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Introducing C-gold Digital Gold Currency

by Mark on July 7th, 2007

c-goldLast week ushered in a shiny new golden beginning for digital money users. C-gold, a Malaysian start up digital gold currency, quietly entered the marketplace and now just a few days old it is rapidly gaining acceptance. C-gold, operates very similar to e-gold and even has that deja vu look and feel of the e-gold web site. However, in the past few days, there has been much discussion on chat lists revolving around whether this new business is just a clone or much more.

After a brief investigation, I believe that www.c-gold.com is one of a kind and I predict big success for this venture.

C-gold is a new ‘digital’ gold currency platform which not only operates online, but also will soon work offline through brick and mortar global locations. The management is forecasting that soon it will launch additional shop fronts, mobile wallets and integration for handheld devices.

Some other successful companies management is associated with include: CyberFrontier Corporation, CyFroCA$H Incorporated, Cyberica.NET Limited (www.cyberica.net, www.u2planet.com),CyberGoldBank.NET and is also responsible for the Private Gold Equities Exchange Limited which is being developed as a privately operated alternative to public stock exchanges.

What I considered so unique to c-gold is their over-the-counter bailment’s and redemptions. This operation is handled at brick and mortar locations. Verified, account holders simply drop off a bar and pick up a bar when funding or redeeming their digital account. There is NO surcharge or extra fees for this operation. Bars are also shipped worldwide and the service is fast Nice! (shipping, handling, insurance charges will apply)

Of course, you can’t drop off a 1 gram bar, so I’m out of luck….the minimum bailment in or out is 1,000 grams (999 fine, marked and certified bars only) They predict that smaller denominations and bullion coins will be added as that part of the business grows. Today, which is about 4 days into their new operation, 5200 grams are already on deposit. You can see their daily holdings right down to the bar mark and number from the c-gold holdings page. c-gold is considered by some the next logical stage of ‘digital gold currencies’, by allowing each local user to bail in and redeem literally over the counter. From their FAQ’s page:

“Any user with an active and verified c-gold.com User Holdings Account can visit a shop of the Commerce Gold Network and add gold to his or her account by bailing in a gold bar (type conditions apply).”

Verified accounts require ID, utility bills and other personal information. Why? The c-gold operators understand that the ‘The Know Your Customer’ (KYC) rules/regulations/laws spanning multiple jurisdictions around the globe are very important in today’s digital economy in order to combat terrorist funding, money laundering, child pornography, copyright infringements and to help eliminate attempts to abuse the c-gold system.

The first retail location for this operation is now being prepared in Penang, Malaysia. Negotiations with interested and qualified parties are also underway including franchise shops, ’shoplets’ and strategic global locations.

Another ’stand out’ feature of c-gold will soon be their multi-lingual site options and customer support. In the weeks ahead, they are adding German, French, Russian, Spanish and even Mandarin, Japanese. Other languages can be added by request and/or demand possibilities now under consideration include Korean, Arabic and Farsi.

C-gold already offers a fine referral program. Earning a few coins while spreading the ‘word’ has always been an integral part of the digital currency world and c-gold is no exception.

Accepting c-gold from your web site is simple just add their Click-to-Pay code. Also if you are familiar with HTML you can easily add their point and click shopping cart interface. Easy stuff if you have just a bit of HTML experience.

Updates: As I understand it a keystroke pop up tool and a turing number are currently being added.
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65 opinions for Introducing C-gold Digital Gold Currency

  • Dave
    Jul 7, 2007 at 10:17 am

    I can image the rentacoder listing:

    Wanted e-gold clone script with logo design.
    Budget: $100

  • Patrick
    Jul 7, 2007 at 11:10 am

    Look-and-feel is a commodity. I care about function, not form. C-gold have trusted principals and excellent plans for physical bailing and redemption infrastructure. It’s time to focus on doing business instead of nattering on about trivia.

