Just wondering if there has been any more thinking or development on DBCs?
Had a skim through the Scrit whitepaper which was linked to in the Jan. 30 dev update there to understand a little better what that’s all about, and found this quote:
Sets of DBCs are simple strings that can be transferred between users by email, instant messaging, or any other means. They can also be printed as QR codes and used by the sender without a digital device present.
It’s mind-boggling to imagine that transferring cash digitally could be so easy, rather than the hoops and rings (held by nefarious third parties) which we must jump through now while giving all our data to them at the same time. So yes, curious if that is still being considered for some stage in the future, or how it fits in with AT2, if it can. Thanks
I remember first time I heard “…in the future we will be able to buy things online using the credit card…”, I really couldn’t see how that could be possible, back then I didn’t understand why I couldn’t see it, why was is that I didn’t understand it technically and not even understanding the reason, it was obviously my ignorance. Then I started buying things online, and still something didn’t feel right, how is it possible I’m putting my credit card details in this website, so the retailer can keep it?, oh yes! even when buying at a shop (physically) they are making a carbon copy of my credit card and keeping it as a proof I spent there (I thought), so I’m just trusting the retailer will use it to spend only the amount we agreed for the purchase, and only that time…I was still unclear how the whole planet can use this, why I cannot understand it…!!..
Now, after I learned about bitcoin and cryptos I was able to finally and clearly see it, we’ve been giving our private keys to the retailers (when buying online at least)… … and trusting they will use it only for a purchase and agreed amount…can you imagine now a retailer asking you to share your btc/crypto private key so you can pay with btc/crypto?
The AT2 whitepaper explains two types of transactions, one deterministic and the other probabilistic.
Safe uses the elders of each group to perform deterministic transactions. As all elders know each other are able to perform reliable-broadcast which is the key to secure a transaction.
Happy to engage with you on this, David! Just DMed a response to get you up to speed on where efforts are and the key challenges we’re trying to work around to keep efforts moving forward
Lost my 2FA phone or had it stolen a while back and been unable to login here. Had to make a new account for now to be able to keep in touch and watch the progress.
SAFE is always on my mind, even if progress feels behind our original expectations and visions.
We all thought it would be live and taking the world by storm by now or earlier, but I think I can confidently say everyone here knew it was a huge undertaking for the team as well. Mt Everest
I also get lost in the routing and networking parts somewhat in these updates, not my area. But people still seem positive and the forum here is nowhere near dead. Good to see.
Guess it takes more than a few missed years / deadlines to kill a vision that’s so close to all of our hearts
Thanks And I’ve been here, just lurking without an account for a while
Kept checking in to see if it was live too.
Sounds like we’re still in Alpha stages? Or not calling it that anymore. If Beta was live with pre-safecoin being used, then alpha are the stages leading up to that
But been working however I can, freelancing more. @droneforests and small jobs here and there. As SAFE gets to market, SAFE-FS can start to financially stand on its own legs. But seems like that’s still not quite where it is yet
Great work! I’m getting positive vibes about the development and how the stages are being implemented, everything feels close and 2020 cannot be a better year for SafeNetwork to show its privacy orientated goals while my governments will start increase public monitoring on health, transportation, chat context to figure out where they are, who they met and where they are going…
Any artist or creator will love this idea of directly allowing someone to access their unique song, image, whatsoever and handing over the rights to have someone else use it. This empowers content creators in so many ways because they are the direct source and if this can be monetized somehow in the future would create an amazing model of co-operative web creation.
If you can upload a file on the network and pre-configure the sharing rights similar to what github does (MIT, ISC, GPL-2-0, UNLICENSE, etc.) would be amazing,
Maidsafe is blowing your mind kiddo 
… and trusting they will use it only for a purchase and agreed amount…can you imagine now a retailer asking you to share your btc/crypto private key so you can pay with btc/crypto?
And I’ve been here, just lurking without an account for a while
