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2721  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 05, 2015, 07:10:40 PM

Are these the gemz sent to users wallet on koinify?
2722  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 05, 2015, 07:09:40 PM
Few more questions:
- Are you guys thinking about the possibility of sending Bitcoin to addresses outside the Gems application? Imagine I am in a shop and I want to pay something with Bitcoin, I would like to use my Gems wallet. Currently this is not possible, only if the shop in casu would have a gems account which is in your list. In that case it would be useful to integrate for example a QR scanner, like some Bitcoin mobile wallets have, so you can scan the code and immediately do the transfer.

This is the most important I think.
I like the other suggestions.

Useful feature and should be considered.
2723  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 05, 2015, 05:06:32 PM
guys, is it already possible to send someone of my friends some bitcoins?
we both have the app installed and i already have some bitcoins in my gems wallet

or is it a future feature?

You can send it, for example if you want to send him 0.1 btc, you type: 0.1 btc or 0.1 bitcoin then you see a miniature bitcoin logo appearing on the right side and just press it and confirm. You can leave the spaces between the digits and btc too if you want.
2724  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 05, 2015, 04:59:42 PM
I took part in the crowdsale. Now I have some gems in my koinify wallet, but zero gems in the getgems app wallet.

As I understand my airdrop share depends mainly upon:
1- how many users I have invited so far
2- the amount of gems already owned by me (my gems wallet - as displayed in the app)

How do I make sure that I get some credit (for buying those gems during the crowdsale) when airdrops take place ?
Do I have to send my gems from my koinify wallet to my gems address? (the one attached to my phone number?) Or is there some other way to notify the system?

If you want to receive credit on gems owned you need to send the gems to the application, since i am pretty sure it gets calculated from the gems app account.

That's my guess as well. I understand I will be able to send them from my koinify wallet once crowdsale is over? Shouldn't they put it somewhere clearly explained in the app or on the website?  Am I the only one worried to get as many gems as possible and not miss anything?

You will be able to withdraw on the 10th, they did recently made a community update on this. Also follow https://twitter.com/getgemsorg for the latest news.

https://koinify.com/blog/community-catch-up-1215-withdrawl-2fa-development-update/

Thanks!! What about the airdrop share? Having my tokens on my app is enough to get as many gems as I am entitled to?
Can I find somewhere the algorithm used for airdrop share calculation?

Here is what i found.

The Invitation System—Determining Who To Reward

The first part of the model is based on the invitation system. When each new Gems account is created, the new user is asked to confirm which user invited him into the network.

This process is easy because the inviter’s username is usually prefilled, since it comes attached to the invitation link for downloading the Gems app that users can share with their friends. A new user can override the invitation credit and give it to any user he wants. (See the section on presale perks to find out what happens when the new user gives no invitation credit.)

From this point on, the system remembers the original inviter for every user in the network, and every user has an original inviter. This is a key point of the model.

Counting Active Users

The next part of the model involves determining the number of active users. Since airdrops occur every day, we only consider active users during the previous twenty-four hours.

An “active user” in a given a twenty-four-hour period is defined as one who has used the Gems app in that time period and who has performed several social activities within it (such as sending an instant message, trading gems, and so on). A user is marked as either “active” or “not active.” There is no regard to the actual amount of activity. It is important to note that this part of the algorithm is a probable target of attempted fraud. The algorithm employs various techniques to filter fraudulent users and avoid “activity spam.” (See the section about avoiding fraudulent activity and spam.)

After the system determines the daily list of active users, the algorithm checks for their original inviter, and then counts the total number of active users per original inviter.

For example, let’s assume user A invited users A1, A2 and A3, and user B invited users B1, B2 and B3. During the twenty-four-hour period, users A1, A2 and B3 were determined to be active. After counting the totals, user A has a count of 2 active users and user B has a count of 1.

Factoring It All In—The Contribution Score

The final part of the model involves calculating a contribution score for every user in the network. The number of gems in the airdrop is divided between users according to their contribution score.

For example, user A has a contribution score of 20 and user B has a contribution score of 5. If we had 100 gems in the airdrop, user A would receive 80 gems and user B would receive 20 gems.

