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True, 69420 has a better ring. I think it's more of this land grab of early NFT craze. People buying whatever they can now with the expectation that it's going to go up. The US military is pretty good at lighting money on fire...

Sign of the times... no way this NFT craze is going to last.

seems to be the top? no?

Wonder if you could signal jam for market trading advantages? Block an HFT line or commodities data? Just spitballing.

Thanks for the comment nightfly.

If you visit the website, the goal is put the island into a conservation trust with two public tent camping sites, its a remote island with no structures, abundant wildlife, and is currently for sale. No houses are being built on the island.

A small cabin will be built so the land trust and community members can make overnight trips out to the island for cleanup, surveys, wildlife studies ect.

Happy to answer any questions, and welcome you to come stay if we can find a benefactor. Thanks

A test of Crypto Conservation.

People have completely lost the value of money.

I could not agree more, I've been so heated over the last year looking for any sort of rationale but this greed fueled fake currency explosion is driving me insane. I understand the tech, I don not understand the hype.

Still waiting for someone to name one singular measurable impact of a crypto project.

It's a solution that's been searching for a problem for over 10 years.

Decentralized, distributed, blah blah, stop drinking the koolaid.

Is a network controlled primarily by 4 mining companies decentralized?

Do you need a distributed network to sell NFTS that are only useable within the world of a specific video game company? (game nfts)

Name a project that can't be accomplished traditionally with the cloud and some code?

Name a reason why you should leave your FDIC insured government backed bank for a 3rd party wallet and incur transaction fees, gas fees, fraud, hacks ect that are equivalent to wire transfer fees cbx fees ect.

The crypto community has been spewing advantages that don't exist and solutions for problems that do. not. exist.

Why would you need to trade your COD skin through a decentralized distributed network if that skin is only usable through a specific centralized game?

The use cases for CRYPTO and NFT are extremely small.

Its a solution that's been looking for a problem for over 10 years.

EXACTLY.

Name one crypto project making any sort of impact.

dude you would love tiktok. you get one video per page.

Is it though?

Sometimes it's an easy conversation starter. People like to bitch about work and speaking about all the things they dislike at the workplace. Often times it is pointing to an underlying problem though and some communication breakdown at the least.

So... will a new browser need to be created in order for this tech to go mainstream? In the case of building a web app does this eliminate the need for a server?

Can someone explain this to me like I'm an 8 year old?

I think IOTA in this case is a better project focusing on a more important problem in the future (IOT) and machine to machine transacting.

I think the notion that BTC or Ethereum are actually decentralized digital currencies is the biggest farce of the last 5 years. A small concentration of miners (mostly based in china) control the vast majority transactions and will continue to so based on the increased difficulity that only large economies of scale will profit from. Middlemen(brokers and exchanges) charge fees just like banks do to transact and store. The transaction fees on the chains are equivalent to that of just sending a bank wire, and your wallet is no more secure than a bank account (can still be hacked) and not FDIC insured. Where is the benefit now?

Have any referrals? looking for a cto

Also I don't think these EV charging companies have any shot at being financially viable given the utilization rate required to turn a profit.

Anybody working in this sector have an opposing view?

After digging into the financial statements this company is reminiscent of Nikola, I've compiled some due diligence and I'm taking short positions.

Due diligence here if anyone wants to dig in: https://www.dropbox.com/s/eq4wg48p8gkeqnz/To%20whom%20this%2...

What would be an advantage going for swiftui vs. React Native for a startup? I feel like the cross platform nature of React would be more beneficial for starting a new platform or business. Of course swift will operate better for ios but is the tradeoff that great with React Native?

Also I think a more widespread adoption and onboarding to the ACH and soon the RTP rails would help a bunch. (USA)

I feel like as somebody that works as a freelancer a big problem for me is transparent payment terms (net15, net30 ect.) and having money come in sooner is always better, net present value.

It seems so funny that delayed payments are preferred by so many but it makes sense. People want to get paid fast, but very few want to pay OTHERS fast.

How does the storage capacity of these biowaste supercapicitors compare to that of a synthesized or inorganic material?

Is the Jackfruit and Durian selected because its spongy properties after being autoclaved?

If amazon was smart they would buy uber or lyft and leverage the last mile free contractor network already in place.

What's the best current alternative database for storing financial transactions? Just use a SQL over a NoSQL?

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Especially as a co-founder it goes a long way! I'm still looking for that net30 D2C product of my own to get started. All the best!

I read an article recently on the behind the scenes lawsuits with these paid bloggers in the mattress review industry.

https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-blogg...

It seems like these guys generated a tremendous amount of money for themselves and orders for the businesses based on which company they gave the OK to.

You guys seemed to stay out all that, which I really respect, but it looked like some competitors really went to lengths to get that "edge" in this product category.

Hey JT,

That seems incredible. I guess I just don't understand how you could custom brand and design a physical product, find manufacturers and fulfill their MOQ's, store all of your product and market it for $6,000. Either way, I understand you approached this sector with a technology first mindset, and it's been a really impressive business model.

I've approached similar D2C products in different markets using your method but the initial costs just to get a product to market before advertising is usually close to about 10 times higher.

This headline is misleading.

Native raised venture capital, it wasn't disclosed but there's plenty of PR surrounding it.

Tuft and Needle was started by engineers that had a good bit of personal cash saved in the bank, then later borrowed $500,000.

MVNT raised Money.

It's not like these companies didn't raise a bunch of money, they just didn't use VC $$ supposedly.

The common denominator here is the direct to consumer model with the use of growth hacking via social media campaigns and the rise of such social media platforms.

I.E. Make product that people want to buy and market it efficiently on social channels.