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General Discussion / Re: DEVCON1: How Blockchain Technology Can Help us Achieve Prosperity - Don Tapscott
« on: December 01, 2015, 05:47:45 am »
Oh and btw I enjoyed Don Tapscotts presentation too!
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General Discussion / DEVCON1: How Blockchain Technology Can Help us Achieve Prosperity - Don Tapscott
« on: December 01, 2015, 05:45:13 am »
I have become very fascinated with Tauchain ever since the interview that Matthew Zipkin did on Lets Talk Bitcoin.
Ohad, the creator of Tauchain presents all the arguments why it's is not a good idea to use a Turing complete language for smart contracts. Naturally, he shares his criticism against Ethereum. He says, that because Turing complete languages can produce both true and false conclusions at the same time, Turing complete languages are not ideal for smart contracts.
And he gets into the semantic web, by discussing the need for human readable programming languages for smart contracts so that more than just programmers can understand what the code is doing. specifically he mentions Notation3.
The only thing missing from Tauchain, is a mechanism for voting. Which is the one of the things that Bitshares has developed successfully.
I still keep an eye on Bitshares, but I've come realize despite all the bells and whistles that developers are trying to Implement.... the one thing that really defines the difference between Bitcoin and the rest...is the fact that Bitcoin Mobile Wallet Apps exist.
And until Bitshares has an iOS app and a Android app, I don't see any reason why I should get into Bitshares.
Ohad, the creator of Tauchain presents all the arguments why it's is not a good idea to use a Turing complete language for smart contracts. Naturally, he shares his criticism against Ethereum. He says, that because Turing complete languages can produce both true and false conclusions at the same time, Turing complete languages are not ideal for smart contracts.
And he gets into the semantic web, by discussing the need for human readable programming languages for smart contracts so that more than just programmers can understand what the code is doing. specifically he mentions Notation3.
The only thing missing from Tauchain, is a mechanism for voting. Which is the one of the things that Bitshares has developed successfully.
I still keep an eye on Bitshares, but I've come realize despite all the bells and whistles that developers are trying to Implement.... the one thing that really defines the difference between Bitcoin and the rest...is the fact that Bitcoin Mobile Wallet Apps exist.
And until Bitshares has an iOS app and a Android app, I don't see any reason why I should get into Bitshares.
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Technical Support / Re: Typos in the Wallet
« on: November 06, 2015, 10:18:39 pm »
in Canada we spell favourite with a "u" 
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General Discussion / Re: BM interview with Arthur Falls
« on: November 01, 2015, 12:43:13 pm »
I enjoyed that past interview too! Arthur has a great interviewing style!
However, it looks like Arthur has moved on to specifically cover the Ethereum Platform - The Ether Review. Currently, The Ether Review has it's 3rd episode up on the Lets Talk Bitcoin network.
However, it looks like Arthur has moved on to specifically cover the Ethereum Platform - The Ether Review. Currently, The Ether Review has it's 3rd episode up on the Lets Talk Bitcoin network.
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Technical Support / Re: New Tutorial Video - How bitUSD Works
« on: October 22, 2015, 01:54:59 am »
Ah yes. I see where I got confused.
0.004 dollars versus 0.4 cents
I would suggest an edit to introduce the value of the current Bitshares something like the following... "as you can see the price of Bitshares is 0.004 dollars or 0.4 cents"....
then continue using the 0.4 cents as I think it does make the value of Bitshares sound bigger.
by doing this, it prevents any viewers from getting confused like I did.
Keep the videos coming
0.004 dollars versus 0.4 cents
I would suggest an edit to introduce the value of the current Bitshares something like the following... "as you can see the price of Bitshares is 0.004 dollars or 0.4 cents"....
then continue using the 0.4 cents as I think it does make the value of Bitshares sound bigger.
by doing this, it prevents any viewers from getting confused like I did.
Keep the videos coming
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Technical Support / New Tutorial Video - How bitUSD Works
« on: October 19, 2015, 01:05:51 am »
Good video.
However, one mistake made continually through the video - is the numbers quoted for the price of a bitshare. The video shows 0.004 and the narration is quoted as "Zero Point Four" which is 0.4, not 0.004. Same goes for the second price. of 0.006
Once this is fixed, the video would be perfect.
