realcr

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by realcr 2y ago
I stumbled upon this article today. My first thought was that this is an interesting question, then I continued reading and thought that the solution ideas are kind of crude. Then I noticed it was written at 2018, so I realized we should gi
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by realcr 5y ago
Thanks for making this! It looks super useful. Will I be able to use console or part of it with the rest of the rust async ecosystem? (for example, async-std or futures-rs), Or is is Tokio specific?
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by realcr 5y ago
My intention in dealing with planar networks is mostly the case of deploying a local mesh network. Most mesh networks behave like planar graphs. Not sure if this is an actual use case for matrix though.
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by realcr 5y ago
Hey, I worked in a related research field a few years ago and published some of the results. Here are some ideas I find important: - Generally I found that overlay DHT based routing is not very scalable for large graphs. It performs well fo
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by realcr 5y ago
It's true. In addition, spolu gave some very useful pieces of advice during the design of Offset. Too bad settle.network is not live anymore. I am not sure whether https://settlenetwork.com is actually affiliated with the o
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by realcr 6y ago
This comment contains some really useful feedback. Highly appreciated. Not sure what would be a good branding instead of using the term "credit card". What do you think? About the default servers, I always have the fear the system
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by realcr 6y ago
> Flow is limited by the narrowest pipe along the path Ah, this was a concern I had too. To mitigate it, Offset allows paying using a multi-path: a few paths together. It happens atomically, and doesn't require intervention from the
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by realcr 6y ago
I really enjoyed reading this.
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by realcr 6y ago
Thanks for that! I am realcr on twitter, though not very active there. Best way to contact me is probably through email, see "contact" on the Offset website.
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by realcr 6y ago
Thanks for the kind words! I am a great fan of the classic ripple myself.
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by realcr 6y ago
This is intentional. I really know nothing about this space, but I hope to get help about from some friends in the future.
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by realcr 6y ago
Yes, some friends offered a rename. I noticed that every time I wanted to tell someone about the project, I had to explain that it is written as Offset, but without the "e". It was always awkward, so offsetcredit.org it is.
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by realcr 6y ago
Sorry, there is nothing you can buy with Offset right now! Maybe I should set up some kind of a demo website so that people can try it out. One thing you can do is open two Offset cards on your own mobile phone, and try to pay with one card
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by realcr 6y ago
Hey osrec, I wish I was an ex-banker. This kind of experience would have really helped me when working on this. For your questions: > What if a bunch of people are offline and no path can be found? If no path can be found, the transactio
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by realcr 6y ago
Hi. You are correct, you need to have some credit line, possibly indirect, between you and the other party, if you want to send money or receive money with Offset. This is the core of how Offset works. > why wouldn't this model even
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by realcr 6y ago
Hey, interesting questions. Let me try and answer. > I’d really kind to see a much more concrete specification The best I can show you at this point is here: https://docs.offsetcredit.org/en/latest/theory/m
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Show HN: Offset – Credit card powered by trust between people(offsetcredit.org)
150 points by realcr 6y ago|108 comments
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Offst Mobile App Plan(freedomlayer.org)
3 points by realcr 7y ago|0 comments
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by realcr 7y ago
Isn't square space a paid solution? https://www.squarespace.com/pricing
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by realcr 7y ago
A decent wysiwyg website builder.
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by realcr 7y ago
Hi, thanks for the interest! Actually, there is no ledger (: Every two nodes that setup mutual credit maintain the balance between them. This turns out to be enough to be able to send funds across a chain of nodes in a secure manner. Some o
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Offst v0.1.1(freedomlayer.org)
23 points by realcr 7y ago|3 comments
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by realcr 7y ago
https://www.offst.org : A decentralized credit card. Still missing a reasonable GUI though. What I really liked about Rust in this project is the peace of mind it gives about safety, the performance, async features and the power
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by realcr 7y ago
I experienced a similar problem. I'm using Firefox. Two websites I have great difficulties logging into are twitch.tv and italki.com, both require solving a google captcha that can sometimes take more than a minute to solve. I am worki
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by realcr 7y ago
I think that there is a real opportunity here. I just went over all the comments about this idea. It seems like most of the objections relate to issues with the payment medium itself, and not with the actual idea of paying instead of solvin
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by realcr 7y ago
What if we had a mechanism that makes this kind of setup very trivial, and also risk free for the visitor? Then would you consider this kind of solution? EDIT: Same question for tty2300 (:
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by realcr 7y ago
I had a strange idea about solving this problem: How about a micro-payment, something like $0.01, instead of solving a puzzle? In that case maybe you won't care if many bots login to your website. I think that I by this time I have the
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by realcr 7y ago
Hi, I am sorry if I misinterpreted what you have said earlier. let me try again. If I missed it this time too please send it again. > A's promise. That's all great, however, if in the backwards path if A is offline or unresposi
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by realcr 7y ago
A few people pointed out to me by that a transaction cancellation feature is missing. (Without it, the sender of a transaction might have to wait indefinitely). This is the next thing I'll be working on. Also, I agree that documentatio
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by realcr 7y ago
I very much hope so. Hopefully in the future you will be able to use Offst to generally buy stuff online.

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