The contribution score for a user is calculated according to two complementary factors:

The total number of new, active users that the user invited during the time period. This calculation is directly related to the active-user counts (total of active users per original inviter).

The total number of gems that the user currently holds in his account. This means that users with large amount of gems will be rewarded more generously than users without gems.

Uninvited users are attributed to random presale participants

The detailed description of the daily airdrop outlines the invitation system. Every user in the network is attributed to an original inviter (the user who originally brought them into the network). Daily airdrop contributions are proportional to the number of active new users that a user has invited. This means that the more users you invite, the more gems you will receive during an airdrop.

The invitation system works by asking new users to confirm the username of their inviter when they initially create their Gems account. Many new users will arrive without invitation. If a new user learns about Gems from our official website getgems.org and then downloads the app, no original inviter will be connected with the creation of the new account.

New users who do not indicate an original inviter will automatically be assigned a random presale participant as their original inviter. This means that Gems will attribute new users to  the accounts of presale participants without them having to actually invite them. This is a substantial perk, since these attributions will continue even after the end of the presale.

Please note that the randomized process of choosing a presale participant is proportional to the original purchase amount. This means that a presale participant who purchases twice as many gems as another will receive twice as many random new-user attributions.

Daily airdrop contributions are proportional to the total amount of gems held

If you recall the specifics of the daily airdrop algorithm, the second influencing factor to the contribution score is the total number of gems a user currently holds in his account.

It is important to note that gems are intended to be used solely as an in-app cryptographic token. They are tokens representing a credit for app features and in no way, shape or form should be considered a speculative or financial vehicle. Users should not purchase gems other than with the intention to use them internally with the Gems application.
2725  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 05, 2015, 02:41:47 PM
I introduced several friends and acquaintances to Gems at the moment. As a student, I notice it works especially well when being at a student party/drinks, when people are already a bit tipsy and you explain a few of them they can earn money with an 'improved version of whatsapp'. As soon as a few download it, more people become curious and also want it.

Another strategy that I want to apply, is to replace all my groupchats from whatsapp, to Gems, by making them all download the App and decide to do the communication through the new groupchat. Unfortunately we will have to wait for the iOS release to be able to do this, since among university students the Apple market share is relatively high.

@ Daniel Peled

I have one more comment: when helping these students to download the App, I noticed that my name was not automatically precompleted in the registration process. Since I was standing next to them, I could supervise and ensure they were filling in my name, but if you invite people over whatsapp and you are not with them at that particular moment, they might skip that step.

I thought it would be pre-completed? Are you guys aware of this possible flaw?

For the rest, congratulations with the funding from Magma VC! You should try to roll this out asap, because it would not surprise me if Facebook and Whatsapp are as we speak already working on similar features for Whatsapp, besides competition from other start-ups.

I'm waiting for the iOS, but i believe you mean this part right?

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This process is easy because the inviter’s username is usually prefilled, since it comes attached to the invitation link for downloading the Gems app that users can share with their friends.

Maybe this feature is not running yet, or since it's the first release there might be some bugs. I'll send this to gems twitter account to let them know.
2726  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 05, 2015, 02:28:31 PM
Thank you everyone for the support, the additional funding will help us scale our company faster which is necessary since the mainstream instant messaging market is very competitive.

MagmaVC, ”We are looking for disruption, differentiation, distribution and a great winning team. We felt Gems has very good characteristics in all four parameters. Chat and value transfer is a growing trend.”: http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-messenger-app-getgems-raises-400k-waze-investor/

 

Seems like MagmaVC has been pretty successful in their investment with Waze which Google bought for $1.3B. To me a VC of such league being interested in Getgems definitely raises confidence in this product. Looking forward to see Gems grow, well done.

Btw Koinify has done an awesome job, for sure made it possible for people to select which projects are legit.
2727  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 04, 2015, 11:35:00 PM
I'm sure Daniel will come in here to announce this, but a huge congrats to the Gems team! Closed a $400K seed investment from MagmaVC, in addition to the token sale!

https://coinfire.cf/2015/01/04/gems-raises-400k-in-seed-fund-from-magma-vc/

Great job Gems! Magma VC seems to be a big player, congrats.
2728  Local / Nederlands (Dutch) / Re: [ANN] Getgems - volgende generatie Instant Messaging app op de Bitcoin protocol on: January 04, 2015, 08:33:57 PM
Gems is erg goed bezig!

