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True. You probably can't just jump onto something like building (so hard and) secure Firefox or Chrome addons directly without any funding. Start with what you're thinking to build (talking about the protocol, the easy part). Once you're ready with it, keep improving it with the funding you receive in the shape of little commissions. Ultimately, you'll be able to build such add-ons for the protocol with the funding of total commissions.
Literally, "a lot of" crypto startups have become successful by following this path (starting with nothing, becoming everything). "Blockfolio" (mobile application) is an example of such success. IMO, crypto-industry is still lacking basic stuff, and start-ups (like the one you're planning) have so much potential!
Literally, "a lot of" crypto startups have become successful by following this path (starting with nothing, becoming everything). "Blockfolio" (mobile application) is an example of such success. IMO, crypto-industry is still lacking basic stuff, and start-ups (like the one you're planning) have so much potential!
Funding. As if every idea costs a couple of million in venture capital to get off the ground. The things with this idea is that The protocol part would be free. Webmasters just put the file on their websites. I could build the tipping app in a couple of weeks. Someone else could build the Chrome add on and another person the FF add on. It is open and extendable and could only encourage the spending of btc. the tricky part would be gettin people to know about it and use it.
As soon as you start saying "off chain", convert to USD, or anything like that, you are talking lots of money with little chance of actually doing anything.
This is the same principle as clicking a link in an email to something on Amazon and it opening the Amazon app at that item. Amazon has a file with the id of its app sitting on its website. When you click the link, the phone checks the website and only if that app is installed, will it open the link with it.
I think not only app but from the very first firefox addon would be great too but I have different version. I think it will be very hard to push website owners to accept your btc tip method but as I see a lot of them have paypal donation buttons. With addon, it will be grest if users are able to pay 1$ or any amount with bitcoin and then you automatically donate it in usd but now as I realize my idea is hard and probably worse because of paypal tos. But addon would be great.
That would be very hard and legally tricky.
There are dozen of bitcoin tipping bots available in the market. Likecoin implemented a enhanced one previous year. Even reddit tip bot is a good example. I will suggest you to look at some bots and then get ideas where you can enhance your.
Mine isn't a tipping BOT, it is a tipping protocol/software. A reddit bot and lightning network are essentially the same thing. You pay coins into a third party, "off chain" system and the balance gets moved around between users. You still have to pay to claim it back "on chain". The lightning network is slightly more inconvenient as you need to raise an invoice to get your tip. What % of tips actually go unclaimed on these systems? Also they are closed environments. You can't tip Facebook or WordPress with a reddit bot.
My idea is a straight address to address payment. High transaction fees is always going to be a problem (until btc is back in the $100s range).
Yeah, cos the Lightning Network is going to be safe and usable any time soon. Problems with the underlying infrastructure? Just build another layer of complexity on top.
My idea is this
Every website has a file called "crypto.json" in its root folder (http://example.com/crypto.json). This is available to the public and is perfectly safe as only the website owner should be able to edit it. it contains a data structure that has the name of the web site, and a list of coin addresses. One for each type of coin accepted. It can optionally have a list of children where the data structure is repeated. This would be for employees. writers, etc. the file can be static or it can be generated dynamically. It can have any sort of coin in it. You could probably even embed it in a web page to make it local to that page.
It is then a piece of cake to come along, read the file and know where to send the tip to. It takes a whole step out of the tip sending as you know where to send it to.
An example crypto.json
{
"entity": {
"identifiers": [
"example.com",
"example1.com"
],
"addresses": {
"bitcoin": "address_1",
"ethereum": "address_2"
},
"children": [
{
"entity1": {
"identifiers": [
"fred bloggs",
"fred@example.com"
],
"addresses": {
"bitcoin": "address_3",
"ethereum": "address_4"
},
"children":[]
}
}
]
}
}
My idea is this
Every website has a file called "crypto.json" in its root folder (http://example.com/crypto.json). This is available to the public and is perfectly safe as only the website owner should be able to edit it. it contains a data structure that has the name of the web site, and a list of coin addresses. One for each type of coin accepted. It can optionally have a list of children where the data structure is repeated. This would be for employees. writers, etc. the file can be static or it can be generated dynamically. It can have any sort of coin in it. You could probably even embed it in a web page to make it local to that page.
