***INTRODUCE YOURSELF***

[Malloy]

***Still brainstorming on this one. I don't want it to be too personal, on the other hand, it's good to know who we're talking too, your trading background, technical skills, field of expertise...let me know what you think***

I'll start with myself and we can adjust the questions to create the template.

Geopolitics (the countries/regions you know/follow/understand )
- Europe, North America, Central America, Caribbean.

Trading background (do you or did work in the field, studied, started in crypto, etc.)
- 20+ years on the stocks exchange as a freelancer or part of a grey pool
- in crypto since 2013

Trading style (technical, scalping, day trade, swing trade, position, etc.)
- mostly day or swing trade, some position
- momentum, I know charts and TA, but I rely more on informations and emotions

Exchanges and Wallets (used, could help others with)
- Kraken, Bitstamp, Poloniex, GateHub, Bitfinex, Bittrex
- Rippex desktop wallet, myetherwallet

Technical knowledge (cryptography, programming, protocoles, mining, etc.)
- not too strong in cryptography or programming language, i.e., can't really tell if it's really a good new technology
- I tried to mine but not equip and not savvy enough to make it work

Other info (what could be useful to our club)
- good knowledge of the web, search engines, social medias

[rippleric]

Eric here,

Some of you have probably heard of or about me, I'm from the U.S., I've been around the states and world a little bit and I still am to this day, I'm former military (Marine veteran), and currently working as a logistics / IT analyst in automated information systems in Japan for the government. Still working on and almost finished with my bachelors degree in Network Security.

Area- I'm following mainly U.S. and Japan, but with ripple I look at their developments globally

Trading - I started trading stocks on my laptop back in 2011 - 2012 with really no experience, but didn't really like it, so stumbled upon bitcoin and ripple and got hooked on that movement.

Trading Style - Mostly buy and hold the good ones, I'll make some trades if I think it's a good play or if TA shows a trend... But I like to watch the overall market now, and get a feel for what's hot and what's not.. Intend to try some of the pump / hold groups. I run some bots on cryptotrader.org, so i let them do the day trading for me.

Exchanges / Wallets - Gatehub, Kraken, poloniex, bittrex, iotaexchange, coinbase / jatchilli minimalist client, intend to get some good hardware wallets  or mobile wallets with multi-sig, and or lock some secret keys in some security boxes that is if i don't sell it all beforehand...

Programming / Technical - I'm fairly knowledgeable with networks, but not a great programmer, as in I've taken classes but never got into writing actual code for anything. Familiar with cryptography to a point, not enough to write algorithms ha

I mine on genesis-mining.com, but they take a very large percentage of profit. I could probably do it myself, but I don't have the time or space to run a mining rig, If i did it would be solar.

Other- I follow trends (google alerts) for some of the top crypto, search trends, I run the twitter account @RippleFeed if you haven't already guessed

[Mercury]

Mercury, I am not hiding too hard and I am sure it is relatively easy to find me in RL.

Areas- I am based in Ottawa, Canada and follow national trends here. I have on occasions attended various Senate, Parliamentary working groups on crypto and technology. I have also been in contact with various charities, interest groups and a couple research efforts based in the nation's capital.  By necessity I know some of the US regulatory scene.

When did I start- Started in crypto in 2013.

Trading style- I am a horrible trader, I have joked it is best to do the opposite of what I do. Just holding for now.

Exchanges and Wallets (used, could help others with) - Kraken, Bitstamp, Poloniex, GateHub, Bluezelle, The Rock and a couple others. I tend to sign up for new exchanges when they come online, even if I have no real intention of using them. Ditto for wallets.

Technical knowledge (cryptography, programming, protocols, mining, etc.)- basic entry level stuff, enough to get others started and to stay mostly out of trouble. This is roughly across the board. I can follow most conversational technology speak but can get lost in the weeds when it comes to deep dives.

Other info (what could be useful to our club) - got interested via another tech application (remote community connectivity project) and have investigated use cases besides the ones being pushed right now. Exposure to government and charity groups has lead to some exposure to what regulators and potential users are looking for, understand (or don't) and what can help.

[Dennis]

Ok, my turn.

I'm Dennis  irl and here.  

Geopolitics (the countries/regions you know/follow/understand )
- My story is all about NYC, the Bay Area, and back again.  

Trading background (do you or did work in the field, studied, started in crypto, etc.)
- I was a broker on Wall Street for 5 years pre dot coms and did well.  No day trading or TA experience, but I'm a fast learner.

Trading style (technical, scalping, day trade, swing trade, position, etc.)
- Position building

Exchanges and Wallets (used, could help others with)
- Kraken, Bitstamp, GateHub, Bittrex
-Myetherwallet, Wagerr, Storj, RippleTrade, lol

Technical knowledge (cryptography, programming, protocoles, mining, etc.)
- I can explain it in abstract but can't go too deep down the rabbit hole.

