For those who read only comments: this is only in Russia. And coin will be issued as a reward for buying whoppers, spendable on more whoppers. So, not that different than the "buy ten cups of coffee, get the eleventh free" type loyalty programs that have long existed at some US stores.
Is this actually a cryptocurrency? Kind of seems like its just a centralized legder of rewards points - which wouldn't make for a very interesting article.
Can users transfer whoppercoin between each other without hitting BK's servers? Can you mine whoppercoin? Are the coins secured with a private key?
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Not a cryptocurrency, but a cryptotoken on the Waves platform.
Seems like:
>Can users transfer whoppercoin between each other without hitting BK's servers?
yes
> Can you mine whoppercoin?
No
> Are the coins secured with a private key?
Yes
Unless you count eating lots of whoppers as mining.
Without a novel need,there's zero reason to make your own token simply for payments. That part has been solved.
Why not take payment in ethereum alone instead? The transaction is processed by the exact same miners whether it's a token or not.