octohub.org
Soon - in or after a short time
Pronto - : without delay : right away
Presto - (especially as a direction) in a quick tempo
Bientot - or a bientot - so long
Spoedig - soon : speedy
Ckopo - we'll be open soon
Demnachst - coming soon
Chinese characters - is this Mandarin? I had an issue finding those exact characters
LeFiste posted on page 157 on September 2nd:
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So we have:
Currency
Crowdfunding
Cloud Banking
Gaming
Security
Business Services
Advertising
But all of the other words just allude to cryptocurrency, octicoin, virtual currency and collaboration.
I just don't see what the 8th one is. Also what is Business Services defined as. It's not as literal as the other 6 listed.
When you look at this and start to compare Octo to other altcoins, it's much the same as other have tried. Many have tried to implement these functions in other coins and we haven't really seen any altcoins break out. The last huge alt rise was Darkcoin and it has dwindled.
Many Bitcoin 2.0 platforms are integrating these as well. You also have Counterparty and Swarm making most of the news for Crowdfunding. Who knows where all this will lead.
I haven't looked too far into it but there are those who believe that in 2014-2015 most alts will die. There are different reasons for their opinions but one that stands out is something called Open Transactions.
http://opentransactions.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Pagehttps://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Open_Transactionshttp://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/chris-odom-explains-how-open-transactions-makes-altcoins-irrelevant-at-inside-bitcoins-conference/https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/2708/how-can-open-transactions-benefit-bitcoinThe articles sum up what Open Transactions could bring:
Untraceable transactionsOT incorporates Chaumian blinding (untraceable cash), meaning it can provide anonymity and untraceability, similar to what the Bitcoin community strives for with existing mix services. (Bitcoin by itself is publicly-audit-able, which is a strength, but is also the opposite of untraceable. Its benefit is censorship-resistance, not untraceability, which can be added separately using OT.)
Instant settlementOT has instant finality of settlement (instead of waiting 10 minutes to an hour for a transaction to clear.) This can be useful where merchants and and shopping carts are involved.
Micro-transactionsMicro-transactions will be more feasible on transaction servers than they would be on the blockchain.
Cash streaming protocolsCash streaming protocols, in general, should become more prevalent and help to solve issues of resource allocation on mesh networks, anonymous networks, etc. Virtual Tahoe LAFS hosting and so on will eventually become more available, whether via OT or some similar system. (This would help protect the lives of Syrian bloggers murdered by snipers, and the lives of Chinese bloggers unjustly imprisoned to decades+ of hard labor--and to protect the anonymity of Mexicans who otherwise risk being disemboweled and strung from a bridge when following a "Real Names" policy.)
Operates securely on low-trust serversOT cannot lie on your receipt. It cannot change your balance or forge any of your transactions. (Bitcoin also is like this, but it's still worth mentioning.) Combined with an auditing protocol, this makes it possible to run low-trust servers.
No transaction historyOn OT, unlike most other systems, and unlike the blockchain, you will be able to prove which instruments are valid, and which transactions are cleared, without storing any transaction history, as long as you keep your last signed receipt. This is useful to all parties, and also reduces the cost of running a transaction server.
Full range of financial instrumentsOT supports a full gamut of financial instruments, including cheques, transfers, cash, cashier's cheques, receipts, recurring payments, market offers and trades, and smart contracts (scriptable clauses - write your own.) You will have to decide for yourself how to best use these capabilities.
You could use OT to write a market exchange, or online wallet or personal wallet. (Of course these exist already, but I'm just saying...)
Client-side scriptingOT now supports client-side scripting also, meaning that people can combine "Unix scripting" with "financial transactions". The possibilities are endless, but that part is really up to the developer community.
You could use OT to build a digital ticketing system, printing out tickets with QR codes or whatever.
You could use OT to offer escrow services. You could devise your own escrow contract in script form, and then OT will process it.
In-game representations of real-world financial environmentsYou could use OT to build a full financial transaction system into an online game or virtual universe. (Gold duplication can get to be a real issue on games.) People on the game would be able to open accounts, withdraw and deposit cash, write cheques, trade on markets, just like people in real life. People would even be able to issue their own currencies, and trade in basket currencies.
Protection against online wallet fraudAt some point OT will support Bitcoin voting pools, meaning it would be impossible for any single server to just disappear with your Bitcoins. (A problem currently endemic to the Bitcoin world.) This will be a protocol between OT servers based on existing features in the Bitcoin script language (like multi-sign.)
So how does this compare to alt blockchains? Is this a threat to Octo or any other alts? I have never heard of OT until I read the cryptocoinsnews article.
Any input?