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Assuming rumours FB is developing their own cryptocurrency, along with Amazon and Google, as has been suggested on various forums, isn't there a risk here for t
by olivermarks 9y ago
Assuming rumours FB is developing their own cryptocurrency, along with Amazon and Google, as has been suggested on various forums, isn't there a risk here for them?
Banning potential competitors in what you could generously describe as the dawn of the next internet (in many ways the crypto wild west is v similar to early dot com days, complete with all the shysters and con artists) seems unethical and may bring up anti trust issues eventually?
- mv4 9y agoYou are correct, that would be a risk for them (especially for FB) because of how big they've become. Anecdote: in 2014, I registered an account on Twitter called "tweetcoin". I felt social networks would start developing their own currencies. I posted one comment, "exciting things in the works". I was promptly locked out of the account, and a new tweet appeared there (dated 2012!), stating "this is not your account." You can see it here: https://twitter.com/tweetcoin https://twitter.com/tweetcoin
- gl00pp 9y agoWow! reminds me that the internet is really just a cave wall with shadows on it...
- toomanybeersies 9y agoAnd oddly enough, it says the account was created in 2008. Very strange indeed.
- olivermarks 9y agohttps://twitter.com/jack/status/958743238512328704 https://twitter.com/jack/status/958743238512328704
- davesque 9y agoAssuming you're being truthful, that is pretty weird actually. I'm going through explanations for this in my mind and none of them make much sense.
- olivermarks 9y agovery interesting...