@dave_gutteridge activity
9 months ago: commented on the article "How About "Bitcash" for short? And Why Does the Bi..."
I'm not worried about the trademark implications. If that turns out to be an issue, then you have nothing to worry about and you can relax.
9 months ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash Should Change its Name to Bitcash"
Family Mart has dozens of payment options. most of them are obscure.
I don't have to open "CHIP" or any such thing. I can j just call BCH "Bitcash" and it either catches on or it doesn't. Welcome to...
9 months ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash Should Change its Name to Bitcash"
I live in Japan. I know for a fact that Bitcash is barely known by anyone.
I'm not sure what you're going to "fight." Bitcoin Cash is an open source project driven by consensus. I can call it Bitcas...
9 months ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash Should Change its Name to Bitcash"
That's a good thing. Means no one single one of them has an enforceable copyright claim.
All three projects are obscure, so, I couldn't care less about them.
9 months ago: commented on the article "How About "Bitcash" for short? And Why Does the Bi..."
The fact that there are multiple projects using Bitcash that all exist without any one of them being well known or forcing each other to stop using the name only means that none of them have any meani...
9 months ago: published the article
How About "Bitcash" for short? And Why Does the Bitcoin Name Even Matter?
9 months ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash Should Change its Name to Bitcash"
As an open source project, it's a matter of usage. The more people who refer to it as Bitcash, the more the name becomes the de facto reality.
9 months ago: published the article
Bitcoin Cash Should Change its Name to Bitcash
10 months ago: published the article
Crypto Isn't Dead
1 year ago: published the article
You, Yes You, The Crypto Investor, Are Killing Crypto
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Story Crypto Tells Itself About The Origin of..."
Glad you got something out of it!
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Story Crypto Tells Itself About The Origin of..."
I'm confident the context is clear that I'm only speaking about a single trade instance.
2 years ago: published the article
The Story Crypto Tells Itself About The Origin of Money
2 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash Needs to Reject the Sterile Class"
There were monopolies in ancient Rome and China.
2 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash Needs to Reject the Sterile Class"
It's not my definition of volatility, it is the definition.
Anyway, your argument seems to be entirely ideological, based on what a market "should" do. I don't see any examples in history that suppor...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash Needs to Reject the Sterile Class"
Volatility means, "liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse," so it is not tied to growth, or vice versa.
In any case, if speculators suppress volatility, then shouldn't w...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash Needs to Reject the Sterile Class"
I can see the rationale of what you're suggesting, in that any society that's too homogeneous would suffer for it. If there were too many engineers in the Bitcoin Cash community, that might present it...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash Needs to Reject the Sterile Class"
Not a misspelling. I meant to say "opportunity."
2 years ago: published the article
Bitcoin Cash Needs to Reject the Sterile Class
2 years ago: gave thumbs up to the article
ChainTipper - High-Speed Non-Custodial ChainTipping - open Beta
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Bitcoin Moral Panic"
Unless I'm missing something, your article essentially just directs to the post that MobTwo frequently copies and pasts on Reddit, which lists all, or most of, the actions by Blockstream and BTC maxim...
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Bitcoin Moral Panic"
Asking for evidence is not an "attack." It's the foundation of rational discourse.
As for the links, for the first one, I can only access the abstract, so there's no way for me to know if it's talkin...
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Bitcoin Moral Panic"
The satanic panic phenomenon was well documented, investigated in court, and studied by academics after the fact. I'm not just speaking frivoulosuly about it, using my own assumptions. I've read a gre...
2 years ago: published the article
The Bitcoin Moral Panic
2 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
Moons are a token with no set value relative to Reddit upvotes, which means they have a whole economy, and it's possible for Moons to increase in value. In turn, this means that Moons can be worth mor...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Subtipper"
We've actually contacted the r/bitcoincash mods about deploying there, and it's in the works. The thing is, Subtipper has only one developer, and he's quite busy, so things take a little time.