Gems Raises 400k in Seed Fund from Magma VC

2729  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 03, 2015, 08:01:49 PM
Why was the name changed to Getgems Messenger?
Anyone knows why it was changed?
Just Gems was much simpler, any reason to overcomplicate it?

People suggested the change because searching for Gems in any app store reveals tons of game apps, and even other messenger apps. Having a unique name (e.g. WhatsApp) is a very good idea. Getgems is a good alternative it has been the name of the website aswell, but calling it Getgems is no mandatory you can just call it Gems.
In that case I personally believe it should be named Gems Messenger.  Smiley

It actually was called Gems Messenger, but with the issue i explained.
2730  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 03, 2015, 07:41:42 PM
Why was the name changed to Getgems Messenger?
Anyone knows why it was changed?
Just Gems was much simpler, any reason to overcomplicate it?

People suggested the change because searching for Gems in any app store reveals tons of game apps, and even other messenger apps. Having a unique name (e.g. WhatsApp) is a very good idea. Getgems is a good alternative it has been the name of the website aswell, but calling it Getgems is no mandatory you can just call it Gems.
2731  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 03, 2015, 06:42:52 PM
I did another Bitcoin transaction (tried it twice) half an hour ago to my cousin and this did not work however. It was never transfered out of my wallet and it never arrived to her. No clue how that is possible, since I entered my code. I hope these problems will be solved soon, since this feature (being able to transfer money in a click from one to another) is one of the coolest things which I like to use to show people the possibilities.

Well noticed, have you downloaded the new install? It's called Getgems instead of Gems, maybe it has been solved in the new one don't know, but to be sure send this to them also as a direct message on https://twitter.com/getgemsorg in case this goes past them.

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- When you invite a friend through a link that you share in whatsapp, telegram, etc, and people register through that link, I think it would be better if you are automatically rewarded instead of those people having to enter your name. Because I noticed if I really have to push people to fill in my name, it comes off a bit suspicious, like if there is no real advantage for them to switch from Whatsapp/Telegram to Gems, but only for me.

What if i invite a friend without a link? Just say that he should go and download the app, then there is no link to click, in this case he has the option to give my name which is useful. For your suggestion see the bold part, i actually pasted the whole inviters section.

The Invitation System—Determining Who To Reward

The first part of the model is based on the invitation system. When each new Gems account is created, the new user is asked to confirm which user invited him into the network.

This process is easy because the inviter’s username is usually prefilled, since it comes attached to the invitation link for downloading the Gems app that users can share with their friends. A new user can override the invitation credit and give it to any user he wants. (See the section on presale perks to find out what happens when the new user gives no invitation credit.)

From this point on, the system remembers the original inviter for every user in the network, and every user has an original inviter. This is a key point of the model.

Counting Active Users

The next part of the model involves determining the number of active users. Since airdrops occur every day, we only consider active users during the previous twenty-four hours.

An “active user” in a given a twenty-four-hour period is defined as one who has used the Gems app in that time period and who has performed several social activities within it (such as sending an instant message, trading gems, and so on). A user is marked as either “active” or “not active.” There is no regard to the actual amount of activity. It is important to note that this part of the algorithm is a probable target of attempted fraud. The algorithm employs various techniques to filter fraudulent users and avoid “activity spam.” (See the section about avoiding fraudulent activity and spam.)

After the system determines the daily list of active users, the algorithm checks for their original inviter, and then counts the total number of active users per original inviter.

For example, let’s assume user A invited users A1, A2 and A3, and user B invited users B1, B2 and B3. During the twenty-four-hour period, users A1, A2 and B3 were determined to be active. After counting the totals, user A has a count of 2 active users and user B has a count of 1.

Factoring It All In—The Contribution Score

The final part of the model involves calculating a contribution score for every user in the network. The number of gems in the airdrop is divided between users according to their contribution score.