  • Mark
    Jul 7, 2007 at 11:26 am

    I have to agree, it is the principals behind the system and the reason its now here, that are mucho more important than the starting cosmetic look. I believe c-gold is set up that way just for the convenience of knowing how everything works. This is a strong operation and I’m working already to find ways and integrate it in my daily work. Form follows function…and I’ll take reputation and functionality over looks any day. After all I am the Loomster :-)

    Mark

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  • Jude
    Jul 8, 2007 at 11:07 am

    Just wondering why the c-gold site domain is registered for only one year?

  • Steve
    Jul 8, 2007 at 11:42 pm

    To really know if it is legit or not … is if and when the huge international digital gold currency exchangers and webmoney exchangers accept them.

    For now, my money is on Webmoney as being the best DGC out there… and it is widely-accepted too and tradeable or convertible to other DGC’s … which is the most important thing.

    In short… liquidity is important. If I can’t change c-gold to webmoney, pecunix, e-bullion, libertyreserve or even e-gold…then what is the point?

    Cheers!
    Steve

  • Robert
    Jul 9, 2007 at 1:50 am

    Thanks for the positive intro of our latest venture.

    Dave, try $40,000.00 plus an ongoing service agreement for the coder. Trust me, we could have gotten a really nice design for that sort of money, and the coder wasn’t happy that we specifically insisted on the layout and functions the way they are.
    Yes we did our clues from e-gold. Yes we are using a very similar layout. And we do that because it’s proven to work, not to save money, obviously.

    Jude,
    We had been searching for a fitting domain name that was available in .com and actually registered two dozens while discussing the merit of each.
    Since we decided to go with c-gold.com, we have now extended the registration for five years.

    Patrick & Mark,
    Well, we apparently know each other, so no words are needed, but thank you very much for coming in on our side. It won’t be forgotten.

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • Mark
    Jul 9, 2007 at 5:12 am

    Thanks for your response Robert.

    Steve, you are correct, when interchangeable with Webmoney your currency has a huge global market. I have faith we’ll watch ‘c-gold’ grow very quickly. Stick with us here at DMW and read all the updates and comments.

    Cheers.
    Mark

  • Mark
    Jul 9, 2007 at 5:16 am

    Comment question for Robert?

    Robert,
    would it be possible to get rid of the frame-braking script? The frame breaking code makes it impossible to use our c-gold referral code in manual surf programs.

    Thanks.

    You can see all comments on this post here:
    http://hyipblog.nobshyip.net/2007/07/07/introducing-c-gold-digital-gold-currency/#comments

  • Robert
    Jul 9, 2007 at 7:10 am

    Hey Mark,

    We hadn’t thought about that. On the other hand there are security concerns to weigh against the manual surf programs.
    The frame-breaking script helps to be sure that users are in fact ‘only’ on the c-gold.com website when logging into their accounts. Without it there could be ways and means to code frame sets that would log access details while a user logs into his or her account from within that frame set.

    I’ll put it to our tech and the coder and see what they think, but fear that we might have to come down on the side of security, I’m afraid.

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • Robert
    Jul 9, 2007 at 7:24 am

    On a related note,

    Steve, c-gold is exchangable for e-gold, e-bullion and pecunix, at https://www.anygoldnow.com/s-exch.html. GoldNow.st has also added it, and I believe that LondonGoldExchange.com, Vertoro.com and e-forexgold.com are in the process of adding it.
    Thus, changing c-gold for e-gold etc. won’t be a problem, and the ability of using c-gold to pay at merchants is probably not far behind.

    And as the referral system is now fully active, chances are that sign-ups will increase as well.

    Not that I’d be complaining about ‘only’ 400 accounts in five days since launch :o)

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • Mark
    Jul 9, 2007 at 7:32 am

    Oh I have to set up a few more for other businesses, but I want to get the low numbers, I’ll do it now….Thanks for your comments Robert.
    Mark

  • Peter
    Jul 9, 2007 at 10:05 am

    Once the first few exchanges are done and there is a little liquidity into te system I can see c-gold being a great alternative, with real potential to be the front runner.

    I think mimicing the e-gold format is a strength, as users in dgc’s are familiar with it. Exchanger acceptance has probably already happened, it is just a matter of the Exchangers getting to the task of adding it in.

    It also appears that the owners have taken on board some of the limitations that current systems have (or have had imposed on them) and struck a good middle ground betwixt privacy and the requirements of KYC etc.

