What’s the block clock drama?
Discussion
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Okay so TL;DR
Coinkite makes blockclock mini and sells it for $400, closed source
nostr:npub1k5f85zx0xdskyayqpfpc0zq6n7vwqjuuxugkayk72fgynp34cs3qfcvqg2 makes a similar DIY device that is fully open source named BTClock
They get harassed at launch by Coinkite
It goes well for a while, then Coinkite takes down their Github by claiming trademark infringement because BTClock is too similar to Blockclock
😲
shouldnt that be fixed by github on nostr?
Mostly… self hosting also works and in the case of Git, I do not see any benefit for Nostr over self hosting as most projects have centralized leadership
what about discovery?
Discovery on Nostr is not a bad idea, though.
And identity. It would solve having to create an account for each instance.
Lmao
The irony is that the coinkite Blockclock wasn’t even the original block clock .. that was a year or two earlier
Coinkite is leveraging gubment power to prevent an obvious knockoff competitor from succeeding.
The knockoff and Coinkite are being douchey.
Panties are twisted. Some are never going to buy a coldcard (again). Some recognize the legal right to do that. Others are discussing the trashy IP laws on the books.
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Oh boy, I've missed it all XD Thanks for the recap
Who the fuck pays a shit ton of cuck bucks to see some numbers in a display?! What a stupid and useless piece of garbage.
i want aware of it.. thanks for recap. IP laws shouldnt be discussed and/or forced in bitcoin hemisphere imo. gonna look into it
I tend to agree that IP laws are fiat minded nonsense and the enforcement thereof is anathema to the spirit of freedom that so many in the BTC space seem to pay homage to, but might not really espouse even if it is inconvenient.
Cipherpunk is difficult and can be impractical at times. Wheat from chaff and such.
i can clearly and with certainty say that bitcoin and ip law can not go hand in hand. no matter what you think of either side, it just doesnt fit.
bitcoin's strength comes from not being guarded by any law but people. the law can not survive against people; ip laws can not survive against bitcoin
you can only just play with ip laws against bitcoin while you can
seems nostr:nprofile1qqs9v9et20mnqagtgrnrc5qmzcrgmkt2y3087p23vawqlmyczlhfdcqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7wq5uga sued the btcclock project someway.
Btcclock trying to do a sort off blockclock, the clock from coinkite, but fully FOSS and buildable with generic hardware. Btcclock is mostly speech.
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Thanks
Coinkite is not active anymore. Also on X they don't response anymore on their @Coinkite account
all sounds very lame and gay to me
i've been railing against the "rockstar" culture of pod host/guests and the select few in crowd thing for some time and that dude has always been part of something i'm not liking the smell of
it seems that the reason they shut down the github was because the site that hosted the website selling the btclock was hosted on the same domain of the codebase. If that was the case, the situation is slightly less bad.
Attack a direct competitor seller and attack "speech" are two different class of evil.
Still a lame move.
using copyright against competitors is a Bill Gates move even
not sued -- taken their github offline
agree btclock is speech
Cock block wtf?!?!
Coinkite is trying to copyright "a device that displays information"
ffs again?
Coincunts