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> just toy applications that have no practical purpose What? Look at all the ICOs: https://mona.co/ https://mona.co/ and this: http://www.coindesk.com/150-

• root_axis 9y ago
  > https://mona.co https://mona.co Sound great, like most cryptocurrency marketing hype... where is the product? How do I get my hands on it? Let me guess "coming soon". > http://www.coindesk.com/150-million-tim-draper-backed-bancor-completes-largest-ever-ico http://www.coindesk.com/150-million-tim-draper-backed-bancor... Ok, so a bunch of people spent their money on eth internet tokens... what exactly is the practical use case here? > https://www.coingecko.com/ico?locale=en https://www.coingecko.com/ico?locale=en So you've linked to a huge list of projects begging for donations. If you don't mind, can you pick just one project out of that list that actually has a product or service I can use today and explain to me why this wasn't already possible without cryptocurrencies?
  • lossolo 9y ago
    > Ok, so a bunch of people spent their money on eth internet tokens... what exactly is the practical use case here? Use case here is that there is smart contract that guarantees you that you are the owner of those specific tokens. How you want to solve that with bitcoin?