Good job Thomas, though I believe the banks will benefit from digital currency and they should be looking at how they can be involved. It may be disruptive to existing models, and I understand they don't want to change... People will still need services whether they use digital currency or not. Smart banks will be looking at new profit models, new ways to meet customer needs, and new services they can provide, while reducing their costs and better serving the customers. It was a great article, and I agree kanus. Though I tend to believe FinTech will be taking on a larger role in providing banking services in the future. Sorry but, the biggest risk to the banking industry is the banking industry... |
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Any active development here? Any real plans to move this project forward?
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Current state of the project? Time to final release? Can we please have an update?
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What's the latest version of the wallet for Win?
That would be 0.3.7, found here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/emercoin/files/Note: We are working on a new wallet release currently that will address some issues from the previous versions. Thanks! |
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What's the latest version of the wallet for Win? |
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Going to have a designer work on the cover for the book. For your reference, here is the mock design. We have changed a few things since, like the title Improve Your Odds: The Four Pillars of Business Success. If anyone has any ideas, or is interested in participating in the design, now would be a good time. We are getting closer by the day, so we want to get everything ready. I like it all with one exception: “Imagine that you are creating a complete and functioning system with a multitude of subsystems and component parts. Now imagine that this system you’re creating is somehow disordered to the point where some of those components are not working properly, causing those subsystems to fail to work in harmony with one another" Needs to be shortened, perhaps limited to 20 words or less. IMO Thanks, RJF, I will take a look. Edit: That is just a temporary text placement. The final version will be very different. The book is looking very good. It has taken a little longer and a lot more efforts, but well worth it. Consistent with our philosophy, we want it to be the "Best In Class". It will open many new doors for DNotes, with great awareness and credibility. We have a whole team working very hard behind the scene. They are doing an awesome job and I am very appreciative of their contributions. That is another DNotes' strength that may not be so obvious. Understood. The cover concept is attractive, ads a little mystery, makes you want take another look. Nice. |
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Going to have a designer work on the cover for the book. For your reference, here is the mock design. We have changed a few things since, like the title Improve Your Odds: The Four Pillars of Business Success. If anyone has any ideas, or is interested in participating in the design, now would be a good time. We are getting closer by the day, so we want to get everything ready. I like it all with one exception: “Imagine that you are creating a complete and functioning system with a multitude of subsystems and component parts. Now imagine that this system you’re creating is somehow disordered to the point where some of those components are not working properly, causing those subsystems to fail to work in harmony with one another" Needs to be shortened, perhaps limited to 20 words or less. IMO |
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"When a new technology enters the mainstream, policymakers are often eager to regulate it in an effort to ensure fair use, consumer protection and accountability. The problem arises when multiple agencies, each with their own definitions of the technology and its uses, create broad based regulations that overlap or conflict with one another."
Personally, from what I've seen on the other side of these agencies, regulation is driven by much more basic human emotions, greed & control. I've listened to senior level administrators justify sweeping changes in regulations with justification at the level "because I can"
When regulation kicks in, so do the fees, charges, budget increases, new personnel and good old fashioned power along with every other way possible for a government to squeeze money from the new technology. And, there is also, quite simply, the need to control and dominate, a very basic human failing I'm afraid. Sorry to be cynical but, that's the way I see it in most cases.
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That reminds me of this quote... I bt that fella feels pretty stupid now... "There is no reason anyone in the right state of mind will want a computer in their home." - Ken Olson, President of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977 Sorry to say, he's passed on but, he did survive long enough to see how wrong his prediction was: Kenneth Harry "Ken" Olsen was an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson. Born: February 20, 1926, Bridgeport, CT Died: February 6, 2011, Indianapolis, IN Just to add a little humor here, check out this famously wrong quote below: “The truth is no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.” – Clifford Stoll, 1995 In a 1995 Newsweek column entitled “The Internet? Bah,” astronomer, author, hacker and computer geek Clifford Stoll bravely dissed the newfangled gizmo formerly known as the WWW. He claimed it overflowed with a “cacophony” of voices and opinions – some intelligent and worthy of our attention, but many not. He spoke of a “wasteland of unfiltered data” and problematic information searches. He asked facetiously, “Who needs teachers when you’ve got computer-aided education?” And he lamented there was no trustworthy way to send virtual money.
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That reminds me of this quote... I bt that fella feels pretty stupid now... "There is no reason anyone in the right state of mind will want a computer in their home." - Ken Olson, President of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977 Sorry to say, he's passed on but, he did survive long enough to see how wrong his prediction was: Kenneth Harry "Ken" Olsen was an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson. Born: February 20, 1926, Bridgeport, CT Died: February 6, 2011, Indianapolis, IN |
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I guess most of user didnt like the market. Everybody sell their syscoins.
