Urbit crowdsale is now live

#1

Post by daxorid » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 9:35 PM UTC

Urbit crowdsale is now live
sale.urbit.org

Re: Urbit crowdsale is now live

#2

Post by Kinnard » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 9:59 PM UTC

Surprised they are taking USD or any fiat for that matter.

Re: Urbit crowdsale is now live

#3

Post by Kinnard » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 10:00 PM UTC

Surprised this is not on the front page. HN, did it get flagged?

Re: Urbit crowdsale is now live

#4

Post by minimaxir » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 10:04 PM UTC

Kinnard wrote: post #3

Surprised this is not on the front page. HN, did it get flagged?

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Re: Urbit crowdsale is now live

#5

Post by Kinnard » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 10:05 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #4

Kinnard wrote: post #3

Surprised this is not on the front page. HN, did it get flagged?

[edited]

What makes you say that?

Re: Urbit crowdsale is now live

#6

Post by whackedspinach » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 10:06 PM UTC

What is the benefit of owning a star right now? Why is owning a star better than a planet?

Re: Urbit crowdsale is now live

#7

Post by vox_mollis » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 10:07 PM UTC

Kinnard wrote: post #3

Surprised this is not on the front page. HN, did it get flagged?

Not to get too conspiratorial, but Urbit's founder is not a very popular figure around here. Mass autoflagging of * urbit * would not be surprising.

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#8

Post by Kinnard » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 10:08 PM UTC

vox_mollis wrote: post #7

Kinnard wrote: post #3

Surprised this is not on the front page. HN, did it get flagged?

Not to get too conspiratorial, but Urbit's founder is not a very popular figure around here. Mass autoflagging of * urbit * would not be surprising.

Interesting, which one? why is that?

Re: Urbit crowdsale is now live

#9

Post by daxorid » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 10:18 PM UTC

They have already sold 230 out of 1020 stars within an hour of opening up the sale. Unexpectedly high demand.

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#10

Post by kyrre » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 10:19 PM UTC

whackedspinach wrote: post #6

What is the benefit of owning a star right now? Why is owning a star better than a planet?

"A star is not anyone's personal address. It's a block of network infrastructure. A personal address in Urbit is a 32-bit planet. Your star's main value is its power to create 65,535 planets."

so it's a block of addresses