2 years ago: gave thumbs up to the article
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2 years ago: commented on the article "If Not a Conspiracy, Why Is Blockstream Crippling..."
> I don't need to read further since you are ignoring truths and potential truths you do not like while jumping to conclusions you are promoting and labeling your article as "truth".
The amount of "p...
2 years ago: commented on the article "If Not a Conspiracy, Why Is Blockstream Crippling..."
Yep, I agree with this assessment.
The only thing is, I don't think the CIA, the IRS, or anyone else has to start demanding access before things get problematic. Just like I think Facebook abuses the...
2 years ago: commented on the article "If Not a Conspiracy, Why Is Blockstream Crippling..."
That is a fair assessment. My standpoint is different in that I allow for a greater degree to which (what I assess to be) "irrationality" can be motivated by sincere beliefs.
2 years ago: published the article
If Not a Conspiracy, Why Is Blockstream Crippling Bitcoin?
2 years ago: commented on the article "No One Cares About Bitcoin Cash if it Doesn't Make..."
I'm not entirely sure you got the point of my article. Maybe I failed to convey my point sufficiently.
I don't think crypto should be used to grow anyone's fiat holdings.
I think crypto should make...
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Truth of the Blockstream Conspiracy Exposed!"
I see everything you're talking about, but I disagree with the conclusions that this is all about financial institutions protecting themselves. I think AXA and all other investors are playing to win,...
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Truth of the Blockstream Conspiracy Exposed!"
I would ask how you have evidence for this, but, I've learned that asking for evidence from people who believe in conspiracy only ends with them attacking me ad-hominem. So, sure, whatever man.
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Truth of the Blockstream Conspiracy Exposed!"
The way you've written this comment comes across as if you disagree with what I've written. I don't know if that's your intent, but what you're saying here is not so different from what I'm saying.
I...
2 years ago: gave thumbs up to the article
Caos y Análisis Técnicos
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Truth of the Blockstream Conspiracy Exposed!"
There are people who want to pump Bitcoin's price, sure. But that's a separate issue from the people who believe in conspiracy theories.
2 years ago: published the article
The Truth of the Blockstream Conspiracy Exposed!
2 years ago: commented on the article "Unincentivised Developers, and the Real Difference..."
You still have not presented a single fact, shred of evidence, or objective source for anything.
2 years ago: commented on the article "Unincentivised Developers, and the Real Difference..."
I know exactly what you are referring to.
I also know that neither you, nor anyone else who had spoken about this grand conspiracy has ever provided anything close to actual evidence.
Instead, every...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Unincentivised Developers, and the Real Difference..."
That's a lot of hearsay that you're relying on. Do you have any links to any of this research you're basing these claims on?
2 years ago: commented on the article "There's Only One Way Bitcoin Cash Will Get Ahead,..."
I agree with your point here, but, just to clarify, I don't think crypto is in anyway complex for anyone. I only propose that explanations, no matter how simple or compelling, don't do much of anythin...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Unincentivised Developers, and the Real Difference..."
Their funding sources are Baillie Gifford, Bitfinex, DG Lab, AXA Venture Partners, Digital Garage, Horizons Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Real Ventures, and Reid Hoffman. A bunch of generic venture capit...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Unincentivised Developers, and the Real Difference..."
It seems to me that your argument is circular. You believe Blockstream crippled Bitcoin. And they did that because they want it to fail. And your evidence that they want it to fail is because they cri...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Unincentivised Developers, and the Real Difference..."
> If Blockstream actually wanted BTC to become "currency for the world" they would not have crippled it so badly and then provided a flawed and broken 2nd layer solution.
I think the point you are mi...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Unincentivised Developers, and the Real Difference..."
@MarcDeMesel , thank you so much for your generous support for this article, and in general for the platforms you've helped create.
2 years ago: commented on the article "Unincentivised Developers, and the Real Difference..."