For example, user A has a contribution score of 20 and user B has a contribution score of 5. If we had 100 gems in the airdrop, user A would receive 80 gems and user B would receive 20 gems.

The contribution score for a user is calculated according to two complementary factors:

The total number of new, active users that the user invited during the time period. This calculation is directly related to the active-user counts (total of active users per original inviter).

The total number of gems that the user currently holds in his account. This means that users with large amount of gems will be rewarded more generously than users without gems.

Uninvited users are attributed to random presale participants

The detailed description of the daily airdrop outlines the invitation system. Every user in the network is attributed to an original inviter (the user who originally brought them into the network). Daily airdrop contributions are proportional to the number of active new users that a user has invited. This means that the more users you invite, the more gems you will receive during an airdrop.

The invitation system works by asking new users to confirm the username of their inviter when they initially create their Gems account. Many new users will arrive without invitation. If a new user learns about Gems from our official website getgems.org and then downloads the app, no original inviter will be connected with the creation of the new account.

New users who do not indicate an original inviter will automatically be assigned a random presale participant as their original inviter. This means that Gems will attribute new users to  the accounts of presale participants without them having to actually invite them. This is a substantial perk, since these attributions will continue even after the end of the presale.

Please note that the randomized process of choosing a presale participant is proportional to the original purchase amount. This means that a presale participant who purchases twice as many gems as another will receive twice as many random new-user attributions.

Daily airdrop contributions are proportional to the total amount of gems held

If you recall the specifics of the daily airdrop algorithm, the second influencing factor to the contribution score is the total number of gems a user currently holds in his account.

It is important to note that gems are intended to be used solely as an in-app cryptographic token. They are tokens representing a credit for app features and in no way, shape or form should be considered a speculative or financial vehicle. Users should not purchase gems other than with the intention to use them internally with the Gems application.

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- How about sending gems in group chats? What happens if I type: 100 gems in a group chat? Will it give me the option to then select how I want to divide these 100 gems over the group members
in the group? That would be really cool. Imagine you owe 20 gems to Pete, 35 gems to Robert and 47 gems to Julia. This equals a total of 102 gems. If you could then type ’102 gems’ and it gives you the option to divide this 102 in chunks over different groupmembers, that would be cool.[

- In group chats, an option to share a picture/video/file with only a selection of the group, would be also nice. Imagine you want to make a joke with someone, but he is the only one not being able to see the picture. Sending the picture and deselect this person from the list you send the image to would be a nice feature.

- In the wallet, it would be nice and in my eyes even necessary if you could see a list of transactions that you have done (incoming and outgoing transactions). This way there can never be confusion about Gems/Bitcoins being sent to one of your friends.

These are pretty nice ideas for devs to look into.

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One more question: what happens if the 50.000.000 gems of the presale are not all sold. As it looks like, not all Gems will be sold during the presale. Will you extend the sale or will the chunk that is going to be used for the airdrops simply be bigger?

Any unsold GEMZ tokens will be burnt at the end of the sale, by sending to a verified unspendable address.

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Again, great job till now and keep up the good work! I am looking forward for the moment of the iOS release, as this will spark the moment when I can introduce the majority of my social circle into Gems Smiley

Same here, ordered an iPhone 6 last week waiting for delivery.
2732  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 03, 2015, 02:50:49 PM
Are those who got some GEMS during the pre-sale supposed to transfer them from koinify to the app now or later?
It will be enabled for withdrawal on January 10 with a pretty slick 2fa, see here for more info https://koinify.com/blog/community-catch-up-1215-withdrawl-2fa-development-update/
Also subscribe to https://twitter.com/getgemsorg and http://www.reddit.com/r/GetGems for more of the latest news.
Hey Netnox, I've read the update on the Konify blog.. I do see they are keeping their options open in regards to the name, using both GEMZ and GEMS in the article. Anyway the article is what prompted me ask the question about having to transfer GEMZ yes or no.

"All referrals are being tracked internally by the Gems team, and users will be compensated for their contributions when the iOS & reward systems go live."

