What is Ethereum?

#1

Post by mode80 » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 2:31 PM UTC

Re: What is Ethereum?

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Post by fleitz » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 2:48 PM UTC

Ether is law, but the example contract says nothing about websites, nor has any provisions to enforce the transfer of said site.

I think it's more appropriate to say that ethereum is naive

Re: What is Ethereum?

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Post by paulsutter » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 2:50 PM UTC

I'd be a lot more interested to see statistics on adoption, and actual use cases by real people.

Re: What is Ethereum?

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 2:55 PM UTC

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Re: What is Ethereum?

#5

Post by bernardvds » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 2:56 PM UTC

Who is behind this? I'm interested in talking to them.

Re: What is Ethereum?

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Post by lukateake » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 2:58 PM UTC

paulsutter wrote: post #3

I'd be a lot more interested to see statistics on adoption, and actual use cases by real people.

Stats: https://stats.ethdev.com/

Transactions go live on Monday, if I remember correctly.

Re: What is Ethereum?

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Post by lukateake » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 3:01 PM UTC

bernardvds wrote: post #5

Who is behind this? I'm interested in talking to them.

https://angel.co/ethereum-1

Re: What is Ethereum?

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 3:02 PM UTC

bernardvds wrote: post #5

Who is behind this? I'm interested in talking to them.

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Re: What is Ethereum?

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Post by deanstag » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 3:06 PM UTC

"You might even imagine a nation defined not by geography but by the rules and benefits of citizenship. Imagine that people of the future could opt-in to the virtual nation that suits them best." . I wonder if we will ever get there . But its eye opening just to think about it.

Re: What is Ethereum?

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Post by detaro » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 3:07 PM UTC

fleitz wrote: post #2

Ether is law, but the example contract says nothing about websites, nor has any provisions to enforce the transfer of said site. I think it's more appropriate to say that ethereum is naive

Not without further integrations, but there are proposals for blockchain-based decentral name resolution etc. Nothing you could directly use right now without a lot of effort around it, but I'm glad they are exploring that space.