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It’s a scam. They have 2^32 “planets” (a UUID that you can use to interact with the Urbit network), that they are each trying to sell for ~$10-$20 on a cute “e
by GuiA 6y ago
It’s a scam.
They have 2^32 “planets” (a UUID that you can use to interact with the Urbit network), that they are each trying to sell for ~$10-$20 on a cute “exchange”: https://urbit.live/ https://urbit.live/
(Of course you don’t really own anything when buying a planet because someone else owns the “star” and the “galaxy” and you can’t buy those unless you’re friends with them)
They even have a nice pyramid diagram for their not-pyramid-scheme:
https://media.urbit.org/site/posts/essays/value-of-address-space-pt2a.svg https://media.urbit.org/site/posts/essays/value-of-address-s...
- kemenaran 6y agoIt looks like so, yes. Though, after digging in the doc, turns out there may be a way to create temporary free ids to try out Urbit: https://urbit.org/using/operations/creating-a-comet/ https://urbit.org/using/operations/creating-a-comet/
- GuiA 6y agoThe first hit is always free :)
- arcadeparade 6y agoYour planet is not tied to a specific star, you can move it to other stars. The reason there is a cost is to reduce spam, among other things.
- core-questions 6y agoAre IP addresses a scam?
- wmf 6y agoIf someone proposed 32-bit IP addresses in the 21st century I would call that a scam. I don't object to Urbit's addressing only because I think it has no chance of taking off.
- jck 6y agoIt's not a pyramid scheme - it's a reverse funnel system.