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I don't have a Facebook account, so I can't sign up. I think this is probably true of a lot of Bitcoin users--for a lot of Bitcoin users, Bitcoin is a way to st

I don't have a Facebook account, so I can't sign up. I think this is probably true of a lot of Bitcoin users--for a lot of Bitcoin users, Bitcoin is a way to stay off the grid, and being on Facebook would defeat the purpose. My suggestion is to provide a way to sign up without Facebook.

ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
Bitcoin... a monetary system that requires internet connectivity and CPU usage... in which every transaction is recorded forever and the database is replicated by all participants... is "off the grid"?
- milesokeefe 13y ago
  It's the closest you can get to off the grid.
  - vhf 13y ago
    Nope. Zerocoin is. (Disclaimer : I'm a fervent Bitcoin supporter, I like its pseudonymous property and discard any anonymat claims. I've never used zerocoin because I don't have any use for it.)
    - throwaway2048 13y ago
      zerocoin is only a proposal at this time.
    - tlrobinson 13y ago
      You've never used ZeroCoin because an implementation of it doesn't exist yet... But libzerocoin is coming tomorrow: https://mobile.twitter.com/ZerocoinProject/status/352136561397215232 https://mobile.twitter.com/ZerocoinProject/status/3521365613...
  - JumpCrisscross 13y ago
    Cash? Gold? Cocaine? The way the actual "off-the-grid" economy works?
btbuildem 13y ago
I think they're using FB as a trust proxy..
yayitswei 13y ago
Agreed that being on Facebook takes away anonymity, which is one of Bitcoin's benefits. There are also many great non-anonymous uses for Bitcoin- "free PayPal", for example. That's the angle we're taking in this app.
richerd 13y ago
While its true for a lot of Bitcoin users, one of our goals was to make bitcoin more accessible to the public and the average person who is interested in bitcoin but doesn't quite know how to get started. We are using Facebook as a trust network.
rmc 13y ago
Conversely, this could be a way to bring bitcoin to the attention of people who aren't already in on it.

ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago

Bitcoin... a monetary system that requires internet connectivity and CPU usage... in which every transaction is recorded forever and the database is replicated by all participants... is "off the grid"?

milesokeefe 13y ago
It's the closest you can get to off the grid.
- vhf 13y ago
  Nope. Zerocoin is. (Disclaimer : I'm a fervent Bitcoin supporter, I like its pseudonymous property and discard any anonymat claims. I've never used zerocoin because I don't have any use for it.)
  - throwaway2048 13y ago
    zerocoin is only a proposal at this time.
  - tlrobinson 13y ago
    You've never used ZeroCoin because an implementation of it doesn't exist yet... But libzerocoin is coming tomorrow: https://mobile.twitter.com/ZerocoinProject/status/352136561397215232 https://mobile.twitter.com/ZerocoinProject/status/3521365613...
- JumpCrisscross 13y ago
  Cash? Gold? Cocaine? The way the actual "off-the-grid" economy works?

btbuildem 13y ago

I think they're using FB as a trust proxy..

yayitswei 13y ago

Agreed that being on Facebook takes away anonymity, which is one of Bitcoin's benefits. There are also many great non-anonymous uses for Bitcoin- "free PayPal", for example. That's the angle we're taking in this app.

richerd 13y ago

While its true for a lot of Bitcoin users, one of our goals was to make bitcoin more accessible to the public and the average person who is interested in bitcoin but doesn't quite know how to get started. We are using Facebook as a trust network.

rmc 13y ago

Conversely, this could be a way to bring bitcoin to the attention of people who aren't already in on it.