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Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore

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Re: Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore

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Post by ssijak »

rock_artist wrote: post #26

A little OT but seems the right place to ask. Is there any 'mainstream' crypto useful for micro-transactions with low-latency and low-transaction fees? Or mainstream is what kills actually kills it?

Nano. High throughoutput, no transaction fees. Works well for years already.

Re: Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore

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Post by gnrlst »

rock_artist wrote: post #26

A little OT but seems the right place to ask. Is there any 'mainstream' crypto useful for micro-transactions with low-latency and low-transaction fees? Or mainstream is what kills actually kills it?

Out of all the options I've researched, the one I'm considering investing my development time into is Nano. 0 transaction fees, <<1s transaction times, already decentralized and a great community. It's a very polarizing coin (people either love it or dismiss it), but what won me over is that it's not built on promises: it does exactly what it says on the tin, already.

Re: Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore

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Post by QuesnayJr »

throw8932894 wrote: post #14

> I need a hero, and by that, I mean that I need a usable methodology for building scaleable decentralized apps. Yes, you've heard that right. We don't need more "Ethereum killers" that can do 10x more tx/s than Ethereum. Those are useless. > Instead, we need an approach for the average Joe developer to create their idea within the Ethereum ecosystem without the need for hardcore unproven technologies. So instead of…

What are good examples of what you talk about in your last paragraph?

Re: Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore

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Post by yulaow »

As a dapp dev for work, I totally feel the mental fatigue of constantly fighting the ever changing tool, the broken libraries, the inconsistent errors management and the cascade of breaking changes any modify causes. It feels like js frontend framework madness x 10

Re: Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore

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Post by regisg »

dylkil wrote: post #30
iagovar wrote: post #21

Wasn't cardano supposed to fix this?

yes, its been 4 years now and cardano doesnt even have smart contracting capabilities yet

4 years of research & dev. All has come / is coming : - rich metadatas in transactions (done) - token locking (done) - native tokens almost on par with ADA ( on mainnet 05/03/2021 ) - Plutus & Marlowe ( smart contracts ). Testnet in March, mainnet early to late Q2, depending on testnet quality.

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Post by TeeWEE »

throw8932894 wrote: post #14

> I need a hero, and by that, I mean that I need a usable methodology for building scaleable decentralized apps. Yes, you've heard that right. We don't need more "Ethereum killers" that can do 10x more tx/s than Ethereum. Those are useless. > Instead, we need an approach for the average Joe developer to create their idea within the Ethereum ecosystem without the need for hardcore unproven technologies. So instead of…

> Tech behind Ethereum is outdated.

Well Eth 2.0 is applying the latest and the greatest in Crypto research to a real coin.

In terms of scalabliltiy Ethereum is already way past bitcoin slow transaction rates.

Re: Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore

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Post by TeeWEE »

nstj wrote: post #18
heterodoxxed wrote: post #2

| "What's Ethereum's killer app?" we asked ourselves not long ago. Now we know. It's the world's best publicly-accessible settlement platform for financial transactions. I don't see any evidence of this being true.

Are you familiar with the “DeFi revolution?”

DeFI is yet another set of inflated expectations and bullish sentiment to attract even more investors. In real terms its not doing a lot yet.

Re: Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore

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Post by skinnyasianboi »

float4 wrote: post #40
dylkil wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yes, its been 4 years now and cardano doesnt even have smart contracting capabilities yet

Goguen, which is phase 3 of the roadmap and gives smart contracts, is expected to be released in March 2021. But sure, it's all taking very long.

Native tokens(also part of Goguen) will be released on 1st of March but smart contracts in Q2
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