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by Delta0 9y ago
we have a collaboration with slice.is, where you can get a $2m insurance, which is (i) an actual insurance and (ii) provides better coverage than any platform
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by Delta0 9y ago
*IPFS hash
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by Delta0 9y ago
not everything needs to be on the blockchain. we are thinking about putting only the most crucial touchpoints of flatsharing on chain, such as reputation and trust data. but immutability is not necessarily desired for some of this data eith
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by Delta0 9y ago
Thanks man! Lots of haters around today it seems
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by Delta0 9y ago
clogging the ethereum blockchain by putting every little bite on chain doesn't make any sense
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by Delta0 9y ago
not everything needs to be on the blockchain. we are thinking about putting only the most crucial touchpoints of flatsharing on chain, such as reputation and trust data. but immutability is not necessarily desired for some of this data eith
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by Delta0 9y ago
actually, we're on good terms with both of the projects you mentioned. I still don't see why there needs to be an ICO for a smart contract solution though
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by Delta0 9y ago
it's not just about the ability to pay in crypto obviously. We take a small fee in the beginning which goes to 0 after a few bookings. Compare that to the 20% fees on Airbnb. Also, we don't censor messages between the guest and ho
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Show HN: A blockchain alternative to Airbnb(cryptocribs.com)
67 points by Delta0 9y ago|63 comments
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by Delta0 9y ago
i agree, i actually wrote it to make fun of the whitepaper craze. if you look at it, the abstract is basically an adaption of the Bitcoin whitepaper
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by Delta0 9y ago
I don't think that Airbnb is really giving back to the community: they might IPO this year or the next and most of the value created will go to VCs, founders and employees, while guests and hosts still pay up to 20% fees. That's w
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I've built this so you can use your spare mattress as a Bitcoin miner(cryptocribs.com)
2 points by Delta0 9y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: If Airbnb and crypto had a baby this is what it would look like(cryptocribs.com)
2 points by Delta0 9y ago|0 comments
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by Delta0 9y ago
not sure, probably not
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by Delta0 9y ago
good point, i agree
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by Delta0 9y ago
Yes, had some unexpected uptake in Australia
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by Delta0 9y ago
Thanks for your comments, I see your skepticism and I would probably have reacted the same way. My white paper isn't technical at all, it was more of a personal attempt to add some clarity to my thought process. I truly believe that th
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HN Show: I've built a crypto alternative to Airbnb for the global tech community
14 points by Delta0 9y ago|8 comments
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by Delta0 9y ago
another question, when do you recommend moving from ec2 to k8s?
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by Delta0 9y ago
thanks, yes, i need to work on the resizing part as well
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by Delta0 9y ago
thanks for this! why S3 instead of Volumes?
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by Delta0 9y ago
yes, i've limited it to 2MB per pic, but some are putting up 30 to 40 pics
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Ask HN: If you could, how would you set up Airbnb's servers from scratch
2 points by Delta0 9y ago|7 comments
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I've built a crypto alternative to Airbnb that enables decentralized P2P travel(cryptocribs.com)
6 points by Delta0 9y ago|0 comments
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CryptoCribs – A decentralized Airbnb for the crypto community(btcmanager.com)
1 points by Delta0 9y ago|0 comments
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by Delta0 9y ago
We've built this over the summer and launched it four weeks ago. We currently have around 150 listings and a couple hundred of users. We charge a small booking fee to bootstrap this (less than half of what Airbnb takes). The fees fall
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CryptoCribs – An Airbnb alternative for the crypto community(cryptocribs.com)
2 points by Delta0 9y ago|1 comments
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by Delta0 9y ago
agreed, the search isn't optimal given the small inventory, i'm torn between growing the inventory to a level where the search bar makes sense or replacing it with a simpler map display
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by Delta0 9y ago
i like the concept and minimalist touch and feel of it
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by Delta0 9y ago
We've built this over the summer and launched it four weeks ago. We have around 150 listings and a couple hundred of users so far. We are not doing an ICO, but rather charge a small fee (less than half of what Airbnb takes) in the begi

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