aakilfernandes

13 ms·

1. 91.▲
   by aakilfernandes 10y ago

   Very cool!
2. 92.▲
   by aakilfernandes 10y ago

   Another important difference: UDP can't be used in the browser =(
3. 93.▲
   by aakilfernandes 10y ago

   http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/90/903...
4. 94.▲
   by aakilfernandes 10y ago

   Off-chain transactions. There's no reason to settle every single transaction on the blockchain. That could take the form of regulated exchanges (coinbase/poloniex) or decentralized networks like lightning.
5. 95.▲
   by aakilfernandes 10y ago

   There is no fundamental reason why a cryptocurrency can't have a dynamic money supply.
6. 96.▲
   by aakilfernandes 10y ago

   Did the author give a 99.9% chance to Clinton? If not, I fail to see how that is relevant. Also, Nate Silvers gave Trump a 30% chance of winning. There were plenty of pundits who saw Trump as a possibility.
7. 97.▲
   by aakilfernandes 10y ago

   xkcd: Ten Thousand https://xkcd.com/1053/
8. 98.▲
   by aakilfernandes 10y ago

   I don't have any audo files on my desktop. would be nice to have a default so i could play around without hunting for one
9. 99.▲
   by aakilfernandes 10y ago

   There are extremely important regulatory differences. The right to run an oracle which broadcasts the winner of the SuperBowl is well protected by the 1st amendment. The right to arbitrate a gambling contract based on the SuperBowl is not a
10. 100.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    I agree that lots of people who talk about blockchain don't understand how it works. However, there is plenty of cool things to like about a blockchain without POW. A blockchain is just a database which broadcasts signed transactions o
11. 101.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    Related: The Fuzzy, Insane Math That's Creating So Many Billion-Dollar Tech Companies https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-17/the-fuzzy...
12. 102.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    Title should be change to "plans to defend". > On Monday, Mr. Thiel plans to defend his position in a speech and then a question-and-answer session with reporters at the National Press Club in Washington.
13. 103.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    Seems ipfs might give you something like that. Rather than identifying resources by name, you identify them by the hash of their content.
14. 104.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    IMHO this is a good thing for both chains. ETHC benefits from more centralized (efficient) development on ETHF, while ETHF can use ETHC as leverage to avert future forks. ie "We tried to fork in the past, look what happened! If we fork
15. 105.▲
    DAO Fork Spoof Attacks(aakilfernandes.github.io)

    2 points by aakilfernandes 10y ago|0 comments
16. 106.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    I was being facetious :)
17. 107.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    Intersting idea. Perhaps we should have a system of governance of the "contracts" whereby we elect "representatives" who appoint "judges".
18. 108.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    I'm pretty sure PR releases are supposed to be positive =) This is pretty negative.
19. 109.▲
    Users Given Less Than 24 Hours to Decide Fate of Ethereum(aakilfernandes.github.io)

    2 points by aakilfernandes 10y ago|2 comments
20. 110.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    Sure it is. If all blocks are relayed to all participants, theyll have a record of whenever theres an attempt to change the block history. All they need to do is show two coflicting blocks signed by the "approver"
21. 111.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    Read-only apps don't require ether. Any time you need to perform a state-change, you need to spend ether. As for downloading the entire blockchain, light chain verification will make this unnecessary.
22. 112.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    Well, they did include a difficulty bomb specifically for that reason.
23. 113.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    Heads up that Vlad (the guy leading PoS) does not share this assessment. https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4rohdy/vlad_zamfi...
24. 114.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    Thats a fair point
25. 115.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    Agreed. I think the ship has sailed on the term "blockchain" and it no longer requires decentralization. It means a signed transaction log which can't be secretly forged. Not as sexy as bitcoin, but language is fluid and I th
26. 116.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    If you want the benefits of a blockchain without the Wild West stuff, why not set up a private chain with an "approver" instead of miners? I'm sure many companies interested in Ethereum are going this route.
27. 117.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    Bitcoin reversed to fix protocol errors, this is not a protocol error.
28. 118.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    Definitely agree with that. I'm a big fan of Ethereum, just very unhappy about this fork. I think that until Vitalik pulls a Satoshi, Etheruem will never be as decentralized. This has pros and cons, especially with sharding/PoS ar
29. 119.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    Or perhaps if you want mutable contracts based on intent, you could use one of the 253 legal systems that already provide you with that.
30. 120.▲
    by aakilfernandes 10y ago

    This soft fork has been abandoned, and the discussion had moved to a hard fork.