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Jetcoin – An experimental new currency

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9 pointstreefunder8 comments

Hmm, where to start? (My comment is about jetcoin.org)

Landing page is completely useless. To find information about the product I had to click on a tiny text menu on the top right.

The features page confuses XMN (Metronotes) and JET (Jetcoin). It also does not explain what Jetcoin is and what its relation to XMN is.

The Discover page talks about Czarcoin and Jetcoin.

The Developer page links to many code repos without giving any detail about what they are.

The community page links to "jet.com" which might or might not be an error.

Overall looks like a scam. If it isn't, a lot of work needs to be put on the website. Why is this even on the front page?

EDIT: More info on Bitcointalk forums (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1073653.0).

Furthermore, the last commits to the repository were in mid-late May, almost two months ago. Not exactly the hallmark of a healthy project.

> Why is this even on the front page?

I suspect it is being promoted.

> Hmm, where to start? (My comment is about jetcoin.org)

The question we both seem to raise, as do most other comments, is actually, "Why start?". This is an underdeveloped project which seems to be similar to ripple with much less effort and reputation.

List of petty whining voted to the top of a show HN thread, as always.

Never change HN, never change.

Have you looked at the website? It's an empty shell. If this is on the front page, then people voted for it. Why, I have no idea.

I wouldn't even know where to start discussing Jetcoin.

Whatever Jetcoin is, jetcoin.org does a poor job of conveying it.

treefunder, could you give us a bit of color on this? I have gone through the Q & A on the site and I don't really understand the value proposition. This seems like a bitcoin clone (a decentralized currency) owned/maintained by a centralized authority(treefunder inc).

> Why would someone want Jet over BTC?

> What does Jet "do"?

Also, your website is pretty devoid of any explanation of you or your services. Just a ton of resources and tools with no explanation of why anyone would invest time/dev hours/money into this system.

Thanks.

I'm still wondering the "why" and the "how is this different from Bitcoin and other alternatives?"

Edit:

As vonklaus said, we need a little more information. You call it experimental, so what's experimental about it?

I flagged it, as it looks like spam from a brand new user.

There are tons of altcoins, this one looks just like any other one.

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