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Could somebody elaborate the animosity towards being able to pay in Signal, or and perhaps also the animosity towards Signal itself? I use it, seems like an e2

by kreetx 6y ago

Could somebody elaborate the animosity towards being able to pay in Signal, or and perhaps also the animosity towards Signal itself? I use it, seems like an e2ee and uncluttered messaging app that just works.

fennecfoxen 6y ago
With regards to the first, you see, it's an > uncluttered messaging app that just works. Cryptocurrency turns it into a cluttered messaging app, one that gives hackers extra financial incentives to compromise it.
- kreetx 6y ago
  Perhaps there will be a tab for your wallet, and an extra button to pay. Apart from that - you don't need to use the cryptocurrency parts.
  - dunefox 6y ago
    I don't need to use any cluttered features, yet they are still clutter.
sschueller 6y ago
Because instead of supporting the coins that exist (Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethererum, Monero etc.), some better than others, they did their own coin and the creators of that coin own most of it. They could also have just have added a payment API and let anyone develop against that.
carmen_sandiego 6y ago
Well it doesn't 'just work' on all platforms or contexts. That's why it's a bit annoying for them to spend dev time on stuff like this, especially when they could have used whatever pre-existing/established coin.