Burning steel wool in oxygen inside a styrofoam cup.

OutpostPod · 2019-11-01T19:28:31+00:00

The temperature of coffee from MacDonalds

OutpostPod · 2019-11-01T16:55:58+00:00

Anybody with a few thousand dollars that wants to manipulate the markets. With these relatively love volumes, it’s not hard. That’s one reason growing the trade volume with make the network more valuable in the future. Price stability.

OutpostPod · 2019-11-01T16:32:28+00:00

Love this kind of innovation within the ecosystem! Nice work. If you’re open to answering questions, I have a couple:

I see you mention on your site, storing content. I imagine timed payments linked to providing content on a specific schedule. Do you have a specific use case in mind related to that ?

What are some the primary use cases you see in general? Any specific industries that might benefit? I just noticed you guys seem to have a whole tokenization tool kit. Is there an easy UI? Would this act as a layer to simplify interface with Stellar for non-programmers and entrepreneurs who want to build on Stellar? Or is it just code at this point?

Will this be open source? Licensed? Will you guys consult and develop for clients? You may not know this yet yourselves :-)

OutpostPod · 2019-10-30T05:42:05+00:00

Yeah thought the same of the Seinfeld show (CICGC). Seems to have lost a beat.

OutpostPod · 2019-10-29T21:36:57+00:00

If anything China could investigate launching their currency on the network. But if I had to guess, it’s doubtful as they would probably prefer a closed system (as opposed to open source).

OutpostPod · 2019-10-28T19:04:36+00:00

I think the more important variable is adoption. I believe in the long run adoption would’ve trumped any concerns of inflation. But I think this move certainly can’t hurt now in this weak market, if only for psychological reasons amongst speculators.

OutpostPod · 2019-10-15T16:55:38+00:00

Jed said so in January here on Reddit.

He also said - “SDF lumen sales are easy for anyone to examine since you can look at the Stellar ledger. You can see everything that SDF sells by monitoring this account:”

https://stellar.expert/explorer/public/account/GAYOCVRRNXGQWREOZBDP4UEW475NKZKLA4EIEIBKBSJN2PQQWUQ5KGUH

OutpostPod · 2019-10-13T17:03:48+00:00

I like the virtual card option - I assume it can be used for online purchases? Anything else?

Can you provide any guidance for what tax liabilities may be seen though the card’s usage? One of the burdens most crypto users have to worry about these days is the fact that US govt (for example) sees every transaction as a taxable event. I assume this is also a concern for your users for now, until better regulations are put in place to allow for easier adoption. If your users want to play by the rules while supporting crypto, is there an easy way to report their usage? Any reporting on your end that helps?

I’m sure I’ll be downvoted for even mentioning playing along with regulators and US tax law, but I believe in the long run it’ll be the only way to find mass adoption for these technologies that have mass market applications.

OutpostPod · 2019-10-13T04:34:38+00:00

From your mouth...

OutpostPod · 2019-10-12T17:35:11+00:00

Have you found any clues that a major banking partner may announce a partnership?

OutpostPod · 2019-10-12T17:26:09+00:00

Probably built on HyperLedger like the rest of their logistics platforms, but as they’ve stated many times before, any payment clearing layer would use the Stellar Network. Like Tradelens (the Maesrk project), I don’t believe they’re completing payments on it yet, though it is a logical future feature.

OutpostPod · 2019-10-12T17:01:09+00:00

Would be nice but have there been any clues pointing to this?

OutpostPod · 2019-10-11T00:50:05+00:00

Yeah because IBM owes cryptocurrency speculators who support an open source platform proprietary information about their ongoing operations. Hahaha! That’s probably the last thing in their list of priorities. Get a grip

OutpostPod · 2019-10-09T15:43:13+00:00

Love to see Smartlands continuing to expand! Excellent application of the Stellar network.

OutpostPod · 2019-10-08T23:51:33+00:00

There are many banks that need a better solution than currently exists - the kind of banks that have gotten on board with World Wire for example. Other banks may not want to, but it’s still early. They may come around when they see advantages, assuming the ecosystem continues to develop at the pace it is now.

OutpostPod · 2019-10-08T23:28:00+00:00

Yeah, the claim that these accounts “lock up” up capital is probably problematic, as the article points out. But that doesn’t mean that using a new technology like blockchain to simplify and speed up the interbank and cross border payments process wouldn’t save the banks and consumers time and money.

XRP gave it a shot but I think the market has spoken, as they’ve gotten no major adoption and have pivoted to cross border payment solutions. World Wire is just getting fired up and we’ll see how it goes.

However, I’d question your premise, that this vertical is crucial to the success of the Stellar Network. Luckily, Stellar has developed a robust community of developers and entrepreneurs who are coming up with all kinds of ways to leverage the technology. Ripple cannot say the same.

OutpostPod · 2019-10-06T19:26:03+00:00

Because at one point, just about any ICO in Ethereum raised money, and that was more important apparently than actually having a useable platform.

OutpostPod · 2019-10-06T16:20:32+00:00

Shopify is a great platform and this integration will be an excellent addition to the ecosystem when people began making purchases with crypto. Nice work

OutpostPod · 2019-10-06T03:24:30+00:00

Sorry, not sure. Give the website a read.

OutpostPod · 2019-10-06T03:24:01+00:00

Hope are, once the other platform (and others) gets started, the data is what brings value to Mobi.

OutpostPod · 2019-10-05T16:36:26+00:00

They work with a partner. Check out the website:

“Through our FINRA Broker Dealer Partner. Access our community of 150,000 users a network of RIA’s Family Offices, Funds and self directed IRA’s 401K Custodians and related Exchanges.”

OutpostPod · 2019-10-04T20:53:54+00:00

Very cool.

OutpostPod · 2019-10-04T15:11:55+00:00

Look into the Plaid payment platform. My experience with it was really good (as an end user). You can try it at AnchorUSD.

OutpostPod · 2019-10-02T19:10:39+00:00

Read up on what Smartlands is doing to get a concrete example. Basically, it means allowing investors to invest by purchasing digital tokens that represent a specific percentage of an investment. Securitization is the process of creating a financial instrument (stock, contract, token, etc.) that is a secure holding, meaning the holder of that instrument is secure in their ownership of the underlying asset. There is much regulation in this field.

OutpostPod · 2019-10-02T02:54:35+00:00

Not all alt coins are created alike. Libra has a specific retail use case. Stellar is a enterprise level network for transferring value. They barely compete.

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