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by ericb 9y ago
> BCH has to build its ecosystem up from scratch like any other altcoin. Perhaps, but BTC is throwing its ecosystem away with a core team that is committed to congestion and high fees. Bitcoin Cash already has the customer side of the c
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So far I believe cryptocurrency is one of, if the not the most, uncorrelated asset class. https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/06/02/4-reasons-...
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by ericb 9y ago
The portion of gold's market cap attributable to consumer and industrial demand is miniscule compared to the portion attributable to its wealth protection function. Bitcoin is a better mousetrap for that use-case and the market is figu
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by ericb 9y ago
You forgot some: -Peer to peer remote transactions -Embed money into a binary, a puzzle, an image, a file -Non-correlated asset https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-asset-correlation-2894312 -The only money no one can take a
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by ericb 9y ago
What they're doing is really interesting and solves some of the major problems in crypto (governance and smart contract safety). Now it comes down to shipping, and we all know how hard that can be at times.
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I agree, and I think once monero gets some better wallet solutions, it will be a catalyst.
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I'm not sure you're late. There is still at least one, maybe two orders of magnitude growth possible/likely for BTC/Cryptos in my opinion. It is really easy to make mistakes if you're trading. Buy and hold probably
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Is the business model to charge for the clustering release?
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by ericb 9y ago
I wouldn't expect bitcoin to be used as a currency for transactions. Bitcoin is deflationary, and is the "best" currency (other currencies lose value due to inflation). You don't pay for things with your "best"
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by ericb 9y ago
It sounds like you're considering it more than your post indicated. To give you perspective, they are tough to raise, and I found it tough to be an entrepreneur when they are under 4. It totally changes your cash requirements, especial
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You didn't list any pros. For people who don't want children, I imagine many don't value the pros, or even see them as pros. You asked specifically to hear from childless folks--usually that type of request is a self-affirmat
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by ericb 9y ago
I've yet to see any meaningful "collective wisdom" on whether to be a parent. Since you seem not to see the value, it is probably best for you not to do it--the payoff is likely not something your quantification would measure
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by ericb 9y ago
Elon Musk works in AI--he's leading an attempt to make truly autonomous vehicles.
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Take a look at Tezos when it comes out. It tries to solve the governance problem with built-in governance and a system for promotion based on the will of the stakeholders.
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To clarify, when I said "everything" I meant stage-wise, early and late are being co-mingled, which to me, implies that this isn't necessarily related to continuity, which is late stage. I'm not trying to imply that the
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Shortly after that, it goes on to say they are all being merged, so I don't put much stock in that as an indicator of the purpose.
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I'm wondering if this is related to scaling Startup School. A clear business purpose for YC isn't visible in startup school, yet--could this be related?
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What is VC due diligence like?
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by ericb 9y ago
I can't edit my post above to add this now, but looks like Charlie retracted this as Gavin was the original author, but not the one who made the mistake.
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No rollback this time. The chain with this hack must have the longer Proof-Of-Vitalik. https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/887782650026631168
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by ericb 9y ago
Things like this are why I think Tezos, when/if it comes out, has a bright future. I want a formal proof for any contract I use with real-money.
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by ericb 9y ago
As Charlie Lee said: If the creator of Solidity, Gavin Wood, cannot write a secure multisig wallet in Solidity, pretty much confirms Ethereum is hacker paradise. https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite/status/8877819297260
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by ericb 9y ago
I currently have 1password and 1password 6 installed. At some point I followed an "upgrade" suggestion, found out I don't get the upgrade for free and I had put new passwords into what is now an expired version. Nothing about
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Ask HN: What is your password management solution?
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Bitcoin is the most popular currency that no one can take from you (as in Greece), that you can carry in your mind (brain wallets), that is deflationary instead of inflationary. It is censorship-resistant currency. Bitcoin weighs nothing. U
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A family member needed a surgery that had a 60% complication rate, so this was a topic I researched. We flew across the country to the doctor I found, who invented the technique, publishes on it, was improving on it, and performed more of t
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by ericb 9y ago
In the MLS listing, you put the amount of commission you are offering for buyer's agent. Then the real estate lawyer draws up the final contract with that included and it comes out of what you get. For direct person to person, I imagin
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The realtor and bank rely on the lawyer for your transaction and documentation. When I say "you need a lawyer anyway", even if you used a realtor, a lawyer drew up the docs for closing, and you hired the lawyer who put together th
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A house sale is really a large contract agreement with a number of finer points. The legal fees were maybe $750 - 1200 but memory is sketchy on that. There are filings necessary with the state and other items that make it legal, and at leas
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You don't need a realtor, fyi, just a good real estate lawyer, which you generally need anyway when buying/selling a house. A lot of the apparent value of realtors disappears when you do the process yourself. source: have FSBO bou

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