If I understand correctly rewards are distributed based on your GEMZ stash, the 20% 80% part in the whitepaper. How can they keep track if my GEMZ are not yet connected to my username/account?

I think your quote refers the contribution score of the total number of new, active users you have invited will be tracked. Regarding rewards on your stash in your account which is the second contribution score i think it can't be tracked as of now because it is not possible yet to send Gemz to the app, although i'm not sure by account if they mean Koinify account or the Getgems app account. This is what i've gathered from reading it though. So many ways to get rewarded actually which is pretty cool.
2733  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 03, 2015, 02:12:42 PM
Are those who got some GEMS during the pre-sale supposed to transfer them from koinify to the app now or later?

It will be enabled for withdrawal on January 10 with a pretty slick 2fa, see here for more info https://koinify.com/blog/community-catch-up-1215-withdrawl-2fa-development-update/

Also subscribe to https://twitter.com/getgemsorg and http://www.reddit.com/r/GetGems for more of the latest news.
2734  Local / Nederlands (Dutch) / Re: [ANN] Gems - De volgende generatie Instant Messaging app op de Bitcoin protocol on: January 02, 2015, 05:37:37 PM
Ik ben zelf ook volledig overtuigd van het nut, alleen staan wij als Bitcoiners er natuurlijk niet helemaal neutraal in.

Blijft natuurlijk wel de vraag, voor de average joe, die geen Bitcoin gebruikt of in welke andere vorm van cryptocurrency geinteresseerd is, wat Gems toevoegd ten opzichte van Telegram.

Dit is een vraag die ik ook al een paar keer gehad heb. Ik som dan de voordelen op t.o.v. Telegram, de vraag is of dit genoeg is om mensen over de streep te trekken.

- Het versturen van Bitcoin of Gems instantly naar mensen in je lijst
- Het beloont worden voor helpen met de groei van het netwerk
- Beloont worden voor het bekijken van advertenties en nooit ongewensde advertenties krijgen
- Een slicker design (zeker voor de dames)


- Voorkomen van spam, omdat je voor het sturen van berichten naar gebruikers die je niet kent Gems moet betalen. Dit valt onder adverteren.
- Uitgebreide en verschillende opties voor het adverteren, zie hier
- Ieder gebruiker krijgt een Instagram achtige hashtag.
- Ieder gebruiker kan de minimum bedrag dat die wilt ontvangen voor advertenties instellen. (handig voor bekende personen met veel volgers)
- Met Getgems kun je ook met Telegram gebruikers communiceren.
- Als je Gems verzendt naar een Telegram gebruiker krijgt diegene een bericht om Getgems te downloaden. (wordt eraan gewerkt)
- Fraude systeem
- Overigens word je ook beloond op basis van hoeveel Gemz in je account aanwezig is.

Check deze podcast vanaf de 8ste minuut voor een uitgebreide uitleg over het economische model, dit moet nog toegevoegd worden in de volgende updates.
2735  Local / Nederlands (Dutch) / Re: [ANN] Gems - De volgende generatie Instant Messaging app op de Bitcoin protocol on: January 02, 2015, 04:15:15 PM
App is inmiddels weer te downloaden via Google Play. Het ziet er top uit en werkt prima. Merk dat ik nog wel moeite heb om mensen te overtuigen om over te stappen op Gems. Meest gebruikte argumenten zijn: 'whatsapp werkt toch prima' en 'als ik geld weer overmaken naar vrienden doe ik dat wel via mijn app van de ING/Rabo/etc'.

Wat dat betreft zie ik het eerder hypen in een land waar het betalingsverkeer via internet nog niet zo goed werkt als in Nederland. Als het vanuit dat soort landen groot wordt, dan zullen Nederlanders vanzelf wel weer volgen en zullen mensen het in Nederland ook downloaden omdat iedereen dat doet.

Doet me denken aan toen ik in 2007 overstapte op Facebook. 'Hyves werkt toch prima'? Het duurt altijd een tijdje voordat de massa de voordelen van een nieuwere en betere versie van iets inziet.

Daarnaast ben ik benieuwd wanneer hij voor iOS uitkomt, aangezien bijna al mijn vrienden Iphones hebben. Op dit moment kan ik er daardoor zelf helaas ook nog niet echt gebruik van maken.

