A nice evening read will be available for you in just under 4 hours, starmman. I look forward to your feedback.

No need to apologize about Discord. Take your time. We will be there!

So the community is aware, we will be releasing the EverGreenCoin Whitepaper at 12:00 GMT (7 a.m. EST) on Friday, March 9th. About 7 hours from the time of this writing.

I have no concern of raising false expectation when I tell you, in both esthetics and content, you are going to be impressed!

That is not to say very minor issues may not be brought to attention when many eyes get to view it. While several have thoroughly and meticulously reviewed many, many times over, that possibility still exists. We have planned for that possibility and will allow a week or two for those to come to attention and then revise them as a group. Of course unless some major error is found but, that possibility is remote at best. Arfonzo has brought some amazing skills to EverGreenCoin. I can't thank him enough for his very diligent and professional work on the whitepaper. It could not have been done without him and certainly not to the level of quality this document is.

That's not to ignore any of the critiques brought forth by others. Many thanks for those and for the patience exhibited while every minute detail was debated. Sometimes re-debated which was also invaluable as we did dodge some wording mistakes that might be later greatly regretted. I very sincerely thank those who persisted until those were removed.

If you have not yet gathered, I am very proud of and thrilled with the end result. I have the utmost confidence you all will be as well.

I will get some social media going to help promote. With odds like that, hard to resist entering!

NinjaMan35, feel free to make a post in our forums to promote. Perhaps introduce yourself and the lotto in the Introductions forum. While I hope everyone knows I will do everything in my power to help anyone's effort and certainly contributions, it does "look better" coming from the source. I will most defiantly endorse to give people reassurance. The Facebook group might be a good idea also and I thank you in advance for the activity on both.

So the community is aware and to reiterate the facts, the donation was from my personal coins. I would never spend foundation coins without the communities (aka board members) blessing prior. I hope everyone knows that as well.

To both the lotto and all entries, best of luck!

To keep the community informed, we have planned to publicly release the EverGreenCoin Whitepaper this Friday, March 9th. This will give us time to make sure everyone's critiques are addressed completely. It is shaping up to be very nice and I think you all will agree.

Many thanks to all who have been reviewing and contributing their time. Thank you all for the continued support!

Hi EverGreenCoin community,

I am away this weekend on liesure. I am going to go ahead and cancel today's meeting and focus on enjoying a sunny day. I still am available via all the various ways, should anyone have something they need to discuss this weekend.

The current News Report should suffice for any current updates, having only been recorded just a few days ago.

Please be reminded, if you would like to preview / critique / proofread the Whitepaper, please contact me for a link to do so.

Thanks and have a fabulous weekend!

Here is a link for a recording of latest The EverGreenCoin News Report, https://youtu.be/VhGdd15GxIM

Agenda:

1 ) Markets
2 ) Whitepaper
3 ) Smartlands
4 ) Board of Directors Treasurer Change
5 ) Solar Staker
6 ) Amazon Smile
7 ) Facebook Charitable Tools
8 ) EGC Authorized Causes
9 ) Bee Hive Crowdfund
10) Discord FonzoBot++
11) CoinSwithch.co
12) Greening Uganda

Thanks in advance for taking the time to watch and please give the video a thrums-up if you find it worthy.

So the community is aware, this is legitimate and I can vouch for the legitimacy. I have been helping and in communication with the developer of this lotto for a little over a month. I have personally donated to fund the first 12 rounds.

Best of luck!

We do now have the EverGreenCoin Whitepaper under internal review.

Long-standing community members wishing to review / proofread the Whitepaper, please PM me for a link and instructions for critiquing. The link is not being publicly announced as we do 1) want to track who is reviewing 2) want all critiques uniformed 3) want input from those that firmly understand and support our mission and/or the technology, at this stage.

We have allotted 1 week for the internal critique and review process.

Many thanks to Saturday's participants. It was productive, motivational, and as always, a good time!

In keeping with "at least one per month", I will get a video update recorded ASAP. Running up against many deadlines currently, personal and professional.

