[ANN] Sia - Decentralized Storage

[bhokor]

8.5 billions of coins  need of lots of users for make the price go up, it is a great initial idea for someone can join but now we have to see if we are capable of be interesting to new users and increase coin value

[akaman]

I really hope that those Pump and Dump groups will not overbuy siacoin because that is not healthy.
Why sould price be not important. Price is everything but nothing thus shut the f....... up.

Excuse me, but this thread is mostly geared at the development side of Sia, not debating 6 year old P&D schemes etc. that everyone knows exist with all coins on any market... Please move along, I feel your wearing out your welcome here .

Lets emphasize everyone is welcome here. Vulgar language is not however. I think any topic is open for discussion, as long as its related to Sia. If its about the price and trading of Siacoin/fund, then there's a trading thread exactly for that.

[MinermanNC]

I really hope that those Pump and Dump groups will not overbuy siacoin because that is not healthy.
Why sould price be not important. Price is everything but nothing thus shut the f....... up.

Excuse me, but this thread is mostly geared at the development side of Sia, not debating 6 year old P&D schemes etc. that everyone knows exist with all coins on any market... Please move along, I feel your wearing out your welcome here .

Lets emphasize everyone is welcome here. Vulgar language is not however. I think any topic is open for discussion, as long as its related to Sia. If its about the price and trading of Siacoin/fund, then there's a trading thread exactly for that.

Exactly   of course everyone is welcome here. Lets keep things realistic and on topic. But the vulgarity is a nonstarter.

[adhitthana]

Thx for the clarification, but I doubt in expansion of SIA hosts with the fixed IP or dynamic DNS requirement...

I think you are mistaken. IF there is money to be made, hosts will figure out how to make it. Sia's big problem right now is NOT that it does not have enough hosts. Sia's big problem is that it does not have enough people uploading files. You don't need to do any port forwarding at all to be an uploader on the Sia network. Don't need a static IP, don't need any fancy configurations.

I hope that makes sense. Storage is basically free on our network. We don't have a supply problem. And because we don't have a supply problem, as the developers we are focusing all of our energy on the bottleneck: demand.

That doesn't mean that we aren't working on the host experience. The hosts are going to get some upgrades in the 050 release, especially in the form of more information about how much money you are making, how long it's going to take, and in the form of improved protocols for talking to the renter.

The hosts on the Sia network are very important, but without people uploading data to the network they are completely meaningless. It doesn't matter how easy it is or how much storage is available if nobody ever uses it. That's why we are choosing to focus all of our energy on the uploaders right now. Because Sia absolutely needs more uploaders, much more than it needs anything else.

What is the way/ways that you let people know of Sia's existence and capability?

Thanks

[dadingsda]

About 1 month ago i posted this:

"help please.

i tried to sent my siacoins from polo to my wallet. Now it says on polo: Complete: Error"

Polo refunded my coins but i can´t send my coins to my wallet. One month later still the same problem. Wallet version 4.8

[akaman]

Thx for the clarification, but I doubt in expansion of SIA hosts with the fixed IP or dynamic DNS requirement...

much storage is available if nobody ever uses it.[/b] That's why we are choosing to focus all of our energy on the uploaders right now. Because Sia absolutely needs more uploaders, much more than it needs anything else.

What is the way/ways that you let people know of Sia's existence and capability?

Tell your friends. Tell your Twitter/Facebook/Google/etc followers. Make a buzz.

Above all: If you like/believe in the future of Sia, then use Sia!! There is still much to be desired from the Sia wallet. But, by using Sia actively you signal to hosts, developers and everyone else monitoring the network (http://explore.sia.tech) that there is activity.

Critically, as you gain experience you're in a position to help new users. Dropbox experienced exponential growth in its early days, much by utilizing social network (referrals). There's a new Sia users each day, but some leave due to simply issues with the wallet, firewall configuration etc. It is important we help these users, as each one of these early adopters could translate into hundreds, or even thousands, of users a few years from now.

[MinermanNC]

Thx for the clarification, but I doubt in expansion of SIA hosts with the fixed IP or dynamic DNS requirement...

much storage is available if nobody ever uses it.[/b] That's why we are choosing to focus all of our energy on the uploaders right now. Because Sia absolutely needs more uploaders, much more than it needs anything else.

What is the way/ways that you let people know of Sia's existence and capability?

Tell your friends. Tell your Twitter/Facebook/Google/etc followers. Make a buzz.

Above all: If you like/believe in the future of Sia, then use Sia!! There is still much to be desired from the Sia wallet. But, by using Sia actively you signal to hosts, developers and everyone else monitoring the network (http://explore.sia.tech) that there is activity.

Critically, as you gain experience you're in a position to help new users. Dropbox experienced exponential growth in its early days, much by utilizing social network (referrals). There's a new Sia users each day, but some leave due to simply issues with the wallet, firewall configuration etc. It is important we help these users, as each one of these early adopters could translate into hundreds, or even thousands, of users a few years from now.

