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Re:Keybase is now supported by the Stellar Development Found... by eropple on Thursday March 08, 2018 @11:27AM (#16545375)
I understand what they are doing.

Here's how normal people look at something like this. It's not "oh, but they're just facilitating," it's "why is there cryptocoin crap in this thing we use for work?". Then it's "Ed, why is this thing you recommended and spoke so highly about doing this? Are they cryptomining on our computers now?". Then, even after an explanation, they're probably still suspicious and probably right to still be suspicious because the cryptocurrency universe is, by normal and sane people, still viewed as a scammer's paradise. (To be clear: is this entirely justified? No, and I think there are decent people trying to make a go of it. But there's plenty of dirt going on and people should be suspicious until it's proven otherwise.)

I don't want this on my computers. But, more than that, I don't want my clients thinking that I am a party to shady business because of the tools I recommend that they use.

Re:Keybase is now supported by the Stellar Development Found... by mazieres on Thursday March 08, 2018 @05:40PM (#16548354)
If you are so allergic to cryptocurrency, why didn't it bother you when Keybase started writing their root into the Bitcoin blockchain (https://keybase.io/docs/server_security/merkle_root_in_bitco...)?

There are obviously annoying ways in which keybase could support cryptocurrency, but you are making a lot of assumptions about what Keybase is going to do that are not based on the blog post. For example, wallets do not mine coins and Stellar does not support mining.

Why don't you wait to see what comes out and submit a feature request if you don't like it, instead of flipping out about some hypothetical feature you won't like.

Re:Keybase is now supported by the Stellar Development Found... by saintbellarmine on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @02:52PM (#16587282)
Thou art too wise sir. I guess we all have to do is to first wait and see how the implementation is done.
Re:Keybase is now supported by the Stellar Development Found... by nickdandakis on Thursday March 08, 2018 @11:42AM (#16545508)
There's nothing wrong with reverting a recommendation. Sounds like you have a great explanation for why you would revert your own recommendation, as well. Just like every other startup in the world, Keybase doesn't "owe" anything to you and might make business decisions that affect your own.
Re:Keybase is now supported by the Stellar Development Found... by eropple on Thursday March 08, 2018 @11:48AM (#16545551)
I'm sorry, maybe I misspoke--is there something in my post that suggests that they can't do it? I'm saying that them doing it sucks, and explaining why. And, yes, of course I can change my recommendation--what would make you think that I'm not aware of that?
Re:Keybase is now supported by the Stellar Development Found... by saintbellarmine on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @02:50PM (#16587263)
Rofl, I definitely share some of the sentiments you have regarding crypto is a scammers paradise. That is pretty much due to ICO's imho. What you might want to do, if you do use this in production servers, and I am sure the keybase team will add the option not to use it, it is open source. So you can easily simply remove that, I know that creates a bit of work and will therefore make it harder. I am just saying if this is being used in something that you find as useful, than the extra effort is definitely worth it. There simply isn't a tool like Keybase out there anyway. They literally solved the WOT issues related to PGP, and now they are adding some extra features which can potentially lead to other use cases. There are always upsides and downsides to anything. Imho, the upsides here might be justified, given the unique position that keybase is in.
Re:Keybase is now supported by the Stellar Development Found... by lallysingh on Thursday March 08, 2018 @01:01PM (#16546199)
So FUD. You're complaining about FUD.
Re:Keybase is now supported by the Stellar Development Found... by zbentley on Thursday March 08, 2018 @01:38PM (#16546512)
Otherwise known as "things that make ordinary consumers (ones without the time or desire to get deep knowledge about something) choose competing alternatives".