Re: trsst microblogging

On 8/26/13 6:58 PM, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
> If you want to monetize your blogging content, Trsst even provides a
> digital wallet built in to your account. Envisioning long-term
> pay-per-view content consumption, Trsst helps bloggers collect
> microtransaction payments through digital crypto-currency like
> Bitcoin--for views, shares, likes, or even anonymous donations.
>
> http://www.fastcolabs.com/3016147/this-open-source-twitter-replacement-is-absolutely-brilliant

I read through this and then his (Michael Powers) "Trsst" Kickstarter 
page.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1904431672/trsst-a-distributed-secure-blog-platform-for-the-o

I found it a comprehensive presentation, I admit to being excited 
about the possibility: it seems it could bring the following things 
together:
--encryption of all our communications (no government/corporate snooping)
--an open sourced Facebook/Twitter replacement (no corporate control 
of social web)
--Bitcoin integration into sales of blogs etc. (micropayment with Bitcoin)

That's a huge chunk, and would, as Michael says, change the world -- 
if it worked. But of course we're dealing with a code-writing promise.

So I'd like at least some other people on this list, who know much 
more about the technical problems, to look at this and give an opinion.

My main two questions then would be:
1. Is it feasible; and if so:
2. Should what the web-payments list is attempting be integrated into 
it from the start?

I'm willing to put $ into the kickstarter if others think this is an 
important idea and should be supported.

Steven Rowat

Received on Tuesday, 27 August 2013 17:06:15 UTC