    Having snagged an account in the low hundreds - I will be adding some more for various businesses. Looking forward to strong growth;)

  • HeyJude
    Jul 9, 2007 at 6:12 pm

    Question for Robert,

    Will there be a touring system added, and if so, when?

    HeyJude

  • TD
    Jul 9, 2007 at 10:56 pm

    Hi Robert we “down under” wish C-Gold much success. :) Thanks Mark for another very informative article
    Cheers
    Td
    (aust)

  • Robert
    Jul 10, 2007 at 5:20 am

    TD,

    Thanks for the good wishes.

    HeyJude,

    We are working on Turing numbers at the moment, as well as on IP challenging and an online keypad. Souldn’t take too long. Couple of days or so.

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • Mark
    Jul 10, 2007 at 5:40 am

    Robert,

    Thank you for the updates. This is a very exciting new entry into the market, glad I got my account early. All the best.

    Mark

  • Bob
    Jul 15, 2007 at 4:56 pm

    Hello Robert,

    I set up an account with you guys but I cannot log in for the life of me - and I am pretty experienced in this arena. Is there an e-mail or some other contact method to give the specifics?

    Thanks!

  • td
    Jul 15, 2007 at 8:28 pm

    Hi Bob I saw this email somewhere for login problems
    ContactUs@c-gold.com

  • Robert
    Jul 15, 2007 at 10:15 pm

    Hey Bob,

    It looks as if this very forum has become the default method to get answers quickly ;o)
    Seriously, the problem you may have might actually have to do with proxies (stealthers?) or similar.
    If you give us your account number, we’ll prompt the system to generate a random password and email it to the address on record.

    By the way, we did implement the turing char system by now and IP challenge is coming.
    And, we will add a contact form as soon as that is done. We had one intially, but were flooded with submissions, often asking the same questions over and again. So we opted for the FAQ and removed the contact form while things are in the making.

    Lastly, we are approaching the #800 series of accounts, so three-digit numbers will run out pretty soon ;o)

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • Bob
    Jul 16, 2007 at 11:36 pm

    Thanks, Robert. Should I use the “contact us @ c-gold” that has been posted above for my account # or do you prefer a different addy?

    Thanks!

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  • Danish
    Jul 24, 2007 at 3:43 am

    The different is c-gold need our utility bill and ID card for account registration while e-gold did not ask.

  • Robert
    Jul 24, 2007 at 5:51 am

    There are actually more differences than that ;o)
    The main five are probably that c-gold is available over the counter in kilo lots, that we are going to pair the online platform with an offline shopfront version, that c-gold will be multilingual, will offer an offline/handheld purse, and most importantly of them all, has the gold bars in private storage.

    In return we ask for a scan of a photo ID and a utility bill. Is that really such a problem? Considering that the scans are not stored online but printed out and filed offshore, the only people who have access to them is management. And only two of them actually know where the records are kept.

    Compare that to the US DOJ grabbing a complete data base dump on at least two occasions, with court orders that were obtained with flimsy allegations.

    I am biased, of course, because I trust myself, but even from a neutral point of view, I wouldn’t have a problem to ID myself to the people who hold my gold for me. I mean, they got my GOLD (!!!), giving them my ID ensures that it stays mine.

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • Danish
    Jul 24, 2007 at 9:30 am

    Yes, me too. I wouldn’t have any problem at all giving them my ID.

    But, there would be big problem for Hyip operator, they would prefer use e-gold i think. coz with c-gold they could not hide anymore when their programs went down.

    Does c-gold alow any games or hyip? I havn’t explore it yet.

    Danish

  • Robert
    Jul 24, 2007 at 9:24 pm

    Hey Danish,

    No and maybe. No to Ponzis, Pyramid schemes and similar scams. Maybe to games, if the games are not based on chance, OR if the operator is licensed in his jurisdiction of residence.

    YES to investment programs that have merit, plausibility and transparency. Meaning, we will accept investment sites that make reasonably achievable offers, show how they are planning to make the profits and make sure that everyone is aware of the risks.

    YES also to private membership club-type arrangements, such as savings clubs, investment clubs, private building associations, etc.

