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Just to throw a few ideas in the room: * offer integrations into various relevant systems * ability to build custom baskets and/or change the weighting of dif

• gruez 5y ago
  >* offer integrations into various relevant systems What's your moat here? What's preventing a competitor from using the blockchain data you published to make their own product? >* ability to build custom baskets and/or change the weighting of different categories Considering that the data is public, that seems easy to do. See also: above comment about moats.
  • sparkling 5y ago
    If it has a good enough UI, people will pay, just like anything else. Not everybody wants to build their own scripts around the data, even if its free. Obviously this is not a billion dollar idea, but it sure could bring in some $ to pay for a full-time developer or two and still make a little profit.
    • gruez 5y ago
      > If it has a good enough UI, people will pay, just like anything else. Not everybody wants to build their own scripts around the data, even if its free. Then a big corp comes up with their own offering and steamrolls you with their lower prices, integration with their existing products, and better engineering/sales staff. See for instance, mongodb and elasticsearch.