up shop "threw it out".
In your opinion, is it smarter to buy new or used vehicles? Why?	Used,
	If I win the lottery one day and want to buy a car, I would buy a newer car with the least amount of mileage. Someone else takes the hit of the new car and you can save 15-20% if its 6 months old and has a couple thousand kms on it.
But if it's newish and someone is selling it, wouldn't that indicate something might be wrong?	No not at all, people change their minds or something comes up. I took a 2013 civic with 6000kms on trade for a minivan because the woman got pregnant unexpectedly with twins.
What if it's a car that people are known to drive hard and abuse?	Unfortunately there is NO way of knowing, but sometimes you have to take a leap of faith.
	Only car I wouldn't buy would be a mustang rental, that's a car you know who ever rented probably drove it hard.
I worked for a used car lot similar to yours, with only flat pay and very very small commission. we had a regional thing going, with about 15 lots over 3 states. We didnt sell for cash but owned a finance company as well. My question is How often do people try old sales tactics on you, or think they can just act tough to get a deal? and what is the 'toughest' customer you have had dealings with?	But if we are selling a car for 5,999 you can't offer 3000 CASH out the door, there is no more margins like that, just doesn't exist! We explain why that's not possible and for the most part they get it...you still get the young kid with his grand-pa saying 3000 or we leave. To which we reply sorry we can't earn your business. Toughest customer was a 2006 Ram 2500 diesel we sold her. She drove it home, called us back saying she took it to her mechanic and it needs ball joints at a cost of 1200$ I asked her to bring the truck back so we can take a look at it and if it does need the work we will do it. She said she did not feel safe driving it back, and we offered to pick it up then she lost her mind and said we are crooks and assholes for selling a truck that would have never passed certification. I called her personally and told her if she felt she was taken advantage of I would come with a check in full and pay her back and take the truck home (she's had it for over a month now) Told me to F*ck off and she is going to sue us.
Wow that's pretty ridiculous of her. I respect your efforts	I go to sleep at night knowing I've never screwed over a customer.
Word :) Btw do you consider yourself a car enthusiast? I read you have an R8 to putt around in, I myself drive a 91 Toyota MR2.	I used to be a HUGE car enthusiast, then you realize that its a piece of metal with tires. That being said I do have some cars on my bucket list that I would love to own/drive...the usual lambo, ferrari etc.
Consider signing up for an HPDE in your area. That experience will change your mind. ;)	What is that?
Oh word, cool. Thought I would ask, well, because R8 lol.	R8 is one of my bucket list cars and It's been a dream to drive...only drove it 2 times...stupid snow.
High performance driving event. Think of it like a driving school but on a race track. You'll learn a lot about yourself and about driving at high (race) speed. They aren't racing schools. Those are separate.	Ohhh yeah mosport has events like that.
I'm not sure how well Canada's track market is but you guys used to have the F1 grand prix so you might check out if they offer schools.	I know Porsche and BMW race out of there.
All wheel drive + snow tires should fix that.	I looked into it, just rather drive a car comfortably than be on pins and needles.
Have you ever lost a substantial amount of money on a car ?	Of course! Its part of the game... worst one ever was a ford diesel. bought everything was normal, sold it, 2 weeks later customer complains about white smoke...long story short 6gs later.
	We offered to give customers money back, he wanted the truck. Total deal ended up losing 4500$
	But that customer has sent 3 customers into us, because the issue he had was not part of certification or anything, we could of said sorry not our problem it was ok when we sold. Rather we fixed it he was happy and in the grand scheme of things it was worth it.
The white smoke thing on a ford diesel happened to me too. It was basically part of the recirculation system (for emissions) melted and allowed water to enter the engine, hydrolocking the pistons. Had to have a ton of shit replaced. Ford Diesels after about 2003-4 have been garbage imo.	I hate to say it but you're right. I won't buy a 2003 -2010 Ford Diesel. Supposedly the newer ones are better but I'm not sure.
7.3L powerstroke is bullet proof. The 6.0 is complete trash.	For the most part yes.
I won't buy a 2003 -2010 Ford Diesel.	Crazy part is I've had 2 traded in and both have problems..I think if they are running properly people just drive them into the ground.
