**Eramdam // Damien ✨✅** @Eramdam · 2018-03-04T19:57:24Z

Eramdam // Damien ✨✅ @Eramdam

Eramdam // Damien ✨✅ @Eramdam

Wait, is Hiveway just a Mastodon reskin? Because the homepage looks eerily similar

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**Luclu7** @Luclu7@7nw.eu · Mar 04, 2018, 19:59

**Luclu7** @Luclu7@7nw.eu · Mar 04, 2018, 19:59

@Eramdam Yup

**Sylvhem** @Sylvhem@witches.town · Mar 04, 2018, 20:00

**Sylvhem** @Sylvhem@witches.town · Mar 04, 2018, 20:00

@Eramdam It's a Mastodon rip-off. They forked Mastodon, changed the name and the logo, reskinned it AND removed a part of the original credits.

**Eramdam // Damien ✨✅** @Eramdam · Mar 04, 2018, 20:00

**Eramdam // Damien ✨✅** @Eramdam · Mar 04, 2018, 20:00

Sweet jesus fucking christ https://octodon.social/media/hUy4wYK20IRZ8x89BoI

Also "There is no Federated Timeline"

So you're just forking something and removing its core strength just to slap a dumb blockchain on it.

ffs.

**Eramdam // Damien ✨✅** @Eramdam · Mar 04, 2018, 20:02

**Eramdam // Damien ✨✅** @Eramdam · Mar 04, 2018, 20:02

I don't know why I'm even surprised that this stuff takes off just because it has "blockchain" slapped on top of it. 🤦‍♂️

**Sylvhem** @Sylvhem@witches.town · Mar 04, 2018, 20:02

**Sylvhem** @Sylvhem@witches.town · Mar 04, 2018, 20:02

@Eramdam What does it means "Etherum Blockchain integration"? Does somebody know?

**Romain Dubois** @rigelk@miaou.drycat.fr · Mar 04, 2018, 20:03

**Romain Dubois** @rigelk@miaou.drycat.fr · Mar 04, 2018, 20:03

@Sylvhem a chain of blocks 🤷

**Romain Dubois** @rigelk@miaou.drycat.fr · Mar 04, 2018, 20:11

**Romain Dubois** @rigelk@miaou.drycat.fr · Mar 04, 2018, 20:11

@Sylvhem "electoral system, with technocratic values"
"#Hiveway will offer client targeting options and marketing tools to its users and to any party involved, in exchange for the WAY #token."
🤦
Oh, and they have an #ICO, ofc.

Something self-hostable where you still get ads.

**lthms ⸮** @lthms@mastodon.social · Mar 04, 2018, 20:06

**lthms ⸮** @lthms@mastodon.social · Mar 04, 2018, 20:06

@Sylvhem @Eramdam Mastodon as a Smart Contract ? Or maybe, toots stored in a blockchain (and therefore dispatched among clients?)

I wonder how they deal with block validation.

**Eramdam // Damien ✨✅** @Eramdam · Mar 04, 2018, 20:06

**Eramdam // Damien ✨✅** @Eramdam · Mar 04, 2018, 20:06

@lthms @Sylvhem Apparently they sell ICO tokens so I'd be willing to bet they're just setting up an elaborated scam because that what ICOs are for in 2018

**Sylvhem** @Sylvhem@witches.town · Mar 04, 2018, 20:07

**Sylvhem** @Sylvhem@witches.town · Mar 04, 2018, 20:07

@lthms I think they just store people's identity in the Etherum blockchain.

@Eramdam

**Eramdam // Damien ✨✅** @Eramdam · Mar 04, 2018, 20:07

**Eramdam // Damien ✨✅** @Eramdam · Mar 04, 2018, 20:07

@Sylvhem @lthms

1998: "I bet we'll store people's mind on the internet"
2018: "hi I'm storing your data into a magic coin file"

**Takanu Kyriako** @Takanu · Mar 04, 2018, 21:29

**Takanu Kyriako** @Takanu · Mar 04, 2018, 21:29

@Eramdam 👌👌👌👌👌

**Software Archaeologist** @dashie@oldbytes.space · Mar 04, 2018, 20:01

**Software Archaeologist** @dashie@oldbytes.space · Mar 04, 2018, 20:01

@Eramdam it is, but with a blockchain, because a blockchain makes everything better!