Why Vivaldi will never create ThinkCoin

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Post by jonmccull » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 11:57 AM UTC

Why Vivaldi will never create ThinkCoin
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Re: Why Vivaldi will never create ThinkCoin

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Post by CynicusRex » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 12:13 PM UTC

My goodness, I love Vivaldi browser so hard. Been using them for years; they blew me away from the start, and they continue to do so.

“Shut up and take my money!”

→ https://store.vivaldi.com

→ https://vivaldi.com/contribute/#:~:text=donation

PS I'm not affiliated with Vivaldi, I just think they deserve all the donations they get since they didn't succumb to an easy cash grab.

Re: Why Vivaldi will never create ThinkCoin

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Post by rfd4sgmk8u » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 5:37 PM UTC

Meanwhile, Brave does have their BAT (Basic Attention Token). Was this a cash grab? Or an attempt to develop new economic models for the web? One can make a good argument for Brave being able to bootstrap and fund a new browser with this. There are folks all thru the stack making money here.

Based on this guys understanding of the space, I don't think they are going to make it. More virtue signaling that they are not part of the revolution. No problem, lets see where it goes.

Re: Why Vivaldi will never create ThinkCoin

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Post by addicted » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 8:41 PM UTC

rfd4sgmk8u wrote: post #3

Meanwhile, Brave does have their BAT (Basic Attention Token). Was this a cash grab? Or an attempt to develop new economic models for the web? One can make a good argument for Brave being able to bootstrap and fund a new browser with this. There are folks all thru the stack making money here. Based on this guys understanding of the space, I don't think they are going to make it. More virtue signaling that they are not…

Vivaldi has also funded a new browser and are making money through it.

Further, the team behind has done it once before at a time where the browser environment was also much more difficult. You couldn’t just embed Blink to handle all your rendering.

And they didn’t dip into what may be a scam or involved stealing money from content owners.

Re: Why Vivaldi will never create ThinkCoin

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Post by someoneelse9 » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 4:10 AM UTC

rfd4sgmk8u wrote: post #3

Meanwhile, Brave does have their BAT (Basic Attention Token). Was this a cash grab? Or an attempt to develop new economic models for the web? One can make a good argument for Brave being able to bootstrap and fund a new browser with this. There are folks all thru the stack making money here. Based on this guys understanding of the space, I don't think they are going to make it. More virtue signaling that they are not…

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Re: Why Vivaldi will never create ThinkCoin

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Post by mattwilsonn888 » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 1:13 PM UTC

rfd4sgmk8u wrote: post #3

Meanwhile, Brave does have their BAT (Basic Attention Token). Was this a cash grab? Or an attempt to develop new economic models for the web? One can make a good argument for Brave being able to bootstrap and fund a new browser with this. There are folks all thru the stack making money here. Based on this guys understanding of the space, I don't think they are going to make it. More virtue signaling that they are not…

The Brave token actually represents value at least. You engage with an ad, you get rewarded, the advertiser is happy you clicked - there is really nothing nebulous, confusing or shady going on there.