Whatever you think about cryptocurrencies in general, or the particular cryptocurrency chosen here, it seems completely clear that adding one to Signal by default is a really bad idea
I wrote about Signal’s highly risky move into untraceable payments, and the opening that could create for lawmakers who want to eliminate end-to-end encryption
platformer.news/p/how-signal…
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Stefan Tilkov retweeted
Völlig egal, wer ihr seid oder wo ihr steht. Ob ihr für oder gegen eine Impfpflicht seid. Wir sind in einer Pandemie. Die Situation fordert schnelle, zeitgerechte Entscheidungen und klare Kommunikation. Was für eine Art von Grund ist Karneval?
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Interested in the outcome, but my assumption is both can serve as prime examples supporting that theory
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Haven’t really looked into it, but the cryptocurrency used by Signal makes bold claims of being environmentally sustainable: hackernoon.com/mobilecoin-is…
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Agreed, ease of use is the key point. No large-scale adoption has ever been motivated by abstract goals such as increased security or privacy
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So it seems the whole “decentralized” application space is doomed because it can’t survive success with a large user base, since “normal” people don’t care about the benefits enough to not prefer centralized, more convenient, cheaper alternatives
Wrote some notes summarizing my first impressions of web3: moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-fi…
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Yes. Even better when you can trust that some central service will take good care of your private key
Stefan Tilkov retweeted
Hacker News comments cause the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect for me. Whenever it’s a topic im familiar with most of the comments are condescendingly arrogant and wrong.
Yet when I know nothing about the topic I assume I’m getting high quality knowledge from experts.
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Stefan Tilkov retweeted
I can't believe I'm about to defend crypto.
This thread is completely nonsensical conspiracy-mongering. But because it's on "our side" people are gonna keep spreading this without asking "is it misinformation?"
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ABOUT TO DEFEND CRYPTO
1/There are people who are genuinely trying to talk intelligently about cryptocurrencies, but can’t because they don’t have historical background. This thread tries to correct that by suggesting required reading. First, it’s necessary to know what problem it attempts to solve.
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I find this to be some of the most damning criticism of the whole web3 idea because it’s clear @moxie is approaching it with an open mind
Wrote some notes summarizing my first impressions of web3: moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-fi…
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Stefan Tilkov retweeted
Wordle is:
- built in web components
- ~100K of JS (~57K of which is GTM, et tu Google?)
- interactive in < 3s on a 4G connection:
webpagetest.org/video/compar…
- ...and also on 3G:
webpagetest.org/video/compar…
Amazing work, @powerlanguish!
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