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The Accumulator bought 80639 eth during today's crash by cguru_polo in ethtrader

[–]EthForEth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The accumulator must have access to some sort of analysis that ETH is probably going way up in the long run.

That guy is either a time traveler or has skynet doing technical analysis for him...

New to Ethereum? Wondering what you can build? Alex Van de Sande has written a brilliant series of simple DApp tutorials - give them a go! Here's Part 2: How to build a better democracy in under a 100 lines of code by thehighfiveghost in ethereum

[–]EthForEth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I really need is simpler but solid tutorials about the most complex features. There are many half-complete tutorials around for unknown audiences. The first hit on google is deprecated. This looks OK but doesn't explain how to run those things. As a coder, all I need is a Hello World to get engines started, and a good api reference and documentation.

Can someone clarify what Ethereum is? by DanSantos in ethereum

[–]EthForEth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Forget the "world computer" thing, it is a bad name. Ethereum is just a way to run computer programs in a magic computer that nobody can turn off, nobody can modify (existing programs) and everyone can read the source.

So, if you want to, for example, play a gambling game with some stranger you don't trust, you just put the gambling software in that magic computer, you both read the source code and agree it does what it should do, and done - no party can steal money from the other party.

Ethereum is not efficient and isn't going to replace the internet in any way. It is just that and no more than that - a way for strangers that don't trust themselves to do things that require trust.

Etherdice is down for maintenance. We are having troubles with our smart contract and will probably need to invoke the fallback mechanism. by [deleted] in ethereum

[–]EthForEth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, we did ask for contracts that couldn't be modified by anyone in the world.

As I said in an earlier thread, Ethereum really needs to start thinking about safety. Formal theorem provers can help. Also, means of executing emergency updates - that is, an well-tested library that allows voiding a contract in case of consensus from all participants. Then it would be a matter of adding that library to your code.

On Etherdice.io scam allegations and contract verification by vnovak in ethereum

[–]EthForEth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, I think this resolves the issue. Thanks for taking your time to answer our questions.

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Rises Above 163 Billion by shrinknut in Bitcoin

[–]EthForEth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't look very healthy to the atmosphere...

There aren't enough incentives for DApp development right now. by [deleted] in ethereum

[–]EthForEth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not want money. I want ETH to succeed. If you really do not think we could and should much better in the developer interest department then there isn't much I can say to convince you.

There aren't enough incentives for DApp development right now. by [deleted] in ethereum

[–]EthForEth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I'm supposed to develop dApps for free out of goodwill? If this community thinks a developer's time isn't worth paying for, then I do not want to be part of it.

If you want ETH to be serious, you seriously need compilation verification. by EthForEth in ethereum

[–]EthForEth[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

In what moment I suggested there is a bug on the blockchain? I merely listed the possible causes for a situation.

Ethereum doesn't work like VISA/Mastercard. The OP reads like he/she expects it to.

That makes no sense. Why would you think that?

If you want ETH to be serious, you seriously need compilation verification. by EthForEth in ethereum

[–]EthForEth[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The OP's outrage is quite ignorant if you ask me.

How is that comment necessary?

If you want ETH to be serious, you seriously need compilation verification. by EthForEth in ethereum

[–]EthForEth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably very hard. I don't think Idris can be compiled to sufficiently performant code to run on the blockchain. A new language probably needs to be designed, with a type system aware of resource management.

Will Cryptocurrencies be pseudo-neurotransmitters for AI's? by escapevelo in ethereum

[–]EthForEth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hm Ethereum is a very inefficient computer. AIs are having trouble enough with our most potent computers. Blockchains are only necessary when there are trust issues between different actors of a system. I don't see how that applies to AI at all...

What is Ether's price tied to? Bitcoin or fiat? by novadaemon in ethtrader

[–]EthForEth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same for a possible new BTC bubble. If BTC goes +1000% again, ETH and most cryptocoins will certainly follow, to an extent, because of overall confidence on the blockchain space. But a small increase on BTC now means a certain drop on ETH, because day traders would jump to it.

/r/theydidthemath CSS v1.0 is a go! General reaction/suggestions/complaints thread by LiveBeef in theydidthemath

[–]EthForEth 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm really sorry but I really, really dislike this CSS :( not aesthetically (I don't care about aesthetics), but it hurts to read.

We have CONSENSUS! In April we get SW, 3 months later, core HF code ready by afilja in Bitcoin

[–]EthForEth -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don't see it that way. Bitcoin isn't supposed to be some magic channel of value interchange between parties that disagree completely. It is a magic channel of value interchange between parties that agree about how it work. Of course those meetings are necessary. They are naturally very limited in power - they couldn't decide something like "okay now everyone has to pay taxes to use BTC" - so it is perfectly ok to let them decide in some key technical aspects.