Also, does each user operate under the same settings?
Seems like more users = less arbitrage opportunity because we're competing against each other.
Who gets priority when trading? Or is it more like we're pooling our money for arbitrage, and then each node gets a proportional split based on their deposit amount (like a mining pool)?
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Still waiting for someone to invent Soylent Ramen...
I bought all the ingredients and made DIY soylent from one of the hacks someone posted... The taste was a serious problem. I wanted to drink it for a week, but there was a 0% chance of that happening the way it tasted.
Then I tried making Soylent Pasta, but boiled out all the nutrients and the water turned piss yellow (http://juliansarokin.com/soylent-for-science-pasta-bad-decis...)... But if there was a way to not mess that up, I think that could be really interesting.
Still waiting on my official Soylent, hopefully it tastes better than my catastrophe.
Seems like you have a nice handle on the 'selling for bitcoin' space. I'd love to chat and see if we can join forces in some way (I'm the founder of SellSimple.com).
Hit me up on twitter or via my blog if interested :)
b) is ripple (I already commented about it in this thread) - it really is amazing technology that I hope becomes mainstream. It solves a lot of the major problems of BTC and other Altcoins.
I'd argue that Altcoins can definitely become a store of value regardless of Bitcoins network effect.
Check out http://ripple.com - they pretty much solve this problem, although its VERY beta. Expect really cool things from them in ~6 months.
Ripple is fiat agnostic and allows seamless conversion between currencies. This means I can buy something in Yen and you can receive payment in LTC. Amazing system if it gets up and running.
We have a different system - but yes, we do help with that.
Instead of sending a box, we automatically purchase a shipping label for your item using the shipment method of your choice (USPS, UPS, FedEx). The shipping label already has the address of the buyer and everything filled out.
All you need to do is drop off the package (we'll show you the closest shipping locations).
From there we automatically track the package and show both the buyer & seller realtime updates of the package location & delivery.
We're calling this service "ShipSimple" and it's bundled into the overarching SellSimple platform.
The ShipSimple feature will be released in version 1.4 (coming very soon).
Really interesting article - I doubt she will hold "the key" to practical immortality, but researching her case may allow us to reverse engineer one or more of the many processes that contribute to aging.
I recently wrote a blog post on practical immortality that presents several arguments for age being a curable disease, and breaks down the things we'd need to do to cure the disease of age.
It looks like what Ribbon submitted to the Twitter validator was a video using the "player" card: http://cl.ly/image/2R2i1J302Z2g
The player card is designed to handle embedding videos, which is what Ribbon initially showed, however when they launched their new feature they morphed the embedding options to display a custom in-stream purchase button / unit.
In reality, they should have just used a 'product' card (granted, they would not have the added ability to purchase in stream - it would need to link back to their website).
Using the player card was a pretty clever way to get the payments to happen directly on twitter, but it seems that it bent too many of their rules. They'll probably just have to use the product card like everyone else.
Totally valid points and it's something we're building for everyday.
We've already encountered a bunch of fraud early when our system was less developed. Luckily we caught all of those and have had time to grow / build a plan of attack.
We'll never be able to eliminate fraud - but we can make it a pain in the a for a black-hatter to use SellSimple over the hundreds of alternative places.
Few ways:
1. Escrow via Balanced
2. Shipment Purchasing, Tracking & Confirmation all in-app.
3. QR code scanning to release payments for meetups.
4. Verified sellers.
5. Fraud API's - https://siftscience.com/ & https://www.signifyd.com/
If they do get passed all of the systems, there is still large chance they screwed up somewhere and it will be pretty obvious to us what happened. That said - its an uphill battle.
I don't think bitcoin could integrate their tech since it's not a blockchain, but a DAG (what they call a tangle).
Interesting stuff.