    With our capitalist belief we can’t close the door to those who are making capitalism happen at the grass root level, especially in developing countries with less sophisticated financial markets. And that means that we allow investment systems, saving & loans arrangements, investment partnerships, etc.

    We will NOT allow outright scams.

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • Danish
    Jul 25, 2007 at 9:02 pm

    Hello Robert,

    well, actually I’m introducing c-gold into people in my country, coz I have e-currency business for Indonesia. I’ll soon accept exchange c-gold into my local currency and also credit card. Robert, anyway do you work for c-gold?

    Thanks,
    Danish

  • Robert
    Jul 26, 2007 at 3:55 am

    Hey Danish,

    You might want to email me scans of your ID and utility bill then, so that your account is verified.
    After that we can also add your site to the merchant index, which should be ready in a couple of days.

    Yes for now I am working for c-gold, but I hope that it will soon work for me instead ;o)

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • Kickinghorse
    Jul 27, 2007 at 11:59 am

    Hello Robert. Thank you for bringing this opportunity to the table.

    I have a few questions.

    1. What about people who do not have a utility in their name? Would a bank statement or something else be acceptable?

    2. Is there a formal way to get in touch with you besides thsi forum if we have inquires? An email? Support form?

    3. I run a small private investment club (friends and family more or less). We would like to implement something like this into our program. Would we need to be audited or something before beginnning to use this service? Or do we simply open an accoutn, and same with all of our investors?

    Regards.

  • Robert
    Jul 27, 2007 at 3:13 pm

    Everyone, the merchant index is now at http://www.c-gold.biz, and we are adding a freee classifieds section, shortly.

    Kickinghorse,

    1. I’m not sure if a bank statement is a good idea, but anything ‘recurring’ that states your address is fine. If you get a bill for a newspaper or magazine subscription, that will do too.

    2. Yes, the email address mentioned on the login page. We’ll reactivate the contact form once things are picking up steam, but for now email is fine.

    3. If you have a site that does not solicit the public and makes it clear that it’s members only, then that is fine (as long as it’s legal in your place of residence, of course, which is for you to make sure).
    No audits or reporting of any kind to us, please, as we are not a member, nor involved in it all.

    Generally if it’s legal, then I don’t care what you do with your accounts ;o)

    Cheers,
    Robert.

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  • William D. Madison
    Aug 20, 2007 at 10:02 am

    Account # 1079
    When I access my account with Acct. # and password, I am asked to paste in challenge code.
    When I paste in code the account will still not open.
    I have checked all my coordinates and and the are
    correct. What may be the problem? Previously
    it has always worked.

  • Robert
    Aug 20, 2007 at 12:29 pm

    Dear William,

    The code is valid for 15 minutes. So if you are using it after that, it won’t work anymore. Also, please try typing the code, rather than pasting it, to make sure that you are not lifting any spaces/blanks before or after the code.
    This a common error. The system sees space or blank as a char and therefore the overall code is then incorrect.

    I hope this helps solving your problem (please feel free to email us for this kind of issue, by the way).

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • William D. Madison
    Aug 20, 2007 at 3:03 pm

    C-gold: this is th only way to get a message to you! Using my acct number and correct passcode
    I get the challenge code, but when I enter it I am informed that it is the wrong one. please e-mail
    me with the solution. This has always worked before.

  • William D. Madison
    Aug 25, 2007 at 2:26 pm

    I have followed your instructions to the letter without success. I do not have access to outlook express on my PC is this the cause? I hope we can
    get this sorted out. I am excited with C-gold and
    can use it to do businrss with clients.
    Thanks. William

  • Robert
    Aug 25, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    Hey William,

    Sorry to hear that you seem to be hanving troubles.
    I will have your account password changed in the morning and the IP challenge option in your account disabled.

    Then you should have access to login and change the password and reenable the IP challenge system, if you wish.

    I hope that this will do the trick. You may also want to change the default email address for your account, to one that can receive system messages from c-gold.com

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • Robert
    Aug 26, 2007 at 12:01 pm

    Hey William,

    The account pass phrase has been changed. You should have received an email with the new passphrase. Please try logging in with that one.
    You will then probably receive a new IP challenge as well.

