Great job!
Glad to see us in bold

Anyone have a step by step install procedure for linux. I'm a noob to linux and it seems nearly every cryptocoin has a different approach to load up wallet on linux

I was hoping to download this in my Debian Jessie in preps for the blocknet dex

Guys, I've got cash for coins offers on the marketplace!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp-K0qxvsRU


If you are tired of getting hosed by coinbase, local bitcoins, and the likes, you can start buying BitBay for USD - cash in the mail 0% fee, bankwire 1%, Western Union 1%!

We are excited to announce the formation of our new BitBay Marketing & Management Team. This addition to the BitBay community was assembled specifically to enhance brand awareness of BitBay throughout the Crypto community. David Zimbeck’s Halo Client is the most advanced cryptocurrency wallet in the industry, and we have assembled a marketing team dedicated to supporting his vision of erasing the need for middlemen from all business transactions permanently within a trustless, decentralized environment. BitBay would like to welcome the following members to our team:

Marketing Assistants -
Lude
Nozulan
Spoink
Mctjin

Web Developer -
In negotiation stage

Web Security -
Gitgud

Team Assistants -
xxotakuxx 
Ratatackeur
Gitgud

Social Media, Blogs, Articles -
Fakename123fauxstreet
Mctjin
Gjsteele

Video production  -
Lowercase
Mctjin

Events & Advertisement Assistants -
Alfonso
Rafa

Music -   
Mctjin

Public Bounty List Manager -
Position yet to be determined

Graphics Design -
Position yet to be determined


Our first priority for the marketing team will be to define the branding of BitBay. Through careful definition of what BAY is and isn’t, we will be able to coordinate an approach to taking BAY to the next level.
The second priority is a total and complete website revamp on all fronts. A majority of the BitBay team’s time has been spent ensuring the wallet client is fully functional and ready-for-use, now it is time to proceed further and spread awareness.
After the website is rebuilt we will then allow the team to focus on their specific tasks assigned to them as the core team has a long list of private bounties to integrate into BitBay to give it the attention it deserves. We will provide the community with regular updates on the status of these goals. There are quite a few unannounced features nearing completion (because what is life without a few surprises?)

We are also incredibly excited to announce we are adding the finishing touches to the much anticipated public bounty list. Many members of the BAY community have been kind enough to offer their time and skillset to the BitBay cause, and through this bounty list we will enable them to participate in creating a better BAY. We will more than likely release them to the public in small batches to help with managing the many tasks we hope the community will be willing to help us create. The first phase of public bounties will be released very soon (within the next two weeks). It will be a great way for the community to help us market BitBay and earn some coins in the process!

As always, thank you for taking an interest in BAY, check back soon!

-    The BitBay Team

   After consideration from community feedback, we have decided to pull support for the Mac QT wallet. As some of you know the wallet runs through a wine app which contains the wallet within the app package. On our site we tell users to back up their wallet and we also explain the location of the files and we have made announcements on how to update. However, if proper procedures are not taken and a user overwrites the app package, this deletes all existing files inside the app. And if by chance a Mac QT wallet user does not backup their wallet (outside the app) before the update is applied, then they will overwrite their existing wallet.dat file and lose their coins. All QT wallets will eventually become obsolete as the Halo Client will be the only wallet that can function with the rolling peg after it’s implementation. For this reason, there has been very little emphasized applied to improving the QT wallets.
    For the sake of security, and from this point on, all Mac users will only be provided with access to the Halo Client. The QT wallet will still work, however we will not host the download anymore. Again, please do not replace the app package and always remember to backup your wallet. In the Halo/Markets wallet you should always back up your two keys. We can not stress the importance enough that even though cryptocurrencies provide a way for people of the world to manage their own money without the need for 3rd party entities, this freedom still requires a level of responsibility and the awareness to back up your wallets. In no way shape or form is the BitBay community responsible for any losses due to irresponsible actions.

Yobits scammed David out of the .2BTC he paid them to list us. That was 6-8 months ago.

I'm guessing the next addition to anticipate with be the blocknet dex.

And we've got an ace up our sleeve that we are antsy to release in the near future. Once it's open to the public we will push hard for a Chinese and Japanese exchange listing.

After that we know of another secret exchange in the works that should be ready for launch.

Lots to look forward to and it will all be added before the end of the year.