Oh, one thing that may be time sensitive for someone looking to make a purchase. We are now a supported charity on Amazon Smile! https://twitter.com/EverGreenCoin_/status/967990567031463936  

Also worth a quick mention, we are now on CoinSwitch.co too! https://blog.coinswitch.co/how-to-buy-evergreencoin-egc-e3dd1026311b

Thanks in advance for your patience! Have a good week! Busy, busy! Sorry to be so brief in this post.

p.s. Tipbot in the Discord!

p.s.s. The Whitepaper will be ready for internal peer review Wednesday. Join us in Discord or PM me if you would like to help proofread. Thank you!

Happy Saturday!

Here is the link to today's hangout: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/7fb7neu4ivgrji77jy2sgac7oqe

All are welcome! See you there!

No worries! The only one 'required' to attend is me. I know how difficult it can be to attend. Especially when life gets in the way, midday Saturday can be a strain. But even then I make every effort to host and be available for the community. This last I had to go through some great lengths to host due to some personal matters, but for continuity and the productivity it drives, I am happy I did not need to cancel and went through those lengths.

The hangouts are always interesting, usually very productive, and always a good time. The relevant topics always do get mentioned here in the thread. Of course we do 'hangout' and discuss environmental and political topics, motivate each other, and spend some time appreciating our progress.

The only thing that is 'new info' from this past meeting is that we will be focusing attention on the non-staking Android wallet in the very near future. While the staking Android wallet is nice to have for people wishing to stake and have no other option, the sync time is proving to be a large hurdle. The Manager App does have issues with bootstrapping on some devices due to some inconsistencies with the filesystem. Symbolic links in some cases and different inherited permissions, for example. While MystPhsyX, the Android Developer employed for the staking Android wallet, has been a tremendous and generous help in tracking down some issues and resolving them, even he cannot test all scenarios. I cannot successfully emulate all devices either. In respect for his time, I only ask him to build when I have a good hunch. A non-staking Android wallet that will not need to sync because it will only send and receive via API calls will be better. Also the non-staking Android app, employing a different Android Developer, does have a more 'app feel' to it. Not the Qt 'shoehorned' into Android feel the staking Android version has. It has always been hoped and planned to offer both. Soon we will be making that reality. Sorry budgets, both man hours and financial, have prevented it this long. ETA: Mid to late March.

Please don't ever feel left out or misinterpret when this thread is quieter. Many people are working and contributing daily to many goals. Currently the whitepaper, the solar staker, and the Wiki are progressed and discussed daily in the Discord. Also Greening Uganda and Kakuma refugee camp efforts are discussed slightly less frequently, but that progress is noted also even though much of those discussions take place elsewhere with the parties involved. It all has chat history so anyone can review at their leisure. Feel welcome to join, http://discord.me/EverGreenCoin  

It is quite the hustle and bustle behind the scenes. I hope none of us ever feel 'far' and I will conform to anyone's schedule if they wish to discuss anything and via any preferred method. I hope the community knows that and that diligence is always on-going. Hurdles are always nothing but that and forward is always the motion.

Have a great week, everyone!

Here is the link to today's hangout, https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/q63z57xnyjcxvkydp6jtyq523ae

Due to personal constraints, I will not be able to keep the hangout open as long today, certainly not 4 or more hours.

All are welcome! See you there!

Done! Thanks for your interest!

I am pleased to report, the unit did run on battery all night while syncing. That said, units will ship with a current sync from being preloaded with, at least, the set base amount.

Now to, just add sunshine!

Hi EverGreenCoin community! I am pleased to announce the test of both Mike's and my own units are going very well. While 24 hours (mine) and 48 hours (Mike's) might be to quick to judge, everything is working very promisingly thus far. Mike reports syncing faster with the Pi Zero than his Pi 1. I also found the WiFi to work better (less seemingly 'dead' spots) outdoors than I found with CHIP.