    Please let me know at contactus@c-gold.com if it worked out.

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • Kickinghorse
    Aug 27, 2007 at 7:40 pm

    Hmmm.. looks like the c-gold website is down. Aug 27th, at 8:40pm PST. Hopefully its just scheduled maintenance.

  • Kickinghorse
    Aug 27, 2007 at 9:53 pm

    Hmm. Robert, it seems to me that if you click on (or type) http://www.c-gold.com the site will not load. But if you click on the links from http://www.c-gold.biz, it will take you to and load the home page, which is … https://c-gold.com/ looks like the https site works, but the regular http://www.c-gold.com does not push it through to the https site. Maybe its just me, not sure.

  • Robert
    Aug 28, 2007 at 8:50 am

    Indeed, c-gold.com is being ddossed, together with pecunix and yesterday e-gold.

    I take it as a compliment that whoever does it puts us into the same category as the other two.
    Trouble is that the developers are still using their staging server and haven’t handed us the completed site yet. Once it’s fully operational, it’ll be ddoss hardened, of course.
    Meanwhile we are working on a couple of gateways that should stop the dtossers while the site is being completed.

  • William D. Madison
    Aug 28, 2007 at 2:29 pm

    Robert: I have not received a new passphrase.
    Please send again.
    Thanks W. Madison Weadvise@msn.com

  • kickinghorse
    Aug 28, 2007 at 4:02 pm

    Good to here Robert, thanks. Well.. good to here that the site is being hardened up, not good to here you are under attack. Good luck.

  • Robert
    Aug 28, 2007 at 9:36 pm

    @William
    SENT
    But when you don’t get system messages, you won’t be able to pass the IP challenge…

    @kickinghorse
    https://c-gold.com works
    We are also putting together a gateway at http://www.c-gold.WS

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • William D. Madison
    Aug 29, 2007 at 9:08 am

    Thanks, everything is working fine. I don’t understand about system messages. How do I get them and pass IP challenges?

  • Kickinghorse
    Aug 29, 2007 at 9:25 am

    i too have also tried to just login, but the email challenge code is not working. I dont recieve any emails. I have sent a support email into the email listed below on the site, but no response. Hopefully this is something that gets up and working soon here.

  • Robert
    Aug 29, 2007 at 12:41 pm

    Hey William, if you can login now, then the easiest way to make sure that you don’t have problems in that regard is to disable the IP challenges under the security tab.

  • Kickinghorse
    Aug 31, 2007 at 8:39 am

    Robert, and idea when i can get an email challenge code sent to my email? Been a few days now. Also, still cant access regular http://www.c-gold.com unless adding the extra https in. Are you guys still under DDOS attack?

  • Robert
    Sep 1, 2007 at 1:24 pm

    Hey Kickinghorse,

    Chances are that your email is blocking the challenge codes. The system has been working just fine and many people are getting their codes, as our mail server logs show.
    So I’m not sure what to do to help you, I’m afraid.

    Maybe set up another account with a different email address?

    As to the DDOS attack, yep that is still ongoing.
    However, as https is being used for all account access, it shouldn’t make much of a difference to users.

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • Kickinghorse
    Sep 2, 2007 at 1:21 pm

    Thanks Robert. My last email code seemed to come through just fine. Not sure what happened to the others though. As for the DDOS attack, it SHOULD make a difference, because when people google your site, or type in your address as http://www.c-gold.com - your website appears to be down. This could cause much confusion amonst people, who do not realize that they only way that they can visit your site is to add “https://” in front of “c-gold.com” Your webserver does not automatically resolve http to the https site. So your link on google will appear to be broken to the world. Great if you want to keep this a secret, but not great for the majority of people who just try to go to http://www.c-gold.com.

    On another note Robert. Where do we upload our ID to become a verified member? I thought that I remember reading that we need to include a pieve of ID, as well as proof of address? How do we get these to you? Do we upload them? Or fax them? My account seems to work fine right now without having to upload these. Any information?

