Datt Rebrands to ‘Yours’ with Trustless BTC Micropayments
Datt is a decentralized and open-source content sharing platform, which offers integrated Bitcoin payments. The people behind this project recently unveiled their roadmap for this project, and a live version should be released by May 15, 2016. Datt is the brainchild of Ryan X. Charles, Steven McKie, and Clemens Ley. As consumers increasingly use ad....
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Since last summer when I announced Datt, an in-development social media platform and application powered by bitcoin, one of the top questions I’ve been asked is, "Why are you using bitcoin?" Last year, this question often took a different form. I was asked "Why not use Stripe?” or "Why not make an altcoin?" Since the rally in Ethereum over the past few months, the question has morphed into "Why not use Ethereum?" The answer is because Datt only needs Internet money right now, not advanced smart contracts, and switching to....
A decentralized social network founded by Reddit’s former cryptocurrency engineer has moved forward to the proof-of-concept stage. Launched in August 2015, DATT (Decentralize All The Things) is the product of Ryan X Charles, a veteran of bitcoin startup BitPay, as well as Reddit’s short-lived cryptocurrency program. Now, as a continuation of his efforts, Charles is seeking to launch DATT, which he says is about six months away from completion. The product received widespread attention from major publications such as Wired, Fortune and the Business Insider at a time when public furor over....
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Bitcoin offers an opportunity to allow people to make micropayments, which could provide solutions for content monetization, online tipping and more.