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by barmstrong 10y ago
Coinbase CEO here. This is (sadly) quite accurate. The other reason you see so many complaints there is that there are many scammers trying to buy digital currency with stolen credentials, and a common scammer tactic is to appear angry (via
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by barmstrong 10y ago
https://medium.com/the-coinbase-blog/building-the-bridge-why... We do deal with visa/mastercard networks. They have rules, as do other financial institutions we work with.
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by barmstrong 10y ago
There are many banks with many rules out there. Paypal may be in a different negotiating position than we are. Believe me, I'd love to support all legal businesses (including yours). Sorry we couldn't get there yet - we may be abl
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by barmstrong 10y ago
Coinbase CEO here. Keep in mind - this was the first employee we hired. And it was 4.5 years ago. As you can imagine, things may have changed a bit 120 employees and thousands of interviews later. I think you'd find the experience quit
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by barmstrong 10y ago
Coinbase CEO here. I think this boils down to a misunderstanding about what our product is. There are some companies which operate purely in the digital currency world, and never store people's money. They are not regulated businesses.
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How Digital Currency Will Change the World (Coinbase CEO, YC S12)(medium.com)
5 points by barmstrong 10y ago|0 comments
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Coinbase (YC S12) is hiring engineers to help build an open financial system(medium.com)
1 points by barmstrong 10y ago
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How Coinbase Builds Secure Infrastructure to Store Bitcoin in the Cloud(medium.com)
2 points by barmstrong 10y ago|0 comments
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by barmstrong 11y ago
Would love to see a writeup on how these are built. Nice work!
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Bitcoin is not splitting in two, it is upgrading(slideshare.net)
3 points by barmstrong 11y ago|0 comments
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by barmstrong 11y ago
I'm always a bit disheartened when I see misinformation and negativity spiral like this. The work trial is no longer required, but it is an option since some candidates really enjoy working with us to get a better sense of what it is l
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Why Coinbase is now hiring remote engineers(medium.com)
75 points by barmstrong 11y ago|39 comments
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by barmstrong 11y ago
Response: https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/3u68oo/coinbase_ceo_re...
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by barmstrong 11y ago
I think I did answer the question. He can't do business with us because our bank partners don't want to support certain types of businesses. If you are wondering why the banks don't want to support certain types of businesses
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by barmstrong 11y ago
Coinbase CEO here, I can sympathize that this was probably frustrating but I think it stems from a misunderstanding about the service that Coinbase provides. In a purely bitcoin to bitcoin world, this sort of transaction would not be an iss
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by barmstrong 11y ago
Coinbase lets you control your own private keys: https://www.coinbase.com/multisig
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Coinbase (YC S12) Is Hiring a Product Manager for Wallet and Exchange
1 points by barmstrong 11y ago
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by barmstrong 12y ago
Thanks this was my biggest question. I was wondering why it doesn't just stay tethered to the ground in one single position (or as close as possible) flying into the wind. I guess it makes sense if it rotates perpendicular to the wind
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by barmstrong 12y ago
Yes, see https://www.coinbase.com/docs/api/multisig Good question!
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by barmstrong 12y ago
This is another cloud service that allows free public API access, but it's the first one I'm aware of that is also open source. Much better to build a service or business on something you are in control of.
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by barmstrong 12y ago
Very sorry for the trouble on this, the blame goes squarely on me for this - those emails should never have gone out. YC had nothing to do with this, and it was completely our fault in using this private list for marketing purposes. There
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by barmstrong 13y ago
As mentioned in the blog post, payment services also commonly allow user enumeration, including Paypal, Venmo, Square Cash, and others. The reason you don't see it with banks is that they don't allow you to send money to an email
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by barmstrong 13y ago
Coinbase CEO here. You can see an updated response on this issue here for more information: https://hackerone.com/reports/5200
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by barmstrong 13y ago
You can read some more information on our response here https://hackerone.com/reports/5200
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PSA: 2 weeks remain to submit your app for BitHackathon
6 points by barmstrong 13y ago|0 comments
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by barmstrong 13y ago
Coinbase CEO here - can confirm it was not us. Checked with the team and we couldn't find any interaction matching that description. http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1wtbiu/how_i_stole_... W
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Coinbase Co-founder Fred Ehrsam speaking at New York Bitcoin Hearing(youtube.com)
4 points by barmstrong 13y ago|0 comments
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Coinbase and Overstock.com Announce Largest Bitcoin Merchant Integration To Date(blog.coinbase.com)
3 points by barmstrong 13y ago|0 comments
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Coinbase Android SDK - Accept Bitcoin In Your Android Apps(blog.coinbase.com)
5 points by barmstrong 13y ago|0 comments
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New Coinbase Wallet, Coinbase Merchant App Released For Android(blog.coinbase.com)
22 points by barmstrong 13y ago|3 comments

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