German Sterligov opened a new exchange for virtual money. German Sterligov opened a bitcoin boutique How and why it will work
The world's first cryptocurrency exchange opened in Moscow on August 24. It was created Russian Orthodox entrepreneur German Sterligov... According to him, the exchange will allow making large purchases (up to five thousand bitcoins), which cannot be issued in exchangers. No commission will be charged for transactions. However, the cost of cryptocurrencies will be slightly higher than in exchangers. German Sterligov explained this by live bargaining and the predominance of buyers over sellers. It is worth noting that the cryptocurrency exchange itself does not take part in trading.
NSN turned to German Sterligov to find out how his first cryptocurrency exchange in Russia was organized. In an interview NSN the entrepreneur told how many bitcoins he managed to sell on the first day of operation of the CryptoSterling Club Alice and when he will go “back to the forest”.
- German Lvovich, how was the first trading session on your cryptocurrency exchange?
- We have an hour of live trading from 13 to 14. They are available only for those who have a place in the CryptoSterling Club. A very small amount was sold, because only five people participated. A total of 105 bitcoins were sold. Transactions were made by one buyer and different sellers. So far, we are working out the mechanism and allow only those owners of places whom we have known for a long time to participate. They will not scandalize us for the fact that we have not worked out the mechanisms. We will work them out in a week. I think that in a week we will be able to put up the first 20 exchange places for sale.
- Why did you decide to create such an exchange?- This is the first platform in the world where people meet for live bargaining on the sale of cryptocurrencies. Nothing like this exists in the world. Bitcoin is now a commodity, like a bill of exchange, a receipt by which you can get money in different countries the world. Due to the mega growth of the bitcoin rate, which covers the entire purchasing power of the world, soon all currencies will merge into one solid bitcoin. This is theirs (creators of bitcoin - NSN) idea. In this case, we use the capabilities of the pyramid inflated by London and the United States to overcome the sanctions barriers to pay for various goods and services abroad and back without withdrawing live money abroad. When a person in Switzerland needs to get money, yesterday he had to break the law, go to banks, pay for gray schemes, be afraid that they would put bracelets on his hands. WITH today we begin the procedure for receiving this money completely legally. I think that tomorrow most countries in the world will offer this service.
We came up with an alternative to bitcoin back in 2008
- What are you planning to develop this project into?
- Bitcoin is a perverse idea, because it has no confirmation, no guarantee. This is empty air. This is a pyramid - zero! And we conceived a settlement system, which is confirmed by gold and silver. And we will continue this business now. That is, everything will be there as quickly and deftly, but it will be guaranteed against the collapse of the pyramid.
- What system are we talking about?
- In fact, we have been involved in this project since 2008, when we came up with Golden (this is the same as Bitcoin, but in 2008). We were ahead of our time and were offered to go back to the forest - they did not give us a license for stock exchange activities. We then opened branches in different countries of the world and promoted this idea. Unlike bitcoin, it was not a pyramid, but a new one settlement system... We tried to convey this to the whole world in order to free ourselves from the power of the Fed. But since then, other people from London and America have done it.
- What changed? Why did you decide to return?
- Now we live at a time when Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and his team are confidently fighting for the sovereignty of our country and are dissatisfied with the role of the US Federal Reserve's financial appendage in the world. The mechanisms appear that we once invented and can use as weapons torn from the hands of the enemy. This is what we are doing now.
Mining and Bitcoin are linked only as a payment for a service
- You are in favor of ecology, but the mining that bitcoins use is additional energy consumption. Is there no contradiction in this for you?
- Mining has nothing to do with Bitcoin. Mining is providing the technological part of the planet's computerization. It is needed both for bitcoins and for gamers, banks, security services, transport systems. They just pay for it with bitcoins. It's like a prostitute paying with bitcoin and saying that she also grows bitcoin. This is nonsense. Mining and bitcoins are linked only as a payment for a service.
- Is it expensive to create a cryptocurrency exchange?
- This is a completely inexpensive business. It is a room, tea and coffee, tables, chairs, monitors, communications, rooms for transactions, bailiffs, secretaries, small executive staff. In any city in the world, this can be discovered at the initial stage, when there are still few owners of places, investing only up to 200 thousand euros.
- Aren't you afraid of competition in the future?
- I am absolutely sure that I will have many competitors. For me, as the author of the idea, it will be flattering and wonderful that thousands of such structures will appear. But whoever gets started usually skims the cream off. We will be happy to see thousands of our followers. And especially we count on the youth. Now the youth will connect - and I will go back to the forest to do peasant affairs.
