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

Sonya4u · 19-12-2017 11:12am

bullvine wrote: »

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

I am the same, for the life of me I cannot remember the password!!! I have emailed them so hopefully they will reply

Kenny Logins · 19-12-2017 11:16am

Sonya4u wrote: »

I am the same, for the life of me I cannot remember the password!!! I have emailed them so hopefully they will reply

Nope. If you can't remember the password and don't have the recovery code, it's game over.

Vladimir Poontang · 19-12-2017 11:17am

Pissing myself here. Had forgotten all about this, the excitement last night upon discovery that I had signed up and then the utter confusion of password recovery, username recovery, upgrading the account... To discover I had 1000.

Bloody hell

howamidifferent · 19-12-2017 11:30am

Likewise just discovered I have 1000. Well done OP. Brilliant bargain alert!

bullvine · 19-12-2017 11:31am

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Nope. If you can't remember the password and don't have the recovery code, it's game over.

Yea, looks that way, I think I never activated the email or it went to the junk in my spam. Game over!

Sappy404 · 19-12-2017 11:36am

bullvine wrote: »

Yea, looks that way, I think I never activated the email or it went to the junk in my spam. Game over!

Have you checked the recovery password isn't in your spam?

bullvine · 19-12-2017 11:41am

Sappy404 wrote: »

Have you checked the recovery password isn't in your spam?

yeah its not there, my username does seem to exist though, not sure if that helps.. I have tried a bunch of passwords as well, no luck!

Sappy404 · 19-12-2017 11:42am

There were bugs regarding the recovery code:

https://stellarorg.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/206458225-I-have-my-recovery-code-but-my-password-doesn-t-work

JaimeLannister · 19-12-2017 11:51am

I logged in this morning for first time since initial sign-up. Had 900 stellars but after I upgraded my account it now says I have 0 lumens in account viewer. Anyone else have this issue? Unexpected €200 would be nice given the time of year!!

Pussyhands · 19-12-2017 12:43pm

Jealous

JamesReeves · 19-12-2017 12:59pm

I was reading some people who have tried to update their accounts are unable to and waiting 3 or 4 weeks plus for support to get back to them... may not be as plain sailing as we think ....

long_b · 19-12-2017 1:56pm

JamesReeves wrote: »

I was reading some people who have tried to update their accounts are unable to and waiting 3 or 4 weeks plus for support to get back to them... may not be as plain sailing as we think ....

3 weeks?
People giving away money have some cheek!

Tinder Surprise · 19-12-2017 3:26pm

This thread is a brilliant read and Im delighted for all you that have had a bit of a windfall.

Mr Bloat · 19-12-2017 5:24pm

For those wondering how they can do anything with this, Stellar.org has some tutorials on how to send the lumens to some of the crypto exchanges:

https://stellarorg.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/115001165943-Tutorials

I sent mine to Kraken and was able to convert them into other crypto currencies from there.

JimPa · 19-12-2017 5:32pm

Sappy404 wrote: »

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...

Same as this. It tells me to copy the secret key but there is no secret key??

remoteboy · 19-12-2017 5:54pm

JimPa wrote: »

Same as this. It tells me to copy the secret key but there is no secret key??

Same

emo72 · 19-12-2017 6:54pm

god, i remember setting this up but havent a clue how to check what i have. whats the site to log in? and obviously i forgot my password will they resend me one?

HONKEY TONK · 19-12-2017 7:21pm

emo72 wrote: »

god, i remember setting this up but havent a clue how to check what i have. whats the site to log in? and obviously i forgot my password will they resend me one?

https://launch.stellar.org/#/login

Smiles35 · 19-12-2017 7:32pm

Seems like this Stellar crowd signed a deal with IBM no less back in october.

emo72 wrote: »

god, i remember setting this up but havent a clue how to check what i have. whats the site to log in? and obviously i forgot my password will they resend me one?

https://www.stellar.org/account-viewer/#!/
The 'secret' key is for upgraded newer accounts, down the end you'l find a link to 'legacy loggin.

