It is the first day of a new financial quarter, and I am excited to announce some big changes for dev.to. Today we follow in the footsteps of great financial innovators such as Elizabeth Holmes and Kenneth Lay. In a bold (some might say heroic) move, we will be deprecating the web-facing dev.to client in favor of a blockchain client. As we all know, the blockchain (which invented the concept of trust) is becoming a critical component of all earthly ideas, from credit card processing to phrenology. We are simply getting ahead of the curve.
Instead of simply typing in the dev.to URL, our users will now have the privilege of jumping through a multi-step process of connecting to your own RPC server and control your connection to dev.to. But don't worry, browsing will take minutes, instead of only a few milliseconds like you're used to. We expect a major bump in average session duration due to these innovations.
By now you might be asking "Ben, isn't this all incredibly inefficient?" and to answer that question, I present you our very lengthy white paper, which will address any asinine doubts you might have about our heist offering.
Without further ado, introducing the first DEV currency: UniCoin. It's called UniCoin to pay tribute to the "unicorn" term in private finance. Also known as the pinnacle of human achievement. For some reason, we've felt it crucial to intertwine currency with basic data storage and networking. But it's the wave of the future, right? Right?
Unicoin makes use of the revolutionary "proof of blind faith" algorithm. It builds on proof of trust and proof of stake but relies on a concept as old as humanity itself. I urge you to join us in our mission to make the world a better place through blockchain technology.
If this is all too complicated, but you still want to give us your money, feel free to use PayPal. This is another perfectly valid way to exchange your money for absolutely nothing in return.
The DEV Community, making the world a better place.
Oldest comments (68)
This is the greatest news I've read all day! I'm configuring my connection right now!
so power. much innovate. many chain. such block. wow.
hey Jake,
How you gonna do that, could you point me to a blog post that will help to configure it, I am new to decentralized application domain(blockchains)
I just put my Yelp API token in my package.json file and executed
nowand VOILA!!I forgot to mention. All posts not on the subject of blockchain will henceforth be banned. It's time to step into the future sheeple.
Oh, so essentially you're becoming Hacker Noon π€£
We prefer to term it "ascending into greatness"
April fool's
I think you should list the ICO today itself and set a price for all interested investors, so they can get an investment with instant returns.
Although itβs a great April fools joke, it presents a seriously good idea:
For privacy concerned folks like me who enjoy the power to control ones data and connections, the concept of a decentralized option for dev.to intrigues me.
On a serious note, me too and we're gradually trying to build with that in mind.
What would be nice is for those who wish to decentralize, dev.to becomes a peer tracker, and everyone connects via peers. Accounts are identified by a UUID, and a GPG private key on your device to sign the message, and you can post direct to dev.to API or via other peers to give a layer of abstraction.
You should take a look at the dat project.
Totally agree. We can all support Beaker!π
My sense of humour is slightly underdeveloped, so could someone verify that this is an April's Fool joke?
Verified
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TAKE MY MONEY
More like MAKE MY MONEY, amirite?
this is good!
Most definitely, the internet is no longer a series of tubes, it is henceforth a series of blocks!
" But don't worry, browsing will take minutes, instead of only a few milliseconds like you're used to"
a terrifying April's fool
This is absolutely the best move! After all, all the cool kids are doing it.
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