Yeh I liked the market so more cheap coins for me then, This can easily grow to be the new silkroad 3.0 :p In my opinion, and you can also sell more stuff ofcourse. Maybe you should add like a 18+ section to the coin. Where you can maybe have like a illegal stuff section so the kids wont see the crazy stuff  In general unless your browsing entire blockchaim through a web portal someone stood up the kids wont see that stuff. The idea is that the merchan creates his store and stands up a gui that only shows his offers Remember, it's money/currency. And money in, and of itself, cannot be blamed for what is purchased with it. If someone makes an illegal deal using USD, the US Government can't be held responsible. By the same token, if someone uses the phone system to facilitate an illegal transaction, the phone system/company cannot be held responsible because the transaction was arranged over their lines. This should be very interesting to watch as it unfolds.... Yeah it is not a good idea honestly I was joking earlier with the drop-ship listing comment. If drug listing started appearing and the marketplace took off the The Governments of the World cannot shut it down but they could shut down the developers; they're not anons and some live in the US. If anyone here thinks that because its decentralized that will protect the devs they are naive imo; By putting the screws to the devs(harassment, lawsuits, BS trump charges, etc.) they would probably succeed in freezing legitimate development on Syscoin(who can blame them, they have lives and families) and I seriously doubt anyone from the community would step up and fill the shoes of the devs so it essentially would kill Syscoin development for legitimate purposes. You can forget about partnerships with legitimate companies to if you have any kind of illegal listing on the marketplace. As a businessman I would see it as too risky a PR disaster waiting to happen. Just my two cents on why it shouldn't happen not trying to be a downer or anything but that's just the outcome I see happening if syscoin goes down that road. After the Silk Road trial I wouldn't expect them to hold anything back and actually play by the rules of the law. Good point, always the human factor to consider. Lets hope it never comes to that, and, it really doesn't have to, there are enough ligit items to sell and trade without the questionable ones coming into play... RJF |
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Transaction Fees Increase as Bitcoin Blocks Get Fullhttp://www.newsbtc.com/2016/03/01/transaction-fees-increase-bitcoin-blocks-get-full/By the look of things, there is no improvement in sight anytime soon. The Bitcoin memory pool is full of transactions waiting for network confirmations, and the numbers only keep going up over time. Some people might see this as a sign of how Bitcoin is gaining a lot of popularity, but these confirmation delays are not doing anyone any favors right now.
Bitcoin Transaction Gets Stuck For HoursWhenever somebody sends a Bitcoin transaction with a lower than normal fee, it only makes sense to face a slight delay. The way Bitcoin mining works is by prioritizing transactions based on the transaction fees paid. Low to no transaction fees will usually lead to a delay when waiting for network confirmations, although things never got out of hand as much as they do now. These days, it is not just the low fee transactions which are faced with network confirmation delays, but the regular fee is no longer sufficient either. This creates a very awkward situation in the Bitcoin world, as the 0.001 BTC fee – worth US$0.43 at the time of writing – is no longer sufficient to get guaranteed confirmations from the next few blocks on the Bitcoin network. But it is not just the transaction fees that are creating this backlog, as the network blocks mined on February 29th could not take in more transactions. All of the mined blocks were completely full, a strong indication as to how the block size needs to be increased much sooner than people anticipated. As a result, only high priority fees will get transactions confirmed these days, a cost currently sitting at 0.0044 BTC or US$1.90. With the transaction fees increasing spectacularly to move funds across the Bitcoin network in a quick manner, it becomes even more apparent as to how much the block size debate is hurting the ecosystem right now. Paying close to US$2 per transaction for a money transfer solution supposedly much cheaper than traditional solutions is not acceptable. By the look of things, there is no improvement in sight anytime soon. The Bitcoin memory pool is full of transactions waiting for network confirmations, and the numbers only keep going up over time. Some people might see this as a sign of how Bitcoin is gaining a lot of popularity, but these confirmation delays are not doing anyone any favors right now. There is no indication any Bitcoin network stress test is going, like what happened when the Bitcoin XT client started gaining popularity last year. Some people mention how they got lucky and had a transaction confirmed by the next network block while paying regular fees. Others might find themselves waiting for hours, if not days, until the transaction is confirmed. Will A Block Size Increase Fix The Problem?Unfortunately, there is no right or wrong answer to this question right now. Yes, a bigger Bitcoin block size would allow for more transactions to be included in every block, and could result in lower transaction fees in the long run. However, it is impossible to confirm whether or not this would be the case, as there is no reason for the sudden flood of Bitcoin transactions hitting the network. While it is true the block size debate has gone on far too long, a rushed solution might not be the preferable answer right now. The latest Bitcoin Core release includes an option to resend transactions with a higher fee if the user decided to do so, partially solving the problem of delayed network confirmations. But at the same time, a more permanent solution needs to be made available to all Bitcoin users, and it will be up to the developers to do exactly that. Transaction fees and limits is something we will have to take very seriously not only for DNotes itself but the extended payment network. This is a huge value proposition for digital currency, lower fees and speed of transactions. Great article. Couldn't the entire process be compressed if not already? I'm no expert in Bitcoin code but, it seems to me a lot of space is being wasted in the method of transmission. |
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I guess most of user didnt like the market. Everybody sell their syscoins.
