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And not one of those ideas is Bitcoin related. It's 2014 for god's sake.

by snitko 13y ago

mrfusion 13y ago
I'd be really interested to see a list like this of bitcoin ideas? I keep thinking how revolutionary it is yet I can't seem to think of any ideas beyond payments :-(
- nrs26 13y ago
  You could create a twitter for bitcoin. ;)
- pazimzadeh 13y ago
  BitVote. Every citizen is issued a unique "wallet" and can use it to vote. The underlying bitcoin infrastructure does need to be presented to the user, but one way that the app could work is that each candidate has a unique numeric identifier associated with him. If Obama's number is 0.05476 and Romney's is 0.02299 then when you click Vote for Obama, the app sends 0.05476 btc to a designated counting wallet. Several methods may be used to count the votes. Either each candidate has its own counting wallet and counting can be done by dividing the total btc in the wallet divided by the unique number, or all of the votes could be mixed into one wallet and the blockchain could be analyzed to determine how many votes of each type were cast. All of the votes are obviously public information on the blockchain, so there can be no funny business. As long as you don't tell anyone your wallet address, your vote is anonymous.
  - icebraining 13y ago
    The problem is issuing a single wallet to every citizen without violating anonymity.
  - mrfusion 13y ago
    Why not just give each candidate wallet it count the number of coins they receive to determine the winner?
- chaz 13y ago
  Even for payments, I think Bitcoin is still missing its "killer app." So far, the only viable ideas seem to have been related to exchanges, mining, and The Silk Road. Are there other business ideas that take advantage of Bitcoin's unique properties? I thought maybe micropayments for content, but I don't think people like to get nickel-and-dimed. Usage would probably be too low to build a real product/business around it. Ideas?
  - syllogism 13y ago
    Ransomware. Sadly.
  - 3stripe 13y ago
    Self-taxing money.
AznHisoka 13y ago
And I for one am glad about that!

And not one of those ideas is Bitcoin related. It's 2014 for god's sake.

by snitko 13y ago

And not one of those ideas is Bitcoin related. It's 2014 for god's sake.

I'd be really interested to see a list like this of bitcoin ideas? I keep thinking how revolutionary it is yet I can't seem to think of any ideas beyond payments :-(

nrs26 13y ago
You could create a twitter for bitcoin. ;)
pazimzadeh 13y ago
BitVote. Every citizen is issued a unique "wallet" and can use it to vote. The underlying bitcoin infrastructure does need to be presented to the user, but one way that the app could work is that each candidate has a unique numeric identifier associated with him. If Obama's number is 0.05476 and Romney's is 0.02299 then when you click Vote for Obama, the app sends 0.05476 btc to a designated counting wallet. Several methods may be used to count the votes. Either each candidate has its own counting wallet and counting can be done by dividing the total btc in the wallet divided by the unique number, or all of the votes could be mixed into one wallet and the blockchain could be analyzed to determine how many votes of each type were cast. All of the votes are obviously public information on the blockchain, so there can be no funny business. As long as you don't tell anyone your wallet address, your vote is anonymous.
- icebraining 13y ago
  The problem is issuing a single wallet to every citizen without violating anonymity.
- mrfusion 13y ago
  Why not just give each candidate wallet it count the number of coins they receive to determine the winner?
chaz 13y ago
Even for payments, I think Bitcoin is still missing its "killer app." So far, the only viable ideas seem to have been related to exchanges, mining, and The Silk Road. Are there other business ideas that take advantage of Bitcoin's unique properties? I thought maybe micropayments for content, but I don't think people like to get nickel-and-dimed. Usage would probably be too low to build a real product/business around it. Ideas?
- syllogism 13y ago
  Ransomware. Sadly.
- 3stripe 13y ago
  Self-taxing money.

AznHisoka 13y ago

And I for one am glad about that!