Comments on: Yahoo gets into the community currency game http://eric.harris-braun.com/blog/2006/09/14/id-37 it's all about the pattern Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:11:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Daniel Reeves http://eric.harris-braun.com/blog/2006/09/14/id-37/comment-page-1#comment-61 Daniel Reeves Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:20:11 +0000 http://eric.harris-braun.com/blog/2006/09/14/id-37#comment-61 Thanks for the links (note they aren't clickable). Trying to get up to speed on open money and targetted currencies now. Btw, we're looking to hire talented hackers with a track record in open-source development who are excited about helping implement the Yootles system at Yahoo! Thanks for the links (note they aren’t clickable). Trying to get up to speed on open money and targetted currencies now.

Btw, we’re looking to hire talented hackers with a track record in open-source development who are excited about helping implement the Yootles system at Yahoo!

]]> By: eric http://eric.harris-braun.com/blog/2006/09/14/id-37/comment-page-1#comment-60 eric Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:31:19 +0000 http://eric.harris-braun.com/blog/2006/09/14/id-37#comment-60 Yes Daniel, something like ripplepay, but not quite because ripplepay doesn\'t generalize out the notion of what a currency is assuming that it\'s only about economic transferrs. But better examples are my own work in the <a rel=\"\\\"nofollow\\\"\" href=\"http://eric.harris-braun.com/blog/%5C%22http://eric.harris-braun.com/blog/%5C%22http://openmoney.org%5C%22%5C%22\" rel="nofollow">open money project</a> and Arthur Brock\'s work with <a rel=\"\\\"nofollow\\\"\" href=\"http://eric.harris-braun.com/blog/%5C%22http://eric.harris-braun.com/blog/%5C%22http://www.targetedcurrencies.net%5C%22%5C%22\" rel="nofollow">targetted currencies</a> and <a rel=\"\\\"nofollow\\\"\" href=\"http://eric.harris-braun.com/blog/%5C%22http://eric.harris-braun.com/blog/%5C%22http://www.omidyar.net/group/currencies/ws/os_earth%5C%22%5C%22\" rel="nofollow">OS Earth</a>. Yes Daniel, something like ripplepay, but not quite because ripplepay doesn\’t generalize out the notion of what a currency is assuming that it\’s only about economic transferrs. But better examples are my own work in the open money project and Arthur Brock\’s work with targetted currencies and OS Earth.

]]> By: Daniel Reeves http://eric.harris-braun.com/blog/2006/09/14/id-37/comment-page-1#comment-59 Daniel Reeves Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:19:04 +0000 http://eric.harris-braun.com/blog/2006/09/14/id-37#comment-59 Thanks for the Yootles post! This is still a highly experimental research project at Yahoo and we're eager for feedback. You bring up the question of whether Yootles would be just another currency vs a way to let people create their own currencies. By the latter do you mean something like what ripplepay.com has in mind? -- Daniel Reeves, Research Scientist at Yahoo and creator of Yootles Thanks for the Yootles post! This is still a highly experimental research project at Yahoo and we’re eager for feedback. You bring up the question of whether Yootles would be just another currency vs a way to let people create their own currencies. By the latter do you mean something like what ripplepay.com has in mind?
— Daniel Reeves, Research Scientist at Yahoo and creator of Yootles

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