One short question. If you can answer me that question satisfactory, I will buy a siginificant amount of Geocoins.
How do you solve the problem that the GPS-position can be faked with software as well as hardware?
How do you solve the problem that the GPS-position can be faked with software as well as hardware?
This is a good question. I have a Jailbroken iPhone and can successfully spoof my GPS on the Geocoin app.
How do you plan to tackle this?
This does not really convince me. Of course you can detect some of the people who try to spoof their location. For exampe it is not possible to be at one place and one minute later at another place which is 100 miles away. But it is not possible to detect all those users. Pokemon Go has the same problms.
If there are many coins near together, you cannot find out if someone spoofs or not. Also if the coins have high value, you will attract many cheaters.
I know that there is no simple solution for that problem (btw: I am working in the Geoinformatics field).
Anyway, before you have not solved this problem, there is no way that your concept will be accepted in a large scale.
I like your ideas very much. A Geocoin would have huge potential. But if you cannot make 100 percent sure that users cannot spoof ther location it cannot really work.
Any idea to solve that problem? If you have a good idea but not the time, maybe we could write a research proposal ... you can also send me a PM
OK - that means you have not soved the problem. If you would be able to detect reliable fake GPS you would not have to ban users, because it would be sufficient to refuse to give them coins. Before you have not solved this problem, your coins will never be worth much, because it is to unsecure to place them at a geolocation.
Anyway, I wish you good luck for your project.