Performance upgrade for BitBay Client Version 1.27

We are happy to announce the release of the new version of the BitBay Halo Client. This release mainly focuses on performance upgrades and fine tuning the Client’s many features. It will allow David the ability from here on out to focus solely on coding the final features of the core build.
Halo Version 1.27 updates include:
•   Added admin method to build into manifest
•   Made it so pastebin can be updated for existing orders with missing images on resubmit
•   Started to track memory leaks for better performance
•   Checked data type for querying history in case of erroneous data
•   Checked data being returned from Electrum in BitHalo raw tx in case of erroneous data
•   Added splash screen for submitting TX and also added wait function for waiting for download thread to unlock causing false rejections
•   Added splash for image compression during upload
•   Fixed balance issue in multistake on same input
•   Fixed issue where the number of keys connected changes too early
•   Wallet does not unlock for spending unless requested – allowing for wallet to be unlocked for staking only.
•   Added image cache to make software more responsive because png conversion for computers without jpeg driver is slow
•   Added custom video library link per coin
•   Staking is now off by default so users must activate it manually. Since a new user might get confused when funds become unspendable upon deposit
•   Added sh file to build for Linux to (potentially) improve QT performance on some systems
•   Fixed other minor user interface issues
•   Added extra tips for guiding new users
•   We now check for bitmessage timeouts
•   Reindex option added if daemon fails to load
•   Updated reputation system with redundant public key for resubmission to match original sender instead of temporary key
•   Users can now accept a market order with either bitmessage or email even if the original offer prefers email
•   Added more notifications for messages within escrow
•   Generate bitmessage addresses based on rpc password in addition to keys. In this way switching single keys that you load with won't generate a different address. This makes the address harder to figure out by looking at a script which is safer. Also, joint accounts now have a cleaner way of distinguishing their Bitmessage
•   Added foundation for basic market messaging to update orders. Now users can alert of a change in quantity
•   Verifying "market messaging" design needed for upcoming Buy/Sell Anything template auctions and various situations in Barter template

The next update will include all Checklocktimeverify (CLTV) features. This will provide users with a CLTV functioning UI - the first of its kind for cryptocurrencies, and it will include the patch for fixing the POS 3.0 reward output which currently should equal 20.76 Bay per block found!
After that David will release the API allowing for 3rd parties to utilize BitBay ‘under the hood’. This will allow for many undisclosed web based services. For example, imagine a website that utilizes BitBay to host a trustless Binary Options platform or a website host similar to localbitcoin.com for BitBay, yet completely trustless!
After that he can finally focus solely on the rolling peg protocol! Thanks for your support and community involvement. We are in progress of completing our marketing team and want to thank everyone who has requested an interview. We will provide an update on our progress in the near future!

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Disclaimer & Instructions: The BitBay Client Version 1.27 For Mac

We wish to spend some time to warn all Mac users that they must take extra precautions with downloading and installing a new version. As Mac users know, the Client currently runs a on a “Wine� version of Windows. Therefore, we recommend you do not overwrite the existing Client. If a Mac user has their private keys saved inside the wine app, and then updates the Client to 1.27, they will lose all existing files inside. This is why it is imperative that you store your keys in multiple back up locations. You are responsible for your own wallet. In no way shape or form will we provide refunds to those that can’t properly manage their private keys. We have an easy solution for this in future updates along with a solution for this update as well. So please take the time to read through this notice so you are prepared when we release the official update.

Make backups of your private keys and make backups of important files such as Contracts.dat, Other.dat and you bitbaydata folder.

Here is how to properly update BitBay on Mac:

ï�®   Instead of downloading the new Mac version of Client, download the windows version update at www.davtonia.com/bitbay/bitbayupdatewin.zip
ï�®   Then Mac users will extract the update file called 'BitBayUpdate.exe' to the computer
ï�®   Then run WineSkin inside the app package
ï�®   Select 'Install Software' and click ' Choose Setup Executable ' then choose the BitBayUpdate.exe file
ï�®   After installation is complete do not launch BitBay and close the installer
ï�®   Wine might say that no new executables were found so just ignore that message and exit wine
ï�®   This will update Halo without overwriting the entire wine app or requiring you to resynchronize the blockchain.

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Most might not even notice the changes. It's definitely going to make it run more efficient
In my opinion the major addition in this release is the ability to unlock the wallet for staking only.

Hey guys!
I've created an account on btc38.com
They force you to create a facebook account to join their site.
Still waiting for them to load up a btc deposit address so I can transfer some btc to vote.
They allow one free vote per person that is a valid trader. Which means you have to have a trade history with them or you have to enter a valid phone number (for the sake of protection against bots)

Any help from the community on this matter would be much appreciated. I'm going to add some BTC to boost our voting rank, but it's probably best to get as many people involved to at least use their 1 free vote after creating an account.

So far the Client isn't compatible withe the raspbian libraries even though raspbian is debian based and the CLient works flawlessly on Debian. It seems that they've had to change a few libraries making it incompatible.

You can build the QT wallet from source with no problem. Yet, one gig of ram makes it nearly impossible to stake. We recommend a computer with at least 3 gigs to stake adequately.

Every new 'leg up' is obviously helping us reach our goal.
There are many core investors willing to help out with the funding.
A couple more weeks and we will be able to update the community on our multisignature funding project - one that hopefully has the potential to become self sustaining over time

Exactly.
Recently exchanged 3500$ for Bay to a guy half way around the globe in Australia - all trustless.

After bank wire fees, the total cost of the transactions was 37$.

So just over 1% fee for the crypto to fiat transaction (international). The centralized competition will have a nice wake up call in the near future with their 5 - 10% cuts.

Great stuff!
Maybe also add:
 -- Limitations and preferential treatment of coins added.
 -- Delisting blackmail

Also don't forget to mention BitBay as a decentralized exchange based on OTC trades - any coin pair and any coin to fiat pair is possible with choice of trustless or guarantor smart contracts.