It is then a piece of cake to come along, read the file and know where to send the tip to. It takes a whole step out of the tip sending as you know where to send it to.
An example crypto.json
{
"entity": {
"identifiers": [
"example.com",
"example1.com"
],
"addresses": {
"bitcoin": "address_1",
"ethereum": "address_2"
},
"children": [
{
"entity1": {
"identifiers": [
"fred bloggs",
"fred@example.com"
],
"addresses": {
"bitcoin": "address_3",
"ethereum": "address_4"
},
"children":[]
}
}
]
}
}
So basically you're thinking of a wallet that can only be used to send tips to websites, instead of a wallet that can be used to send coins to any address?
I would like to have an app for sending small tips if iht's off-chain and operated by a trusted party (for instance an exchange or online casino). Small tips aren't worth paying transaction fees, and an off-chain solution would be nice. LN could work, but for small amounts I'm fine trusting a third party too.
I would like to have an app for sending small tips if iht's off-chain and operated by a trusted party (for instance an exchange or online casino). Small tips aren't worth paying transaction fees, and an off-chain solution would be nice. LN could work, but for small amounts I'm fine trusting a third party too.
Thinking about it, it's more like a protocol for knowing where to send the money to. What you are talking about is essentially an exchange where you can just shuffle money between different peoples accounts. They would probably have to pay to withdraw their money or you send it.
You can batch the tips up and send several in one transaction. We want to encourage people to to use the coins, not just save them.
If we can get it down to three clicks, then people might start using it.
A couple of things?
If the joke was worth it, I could do some illustrations for you. ANYTHING would look better than your current drawings. I could see something a bit "south park" working. Message me.
- What would the joke be? What does trump say at the end?
- What video editing software do you have?
- How old are you?
If the joke was worth it, I could do some illustrations for you. ANYTHING would look better than your current drawings. I could see something a bit "south park" working. Message me.
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Just had an idea for a bitcoin tipping app. It is super simple and super scalable. It would be just ios and droid apps for the moment but could work with any other app that's out there.
It would be called BitTip or BitRain or something. It has an fund address that you load up with some spare Btc. You can either directly enter the website to tip or use it as a "share" action. So you are browsing a blog/comic/news site on your phone and want to tip the writer. You go to share the page and choose BitTip as the app to use. You decide the size of tip and hit Send. The app works its magic and sends the money from your tipping fund directly to the websites address. There is also probably a screen with the status of all your tip transactions plus funds in and out.
I also envisage the setting of the tip size either from a menu or by making that "make it rain" gesture on your phone. The more swipes, the bigger the amount.
The special sauce is how the app talks to the website to get its Btc address. It is super easy for the site owners. You could probably add in individual authors as well. All completely decentralized, expandable and instant.
Who or what would you want to tip? How much? A couple of cents to a couple of dollars? 1% commission ok? Are there javascript libraries for sending Btc?
It would be called BitTip or BitRain or something. It has an fund address that you load up with some spare Btc. You can either directly enter the website to tip or use it as a "share" action. So you are browsing a blog/comic/news site on your phone and want to tip the writer. You go to share the page and choose BitTip as the app to use. You decide the size of tip and hit Send. The app works its magic and sends the money from your tipping fund directly to the websites address. There is also probably a screen with the status of all your tip transactions plus funds in and out.
I also envisage the setting of the tip size either from a menu or by making that "make it rain" gesture on your phone. The more swipes, the bigger the amount.
The special sauce is how the app talks to the website to get its Btc address. It is super easy for the site owners. You could probably add in individual authors as well. All completely decentralized, expandable and instant.
Who or what would you want to tip? How much? A couple of cents to a couple of dollars? 1% commission ok? Are there javascript libraries for sending Btc?