How do you deal with those who try to trade one in? How do you explain it to them? ^{I'd sure hate to disappoint them this way...\}	NOT ALL have issues, I just try to shy away from them.
If you buy a 6.0, replace the head studs and gaskets, (honestly some people just replace the whole head), and delete the EGR. Those were the problems.	I'm no mechanic but thank you for the heads up.
Would you ever or have you ever considered selling cars for bitcoins? I am dying to buy a car with bitcoin...	I'd be to scared lol I run a very honest business and would never want to be red flagged.
Audi/BMW/Mercedes?	All have good models and problematic models. ...but my dad who is a mechanic would say LEXUS!
I work for Lexus so obviously I like your dad.	He's had an older LS for a while, over 400,000kms loves that thing more than me.
What's your view on a Lexus Isf 2011? Good all rounder?	Great cars, nice sedan with a cool look.
How do you estimate the value of a car? and what if the car is a "classic?	My valuation is simple... look at autotrader and try to be the bottom 10 cheapest. I work on volume not trying to "hit a homerun" on every car.
	Classic cars are different complete different ball game, I will call some of the guys that deal with those types of cars and compare to autotrader. Overall I've only ever 3 classic cars traded in. 1973 Mustang, 1969 Mustang (they were pretty easy to get a valuation because a lot out there) and a 1952 MGB kit car. (much harder just took a gamble)
What is the average commission a salesman gets on a sale? Such as %	1) Our dealership has no comission, all flat with bonuses monthly/yearly so that there is NO pressure from my staff.
If something happens to someone's car past warranty (where it is not legally your problem), what do you do to help that person if anything?	Of course! Its part of the game... worst one ever was a ford diesel. bought everything was normal, sold it, 2 weeks later customer complains about white smoke...long story short 6gs later. We offered to give customers money back, he wanted the truck. Total deal ended up losing 4500$ But that customer has sent 3 customers into us, because the issue he had was not part of certification or anything, we could of said sorry not our problem it was ok when we sold. Rather we fixed it he was happy and in the grand scheme of things it was worth it.
That sounds awesome. #2 is something so few dealerships understand (I used to work doing training for dealerships). They would much rather make $5000 off of one customer than make $1000 each off of 50 customers. So aggravating, everyone loses.	Exactly man... Its easier to make 1$ off of a million people than $1,000,000 of one person.
	I want to be here for the long haul.
All salespeople would say it's "no pressure". How are your online reviews?	This is based on Google reviews.
	Sam Besharati 4 months ago purchased a 2010 mazda 3 from tip top in april. I spent almost 4 months researching mazda 3's at different dealerships in the durham region and even a few in toronto. tip top was by far the easiest to deal with. they treated me like a friend and ...More Mark Morissette Mark Morissette 5 months ago My wife and I purchased a used Chrysler 300 from Tip Top auto several months back – the service we received was excellent, the sales people were very upfront and straightforward with the transaction from the moment we stepped on the property ...More Adam Hare Adam Hare 9 months ago Tip Top has the best prices by far! And even more importantly, the service is like no other. Zero pressure, no hassle, they truly give you first class care. My whole family have now bought vehicles from Tip Top and will continue to do so! A Google User A Google User 2 years ago Looked at over 30 cars of the same make and model elsewhere, and then decided to buy my car from here. Owned it for the better part of this year and couldn't be more satisfied with it. Will be looking here first when it's time to buy again. Would ...More.
Link to verify. OP probably didn't post it because it is their Google+ page and didn't want to self advertise.	Thank you, thats a lot better to read lol.
Nice...you passed the test! There aren't many small dealers without bad reviews.	Everyone gets bad reviews, its part of the business, but we just try our best to fix any problems before that.
Bought a 300 from a used car dealership, spent around 1500 in less than 6 months, suspension parts. Holy hell suspension parts, and we didn't put the car in a garage, did all the work ourselves. Except for a four way wheel alignment, that was done in the garage.	300s are known for front end work, but they have good transmissions and engines.
Your north carolina?	Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.
$50k from dad? It takes money to make money! I guess that doesn't make you exactly a rags-to-riches tale, does it?	My dad was retired at the time due to his cancer by trade he is a mechanic, thus I have been around cars alot.
