Everyone here is awfully calm! How refreshing. Don't wander over to reddit right now. The manic market has ruined the mood over there.

Some day, being conferred degrees may be less like interacting with expensive gatekeepers.

Blockchains can help with that. If we're looking for proof of ability and temperament signaling, then our online identities should be able to vouch for us more than they currently do, imo.

#I-Agree-CallMeGwei

The cost of education (especially broad education) should be trending lower. It's all basically free on the internet.

People aren't going in to debt because of "education" they are going in to debt because of "verification of education" or "résumé building".

Thoughts on the asset allocation of the Coinbase "bundle"?

Seems like a very good way for older, larger things to get entrenched well in to the future. I'd rather see some kind of comparison matrix than a bundle, personally... but what do *you* think?

#lkie

Love that picture!

Is anyone from Blockchains, LLC on Peepeth yet?

So, either children haven't changed all that much in reality...

...or...

We would be reading even stronger rebukes were he alive and writing presently.

I'd like to hear some thoughts on the text.

I think that's a fair and valid criticism.

I suppose there are many more people aware that *something is wrong* than there are people with vision / understanding about how exactly blockchains can contribute to solutions.

Pushing that line of discussion is a great public service

Oh, I have something to add to that!

https://www.callmegwei.com/2017/11/20/icos-avoid-the-lemons/

Written in the middle of "ICO Mania".

Blockchains aim to preserve - and expand - individual volition even in the worst case.... all the while maintaining (though restructuring) social, economic, and political institutions.

The comparison is very poor, imho.

Also, as a completely tangential thought... survivalists prepare for a potential collapse of existing systems by making sure they have the skills and resources to survive as an individual or small group.

Blockchain offers entire alternative systems to replace any that collapse.

I didn't say that I - or anyone here, or anyone in the crypto space broadly - is *hoping* for that.

I was simply providing an alternative view. Decentralization *alone* may, in fact, be enough to spur adoption of decentralized systems and applications. No one knows for sure.

There is no rush to riches from the Peepeth dev. Full stop.
(Apologies if I misunderstood your statement.)

Permanence can encourage thoughtfulness. Making front end censorship transparent and accountable is a move in the right direction. Peer to peer tipping may promote quality

Decentralization alone may very well drive adoption. It depends on the magnitude and density of failures stemming from the centralized models in the interim.

Every breach of privacy and trust, every abuse of power and authority - adds a straw to the proverbial camels back.

You can't have responsible progress without pausing to be philosophical.

Tell us what's on your mind! I'm interested.

Awesome to hear you two coming away from your experience with such positivity. Thanks for sharing along the way.

All props go to @Bevan for that. He has some peeple to help him brainstorm, but he's still a solo dev. Amazing, huh?!

Only thing more amazing is the community here.

Excellent choice! ;-)

#I-Agree-CallMeGwei

Oh no. You should have received a million replies from all over the globe...

... but you're still so early.

Take one from me: Welcome to Peepeth!

The way you opened up, framed the issue, and sincerely imparted an awesome perspective that can apply to humans the world over... is really humbling.

Thank you for your insight and willingness to share.

#lkie

THANK YOU for these. Nice snapshots for peeple unable to livestream... or attend!

( If anyone wants to livestream: https://devcon4.tv/ )

Sometimes, not being able to understand or relate to something doesn't mean there is a failure on anyone's part. It just means the "wiring" is different. The best we can do is to *try* and finagle our own minds into understanding: differences are ok & people need different things

I don't wanna go down the rabbit hole here... the world is full of issues that need to be tackled and we each have to pick our battles carefully before we run out of time in this life.

I just want to say: we learn every day that genetics controls more than we previously imagined

Friendships, connections, lines of code... improving the world can be fun, too. See, here's proof!

Keep at it, gentlemen!

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My neighbor doesn't...

She'd rather read: "Oops, your post is too long!"

This would avoid her having to dust off her Webster dictionary.

Thank you.

Sadly, only taken on a cell phone. I can get you a link to a full res copy though... give me a day or two. I have a few thousands pics to sort through and get organized from the trip.

Yes, it will scale.

Front ends simply need to unroll batches (and can cache those locally if they would choose to do so). Batch density shouldn't be a deal breaker. Check out what a batch looks like:

https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmaUjvvNUBaDyMj4P7ZtDZzH3zucgwPuTD8BXoRiL4GLcG

I agree... but I've seen pictures of the breathtaking view!

(Admittedly, only in my dreams.)

Welcome to Peepeth. Nice to have yet another visionary in the community.

Looks good to me. Using Brave on Desktop.

It's not completely "free" - it costs Peepeth some money to save the peeps to the Ethereum blockchain. However, by batching lots of transactions together - it can keep costs low.

In reality, Peepeth is only paying for an ipfs hash to be saved intermittently, afaik.

Thanks @voyager

🙇

@Bevan - registering as a Brave publisher would get you a great big green check mark there... and some BAT tokens, too!

Mario I'm sincerely sorry for wasting 1m 18s of your time. I need to write more...

Whoa there! I just had to check in when I heard you hit a thousand peeps. The community is glad to have you. Race you to 10k? We better hurry though... @abcoathup has quite the head start!

Don't we have #4 at least? DAI has been relatively stable, hasn't it?

Stable coins are under-rated. Build them on top of a decentralized public ledger and they can combine the best aspects of both crypto and fiat currencies.

Mute you?! Someone pass this #builder a megaphone!

I really appreciate your candid sincerity in this space.

Ethereum is not just a technology- it's a community of individuals from all over the globe. Sadly, some of them are only involved for a quick fiat gain - but the majority of those deeply involved truly want a better world.

Somebody is soooo adorable when they're sleepy!

Peepster is better than Peeper.

In the spirit of decentralization, we will just have to let the Peeple decide for themselves...

Now, that's interesting... wasn't that handle giving away ETH tips on here just yesterday... ?

... but isn't the death of desire a path to unshakable contentedness?

I don't know if we've been reading the same books....

We're on the same page as far as crypto evangelism goes though - so, there's that.

Keep on keepin' on.

In fact, there are hundreds of Peeple online! You see, this is still an early adopters hangout... lots of people have retired to their yachts from their crypto-fueled fortunes... they see your peep, but can't be bothered to reply for just $5.

* Oops... pinch me, I'm dreaming *

In the meantime, don't forget there is a mute button, human Peeple...

@fred

@fred - I'm afraid you are setting a bad precedent with these cryptic peeps. They look a little like something a bot would peep... and bots are why front ends will have to implement captchas for accounts the community marks as potentially ... not human.

@Bevan

I propose that you send $5 to @pluma - someone stained her spatula without permission and she needs another one. Now, I know humor was supposed to be a goal here - but the stained spatula incident was no laughing matter. She even peeped about it!

I'll take the extra $35. ;-)

@fred what are these strange codes you've got in your peeps?

Peeple has always been my go-to. @abcoathup has always used the term "Peepers". If we're going to be tricky and say Peeps - we better mind the case of our Ps!

The Peeps peeps are so peep-worthy!

I'm back - sans Peepstreak... but I'm back!