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My concern about closing spec and having ~70 alternative channels to choose from is the loss of social ‘liquidity’. It’s a serious issue, because in a thriving channel one can get answers to questions in seconds, whereas if the community are spread too thinly, knowledge density is reduced, questions don’t get answered and people miss out hugely from the knowledge and inspiration/consolation of others. Comments are now so sparse on Discord & Telegram that it's not worth hanging out there any more. Knowledge is a compounding commodity and I think the whole IOTA ecosystem will suffer markedly if it’s not allowed the thrive in a consolidated few - say 5, not 70! - well populated channels** where everybody knows where to go to get answer**s. At the moment, no-one knows where to go. Scattering everyone onto Telegram, Twitter, alternative Discords and elsewhere will be a disaster of lost opportunities. Don’t ruin the crop to pull out a few weeds.

I recently decided to go back to school but can’t decide wether to study computer science, electrical engineering, or applied math for future research in brain-machine interface. My other goal is to contribute to the IOTA ecosystem and hope this factor can help tipping the ternary balance (wink wink). The thing is IOTA involves so many somewhat related but different technical fields. Since I only have superficial understanding of these technical subjects, I’m a bit lost on which field of study I should focus on.

Currently I’m leaning toward EE for heuristic reasons. I think CfB has a EE background and also the EE professor at USC is in the ecosystem. Also if ternary processor is such an essential component of IOTA/Qubic, wouldn’t an EE background be more relevant?

So technical people here who have contributed or are planning to contribute to IOTA, what parts of your background would really stand out when working on IOTA projects? And which field or subfield do you think I should focus on so I can help advancing IOTA related tech? Thanks!

Decreasing velocity is a major way of increasing the value of a token. Curious if IOTA has anything concrete in this regard.

This question has nagged me since I learned about Iota. Part of the original dream for Bitcoin was that it becomes a new all-purpose currency. Now it turns out BTC has problems that make it unsuitable as a currency (large fees, slow transactions).

Then I hear about Iota with fast feeless transactions — it sounds like it could be a currency... so why is Iota “targeted” at IoT devices? Why is it the right tech for IoT but not the right tech for humans to pay each other and buy things from retailers?

Thanks

Hi guys, I've been working on a proof of concept with IOTA's MAM feature and the smart home.

More details here: https://github.com/eclipse/smarthome/pull/5771

If you have any ideas / critics / thoughts about how to make it better please feel free to leave a comment ! Everything is explained in the PR. Enhancements and new features will be added gradually.

Is this legally and practically possible? People are forgoing the only reason for DLT to exist (trustlessness). If we at this time must trust someone to transact FIAT-IOTA, it should be the IF. And since IF is a non-profit organization, all fees would go back into development.

Sorry to spam reddit, but im just super happy to be part of this community and to be part of where history is being created! We actually see the tangle scale now, thats amazing! The tangle looks very healthy and the confirmation rate is impressive!

Keep up the good work! Gonna get myself as many IOTAs as possible :)

Have a great weekend guys!

Hi there! I'm a student from Germany that got into IOTA in the summer of last year. I discovered the project and wanted to support it, which is why I started running different (Field) nodes.

Just recently I've seen someone from the IF stating, that the Coordinator has been switched off a couple times in order to experiment for a coo-less IOTA. I thought it would be nice to have more insights and statistics when and how often the Coo is issuing milestones.

http://coordinator.iotawatch.it

Feel free to leave me your thoughts and ideas for improvements :)

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EDIT (to be 100% accurate): CFB stated, that the Coo has been turned off now and then - he is technically not a member of the IF

If you are trading or using IOTA technology why you believe that IOTA should live for the future? What is your hope or the vision for the future you see for IOTA.?