  • TD
    Sep 2, 2007 at 7:40 pm

    That secret is pretty known to most anyone that has tried to connect to a site suffering some form of ddos attack like this one. (To add the S )
    Though I did come accross some that thought the site had disappeared into cyberspace or been whisked away by aliens or something.
    I posted the link they could get in with but for some reason the penny still didn’t drop …. :)in that it looks not to have registered with them. Can’t really do more than that. I’m getting the email challenge ok though my account isn’t funded yet I just wanted to check the feature out.

  • Robert
    Sep 2, 2007 at 11:21 pm

    Glad your account works now as advertised. You can use your account for three months or until the volume reaches 200g right away. After that we need a scan of a photo ID and utility bill or subscription invoice or something else that verifies your street address. Please send these to c.gold.compliance@gmail.com and mention your c-gold.com user holdings account number(s) in the text of the email.
    We are chosing this way to ensure that NOBODY can upload ANYTHING to the server, and because all ID records are printed out filed and stored in a safe location. No electronic records are kept anywhere.

    If you prefer to encrypt your documents, then you can also send them directly to me.

    Your concerns regarding the http/https issue are valid of course. Yet, I believe that it is preferable during an ongoing attack to keep the site operational at all costs.

    We are also building a gateway at http://www.c-gold.ws to address the problem in the future.

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • James Joyce
    Sep 3, 2007 at 9:47 am

    Oh man. Are you kidding me? Robert, can I PLEASE ask you to get a proper upload form setup? My company has large plans of implementing c-gold into our business model. However, i know that that is going to scare people away big time. Sending compliance documents into a gmail account? While i love gmail, it is certainly not the way to do this. Could i reccommend speaking with your tech team? I am sure that they will have a very simple solution for this. It is not difficult to have a encrytped upload form contructed. Obviously do not have it setup on the same server as your main site. But a simple webpage with both an encrypted upload form, and FAX instructions should be a simple task to setup. And it just gives a much more professional appearance to yoru business, instead of the hack setup of having someone mail documents into a gmail account?

    I am not trying to dis your business here Robert. In fact, i think that you have the potential to be one of the best digital currencies out there. I think that the KYC is a great feature, and will keep all the shady characters from using your system, which is great. I am just trying to offer some constructive criticism to help this. Because I intend to have my client use c-gold, i want to see it succeed, and come off with a very professional and serious vibe. Not using gmail. Not only is this just plain hack, but its a security breach. Gmail is not encrypted. Easy to hack as well. As soon as someone hacks your gmail account, they have ALL of your client’s information (ours). As soon as your gmail account gets a virus, it gets sent out to all emails that have engaged with your gmail account, meaning it gets sent out to anyone who has sent an email to your gmail (clients).

    I realize that c-gold is still in its infancy stages, and hope that this can all be sorted out asap.

    To TD. yes, that secret is known to many people. But unfortunatly, the majority of people have no clue what a DDOS attack is, let alone https for that matter. SO when you say it is known to most. Sure, known to most who are familiar with that type of thing. But to 99% of the population out there, they have no idea. I am with kickinghorse, that this needs to be a run as a professional company. When i tell a client to go to http://www.c-gold.com I would hope that it would work, and that they would not have to be brought up to speed on what a DDOS attack is, and what to do incase it happens. I also hope that i dont have to have cleints sending scans to gmail accounts. Again … looking for a professional finished touch here.

    Robert, i konw that it is not cheap to implement some of these features. But IMO, it is well worth it. If you are planning on conducting KYC on clients, I would like to see an encrytped upload form, and also the option for users to send a fax in, who do not have access to a scanner.

    Again, i am thinking of the everyday user. WHo wants to feel comfortable using a professional service. Can simply login and start using their account. NOt having to worry about trying to find the exact site, or to have to send scans to someone’s gmail account etc.

    Again, this is just constructive criticism. trying to help out to make this a super tight operation here. Hope you find these suggestions helpfull. Again.. i do realize that this DGC is in its infancy stages, so hopefully these can all be addressed with time.

  • Robert
    Sep 3, 2007 at 11:27 pm

    Okay, the site is available through www and http and also through the affiliate links again.
    We will also set it up on DDOS hardened machine, once everything is completed, but given the unoprecedented scope of the whole project, this will take a while.

