Hello, my name is Steven McKie from http://Yours.Network.
We're building a social platform where content is monetized, but built entirely on bitcoin and utilizing our Smart Contract Oracle built from the Lightning spec. I like the idea of democratizing content, and monetizing all content from individuals from all walks of life.
I would not consider STEEM a direct competitor..personally. As our end goals are far different as we hope to not just build a network; but a slew of open source tools that will empower future developers to build apps we haven't even thought of yet, to monetize online content.
Yours allows you to post links and threads about anything, anywhere on the web, and be rewarded.
That includes Steem posts as well. But, you'll earn bitcoin instead ;).
We want to empower everyone on the web. Got a great Steem post that's really catching fire? Post it over at http://yours.network to monetize it in front of a new audience -- once we've launched of course ;).
I invite you to check out http://engineering.yours.network to catch up on the project, as well as my personal Medium where I spew many thoughts like these http://medium.com/@McKie.
And, heres our most recent post in the news: http://bravenewcoin.com/news/bitcoin-based-content-platform-yours-attracts-overwhelming-interest-from-investors/
If you're interested, sign up for the preview at http://yours.network to be added to the waiting list.
We can't wait to help you own your content, and truly make it, Yours.
Most posts get more reads if they have pictures. Pleasure to have you here, and good luck!
Why do you think Bitcoin can handle the volume of tx from Yours?
Our product doesn't use bitcoin on-chain to settle every transaction (that'd be impossible at scale). We use a payment channel that resolves all transactions into a single output once the channel is closed. We can scale with no issue currently, everything works, so far. As we continue to implement SegWit and other optimizations, the system will be even more robust and secure. Bitcoin is not a hinderance at all whatsoever. We chose to go with the most secure, most immutable blockchain by building with Bitcoin; and to take advantage of the massive network effect and huge merchant adoption to empower users to SPEND the money they make on things they want, very easily.
This is covered in our latest blog post more concisely by our CEO, Ryan here: http://engineering.yours.network.
I will check this out for sure and there is nothing wrong with a little competition, plus I love bitcoin so getting paid in BTC for content is right up my alley.
Welcome Steven!
Can you give any hint on launch dates?
Most recent blog post covers that here: http://engineering.yours.network. We will have a more concrete launch time closer to September.
This sounds much like Phase 2 & 3 of this post, steemit's evil plan for cryptocurrency world domination authored by one of the steemit founders. You guys may be competing more than you know.
Competition is good for the end user, so I have no skin in the game either way.
Good luck with Yours! I'm a fan of Ryan Charles' work. I look forward to playing around with the early preview (I just signed up for it).
I like the idea but I feel it is just a Curation Vote Gambling Game. Sometime users win, sometimes loose. Everybody is only going to vote on a very specific topic that will be popular for they day. In Steemit the money is spread out more. Yours Network is like poker, the house will always win.
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Nice @mckie
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Keep up the great work @mckie
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Nice @mckie
Shot you an Upvote :)
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