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Comment All Crypto/DLTs are not Equal (Score 1) 88

The current wide range of cryptos/DLTs range from scams to networks that are not fully evolved. Besides the scams and shit coins there are networks that will evolve and will solve some of the most challenging problems in our time... These networks will provide efficiencies that provide true decentralized governance and consensus. Decentralized transactions and decentralized value exchange will be part of our everyday life. We'll use these to secure and increase efficiencies, trust, and usher in real decentralized governance of industry, governance, and communication... Limited resources/currency/value is required to secure and fulfill decentralization. When people say they'll ban all of crypto investment they are banning decentralized security, efficiency, and governance. Our "representatives" should educate themselves more and focus on removing scams, regulating exchanges (though they haven't had the best record with our current financial markets), and increasing public education to warn about risk in nascent network investments.

Comment DLTs will dominate social (Score 1) 80

Eventually social media will transact with DLTs. Bluesky social is an example of a product that may usher this into mainstream. Also fee-less transaction DLTs are more likely to one day be the mainstream DLTs running social media. People and government entities will see (and already have) the value in de-siloed data ownership and will gravitate away from walled gardens.

Elon and his autocratic partners may have an early moment where they monetize things really well. Dogecoin won't survive in the long run unless it's completely overhauled or is bridged to a efficient DLT system... also it's token distribution is pretty poor.

Comment Will P2P Grow? (Score 1) 410

If net-priority-purchases becomes the norm for web app access and the comcasts of the world 'downgrade' everyone else, what is a small startup to do? They can purchase lane space by piggybacking on expensive Google priority lanes, or they will be left to being slow and unresponsive in the consumer eye. My guess is P2P will become more relevant at this stage. People will download and install apps that will serve from decentralized nodes as the only way to get around the money hording behemoth ISPs. But, even this road will be hard to maintain without a real net neutrality law.

Comment The Plugin Plug Challenge, Street Parkers (Score 2, Insightful) 327

The challenge is bringing the ability to self-charge vehicles to more people.

Apartment people are not going to be able to charge their own electric car anytime soon, so they are out of the self-charge market (they’ll have to go to a station). At least until there is some portable battery pack...

Few people in America have Garages to charge their electric cars.

More have Street parking in front of their townhouse or single family house.

Target market=In front of your home street parkers.

There are two hurdles in this market
1. Biggest=Legislation. Allowing homeowners to install a plug near the curb (like a parking meter, but less obvious: could even be delivered via the route in the existing gutter drain from the house).

2. Technical Challenge=Developing a fully waterproof (top to bottom) electrical cord, that requires a key or combo to unlock it, and installed on a retractable coil. This is where potential $millions await.

Of course we cannot forget the unmentioned challenge = fighting for that exact public space to do the charge.

Comment Vitual Items Could Be Claimed (Score 1) 145

Wow. When you think about it the same could apply to virtual items in different online game worlds. For example there are many video games that have items to buy and sell for real money. So same rules would apply for unused accounts and the $ items that exist within them. The state could sell the items online if not claimed.

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