Intro to MaidSafe: what it is, how it works, and how it compares to Bitcoin (blanshey.com) 8 points by eblanshey 11y ago ↗ HN
[–] opendomain 11y ago ↗ Maidsafe is an interesting idea, but has two serious problems: the transaction algorithm is different from and so may not be as good as Bitcoin.The other bigger problem is that a majority of the coins are premined.Maidsafe took millions of dollars from people and stil has not come out with a product - even an public MVP after years.Stay far away [–] eblanshey 11y ago ↗ > the transaction algorithm is different from and so may not be as good as Bitcoin.So you're saying if it's not like Bitcoin, it's not as good?> The other bigger problem is that a majority of the coins are premined.30% is not a majority.They've got a testnut running and plenty of code to back them up.
[–] eblanshey 11y ago ↗ > the transaction algorithm is different from and so may not be as good as Bitcoin.So you're saying if it's not like Bitcoin, it's not as good?> The other bigger problem is that a majority of the coins are premined.30% is not a majority.They've got a testnut running and plenty of code to back them up.
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[ 4.2 ms ] story [ 13.4 ms ] threadThe other bigger problem is that a majority of the coins are premined.
Maidsafe took millions of dollars from people and stil has not come out with a product - even an public MVP after years.
Stay far away
So you're saying if it's not like Bitcoin, it's not as good?
> The other bigger problem is that a majority of the coins are premined.
30% is not a majority.
They've got a testnut running and plenty of code to back them up.