Yeh I liked the market so more cheap coins for me then, This can easily grow to be the new silkroad 3.0 :p In my opinion, and you can also sell more stuff ofcourse. Maybe you should add like a 18+ section to the coin. Where you can maybe have like a illegal stuff section so the kids wont see the crazy stuff In general unless your browsing entire blockchaim through a web portal someone stood up the kids wont see that stuff. The idea is that the merchan creates his store and stands up a gui that only shows his offers Remember, it's money/currency. And money in, and of itself, cannot be blamed for what is purchased with it. If someone makes an illegal deal using USD, the US Government can't be held responsible. By the same token, if someone uses the phone system to facilitate an illegal transaction, the phone system/company cannot be held responsible because the transaction was arranged over their lines. This should be very interesting to watch as it unfolds.... |
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Thanks Chase and RJF. TeeGee did a great job on the article.
That does get a bit old, but at the same time when you look at the popularity of Coindesk's or CoinTelegraph's social media posts you'd see they are some of the most popular on a regular basis. I've been thinking about how we can draw from the popularity of the price posts to draw people in to DCEBrief with something of substance. May not be feasible, but worth giving it some thought.
Perhaps a REAL financial analysis updated at regular intervals from someone who has a good handle on what makes Bitcoin value move... |
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- SNIP -
I am also grateful that DCEBrief doesn't use daily bitcoin price swings as 'filler' news EVERY day - it gets old very fast.
I so agree with you on that! I think it's immature at best when the others do that, I really hate it! The price is not the most important thing and to keep throwing it in our face creates a circus atmosphere that only catches the interest of the casual observer or the week minded "investor" DCEBrief is THE professional news and opinion publication for our industry at the moment. Lets keep it that way! |
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Congrats on you amazing progress! I've been a supporter since buying in at the pre-sale, stuck it out through Moolah, and have never failed to defend/support when needed. Excellent work, truly market moving stuff, thanks!
RJF
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http://syscoin.org/syscoin-2-0-public-beta-now-available/I've been following theses guys since they started out, bought into the "pre-sale" and stuck with them through getting screwed by Moolah. Now, they have released the public beta (on test net) of their new protocol for decentralized marketplace, "Shade" Shade will allow anyone to sell anything, to anyone and trade, coins included, through a "decentralized" system. It's worth taking a look at their technology, it may well be the next marketing/trading killer app. Perhaps some of these concepts could be incorporated into DNotes in the future.
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Nice IMZ,
I saw that image on Facebook yesterday and considered sharing it here.
Obviously, as you were saying earlier.
2013, Bitcoin = drugs.
2016, Bitcoin = terrorism.
This is despite how all the evidence is to the contrary.
There are holes on apple Iphone AES chips that are large enough to walk right through. Mac's are a little safer because you can disable document saving to the Icloud. This being the case, I'm surprise they talk as though they can't get in - I postulated that it was to convince society at large to continue using apple products as though they were safe. Problem with that is a whole bunch of conservative professors from NIU started calling me crazy (yawn). For the record, these academics are the type who publicly say that supporting encryption is supporting terrorism etc etc - I'm amazed they're allowed to teach.
That said, John McAfee has offered to get into the phone for the FBI, but has not had a response. It is not this phone that they care about, but encryption full stop. Apparently the FBI changed the password and locked themselves out... lol.
Kind of throws a spanner into some of those wild conspiracy theories - if they manage to lock themselves out of a phone haha.
Couple quick observations: 1. You can turn iCloud off on the iPhone as well, not required to use it. I don't. 2. John McAfee eh? Same John running around Belize in his under ware with a gun? Hummm, doubt old John could break into anything these days. Perhaps back when I met him, but not now... Everything is safe and nothing is safe. Totally depends on the skills of the burglar... |
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Request submitted, could use a few more for sure... |
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I'm afraid you cant make Cryptsy do anything they don't want to do. They are basically bankrupt.
I'm still hoping Cryptsy will make an act of good will and give us our coins back  Hope you're right... |
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