[viraptor]

Drips and the infrastructure for that may or may not be a crypto scam. But radicle can't be, because it doesn't involve any coins. Yes, there's $RAD. No, you don't need to use it or even know about it when you're using the radicle project itself.

[Aeolun]

Just the fact that it’s connected poisons the well.

[tasuki]

Why?

[Aeolun]

Firstly, people working on crypto are either the most wide eyed idealistic (to the point it approached willful stupidity), or dubious scummy people I’ve ever met. That doesn’t bode well for the software.

Secondly, because of the first, crypto will eventually make it’s way into the product.

[simonw]

If radicle doesn't involve any coins, what's $RAD?

UPDATE: Found this in the FAQ https://radicle.xyz/faq#what-is-the-relationship-between-rad...

    Radicle is a true peer-to-peer protocol. It doesn’t use nor
    depend on any blockchain or cryptocurrency.

    Radworks, the organization that has been financing Radicle is
    organized around the RAD token which is a governance token on
    Ethereum.