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It is quite shameless, here is an awesome volunteer run basic service project, and this is a Blockchain rent-seeking VC startup. Ironically I went back to the
by stefan_ 7y ago
It is quite shameless, here is an awesome volunteer run basic service project, and this is a Blockchain rent-seeking VC startup.
Ironically I went back to the 2015 thread and found much the same "shameless plug", minus the Blockchain.
- eeZah7Ux 7y agoReplacing few freeloader nodes in a volunteer network with a whole rent-seeking company. Pretty sad.
- dpatru 7y ago> It is quite shameless, here is an awesome volunteer run basic service project, and this is a Blockchain rent-seeking VC startup. You're implying that there is something shameful with providing a market for connectivity which allows for people who can't afford to work for free to participate. What is shameful about this?
- robert_foss 7y agoTaking attention from a free community project to market your for profit company certainly isn't a purely altruistic thing to do.
- strider12 7y agotheres still a monthly fee for free. weird right.
- jmd304 7y agoit's a donation
- Matticus_Rex 7y agoTaking attention? I have enough attention for both. Who cares if it isn't altruistic? 99.9% of human interaction isn't, and most of it is positive.
- awzeemo 7y agoShameless and full of snake oil this time lol
- Matticus_Rex 7y ago"The 100k investment they took on is peak rent-seeking," said the commenter on news.ycombinator.com