I responded to your message on Reddit as well, but after seeing your message here as well, I think I see a fundamental flaw in your premise that Bitcoin is deliberately sabotaged.
> If the fairytale...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Unincentivised Developers, and the Real Difference..."
As far as I understand it, you're right that there was at least one other miner from fairly early on. But I don't think this changes much. Nakamoto almost certainly mined a huge amount for himself, an...
2 years ago: published the article
Unincentivised Developers, and the Real Difference Between Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin...
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Deep State Isn't Sabotaging Bitcoin, and The I..."
I think you may have missed the point of what I was saying. I don't care if you do or don't write the article. However, if you do, and if you try to find actual evidence, I'm near certain you won't be...
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Deep State Isn't Sabotaging Bitcoin, and The I..."
If you write an article, please be sure to be specific about exactly who "they" are, and provide clear evidence of what "they" are doing.
2 years ago: commented on the article ""Technical Analysis" is Meaningless Financial Astr..."
Astronomy is what guides boats, not astrology. One is actual science, one is make believe.
Similarly, there are legitimate ways to research trends and try to anticipate what the next best move is. "T...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Here's How My Conspiracy Will Destroy Bitcoin's Po..."
I agree that if it gets big enough, crypto will force governments to evolve and adjust their practices. And that could mean reducing at least some of their leverage on the economy.
My intuition on th...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Here's How My Conspiracy Will Destroy Bitcoin's Po..."
There's nothing about Bitcoin that stops any government's ability to print money and control interest rates. No matter what, the law will be that prices have to be posted in local fiat currency, and t...
2 years ago: published the article
"Technical Analysis" is Meaningless Financial Astrology
2 years ago: commented on the article "Here's How My Conspiracy Will Destroy Bitcoin's Po..."
Why would the government engage in complicated conspiracies when they can easily dominate the world supply of Bitcoin the same way they do with gold?
2 years ago: commented on the article "Here's How My Conspiracy Will Destroy Bitcoin's Po..."
I agree that BTC in particular does not look like a strong contender for a future currency, or even some kind of asset equivalent to gold. When I talk about Bitcoin in articles like this, it's often a...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Here's How My Conspiracy Will Destroy Bitcoin's Po..."
Fair enough. I think if Bitcoin reaches the level of de facto currency that some people believe it will, then it won't be manipulated by a few rich people, it will be bought up and the supply controll...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Here's How My Conspiracy Will Destroy Bitcoin's Po..."
If I were actually as rich the hypothetical person I am in the article, that would be true. Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near that rich in real life, so I'll just have to hope my plans for success work...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Here's How My Conspiracy Will Destroy Bitcoin's Po..."
I don't think that conclusion can be drawn from anything I've written. Bitcoin was originally designed to be peer-to-peer cash. It can be that regardless of who owns it, or if the distribution is fair...
2 years ago: commented on the article "Using Rakuten Wallet to Pay With Bitcoin Cash in J..."
Thanks for this additional information.
As far as I can tell, Rakuten is the kind of company that is doing so many different things with so many different divisions and departments, that it's not ver...
2 years ago: published the article
Here's How My Conspiracy Will Destroy Bitcoin's Potential To Change The World
2 years ago: published the article
Using Rakuten Wallet to Pay With Bitcoin Cash in Japan
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Deep State Isn't Sabotaging Bitcoin, and The I..."
It's one thing to consider a hypothetical attack vector and build defenses into the system.
That's not the same as assuming those attack vectors to be real and present in spite of any evidence.
I d...
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Deep State Isn't Sabotaging Bitcoin, and The I..."
You're blending terms used to describe systematic inequality with actual conspiracies.
I absolutely believe that global capitalism is unfair, and I've read "Wealth of Nations" and I am familiar with...
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Deep State Isn't Sabotaging Bitcoin, and The I..."
If you start with the premise that conspiracies exist, and then frame the lack of evidence as evidence of their efficacy, then you have constructed a religious belief with no rational way to prove or...
