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Thousand Ether Homepage
The Million Dollar Homepage as an Ethereum Smart Contract and DApp
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How HN took it
14 positive, 48 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 17 critical, out of 80 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 11 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 7 againstDesign: 2 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Seamless onboarding with no email, password or payment details
From 1 comment
I find your work very impressive. Especially the UI flow: The user doesn't need anything, no email, no login, no payment credentials. Just Metamask and that's it. So this could…
brightfog on HN
Clever use of the blockchain as a backend
From 2 comments
I think you're missing what is interesting about this, from a technical point of view. This is neat, and novel: > "Ads displayed above are loaded directly from the Ethereum…
strictnein on HNHeya, I'm other said friend. We also put together some anticipated FAQs: https://thousandetherhomepage.com/faq Some random fun facts: - The frontend "DApp" piece is done with…
shazow on HN
Objections
Ads are speculative and lose value once attention fades
From 1 comment
We'd gamble on anything he does. Well said, because the dynamic is the same. Throw money at the house and hope you win. The house does. This can't be duplicated (maybe every few…
aaron-lebo on HN
Not mobile friendly and low click-through rate
From 1 comment
This is so well executed. After looking at it many times, I am really impressed. However, from an ad spending perspective, I see few drawbacks which hold me back: - Nowadays,…
earlybike on HN
Security issue (XSS) via ad links
From 2 comments
Just an FYI this has a pretty bad security issue (XSS) which you might wanna fix ASAP (else people's Ether might get stolen :/):…
mandatory on HNThe system seems to be vulnerable to an XSS attack injected via the contract; the exploit seems to work on Chromium(60) but not on Firefox(55)…
satyanash on HN
Requests
Explain where image data is stored
From 2 comments
But where exactly is the image data stored?
earlybike on HNCan someone quickly explain how file storage / bandwidth off the blockchain works? Who pays the gas to deliver it to end users?
coralreef on HN
Moderation of ad content
From 2 comments
Is there a moderation before the ads go live?
csomar on HNIs it possible to a stick a ride / offensive message on the ad because it isn't moderated?
quickthrower2 on HN
Questions
Who pays for bandwidth and gas to serve ads
From 2 comments
Can someone quickly explain how file storage / bandwidth off the blockchain works? Who pays the gas to deliver it to end users?
coralreef on HNThat is cool! But, if this DApp thing takes off, how will Ethereum nodes be compensated for essentially acting as a free CDN? It works fine as long as there aren’t a lot of…
runeks on HN
Can ads be changed after purchase
From 2 comments
Wait so how/where is the url/title/image stored? (I assume it's a url?) I notice you buy it then you later change the details?
sturmeh on HNHow was SysCoin able to replace their broken link? I thought a pixel once placed was eternal and immutable.
Kiro on HN
Alternatives named
Reddit r/place
From 1 comment
I'm sure the authors don't have malicious intent but this project reminded me of emergent activity getting closer to the "un-erasable bad byes" scenario I commented on recently.…
jasode on HN
EthereumPixels
From 1 comment
I made something similar https://ethereumpixels.com not too long ago! Had more of Reddit's r/place on my mind. The source code for the contract and the webapp can be found here:…
darkmirage on HN
Etherbillboard
From 1 comment
Great work guys! I did a similar project months ago, if you want to check: http://etherbillboard.com/ The main difference that the image is stored directly in the blockchain, but…
michelsonmorley on HN