Re:Kik Messenger App Debuts Own Digital Currency Amid Bitcoi...
by tudorconstantin on Thursday May 25, 2017 @01:56PM
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Without reading the whitepaper (so I don't know the rules of the currency), if they are able to issue/withdraw coins as they wish, I doubt it will become a trusted coin.
So people won't be willing to pay too much for it, nor will they want to build apps with it as a base currency....at least I won't
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Re:Kik Messenger App Debuts Own Digital Currency Amid Bitcoi...
by juliangoldsmith on Thursday May 25, 2017 @04:48PM
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The currency is based on Ethereum, so it's doubtful they'd be able to modify the supply of coins at will.
Re:Kik Messenger App Debuts Own Digital Currency Amid Bitcoi...
by baobabKoodaa on Thursday May 25, 2017 @08:03PM
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You can program any token you want on top of Ethereum. In this case they did indeed program a token with a money-printing machine that they control.