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It's remarkable when stories like this reach the top of Hacker News, but then people still do not understand why one might want to build an application on a "Ca

It's remarkable when stories like this reach the top of Hacker News, but then people still do not understand why one might want to build an application on a "Can't Be Evil" platform like a crypto network. Scalability/costs/complexity aside — this is why Ethereum and similar decentralized computers are attractive.

kwar13 3y ago
Can't upvote this high enough.
imafish 3y ago
How would a crypto network help here?
- ergocoder 3y ago
  Crypto almost always could have solved anything.
  - Dah00n 3y ago
    I hope this is sarcasm? Pretend Shell or Ford switched to crypto only. How much do you think they would sell?
    - ergocoder 3y ago
      The fact that we aren't sure it is a sarcasm is hilarious.
projektfu 3y ago
They should build a hypothetical business with unproven revenue instead of the one with $600k MRR and growing?
jc_811 3y ago
How exactly would using a crypto network help with this story of the author creating a Shopify app?
bluecrab 3y ago
I can't think of one single profitable business built on crypto apart from exchanges.
blitzar 3y ago
> "Can't Be Evil" platform like a crypto network lol. Come over here and stand on this crypto rug for me.