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Deep State Isn't Sabotaging Bitcoin, and The I..."
So far as I know, MobTwo has only shown evidence for why and how BTC maximalists have tried to entrench their position against all other cryptos, particularly BCH. He hasn't posted anything showing ev...
2 years ago: published the article
The Deep State Isn't Sabotaging Bitcoin, and The Idea Is Embarrassing
2 years ago: published the article
It's Not a Choice Between Banks and Crypto
2 years ago: commented on the article "There's Only One Way Bitcoin Cash Will Get Ahead,..."
I don't think the situation is binary, with the only choices being a decentralized currency hampered by volatility on one side, and a centralized fractional reserve currency on the other.
The reality...
2 years ago: published the article
There's Only One Way Bitcoin Cash Will Get Ahead, and It's Not By Explaining
2 years ago: commented on the article "The Key Ingredient to Make an NFT Actually Valuabl..."
That's an interesting point about the first Bitcoin that was mined. In a sense, every Satoshi on any blockchain is technically unique like an NFT. Except that their uniqueness doesn't matter because o...
2 years ago: published the article
Subtipper
2 years ago: published the article
The Key Ingredient to Make an NFT Actually Valuable
3 years ago: commented on the article "Introducing Subtipper, the Bitcoin Cash Community..."
Yes, that's the idea. We want to keep things positive and have consensus, because this is about adoption as much as anything else, and to that end we want to build good relationships as much as possib...
3 years ago: published the article
Introducing Subtipper, the Bitcoin Cash Community Reward Bot for Reddit
3 years ago: commented on the article "What I Hope For From Bitcoin Cash as a Content Cre..."
You can "renoise" it here:
https://noise.cash/post/lxv2qwqw
3 years ago: published the article
What I Hope For From Bitcoin Cash as a Content Creator
3 years ago: published the article
The Government Isn't The Enemy of Bitcoin
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
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3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
I think there's some confusion here. The awards are given relative to votes. How much available is determined on a per campaign basis.
For example, let's say there's a thousand dollars in the fund. W...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
For anyone to profit, they have to first make a post that can then be upvoted. So, even if they have an army of bots ready to upvote, if the post itself is inelligible, it doesn't matter how many upvo...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
Possibly. However, most subreddits and Reddit in general have existing counter measures in place to suppress bot activity, by, for example, restricting posts by anyone with under a certain karma or wi...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
Sorry, I don't understand your question well enough to attempt an answer. Perhaps you could rephrase it?
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
Brand repetition is a thing, but I'm not sure that it's applicable to marketing Bitcoin Cash. Coca Cola is an end product, you either decide you want to try it or not. Bitcoin Cash is a means to an en...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
I'll be on touch on Telegram!
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
I think budgeting and estimating payouts isn't that hard. You can look at the average of top post scores in recent weeks to get a sense of the scale. And you also fix a total payout amount for each ca...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
The whole pool of available funds isn't used in entirety for each campaign. Every campaign would decide a predetermined total amount of payout, by looking at the size of the sub, the average number of...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
Glad it makes sense now. I think I might slightly edit the article to make this more clear to others as well.
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
You haven't actually explained how anyone would or could game the system I propose. If there are loopholes, I'd be genuinely interested to learn of them sooner than later.
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
I personally prefer the idea of tying an amount to each vote, because that makes the criteria of payout more objective and inspires people to get the best content to squeeze out every last vote.
Also...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
Awesome! Thanks so much for your support of the idea!
As you can see in some of the other comments, we might have some people interested in doing the coding, and I'm willing to do the promotion and t...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
I would love to help get this going if you were interested in helping code it! I know some of the mods at r/btc already, and I would be up for the task of talking to mods of different subreddits when...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
I still don't think you understand the system. Who is tipped is determined by an algorithm that rewards specific criteria. You seem to have the impression that this is more random and less targeted th...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
Please explain exactly how someone could game this system.
