Anybody have any experience with mobilecoin? What is the use case for it? Seems kind of pointless and a lot more tedious than just a bank transfer. Why does signal include crypto nonsense in their app (I like crypto, but just can’t see any reason why it should be integrated in the app). I’m sad that signal does not have support for 3rd party open source clients that could remove such features. Why not add support for monero instead?

  • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11·
    18 days ago

    Mobile coin is a useless fork of Monero. If they had any sense whatsoever, they would have just put a Monero wallet into the app instead of that crap.

        • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
          0·
          18 days ago

          The real question is to shortwavesurfer: Is it actually a Monero fork, or are they just saying the word “Monero” because it’s always on their mind?

          Because I’ve seen zero evidence of the former (after wasting my time looking), but plenty of the latter. Thus, not worth taking seriously.

          • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
            02·
            17 days ago

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobileCoin

            MobileCoin’s mechanics build on Stellar (for consensus) and Monero (for privacy), using CryptoNote alongside zero-knowledge proofs to hide details of users’ transactions.[2]

            It’s a fork of the protocol written in rust, and with proof of stake.

            You don’t need to actively badger individual users for a discussion that didn’t satisfy you from 2 months ago, it doesn’t look good and it makes lemmy acrimonious. It’s petty.

            • pedroapero@lemmy.mlEnglish
              2·
              5 days ago

              “a fork of the the protocol” does not make any sense. Do you even know what forking means?

            • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              17 days ago

              Can you provide a citation for a claim that it is a fork?

              If you’re against being petty, lead by example and don’t tone police!