Thanks for all the feedback, going to address some of the questions.
How do you monetize on this?
We will add a link to an affiliated instant exchange at the bottom, in order to enable simple payments with other cryptocurrencies. Optional of course, and the only monetization we will ever introduce. No ads or paid subscriptions.
An interesting service when it comes to sharing our addresses but I'm a bit worried if suddenly it changes into another platform meant for scamming [by changing the addresses] or a target for scammers to take control of your back-end and mess up the whole system...
- What measurements you've taken so far for combating the latter issue?
There is almost no surface for attackers to target.. The address bar and delete link are the only inputs so far. Regarding the former issue: Peso will move towards decentralization, which should prevent this threat in the future. Until then, there is no way for us to prove our intentions other than becoming more established over time. Obviously never blindly trust an address from any intermediary and always double check.
I pasted a new address, deleted the link, waited a few seconds, and entered the same address, it gave me the same link
That's intended, the Peso ID is always the last few characters of your Bitcoin address.
No github? This platform isn't even an open-source one despite of it being so simple... or is it just a shortener or might be something else? I won't be using this until you've published its back-end.
It will become open-source at some point. But until Peso is decentralized, we're in control of the domain anyway and could simply run different code on the webserver than the one published on Github.
How will you deal with collusion?
More characters.
I'm comfortable sending the real BTC address actually to ask for payment. Not QR code nor short URL but REAL BTC address. There is just no room for mistake t=when doing so.
Surely the way to go in most situations. But think of other scenarios, e.g. when you need to share an address in a phone call or to send it from one device to another. Also Peso will go beyond just sharing addresses.. stay tuned
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