Radicle
radicle.xyz
Sovereign code infrastructure.
  • pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr
    322·
    8 months ago

    What’s up with all the shilling posts lately?

    This has existed since at least 2018 according to their Twitter, and is related to crypto currencies through its Radworks DAO

    Edit : I’m not saying OP themselves is a shill. Radicle did a pretty goog job at hiding its cryptocurrency ties. They even renamed their token from Radicle to Radworks a few years ago. It seems like cryptobros are adapting to the fact that being related to cryptocurrencies hinders adoption among technical people.

    • elxeno@lemm.ee
      81·
      8 months ago

      So we went from companies claiming to use blockchain/crypto even if they didn’t use it (for any significant portion of their service), to now hiding it when they do use it?

    • uthredii@programming.devOPEnglish
      46·
      8 months ago

      From what I read in the HN thread the token is only used for governance (and possibly also fundraising), it is not baked into the actual platform. I am happy to be corrected though if anyone knows more/has more details.

  • Rusty Shackleford@programming.dev
    8·
    8 months ago

    Honestly, self-hosted ForgeJo instance on my RasPi4 is working splendidly and my config’s relative stability has been a pleasant surprise. Why do I need to re-invent the wheel with crypto tie-ins? I am a strong proponent of BTC and ETH and have mined before, so it’s not like I hate crypto-currencies.

    • uthredii@programming.devOPEnglish
      36·
      8 months ago

      From what I read in the HN thread the token is only used for governance (and possibly also fundraising), it is not baked into the actual platform. I am happy to be corrected though if anyone knows more/has more details.

      I agree that Forgejo looks good as well and is likely more usable than Radicle right now. But I do think there is value at looking at P2P solutions.