I have a just under 12 hours of collective solar/battery operation with no issues and syncing at a good rate. Today's weather was very unfavorable for solar charging actually. Sorry the picture is slightly blurred, but it was hurried as it started drizzling while I had the circuitry exposed. Of course I did not want the moisture damaging anything. We are now hoping to have a water-resistant case and not just a case users might be expected to water-proof (silicon or tape even) if they plan to expose to weather. As previously mentioned, whatever the case, it will be branded with the EverGreenCoin logo. Future revisions may even have our logo on the PCB.

If it can make it to sunrise on battery during the more resource-consuming syncing, I will very confident about today's test being successful under today's unfavorable, but real-world, conditions. It started down-pouring shortly after the picture was taken and all day was heavy overcast consistently. I moved it indoors after sunset for closer observation and to not have it soaking in rain all night. The solar panels are not getting any indoor artificial light that might confuse the results. During the night I will work with the controllers battery level reporting, hoping to better gauge the drain. In about 8 - 10 hours I will report if it did make it through the night to be replenished by daylight. Hopefully less overcast daylight but, it is a real-world test so, what it gets will be what it gets.

We are well on course for producing and selling units during Q1. The price is going to fall closer to the $200 - $300 range, but the input costs will justify. Don't be alarmed, that will include a preloaded base amount funded by the foundation coins so that the price is attractive. For example, $100 worth base amount of EverGreenCoin preloaded and ready to stake. Minus a minimal network configuration, Just add sunshine! I hope to offer pre-network configuration, but one would need to provide WiFi credentials for that. Also, additional EverGreenCoin could be purchased and preloaded along with the base amount at a slight market-rate discount. My thought being 5% - 10% discount, but none of these numbers are certain yet. The final costs will be transparent as promised.


Thanks for the continued support and patience!

We certainly have bigger ambitions for helping the refugee camp. Currently we are analyzing how we can help the learning-center-to-be get better Internet connectivity and we are reaching out to drilling companies to try and form a cooperation to build a solar powered water well.

The Internet connection will not only help the learning center and its students in obvious ways, but will also be fruitful for EverGreenCoin. As many of you may have noticed, Lyama is not camera shy at all. With better connectivity, not only will he and other refugees be able to run an EverGreenCoin wallet themselves, he is more than willing to record instructional videos and such. Also, giving a lot of the camp's occupants financial freedom to use EverGreenCoin opens a world of possibilities from a trade prospective. I currently am waiting for Lyama to report more information about the estimated costs back to us.

The solar water well, of course a much grander project, will take many more resources and time. As mentioned, we hope to find a drilling company to work with us, thus removing a lot of the orchestration and expertise responsibilities from us. My initial attempts at contacting drillingforlife.org have lead to a dead end unfortunately. I think they might be out of operation. But surly there must be a company that is there and with the equipment and knowledge that can work with EverGreenCoin to end the daunting task of lower buckets into a hole and then carrying those buckets long distances.  

Because the Internet connectivity project will be quicker to complete, is vastly less-complex, and will more directly impact the EverGreenCoin ecosystem, it makes more sense to do it first. Of course, if you look at the Internet connectivity from an infrastructure prospective, it may help the solar water well project down the road.

Thanks for Staking for Charity and your interest in doing so!

Thanks for staking, gents!

To update the community real quick on current events:

https://wiki.evergreencoin.org/  is beginning to take form. Please feel free to contribute to that and many thanks to those who already have and continue to.

A whitepaper is being drafted. We hope to release the final by month's end.

Components from PiSupply have finally shipped. Mike's might arrive as soon as today, but mine have a greater distance to travel. Do expect pictures and initial findings, using what will be, the production components this week.

Greening Uganda has started planting trees that we have funded. A portion was advanced about two weeks ago so they could start. This did turn out as a blessing as pictures were able to fend off attacks on Twitter. Many thanks to those who continue to stake for charity for this effort. Please consider contributing, https://evergreencoin.org/product/greening-uganda-with-egc/

On the crowdfund note, one has launched for a Plant Nursery, https://evergreencoin.org/product/plant-nursery/ This will be maintained by our good friend James. He is very skilled in this area. We will put the nursery to great use in the future. For example, growing our own saplings for tree plant events!

