Stellar lumens ring a bell from years ago? They are actually worth something now.

Coinsguy

Years ago someone posted about stellar lumens(https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=91584316)

These coins are now worth a decent bit of money so you're more than likely sitting on at least a few hundred euro if you signed up. The thread was reopened by a mod but looks like it's closed again for some reason.

It's christmas time and a lot of people are probably struggling, is there any way the mods/admins could send a PM or something to everyone that replied to that thread and let them know to check to see how much money they are sitting on?

Vast majority will have hundreds of euro, maybe more! :cool: I'd suggest keeping them for a while though if you're one of the lucky ones

Coinsguy

I was going to PM everyone on that thread but 1) It's spammy kind of. 2) Have to wait 60 seconds each time

Rock Paper Scissors

I remember that thread

I signed up and have 900 stellar.

When I log into my account it says I have to upgrade but when I click upgrade It says I have to email them

Vowel Movement

Sh*t i forgot my password and don't have the recovery key email

mad m

Vowel Movement wrote: »

Sh*t i forgot my password and don't have the recovery key email

You are worth millions....Doh!

The_B_Man

I logged into mine the other day. Have about €350 worth!
Not sure if should keep them or buy Bitcoin.

long_b

Too funny.

I had ignored some mails saying to claim your 500 free lumens for trying out their payment mechansim. (Those links are expired now)

Now looks like the lumens are worth 0.27 USD each.

https://www.coingecko.com/en/price_charts/lumens/usd

#12 crypto in the world


https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/jessedamiani/2017/12/17/crypto-watch-stellar-lumens-xlm-price-rockets-54-in-16-hours-overtaking-eos-and-neo/amp/

Synode

I had some of them. How do I log in aghhh

Synode

Synode wrote: »

I had some of them. How do I log in aghhh

Phewww, remembered the password. Have 4,250.999963 lumens. I'm rich yeowww

daheff

Synode wrote: »

Phewww, remembered the password. Have 4,250.999963 lumens. I'm rich yeowww

how did you get so many????

Synode

daheff wrote: »

how did you get so many????

I signed up after seeing the original thread then did a few things (can't remember what, maybe transferred some to other Boards users etc) to get a few free ones. I don't think I looked at the account again since about 3 weeks after signing up :pac:

Coinsguy

I...almost feel like Santa. Enjoy your free money 🎉

johnnykilo

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

I remember that thread

I signed up and have 900 stellar.

When I log into my account it says I have to upgrade but when I click upgrade It says I have to email them

Got this also, when I emailed them I got an automated FAQ thing back.

From that:

https://stellarorg.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003790943-I-receive-the-contact-hello-stellar-org-message-when-I-try-to-upgrade

vandriver

Confused?
My account says I have 0,even though I definitely had a good few.
Vandriver 's been cyber hacked.

Phoebas

That's a blast from the past. I have 1000 of them from that old thread.

Mind you - this whole crypto currency malarkey is going to end in tears ...














... of joy. 😀

Coinsguy

Phoebas wrote: »

That's a blast from the past. I have 1000 of them from that old thread.

Mind you - this whole crypto currency malarkey is going to end in tears ...














... of joy. ��

Ho ho hoooooo! 🎅

Dades

What a blast from the past! Turns out I'd over 4,000 lumens in my account. :pac:

Now I've exchanged a chunk of my Lumens for Ripple Coins which I'd been toying with buying. A free swing at the market! Thanks for the heads-up, Coinsguy.

Synode

Dades wrote: »

What a blast from the past! Turns out I'd over 4,000 lumens in my account. :pac:

Now I've exchanged a chunk of my Lumens for Ripple Coins which I'd been toying with buying. A free swing at the market! Thanks for the heads-up, Coinsguy.

How did you exchange them?

Dades

By doing a lot of googling.

I used an exchange called Changelly to “convert” XLMs to XRPs, and send them to a newly created wallet. The transaction is still processing so fingers crossed it’ll work.

Hopefully I can retire by the time I wake up.

Synode

Dades wrote: »

By doing a lot of googling.

I used an exchange called Changelly to “convert” XLMs to XRPs, and send them to a newly created wallet. The transaction is still processing so fingers crossed it’ll work.

Hopefully I can retire by the time I wake up.

Trying to buy them on Chengelly and it's not an option. This stuff is mad

Vladimir Poontang

1,000.999987

That's what's in my wallet.

Haven't a clue what it's worth?

JamesReeves

I have 5450.999819 ... someone tell me can I call in sick to work tomorrow ?? :P

Oat23

JamesReeves wrote: »

I have 5450.999819 ... someone tell me can I call in sick to work tomorrow ?? :P

Worth about €1,200 at the minute.

JamesReeves

Oat23 wrote: »

Worth about €1,200 at the minute.

ah that'd tied me over till the new year! hello Work I'm sick till abou tthe 7th of Jan ...

Rock Paper Scissors

I think this officially qualifys as the best BA of all time.

Hundreds of euro for nothing

HONKEY TONK

I have 600 of them. The mail's were going into my junk mail

remoteboy

Hmmm. I can’t login and when I use my recovery id it tells me that account recovery has been disabled for this account.

