We're on block 65K. The first halving is scheduled for block 100K or Feb 14.
Dogecoin trade volume is around #2 #3 in cryptocoin markets, so actually it's very liquid. In practical terms, there's been $7M USD in trading volume in the last 24h. Converting 10s of M Doge into BTC into USD would be very easy.
Rob has been conducting trials with people for a few months now, and reports there's "appropriate evidence that Soylent is safe, effective, healthy, and delicious." He's been pretty careful about bringing this to market, too; for a long time he hasn't suggested anyone try this and hasn't shared the recipe publicly because he doesn't want anyone without a chemistry/biology background to ingest a bunch of chemicals and hurt themselves.
To give some light background, League of Legends is a popular game where two teams of 5 players are matching against each other. DAUs are in the millions, making moderation and banning difficult. Instead, players voluntarily participate in the "Tribunal", which is a jury-like system where players vote on abuse cases.
Last quarter they made a profit, but it was a net loss after adjusting for stock-related expenses. [1]
Also, bookings were up. I think it's important to note that after FB's updated S1 everyone had worried since Zynga comprised less of Facebook's Q1 revenue. What all news outlets failed to note is that FB credit associated purchases didn't go down but actually ad impressions on Facebook's part. It's possible Zynga is trying to drive pageviews of their own network rather than Facebook. (Check the S1) [2]
We're sorry to say we couldn't accept your proposal for funding.
Please don't take it personally. The applications we receive get
better every funding cycle, and since there's a limit on the number
of startups we can interview in person, we had to turn away a lot
of genuinely promising groups.
Another reason you shouldn't take this personally is that we know
we make lots of mistakes. It's alarming how often the last group
to make it over the threshold for interviews ends up being one that
we fund. That means there are surely other good groups that fall
just below the threshold and that we miss even interviewing.
We're trying to get better at this, but the hard limit on the number
of interviews means it's practically certain that groups we rejected
will go on to create successful startups. If you do, we'd appreciate
it if you'd send us an email telling us about it; we want to learn
from our mistakes.
The need for this came about because I've started to distrust bit.ly links on Twitter. What if you could see one and instantly know the original owner, so you wouldn't be afraid of hitting malware? Tiny.cat still lets you shorten anonymously, however the real benefit is after you register your tiny.cat/username.
The embedable widget/button for publishers goes in this direction, but I think the full download page is important. I want everyone to recognize that Likes and Tweets are really valuable, so valuable that publishers would give out free art and content to receive that social buzz.
In comparison to Facebook pages, Color links are more portable. You can easily include it in a status update also, rather than landing pages (which necessarily include the logic to check for Likes). This is especially relevant if publishers switch to the Timeline, which makes it much harder to do "Like gating". See http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/29/death-of-the-facebook-defau...
Do you think so? I think it's popular and users have embraced it. There's examples on Facebook pages where you have to Like to get so-and-so-dj-mix, and there's also PayWithATweet which came out 2 years ago. There's also the email newsletter, which for a store might include coupons.
My belief is that things like books, music, and other content take time to make and users fully understand that. What Color does, however, is help consumers realize they can reward creators without necessarily spending money, but instead with publicity, arguably even more valuable for new artists/stores/websites.
I'd encourage you guys to check out artists who made it big without major labels, like Skrillex. He did everything via the internet, playing shows, and word of mouth.
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