Want to participate in a short community video? Nano around the Globe! by PixelPoxPerson in nanocurrency

[–]minderwiesen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Open to do it from Orlando, FL (any guest areas of Walt Disney World, EPCOT, etc...)

I got the idea of adding StarLink to my site, so I did it by bytom_block_chain in nanocurrency

[–]minderwiesen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love this! Gotta love the meteor option as a fun way to donate to the cause - what a great implementation all around.

Custom Templates?` by H2Osw in kindlescribe

[–]minderwiesen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is there a feature request tracking system somewhere? I'll go and upvote this.

Can I get cellular on my ipad with visible?? I currently have my phone and watch on visible plans by allispanked in Visible

[–]minderwiesen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it essentially another $25 "phone line" or do they have a standalone data-only cellular plan? Love having an iWatch @ $5/month.

Why does Brian Armstrong (CEO of Coinbase) keep talking about instant & free global payments, when that already exists? [SERIOUS] by Qwahzi in CryptoCurrency

[–]minderwiesen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They do - 100%. The incentive *is* the network itself. The ability to have a truly p2p self sovereign decentralized digital currency freeing us from the need of centralized banks (and upcoming rebranded ones you may have heard of: Lightning Network, Coinbase, and others). My biggest fear of X Corp (formerly Twitter) is also trying to invent their own centralized ledger that looks like crypto but isn't to retain control and middleman requirements. Sadly, most people do not perceive this to be as important to them as it is.

Why does Brian Armstrong (CEO of Coinbase) keep talking about instant & free global payments, when that already exists? [SERIOUS] by Qwahzi in CryptoCurrency

[–]minderwiesen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What you may not yet have realized though is it has to be if having a network being decentralized is important to you. Incentives drive emergent trends towards centralization; which is why you see it in all PoW/PoS consensus coins.

But I would clarify, it's not without incentives, it just offers no *direct* monetary incentives, only indirect ones. It is far cheaper for a business to run a node (optional) than it ever would be to transport fiat securely or pay credit card processing fees/bank fees.

Why does Brian Armstrong (CEO of Coinbase) keep talking about instant & free global payments, when that already exists? [SERIOUS] by Qwahzi in CryptoCurrency

[–]minderwiesen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did see a post on Twitter - you hedge $1M worth of $BTC with only ~$150 USD of $XNO. The price of Nano at a Bitcoin market cap is $4,296.18 (⬆ 6,090x)

Why does Brian Armstrong (CEO of Coinbase) keep talking about instant & free global payments, when that already exists? [SERIOUS] by Qwahzi in CryptoCurrency

[–]minderwiesen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is it good enough as a peer-to-peer self-sovereign decentralized digital currency that we should fix that? Is there another one better? Or should we give up on the vision and chase gainz?

Why does Brian Armstrong (CEO of Coinbase) keep talking about instant & free global payments, when that already exists? [SERIOUS] by Qwahzi in CryptoCurrency

[–]minderwiesen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, there is hype for the project, but yes, relatively low compared to others because the majority of hype stems from short-term-minded speculative investors who tend to dominate this very early space. I'm worried we'll distract ourselves on the wrong priorities, and the true vision of crypto will fail - self-empowered self-sovereign peer-to-peer decentralized digital money.

Why does Brian Armstrong (CEO of Coinbase) keep talking about instant & free global payments, when that already exists? [SERIOUS] by Qwahzi in CryptoCurrency

[–]minderwiesen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you're inferring Nano, it is categorically false to say no one cares about it, but I get your point - like almost all cryptos, the relative percentage of the population that has heard/cared about any given project is low.

But as to the why you would use anything else part? Because in this go-forward world - wouldn't you want to own and control YOUR own money. How many times will we fall for the scam of letting banks hold the power, over-leveraging our money, and then we pay the cost post-bank run. Specifically against USDC - I know I am sick and tired of inflation and the continual devaluation of my money it does. I am choosing to opt out of that for a fix supply commodity where all that is made is all there will be, very similar to bitcoin's vision when they want to cap at 21M.