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
I first have to admit that there might be certain technical limitations that maybe I'm not aware of.
But, if I've understood your question correctly, the system I'm proposing would not have to make m...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
For anyone to claim "free money", they would have to create a post that gets upvoted to the week's top posts for that sub. How exactly would someone pull that off without genuinely creating good conte...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
What I am proposing isn't mere random spam, it would be a promotional campaign approved by moderators of each sub it's applied to.
Yes, money always has to come from somewhere. There have been funds...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
If you've read the article, then you don't seem to have understood it.
In the first half I explain why individual tips are not effective.
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing M..."
You don't seem to have read the article.
3 years ago: published the article
How To Turn Reddit Into a Bitcoin Cash Marketing Machine Using Chaintip
3 years ago: commented on the article "No One Cares About Bitcoin Cash if it Doesn't Make..."
Understood. We all have those days. I'm glad that after a second look you found the article to be more acceptable.
I actually edited it a little, which I don't usually like to do outside of correctin...
3 years ago: commented on the article "No One Cares About Bitcoin Cash if it Doesn't Make..."
Only you can decide if you want to delete the comment, based on whether or not you feel like you want to stand by it. Or you could edit it to something your more happy with.
Like I said, I'd be happy...
3 years ago: commented on the article "No One Cares About Bitcoin Cash if it Doesn't Make..."
That's actually something I talk about in a different article, which is a little different from what I'm speaking about here.
What you're referring to is about marketing. What I'm speaking about is...
3 years ago: commented on the article "No One Cares About Bitcoin Cash if it Doesn't Make..."
I'm not sure you read the article. Nowhere do I advocate for any kind of "get rich quick" approach to BCH, and the conclusion of the article is that adoption is where BCH competes the best.
I also ne...
3 years ago: published the article
No One Cares About Bitcoin Cash if it Doesn't Make Them Money
3 years ago: commented on the article "The B&T Index: How Much is the Bitcoin Cash Subred..."
Those types of attacks definitely also happen. I would have to see numbers to know which is more common, though.
It's also not a matter of any one type of attack being worse than any other. They are...
3 years ago: commented on the article "The B&T Index: How Much is the Bitcoin Cash Subred..."
Fair enough. It is definitely possible for a crypto to be large without a significant Reddit presence. A part of me remains a little skeptical about Polkadot, but my mind can always be changed.
3 years ago: commented on the article "The B&T Index: How Much is the Bitcoin Cash Subred..."
As clearly stated, r/btc is where the majority of discussion about Bitcoin Cash happens. The fact that it is also open to wider discussions about Bitcoin, variants, and the crypto market doesn't chang...
3 years ago: commented on the article "The B&T Index: How Much is the Bitcoin Cash Subred..."
Thanks for that information.
Is there a way for a non-Chinese speaker like myself to verify the scale of Polkadot in China?
3 years ago: commented on the article "The B&T Index: How Much is the Bitcoin Cash Subred..."
Anything is possible, but I haven't seen any concrete evidence for that, so I don't consider it a likely possibility at the moment.
3 years ago: published the article
The B&T Index: How Much is the Bitcoin Cash Subreddit Being Attacked?
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Start Your Your Bitcoin Cash Based Media Em..."
Thanks for this comment. I was unaware that's part of how PayPal was launched
It just adds to my general viewpoint on pushing Bitcoin Cash adoption. There's money being used to explain and market BC...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Start Your Your Bitcoin Cash Based Media Em..."
I got your message, but your options for contacting you back were a little beyond me. I think the scope of your security and anonymity requirements may be a little too strict for me.
If you would lik...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How To Start Your Your Bitcoin Cash Based Media Em..."
Here's my Memo.cash profile link. I'm not very well versed in Memo.cash usage, though, so hopefully if you message me there I'll see it.
https://memo.cash/profile/13XWHXorU4o7hZSu8ZVaVfFbzzDXifPP8U...