Crypto Zoo
E.1. "The Crypto Stork"
I am in the middle of creating a cryptocurrency cartoon show in Paint. I already have over 100 scenes done. The show is going to be based around cryptocurrency and will be a comedy show talking about recent events etc
The first episode is a play on "fork" and will talk about Satoshi's vision and Cash.
27 second clip https://youtu.be/vfT1Nwdeu8g
This clip will obviously have audio etc when finished and will be around 10 minutes long. I just wanted to show how the scenes will work. Subscribe if you like it, and you will get a notification when the actual video is live.
Where do you get information about Bitcoin? Do you watch Youtube video's or just read the daily news?
E.1. "The Crypto Stork"
I am in the middle of creating a cryptocurrency cartoon show in Paint. I already have over 100 scenes done. The show is going to be based around cryptocurrency and will be a comedy show talking about recent events etc
The first episode is a play on "fork" and will talk about Satoshi's vision and Cash.
27 second clip https://youtu.be/vfT1Nwdeu8g
This clip will obviously have audio etc when finished and will be around 10 minutes long. I just wanted to show how the scenes will work. Subscribe if you like it, and you will get a notification when the actual video is live.
Where do you get information about Bitcoin? Do you watch Youtube video's or just read the daily news?
What is the actual script/joke for this?
Honestly? If you have a script, then carry on working on that. There are probably lots of people out there with the proper drawing skills/tools who would love to help make a cartoon.
At the very least, upgrade to Paint.Net as it is free and MUCH, MUCH better than paint. It does layers, so you can have text on one, trees on another and the bird on another. Then you can show and hide the different layers as necessary. Also, use text tools for text and line tools/shapes for objects. It is impossible to to draw with a mouse. If you use thicker lines they will look less blocky and Paint.Net will also smooth them out as well.
At the very least, upgrade to Paint.Net as it is free and MUCH, MUCH better than paint. It does layers, so you can have text on one, trees on another and the bird on another. Then you can show and hide the different layers as necessary. Also, use text tools for text and line tools/shapes for objects. It is impossible to to draw with a mouse. If you use thicker lines they will look less blocky and Paint.Net will also smooth them out as well.
Uhm, what? How did you come up with the conclusion about bitcoin being a scam just with that statement?
Also, take note that the biggest wallets that contain the biggest number of bitcoins doesn't automatically mean 1000 people own 85% of all bitcoin. Take note that exchanges are a part of that 1000(assuming this statistic is actually true), hence, it doesn't mean that 1000 people own 85% of BTC. Take note that the top exchanges has A LOT of users. We're talking multi-millions here. Binance itself was gaining a few million of users per week just sometime last year. Think about it.
1000 addresses hold 85% of all BTC =/=(not equal to) 1000 people hold 85% of all BTC
Also, take note that the biggest wallets that contain the biggest number of bitcoins doesn't automatically mean 1000 people own 85% of all bitcoin. Take note that exchanges are a part of that 1000(assuming this statistic is actually true), hence, it doesn't mean that 1000 people own 85% of BTC. Take note that the top exchanges has A LOT of users. We're talking multi-millions here. Binance itself was gaining a few million of users per week just sometime last year. Think about it.
1000 addresses hold 85% of all BTC =/=(not equal to) 1000 people hold 85% of all BTC
This is true about exchanges, but the exchange addresses are just a few and like you said, these addresses refer to thousands of customers. So if we exclude a dozen addresses (or twenty), we are left with, let's say, 990/980 addresses.
It could also be that, apart from the dozen or so addresses related to Exchanges, the other 990 don't belong to 990 different people, but maybe much less. There could also be some big whale who owns maybe 10 or 20 of the biggest addresses that we see in the first thousand. We don't know in reality, because every address is of course anonymous. Maybe (just a supposition) one hundred real people own the majority of bitcoins in the first thousand addresses, apart from the exchange ones.
Here a look of the bitcoin rich list address, where is pointed out the addresses which are owned by exchanges:
https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html
It is addresses that hadn't done anything for the last two years. That is not exchanges. That is whales seing off. It states there is 40% more BTC in circulation since they started selling.
