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babaeth
4y ago
It's not fair to say that cryptocurrency has had "zero benefits" as it's clearly being used more and more for legitimate purposes such as zero fee international money transfers and providing a more cost-effective option
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babaeth
7y ago
Sell those tokens in an ICO to fund the app development!
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babaeth
7y ago
I think it's an interesting model, one of the issues I see is that unpopular users who are almost free to message would seem "cheap" which could make them even less attractive.
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babaeth
7y ago
Do you have any suggestions to improve dating apps?
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babaeth
7y ago
> Altogether cryptocurrency is such a terrifyingly irresponsible ecosystem, I'm surprised anyone wants to be involved in it. Here are some reasons why people might be interested in the cryptocurrencies ecosystem: - Paying 3% per cre
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babaeth
8y ago
I think it's very clear that Oculus engineering efforts are dedicated to standalone devices like Quest rather than PC VR headsets. Which makes sense if you want to get 1 billion people using VR.
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babaeth
8y ago
What do you mean by ETH collapsing? You mean going to 0? ETH has lost more than 90% of its value in 2018 but DAI remained at $1 which seems pretty stable
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babaeth
8y ago
So it seems that our main disagreement is about the cost of the implementation of such system. While I agree that the current state of Blockchain and Ethereum doesn't allow this I also believe that a part of the scaling issue will soon
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babaeth
8y ago
1. To accept DAI you simply need a phone and a dedicated app that would generate the payment QR code. No new device needed. (67% of payments in convenience stores in China are being made with QR codes: https://technode.com/2
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babaeth
8y ago
This seems to be the equivalent of saying "I don't want to use the internet because it's too slow" in 2001. There are numerous organizations working on ways to reduce crypto processing fees, one of the most advanced in c
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babaeth
8y ago
They can accept both forms of payment. They can simply add DAI as a form of payment accepted by their shop.
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Ask HN: What is your opinion on DAI a stable cryptocurrency built on Ethereum?
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8y ago
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babaeth
8y ago
Look into Golem and Brave/BAT, they are great examples of other use cases than crypto currencies.
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babaeth
8y ago
You should look into projects like Golem ( https://golem.network/home/ ), it allows people to use the blockchain to perform complex calculations such as 3d rendering or training machine learning models. This is a great u
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babaeth
8y ago
dappradar offers a very limited view of the activity on the Ethereum Blockchain. You should look into projects like Golem, it shows a great use case for the Blockchain and definitely justify an ICO.
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babaeth
8y ago
Did you hear him broke his TV on Mandzukic's goal?
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8y ago
- The Brave browser is being used by millions of users every months, it's powered by the BAT Token (used to pay web publishers instead of showing ads). - The Golem token is being used to render 3d models on the Blockchain (instead of u