The excitement around cryptocurrencies created around the world in 2017 did not leave Russia indifferent either. In the absence of a stable regulatory framework on this issue, the cryptocurrency infrastructure remains open to everyone. Positively about the new financial instrument State Duma deputies and the President of the country also spoke out.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about cryptocurrency is that it allows absolutely anyone to create their own currency. It is enough just to have knowledge of programming, or to have the means to hire a specialist and rent server space. This trend attracts businessmen not only as investors, but also as founders of cryptocurrency funds.
The world's first offline exchange
The well-known Russian entrepreneur, German Sterligov, also had his hand in expanding the cryptoindustry this summer. To begin with, he launched the project of the first Russian cryptocurrency exchange.
The project was named “CryptoSterlingClub Alice”, and at the start it was open exclusively for the participants already familiar to the businessman. The reason for this selective trading is the desire of the leaders of the exchange to test and hone the functionality. On the first day of the exchange, according to Sterligov, 105 Bitcoins were sold.
The main feature of the exchange is that trading here takes place offline. That is, all those who want to participate in the acts of buying and selling cryptocurrency perform these functions through live bargaining with other participants in the transaction on the premises of this very Sterligov crypto exchange. This trend allows you to trade at your own assigned price. The exchange does not take commissions, its profit is formed as a result of an increase in prices.
According to the businessman, the opening of such a site is not a serious costly business or something difficult. All that is needed is a room, furniture and communications, a number of staff to ensure comfort and a safe storage.
Sterligov's own cryptocurrency
Following, in October 2017, German Sterligov announced that he had invented his own cryptocurrency. This solution was built on the basis of Waves, while being backed by silver at the rate of the London Stock Exchange. The crypto is implemented as in digital form, and in the form of physical banknotes - silver coins, CryptoSterlings. The entire task of trading this currency and securing transactions is undertaken by the Alice crypto exchange.
“This will be the first ICO in the world to be backed by silver. One cryptoSterling is equal to one sterling, and is tied to the rate of the London Metal Exchange ", - said the entrepreneur
The first mission of the crypt was 10 billion coins. This is an extremely high number, and it is unknown where Sterligov took the silver for all the confirmation of his security. Another question remains trading platform, to conduct transactions on this crypt.
To date, none of the popular exchanges operating among Russian traders have added CryptoSterling to their assets. Physical coins can be spent in stores of the Herman Sterligov chain of natural products. According to the businessman, this concept assumes that new currency will be spent only on natural Russian products and will not bring profits to Western capitalists.
CryptoSterlingClub, on the other hand, was reorganized into the CryptoAlice company, which deals with both transactions and insurance, investment, placement and other financial services for their clients in the field of cryptocurrency investing and trading.
“This is not a withdrawal of Russian money abroad. The money that you paid me for bitcoins remains in Russia. Not a cent or a kopeck leaves Russia anywhere. Bitcoins are leaving Russia. Well, they weren't here. We don’t need them, ”the businessman said.
Entrepreneur German Sterligov opened the "first official" store for bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. Btc-boutique will work from Wednesday in St. Petersburg, told Sterligov on his page in social network"In contact with".
Sterligov promised to move to St. Petersburg from August 14 to personally sell cryptocurrencies in the St. Petersburg office. The rate in the store will always be higher than the exchange rate, and the minimum purchase amount will be 60 million rubles. The entrepreneur promised to keep the names of the buyers secret. He is ready to stop operations if law enforcement authorities deem them illegal.
German Sterligov
entrepreneur
“Transactions with bitcoins are not regulated in any way by our legislation. But they are not prohibited either. Hearing Vladimir Putin's speech with a positive message on cryptocurrencies, I confirmed that everything that is not prohibited is allowed. I am starting to openly sell bitcoins for cash and non-cash money. "
The entrepreneur confirmed to Inс. That the cryptocurrency shop is already open. The high bar of the deal is due to the fact that at this stage the store does not have the infrastructure that would allow solving the problems of people who need several hundred or thousands of dollars in another country. $ 1 million or 60 million rubles - not very large sum for financial transactions on receiving live money abroad, Inc. Sterligov.
German Sterligov
entrepreneur
“The specificity of this activity lies in the fact that we do not withdraw money: people receive money abroad, giving it away here. The money they gave here remains in Russia. Not a cent, not a penny crosses the border Russian Federation... They receive bitcoins and can exchange them online for the currency of interest in many countries of the world. "
The exchange of bitcoins for other currencies of the world will take place without the participation of Sterligov's store - the owners of cryptoassets will do it on their own. When buying a large amount of bitcoins, Sterligov's store provides a wholesale discount, on the contrary - it is proposed to pay more money for the service.