Other info (what could be useful to our club)

-I've been in the enterprise/mid market payments space for 16 years.  I am intimately familiar with US federal and state regulation (taxation and labor law specifically).  

-I've also been involved with Ripple since 2013, attended many events, and I'm active in the crypto community on both coasts.

Truthfully, I expect to learn more than I can give back here, but I hope to provide value.

Edited August 18, 2017 by Dennis
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[Fenix]

Hello,

Tom here.

Geopolitics (the countries/regions you know/follow/understand )
- Belgium, Following Ripple news globally.

Trading background (do you or did work in the field, studied, started in crypto, etc.)
- Still a student (Marketing) so no real trading background. Constantly learning about cryptocurrency and trading. 
- Started in crypto around februari 2017 with Bitcoin. 

Trading style (technical, scalping, day trade, swing trade, position, etc.)
- Both swing trade and position. 

Exchanges and Wallets (used, could help others with)
- Kraken
- Nano Ledger s

Technical knowledge (cryptography, programming, protocoles, mining, etc.)
- No technical knowledge. 

Other info (what could be useful to our club)
- Great knowledge about marketing, searching for information. 
- I'm the guy who is always extremely prepared before making a decision. 

[MundoXRP]

Mundo here,

Geopolitics (the countries/regions you know/follow/understand )
- The Bay Area

Trading background (do you or did work in the field, studied, started in crypto, etc.)
- No day trading or TA experience

Trading style (technical, scalping, day trade, swing trade, position, etc.)
- Position building

Exchanges and Wallets (used, could help others with)
- Kraken, Bittrex, Polo
- Metamask

Technical knowledge (cryptography, programming, protocols, mining, etc.)
- No technical knowledge

Other info (what could be useful to our club)

- I love learning about the new and different use cases of blockchain

- I've also been involved with Ripple since 2013,  I'm active in the crypto community and living in the bay area allows me to attend meetups weekly and interact with many projects

 

[Hodlezerper]

@Malloy thanks for the invite! Happy to be a part of the club!

 

 

Geopolitics (the countries/regions you know/follow/understand )
-United States...Do I understand it? Probly not. I do respect it though...

Trading background (do you or did work in the field, studied, started in crypto, etc.)
-Have messed around with traditional investments for 10 years or so. 

-Crypto about 6 months. 

Trading style (technical, scalping, day trade, swing trade, position, etc.)
-Buy and hold. Really have no knowledge of technical trading what-so-ever. Would like to learn more. I tend to try and buy things I can comprehend. Hence -XRP. Ethereum is maybe the only other one that I can sort of make sense of.

Exchanges and Wallets (used, could help others with)
-Bitstamp, Gatehub, Kraken, Coinbase, Toast, Ledger, 

Technical knowledge (cryptography, programming, protocoles, mining, etc.)
-Mined Ether for about 3 days, then heard about proof of stake and promptly stopped. 

-Don't know anything about programming. 

Other info (what could be useful to our club)
-Uh....

[Hodlezerper]

Also, generally, excited to help contribute to the group. Looking forward to it!!

[Malloy]

6 minutes ago, Hodlezerper said:

Also, generally, excited to help contribute to the group. Looking forward to it!!

Great to have you. You could start by looking at the ticker topics and vote for short/mid/long term. There's no good or bad answer, we're just trying to create a sentiment table...sentiment is not scientific but can really help give us the "feel" about a certain coin if enough members participate.

[Trisky]

Arno here,

Geopolitics (the countries/regions you know/follow/understand )
- Europe

Trading background (do you or did work in the field, studied, started in crypto, etc.)
- none (got distracted and missed out buying bitcoin in it's early years).
- in crypto since may after a (now wealthy) friend showed me the way.

Trading style (technical, scalping, day trade, swing trade, position, etc.)
- mostly accumulating, defensive trading because of a small stack but trying to learn asap and use some of my stack with a little addition to start trading a little more. Just for fun as I understand you have to be a little lucky as well to get some gains imo.

Exchanges and Wallets (used, could help others with)
- Kraken, GateHub, Bittrex, bluetrade, EtherDelta
- Rippex desktop wallet, Mist, Sia, Gulden, Stratis, NEM, Lykke (mobile), NXT, DGB, 

Technical knowledge (cryptography, programming, protocoles, mining, etc.)
- learning css, java php at a slow pace. maybe interesting to work on connecting sites with crypto payments options in the near future, API and so on.
- electricity where I live is relatively expensive, mining is out

Other info (what could be useful to our club)
- blockchain is really huge. almost every firm, organisation or (fintech) person in the world is busy with this thing. I am trying to absorb all information as much as I can and would appreciate any help I can get and will share what I think could be interesting. I am member of some communities.

But most of all, trying to enjoy the ride in this nice place.