3 years ago: published the article
How To Start Your Your Bitcoin Cash Based Media Empire
3 years ago: commented on the article "If You Want Uncensorable Media to Work, Get Seriou..."
Thanks for your thoughts.
I don't think Memo.cash should curate content, but I think if they marketed themselves on the premise that permanence means something, then users would respond in kind.
3 years ago: commented on the article "If You Want Uncensorable Media to Work, Get Seriou..."
More options is generally a good thing, but I also think that there's merit in having people go to different services and platforms for different purposes. Having multiple platforms helps ensure no on...
3 years ago: published the article
If You Want Uncensorable Media to Work, Get Serious About It
3 years ago: published the article
What People Really Want From Bitcoin Cash Is for It to Be Money
3 years ago: commented on the article "I Don't Want To Be On Your Uncensored Social Medi..."
I totally agree with you that services like water, education, transportation, and more, should be universally guaranteed to all in any well functioning society. I also agree that everyone should have...
3 years ago: published the article
I Don't Want To Be On Your Uncensored Social Media
3 years ago: commented on the article "Why the Sudden Drop in BTC Price Is a Good Thing i..."
Thanks for your explanation, it's helpful to know.
You might want to consider adding paragraph breaks to make it more readable.
3 years ago: published the article
Why the Sudden Drop in BTC Price Is a Good Thing in the Long Term For BCH
3 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Won't Save The World"
Thanks for reading. I'm glad that you felt I was able to somewhat accurately encapsulate the general conspiracy theory premise, and that we agree on the overall impact of Bitcoin, even if we might dis...
3 years ago: published the article
Bitcoin Won't Save The World
3 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin is Not a Libertarian Project"
Agreed! :)
3 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin is Not a Libertarian Project"
"Politically non-neutral" also lacks enough specificity to be meaningful. It says nothing about purpose, goals, or method.
Guns are "politically non-neutral" and have been used for and against pretty...
3 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin is Not a Libertarian Project"
I agree that Bitcoin Cash and other cryptocurrencies will have an impact, and it will push society in new directions. But I don't believe any of those directions are, or ever were, a threat. Just like...
3 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin is Not a Libertarian Project"
I think identifying something as "libertarian" by the degree of government opposition is such a broad definition that would include so many things, to the point where it renders the term meaningless.
3 years ago: published the article
Bitcoin is Not a Libertarian Project
3 years ago: published the article
BallClub: A Comic Metaphor About How Bitcoin Cash Came To Be
3 years ago: commented on the article "Was There Ever a Funding Problem?"
> It talks only about the ABC people and their past in BCH.
I don't think you have fully read or understood the article.
3 years ago: commented on the article "Was There Ever a Funding Problem?"
Yes, it is similar, though there are differences. For example, developers apply to be a part of a hackathon, whereas what I'm suggesting would allow others to nominate developers to be rewarded.
Ulti...
3 years ago: commented on the article "Was There Ever a Funding Problem?"
I think you might have misunderstood my point. I'm sure everybody who works on BCH owns some. But that is based on how much they buy, there's no garuntee that their efforts will be correlated with com...
3 years ago: published the article
Was There Ever a Funding Problem?
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
I think the model still works for the businesses. It generates sales they would not have had otherwise.
Also, insofar as they can store BCH in tokens that are marked for future sales, it can be a hed...
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
A five dollar coffee offer to a regular consumer is a completely different scenario from an airdrop among existing cryptocurrency enthusiasts. And I have no idea how terms like "international flows"...
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
Thanks for those link, particularly to Honeypay. They seem to be doing almost exactly what I'm talking about, but are looking for funding to progress it.
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
I would love to. I am not a coder, but I'm already playing around with making some UX design. If anyone wants to help with some of the technical back end, then I'd love to hear from them.
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
Fair enough. I was unaware that tokens can't melt without the aid of the source that minted them. Hopefully that can change, as I think that would help make tokens a lot more usable.
