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Title: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 15, 2013, 08:16:42 PM If the total donations from everybody equal one single bitcoin I will turn http://www.ounce.me into an official android app this weekend
To sign up for the android marketplace it cost me $25. So I made the target one bitcoin so I am sure i am covered. If you want me to do this just donate whatever you feel like. It's fine if its a tiny amount. I will do it as long as the total donations from everyone equal one coin 16q2jVoLDpdhGcFaXGronteMb1SRkQVdbg ---- EDIT : This was completed, the bitcoin community helped fund it, and it's now live for Android on Google Play. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btc.ounce.me If you want to continue reading how this happened, feel free too! ----------- Thank you to everyone that supported it. Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on March 15, 2013, 08:22:42 PM If the total donations from everybody equal one single bitcoin I will turn http://www.ounce.me into an official android app this weekend To sign up for the android marketplace it cost me $25. So I made the target one bitcoin so I am sure i am covered. If you want me to do this just donate whatever you feel like. It's fine if its a tiny amount. I will do it as long as the total donations from everyone equal one coin 16q2jVoLDpdhGcFaXGronteMb1SRkQVdbg Cool app! (and I don't like using the word cool, but this time I'll make an exception) Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: BTC Books on March 15, 2013, 08:31:22 PM I just sent 0.051 BTC.
I like the OunceMe Sum scroll - but I'd like to be able to stop it where I like and keep it there until I change it. 19 to go... Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: rudrigorc2 on March 15, 2013, 08:34:15 PM Bitcoin Pizza Index*
Awesome! I dont have a phone but sending 0.01 Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: CoinDiver on March 15, 2013, 08:44:28 PM App or widget? I'll donate for a widget.
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 15, 2013, 08:45:51 PM I was planning on making an app because that's a lot easier . However that being stated if a whole mess of coins gets donated I see no reason at all for me to limit it at just an app I could build a widget as well
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: dirtycat on March 15, 2013, 08:48:52 PM If the total donations from everybody equal one single bitcoin I will turn http://www.ounce.me into an official android app this weekend To sign up for the android marketplace it cost me $25. So I made the target one bitcoin so I am sure i am covered. If you want me to do this just donate whatever you feel like. It's fine if its a tiny amount. I will do it as long as the total donations from everyone equal one coin 16q2jVoLDpdhGcFaXGronteMb1SRkQVdbg Cool app! (and I don't like using the word cool, but this time I'll make an exception) use "sick" I believe that is the 'in' word now. Sick app! Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: mcdett on March 15, 2013, 11:08:59 PM .50003 for you
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 16, 2013, 01:26:42 AM Thank you!! So far it's 0.57203 btc
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 16, 2013, 02:20:26 AM Instead of trying to convince kickstarter to accept the coins maybe we should make our own kick starter For bitcoins
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: Scrat Acorns on March 16, 2013, 11:20:18 AM Instead of trying to convince kickstarter to accept the coins maybe we should make our own kick starter For bitcoins This is bound to happen inside your client in a p2p way thanks to Bitcoin's scripting system (SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY) https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Contracts#Example_3:_Assurance_contracts (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Contracts#Example_3:_Assurance_contracts). Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: lophie on March 16, 2013, 11:31:29 AM 0.1, Go for it man ;)
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: samson on March 16, 2013, 01:19:05 PM I don't see the need for all these apps when you can just open a bookmark in the web browser ?
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: LoweryCBS on March 16, 2013, 01:32:37 PM 0.1 BTC sent -- Thank you!
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: lophie on March 16, 2013, 02:34:07 PM I don't see the need for all these apps when you can just open a bookmark in the web browser ? I am just trying to show support. Trying to return a minuscule of the massive amount of support I had on these boards :) Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 16, 2013, 03:23:03 PM 0.83203 btc so far!
So close people. Almost there!! Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: Elwar on March 16, 2013, 06:47:13 PM Instead of trying to convince kickstarter to accept the coins maybe we should make our own kick starter For bitcoins Or something better than kickstarter that makes use of Bitcoin's unique features? ;) coming soon Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 16, 2013, 07:35:44 PM I've been thinking about that the problem is kick starters method is all or nothing so that means she would have to transfer coins into an escrow and if it reaches the full funding then it gets forwarded to the inventor if it does not reach full funding they have to be refunded back to the initial people
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: Elwar on March 16, 2013, 09:11:53 PM I've been thinking about that the problem is kick starters method is all or nothing so that means she would have to transfer coins into an escrow and if it reaches the full funding then it gets forwarded to the inventor if it does not reach full funding they have to be refunded back to the initial people I agree. There are much better ways of doing this. Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on March 17, 2013, 01:18:57 AM If the total donations from everybody equal one single bitcoin I will turn http://www.ounce.me into an official android app this weekend To sign up for the android marketplace it cost me $25. So I made the target one bitcoin so I am sure i am covered. If you want me to do this just donate whatever you feel like. It's fine if its a tiny amount. I will do it as long as the total donations from everyone equal one coin 16q2jVoLDpdhGcFaXGronteMb1SRkQVdbg Cool app! (and I don't like using the word cool, but this time I'll make an exception) use "sick" I believe that is the 'in' word now. Sick app! Groovy! Will consider. (child of 1960) Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 17, 2013, 02:40:52 AM Good news everybody after a few more hours of coding I was able to increase the speed of the load time by 20%
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 17, 2013, 03:02:36 AM I'm at 0.88203 btc
So I put in for the Google Play developer. This means that you'll have an app, even though we were short from the goal. I am asking everyone though please try to make it a total of one BTC .. You all know that over the course of time that app coupled with real Time RSS feeds of quotes will be worth more to the BTC community than one single BTC We are 88.2% there! Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: dave111223 on March 17, 2013, 03:56:56 AM So you put a whole 2 hours of work into this thing now you want donations?
