Quote from: danosphere on February 18, 2016, 12:13:59 AM

Quote from: DrPaid on February 17, 2016, 11:08:28 PM

Clearly you've misunderstood the whole idea behind this project. The coin has nothing to do with "tech" innovation. They have never claimed to be that. They are simply using existing tech to transfer value and promote user content on the platform.

They might have plans to add coins development down the line but this was never intended or mentioned and is not to be expected of them. Perhaps a coin like factom or ETH is what you are looking for. I welcome any coin development and think it would bring even more value to users but it's a little harsh to criticise their project in a somewhat condescending manner.

People are investing time (freelancers, listing gigs) and $$ (investors, ppl trying to use the coin to buy gigs) in this thing, I don't think its harsh at all to ask the developer of the project technical questions. Even if there is no innovation here (which is what you're saying) they still should have answers to these questions- how will they provide any type of support if things start to go wrong?

They're using existing tech, ok- what coin was this forked from? Or what assimilation of coins was it birthed from?

Well you are free to ask questions. Your initial comment bluntly saying "poor site" is not constructive at all. The site is functional and the fact that they are aiming to bridge the crypto community and those outside is commendable. I see the project as a gateway for those outside of crypto to start using bitcoin. The world doesn't always need overly complicated new pieces of tech, it needs better integration into society through usability. People want to promote their gigs and increase exposure on the platform by spending this coin and I think that's fine. The platform is giving freelancers a way to make money with minimal fees with the option to accept and use $HIRE. I can't really fault them for their efforts and if people are willing to accept part payments in BTC/HIRE I think the coin will be used for a long time.