2017-04-12

bitcoin

3 minutes read (About 414 words)

A Simple Comparison - Buy Bitcoins in Taiwan and Sell them in Japan 買賣比特幣－台灣買，日本賣

I did a simple comparison today, comparing the bitcoin prices (buy/sell) at leading exchanges in Japan and Taiwan. This is not comprehensive at all, and the conclusion might even be wrong after a while, but I’d like to share this little piece of information to those interested.

Two exchanges I quote are:

Bitflyer (https://bitflyer.jp/) from Japan (so obviously they accept Yen for bitcoins)

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Bitoex (https://www.bitoex.com/) from Taiwan (TWD for bitcoins)

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The result is (using google to calculate the exchange rate for me, use TWD as base):

Japan: Sell @ 38,131 twd ; Buy @ 37,515 twd

Taiwan: Sell @ 37,989 twd ; Buy @ 36,060 twd

That means if you have no currency preferences, then you should buy bitcoin in Taiwan (but the advantage is very small), and if you seek to sell it, then sell it in Japan (big difference!).

Of course, these rates won’t beat poloniex in USD. But US account might be difficult for us to open. And many Taiwanese have large Yen demand (for tourism mostly).

中文版

本篇只是簡單計算一下台灣跟日本的比特幣買賣價格，隨意選取兩地比較大的交易所。發現目前，在台灣買略有點優勢，但不明顯。不過，要賣比特幣，顯然到日本去賣，價格好多了！尤其許多台灣人有日幣需求，轉換為日幣也是不錯的。只是我對於在Bitflyer開戶條件不清楚了，或許這會是一般人的障礙吧？需要再研究看看。

Lastly, you might be interested to know this news about this Japan exchange

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/japanese-megabanks-invest-bitcoin-exchange/

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2017-04-11

cn

9 minutes read (About 1363 words)

YOYOW 與 Steemit/CN 的競爭？一個茶館的觀點

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YOYOW快要來了。只聞樓梯響了幾個月，據說人就快要下來了。

我寫這篇部分也是為了yoyo幣，那是一定要的，否則這Steemit這會兒的光景，能吸引人寫嗎？稍微離題一下，以往也不是沒這麼低迷過，但過去的低迷是幣價原因，幣低所以其實發的代幣反而量多，頗有逢低買進的味道，現在可不是，目前的低迷純粹是因為這硬叉子沒有搞好，得等上一個月哪！

我的合夥茶東 @rivalhw 兄已經寫了兩篇比較

Will YOYOW be better than Steemit?一个普通用户的使用体会 - 上

Will YOYOW be better than Steemit?一个普通用户的使用体验 -下

看英語的話，追憶前資深Steemit友 @coinbitgold 也有兩篇

YOYOW Series – Part 1

You Own Your Own Words (YOYOW) – Chinese willingness to pay for digital content

所以呢，我也來說兩句。

客倌（抱歉了，職業病，就讓我這麼稱呼您吧）如果想從這裡知道YOYOW怎麼運作，抱歉了，我也沒有詳細研究，通常都是上線之後，實際操作後比較快知道。不過，大致上，YOYOW比起Steem，雖然是基於同門技術，有很多相似的地方，但YOYOW看著Steem的發展，因此想必是從他們觀點改進了不少問題，例如在這裡受人詬病良久的大鯨魚主宰問題(當然目前因為Steemit上的實驗，已經改善不少了)。

就我粗淺看來，YOYOW引入了Steem之前一直說要做但似乎都還沒有做到的Attention Economy，把人流可能創造的經濟*(廣告)價值與內容生產連在一起，使得內容發掘者(curators)不是只要去辨別後面會來吃餌的鯨魚口味，而是要去辨別發掘出潛在的好的內容(投資模式??)，才能獲得更多獎勵。

另外，YOYOW完全是以中文市場為起點的，這也是我標題下的YOYOW是與Steemit/CN而不是Steemit競爭，至少在初期應該是這樣的。

但競爭的層面在哪裡？其一當然是前面說的Blogging，在中文內容生產、激勵、發掘、擴散這些環節，YOYOW可能會打敗Steemit/CN。其二是，丹聶開天闢地以來就一直存在到今的中國大陸地區用戶註冊登錄困難問題，這點看來YOYOW也是輕鬆贏得競爭，沒辦法，這裡就是不重視（所以好像也不能叫競爭）。這第二層面幾乎就是全部，難登錄那還玩什麼？也不用說其他的了…

難道就此判定，YOYOW K.O. Steemit/CN？

快別這麼說，初戀永遠是最美的。讓我們為Steemit說點好話。其一，註冊問題嘛，要不要做而已，都能搞出世界級的blockchain，難道這問題會難嗎？只在Ned與Mitchell的一念之間吧！不知道是誰嗎？看這裡

Decentralized Social Platform Steemit Taps Mitchell Loureiro as VP Marketing

其次，大家都知道Steem的sub-communities會在下半年推出，那是什麼？就是賦予Steemit/CN更高的自主經營權力，到時也許也會有推廣介紹的獎勵，社區再次興旺也不是不可能啊！YOYOW聚焦於解決blogging問題，但社群經營部分，倒看似比較少提到。

是吧？Steemit畢竟是老大哥，身家底子厚，小老弟說不定上線後一堆問題，也不是不可能….

Steemit/CN再次贏得信賴~~~~!!!

到底誰贏啊？這時候，就需要茶館的觀點了，老道，老道，老子哪知道？

老道茶館歡迎各位大駕光臨啊！唉呀，說得太早了，這台詞….

茶館觀點就是，大伙好好相處，誰擅長做啥做啥去，沒有什麼競爭，通通都是合作互補！

就讓YOYOW好好經營這Steemit從來也未曾努力過的中文內容市場，讓YOYOW好好在這塊13億大市場去發揮，發揮區塊鏈媒體的影響力，成為中國新興媒體的先鋒…

與此同時，Steemit/CN還是有很大的市場可以做，做中文與世界的連結，做真正符合區塊鏈精神–自由無拘束的中文內容世界的先驅。

誰說，這兩個不能同時都非常成功？

有道理吧！客倌們！到時，老道茶館也到那邊開分館去，再請不吝前來指教，高談闊論啊！:)

🍵 老道茶館 🍵－請上坐，喝杯茶，說點事 🍵 LAODR Tea House [beta]🍵 170407

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YOYOW = 區塊鏈知乎+簡書+今日頭條 http://YOYOW.ORG YOYOW - A better blockchain social media platform http://YOYOW.ORG

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2017-04-10

memechallenge

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Meme challenge #12 -- Entry 1 -- Military Discipline

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2017-04-08

news

2 minutes read (About 288 words)

Cointelegraph News: Steemit Appoints New VP, Hints At Move Away From ‘Crypto-Centric’

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Post the news here so more can see…

A few paragraphs quoted …

Decentralized social media platform Steemit has announced a new marketing direction and the launch of a “crowdsourced growth” initiative.In a press release, CEO Ned Scott announced that Mitchell Loureiro as vice president of marketing would help in “taking Steemit from a crypto-centric project to a household name.”

“By leveraging the wisdom of the crowd to amplify and multiply the impact of marketing efforts we’ll build out countless sub-communities, each incentivized to grow until we join the ranks of the social media giants,” Scott added.

“We believe that the only way Steem growth can scale is for it to come from the community itself. So we’re going to create community-driven growth processes from the very start. That’s right everyone, we’re crowdsourcing growth for Steem.” [emphasis added by deanliu]

News and image source:

https://cointelegraph.com/news/steemit-appoints-new-vp-hints-at-move-away-from-crypto-centric