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Somewhat related: why every project out there that wants to appear as serious has to publish a "whitepaper", which is basically any gibberish you want in a PDF
by fiatjaf 9y ago
Somewhat related: why every project out there that wants to appear as serious has to publish a "whitepaper", which is basically any gibberish you want in a PDF format?
(Not saying ORC is gibberish at all, but I do have seem the most simple and stupid ideas written in tech projects whitepapers over the last years.)
Why can't a project write all it wants in HTML pages, with links, clickable topics, separated pages, images, code snippets, examples etc., everything that could make it better to read and understand?
- dna_polymerase 9y agoBecause whitepapers look scientific and somewhat professional. At least enough to let people believe a given project is worth an ICO investment. (Not ORC, but still, guys c'mon just give us the information on a website)
- api 9y agoIt reminds me of the Kickstarter and Angellist video fad.
- vertex-four 9y agoBecause of the Bitcoin whitepaper, its prominence in the Bitcoin community (it's almost a Constitution), and people wanting to replicate that.