Getgems combineert gewoon Whatsapp met internet bankieren met super beveiliging en privacy in 1 app.

- Met Getgems heb je niet eens een bank nodig, dit is al revolutionair genoeg. Het schakelt die middel man uit die een monopolie op jouw geldzaken wilt hebben en ook nog eens een vergoeding van je wilt waarbij je met Gems niks in fees betaalt.

- Met ing/rabo app duurt het overschrijvings process langer, je moet eerst gaan inloggen-overschrijving-bedrag-naam-rekeningnummer en mededeling, zonder enige vorm van privacy.

- Met Whatsapp heb je ook niet echt privacy, de data die je uitzendt kan uit de handen worden gegeven of doorverkocht aan adverteerders. Jij bent het product. getgems is gewoon top versleutelt waar zelfs het eigen bedrijf geen inzage in je data heeft. Ook al worden hun servers aangevallen blijft jouw data nog steeds veilig.

- Whatsapp maakt door jou miljarden aan inkomsten maar jij krijgt hier helemaal niets van, integendeel Getgems beloont de gebruiker naast het uitnodigen van vrienden met Gems, ook op een ander revolutionaire manier en voor hun participatie binnen het netwerk. Dus de gebruikers staan centraal ipv het bedrijf.

- Whatsapp biedt niet de mogelijkheid om geld te verzenden wat bij Getgems even gemakkelijk is als het verzenden van een berichtje.

- En mekaar teksten is gewoon leuk man, met de toevoeging om beloond te worden en mekaar simpel geld te verzenden maakt het nog leuker. Het opent de deur voor veel sociale interacties.

Ik zal nog wel meerdere dingen vergeten zijn maar dit is wat ik nogal opkom. Als Bitcoin steeds bekender wordt is dat ook in het voordeel van Gems, overigens heb ik ook een iPhone dus ben aan het afwachten voor iOS.

Lees dit eens:

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We at Bitcoinist have built up a good relationship with the team behind the Gems social messenger app. We ran into them while we were attending various conferences. The Gems team is fun, intelligent, friendly and are always glad to answer any questions. So drop a line and say hi to the developers on social media. We were also very happy that Daniel Peled made some time for us in his busy schedule to do an interview with us.

Gems messenger
GetGems
Serge: Some people have heard about Gems but a lot of the readers out there haven’t yet. Can you tell us a little bit about Gems? Is Gems another Altcoin?

Daniel Peled: Gems is not another altcoin. Gems is a Social Messenger integrated with Bitcoin 2.0 technology. You can compare Gems is a Whatsapp type of phone messenger. However Gems is the “grown-up” version of Whatsapp with means secure and private encrypted messaging. Gems offers users rewards in Gems for inviting their friends. Gems will also be given if the users contribute to the network. Gems is designed in such a way that its main purpose is to help introduce cryptocurrency to the average person, and this in a fun and easy to understand way. Our new promotional video is now live and can help explain Gems and you can see how it actually works.

Serge: You made the comparison with Whatsapp. Why would users switch from Whatsapp to Gems? What makes Gems special?

Daniel Peled: Many people are aware of the security issues with Whatsapp. Security breaches, hacks, leaked information or photos and other things have haunted Whatsapp from the beginning. The reason why Whatsapp is having so many issues is that it’s not using encrypted messaging. This means that the services provided by Whatsapp are not private.  

Furthermore Whatsapp was just bought up by Facebook for around $19 billion. Regardless of the security hiccups and serious questions about privacy, Whatsapp has become an extremely valuable service for their users. Also Whatsapp charges users $1 per year for the use of their app. It is also rumoured that Whatsapp is storing users data, like conversations and things like that. Nevertheless these are just rumours but if they are true, we are concerned about it.

I will not go into detail on the exact how and when Gems came to be. Suffice to say that we looked at Whatsapp and thought: we can build something much better. It is much better than Whatsapp because of the following reasons.