However, one mistake made continually through the video - is the numbers quoted for the price of a bitshare. The video shows 0.004 and the narration is quoted as "Zero Point Four" which is 0.4, not 0.004. Same goes for the second price. of 0.006
Once this is fixed, the video would be perfect.
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Technical Support / "Getting Started" with Bitshares - Thanks Dogecoin.
« on: October 17, 2015, 03:44:42 am »
Just had a look at Dogecoin's "Getting Started" page.
It's exactly what I've wanted to see Bitshares do, on their website.
It makes things so clear for the average person.
http://dogecoin.com/getting-started/
It's exactly what I've wanted to see Bitshares do, on their website.
It makes things so clear for the average person.
http://dogecoin.com/getting-started/
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General Discussion / The 2.0 launch - lessons learned
« on: October 16, 2015, 02:46:29 pm »
There are definitely a lot of experts in the tech and economic fields in Bitshares, but their appears to be no expert teachers stepping up to show how it works to the AVERAGE non-coder, non-trader person.
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General Discussion / Re: The 2.0 launch - lessons learned
« on: October 16, 2015, 02:40:56 pm »
I really hope an expert teacher will come along to produce a series of instructional videos to teach how the AVERAGE person can get into Bitshares -> from changing their fiat to crypto - >to setting up a Bitshares wallet -> to becoming a successful investor through the Bitshares Market. Teaching all the critical terminology/concepts of each step along the way.
I expected Bitshares TV to do this, however it only ended up being a buzz word marketing effort.
In my opinion Great Educational Resources along with Simple UX design are the most important factors for user adoption.
I expected Bitshares TV to do this, however it only ended up being a buzz word marketing effort.
In my opinion Great Educational Resources along with Simple UX design are the most important factors for user adoption.
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General Discussion / Margin Call Explanation & Beware of Illiquid Markets with Low Margin
« on: October 16, 2015, 02:39:14 pm »
I really hope an expert teacher will come along to produce a series of instructional videos to teach how the AVERAGE person can get into Bitshares -> from changing their fiat to crypto - >to setting up a Bitshares wallet -> to becoming a successful investor through the Bitshares Market. Teaching all the critical terminology/concepts of each step along the way.
I expected Bitshares TV to do this, however it only ended up being a buzz word marketing effort.
In my opinion Great Educational Resources along with Simple UX design are the most important factors for user adoption.
I expected Bitshares TV to do this, however it only ended up being a buzz word marketing effort.
In my opinion Great Educational Resources along with Simple UX design are the most important factors for user adoption.
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Technical Support / Re: Online Wallet - Black Screen on iOS.
« on: October 14, 2015, 01:45:55 pm »
I shouldn't have to go to the help icon on the open ledger page to find out that the open ledger page has something to do with Bitshares.
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Technical Support / Re: Online Wallet - Black Screen on iOS.
« on: October 14, 2015, 01:44:42 pm »
Why does the openledger page not mention anything about setting up a wallet for Bitshares 2.0 ?
All it says on the page is to "open an account."
Open an account for what?
When there is lack of explicit information (Bitshares.openledger.info), people can be distrustful of the page they are on.
There isn't even a Bitshares logo on the openledger site.
I know I am being critical here.
But this stuff matters, to gain adoption.
All it says on the page is to "open an account."
Open an account for what?
When there is lack of explicit information (Bitshares.openledger.info), people can be distrustful of the page they are on.
There isn't even a Bitshares logo on the openledger site.
I know I am being critical here.
But this stuff matters, to gain adoption.
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Technical Support / Re: Online Wallet - Black Screen on iOS.
« on: October 14, 2015, 01:34:37 pm »
what is the difference between http://bitshares.openledger.info and the link for the web wallet on the Bitshares site. https://bitshares.org/wallet/#/ ?
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Technical Support / Online Wallet - Black Screen on iOS.
« on: October 14, 2015, 12:38:59 pm »
Looks like the Online Wallet does not work with iOS browsers (I tried four - including Safari and Chrome).
I'm currently running iOS 7.
I'm currently running iOS 7.
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General Discussion / Re: The Final Countdown!
« on: October 13, 2015, 02:01:08 pm »
So is the launch happening about 5pm Eastern Standard Time?
