I've been having some technical problems over the last few weeks but the website should be back up.

Thanks! Apologies for the delay.

I'm in the process of adding more features to the mobile wallet. I want to add a news & feed reader feature and see what else is possible once the feed reader is added. It's a shame we've been delisted from Bitrex but if volume picks up they'll be happy to list us again.

Thanks for the support. This is a dip. It's an issue with a few PoS coins (no miners to give constant market support) but we will get through it. The wallets will be updated in the new year. I know my marketing skills are lacking but once the wallets have news (and hopefully crypto stats) added to them I'll make sure we have a big push to make the wider community aware of the advancements.

I've emailed Bill. Unfortunately KOBO-BTC is not generating the minimum 0.2 BTC daily and will be delisted. It's best if everyone withdraws their KOBO as soon as they can to be safe.

There was reasonable activity until a few weeks ago. Some large sells just killed it off. It's a shame. It was an upward trend.

We still have YoBit, and I've been contacting Poloniex to see if we can secure a listing. No promises.

New KOBO Faucet

Kobocoin Faucet

OP and website will be updated to reflect this addition. I'm considering setting up a new twitter account to tweet this out on a cycle. Will do that probably over the weekend.

New KOBO Block Explorer

Kobocoin Multifaucet Explorer

I'll donate some KOBO to the faucet once it finishes syncing (not fully synced yet). The Kobo ABE explorer still exists but this new explorer has a richlist feature.

A new explorer and faucet is on it's way
multifaucet.tk



NB - I hope it's to your liking.

I'm looking into flym - https://github.com/FredJul/Flym - I want to incorporate it as a newsreader into the wallet. There's a lot that can be done with multiple feeds into the wallet. I'm hoping it will provide a lot of possibilities for the future.

I work away from home right now which is slowing things down. Also, my server had a disk crash recently which will require a brand new disk and complete rebuild. Once I get the server up and running again I can start looking at how to get the newsreader incorporated (I was thinking of paying for development but it's a very expensive option and I'm not rich). I'm not steaming ahead with it just yet. I'm spending a lot of time thinking about how I want it to operate. I don't want to just tack it on.

I understand what you're saying about marketing and a push but it doesn't always work that way. Marketing can be a double edged sword. I've been told in the past to concentrate on kobo and not look at the fortunes of other projects, but if you do look around at what has actually happened with so many other cryptos, you'll see that those things can have a very temporary effect. There's a lot to learn from the ups and downs of other projects. I'm hoping that once things have been further developed on the mobile wallet it will generate lasting interest in what's being done. The microtransaction feature of the wallet will be highlighted, but I'm also aiming for the wallet to be an app that's more than just a crypto wallet.

As you can see below, it's paid up till 19th January, 2016. I'm not sure what's going on.



Still waiting on a reply.

The rich list feature is not available on the Abe explorer I built. I'm already in touch with blockexperts to find out what's wrong with the explorer that was purchased at launch. It's also the explorer used by coinmarketcap. I haven't heard back from them. Sent them a message a few days ago when you first asked.

I only use Schildbach mobile wallet and cold storage. I should be more trusting and consider online wallets but I just can't. If I lose my BTC I want to be the person responsible for the loss, not some hacker somewhere.

Message sent

Are you the sausage master?

http://blockchain.kobocoin.com - I don't know what happened to blockexperts

Did you withdraw the BTC in BTC, or did you trade your way out of it (as you're suggesting)?

This really is a major issue with crypto. We want and need to encourage adoption but the systems for trustworthy usage don't seem to be in place yet. If people on this board are struggling with cryptsy, then what about someone new to the crypto industry who has nothing to do with hardcore technology in their daily life? These are the people who need to get comfortable with crypto or there is no future for any of it (other than in specialised niche forums like this one).

I am not a yank.
Question: When was the last time you withdrew some BTC (maybe over 1 BTC) from Cryptsy?

Thanks, and thanks to all our silent supporters. It's all keeping Kobo alive (and honest!). Don't forget to download your Android wallet from Google Play.

Nowhere is safe. If you have BTC out there, bring it home and lock it down (or suffer the loss).
 

A blockchain for everyone. Or maybe a sidechain for everyone (sidechains will probably make currency integration easier). I do think that at some point in the near future a breakthru will see blockchains (or cryptos) suddenly go through a period of massive investment and development. The altcoin scene is a bit of a tomb right now, but I don't think it will remain that way forever. Who knows, bitcoin has started moving. Ir might be soon.

I think the banks WILL create a common currency between themselves. I think they'll use it for internal bank transfers and lending worldwide.

I also think there will be some form of currency transfer involved whereby the fees institutional customers pay are used to purchase this internal bank currency which will eventually grow in value to be worth billions (if not trillions). The banks might also use it to replace LIBOR which is worth around $800 trillion but prone to corruption and manipulation. An open blockchain ledger and an index based on this new blockchain ledger might be touted as a way to eradicate criminality. And make loads of new money doing it.

It may never become a public currency but don't be fooled. Bankers are all about money. The blockchain is a new way to manufacture money. Does anybody really believe that the bankers won't use it for that?