Gems is free and will not ask for a subscribers fee ever.  We at Gems will never store your data and we will not have access your private messages. Furthermore we approached the whole advertising theme in an original way. If any advertiser who wants to contact users or want to put some ads in that certain users like to see, the advertisers will need to purchase Gems in order to do so.  This creates a market where users can profit from their Gems. Users also have the ability to say no ads. This is really bringing the power back to the users who make the network strong.

In recent days we also noticed more and more interest in our platform. It was quite high from the beginning but still it gives gratification that all our hard work, ideas and creations are appreciated by the community. Clearly we are doing things right since our followers and people that want to use our app is rising on a daily basis.

We at Bitcoinist like to thank Daniel Peled for having this quick interview with us. We really appreciate it that he found the time in his very busy schedule to do this interview.
2736  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 02, 2015, 02:43:21 PM
Installed the new version, I now have Gems app and Getgems app on my phone.
Whats the difference and is their version log somewhere, so we can keep track of whats being updated, improved or changed? Does the search feature work in your 'new' version?

Regarding the search option they said on Twitter it will be unlocked soon, for now only a few can be found.

Before the header was written Gems, now the app name has changed in the new install to Getgems Messenger which i like www.getgems.org/dl

If you have any bug reports admit it here https://twitter.com/getgemsorg/status/550390454844289024
2737  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 02, 2015, 10:54:00 AM
Back on google play www.getgems.org/dl
2738  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 01, 2015, 05:50:14 PM
Can someone send 1gems? My name: Pepeo

I believe sending gems is not possible until crowd funding ends, pretty cool we can exchange usernames to add each other. Adding people into the gems/bitcoin network hasn't been this easy.
2739  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 01, 2015, 05:23:08 PM
i know this is probably answered somewhere in the thread, but how will the distribution be handled when the sale ends jan 5th. 34 million sold so far, so I take it 16 million will be burnt if this figure stays the same. Will the total supply also drop as a percentage - IE Originally 50% going to presale = 34 million, so will it be also 34 million divided up for airdrop, bonuses etc?

100 million GEMS is the total currency supply in the GENESIS BLOCK. Eventual supply is achieved as follows: 50 million Gems distributed to stakeholders; 30 million Gems distributed as daily Airdrop rewards during ~3 years after launch; 12 million Gems reserved for bonus block rewards, promotion, marketing, bounties; 8 million Gems + Presale BTC will fund the network R&D and operation costs.

No the distribution of the remaining 50 million stays the same.



There was never a 50 million distribution.
TO be more specific, what bout the Development Team: 8,000,000 GEMZ?Huh

8 million Gems + Presale BTC will fund the network R&D (research & development) and operation costs. I think this is a more concrete explanation of 'development team' which was stated previously.


Yes, I get that, but lets assume that only 35,000,000 gems will be sold during the ICO, what then? Still keeping 8,000,000 Gems will not be fair.


I don't mind, i rather have devs to have a certain amount of deep pockets then having less. I would agree with you if devs were not honest and transparent which Gems has been. The concept has a good chance to succeed so more financial support would help them with that.
2740  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][GEMS]| SOCIAL MESSAGING APP THAT PAYS |PRE-SALE LIVE NOW| on: January 01, 2015, 04:25:55 PM
i know this is probably answered somewhere in the thread, but how will the distribution be handled when the sale ends jan 5th. 34 million sold so far, so I take it 16 million will be burnt if this figure stays the same. Will the total supply also drop as a percentage - IE Originally 50% going to presale = 34 million, so will it be also 34 million divided up for airdrop, bonuses etc?

100 million GEMS is the total currency supply in the GENESIS BLOCK. Eventual supply is achieved as follows: 50 million Gems distributed to stakeholders; 30 million Gems distributed as daily Airdrop rewards during ~3 years after launch; 12 million Gems reserved for bonus block rewards, promotion, marketing, bounties; 8 million Gems + Presale BTC will fund the network R&D and operation costs.

No the distribution of the remaining 50 million stays the same.



There was never a 50 million distribution.
TO be more specific, what bout the Development Team: 8,000,000 GEMZ?Huh

8 million Gems + Presale BTC will fund the network R&D (research & development) and operation costs. I think this is a more concrete explanation of 'development team' which was stated previously.
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