They'll send you your login name but passwords can be an issue ie. they wont send you one, if you joined in 2014 , just keep tying all your passwords!

emo72 · 19-12-2017 7:42pm

would your email address you signed up with be your user name? im struggling. and i want to be rich.

Smiles35 · 19-12-2017 7:49pm

emo72 wrote: »

would your email address you signed up with be your user name? im struggling. and i want to be rich.

No, I can tell you your password could have been something simple, ie.no need for extra numbers or mixed caps

emo72 · 19-12-2017 7:54pm

Smiles35 wrote: »

No, I can tell you your password could have been something simple, ie.no need for extra numbers or mixed caps

ok ive worked out my user name. they told me. but im having no luck with password. bummer for me.

Kenny Logins · 19-12-2017 7:55pm

emo72 wrote: »

would your email address you signed up with be your user name? im struggling. and i want to be rich.

You can recover your user name no problem, from there you can hammer away with password attempts without fear of lockout.

Rock Paper Scissors · 19-12-2017 8:05pm

I still have the same problem

When I log into my stellar dashboard and click "upgrade and confirm secret key has been copied" I get an email with a confirmation code. When I enter the confirmation code into the box and click I get a mesasage to contact them.

I have sent 2 emails days ago with no reply

Has anybody got past this problem?

Gadge · 19-12-2017 9:02pm

4,500.999975 lumens, About $1,200!

Nice! Thanks for remingime me OP!

Mountjoy Mugger · 19-12-2017 9:08pm

I remember a couple of years ago thinking about getting rid of them for about $10. Worth over 100 times that tonight.

I might wait a couple more.

whampiri · 20-12-2017 7:28am

It's looking for me to send 21 to someone but I have none as I've just upgraded and need to "unlock" the ones I've been given as part of the initial release. Can someone send me 21 so I can send them back?
Is the only other option to buy bitcoin and trade it on an exchange for lumens? How then do I sell lumens? The exchanges don't seem to deal in lumens meaning that it needs to be exchanged for bitcoin. As bitcoin gets more expensive, the exchange rate gets worse, so surely it makes mistakes sense to get out of lumens and into bitcoin asap? Am I right or is there something I'm missing?

gerryk · 20-12-2017 10:03am

There doesn't seem to be a huge number of exchanges handling XLM.
The ones that do, that are any good, are Bittrex, Binance, Kraken and Poloniex.
Most of these don't allow direct SEPA transfer though, so you'll end up hopping to an exchange that does, while converting to the token with the lowest tx fee that exists on both exchanges.
This means:
* creating an account with Coinbase or Bitstamp.
* Verifying yourself.
* Setting up your bank account.
* Transferring your XLM from Stellar to some receiving exchange.
* Exchanging for LTC or some other low tx fee, commonly used token.
* Sending LTC (or whatever) to Coinbase.
* Selling for €
* Withdrawing € to your bank account.
Also, be aware that any exchange that allows SEPA transfer will be transparent to revenue, so you will at some stage have to declare this as income/capital gains.

Synode · 20-12-2017 10:07am

Don't use Changelly. I did a transaction there 24 hours ago and they still say they're waiting for payment.

gerryk · 20-12-2017 10:08am

The_B_Man wrote: »

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

Keep them. BTC growth is slowing... it's still growing phenomenally, but unlikely to grow by say 2x in the next few months. XLM on the other hand is (a) very small value (b) small market cap (c) just entering public awareness. These all point to potential big short term growth relative to BTC.

Dades · 20-12-2017 10:16am

Lads, don't all the Boardsies go selling their Lumens at once and start a panic in the market.

loyatemu · 20-12-2017 10:32am

gerryk wrote: »

Also, be aware that any exchange that allows SEPA transfer will be transparent to revenue, so you will at some stage have to declare this as income/capital gains.

there's an annual CGT exemption of €1270 - I'd imagine most people on this thread will hold less than this, unless they have other CGT liabilities in the year. If you're not over the threshold, you don't have to make a declaration/return.

gerryk · 20-12-2017 11:11am

loyatemu wrote: »

gerryk wrote: »

Also, be aware that any exchange that allows SEPA transfer will be transparent to revenue, so you will at some stage have to declare this as income/capital gains.

there's an annual CGT exemption of €1270 - I'd imagine most people on this thread will hold less than this, unless they have other CGT liabilities in the year. If you're not over the threshold, you don't have to make a declaration/return.