    I appreciate the input regarding the document scans uploading options, and you will find a new menu item [Compliance] shortly. This item will be a form that allows users to upload both scans and enter any number of accounts they own, at the same time - using SSL.
    Once uploaded, the forms will be printed out, copied and then deleted from the server. The two sets of hard copies will be stored in secure locations, accessible only to the principal compliance officer, and no electronic records will be kept.

    Lastly, as I have been using a LOT of time for the past few weeks to answer the same questions on several boards, we set up a basic board ourselves at: http://www.c-gold.ws/invboard/
    This should make it easier for everyone to ask questions, make suggestions, and discuss c-gold with each other (and we don’t have to use up space at Mark’s blog ;o)

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • James Joyce
    Sep 4, 2007 at 6:31 am

    Much appreciated Robert. Wow! Nice (and rare) to find someone who actually cares and listens to what customers want.

  • William D. Madison
    Sep 11, 2007 at 3:26 pm

    Robert: I e-mailed you previously about my passcode not working. You helped me with a new passcode. I put in another passcode and now this one is not working. I need you to give me another passcode so that I can access my account. I am
    expecting some funds to be transferred to this account, and must be able to reach those funds when they arrive.
    Thanks, William Madison Weadvise@msn.com
    240 620-4706

  • William D. Madison
    Sep 11, 2007 at 3:39 pm

    Robert, Your message says that I should have received a new(changed) passcode. So far I have not seen it! I will keep looking.
    Thanks a million, William Madison

  • Tatyana A. Gapanovich
    Sep 13, 2007 at 1:02 pm

    Good afternoon. Help me to find, please, in the Internet items sites of an exchange e-gold > webmoney. Itself in any way I can not will consult.
    In advance many thanks.
    Yours faithfully, Tatyana

  • goldseeker05
    Oct 8, 2007 at 8:03 am

    Congratulations to c-gold which is gaining acceptance. One question though, As this is a Malaysian based company, I was wondering on the rules and regulation of the central bank of Malaysia.
    It is quite strict on its policies.

  • Robert
    Oct 8, 2007 at 1:04 pm

    c-gold is NOT a Malaysia-based company.
    Commerce Gold is a project of Private Gold Equities Exchange Limited, a Seychelles company.
    Gold storage, customer support, and bailments and redemptions are outsourced to a Malaysian company.
    Bank Negara and have expressed that they are not concerned about this arrangement, quite on the contrary, in fact.
    Our CPA tells us that they are watching our operations with interest and have signalled a general willingness to discuss our requirements to actually base CG here outright, rather than - as planned - in Singapore.

    So yes, while Malaysia has fairly stringent rules, they agree that those rules don’t apply to c-gold under the current arrangement, and are flexible to accommodate us, if we decided to go that way.

  • goldseeker05
    Oct 8, 2007 at 5:38 pm

    Thats good good. As we know e-dinar which was once a subsidiary of e-gold also has Malaysian interest. It is based in Labuan. I think you c-gold should have no problem as it has plans to expand its operation offline. This will be much more better than other DGC.

  • goldeagle
    Jan 11, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    Hi, Have tried to login to my account unsuccessfully for the last three days. No maintenance message is shown. Is there a problem with this site.
    Regards
    Rick

  • Robert
    Jan 11, 2008 at 11:37 pm

    Hey Rick,

    Details about site problems are always at the forum under http://www.c-gold.ws/invboard

    Cheers,
    Robert.

  • Benson
    Jan 11, 2008 at 11:42 pm

    I’d try to get Robert and get a full explanation. I would suspect that the programmers have a problem with the security module that they’re upgrading.

    And because of that, chances of them mass mailing all c-gold users are slim now since they encountered problems.

    We’ll wait for the official nacks from them! ;)

  • TD
    Jan 11, 2008 at 11:46 pm

    hi GOLDEAGLE,
    c-gold forum is the best place to find out about c-gold anything (news downtime etc), In this case ddos attacks

    http://www.c-gold.ws/invboard/index.php?showtopic=55&st=0&#entry143

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