It seems here are only positive comments regarding this topic.
Email (or better: efail) is a broken protocol. It is 50+ years old and has been built without any security in mind.
It was one of the first 'applications' on the internet. And till now there is no proper authorization/authentication.
Email can be spoofed, intercepted, read and modified by anyone.
While i do agree with the general idea of increasing adoption through a kind of 'email 2.0' protocol which does not contain a massive amount of security holes.
It is unfortunately not possible yet, simpy since such a protocol doesn't exist yet.
Topic: EMAILS AS POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO MAKING CRYPTOCURRENCY MORE ADOPTABLE? - page 2. (Read 221 times)
May 23, 2018, 05:49:01 AM
May 23, 2018, 05:24:49 AM
in every case there is a truth, in what are you right, in what is the developers and technology improvers))
May 23, 2018, 05:10:09 AM
it's a great idea and byteball can already do this - https://medium.com/byteball/sending-cryptocurrency-to-email-5c9bce22b8a9
everyone has an email address. you don't need to verify anything. this means that right now anyone with an email address anywhere can be inducted into crypto by sending straight from a byteball wallet.
everyone has an email address. you don't need to verify anything. this means that right now anyone with an email address anywhere can be inducted into crypto by sending straight from a byteball wallet.
May 23, 2018, 05:02:25 AM
Isn't that similar to what 21 Inc pivoted to? Earning BTC from email or something along those lines?
I haven't used it myself, but I think they paid big money for the earn.com domain and are running it from there. I don't know if it's going well for them or not though. Maybe someone else here has some experience with the system or app or whatever it is and can let us know how it's doing.
I haven't used it myself, but I think they paid big money for the earn.com domain and are running it from there. I don't know if it's going well for them or not though. Maybe someone else here has some experience with the system or app or whatever it is and can let us know how it's doing.
May 23, 2018, 04:59:21 AM
We all know that in order for bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies to be adopted, the current ecosystem has to be simpler than what it is today. I read in a news that certain developers are creating apps for the purpose of "technical improvement", but I find it sort of a "backward" improvement when an email-based app is being proposed as a solution just for cryptos to be more adoptable. This more like brings out questions rather than answers IMO. What happens to anonymity if these apps are ever developed? Your thoughts?
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