Thanks for the clarification.

kupus · 20-12-2017 12:37pm

Dades wrote: »

Lads, don't all the Boardsies go selling their Lumens at once and start a panic in the market.

Everybody SELL SELL SELL, .....it just means we can buy them cheaper :pac:

Synode · 20-12-2017 1:05pm

Imagine selling and in a few years they got to Bitcoin level prices :pac:

benji2006 · 20-12-2017 1:50pm

For anyone that hit upgrade problems, I messaged the user bartek_ from this thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellar/comments/7jf9yq/solving_upgrade_issues/

He said there had been an update to the process and to try again - this time the upgrade worked for me.

(I also was on the work network when it failed, and at home when it succeeded, so not sure if that made any difference)

dos30 · 20-12-2017 1:57pm

Anyone else seeing this when the attempt to login?

HONKEY TONK · 20-12-2017 2:35pm

Down to 23.7c

loyatemu · 20-12-2017 2:58pm

HONKEY TONK wrote: »

Down to 23.7c

well it's been a fun ride...

HONKEY TONK · 20-12-2017 3:00pm

loyatemu wrote: »

well it's been a fun ride...

This is me

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Dades · 20-12-2017 4:35pm

HONKEY TONK wrote: »

Down to 23.7c

Back up to $0.25.

- bo - · 20-12-2017 4:46pm

I got in to my account there and I have 4,500.999975 Lumens. I have absolutely no idea this means or what to do. And I've tried reading up on it several times. I'd love some free money though.

Synode · 20-12-2017 4:55pm

mik_da_man wrote: »

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

Apologies are good. Lumens would be better

remoteboy · 20-12-2017 5:19pm

dos30 wrote: »

Anyone else seeing this when the attempt to login?

Yup. Exactly what I'm seeing.

kindalen · 20-12-2017 6:00pm

- bo - wrote: »

I got in to my account there and I have 4,500.999975 Lumens. I have absolutely no idea this means or what to do. And I've tried reading up on it several times. I'd love some free money though.

Seems you have c1000euro !

Rock Paper Scissors · 20-12-2017 8:34pm

ok so i finally managed to upgrade my account
I had 900 stellar but after the upgrade it says I have 0 lumens and that "This account doesn't exist on the network. To create this account, send it at least 20 lumens (XLM) to fulfill the minimum balance"
How can I send what I dont have?

emo72 · 20-12-2017 9:43pm

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

ok so i finally managed to upgrade my account
I had 900 stellar but after the upgrade it says I have 0 lumens and that "This account doesn't exist on the network. To create this account, send it at least 20 lumens (XLM) to fulfill the minimum balance"
How can I send what I dont have?

same for me. by the way i only upgraded today after trying my password a million times. it worked today.

Agent Smith · 20-12-2017 11:35pm

upgraded and found i have 200!

I have no idea what to do. I Just dont want to be like homer simpson and Spend it all on a Fancy beer.....

northernpower · 21-12-2017 12:10am

I remember signing up to this and I signed my ma up to it too, I just tagged all the emails to go into a stellar folder that I never read and my ma would forward all the emails to that too, so I've just gone through them and maybe I can explain to people that can't log in what has happened

When they upgraded you got one opportunity to sign in with your old user name and password and it generated a secret key for you which you need to have recorded and safe (its like 50 letters), then it upgraded your wallet to stellar-lumens when you logged in with this secret key, plus a code that it emailed you at the time.

If i'd been following it I probably would've lost the key or something too.

Turns out I have 6400 and my ma has 3550

If they actually turn it to be worth something that'll be unreal

The J Stands for Jay · 21-12-2017 6:47am

I out in the effort of signing up, but I was too lazy to go to all the hassle of transferring coins round the place to get free coins. Still have €30 worth, so not too bad.

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

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