Can you provide any details as to how it will be free, scalable, and decentralized? The word blockchain doesn’t inspire my confidence.
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#12App idea: iOS/Android/PC/MacOs/ipad/linux clients to encrypt/decrypt documents on Google Docs.
Just encryption -- you don't need the whole blockchain.
Not sure there is a way to do that with Google Docs, though. You need a layer between them. You can use Google Drive of course, but then the client has to come up with all the clever features Docs provides.
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#13Which office suite are the tools based on?
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#14Can you provide any details as to how it will be free, scalable, and decentralized? The word blockchain doesn’t inspire my confidence.
It's just a marketing ploy to entice the tech-challenged - you use fancy or obscure words to sweeten the icing on a cheap cake
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#15Title text says "Blockchain-based alternative for Google Docs".
GDPR mandates "right to be forgotten", which afaik isn't very compatible with how blockchains work.
How do you deal with it?
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#16Can you provide any details as to how it will be free, scalable, and decentralized? The word blockchain doesn’t inspire my confidence.
It's just a marketing ploy to entice the tech-challenged - you use fancy or obscure words to sweeten the icing on a cheap cake
Disclaimer: This statement is future-looking.
If you use block-chain to empower machine learning you can enable your business to proactively think outside the box on all of your action items!
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#17I'm surprised of the amount of blockchain hate in the comments from people who haven't even checked out the product...
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#18"Sign in with Blockstack" - never heard of that, so won't be signing up. No way to provide sign-in with e-mail & pw? :(
I am really confused how it's supposed to be "decentralized" if you have to have a sign-in with a specific provider to use it.
Can you log in if Blockstack-the-company goes down or has a technical issue?
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#19I would like to see a preview before signing up. Is that possible based on the current app structure?
Being someone who is working on building a text editor myself, I know how many small details make or break the user experience. While the privacy focus is nice, I won't sacrifice the user experience.
Proving that the app state is up to par would be an instant factor to make me switch.
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#20Can you provide any details as to how it will be free, scalable, and decentralized? The word blockchain doesn’t inspire my confidence.
It's just a marketing ploy to entice the tech-challenged - you use fancy or obscure words to sweeten the icing on a cheap cake
If you are going to have icing why not make it sweet lol