What does/did your dad do?	I am super lucky that my parents were supportive of me and wanted me to succeed. My father came to Canada with nothing and he has done well for himself.
I've been raised by mechanics and estimators and car sales men all of my life. I have always wanted to know, what is the rate of used cars you've had on sale that have to be repaired before they are sellable? Is there a limit to the damage of a car (like minor dents and scratches in the paint) where you cannot buy it or sell it?	Totally,
	Some dealers will buy the car even if EVERY panel needs paint and can still make a profit, for me I look at the headache vs payoff. I have no shortage of cars so I don't need to go that far. Rule of thumb is if you buy it cheap enough it can be worth it...I just don't waste my time with it.
Any point in buying a "certified" pre owned vehicle as opposed to a normal used car?	Yes, We have to compete with the all the time. However for the most part it's not worth the added cost and they are not doing much more than a used car dealership will do...Only benefit is some manufactures will extend the factory warranty. BMW certified pre-owned will cost you 2-3gs more than buying from a used car lot, personally not worth it...However if you can get the price close to what a used car dealership is selling it for...go certified pre owned.
Are you saying that you'd feel ok owning a BMW out of warranty?	Doesn't scare me!
I am looking for a new midsize sedan (torn between altima, sonata, or camry at the moment) any suggestions on the three? I am thinking ill go new though since ill drive it at least the next 7ish years.	All three are great cars, I can't knock any of them.
	Your best bet is go and test drive all three... you might hate the way one drives or be bothered by blind spots.
My CPO cost me 16 total, (granted, 2012 focus SEL hatch), but I have a 125k mile warranty w/ 100 dollar deductible, loaner cars, roadside, etc. Do i truly need it? Who knows, but it's my 6th car because I've never spent more than 1200 on a car before. Why not?	If you paid close to what the car is worth in the retail market then you didn't go wrong. Remember cars are not investments and you want to be able to enjoy your car and if you have any issues you're covered so there is NO harm in getting a warranty.
Is there a strategy one can use to help them get a better deal on a vehicle without being a jerk? I'm not really all that great at negotiating prices in this regard.	Some used car dealers had NO haggle pricing, we are pretty close to that too. We put our best price forward and go with volume.
	If you come in and offer us 1000 below asking we just say we can't do that and explain why. If the total after taxes is like $10142.23 and you say I had a budget of 10gs all in. We will most probably do it.
	The most important thing is treat your salesperson nicely and don't think they are out to get you. It will help you in the long run.
I heard a This American Life about a used car dealership. Is the reason you'd most likely do it because you are aiming for a quarterly/yearly/etc. volume target? So you eat the cost, effectively paying to sell the car, to get closer to that goal?	We don't have any goals that MUST be reached. We have targets and expectations, but nothing set in stone.
What do you drive?	Just picked up an Audi r8 for the spring but this is my first time buying a car for my self as a daily driver...right now I drove home a 2009 Civic.
	I'll drive anything off the lot.
Talk about an upgrade!	The 2009 Civic was just something I took off the lot, today I drove home a 2006 Golf Diesel.
What are the tell-tale signs that negotiations have reached their end, and that it's time for me to make a decision either way?	Are we talking new or used vehicle?
What would the differences be?	Used cars have less room to play, if the salesmen is letting you walk then you have truly reach the end point.
	New cars are different, end of the month is the best time if they need to hit their quota (not the salesmen but dealership) they will sell it below cost in order to hit their goals (some manufactures will give the dealership a kickback based on number sold. So if X company reaches their goal of 50, the manufacture will kickback $1500 per unit (x50) so if you happen to buy the 50th car on the last day of their accounting month they will lose 3gs on that car in order to hit the big target of 50x1500= 75gs.
This American Life did a recent episode on car dealerships and went over this point. However, I would assume this strategy only works if they're below their goals.	Thats the BEST way to get a great deal..but not all manufacturers do that and I personally think it lowers your brand value, because all you care about is putting cars over the curb.
What could i get from your shop for $ 3000?	I probably would tell you nicely that I don't want to sell you car for $3000.
