Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for startups?

Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by bikamonki on Monday February 06, 2017 @12:30AM (#13576758)

Here's my wishlist, not sure if there is a market for it:

- Twitter w/out fake accounts.

- a marketplace that uses Facebook as a vehicle for engagement/promotion but which operates independently.

- Secure SMS for 2FA tokens

- Android w/out Play Services

- Schema-based email

- Stripe for the rest of the World

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by fizerkhan on Monday February 06, 2017 @01:20AM (#13576993)

For me, I desperately need "Stripe for the rest of the World".

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by aoner on Monday February 06, 2017 @03:16PM (#13583421)

What about https://www.mollie.com/en/ ?

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by janklimo on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:50AM (#13577410)

Is Stripe Atlas not an option where you are based?

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by pmtarantino on Monday February 06, 2017 @07:53AM (#13578980)

Sometimes you need Stripe for a side project or stuff like that. Atlas is focused in large corporations and, besides, you have to pay to be incorporated.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by momentmaker on Monday February 06, 2017 @09:10AM (#13579511)

There is bitcoin.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by dx034 on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @08:09AM (#13589082)

The high volatility and past problems with exchanges make it basically unusable for anyone without deeper knowledge in the field.

Also, it'll take a few seconds to pay via credit card, whereas converting the money on your account to bitcoins in the sellers account can easily take several hours.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by legohead on Monday February 06, 2017 @01:35AM (#13577052)

Anything 2FA related to cell phone networks needs to die. You are relying on the security of the cell carrier, which is not a safe bet.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by lorenzhs on Monday February 06, 2017 @04:59AM (#13578068)

Yep, but it's still better than not using a second factor at all. It all heavily depends on your threat model. I don't think Yubikeys scale to the general population, carrying around something on your keyring is a hard sell for many. (But if you've got your PGP private keys on it, too, etc, it's a fantastic tool/toy for nerds!)

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by homakov on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @04:53AM (#13597103)

There is a middle ground truefactor.io

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by escap on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:03AM (#13577207)

>- Android w/out Play Services

this is China

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by Sir_Cmpwn on Monday February 06, 2017 @02:29AM (#13577323)

- Android w/out Play Services

This is easy, I've done this for years. Install LineageOS without Google Apps, use F-Droid.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by Tepix on Monday February 06, 2017 @11:55AM (#13581349)

> Android w/out Play Services

Check out CopperheadOS

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