Nimiq
Finance and crypto
cryptocurrency payment protocol
SHOW HN2017
8points
7comments
#1,988of 2,242 in 2017
Top 89%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Idea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple design that avoids reinventing the wheel
From 1 comment
On one hand it's a good sign that it's simple and non-innovative but OTOH it doesn't add much value compared to Bitcoin implementations like CoPay or bcoin that can already run…
wmf on HN
Objections
Adds little value over existing browser-capable Bitcoin implementations like CoPay and bcoin
From 1 comment
On one hand it's a good sign that it's simple and non-innovative but OTOH it doesn't add much value compared to Bitcoin implementations like CoPay or bcoin that can already run…
wmf on HN
Existing intermediary-based solutions or alternatives would be less work than a new currency
From 1 comment
That stuff either already exists or creating it would be much less work than creating a whole new currency. (Although I just did some googling and WebRTC support was removed from…
wmf on HN
Questions
Is it a new cryptocurrency with its own blockchain and mining system
From 1 comment
Very interesting! Would love to hear more from the team behind this. Just to be clear, we are talking about a new cryptocurrency, blockchain, peer net mining system as well as…
indescions_2017 on HN
Are the intermediary nodes open and decentralized
From 1 comment
Are those intermediaries also accessible for anyone and decentralized? Is there an open infrastructure upon which anybody can build web applications with nothing but static…
Capira on HN
Alternatives named
CoPay
From 1 comment
On one hand it's a good sign that it's simple and non-innovative but OTOH it doesn't add much value compared to Bitcoin implementations like CoPay or bcoin that can already run…
wmf on HN
bcoin
From 1 comment
On one hand it's a good sign that it's simple and non-innovative but OTOH it doesn't add much value compared to Bitcoin implementations like CoPay or bcoin that can already run…
wmf on HN