[ANN] SpreadCoin | Decentralize Everything (decentralized blockexplorer coming)

[georgem]

Exactly and while you chaps work hard on delivering a platform we can build on, the rest of us can work on the next steps  

I do have a proposal that I'd like you brainstormers to explore and research a little bit in your spare time:

Namecoin wanted to create a decentralized domain name system, but they failed because

1) their pricing model doesn't make sense.
2) users can't just browse .bit domains, they need additional tools.

So they ended up with a horribly squated namespace where some people own thousands of domains while paying only pennies (to the miners).
And those domains aren't even valuable, because only a tiny minority can even access them.


So I think this would be another nice sideproject where spreadcoin could show how a persistent problem can be solved efficiently.

So let's figure out a way how to use servicenodes to fix the pricing problem that namecoin has. (that makes bit domains very cheap to register, which encourages squatting)

Maybe some sort of voting system where servicenodes (and miners) are allowed to give a vote about how much SPR a domain is supposed to cost?

Purchasing Power Voting?

If we figure out a solution, what TLDs should spreadcoin register?

*.coin? *.spread? "Any" domain space?

We can then make it easy for people to browser those domains by embedding a DNS resolver into our wallet, that will give OSystem wide access to our domain spaces.
(Namecoin has those tools too, but outside of their wallet as third party tools, e.g. http://www.freespeechme.org/ or http://www.meowbit.com/ )

This is all just an idea ATM, but part of the decentralize everything mantra.
 

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[tontorus]

My wallet ceased to be synchronized, though earlier everything was normal. 0 active connection(s) to Spreadcoin network. Help me.

[georgem]

My wallet ceased to be synchronized, though earlier everything was normal. 0 active connection(s) to Spreadcoin network. Help me.

Put this in your conf file:

Code:

addnode=5.35.253.206
addnode=94.23.23.194
addnode=52.17.253.8
addnode=37.59.18.108

Then wait, it takes about one minute after you restart your wallet to connect with those nodes.

[tontorus]

My wallet ceased to be synchronized, though earlier everything was normal. 0 active connection(s) to Spreadcoin network. Help me.

Put this in your conf file:

Code:

addnode=5.35.253.206
addnode=94.23.23.194
addnode=52.17.253.8
addnode=37.59.18.108

Then wait, it takes about one minute after you restart your wallet to connect with those nodes.

Thank you, this worked.

[ivcelmik]

Does anyone run a wallet on a Raspberry Pi?

[coins101]

That was a big one

[coins101]

Q.

If wallets can be protected, would docker or some other type of auto-update system be able to keep Spread wallets updated without users having to do anything particularly complicated?

[georgem]

Q.

If wallets can be protected, would docker or some other type of auto-update system be able to keep Spread wallets updated without users having to do anything particularly complicated?

I see a user choosing what wallet / fork he wants to use as an important voting process. It gives power to the community.

A user should always have the last word whether he wants to update to a new wallet (be it one that introduces a blockchain fork, or one that simply adds new features outside of the blockchain),
eitherway the user can just as well decide that a future update is wrong (inappropriate or even dangerous) and decide to not support it by staying on the earlier fork.

So I am not sure what value auto-update systems will bring, other than more centralization. (it even creates an attack-vector, making hackers try to corrupt wallets by attacking the updating mechanism)
Deciding what wallet version to run should always be a conscious decision and never something that is in auto-mode.

NOW, if we can instead imagine sort of a sophisticated auto-notification system then I am all for it.

Kinda like the alert-system that is already built into every coin that exists, but maybe we can make it more appealing and elaborated?
Not just a small text at the bottom of the wallet, but something visualy more exciting which also explains why an update would be a good thing?

Kinda like pretty much all software I use keeps reminding me now-and-then that there are important or even critical updates available.

At the moment the alert message can only be issued by a few selected people, so this is clearly highly centralized.
Maybe we can think about a new way of alert messaging where servicenodes themselves can issue alerts/updatenotifications when they are in the clear majority...

[coins101]

^Why has it taken you so long to get into crypto dev mode?

You're obviously very good at it.

[pokeytex]

@georgem - Question - Will there be an FPGA release for this coin or are we going to stay GPU?
Thanks - pokeytex

[georgem]

^Why has it taken you so long to get into crypto dev mode?

You're obviously very good at it.

I had wrong priorities for much too long!

(mining and trading, instead of learning and developing)

[georgem]

@georgem - Question - Will there be an FPGA release for this coin or are we going to stay GPU?
Thanks - pokeytex

I think we will sooner see an FPGA release for X11 coins, before we will see FPGA in SpreadX11.

[defunctec]

Q-

Will the end of this month still bring servicenode testing?  

If so, should we open a thread on spreadcointalk.org with basic direction on how to join testing?

Eg,

How to boot spreadcoin(testnet) and safely separate 'testnet' files and 'mainnet' files.
A guide on how to configure a testnet .conf.

We're going to need as many people as possible testing, and a guide on how to do the most basic things needed to help
with testing should come in handy.

I could open the thread but am not the most clued up on spreadcoin testnet  

[coins101]

Tipping music rights owners:



http://cointelegraph.com/news/114270/the-peaceful-solution-to-music-piracy-is-a-bitcoin-tipping-culture

Minerpage came up with an interesting and sort of similar approach to pay rights owners using the servicenode network.

