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You can easily do it in an hour or two by copying and pasting some code off the ethereum site. They encourage it. I like to think of ethereum as a ponzi scheme
by feelix 9y ago
You can easily do it in an hour or two by copying and pasting some code off the ethereum site.
They encourage it. I like to think of ethereum as a ponzi scheme which spawns ponzi schemes (some of which themselves are intending to be a new platform for generating currencies...)
https://www.ethereum.org/token https://www.ethereum.org/token
- detaro 9y agoNot every questionable, bad or even fraudulent financial construct is a Ponzi scheme. Unless a coin has a clear promise of payout that the people organizing it would have to satisfy, it can't be a Ponzi scheme.
- ruytlm 9y agoI suspect they're not using Ponzi scheme literally, more as a shorthand for the kind of scheme that promises plenty, but doesn't actually do anything. See e.g: http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/25/books/nothing-but-zzzz-best.html http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/25/books/nothing-but-zzzz-bes...
- kaffeemitsahne 9y agoLuckily we already have a word for that kind of scheme, "scam".
- nathan_f77 9y agoWow, thanks for that link. That's actually very cool, and I can see why Ethereum is taking off.