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If you're interested in an articulation of what's exciting about Urbit from one of the core devs, this recent launch event hosted a great conversation: https://
by tern 5y ago
If you're interested in an articulation of what's exciting about Urbit from one of the core devs, this recent launch event hosted a great conversation: https://youtu.be/_aRnfacZPto?t=3224 https://youtu.be/_aRnfacZPto?t=3224 (run-time 1hr and a good deal of it is about Urbit+Bitcoin specifically).
One thing I've enjoyed and learned a lot from while participating in blockchain and Urbit communities is the sheer difference in valance of conversations, from "this is entirely useless to the point of being a joke or fraud" to "the rest of the world is insane and finally something makes sense." There is irrational exuberance on both sides, but also deep, grounded takes diametrically opposed in their conclusions.
To be human!
- tadfisher 5y agoI think we focus too much on the technology and too little on providing real value. The value of blockchain networks is trustless distributed consensus, but a blockchain is one possible means to provide that value, and current implementations have undesirable tradeoffs and externalities. Urbit is a means to provide ubiquitous network-native computing, but it's a pretty terrible environment to use and live in. Focus on the value proposition and these paradigm shifts could actually happen and benefit mankind.