With the recent spike in price it's only natural for a couple bag holders to want to cash out. I've been tracking one that deposited 150K to bittrex. Now he's down to 40K.
Point being is that they will eventually run out. Sure it will increase the interest of day traders, but that can be a good thing as they help to keep the growth in price somewhat more organic.

I think in the next 6 months it will easily jump over 100 million marketcap, especially considering that about 75% of the top 50 marketcap coins are nothing but hypeware.

I appreciate the help!
Got so many things going on right now can barely keep up here as well.
I'm currently working on a text tutorial with screenshots. It will be an ebook by the time I'm done with it, lol.

Yeah I like the approach.
Who's to say that ether won't have issues down the road with scalability bloat.

I like the idea of website apps that can use BitBay under the hood and even include semi-trustless multisig accounts with deadman-switch that would provide auto-signatures for withdraws back to your account after a certain agreed upon time-frame. That way if anything were to happen with the host holding 1 of 2 of the multisig keys, they couldn't accidentally lose the key and thus basically turn the account into a burn address.

Throw some provable app verification hashes into the mix, some zeronet backup hosts, and you've got a decent product that can provide either trustless or semitrustless transactions!

It's coming!  

The best part is that you can keep the economic system simplified. The term petrodollar has a very important meaning to it - mainly being that trading oil with 'one' currency makes life easier for everybody.
Having 500 dapps each with their own token, just doesn't seem like a logical way to run business with any sense of scalability.
Sure it's great for investors because they are diversified. But it is not practical for ecommerce

The 2 main focal points are price stability and trustless transactions. The whole point of satoshi's dream was to create something to remove the middleman out of the equation in regards to controlling your money and doing business with others. Bitcoin was a great start, but it isn't a complete product. 99% of all types of services provided for cryptocurrencies still require some form of trust and 3rd party affiliate - which means middlemen are still needed.
With BitBay, we can finally remove middlemen out of the equation for any sort of transaction - whether it's selling piggycoins for dogecoins, bitcoins for a camera, 500 pounds of avocados for 300 pounds of corn.
BitBays utilizes a collateral/deposit system that is completely automated, so there is no need for a middleman to be involved to try to act like they can keep people honest with each other. Let's be frank, it's impossible for a middleman to know who's stiffing who when a transactions goes bad. So how does one fix that? By removing the potential for scammers to be able to profit. In BitBay, if a counterparty tries to scam you, they lose their deposit. It has customizable levels for deposits as well - so for example, if you want to sell a camera, yet you don't really have a good feeling about the person interested in buying it, yOu could essentially make them deposit even more than what the item for sale is worth - now they take even more risk than you.
It's pretty simple... if a scammer can't profit, then why try to scam.

And the way it is designed is that it focuses on keeping the blockchain free from unnecessary bloat. If bitcoin is already having a hard enough time as it is with their blockchain transactions and memory issues, can you imagine what's going to happen to other cryptocurrencies that try to store more than just transactions on their blockchain?

 

This feature is currently working for computers on the same LAN (Local Area Network), and research is being done now into how to make it possible to connect the two systems over the internet. Working out the details for this has been a challenge due to firewalls and dynamic IP addresses, but once it is completed in a future release, we will provide you with the information you need to make it work for you.

I will make a detailed screenshot tutorial in the near future. Been so busy with other duties.

To cold stake with 2 computers in the same LAN, they both need a Client running.
In the Settings tab, click on General Settings, then click on Mining/Staking Voting tab.
Inside you will see another tab called Staking Multiple Accounts, in this window you can add an account. Load up one private key and click cancel when it asks you to load the 2nd key). Then do the same procedure on your other computer, yet when asked to load up key, you will load up the 2nd key and then cancel out for 2nd option to load key.
That way you would have one account. To create one account in BitBay's Client, you need 2 keys paired to each other. So one computer would have one key out of the pair, and the other computer would have the other key out of the pair. This makes a complete account yet between 2 computers.

You need to know the lan ip address of one of the computers. Once you know this address you simply enter it into the other computers Client. To do this go to Settings tab, click on general settings, then click on the Mining/Staking Voting tab
In this section you will see a field that lets you enter the ip address of the other computer you wish to connect to. If for some reason it can't connect it will let you know. Otherwise, once you enter the ip address, you can close out the window and your now cold staking!

Take a little time to check out some other blockchain richlists from that website. BitBay's top 10 being under 25% is way below average and it keeps dwindling.
Takes 10 million coins to own 1%

Right I understand what you are saying. And it's sort of retarded that they think they can regulate this stuff - but hey, that's a weakness that centralized entities cannot avoid.

But that is good news to hear about Local Bitcoins. I wish there was a way to market to them without being attacked as shill/spam

The distro is very reasonable. #3 on richlist is Bittrex

https://chainz.cryptoid.info/bay/#!rich


And #1 on largest wallets is Bittrex

https://chainz.cryptoid.info/bay/#!wallets