[e1ghtSpace]

Heres an idea for servicenodes:

Users can send their coins to a userid. We can then limit the amount of userid's to 1 per ip and use servicenodes to check if more are allocated. If so they will be removed.

If we let people send to a userid, then we need to let people add some text to their transaction (stored on masternodes temporarily) so that they know what it was for.

Eg.

13/05/15 @ 8:01 am: Work Payment                                   | 5 spr                 | From: spreadcointalk.org
14/05/15 @ 7:56 pm: BCT sucks, plz help me run the site.    | 0.05  spr           | From: theymos
17/05/15 @ 6:00 pm: ROI from FREESPR.COM, WE NO SCAM| 0.00000001 spr | From: FreeSPR.com

Lol, the new BCT forum was supposed to be finished by now.          

[chrysophylax]

Heres an idea for servicenodes:

Users can send their coins to a userid. We can then limit the amount of userid's to 1 per ip and use masternodes to check if more are allocated. If so they will be removed.

If we let people send to a userid, then we need to let people add some text to their transaction (stored on masternodes temporarily)

Eg.

13/05/15 @ 8:01 am: Work Payment                                   | 5 spr                 | From: spreadcointalk.org
14/05/15 @ 7:56 pm: BCT sucks, plz help me run the site.    | 0.05  spr           | From: theymos
17/05/15 @ 6:00 pm: ROI from FREESPR.COM, WE NO SCAM| 0.00000001 spr | From: FreeSPR.com

o nooo ... there is that word again ... masterno...

...

#crysx

[e1ghtSpace]

Heres an idea for servicenodes:

Users can send their coins to a userid. We can then limit the amount of userid's to 1 per ip and use masternodes to check if more are allocated. If so they will be removed.

If we let people send to a userid, then we need to let people add some text to their transaction (stored on masternodes temporarily)

Eg.

13/05/15 @ 8:01 am: Work Payment                                   | 5 spr                 | From: spreadcointalk.org
14/05/15 @ 7:56 pm: BCT sucks, plz help me run the site.    | 0.05  spr           | From: theymos
17/05/15 @ 6:00 pm: ROI from FREESPR.COM, WE NO SCAM| 0.00000001 spr | From: FreeSPR.com

o nooo ... there is that word again ... masterno...

...

#crysx

*facepalm* It's been drilled into me by darkcoin. OH FOR GOD'S SAKE, dash.

[Nthused]

Heres an idea for servicenodes:

Users can send their coins to a userid. We can then limit the amount of userid's to 1 per ip and use masternodes to check if more are allocated. If so they will be removed.

If we let people send to a userid, then we need to let people add some text to their transaction (stored on masternodes temporarily) so that they know what it was for.

Eg.

13/05/15 @ 8:01 am: Work Payment                                   | 5 spr                 | From: spreadcointalk.org
14/05/15 @ 7:56 pm: BCT sucks, plz help me run the site.    | 0.05  spr           | From: theymos
17/05/15 @ 6:00 pm: ROI from FREESPR.COM, WE NO SCAM| 0.00000001 spr | From: FreeSPR.com

Lol, the new BCT forum was supposed to be finished by now.           

Messages in the blockchain have already been done, maybe look at CLAMs source.

[e1ghtSpace]

Heres an idea for servicenodes:

Users can send their coins to a userid. We can then limit the amount of userid's to 1 per ip and use masternodes to check if more are allocated. If so they will be removed.

If we let people send to a userid, then we need to let people add some text to their transaction (stored on masternodes temporarily) so that they know what it was for.

Eg.

13/05/15 @ 8:01 am: Work Payment                                   | 5 spr                 | From: spreadcointalk.org
14/05/15 @ 7:56 pm: BCT sucks, plz help me run the site.    | 0.05  spr           | From: theymos
17/05/15 @ 6:00 pm: ROI from FREESPR.COM, WE NO SCAM| 0.00000001 spr | From: FreeSPR.com

Lol, the new BCT forum was supposed to be finished by now.          

Messages in the blockchain have already been done, maybe look at CLAMs source.

They wasn't what I was mainly talking about. I was talking about having a username that people can send coins to, like "e1ghtspace" could be one of them. Unless that is what you can do with CLAMS.

Also is blockchain bloat an issue?

[Nthused]

Heres an idea for servicenodes:

Users can send their coins to a userid. We can then limit the amount of userid's to 1 per ip and use masternodes to check if more are allocated. If so they will be removed.

If we let people send to a userid, then we need to let people add some text to their transaction (stored on masternodes temporarily) so that they know what it was for.

Eg.

13/05/15 @ 8:01 am: Work Payment                                   | 5 spr                 | From: spreadcointalk.org
14/05/15 @ 7:56 pm: BCT sucks, plz help me run the site.    | 0.05  spr           | From: theymos
17/05/15 @ 6:00 pm: ROI from FREESPR.COM, WE NO SCAM| 0.00000001 spr | From: FreeSPR.com

Lol, the new BCT forum was supposed to be finished by now.          

Messages in the blockchain have already been done, maybe look at CLAMs source.

They wasn't what I was mainly talking about. I was talking about having a username that people can send coins to, like "e1ghtspace" could be one of them.

Isn't that what bitcoin allows you to do as well but the part of the address still has the random number and letters for e.g SKETCHERx435bd34jk320m6vu9d

I've even seen the word DANK at the start of an address hahaha