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: BTC Books on March 17, 2013, 04:58:00 AM So you put a whole 2 hours of work into this thing now you want donations? If you can put something like this together, I'll be happy to donate to you... Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 17, 2013, 05:02:18 PM The reason I did this is because I feel that people will eventually make more coins by knowing the exact spot price
Something like this would be a force multiplier That's why believe that donations for doing this rather than charging people would be the proper way to make this succeed If you don't feel like donating you don't have to I just set up a goal and I made 82% of it so far and are still a few more hours left till the end of the weekend Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on March 17, 2013, 05:12:07 PM I just sent you the coins I had set aside for jsmithers for placing in my T-shirt bounty contest. I wouldn't have done it if I didn't think the app was far-out. ::)
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: LoweryCBS on March 17, 2013, 05:18:42 PM Added the .02 to push it over the top http://blockchain.info/address/16q2jVoLDpdhGcFaXGronteMb1SRkQVdbg (http://blockchain.info/address/16q2jVoLDpdhGcFaXGronteMb1SRkQVdbg)
My suggestion: Make an advertising-supported version with maybe just a ZigGap affiliate code, or get with the guys from btcQuick about a referral fee for click-thrus. But also make a donation/paid version with NO advertising (I'll be a purchaser) Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 17, 2013, 05:39:08 PM You guys rock!!
I'll be posting the URL to the Google play store the second it goes live Thank you everybody! Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: desired_username on March 17, 2013, 05:48:03 PM donation sent...
Can you include other currencies? EUR and GBP would be nice :) Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 17, 2013, 05:56:42 PM I need a valid exchange rate source, USD to EUR , in text format like this type output.
http://blockexplorer.com/q/getdifficulty Notice how output is just a text file with single number. I need something like that with exchange rate. Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: desired_username on March 17, 2013, 07:54:54 PM I need a valid exchange rate source, USD to EUR , in text format like this type output. http://blockexplorer.com/q/getdifficulty Notice how output is just a text file with single number. I need something like that with exchange rate. it might be a noob question, but I wonder how it get's the actual USD price (mtgox?)? Is it the last trade price? Also, how often does it get updated? Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 17, 2013, 09:15:27 PM It uses gox and 3 others and averages them. Making it highly accurate.
Updates real time. Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: christop on March 17, 2013, 09:40:10 PM If the total donations from everybody equal one single bitcoin I will turn http://www.ounce.me into an official android app this weekend To sign up for the android marketplace it cost me $25. So I made the target one bitcoin so I am sure i am covered. If you want me to do this just donate whatever you feel like. It's fine if its a tiny amount. I will do it as long as the total donations from everyone equal one coin 16q2jVoLDpdhGcFaXGronteMb1SRkQVdbg Cool app! (and I don't like using the word cool, but this time I'll make an exception) use "sick" I believe that is the 'in' word now. Sick app! Next thing you know it'll be "cripple" and then "coma" and then "dead". :P Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 18, 2013, 09:40:56 PM Well Good News people.
I wanted to add the features before pushing it to app (hence the delay) .. and due to the advice of this thread it now includes Euro to BTC. http://www.ounce.me the RSS feed of Euro to BTC http://feeds.feedburner.com/OuncemeQuotesFullFeed Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: lophie on March 19, 2013, 02:49:52 AM I always wanted an app that would report to me the price in my local currency. Could you add such a feature if there was no hassle.
