Bug#775925: RFP: lighthouse -- a peer to peer crowdfunding app that uses Bitcoin

[Antoine Beaupre <anarcat@debian.org>]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 05:08:36PM +0100, Carlo Stemberger wrote:
>   Upstream Author : Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net>
> * URL             : https://www.vinumeris.com/lighthouse
>   Description     : a peer to peer crowdfunding app that uses Bitcoin
> 
> Lighthouse is a brand new approach to all-or-nothing fund raising. Using
> advanced features of the Bitcoin protocol it is now possible to create
> Kickstarter-style fund raising initiatives in an entirely decentralised way.
> No middlemen unless you want them, and no fees beyond the usual Bitcoin
> transaction fees (just a fraction of a dollar cent).

That website is down and the internet archive:

http://web.archive.org/web/20160305181446/http://vinumeris.com/lighthouse

... point to this GitHub repository:

https://github.com/vinumeris/lighthouse/

... which says the project is no longer maintained. Indeed, it looks
completely abandoned with no activity in the last month, last issues or
commits in ~sept 2016.

Meanwhile, Google Chrome built this interesting web diagnostic tool in
the same namespace:

https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse/

So we should probably be careful when using that namespace in Debian, as
there is a standalone nodejs version.

A.
-- 
Omnis enim ex infirmitate feritas est.
All cruelty springs from weakness.
                         - Lucius Annaeus Seneca (58 AD)