As you may know also, the desks were completed for Kakuma refugee camp. There are many videos on YouTube and another is uploading now as I compose this even.

Ok, that's all the hot topics I can think of off the top of my head. For the closest pulse on activity, please feel welcome to join our Discord, http://discord.me/EverGreenCoin

Have a great week and thanks for the continued support!

Hi EverGreenCoin community,

Because I have a funeral services to attend tomorrow, I must cancel tommorrow's hangout. I had hoped I would be able to be back just in time for it, but the deceased's family has requested my help with some personal matters after. I will get a summary of this past week's events posted ASAP.

Have a nice weekend.

Here is a link to today's hangout: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/denqmgs2ejgfnmlhmaapjkooyme

See you there!

Be sure to stake your essay-inspired EGC!

In all seriousness, every effort is made to keep the community informed as possible. I am available to any community member at their convenience and via any medium they should prefer.

Hi Ajpa94, thank you for your interest. I am happy to learn we have caught your attention and pleased to be the first to welcome you. Welcome to EverGreenCon!

Of course my opinion might be bias to a degree, but I have much confidence. More than confidence honestly, it really is a certainty as it has been and will continue to be. Allow me explain why, so my bias can be removed.

The community is growing more and more everyday, as are the contributions of skills, hands, and minds. Do not misinterpret this relatively quite thread as it is not used for day-to-day communications. We have a support ticket system that allows people to get support without posting here, though they are welcome to. We have our own forums were we can better organize, present, and moderate information. We just recently added our own Wiki and several community members are contribution to that as I compose this. We have more interaction on social media like reddit, Facebook, and Twitter. Our telegram is steadily busy with community members of more of the investor 'flavor'. Please do not take any of this as ignoring the cryptocurrency community or bitcointalk, that will never be the case. But we feel our audience is of a much grander scope. Our Discord is busy every day with like-minded individuals contributing how they can and see fit as the best application of skills they posses. This has been an immense help to freeing time for 'core' issues, both development and business. Some of which only I can do as President of the incorporation and 501c3. For that I am very thankful and the affects to our rate of growth have been evident. As we fortify this structure, it only becomes more efficient at growth.

Without question the development of production solar stakers will have a enormous impact on our value, both in the crypto-space and out. Keeping the community informed to those developments, setbacks, and, yes ultimately, progress has minimized the 'complaints' and we all appreciative of that understanding. It is with merit. That said, we are perfectly on course for Q1 as currently road-mapped. Thanks in large part to the cooperation with pi-supply, more evidence of the growth.

On the environmental side of things our growth is accelerating also. More and more other environmental organizations are learning of EverGreenCoin and they like what they see and learn. They too wish to leverage EverGreenCoin for their organizations for fundraising and promotion. All of which adds value. On that note, not to diverge greatly, trees were planted in Urganda today by funds from the foundation in our "Greening Urganda with EverGreenCoin" initiative. Because the rain season is coming, we felt it was needed to advance a small portion of the funding so they could at least start. Leveraging our dynamic staking for charity has been pivotal in fund raising thus far. If it was not dynamic, this would not have been possible. As we further evolve to better suite the needs of organizations and green causes, that to will nourish the growth and, yes, demand.

To not make this response more drawn out: spring tree plant, IEO installs of stakers, refugee camp learning center and solar water well, web wallets, more exchanges, decentralized exchanges, Facebook 501c3 charity enlistment (which will allow us to advertise even though FB has banned 'coin' ads), google adwords promotions, Twitter. The entire list might escape me.

For all of these reasons, I think my 'bias' can be ignored and unequivocally answer, yes value will continue to increase and confidence of that should be high. Of course, cryptocurrency markets are volatile. However; largely because of our long-standing community members never-ending determination to hodl because of our values, our resilience does show and will continue to. I must say, EverGreenCoin has positioned itself in a nice position to thrive where others might not be able to given industry 'shake-downs' or 'recessions', should it have any.

I hope I have answered completely and removed my bias, Ajpa94. Again, welcome to EverGreenCoin and many thanks for your interest!