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The same day the Orchid project launches, no less... https://www.orchid.com/ https://www.orchid.com/

by etaioinshrdlu 7y ago

aldoushuxley001 7y ago
so, what's the long and short on this project?
- etaioinshrdlu 7y ago
  Decentralized, crypto token based network. Kind of like Tor with monetary incentives. It's a new internet! https://youtu.be/0dJPY50lpZA https://youtu.be/0dJPY50lpZA Discussed earlier... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15576457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15576457
  - mirimir 7y ago
    Yeah, but the email I got said you need to buy OXT via Coinbase. And last I knew, Coinbase implements KYC. But maybe anonymous exchanges will start handling it. Edit: OK, I see that it says "...and elsewhere." So I'll wait and see how it goes. I'll need some way to get OXT from Bitcoin. And damn, it doesn't help that OXT also means the "Open Exploration Tool" for tracking Bitcoin.
    - somebodythere 7y ago
      It's an ERC20, which means they're generally tradable on uniswap.exchange (and this one is).
      - mirimir 7y ago
        OK, thanks. I have a very picky Firefox config in this VM, and it loads just a blank page for https://uniswap.exchange/ https://uniswap.exchange/. However I did find https://masterthecrypto.com/uniswap/ https://masterthecrypto.com/uniswap/ so I could try it with Chrome. But not in this VM. So that gets me from ETH to OXT. Now I just need a way from BTC to ETH. And it's gotta be one that doesn't implement KYC. I will have nothing to do with that bullshit.
        somebodythere 7y ago
        Look up "eth btc atomic swap"
rasengan 7y ago
Orchid is an awesome project.
swinglock 7y ago
Is Mark Karpeles or any other well known criminals involved in Orchid? Is it a pyramid scheme? I don't want to get burnt again or help fund scams.
- etaioinshrdlu 7y ago
  Definitely not. The people behind it have great reputations and have good reputations outside the crypto space as well. That doesn't mean it will work, of course.

The same day the Orchid project launches, no less... https://www.orchid.com/ https://www.orchid.com/

aldoushuxley001 7y ago

so, what's the long and short on this project?

etaioinshrdlu 7y ago
Decentralized, crypto token based network. Kind of like Tor with monetary incentives. It's a new internet! https://youtu.be/0dJPY50lpZA https://youtu.be/0dJPY50lpZA Discussed earlier... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15576457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15576457
- mirimir 7y ago
  Yeah, but the email I got said you need to buy OXT via Coinbase. And last I knew, Coinbase implements KYC. But maybe anonymous exchanges will start handling it. Edit: OK, I see that it says "...and elsewhere." So I'll wait and see how it goes. I'll need some way to get OXT from Bitcoin. And damn, it doesn't help that OXT also means the "Open Exploration Tool" for tracking Bitcoin.
  - somebodythere 7y ago
    It's an ERC20, which means they're generally tradable on uniswap.exchange (and this one is).
    - mirimir 7y ago
      OK, thanks. I have a very picky Firefox config in this VM, and it loads just a blank page for https://uniswap.exchange/ https://uniswap.exchange/. However I did find https://masterthecrypto.com/uniswap/ https://masterthecrypto.com/uniswap/ so I could try it with Chrome. But not in this VM. So that gets me from ETH to OXT. Now I just need a way from BTC to ETH. And it's gotta be one that doesn't implement KYC. I will have nothing to do with that bullshit.
      - somebodythere 7y ago
        Look up "eth btc atomic swap"

rasengan 7y ago

Orchid is an awesome project.

swinglock 7y ago

Is Mark Karpeles or any other well known criminals involved in Orchid? Is it a pyramid scheme? I don't want to get burnt again or help fund scams.

etaioinshrdlu 7y ago
Definitely not. The people behind it have great reputations and have good reputations outside the crypto space as well. That doesn't mean it will work, of course.