Followup: • I know you can do the same with cash, I've done it before :) • I could (and may) automate it more using phone data, but the friend part is an easy lazy solution • This is a just-for-fun side project. If you're saying "you could just do X" you're missing the point
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As for why I like this as a just-for-fun side project, it codifies all the rules except for the friend’s decision (can’t disable the app, can’t change the code, can’t beg for reinterpretation). All you need is a Larry David-esque friend and I have plentyhttps://youtu.be/sCX_TcKDr4w
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It’s not decentralized if it requires a friend?
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No one can revert the code or shut it down. Think Napster vs BitTorrent.
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I think your friend could. If you asked nicely. Or threatened your friendship
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Friend can’t shut down the platform. Anyways, decentralization is a spectrum and one meaning can be what you’re saying, but it isn’t helpful to view this as the only way IMO.
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I view this as closer to Napster since the power is centralized to one friend. Maybe if you distributed the ultimate call to a panel of strangers, who are somehow compensated based on their ability to reach consensus.
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The contract pairs people, it isn't limited to two people. Two people can violate the intent just like someone can share a fake torrent. You could do this consensus thing but it wasn't the point here. I just want a lazy GymPact (https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/01/pact/ …) and I trust my friends.
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Can't you just give your friend the same amount of money and have them pay you back as you run?
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I've also been thinking about this. Although more for discipline regarding self-imposed deadlines, e.g. having more skin in the game when working on one's own projects I would even consider just making it more brutal. Funds get burned if objective not met! Any progress on this?
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No progress. Someone else in the thread mentioned they built this though if you're interested
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i like the spirit of this, but how is it any different than giving your friend ETH and they give it back if you hit the goal?
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Structurally more awkward to back out of. If I want to say "never mind please I don't want to do this anymore" I have to ask them to submit a transaction every week just so I can get the money back. It is just for fun btw. I did similar things in the past with cash.
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I like the social component of a friend arbitrator. Alternatively you could wear a GPS watch and use an oracle to validate the running data. If not met, money goes to a charity ;)
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Glad you like the social aspect! I was thinking of a combo the other day. An email is sent to my friend with running maps, times, distances, then they just click yes or no.
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Whoever does this for not wasting time on the internet will make a pretty penny
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Final boss of
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Many have tried and many have failed....maybe apple and google opening up mobile dashboards will be the game changer here.
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I'd rather not give my friends a direct financial incentive to sabotage my fitness goals.
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Heh as long as the incentive sticks to scrutiny instead of sabotage then seems fine to me. You could add a spite feature for the subject which would burn the ETH instead of pay the friend if they suspected sabotage
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I think I'd prefer a system where the ether went to charity instead, personally.
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I believe that was the reasoning od
@levelsio when he made Go Fucking Do It. People paid him money!
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For 3 months, I’ll run 4x a week for at least 30min
Deposit 1 ETH
Smart contract gives your friend sole authority to say if you hit goal
Contract gives ETH to friend if you miss goal
No turning back!
Will prob build w/