David Marcus Leaves Messenger to Focus on Blockchain Within Facebook

Re:David Marcus Leaves Messenger to Focus on Blockchain With... by icebraining on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @06:37PM (#17025939)

I don't see how the cryptocurrencies make sense for (1). If you're going to trust FB anyway, might as well use Facebook Credits, which are much cheaper to run and are already partially integrated into the platform.

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Re:David Marcus Leaves Messenger to Focus on Blockchain With... by bertil on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @06:39PM (#17025956)

I don’t think of Bitcoin as an alternative to trusting Facebook, just another currency. That project would be akin to being paid in foreign currency transparently.

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Re:David Marcus Leaves Messenger to Focus on Blockchain With... by icebraining on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @06:44PM (#17025991)

Fair enough. What's in it for FB, then?

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Re:David Marcus Leaves Messenger to Focus on Blockchain With... by aerique on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @07:06PM (#17026144)

Retaining users.

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Re:David Marcus Leaves Messenger to Focus on Blockchain With... by bigiain on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @08:37PM (#17026583)

I think you misspelled "surveilling"...

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