German Sterligov
entrepreneur
“The overpricing is explained by the fact that it is not difficult to buy several bitcoins and this operation is carried out in a rather artisanal mode - literally in the gateways in Moscow. It is difficult to buy several hundred bitcoins in these gateways, let alone several thousand bitcoins. This is practically impossible: you need to have a high degree of inexplicable trust in the person in the doorway. Besides, he just doesn't have those bitcoins. "
Sterligov excludes the possibility of fraud during a transaction in his store: all bitcoins are in his account before being sold. Only then will the buyer be able to give the money to the entrepreneur. “If someone doesn’t trust me, then there is nothing to apply,” he wrote on his VKontakte page.
German Sterligov
entrepreneur
“Now in Russia there are semi-legal operations, which are called“ envelope ”(or conversion), the withdrawal of money abroad. And there quite a lot of interest is charged for such a service: from 10% and more. We are canceling this service. We say: that's it, you no longer need to violate the law. Come to us, we will sell you bitcoins completely legally and openly, and you will automatically receive money abroad. "
In May, German Sterligov, how he develops a franchise without formal contracts and how a grocery store works with an average bill of 10 to 15 thousand rubles. At the end of spring it became known that the unknown shop window of the "Bread and Salt" store of German Sterligov at Krasnye Vorota. Let us remind you that in June it became known that the entrepreneur had a store “Bread and Salt” in St. Petersburg.
Despite the fact that you can buy bitcoins online in different ways, this still requires certain knowledge and skills, and we still have a fairly large layer of people who do not use Internet banking either. Apparently, it was for such people that entrepreneur German Sterligov opened the "first official" store of bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies.
Btc-boutique will work from Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Sterligov said on his page on the social network "VKontakte".
Reference. German Sterligov is known for the fact that in 1990. was one of the co-founders of the first in Russia commodity exchange Alisa, then transformed into a holding company with Alisa with subsidiaries in Russia and abroad, as well as many other projects, including extravagant and adventurous ones. Later he left the business and went to the Moscow region, becoming a farmer, but did not leave public activity.
Sterligov promised to move to St. Petersburg from August 14 to personally sell cryptocurrencies in the St. Petersburg office. The rate in the store will always be higher than the exchange rate, and the minimum purchase amount will be 60 million rubles. The entrepreneur promised to keep the names of the buyers secret. He is ready to stop operations if law enforcement authorities deem them illegal.
German Sterligov:
“Transactions with bitcoins are not regulated in any way by our legislation. But they are not prohibited either. Hearing Vladimir Putin's speech with a positive message on cryptocurrencies, I confirmed that everything that is not prohibited is allowed. I am starting to openly sell bitcoins for cash and non-cash money. "
The entrepreneur confirmed to Inс. That the cryptocurrency shop is already open. The high bar of the deal is due to the fact that at this stage the store does not have the infrastructure that would allow solving the problems of people who need several hundred or thousands of dollars in another country. $ 1 million or 60 million rubles is not a very large amount for financial transactions to receive real money abroad, said Inc. Sterligov.
We have an expensive store for wealthy customers. The minimum purchase amount is 60 million rubles. I guarantee the confidentiality of the transaction.
“The specificity of this activity lies in the fact that we do not withdraw money: people receive money abroad, giving it away here. The money they gave here remains in Russia. Not a cent, not a penny crosses the border of the Russian Federation. They receive bitcoins and can exchange them online for the currency of interest in many countries of the world. "
The exchange of bitcoins for other currencies of the world will take place without the participation of Sterligov's store - the owners of cryptoassets will do it on their own. When buying a large amount of bitcoins, Sterligov's store provides a wholesale discount, on the contrary - it is proposed to pay more money for the service.
“The overpricing is explained by the fact that it is not difficult to buy several bitcoins and this operation is carried out in a rather artisanal mode - literally in the gateways in Moscow. It is difficult to buy several hundred bitcoins in these gateways, let alone several thousand bitcoins. This is practically impossible: you need to have a high degree of inexplicable trust in the person in the doorway. Besides, he just doesn't have those bitcoins. "
Sterligov excludes the possibility of fraud during a transaction in his store: all bitcoins are in his account before being sold. Only then will the buyer be able to give the money to the entrepreneur. “If someone doesn’t trust me, then there is nothing to apply,” he wrote on his VKontakte page.
“Now in Russia there are semi-legal operations, which are called“ envelope ”(or conversion), the withdrawal of money abroad. And there quite a lot of interest is charged for such a service: from 10% and more. We are canceling this service. We say: that's it, you no longer need to violate the law. Come to us, we will sell you bitcoins completely legally and openly, and you will automatically receive money abroad. "
As for the limits on the withdrawal of money abroad, etc., Mr. Sterligov believes that there is nothing to worry about.
“This is not a withdrawal of Russian money abroad. The money that you paid me for bitcoins remains in Russia. Not a cent or a kopeck leaves Russia anywhere. Bitcoins are leaving Russia. Well, they weren't here. We don’t need them, ”the businessman said.
Based on materials from Inc and VK German Sterligov
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