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vinniejames
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About vinniejames
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Show HN: Interest Rate Swaps on DeFi
Newly launched interest rate swap protocol, just went live on Base today. This opens up the potential for long term, fixed rate loans in DeFi, by providing rate swaps to lenders an…
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Show HN: Rocko ReFi
We've recently launched the capability for borrowers to easily refinance crypto backed loans on Rocko in one click. Curious to hear folks reaction to this and thoughts on the featu…
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Rocko makes it easy to borrow against your crypto through top DeFi protocols. This avoids a ton of the risk associated with traditional collateralized loans that caused many compet…
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Comment #32477318
This is super cool! Download link?
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All code is protected as speech https://twitter.com/EFF/status/1559224417674137600
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Comment #32477081
Not all speech is code
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Comment #32110759
'impossible, by design', unless you implement multi-signature keys for account recovery
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Found another one from YC, that was fast https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/23/pebble-crypto-stablecoins-...
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People used to say the same thing about JavaScript, now it runs most of the internet. No reason EVM can't evolve to be less cumbersome
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Comment #30334582
Stacks is really going off in the wrong direction here. If they aren't building an EVM compatible chain, they are going to fall quickly behind in the space and never recover
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You just fully described cryptocurrency transactions. Crypto having the additional benefit of applying to online transactions as well vs in-person only transactions with cash
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They shouldn't have anything to worry about, unless they have something to hide
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Alternatively, this could be achieved by an affirmative action on the grantor's side. For example, require a signed transaction from a particular wallet every X months, if no trans…
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Because the vast majority of people living in earth don't have access to traditional equity markets
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We don't need a clearing house at all. A simple blockchain fixes this and provides 100% of the settlement service that this company provides.
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If only a public shared ledger was available for these institutions to settle trades on. People love knocking Bitcoin here, but this is why the technology exists. No reason to cont…
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The reason for this is the fact that large businesses profit from being the middle-man here. Moving towards automated settlement on a blockchain reduces cost and increases efficien…
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Comment #25899383
It's like Twitter and email met on Tinder and had a baby Mastodon
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This is really cool! Way to push the web ahead Brave!
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Facebook doesn't show ads. Facebook sells ads