Alphabay starts implementation of Ethereum acceptance

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Following the popularity of the new altcoin Ethereum and the recent price
hike showing a growing interest, Alphabay has made the decision to start
accepting Ethereum for marketplace listing purchases.

We are currently laying out the framework to make ETH acceptance possible,
and we will enable Ethereum deposits and withdrawals starting May 1st, 2017.
Vendors wishing to accept Ethereum can edit their listings and set the "Accept
ETH" to "On" in order to be able to be paid in Ethereum.

We have plenty of new stuff in the works, so expect more updates in the near
future.
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Comments


[5 Points] apoefjmqdsfls:

It's a weird choice. Last time I checked, the reference client even reuses the addresses. There is no privacy-centered wallet, not even a mixer I'm aware of. It's also a chain that has a history of reversing transactions after a theft, not really something welcoming for a dnm.


[3 Points] throwahooawayyfoe:

Inb4 Ether pump n' dump


[2 Points] dnmadvocate:

DASH!!!! but fuck you alphabay you scamming thieving shitfucks


[2 Points] AgoraMarket:

/u/alphabaysupport

Will referral commissions be paid out in Ethereum as well? Please make it so. ;-)


[2 Points] bigbawlzxm:

Ethereum as it's developed now is less a currency and more a means to use a decentralized, distributed computer. Ethereum can be currency, but the small block size and small size of the network more easily allows for 51% attacks and double spends.

Still cool though.


[2 Points] crushdudes:

Why ETH and not ETC?

Value?


[2 Points] echolocal:

This article made me cautious about getting ETH:

https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-price-nears-50-unusual-trading-volume-rises-from-20-to-450-million

After researching the dateline for Monero's rise in value. Its incredibly close to AB's Monero acceptance announcement. Which I got on that train when it happened.

ETH already has inflated so much I'd be weary to invest.


[1 Points] hhayn:

That monero pump must've been lucrative because they came back for ether, to try to get some of that high finance Wall Street blockchain buzzword money.


[1 Points] chaachaachemist:

Yesssss!


[1 Points] None:

Nice, too bad it'll never get to be used xd