jorgeribs

Joined 12 years ago

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Mar 3
Co-founder of Bridgefy; on Twitter as @jorgeribs
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Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
How is that a dark pattern? It's better if you do verify, so you can see your contacts and others can know it's you. If that fails, then we offer to use the app without verification.
Comment · 7 years ago
Since we use Bluetooth Low Energy and the algorithm works to make broadcasting/forwarding efficient, we've found that running messages for 24 hours consumes around 7-10% battery total on an average device. These numbers may differ depending on the OS, device, usage, etc. but in a nutshell: we don't consider battery consumption to be a problem.
Comment · 7 years ago
Well said petre, that's the perfect answer.
Comment · 7 years ago
Sorry about that! Our official website is indeed www.bridgefy.me, and we should have www.bridgefy.com recovered in a short while.
Comment · 7 years ago
That's exactly why, whoopdedo :)
Comment · 7 years ago
Basically anything text-based (messages, location, triggers), and as technologies improve, so will Bridgefy as it's protocol -agnostic :)
Comment · 7 years ago
Hi! You can skip the SMS verification step, which is how thousands of people have used it after earthquakes and hurricanes :) we also have an SDK so that developer can create their own app and make it work however they want.
Comment · 7 years ago
Hi everybody, I'm Jorge, founder of Bridgefy. Happy to answer any questions!
Comment · 7 years ago
Welp guess not
Comment · 7 years ago
Several companies have tried to create blockchain-based products using offline mesh networks, but there's the problem of there not being a ledger, and thus transactions not being able to be confirmed. Do you think blockchain-centric companies could integrate technologies like, say, Bridgefy to enable their mobile products to work without Internet and thus become more decentralized?

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