- From: Flavien Charlon <flavien.charlon@coinprism.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 19:53:12 +0100
- To: "public-interledger@w3.org" <public-interledger@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CABbpET-m0viarnnqP1-4_O9SRNP4jo0jWYptwS7qj1n+_qE+Cg@mail.gmail.com>
Hi, I'm Flavien Charlon. I'm the CEO of Coinprism. I authored the colored coins protocol Open Assets <https://github.com/OpenAssets>, and more recently worked on a permissioned ledger technology Openchain <https://www.openchain.org/>. Best, Flavien On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 7:32 PM, Ryan Fugger <arv@ryanfugger.com> wrote: > Hi everyone. I'm Ryan Fugger. I started the original Ripple project back > in 2004. ILP closely resembles what I was aiming at back then, and I am > very excited to see this moving forward. The vision behind my project was > that if there was a protocol for allowing credit, wherever it is found, to > become liquid and transferable through a global network, then people will > be empowered to create and use forms of money that more closely align with > their values as human beings. It's about decentralizing and giving the > edges of the network the same capabilities as the centre, in contrast to > how banking works today. > > I love Bitcoin as an elegant decentralized currency, and I want to see > Bitcoin integrated with as many systems as possible and used by everyone on > the planet. But Bitcoin doesn't yet handle credit well, and it will not > replace the many existing credit systems out there, nor the many > *potential* credit systems that remain latent because of lack of an > interconnection protocol. Credit money is more flexible than commodity > money in terms of its abundance and potential for helping people organize > for their own well-being. To paraphrase Michael Linton, money is about > keeping score, and it makes no sense that value creation should be limited > because there aren't enough points to go around. > > I think the challenge here will be less about resolving technical issues > and more about getting a critical mass of value connected to the network. > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Preston Byrne <preston@erisindustries.com > > wrote: > >> Great idea, Tiffany - I'm sure there are a lot of names on this list who >> are already acquainted with one another! >> >> I'm Preston Byrne. I'm the COO and GC of Eris Industries >> <https://erisindustries.com>. I also like marmots <http://marmots..org>. >> >> PJB >> >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:54 PM, Tiffany St.John <tiffany4772@hotmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> >>> Hey everybody. It looks like there are 70 of us in this group so far. I >>> thought a quick intro would be nice to help us get acquainted. >>> >>> I'm Tiffany Hayden and I'm very involved in the Bitcoin community. I was >>> excited to hear that the specs for a Bitcoin-ILP implementation have >>> been written. I'd love to see more volume flow through Bitcoin. I'm also a >>> huge Ripple fan and have been moderating the unofficial forum for awhile. I >>> may be the only person on the planet who loves both Ripple and Bitcoin. I >>> was concerned that there weren't very many Bitcoin supporters in this >>> group, so I reached out to a few of the brilliant Bitcoin minds in my local >>> group and they have joined as well. >>> >>> I'm currently working on a project to help bring financial access to >>> refugees. If you're interested, you can read about it here: >>> >>> https://medium.com/@haydentiff/refugees-the-next-wave-of-disruptors-34f3287cf7fe#.fa15ntqjo >>> >>> I follow everything going on in the fintech space -payment systems, >>> remittances, distributed ledger technology, cryptocurrencies. I love it >>> all. >>> >>> I'm liberty-minded, a believer in the non-aggression principle, and a >>> member of the Michigan Peace and Liberty Coalition. >>> >>> I'm also a homeschooling mother and just possibly the last person still >>> using a hotmail account. >>> >>> >>> >>> Looking forward to "meeting" all of you! >>> >>> Tiffany >>> >> >> >> >> >> >
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