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https://cosmos.network/intro https://cosmos.network/intro We are still in the "creating the low-level protocols" phase of blockchain development, but essential

https://cosmos.network/intro https://cosmos.network/intro We are still in the "creating the low-level protocols" phase of blockchain development, but essentially Cosmos is an SDK to create Proof of Stake blockchains easily, which has traditionally been extremely difficult. Then their SDK allows each chain to communicate easily, which is another extremely difficult feature.

Nursie 8y ago
Yeah, like I said, not seeing much of a product there. Doesn't mean it won't be successful, whatever that means in this space, but it doesn't look much like a 'product' to me.
- seibelj 8y ago
  I work professionally in the space, and not understanding nitty gritty blockchain protocols is like saying you don't understand how audio drivers work, or media codecs, or database locking mechanisms. You won't understand it unless you put the time in to study it. Cosmos is a very interesting and novel technology, and it makes creating an application-specific blockchain perhaps 100x easier (2 orders of magnitude).
  - Nursie 8y ago
    I'm not claiming this is my specialism, just contrasting the claims of a delivered product with a webpage full of nebulous uncertainties. I mean, to say that this project has delivered where others haven't, yet say what it has delivered is yet more blockchain infrastructure is odd to me. I could, sure, I could put in the time to learn the ins and outs of these protocols as you say, but I'm not sure why I would absent any actual use cases. And I'm not seeing any here - It makes flurbing the flooz 100x easier! OK, so .. what use is the flooz? This question is still unanswered AFAICT, and cosmos does nothing to answer it. Or at least its front page does nothing to answer it or anything much else.
    - seibelj 8y ago
      The same use cases as always - decentralized applications with no central authority operating it, scarce digital assets, global money transfer, elimination of middlemen, and so on. Of course, skeptics such as yourself will say, "all of that is worthless!" But I could not disagree more.
      - Nursie 8y ago
        If cryptocurrency and blockchains have shown us anything so far, it's that middlemen will still get in there real fast and take the lion's share!

Nursie 8y ago

Yeah, like I said, not seeing much of a product there. Doesn't mean it won't be successful, whatever that means in this space, but it doesn't look much like a 'product' to me.

seibelj 8y ago
I work professionally in the space, and not understanding nitty gritty blockchain protocols is like saying you don't understand how audio drivers work, or media codecs, or database locking mechanisms. You won't understand it unless you put the time in to study it. Cosmos is a very interesting and novel technology, and it makes creating an application-specific blockchain perhaps 100x easier (2 orders of magnitude).
- Nursie 8y ago
  I'm not claiming this is my specialism, just contrasting the claims of a delivered product with a webpage full of nebulous uncertainties. I mean, to say that this project has delivered where others haven't, yet say what it has delivered is yet more blockchain infrastructure is odd to me. I could, sure, I could put in the time to learn the ins and outs of these protocols as you say, but I'm not sure why I would absent any actual use cases. And I'm not seeing any here - It makes flurbing the flooz 100x easier! OK, so .. what use is the flooz? This question is still unanswered AFAICT, and cosmos does nothing to answer it. Or at least its front page does nothing to answer it or anything much else.
  - seibelj 8y ago
    The same use cases as always - decentralized applications with no central authority operating it, scarce digital assets, global money transfer, elimination of middlemen, and so on. Of course, skeptics such as yourself will say, "all of that is worthless!" But I could not disagree more.
    - Nursie 8y ago
      If cryptocurrency and blockchains have shown us anything so far, it's that middlemen will still get in there real fast and take the lion's share!