Maybe don't link to a URL (https://neuton.app/roadmap/29) that shows only a login request. Most people here aren't logging into anything without knowing more.
Your actual login page (https://neuton.app) is a bit more intriguing and looks interesting.
The biggest issue with stable coins at this time is that none of the primary stable coin providers will agree to follow GAAP and have trusted 3rd party audits. As a result, it is hard not to see the whole cryptocurrency ecosystem as a house of cards on an unstable foundation.
Will Glo allow 3rd party audits by an accredited firm? If so, THAT is how you'll get people to switch over.
Yes, we will allow those. In general we'll aim to be as transparent as possible, which we believe can give us a competitive advantage over other stablecoins [1]. I personally think that being a non-profit helps with being credible in that respect.
Right now, Glo the organization is still taking shape. As we formalize, we'll have things like a board of directors, and all the standard protections/checks that nonprofits have to stop them from being evil. Will that suffice to garner trust? I am not sure, but at face value, lots of nonprofits, including those that handle cash transfers, are trusted.
To reframe this question, what would suffice to elevate Glo to the same level of trustworthiness as GiveDirectly, assuming we were structured similarly?
> To reframe this question, what would suffice to elevate Glo to the same level of trustworthiness as GiveDirectly, assuming we were structured similarly?
Why another shitty stablecoin? Stable coins have been anything but recently.
Why does this have to be on blockchain?
What happens to my money when you fold?
What happens to my money if there's a backdoor in your coin?
Where's the fund manager?
When there's a run on your coin are you going to buoy it up by selling your treasury holdings?
What happens on a weekend or a holiday when a run is happening on the coin and the treasury and the markets are closed? It can't all be in TBills, some of it has to be in USD. What's the breakdown? Where is it published?
What's to say tomorrow you won't rug pull and leave the country in a yacht? Or the leader who takes after you?
Where's your true heart at? Is it for the poor? Or are you going to transition from a non-profit to a for-profit organization, once you get a good amount of money in your coffers?
And then I see this:
To end extreme poverty, Glo would need to replace 7% of all the money in the
world. While ambitious, this is not impossible:
We'd be at 100% of our goal if 87% of US savings deposits ($10.6 trillion) were converted to Glo
We'd be at 63% of our goal if all cash held by US companies ($5.8 trillion) were converted to Glo
Look you guys are clearly smart, but you've drunk the kool-aid.
Stablecoins offer a lot of utility already. Glo will be fully-backed by reserve assets to maintain stability. This is much different than stablecoins you might consider not so trustworthy.
Blockchain allows a new form of money to be created and used in a very efficient manner. There is no need to build out new financial infrastructure or payment network to use this new form of money. Blockchains have proven to be trusted forms of ledgers.
If we were to cease operations, we'd ensure that every Glo stablecoin outstanding is still redeemable for $1.
We are taking extreme care in our development to prevent any potential vulnerabilities in the stablecoin itself and the processes we incorporate as an organization.
We have expertise around managing funds and are also looking to add talent in that domain.
Treasuries will be liquidated to make sure redemption demand is met. We have no profit incentive to take any liquidity risk with reserve assets. The breakdown between USD and treasuries will be real-time transparent. At smaller market caps, we'll have to lean towards greater liquidity. At larger market cap, we'll conservatively estimate a trustworthy composition of assets.
Global Income Coin will exist solely for the benefit the mission.
> Blockchain allows a new form of money to be created and used in a very efficient manner.
See, here's the thing. If you cared enough about this project, you'd do this without the blockchain.
You bring this blockchain thing, and I feel like your mission is "Blockchain or bust". But you can always pivot to the blockchain later. As blockchain proponents have said, "It's early days." Why would you risk your mission on an untrustworthy technology? Boring tech is much much better for building on your mission. From SV to Des Moines, there's a reason people write their software in Java to this day, e.g.
You can use a BTC address for payments and payouts, as well as say traditional mechanisms (many of which are wrapped by Plaid). Essentially you become something like "Wealthfront".
Also, there's a lot of poverty in the US, such as in SV/SF itself. I would focus on that. Blockchain is sexy, but the homeless situation is not. It's a much harder problem. And your mission just assumes someone else will fix it and worse just assumes it's fixable in the first place.
But I still hear about people biking in SF talking about PPMs (poops per mile).
Meanwhile NIMBY's are fighting new housing projects.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's not fixable, but simply relying on others to fix your core mission will end in tears.
Understanding the relationship between software and user value.
Very little software is developed for purely artistic purposes. Most software is built by businesses in order to sell to willing buyers with a need that the software can address. Developers who understand this relationship will be able to identify and implement solutions that no manager can even think of much less implement. That provides the power to move a business and is both rare and extremely valuable. That value provides you, the developer, with the power to work on the things that interest you most either for yourself or if you desire for someone else.
Depends on your definition of interesting. Is this 'interesting' as in intellectually stimulating and maybe even makes me a better person? Or as in 'interesting' because it solves a useful problem for the world but maybe a bit boring to actually work on?
I'd suggest helping him to see the 'whole' job. What do I mean by that? The best development (and developers) understand that they're not just writing code, but that code is the tool that they use to solve the real problem of the business.
That would mean spending a few minutes helping him to understand why you're writing the code you're writing and how it will impact the product or business.
Then, I'd walk him through your typical development process. Show him your ticketing system, how you identify user stories (if you're using agile) or features, how you groom those stories (e.g. things that make a story useful or not, the dialogues that you have with people to understand what you need to build), and the life cycle of a ticket.
Finally, (perhaps after a break), you could walk him through your development loop - Look at a ticket or feature, start exploring the code to see what you need to change, make an edit, run tests, commit your code, etc.
IMO, the important take away for him would be to see that development most often isn't a developer sitting at a desk typing at a computer all day. My experience has been that software development is an interactive experience with myself and other developers, myself and other teams, etc.
Not sure what kind of dev you do, but if you were so lucky to be working on front end, showing him how a change you make creates visible change on the screen that he sees as a user would be pretty powerful. Particularly if the thing you're working on is something that he could see after he leaves or that his friends might know about.
I'm pretty sure they didn't have lenses. Lenses need optically clear glass. Clear glass came along around 100AD, but it took another 1000 years before it was sufficiently clear that you could make good lenses with it.
Glassmaking would be a good one because the chemistry is based on available materials and with sufficient knowledge you would walk them through the history of glassmaking up to a simple lens and make eyeglasses.
A functional glider would do nicely I think. (Doh, they had those with Daedaleus and Icarus).
I was going to suggest a boat or a hot air balloon, but Archimedes figured that one out.
Another thought would be a simple steam engine. The Greeks had iron and knew how to work it. All the rest is knowledge that wouldn't surprise them, but they'd not put it all together.
The Greek's theory of chemistry was all kinds of messed up. There are likely lots of examples there that could be used as well.
Your actual login page (https://neuton.app) is a bit more intriguing and looks interesting.