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AI hedge fund's roadmap to monopolize intelligence(medium.com)
4 points by simondlr 9y ago|1 comments
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by simondlr 9y ago
Curious to know what future plans there are with this. The mention of DAOs seem interesting?
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Separating Merkle Computing from Blockchain Computational Courts(media.consensys.net)
3 points by simondlr 10y ago|0 comments
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by simondlr 10y ago
It's done by taking the amount of Ether it has already raised * the current price of Ether. See it transparently on the Ethereum blockchain: http://etherscan.io/token/TheDAO
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by simondlr 10y ago
It's all completely transparent on the Ethereum blockchain. No other middlemen holding any funds, except the code. http://etherscan.io/token/TheDAO
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by simondlr 10y ago
How is it a pyramid scheme? Investors pool funds and proportionally vote on what to invest in. There's no requirement to recruit new investors.
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by simondlr 10y ago
Who are the initial investors? There's no privileged position.
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by simondlr 11y ago
I don't understand that. Can you elaborate?
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by simondlr 11y ago
There are several things Ethereum does currently that's better for scaling. 1) It produces blocks every 17 seconds. It can do this without neglecting security, because orphan blocks count as uncles and are included in the security of t
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by simondlr 11y ago
> Give me any ethereum use-case & I'll tell you how to do it with bitcoin. A dapp reaching into the state of another dapp.
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by simondlr 11y ago
To be honest, we were frustrated that it slipped through. As in exactly as you say: it's sloppy and should've really not let this happen. Completely our fault.
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by simondlr 11y ago
Thanks for the feedback! We appreciate it.
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by simondlr 11y ago
We realise this is a problem and plan to add functionality for both Bitcoin & credit cards in the future.
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by simondlr 11y ago
This was not intentional. We had a very short time to get a prototype out the door & couldn't optimise the best we can.
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by simondlr 12y ago
The name is most likely a reference to Leah McGrath Goodman (who, if you don't know, wrote the piece on Dorian Nakamoto in Newsweek).
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by simondlr 12y ago
One thing I need to clarify (similar with Ripple). If in the future, there are enough trust hops between nodes, then the currency won't even be required, right? Because the currency is just a way to hop between untrusted nodes?
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Blueprints for a decentralized Uber.(simondlr.com)
1 points by simondlr 12y ago|0 comments
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by simondlr 12y ago
Fantastic feedback. Thank you so much!
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by simondlr 12y ago
Co-founder here. To add. We also have to look at a future where an artist like Justin Bieber could put up a BTC address on his Twitter profile. Taking a cut means the artist has a small reason to not want to sign up ("they take 1%-2%.
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by simondlr 12y ago
VRCoin. It's a blockchain that simultaneously doubles as storage for items a decentralized virtual space. You require the coin to store/remove items from the space [namecoin for coordinates essentially]. I think once VR takes off
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by simondlr 12y ago
VRCoin. It's a blockchain that simultaneously doubles as storage for items a decentralized virtual space. You require the coin to store/remove items from the space [namecoin for coordinates essentially]. I think once VR takes off
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by simondlr 12y ago
Yep. http://twimemachine.com . Easily read old tweets. 700k Twitter users have used it. 31k uniques/month. Used by Paulo Coelho, NBA & ESPN. Stats here: http://simondlr.com/post/63455198178/twim
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by simondlr 12y ago
Please tell me he is going to work on VR coding! This can't come soon enough. Multiple screens (more than the usual 2), more visualizations. Epic.
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Currency as language.(simondlr.com)
1 points by simondlr 12y ago|0 comments
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The Bar of the Future [Oculus Rift + Social](simondlr.com)
1 points by simondlr 12y ago|0 comments
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Country-based cryptocurrencies with self-regulating incentives(simondlr.com)
2 points by simondlr 13y ago|0 comments
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Coins for Bands Hope to Disrupt Music Industry(coindesk.com)
1 points by simondlr 13y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: An app to tweet text as an image
13 points by simondlr 13y ago|6 comments
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"The Cypherfunks": a decentralized band and cryptocurrency.(simondlr.com)
1 points by simondlr 13y ago|0 comments
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by simondlr 13y ago
You could do it that way. Inputs, Outputs and Signatures don't change though. So just keep track of that. With each confirmation the tx-id becomes less and less malleable. At some point then store the tx-id.

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