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>Remember when BTC used to be fun and exciting? Stupid projects being created, tipping widespread all over the internet. All of this moved over to Ethereum lon
by Sargos 6y ago
>Remember when BTC used to be fun and exciting? Stupid projects being created, tipping widespread all over the internet.
All of this moved over to Ethereum long ago but those outside of the crypto space might not know that. Thousands of hackers have created little neat experiments and projects for others to use and build on and more are released everyday.
Some of my favorites are https://dontbuymeme.com/ https://dontbuymeme.com/, https://aavegotchi.com/ https://aavegotchi.com/, and https://quadraticvote.co/ https://quadraticvote.co/. There's too many to list (like the internet itself) but a lot of communities for specialized topics have formed such as art people flocking to NFTs, meme lovers creating self funding and self organized communities, and lots of cool governance tools for voting and organizations like https://daohaus.club/ https://daohaus.club/, https://colony.io/ https://colony.io/, and https://aragon.org/ https://aragon.org/.
It really does feel like the early internet and I can barely keep up with all of the cool stuff being shipped.
- leppr 6y agoRight, and it's not just neat little experiments. There already is big money on Ethereum's DeFi: billions lended, transacted between assets, leverage longs/shorts taken. Add to that experimental unpegged stablecoin projects[1], and you realize the dream of a "P2P electronic cash system" is alive and well. It's just being worked on by different groups than originally (because if you own a big bitcoin stash now, it's hard to resist the temptation of pushing the SoV/ponzi narrative). [1]: https://debaseonomics.io/ https://debaseonomics.io/, https://reflexer.finance/ https://reflexer.finance/
- casi 6y agohttps://mia.bet/ https://mia.bet/ is one i like, a home made site where you bet on a marble run race with the randomness generated by their pet hamster. makes me smile. i'll also add in https://clr.fund/ https://clr.fund/ as its relevant to the bigger question of "how do we fund open source public goods" that might be relevant to hackernews readers.
- choclatecheese 6y agomia.bet?? omg is this for real? lol real randomness on blockchain generated by a hamster
- Smerity 6y agoI loved Mia.bet's pet hamster marble race concept but their website notes: > The continuously high Ethereum gas fees cause betting fees and operation costs to skyrocket. Hence, we decided to postpone the next race until further notice. We're currently working on a 2nd-layer scaling solution. A shame that Ethereum gas fees are limiting enough to stop such a fun project.