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So people can't create bots to farm Stellar money. You get free Stellar when signing up.


You can farm Facebook accounts to farm Stellar $$ if you wanted is the flaw in that logic. People already farm Facebook accounts :/


No financial incentive for turning off your machines. While there is a financial incentive to donate to spread the good will of Dogecoin.


The 14 million Dogecoin (~$12,000) tweet:

https://twitter.com/savethemhood/status/445007386323853312


Isn't that a pyramid scheme? To have any nxt, you need to buy it from someone else.


Is precious metal a pyramid scheme? o.O


Love it! The complaints here are usually from people who assume this is good for all situations. If you have a fixed amount of static forms, this wouldn't make sense. BUT, if you had to do dynamic forms that can change drastically with user input, this is wonderful.


His parents could set up a kickstarter/indiegogo/paypal. They wouldn't have to name Snowden in the plea for funds, could be named the "Freedom Fund". So, donators wouldn't be charged with aiding a felon.


If the donors know it's for Snowden, the courts would as well.


Is he actually a felon?


"Good luck with that." is all I'm saying.


You are assuming resources are limited, but they are infinite. Making the assumption the Universe is infinite.


The vast majority of resources in the universe are unavailable to us, and will likely remain so unless we make efficient use of the resources that are available to us.


>You are assuming resources are limited, but they are infinite. Making the assumption the Universe is infinite.

Silliest thing I've read all day. There are huge costs associated with extracting resources here on earth, let alone from the stars. And even if "the universe" is infinite, no new matter is being generated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe


Huge costs for a scarcity based economy. I guess that will be changing soon enough.


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