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vinniejames

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About vinniejames

CTO @ https://rocko.co

YC Badge: 0xf7230c144cc695bf838f571dcf5fc9a91ae10e45

Recent public activity

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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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    Comment #41392816

    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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    Comment #32477240

    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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    Comment #31482354

    Found another one from YC, that was fast https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/23/pebble-crypto-stablecoins-...

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    Comment #30347574

    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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    Comment #30208928

    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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    Comment #29433656

    They shouldn't have anything to worry about, unless they have something to hide

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    Comment #26429308

    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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    Comment #26158991

    Because the vast majority of people living in earth don't have access to traditional equity markets

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    Comment #26133049

    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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    Comment #25980730

    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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    Comment #25980686

    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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    Comment #25840950

    This is really cool! Way to push the web ahead Brave!

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    Comment #25800129

    Facebook doesn't show ads. Facebook sells ads