Yep, and I think the ones that may have left due to snags or frustrations with wallet will be back as development progresses. hopefully we will see thousands of users via early adopters in less than a few years lol 

[dadingsda]

Can somebody send me some coins , please.

adress: 055b1464d49b4fddac3d4d307f10be03dfc02c342bd328f155eb638d8c1a95d36829c08c032d

I need to test my wallet because of this:

About 1 month ago i posted this:

"help please.

i tried to sent my siacoins from polo to my wallet. Now it says on polo: Complete: Error"

Polo refunded my coins but i can´t send my coins to my wallet. One month later still the same problem. Wallet version 4.8

[dedmaroz]

still no miningpool yet?

[akaman]

Can somebody send me some coins , please.
adress: 055b1464d49b4fddac3d4d307f10be03dfc02c342bd328f155eb638d8c1a95d36829c08c032d

Just sent you 200 S. You can get more through this faucet if you're running the Sia wallet on your computer:
siapulse.com/en_US/page/faucet

[akaman]

still no miningpool yet?

Nope. Devs are prioritizing other things for the moment.

[killerjoegreece]

i cant sync wallet says blocks 0 and does not sync. no firewalls installed. can someone help? its a clean install and i have no coins...

[akaman]

i cant sync wallet says blocks 0 and does not sync. no firewalls installed. can someone help? its a clean install and i have no coins...

Windows? Mac? Linux? Do you know if the daemon, i.e. siad is running? From command line, in the folder where siad and siac are, try to run:

Code:

siac status

What does it give you?

[killerjoegreece]

i cant sync wallet says blocks 0 and does not sync. no firewalls installed. can someone help? its a clean install and i have no coins...

Windows? Mac? Linux? Do you know if the daemon, i.e. siad is running? From command line, in the folder where siad and siac are, try to run:

Code:

siac status

What does it give you?

windows . i run sia.exe and it says siad starts ok.

[akaman]

i cant sync wallet says blocks 0 and does not sync. no firewalls installed. can someone help? its a clean install and i have no coins...

Windows? Mac? Linux? Do you know if the daemon, i.e. siad is running? From command line, in the folder where siad and siac are, try to run:

Code:

siac status

windows . i run sia.exe and it says siad starts ok.

In the folder where sia.exe is, look for siac.exe. It might be in \app\resources\Sia\. Not sure on Windows. If you find it, run the command siac status. It will give you a bit more info.

Other than that, it sounds like it could also be a firewall issue. Make sure Windows allows sia.exe to connect to the internet.

[killerjoegreece]

i cant sync wallet says blocks 0 and does not sync. no firewalls installed. can someone help? its a clean install and i have no coins...

Windows? Mac? Linux? Do you know if the daemon, i.e. siad is running? From command line, in the folder where siad and siac are, try to run:

Code:

siac status

windows . i run sia.exe and it says siad starts ok.

In the folder where sia.exe is, look for siac.exe. It might be in \app\resources\Sia\. Not sure on Windows. If you find it, run the command siac status. It will give you a bit more info.

Other than that, it sounds like it could also be a firewall issue. Make sure Windows allows sia.exe to connect to the internet.

windows firewall was enabled for some weird reason. thanks a lot sir. now time to get my first sia

[akaman]

windows firewall was enabled for some weird reason. thanks a lot sir. now time to get my first sia

Sheeesh!!! How predictable!

Once Sia is fully synchronized you can get some free Siacoin from the faucet at:
http://siapulse.com/page/faucet

Alternatively, post an address here from your wallet and I'll send you a small amount to play with.

[killerjoegreece]

windows firewall was enabled for some weird reason. thanks a lot sir. now time to get my first sia

Sheeesh!!! How predictable!

Once Sia is fully synchronized you can get some free Siacoin from the faucet at:
http://siapulse.com/page/faucet

Alternatively, post an address here from your wallet and I'll send you a small amount to play with.

did you send any because i have received none yet.

1. Estimated competitive price: 2.87 S per GB/month correct?

2. is the gb im selling system wide?

[dadingsda]

Can somebody send me some coins , please.
adress: 055b1464d49b4fddac3d4d307f10be03dfc02c342bd328f155eb638d8c1a95d36829c08c032d

Just sent you 200 S. You can get more through this faucet if you're running the Sia wallet on your computer:
siapulse.com/en_US/page/faucet

Thank you. Unfortunately my wallet shows nothing.

Here  you can see the 200:
https://explore.sia.tech/hash.html?hash=055b1464d49b4fddac3d4d307f10be03dfc02c342bd328f155eb638d8c1a95d36829c08c032d

but my wallet is still empty:



TAEK?

[chrysophylax]

Can somebody send me some coins , please.
adress: 055b1464d49b4fddac3d4d307f10be03dfc02c342bd328f155eb638d8c1a95d36829c08c032d

Just sent you 200 S. You can get more through this faucet if you're running the Sia wallet on your computer:
siapulse.com/en_US/page/faucet

Thank you. Unfortunately my wallet shows nothing.

Here  you can see the 200:
https://explore.sia.tech/hash.html?hash=055b1464d49b4fddac3d4d307f10be03dfc02c342bd328f155eb638d8c1a95d36829c08c032d

but my wallet is still empty:



TAEK?

unlock your wallet to see any balance ... and if it still isnt there when you do - it means confirmations havent been completed yet ...

sia takes a large amount of confirmed blocks ( someone please insert how many confirms here please ) before anything is shown as 'your's in the wallet ...

#crysx