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It's a shame that cryptocurrency/tokens are being abused in this way - they're an interesting technology with a lot of good use cases, but after enough ICO inst
by deadmetheny 9y ago
It's a shame that cryptocurrency/tokens are being abused in this way - they're an interesting technology with a lot of good use cases, but after enough ICO instances where people get burned I'm concerned there's gonna be a huge aversion to them by the general public.
- dmitrygr 9y agoI keep hearing this. Can you give an example of a non-contrived use case that the world currently (1) needs and (2) lacks adequate solutions for as is?
- dmichulke 9y agoWas an iPhone ever needed as an adequate solution to some problem?
- vkou 9y agoBlackBerries not being all that good was a problem in search for a solution. You know, the BlackBerry? That smartphone that did everything that an iPhone could do, just a bit worse? Steve Jobs didn't exactly envision the iPhone wholesale, on the seventh day of Genesis.
- whataretensors 9y agoAnonymous currencies. Dash, monero, zcash. Feeless transactions. IOTA Fog/Mist computing. SNM, Golem Decentralized marketplaces. Many, syscoin is my favorite. Identity tracking for IOT. Centralized solutions might exist, but WTC and the like are interesting. Decentralized governance. DASH, Lisk, more
- mikkel 9y agoWorld computer - Ethereum, NEO, EOS, Waves, many more Banking the unbankable - Airfox, VVToken, likely others More efficient advertisement - BAT, AdEx Paying content creators - Steem Distributed file storage - FileCoin, MaidSafe, Storj Uncensorable internet - zencash BTC gets all the press for first mover advantage, but is really the worst of the bunch. This is not investment advice. It is quite exciting, however.