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
Like @nyusternie, I think you're too focused on the fundamental business model, and not on the marketing aspect.
This isn't about trying to make some kind of exchange circumstance where everyone invo...
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
Thanks for the link! I'll check it out. The more I think about this idea, the more I'd like to try and get it actually launched. I have stores that I know would help me beta test it, so if I can just...
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
Sure, that's probably true. But consider that most point card systems that use paper cards and ink stamps give you absolutely nothing if you decide to not use it. So, a user probably prefers fiat to B...
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
That is basically what's happening. However, as mentioned above, if the token value is arbitrary, then the customer loses the benefit of cashing out their tokens for BCH if they choose.
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
I think you've drilled down so deep into looking at the economics, you might have lost sight of the goal.
I'm not saying this system is a grand new business model that Bitcoin Cash can do and others...
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
If the tokens are not bound by amounts of BCH equivalent to the fiat prices of the products being sold, then you lose the advantage of retaining value when the tokens expire, or being able to cash out...
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
A billion dollars is only necessary if you want to get tens of millions of users within a period of half a year, which is what PayPay used their money for.
My proposal can, in theory, on-board people...
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
I think we're going to have to simply agree to disagree on the potential legality issue, as I think non-lawyers talking about what's actually legal is assured to miss the mark.
But more importantly,...
3 years ago: commented on the article "The Best Way to Promote Bitcoin Cash is to Not Tal..."
Yes, absolutely. I've been giving a lot of thought to how I might contribute more here.
Being completely honest, the only hold back for me is that the over all number of readers on this site is still...
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
Whose budget are you referring to? The Bitcoin Cash Fund I mentioned raised tens of thousands of dollars, which would be more than sufficient to make this proposal a roaring success.
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
The store has to create a token with the BCH amount stored inside it. So, the hypothetical coffee store mints a coffee coin with 5 dollars worth of BCH. Whe customer buys it, the store has 5 fiat doll...
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
You seem to have not read the article. It very clearly describes how amounts in the range of hundred dollars could be used to promote BCH to great effect.
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
I went back and scrolled through, and I'm sorry to say that while I hope for the best for the project in principle, that site is a user interface disaster in terms of communicating what they are tryin...
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
There doesn't seem to be anything at that link except an email address. In any case, if someone is making tokens that can be used as I'm proposing, then great!
3 years ago: commented on the article "A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Shou..."
Thanks for your comment. You raise some points that are worth thinking through. I don't claim to be an expert economist, so I am definitely open to the possibility that I have made some error somewher...
3 years ago: published the article
A Proven Model for Adoption that Bitcoin Cash Should Use
3 years ago: commented on the article "The key to success for a BCH Based Reddit Clone"
I think you're reinterpreting my words into a framework of your world view that does not match my meaning. I never said anything even close to meaning "it's not censorship because society agrees with...
3 years ago: commented on the article "The key to success for a BCH Based Reddit Clone"
I think I don't agree with your definition of censorship.
It's not censorship if I ask you to leave my house if I don't like what you're saying. I can't tell you to never say it or think it anywhere...
3 years ago: commented on the article "How Content Creators Could Solve Bitcoin Cash's Bi..."
Thanks for your thoughts. Personally, I don't see any need for BTC in a world where BCH is an every day currency, just like people in the US don't have US dollars as well as some other currency to "st...
3 years ago: published the article
How Content Creators Could Solve Bitcoin Cash's Biggest Adoption Obstacle
3 years ago: commented on the article "The Best Way to Promote Bitcoin Cash is to Not Tal..."
That's definitely something to think about. I've been considering a few options about how I could help Read.cash, so I'll put this into the mix.
3 years ago: commented on the article "The Best Way to Promote Bitcoin Cash is to Not Tal..."
I realize I am being part of the problem by posting my non-BCH article on Medium, and not here as well. It struck me as I finished writing this, that there's nothing stopping me from posting my non-BC...
