Thread gone about using FTC to buy domains/hosting
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I guess it doesn’t matter since in spite of all the positive talk, not one person has wanted to buy a domain with FTC.
I am disappointed because I thought you guys were serious about developing real-world use of FTC, which is the only thing which is going to give it real value.
Speculation, obviously, can’t hold the price up. I hope the other real-world market efforts are more successful.
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[quote name=“SplinterNIC.com” post=“29362” timestamp=“1380306017”]
I guess it doesn’t matter since in spite of all the positive talk, not one person has wanted to buy a domain with FTC.I am disappointed because I thought you guys were serious about developing real-world use of FTC, which is the only thing which is going to give it real value.
Speculation, obviously, can’t hold the price up. I hope the other real-world market efforts are more successful.
[/quote]Whilst I agree to point, if its any consolation not one person (within the FTC Crypto community other than the testers) have signed up to my SMSWallet project, something I spent the best part of 2months and a few hundred pounds developing…But you know what that means…I need to try harder or look for alternative markets to market.
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[quote name=“UKMark” post=“29364” timestamp=“1380306935”]
[quote author=SplinterNIC.com link=topic=3813.msg29362#msg29362 date=1380306017]
I guess it doesn’t matter since in spite of all the positive talk, not one person has wanted to buy a domain with FTC.I am disappointed because I thought you guys were serious about developing real-world use of FTC, which is the only thing which is going to give it real value.
Speculation, obviously, can’t hold the price up. I hope the other real-world market efforts are more successful.
[/quote]Whilst I agree to point, if its any consolation not one person (within the FTC Crypto community other than the testers) have signed up to my SMSWallet project, something I spent the best part of 2months and a few hundred pounds developing…But you know what that means…I need to try harder or look for alternative markets to market.
[/quote]It is disappointing, but perhaps not unexpected when you consider the landscape of adoption presently. I’d argue that these were both solutions that were in search of a problem that no one actually had. While this forum may have provided you with a place to advertise, it clearly didn’t reach your intended market segment… assuming such a market segment actually exists at the present, which I don’t think it does.
You see it wasn’t your solution that was the problem… it was the problem it solved that is the problem, and no one presently has that problem, namely, “OMG I’ve got all these Feathercoins, now what do I do with them?”, since right now all FTC is good for is converting it back to BTC on exchanges, and there’s nothing that FTC can do that BTC can’t, and doesn’t, and many things FTC doesn’t do that BTC does.
Now obviously this is a chicken and egg problem: Without these tools, how is it going to gain adoption, and without adoption, why should anyone make the tools? The solution is, unfortunately, that the pioneers like yourself pave the way for those who will come after them with their blood, sweat, and time, and then get pushed into obsolesce. It’s a thankless job, but you are setting the standard for those who will follow on your coat tails. The first e-commerce website couldn’t hope to achieve the success of Amazon.com, and so it is with your initial offering. The mark of a successful entrepreneur is to learn from your failures and do better in your next endeavor.
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In all honesty I’m not disappointed, just more determined. :)
If I used the crypto scene as a barometer of success/failure I would have given up trying long ago, it’s a far bigger world outside of it and what may well be a first world problem now, could well be a third world solution tomorrow.
Only when we don’t learn something new should we deem it to have failed.
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[quote name=“iawgoM” post=“29390” timestamp=“1380315036”]
Dafuq? Why do I agree with what Kevlar just wrote? ???
[/quote]Reasoning, I think it’s called. :)
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Yeah, it’s really building the FTC future together.
I am soon building a sticker related webshop which will have the option to pay with FTC.
If more and more people / business will do this, the wider the adoption will become and the more ‘value’ FTC will have. -
[quote name=“SplinterNIC.com” post=“29362” timestamp=“1380306017”]
I guess it doesn’t matter since in spite of all the positive talk, not one person has wanted to buy a domain with FTC.I am disappointed because I thought you guys were serious about developing real-world use of FTC, which is the only thing which is going to give it real value.
Speculation, obviously, can’t hold the price up. I hope the other real-world market efforts are more successful.
[/quote]Domains are a form of speculation in a lot of places. The truth is domains are not high on the demand pyramid among people who are happy to host at github.com or wordpress.com. Hosting on the other hand, well ask the NSA why they spooked all the customers.
The web is a massive social network and people are busy posting on walls in a limited social network called Facebook.
Here’s something to consider: When the White House announces a new war or a government shutdown or another reason to freak out, businesses actually suffer. People lose their enthusiasm to buy things and the curiosity to create.
So tell Washington, DC to stop paralyzing the economy with hysteria.
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Thanks for the responses–you helped clarify a few things.
I get it that people want to click and buy, not wait and hassle.
It’s enthusiasts right now who travel to Berlin so they can buy a beer with btc, for example.
UKMark, for what it’s worth, I think the SMSWallet is a great idea. One problem might be that Americans don’t know what an sms is.
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[quote name=“SplinterNIC.com” post=“30204” timestamp=“1380792159”]
UKMark, for what it’s worth, I think the SMSWallet is a great idea. One problem might be that Americans don’t know what an sms is.
[/quote]Really? :o
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[quote name=“UKMark” post=“30335” timestamp=“1380912907”]
[quote author=SplinterNIC.com link=topic=3813.msg30204#msg30204 date=1380792159]
UKMark, for what it’s worth, I think the SMSWallet is a great idea. One problem might be that Americans don’t know what an sms is.
[/quote]Really? :o
[/quote]American here. I text (SMS) every day. I’d venture to say more people text now than ever. However, more and more people are moving away from SMS and to something like WhatsApp and WeChat. I do live in Silicon Valley… so, that too can affect it.
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[quote name=“PhantomSTi” post=“30342” timestamp=“1380916195”]
[quote author=UKMark link=topic=3813.msg30335#msg30335 date=1380912907]
[quote author=SplinterNIC.com link=topic=3813.msg30204#msg30204 date=1380792159]
UKMark, for what it’s worth, I think the SMSWallet is a great idea. One problem might be that Americans don’t know what an sms is.
[/quote]Really? :o
[/quote]American here. I text (SMS) every day. I’d venture to say more people text now than ever. However, more and more people are moving away from SMS and to something like WhatsApp and WeChat. I do live in Silicon Valley… so, that too can affect it.
[/quote]Oh yeah. When twitter launched at SxSW all those years ago, THE way to use it was to have it SMS you your tweets. We would use this to then do impromptu tweet-ups: “I’m at Bodega in Santa Monica, anyone wanna join me for a glass of wine?” and by the end of the evening, you’d be rolling 30 deep. No lie.
Then everyone and their mother started hopping on the twitter bandwagon and posting what they were eating for dinner, and the utility plummeted, so everyone went back to SMS’ing eachother directly. But we’ve been SMS addicts for a while now.
