The "buy me a taco" message is more prominent than what this service really does and how.
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not trying to create controversy but: "The reason "crypto" (it's really just Bitcoin) stagnated is because nobody was building on existing solid infrastructure." So you know this for a FACT? Looks like Crypto is not stagnated by any means (price might be suppressed) if you look at the news, it seems crypto as a whole is moving forward at an accelerated pace.
It's all fluff and nothing of substance. Add to that all the 51% attacks. Ethereuem World Computer couldn't handle some kitties. Come on. Bitcoin is here. Bitcoin works. Bitcoin is battle tested. Obviously anyone choosing to altcoin is doing it as a quick-get-rich scheme and not actually trying to build something useful.
Bitcoin is not suitable for actual transactions though, with its low transaction rate.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's all fluff and nothing of substance. Add to that all the 51% attacks. Ethereuem World Computer couldn't handle some kitties. Come on. Bitcoin is here. Bitcoin works. Bitcoin is battle tested. Obviously anyone choosing to altcoin is doing it as a quick-get-rich scheme and not actually trying to build something useful.
Bitcoin is not suitable for actual transactions though, with its low transaction rate.
Hence Lightning Network. If you look at the history of innovation you'll find that it's all layered. The internet is a prime example of layering. Why should we expect Bitcoin to be any different?
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#14This is a beta project, just like the Lightning Network itself, so losing small amounts is a possibility. I just love the lightning network. Years of development and it still doesn't work.
"It doesn't work." "It will never work." <-- "It's already in production! You can use it right now!"
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#15I like the comment of Peter Sunde on it : https://twitter.com/brokep/status/1098485289528500229 Seriously, what are the advantage of Tippin compare to a service that use real word currencies ? Anonymity ?
Money over IP is quite impressive. Something ideological must be clouding your judgement if you can't see it.
I don't understand what you mean, are you saying normal electronic bank transfers actually involve someone moving a bag of coins from my bank to Ireland?
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#16I like the comment of Peter Sunde on it : https://twitter.com/brokep/status/1098485289528500229 Seriously, what are the advantage of Tippin compare to a service that use real word currencies ? Anonymity ?
Money over IP is quite impressive. Something ideological must be clouding your judgement if you can't see it.
"Money over IP", so like Credit Card? PayPal? and many other money services?
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Money over IP is quite impressive. Something ideological must be clouding your judgement if you can't see it.
I don't understand what you mean, are you saying normal electronic bank transfers actually involve someone moving a bag of coins from my bank to Ireland?
I mean an internet-native money is something groundbreaking. The kind of thing that your average forum troll will off handedly dismiss.
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#18Three clicks got me to the actual about page: https://tippin.me/howto and you shouldn't click the "about" link at the bottom. (The about link opens a biography of the web designer or someone a user shouldn't care about initially). First click the taco icon top right which says "US" (I thought it was a locale changer). Then work your way down the page to the link "Want to Tip? Get started with Lightning Network" (Very…
> First click the taco icon top right which says "US" (I thought it was a locale changer).
And that button is only clickable with a mouse (because it's a div with an onClick property)
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#19That landing page is so bad that I don't even understand which problem it is trying to solve.
Great color choices tho
One of my favorite lines ever is from impress.js' documentation:
> impress.js may not help you if you have nothing interesting to say ;)
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Money over IP is quite impressive. Something ideological must be clouding your judgement if you can't see it.
"Money over IP", so like Credit Card? PayPal? and many other money services?
Nope. I mean money as in actual wealth. As in a store of value money.