3 years ago: commented on the article "The Best Way to Promote Bitcoin Cash is to Not Tal..."
I can only speak for myself, but I don't think of economic reward as my primary motivator for creating, but it does make for a useful metric for success. What my ego really wants is validation that m...
3 years ago: commented on the article "The Best Way to Promote Bitcoin Cash is to Not Tal..."
I know, right? I am a victim of my my own irony... supporting this article is the very problem I'm talking about.
This is also probably why I'm poor. I try to write the truth, even when it works agai...
3 years ago: published the article
The Best Way to Promote Bitcoin Cash is to Not Talk About It
4 years ago: published the article
Bitcoin Cash shouldn't be trying to solve anyone else's problems
4 years ago: commented on the article "The key to success for a BCH Based Reddit Clone"
What I'm saying is that it doesn't matter how much the two communities interact on the site. So long as both of them are sharing the same domain name, then that domain will get an overall reputation f...
4 years ago: commented on the article "The key to success for a BCH Based Reddit Clone"
As you can see, I make the effort to respond to everyone's comments in order to foster dialog. However, I also factor in the cost to benefit ratio of continuing a debate where the points of contention...
4 years ago: commented on the article "The key to success for a BCH Based Reddit Clone"
I don't agree that moderation is a kind of censorship, or that people's ideologies determine censorship "needs", or that protocol level moderation solves the problem I outline. However, to unpack all...
4 years ago: commented on the article "The key to success for a BCH Based Reddit Clone"
I am not defining or redefining anything, you're just restating a part of my thesis.
Member's implementation is fine, and so is the concept of committing data to the blockchain. I just don't believe...
4 years ago: commented on the article "The key to success for a BCH Based Reddit Clone"
It's a reasonable system, but it might not be enough. Even if within the site the community of people who like pictures of cats is protected from the people who post racist views, if the racist commun...
4 years ago: commented on the article "The key to success for a BCH Based Reddit Clone"
Thank you for reading!
4 years ago: commented on the article "The key to success for a BCH Based Reddit Clone"
Glad we're in agreement!
4 years ago: published the article
The key to success for a BCH Based Reddit Clone
4 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash has already lost at the cash register"
I think you're still talking about an entirely different use case.
For example, I purchase multiple apps from the Google Play store, but at a frequency so low that I do not want to store up those tra...
4 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash has already lost at the cash register"
I recently read a book called "Factfulness" that had a chapter about how many investors and entrepreneurs tend to think of the world in stark divisions of "developed" and "undeveloped". Because of thi...
4 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash has already lost at the cash register"
I'm sure your business does well, but whatever it is you're doing, you're not talking about handling the kind of microtransactions that BCH has the potential to handle.
The cheapest PayPal charge is...
4 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash has already lost at the cash register"
That's something I'm planning on writing about in future articles. Hope you'll check them out!
4 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash has already lost at the cash register"
There's a lot to unpack there, but fundamentally I think you're downplaying the costs of being the person who runs that SQL database with all the transactions. The security, the staff, and so on. Ther...
4 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash has already lost at the cash register"
You are right that unbanked people would see more advantage in BCH than someone like me who has a wealth of options to choose from.
However, I would not be so confident that fiat currency will never...
4 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash has already lost at the cash register"
We are largely in agreement. I think people tend to forget that while crypto is evolving, fiat is not standing still. It's going to be a lot harder to supplant, not just because of how well it is esta...
4 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash has already lost at the cash register"
Glad you appreciate the analysis. It would help creators like me out a lot if BCH could become the default online payment system, so I'm definitely following BCH and have high hopes for it!
4 years ago: commented on the article "Bitcoin Cash has already lost at the cash register"
There is nothing "defeatist" about considering various avenues of adoption and offering a reasoned opinion on which ones may have less returns than others.
4 years ago: published the article
Bitcoin Cash has already lost at the cash register
4 years ago: published the article
Bitcoin Cash and the 24 Beers Problem