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ncodes

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    Comment #25678337

    I think most people prefer tools that are convenient to use. Centralized code hosting services are super convenient. They offer many useful social features that make it tasking and…

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    Comment #14708354

    This is a challenging issue. Although, most graphic tools won't let you print cash, users could try to cheat by taking photos of edited banknotes directly from the screen (no print…

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    Comment #14708294

    > So I just withdraw my funds take photos of them, "upload" them. Go back to my bank, exchange the bills and repeat? Yes. Anyone else who gets hold of those bills you used and exch…

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    Comment #14706478

    > So I take a picture of a $100 U.S dollar, send it to your contract app, and I will get quant tokens? Which quant tokens are a cryptocurrency that I can sell on a exchange? Yes. Y…

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    Comment #14705822

    > What you are not understanding is that a smart contract is a protocol amongst people. You don't code it anywhere in the blockchain directly. It a a protocol that explains how, if…

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    Comment #14704810

    Thank you so much for your kind words and advice. It means a lot to me. I will definitely remember these words as I build on and receive feedback :-)

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    Comment #14704570

    > "Ellcrys" is a word that is likely subject to trademark and owned by Del Rey. umm, I will be looking into this. Thanks for the heads up. I understand that there is a lot of debat…

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    Comment #14704346

    > Surprisingly, there is code backing this crazy idea Yes! and it works really well too :)

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    Comment #14704325

    > ummm... huh ? This is a Shannara reference Yes, it is :D

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    Comment #14703693

    I respectfully disagree. You do not need a decentralized, social protocol to build a smart contract or self-executing application platform. A smart contract is simply an agreement …

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    Comment #14703244

    This issue has been fixed. Please take a look again. Thank you :-)

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    Comment #14703013

    I knew the "no gimmick" phrase will be subjective :-D > And I still can't think of a single use case If you and a several persons are in need of a platform to build any kind of clo…

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    Comment #14702960

    Exactly. As much as we believe decentralization will remove the middleman, we need to understand that not every application can be built on decentralized systems. Our goal is to pr…

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    Comment #14702713

    I'm so sorry about this. I will take a look and fix it.

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    Comment #14702707

    > I'm not sure a quantum mechanical metaphor is the best way to describe your service The service is not actually being described in the context of quantum mechanics. The native cu…

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    Comment #14702664

    > I can't tell if this is serious or not (admittedly without reading the white-paper) This is a serious thing. Please take a look at the whitepaper. Your feedback will be greatly a…

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    Comment #12209289

    I do not think there is need to encrypt the data as the JWT signature ensures the content cannot be altered successfully. You will need the private key to successfully alter the to…

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    Ask HN: JWT as a Currency?

    We have been thinking about a financial service that would allow people store value (monetary value) in JWT tokens. This tokens could then be exchanged, deducted from or added to. …

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    Ask HN: JWT as a currency?

    We have been thinking about a financial service that would allow people store value (monetary value) in JWT tokens. This tokens could then be exchanged, deducted from or added to. …

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    Comment #11705708

    I am not exactly avoiding the blockchain. There isn't any production ready database that I am aware of that provides immutability like the blockchain and an advanced querying syste…

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    Comment #11691582

    Justified paranoia :)

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    Comment #11691231

    IPFS looks quite interesting. I will study it more to see whether it would play an important part in solving my problem. It appears there isn't an exact open source solution out th…