Uhm, what? How did you come up with the conclusion about bitcoin being a scam just with that statement?
Also, take note that the biggest wallets that contain the biggest number of bitcoins doesn't automatically mean 1000 people own 85% of all bitcoin. Take note that exchanges are a part of that 1000(assuming this statistic is actually true), hence, it doesn't mean that 1000 people own 85% of BTC. Take note that the top exchanges has A LOT of users. We're talking multi-millions here. Binance itself was gaining a few million of users per week just sometime last year. Think about it.
1000 addresses hold 85% of all BTC =/=(not equal to) 1000 people hold 85% of all BTC
Also, take note that the biggest wallets that contain the biggest number of bitcoins doesn't automatically mean 1000 people own 85% of all bitcoin. Take note that exchanges are a part of that 1000(assuming this statistic is actually true), hence, it doesn't mean that 1000 people own 85% of BTC. Take note that the top exchanges has A LOT of users. We're talking multi-millions here. Binance itself was gaining a few million of users per week just sometime last year. Think about it.
1000 addresses hold 85% of all BTC =/=(not equal to) 1000 people hold 85% of all BTC
Probably less than a thousand people with a thousand private keys own 85% of the bitcoins. Remember, if its in an exchange, you don't own it. You are trusting them.
Also, that would imply 85% is being used as investments and only 15% is Available to spend.
We should start a new 1% movement.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/long-dormant-bitcoin-whales-resuming-activity-could-rock-price-action-analysts-say
According to this, 1000 addresses own 85% of ALL the bitcoins out there. If that is true, then bitcoin is a scam.
According to this, 1000 addresses own 85% of ALL the bitcoins out there. If that is true, then bitcoin is a scam.
Re: 10 Real places where you can spend your Bitcoins today
https://www.ccn.com/expedia-stops-accepting-bitcoin-driving-users-to-alternative-travel-sites/
They should probably update this thread.
They should probably update this thread.
Re: 10 Real places where you can spend your Bitcoins today
I think its better if youll just invest your bitcoin rather than using it for buying items. Itll be more productive youll gain more money in investing.
That is what people had misconception about bitcoin. I think we need to use bitcoin more often so that bitcoin become more adoptable to more people. Bitcoin was designed to be currency and not store of value. If all people just hodl bitcoin then how can it develop as currency. I don't mean to spend all your bitcoins but at least a portion of your profit to buy things so that more merchants are encouraged to receive bitcoins as payment. That way it can grow and become a universal currency.
I would agree up to some extent.
My opinion is also the same - that BTC should be used more like a currency and not like an investment tool. However, look at what gold used to be - it was storing value that was held for investing purposes and at the same time you could trade with it. All resources and even fiat currencies are the same. The issue with Bitcoin (and all other cryptos) is that they are just too volatile and enable people to make quick money. On top of that if you are large investor, you can manipulate the market for your benefit. Theses huge spikes in prices make people greedy so most of them are looking to invest and make a profit rather than buy BTC and start trading with it. On top of that, if you buy BTC with the idea of just pay for stuff, you are taking some considerable risk that this currency will actually decrease in price and you would be able to buy less than initially anticipated. Such people look for stability that the fiat currencies offer. For example, if something bad happens with a currency on the forex market, it does not crash 20-30% like crypto for a day, it simply declines by 2-3% at most, which makes the whole idea look more stable. There is no institution or anything that can really force a fiat currency to surge 20-30 or more percent a day or decline by that ammout.
What you all are telling is correct but their should be places to use bitcoin as fiat currency, their are very less places where you can use bitcoin like fiat currency. In my country cryptocurrency is not recommended to use and cryptocurrency exchanges are closed down. So now the only way to use bitcoin is to convert to fiat currency and use it or just use like investment tool so that in future if it gets legal can be used as fiat currency or get profit from longterm price increase and convert it to fiat currency.
The thing is, shops need to convert to fiat to buy from their suppliers. The suppliers need fiat to buy from the manufacturers.