Edit: found an FAQ that’s no help at all

“Between August 3rd and October 31, 2014: Your recovery code may have been corrupted due to a now-resolved bug.”

Doesn’t tell me how to resolve the problem. How do you contact them? Can’t find anything on the site.

HONKEY TONK

What Wallet do you use?

long_b

HONKEY TONK wrote: »

What Wallet do you use?

I've 600 too. We must have done the bare minimum.
Do we need a wallet?

I just use this link

https://www.stellar.org/account-viewer/#!/dashboard

Limpar

Wow, thanks for the post - hadn’t heard mention of these things in a while!
Has anyone figured out the best way to actually sell them?

Dancor

Vladimir Poontang wrote: »

1,000.999987

That's what's in my wallet.

Haven't a clue what it's worth?

I have the exact same ammount.

So....how do I turn this into 'real' currency :-~

randombar

900 Lumens, Job!!!!


1 Lumen = $0.2940

Kenny Logins

Synode wrote: »

Phewww, remembered the password. Have 4,250.999963 lumens. I'm rich yeowww

Can you remember mine? :pac:

bullvine

Ok, I have an account but cant remember my password, tried the recovery and its not working, any ideas?

cruizer101

Woop Woop 900 lumens, I am having issue upgrading account mind, now lets hope they go the way of the bitcoin

dodzy

Just bought meself 5000 lumens


I'll get my coat

Dades

long_b wrote: »

I've 600 too. We must have done the bare minimum.
Do we need a wallet?

I just use this link

https://www.stellar.org/account-viewer/#!/dashboard

I think the Stellar account once upgraded from it's dormant state acts as a basic wallet for your Lumens. If you want to buy another cryptocurrency you'll need to set up a wallet that will take that (and maybe other currencies).

I don't think you can just straight off directly sell your Lumens. You might need to convert them into something that you can sell (e.g. bitcoin) via an exchange. Either way there'll be messing with setting up accounts, and verifying your identity by uploading ID scans etc.

Might be better hanging on to them as the OP suggests!

Synode

Dades wrote: »

By doing a lot of googling.

I used an exchange called Changelly to “convert” XLMs to XRPs, and send them to a newly created wallet. The transaction is still processing so fingers crossed it’ll work.

Hopefully I can retire by the time I wake up.

Did this go through for you? There's still no option to buy Ripple on Changelly for me

remoteboy

Ok. I finally remembered my password but when I log in it says I have 0 STR. That can't be right - did we not get some just for signing up back in the day?

ec18

bullvine wrote: »

Ok, I have an account but cant remember my password, tried the recovery and its not working, any ideas?

You might have never enabled password recovery

Dades

Synode wrote: »

Did this go through for you? There's still no option to buy Ripple on Changelly for me

Yeah, it all worked fine. My XRPs were there this morning in a wallet I set up last night on GateHub (by sending of scans of ID etc.)

Weird though; the option to exchange XLR for XRP that was on the front page of Changelly.com last night, is not there now. XRP isn't in the list any more. No idea!

BTW the only reason I opted for XRPs is I'd read a bit about them after chats with a lad in work who is a cryto-fan. YMMV. I am new to this!

Sappy404

I've logged in and it tells me I have 0 lumens (I had a few hundred IIRC) and need to upgrade my account on the new network. It asks me to confirm I have copied the recovery key, but the recovery key area is blank...

Synode

Dades wrote: »

Yeah, it all worked fine. My XRPs were there this morning in a wallet I set up last night on GateHub (by sending of scans of ID etc.)

Weird though; the option to exchange XLR for XRP that was on the front page of Changelly.com last night, is not there now. XRP isn't in the list any more. No idea!

BTW the only reason I opted for XRPs is I'd read a bit about them after chats with a lad in work who is a cryto-fan. YMMV. I am new to this!

I'm now in the process of exchanging Lumens for Etheterums but it appears it will take a while. It all seems so fake and made up :pac:

jaggiebunnet

can also go direct to dollars here

https://poloniex.com/exchange#usdt_str

mik_da_man

Nice- I managed to remember my old password and have 1000.999 Lumens now
Cheers OP!

TPD

I've 900 odd as well, cheers op! Will keep an eye on it a while.

Synode

mik_da_man wrote: »

Nice- I managed to remember my old password and have 1000.999 Lumens now
Cheers OP!

I transferred Lumens to you back on the original thread. Don't think you repaid the favour

mik_da_man

Synode wrote: »

I transferred Lumens to you back on the original thread. Don't think you repaid the favour

Apologies if I didn't!
I honestly don't remember

Sappy404

God damn it, am I the only one with 0!?

Mailed 'em there, hopefully they sort me out.

Dades

jaggiebunnet wrote: »

can also go direct to dollars here

https://poloniex.com/exchange#usdt_str

USDT are not the same as USD - i.e. dollars you can have transferred to your bank account.

loyatemu

this didn't even ring a bell for me, I just thought "I hang out on the BA forum, and I'm a cheapskate. Maybe I did sign up for this?"

Sure enough, found a password for the site in my password manager, upgraded my wallet and I have 900 Lumens there. Not sure if this really means anything - how complicated is it to turn these into hard cash (or say, Bitcoin?)