	I'm worried about the long term reliability and don't want you to hate me if something happens.
Why would a business refuse cash? I've paid cash for my university tuition around 15K usd but I'm not in the states.	I get charged to deposit cash...sounds crazy eh? With my bank plan I can deposit up to 20gs a month no charge after that it's something like 1.30$ /1000$ cash deposited.
Get a different account? A credit union, maybe? That's a ridiculously low amount...	We don't do much cash, so not an issue yet.
What's the best make and model as far as used cars go? I currently have a 97 Nissan Altima that has treated me well. What other cars can last almost 20 years?	Most cars will last that long if you do regular maintenance on them.
	I've seen cobalts with 500,000Kms NO joke and civics with 200,000kms that have blown engines due to improper maintenance.
	I'd recommend getting a car YOU like not what someone else thinks is best for you.
How does one acquire so many used cars?	I'm lucky that I've made lots of connections with new car dealerships, so I get to buy off makes (i.e Gm will wholesale me a Ford on their lot). Local Auctions too (about 5000 cars for sale a week), but I don't frequent them as much any more.
Is this to suggest that if I were to look for a new car, I should sell my old one to a user car dealership instead of trading it in?	In Ontario you get the tax savings. So if you trade in a car for 10,000 plus 13% tax you net 11,300. So basically you can to look at the market and see can you get more than 11,300 for your car to make it worth it.
Vice-versa, what are your thoughts on buying a used car from a used car dealership versus pre-owned certified at a (new car) dealership?	Certified pre-owned (CPO) is 30% legit 70% rubbish. Before all the new car guys get mad at me, let me explain.
If it matters, and since you mentioned the R8, I have a 2007 A3 and I am eye-ing a pre-owned / used newer model Q5. So I'm looking at entry-level luxury cars (assuming that's not an oxymoron).	When I bought my R8 I took it to the audi dealer paid 295$ and got a certified pre owned check list done, the car needed a couple things that they fixed. Therefore now I have a r8 that is CPO, now when I sell that car I can try and say its CPO but customers will tell me ONLY Audi can sell it as CPO and they will for a premium at that. Where the CPO does help some manufactures offer an extended warranty (2 years) for their CPO...basically compare the price of a regular certified one with extended warranty vs a CPO...if the prices are the same then go CPO if you can save a couple thousand then don't pay for CPO.
Does your dealership service the vehicles it sells? If not, where do you get it done prior to sale?	We do not, that is something we are looking to add when the right opportunity comes up. because we are steady we work with 3 mechanics in our area and who ever can fit us in on that particular day gets the business.
Does a car dealership have any operating expenses outside of the norm that other business wouldn't have? ("normal" overhead I can think of include wages, rent, insurance, utilities)	Advertising is my biggest expense. We sponsor local soccer and hockey teams. We have a pool for issues that arise after sale out of our control
I'm starting to personally buy and sell cars. Can you give me any advice in what to look for in a potential car to sell?	I don't know where you're from, but if you are in Ontario you would be considered a Curbsider that could result in jail time and becareful for tax reasons.
	Lastly I will buy ANY car on the money which means if you can buy it right, you can sell it.
	But the generic answer would be honda/toyota.
How much capital was the initial investment for the dealership? Could you elaborate on its beginnings? Interested about entrepreneurship.	50gs Got a loan from my dad.
	I used to work as a car salesman, learned the GOOD and BAD and decided I would use that to build my own company. Also used school smart and street smarts (selling in the past) to grow the business.
Wow, that's actually not a lot of capital! I thought starting a used car dealership would be at least a quarter mill.	It was a very small operation, and it grew. Currently we have 600k in inventory
Convince me...what's the benefit of buying from a dealer vs. private party? Private party can tell you a history of the vehicle and at a cheaper price. What makes dealers so special?	Dealer: (In Ontario) Has strict laws on what has to be disclosed, any accidents over 3gs, any 2 body panels replaced or repainted, any rental history, and frame damage etc... where private doesn't have to say anything! Private party can tell you anything unless they have receipts for any work done you'll never know. FOR the most part no different...let the best price win and in our area dealers generally have better price
Do you ever consider investing in some wacky inflatable flailing arm tube man to promote business?	All my friends want me to, but I will stick to inflatable gorillas for now :) Kidding I don't have either.
