This is my impression as well: Everipedia is a project with rather unclear goals, which seems to have more hype than substance at this point.
Another recent example of something like a "encyclopedia on a blockchain" is Lunyr, which also looks like vaporware that doesn't deserve a lot of attention. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore 2017-12-11 17:49 GMT+02:00 bawolff <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > So everipedia.com looks like some sort of Wikipedia fork/competitor. > Larry Sanger is appearently involved with it (I guess he got bored of > Citzendium). They seem to be a for profit company that wants to be > more inclusionist than Wikipedia, and also raise money by selling > customized articles. > > They appear to be advertising that they are doing something with > "encylopedias" and "blockchain". However, they never specify what they > are doing, there are no white papers or technical details, which is a > good measure that something is BS. > > Probably they are trying to cash in on the hype around bitcoin. > Blockchain is an ill-defined enough concept that you can make almost > anything be "on the blockchain". Unless you are making a currency, it > is usually a solution looking for a problem. > > This definitely has nothing to do with Wikipedia or Wikimedia. > > -- > Bawolff > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Dennis Tobar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi everyone: > > > > I signed, the past week, the list of Tech Ambassador for Spanish > Wikipedia. > > My username is Superzerocool, a veteran user (over 12 years) in Wikimedia > > movement, and in the real life I being an Engineer Informatic. I live in > > Chile and I am currently part of the Board of Wikimedia Chile. > > > > In some chapter off-wiki talk (Telegram), an user share us a possibly > > fake-news about the usage of blockchain to avoid the vandalism. > > > > As I see the article[1] (in Spanish), the news talks about Everipedia, a > > startup related with Blockchain technology and how they use the > blockchain > > in English articles(?). > > > > As I see the article, the news is fake. > > > > Kindly, > > > > [1] > > https://www.cuartopoder.es/innovacion/tecnologia/2017/12/ > 09/la-wikipedia-ya-no-se-podra-modificar-arbitrariamente-gracias-a- > blockchain/ > > > > -- > > Dennis Tobar Calderón > > Ingeniero en Informática UTEM > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors >
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