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Re: Coinbase Cloud

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Post by Ntrails »

mensetmanusman wrote: post #149
sjtindell wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This post doesn’t seem at all appropriate to me. Those scams are the most bottom of the barrel, low effort, have existed forever, and have nothing to do with Coinbase at all. I worry that pinging founders direct with this nonsense will keep them out of one of the few forums where I ever get to see them contribute.

Depends. Most CEOs I interact with are anti-fragile. The legitimacy of crypto has a lot to do with CB, so it is in everyone’s best interest to fight scammers being front page promoted by YouTube:)

I don't see RobinHood worrying about people sending money to Nigerian Princes.

Crypto trading being secure, reliable, engaging etc is important to coinbase. Not people being scammed in ye olde isk doubling trick.

Re: Coinbase Cloud

#152

Post by babgev »

barmstrong wrote: post #135
arthur_sav wrote: post #106

Seems they forgot to write the documentation lol https://docs.cloud.coinbase.com/exchange/reference/market-fe...

Coinbase CEO here. Thx for mentioning it, we’ll get that fixed. This is an early release from us and I would expect there to be a few quirks. Please keep sharing any feedback.

Is there any way to get support regarding the API? We are trying to increase the send limit of our application, but can't get any support for over 3 months. No one's monitoring the SO tag as is mentioned in documentation.

Re: Coinbase Cloud

#153

Post by ionwake »

knownjorbist wrote: post #68
brokensegue wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A bug in Coinbase software allowed hackers to steal Coinbase users' money and private information. What else would you call this?

If you look more specifically into what happened, you might have your answer.

It was a failure in the oauth implementation in coinbase I like the way shills don’t even try to justify their untrue stances. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

Re: Coinbase Cloud

#154

Post by babgev »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #46

I raised $2,200 in donations thanks to Coinbase making it easy for people to donate crypto. It sounds like they want to do the same for every aspect of a business. There’s probably a lot of value in that.

That's great to hear. We are working on something to simplify accepting crypto, would be great to chat with you about your experience.

Re: Coinbase Cloud

#155

Post by mensetmanusman »

permalac wrote: post #148
idiotsecant wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure it's coinbase's responsibility to tell users not to run with scissors. Anyone who thinks sending money to random links they see on the internet that are promising to send them more money back for free probably shouldn't be entrusted with managing money.

Complete agreement with this comment. What should a founder do? Focus on their product, the better they become more scamers will attract, but is for the user to use some basic logic. Otherwise, should they tell people that there is no such thing as Nigerian Prince? Because Nigeria is a Republic but some people don't even check the basics, they tend to just refuse their responsibility.

I think a good solution would be to allow users to flag a wallet interaction as a scam (akin to a down vote). Then, after enough votes, you could get a warning analogous to what Safari does when you are about to go to a known scam website.

People here forget that the average person (especially as they age) will at some point fall for a scam. Insurance companies are starting to recognize that, because as you approach old age and death, apparently the mind gets more trusting of strangers to reduce mental load.

Re: Coinbase Cloud

#156

Post by chrisked »

notyourwork wrote: post #112
westoque wrote: post #13

Isn't it ironic to use a REST API to send BTC vs say using what any cryptocurrency is intended for? To use their native APIs to transfer value. The aim of decentralization is to eliminate that third party but this puts it back. We've come full circle.

Middlemen have to middle, that’s the model of a middleman. As long as they provide some perceived value over the same without middlemen they will be profitable. In this case, coinbase abstracts crypto away from technically illiterate who want to ride the crypto wave without learning the technicals.

People who understand technicals might use AWS which provides tremendous value for many. I believe Coinbase wants to build AWS for crypto.

Re: Coinbase Cloud

#157

Post by chrisked »

rikkipitt wrote: post #98

I'm interested in the Coinbase Commerce as an option for my SaaS, sadly they don't seem to support recurring payments out of the box. Does anyone know if they might be offering this functionality in the future?

The answer is most certainly yes.

Re: Coinbase Cloud

#159

Post by snotrockets »

programmarchy wrote: post #41
teruakohatu wrote: post #6

Didn't Microsoft Azure's blockchain platform fail? It was shutdown earlier this month [1]. How is this different and/or better? [1] https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/microsoft-azure-b...

I think Microsoft and others like IBM failed to “get it”. They tried to adopt blockchain tech without the cryptocurrency aspect, failing to realize there needs to be a built-in incentive structure for people to participate on any blockchain network. Mining, staking, and other proof / reward systems are required for any blockchain tech to get off the ground.

Considering the prevailing incentives are all criminal, no wonder they failed to "get it" [sic]

Re: Coinbase Cloud

#160

Post by snotrockets »

latchkey wrote: post #121
0xdeadb00f wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still can't go down to my grocery store, or pretty much any outlet in the city, and pay with crypto. Until that is the case, I think it's very fair to say, that crypto currency is hard to pay with.

Does that make them horrible?

Considering the only thing you can actually buy with cryptocoins is paying ransom, then yes.
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