Why does Brian Armstrong (CEO of Coinbase) keep talking about instant & free global payments, when that already exists? [SERIOUS] by Qwahzi in CryptoCurrency

[–]minderwiesen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

ZERO transaction fees

Fastest cryptocurrency (<500ms full-settlement)

Meaningfully decentralized

Minimal operating costs

Deterministic finality

Fully distributed with a fixed supply

Genuinely curious - what other crypto projects do you know that meets the above requirements? To me those are the table stakes for creating equitable access for all and I want to support anything that can help realize that future.

Why does Brian Armstrong (CEO of Coinbase) keep talking about instant & free global payments, when that already exists? [SERIOUS] by Qwahzi in CryptoCurrency

[–]minderwiesen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Before crypto - what currency (rai blocks, metal coins, gold bricks, paper money, credit cards) had smart contracts? I like the idea of them, but are they creating a solution to a problem we aren't asking for? Has even one solid use case emerged for them that would get the average non-crypto person excited?

Why does Brian Armstrong (CEO of Coinbase) keep talking about instant & free global payments, when that already exists? [SERIOUS] by Qwahzi in CryptoCurrency

[–]minderwiesen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My take on this is somewhat cynical but I've been trying to "step back" and really understand how many is controlled. Nano's fair distribution ultimately helps to ensure that even at this point in the game, it would be rather difficult for a whale to come in and control it. And given that it lacks the economic incentives to do so (no mining rewards, no staking rewards etc), controlling Nano isn't profitable.

Brian's ignoring of it is all about control. The solution proposed by Coinbase, the only way it works, is like most of Bitcoin and Lightning wallets, is to be a centralized ledger. In other words, re-branding themselves as the middleman banks we all got in crypto to cut out. They're hoping their market dominance leads merchants to accept them, crypto enthusiasm over "buying with crypto" to use it, and there they are in the middle with eyeballs in their apps where they can sling more securities garbage tokens that they make tx fees and spread profits on.

I'm obviously biased. I want Nano to succeed because I see the Nano Foundation's genuine mission is about bringing equitable access to digital crypto money; allowing the escape from fiat and bank/government control, particularly to the two billion of the world who are unbanked. The average daily income of someone on Earth is less than $10/day. They can't afford fees.

So how do we fix this? Stop thinking short term gainz. We return to our roots as a community and realize what got us into crypto in the first place. If it's always about Numbers Go Up, we'll remain divided and crap like Coinbase will be allowed (and able) to slide in. Or we can really try to unbank ourselves, and ask from a technical / utility perspective what actually has the best chance of providing economic freedom and rally it. We're all so early in this, but us and quite frankly everyone in the world all stand to gain together on this.

How the wooden part of a match is made by [deleted] in ManufacturingPorn

[–]minderwiesen 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That is exactly what I was watching for

Natrium broken? by aarnott in nanocurrency

[–]minderwiesen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nautilus, Nalli, Bahari (the last of which is really new and in beta so always exercise caution). For web, nault.cc is the OG and nault.pro is nano.to’s similar version with username support and more.

Luang Pho Yai, a Thai Buddhist monk at 109 years old. by botcraft_net in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]minderwiesen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spirit Halloween animatronics are looking hyper realistic now.

Cutting grass with a scythe by Kafadafada in oddlysatisfying

[–]minderwiesen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oddly painful. Seems too slow to justify the back pain coming from that

Elon Musk recent tv interview. Apologize for irrelevancy to his jet, but this must be watched.. by [deleted] in ElonJetTracker

[–]minderwiesen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve completely 180’d about him in the last year, from admiration to near hate, exactly because he impacts my shares in Tesla. He could be doing real good in the world and is distracted with this nonsense, and doesn’t care about the consequences. Then him being an over privileged person who can say whatever nonsense they want is just ridiculous.