So I was following a guide I found on the forums here for registering AE Names and it says to either use the mobile app OR visit https://base.aepps.com/. When I visit https://base.aepps.com/ in a browser I’m not seeing the option for Name(s) at all. In fact the only 3 option I’m seeing are Governance, Graffiti and Migrate. Is there something I’m missing to get able to register a AE Name via a web browser?
Technical Info:
I’m pointed to Lima-Net and am using Firefox 71 on Ubuntu 19.10 with a Ledger Nano S.
This is what I repeat. “Mobile first” approach is ridiculous. Aeternity team doesn’t understand many things and is not interested in it. Many basics of Aeternity are designed like 5 years old would do it. Introducing too high initial inflation without clearly announcing it. Creating BRI to suck a part of mining rewards - it was the way how Aeternity management decided to address it. Poor “mobile-first” applications where you can’t use private key directly, they asked you to use centralized (in)famous base app. Centralized mining, centralized base app, centralized fund (BRI managed by Aeternity Foundation) that collects parts of mining rewards.
Their founders are the greatest risk that may cause AE to fail and it is happening. Maybe it already is a failed project?.. Maybe it would be better to stay away from it as the only beneficents are Aeternity Founders. Do you want to keep funding them? Just to mention a nepotism in its structures Nikola Stojanow (CEO of AE Ventures) hired their wife. Guess which money does he spends on this? ICO investors money. Does it build creditibility?
We are working on a wallet agnostic approach to signing transactions. The idea is that the aepp creator makes a list of supported wallet vendors (or uses the default one) and the user chooses the wallet they would like to use.
The Base æpp will not be a strict dependency for running æpps in the future.
This approach is better than anything I’ve seen in the crypto space (for this problem). We will post it for feedback/review soon.
Forcing to use mobile is neither good idea. You shouldn’t limit users how do they want to use the app. Pasting a priv key should be an option including the feature to generate the tx to sign it offline as well.
Aeternity ecosystem shouldn’t feel like for retarded. Don’t assume that their users are.
stoyan_ae - Thanks for the suggestion of waellet.com. From the brief glance I took at the project this appears like it will solve my problem. Thanks again for the suggestion.
Mobile first is great for people in less developed countries who can afford to buy a smart phone but maybe cannot afford a lap top. They conduct all their business on their phones. Mobile first is an excellent way to achieve mass adoption.