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Hmm, at a glance this looks like it’s aiming to share funds of big, top-level projects to it’s dependencies. And for that, a big component of the project is a p

Hmm, at a glance this looks like it’s aiming to share funds of big, top-level projects to it’s dependencies. And for that, a big component of the project is a package manager… and the whole system is notably designed by the creator of homebrew. Seems like the blockchain is involved to guarantee that the fund sharing happens automatically. I’m almost always doubtful on blockchain projects, but this does feel like something that might have a slightly bigger chance to succeed than other more scammy projects. I’d appreciate a less buzzword-heavy site though. My main objection of this would be that dependencies might start gaming the system though. Would expect a bit more info on this in the webpage.

verdverm 5y ago
Another issue might be dependencies that are not in the system. Does someone else keep that money? Can someone else publish your work to this system and take the money?
- selljamhere 5y ago
  > Can someone else publish your work to this system and take the money? I had the exact same question. What sort of controls will the Tea team have to add/remove packages, or modify owners. And how would this be any different from centralized package managers?
  - verdverm 5y ago
    There's a simple formula for deciding on Blockchain... Does your platform have user created content? If so, you will need a delete operation. Is the technology you use capable of permanent and complete removal of user data? If the blockchain is only for payments, then maybe it is admissable, but there are still further considerations. This whole thing just stinks of web3 BS and another victim of the cult therein.
kelnos 5y ago
Re: gaming the system... If this became popular, I could totally see project X, which depends on projects Y and Z, to start vendoring Y and Z into their X itself, so that when someone else depends on X, X's maintainer gets all the teacoins (or whatever they are) and Y and Z get nothing.

verdverm 5y ago

Another issue might be dependencies that are not in the system. Does someone else keep that money? Can someone else publish your work to this system and take the money?

selljamhere 5y ago
> Can someone else publish your work to this system and take the money? I had the exact same question. What sort of controls will the Tea team have to add/remove packages, or modify owners. And how would this be any different from centralized package managers?
- verdverm 5y ago
  There's a simple formula for deciding on Blockchain... Does your platform have user created content? If so, you will need a delete operation. Is the technology you use capable of permanent and complete removal of user data? If the blockchain is only for payments, then maybe it is admissable, but there are still further considerations. This whole thing just stinks of web3 BS and another victim of the cult therein.

kelnos 5y ago

Re: gaming the system... If this became popular, I could totally see project X, which depends on projects Y and Z, to start vendoring Y and Z into their X itself, so that when someone else depends on X, X's maintainer gets all the teacoins (or whatever they are) and Y and Z get nothing.