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by solarkraft 3050 days ago
Not only is Coinbase an extremely slimy, untrustworthy company seemingly entirely driven by bad AI, the amount of different currencies they accept is also very limited.
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__blockcipher__ 3050 days ago
What?

GDAX is one of the best companies out there in the field.

Note to others: a portion of the internet seems to relentlessly attack Coinbase because they listed Bitcoin Cash (BCH) months ago

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freejulian 3050 days ago
Bitcoin Cash was listed in an incredibly dishonest way. They “surprised” announced it at 8pm on a Tuesday night. Along with the “launch” they had disabled selling bch from the fork (you could only buy). The launch coincided with Roger Ver and numerous CNBC “stories” trashing Bitcoin. It was so shady Coinbase agreed to launch an insider trading investigation.

Worse, coinbase is dragging their feet improving their Bitcoin technology stack. At this point it appears intentional.

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__blockcipher__ 3048 days ago
That is not an accurate chain of events.

I understand why they did not pre-announce. They would have been attacked by rabid BTC fans, plus a bunch of astroturfers and bots.

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dmix 3050 days ago
...You're going to have to back those aggressive claims up with some sources or reasoning on HN.

> the amount of different currencies they accept is also very limited

They cover the 4 primary ones. I'm not sure as a business I'd want to accept any other ones... besides maybe ZCash and Monero for privacy reasons.

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sitepodmatt 3050 days ago
Wtf? Are you are tether/bitfinex shill? Coinbase is the most legit in a toxic shithole of dodgyness
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