I would think to generalize that you don't add currencies and stuff. Just add two text fields and a combo box in the options under an option called "Custom currency". First box would be currency symbol (for me it is SAR), The second would be conversion rate "for me I would set it to 3.75" and the combo box label is "Relative to currency" and I would choose "USD $". That would really come in handy. Thank you for your work. You are awesome. Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: shamaniotastook on March 19, 2013, 06:38:33 AM I don't see the need for all these apps when you can just open a bookmark in the web browser ? +5 Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 19, 2013, 12:21:38 PM I don't see the need for all these apps when you can just open a bookmark in the web browser ? +5 I think you're missing the main point of http://www.ounce.me The app is just .00001% of it... which by the way is helpful for some people. The part your missing is here: RSS (ALL) http://feeds.feedburner.com/OuncemeQuotesFullFeed Believe it or not those RSS feeds get used nearly a million times a month . I just switched to feedburner a few minutes ago because the hit rate was so high it was slowing down the servers. The RSS feeds are for your bookmark in your browser. Many sites and apps and widgets use those feeds... chances are high.. pretty high.. that when you visit a site and see a bitcoin, gold, silver or whatever price there.. it came from ounce.me EDIT : I just spent the past 2 hours BTW making those RSS feeds more efficient and better labeled within the feed. Someone tell me how to make bitcoins from this... the past few weeks of my life have been mathed up to the wazoo with formulas trying to get everything balanced right. Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on March 19, 2013, 05:17:25 PM Due to all the delays, I demand my donation back. Besides, I don't think I will use this silly app. Also, jsmithers has returned from the grave wanting his prize money which I donated to you, and now the exchange rate keeps climbing causing me great financial stress trying to obtain replacement coins. I feel I might kill myself if they're not return.
If you think this post is serious, then you don't know me very well. <end humor> Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 19, 2013, 06:46:24 PM LOL! Trust me I'm still working on it... I literally have to weed out some app specific bugs...
Stupid example, on the site it renders fine in the Android browser, when I put that in app format it scrolls side to side on some android phones... for no apparent reason. I am completely trying to get this fixed now, but in the meanwhile I did modify the rss feeds and cleaned them up because they were getting hammered big time with the Bitcoin price increase. Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: BTC Books on March 19, 2013, 08:07:29 PM Take your time. Get it right...
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on March 21, 2013, 02:42:26 AM LOL! Trust me I'm still working on it... I literally have to weed out some app specific bugs... Stupid example, on the site it renders fine in the Android browser, when I put that in app format it scrolls side to side on some android phones... for no apparent reason. I am completely trying to get this fixed now, but in the meanwhile I did modify the rss feeds and cleaned them up because they were getting hammered big time with the Bitcoin price increase. Perhaps, if you would've made it a pre-order option, it would almost be completed by now, and you wouldn't be posting so often. Have you considered hired a PR guy to handle public relations while you work on this epic app? I would help, but don't know a damn thing about app building. Does the Android have clock buffers? Seriously, I'll probably won't be using it, but was very happy to donate to the cause so that others could have it. Later, bud. ~Bruno K~ Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 21, 2013, 02:44:18 AM Goof... it's going up live tonight... !!! I fixed all the stupid bugs.. now I am testing for the next hour until I publish it.. link will go here shortly.
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 21, 2013, 02:52:08 AM also in the process you'll see a new redesigned ounce.me main site as well.. it's looks basically the same but more refined and cleaner.
Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 21, 2013, 07:21:01 PM The main site has been redesigned and the app has been submitted to Google Play.
The second Google publishes it I will post the URL here. Exciting times... A bitcoin funded, bitcoin crowdsourced app! Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: BTC Books on March 21, 2013, 07:39:45 PM The main site has been redesigned and the app has been submitted to Google Play. The second Google publishes it I will post the URL here. Exciting times... A bitcoin funded, bitcoin crowdsourced app! Yaayyy us! By the way (for 2.0), what do you think of putting in Vladimir's Parity Watch function? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=154954.0;all I think it's kind of cool. Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 21, 2013, 07:47:04 PM https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btc.ounce.me
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btc.ounce.me https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btc.ounce.me https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btc.ounce.me https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btc.ounce.me https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btc.ounce.me https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btc.ounce.me https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btc.ounce.me https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btc.ounce.me WOOT!!!! Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: ragmondo on March 22, 2013, 01:11:29 AM Instead of trying to convince kickstarter to accept the coins maybe we should make our own kick starter For bitcoins Or something better than kickstarter that makes use of Bitcoin's unique features? ;) coming soon Maybe like : http://selfstarter.us/ ? Title: Re: I will make a deal with you guys Post by: the founder on March 23, 2013, 03:42:09 AM it's highly successful, serious amounts of traffic... thousands of visitors ... (not tracking RSS feeds which are massive and far more substantial than the site) but the site itself get's decent traffic, and the app most likely will exceed the volume on the site (it did today at least 3 times for over an hour).
I'll give a free ad for a week on the main page of http://www.ounce.me and android app to any legit bitcoin business. I want to test out how to present a simple NON intrusive ad on the app, and I figured I would reward the people that backed me on this (in this thread). So if you have a clean bitcoin business (no XXX, Gambling, etc) I will place a small text ad on the app and main site for a week for free to test it. You'll get like 2-3 words total, and it's going to be a direct hyperlink to your site for a week for free. If it's working for you at that point then we can discuss some sort of arrangement. I would suggest you provide 2 URLs, one from the main page and another from the app so you can track which does better. I can only take one ad right now, literally I am testing it. So just tell me where you want the link.. I will post the winner. Please note whomever I select won't be because of any other reason than because I view it as a decent fit for the test.. and remember it's only a test right now because the site and app are spanking brand new. |