	But for a Promotion we did crush a couple cars with a hummer. Link to www.youtube.com
Haha, awesome. But now you have to crush the hummer with a bigger car... Might I suggest one of these: Link to youtu.be.	I saw that video couple months ago.
	I would love to drive The Marauder for a day, anything more than that would probably get annoying fast.
What's your best "used car salesman" joke?	~~I'm going to be super boring and honestly say I don't have any.~~
	Wait I just thought one Only person that call sell Snow to an Eskimo is a used car salesman.
How many prior owners did the dealership have before you bought it? Was it in good condition?	I started it from scratch.
What's your best selling car? how are gas prices in Ontario?	Because I am in GM town, we sell a lot of GM trucks and cobalts I can never keep enough Pontiac Vibes on the lot.
	Gas is $1.20/liter.
Thanks for the input. Any reason why some dealers might prefer cash? My dad used to be one, but I can't remember his explanation.	Before when there was a lot more margins you would take some cash to keep it off the books and not pay taxes.
	Now the gov't can see I bought the car for 10, sold it for 12 If I took 3gs cash and sold it for 9 on paper. When/if I get audited how can I explain to the gov't that I'm in the business of selling cars cheaper than I buy them.
I see. His tactic was to offer full cash though. I guess if a dealer wants to risk getting audited it isn't really the buyers problem if the dealer avoids tax if they were just offering cash.	Yeah I guess not... and bank financing has really been into play on the past 5 years with kick backs etc.
Do you have a 1990 honda crx? Its my favorite car and I cant find it under 3k.	We don't but check Kijiji and craigslist.
What makes hold their value the best in the used markets?	Honda/Toyota always seem to hold the best value.
I think wranglers also hold their values well. I bought my Unlimited in '06 for $28g. Unfortunately, it was totaled last month. It was valued at just shy of $19g. Edit: of course, their gas mileage is for shit. Lol.	You are right Jeep wranglers hold their value pretty well and are in demand in the used market too.
My boyfriend also sells cars...mostly new cars but used ones too. December and so far January have been ridiculously slow not only for him but everyone at the dealership he works for - only one car out this month when he was averaging ten per month prior to this. I'm pretty worried about him. Is it normal to have such dry spells? And if so, how do you handle them?	Very normal, Dec/Jan are typically the slowest months.
	Where does he sell cars?
At Ford, in Montana. I would blame the weather but we're having an unusually warm month.	Yeah,
	Also all incentive programs start in Feb which gives a kick start to car sales.
How many cars do you sell a month? is your inventory financed or owned outright? how many cars on your lot? why tie up so much money in the R8?	We do about 40~45 a month. Owned outright. We have about 60 retail pieces. Cause I've always wanted to own an R8. Lifes not all about money gotta enjoy some of your hard earned money sometimes.
Do you sell cars that have been in accidents? If so, how much can it affect the value of the car even though it's been completely repaired? Are there cartain cars or certain type of accidents making you decide to not touch a car under any circumstance?	By law we have to disclose any damage over 3000$, however we disclose even a 1000$ accident customers are pretty understanding.
	We don't buy and sell wrecked cars but we sold a lotus else with a 10g accident and repair at the time market price for the lotus was 50, and he bought it for 44...so he saved a little bit of money. On the flip side if it was a sunfire with a 10g carproof you can assume the car was pretty close to a write off.
	I look at each car differently where on the vehicle was the accident was (a rear hit scares me less than a front hit)? When the accident was, if the car was 6 months old when the accident happened the insurance companies have to put new parts on it and if the car is now 5 years old, I would be content with that.
	Overall we don't deal with alot of that market, but if a customer has a trade we will have to take it in.
How much concern do you have with Tesla trying to sell cars directly to the consumer?	Doesn't bother me at all, I'm happy they are doing well and turning a profit.
But you sell used cars. Why would we believe anything you say?	I'm trying to break the mould...but do your own research :)
How did watching Snake Plissken's "Used Cars" 1980 film make you feel?	1) Haven't seen it, will add to my list.

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