[ANN] Sia - Decentralized Storage

[Hakkane]

1.4.0 sia client lunch 11/30/17. after that yea we will see 100-150 sat easily

I think you are wrong. I follow up both the Reddit and the Discord and the Core Devs have not announced any date for the release of the new version yet.

Next version will be 1.3.1, not 1.4

They are currently testing all the improvements (UI revamp, renter's experience revamp, wallet auto-unlock) before merging them in the main branch. But prior to the release, they will have to test the version RC2 with beta-testers, and that has not happened yet. So I find very improbable 1.3.1 will be released to the general public on November. Most probably on early December

Does everyone always calculate price of a coin in sats? I never know what that is because bitcoin changes all the time, why not in $?

Almost everybody refers the Sia price in Satoshis, and I agree with you it is a huge mistake, because you can not compare the value of a coin with another coin that has increased its value 10x in the last year.

As I like to explain it, is like driving in a highway and claiming you are actually driving backwards just because a faster car has passed you by. A nosense.

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[mihohil]

very nice project! sad that I found out about you only now

[Branko]

https://www.reddit.com/r/siacoin/comments/7etxa1/sia_is_officially_integrated_with_minio/

"Minio is an implementation of Amazon's S3 protocol.

This makes Sia compatible with nearly every tool that is compatible with S3.

This also means SiaCDN will be more stable and can just use mainline Minio instead of keeping local patches.

SiaCDN is also a big effin deal because it enables users to use Sia without running their own Sia node and lets them pay with credit card."

[whyyousoserious]

https://www.reddit.com/r/siacoin/comments/7etxa1/sia_is_officially_integrated_with_minio/

"Minio is an implementation of Amazon's S3 protocol.

This makes Sia compatible with nearly every tool that is compatible with S3.

This also means SiaCDN will be more stable and can just use mainline Minio instead of keeping local patches.

SiaCDN is also a big effin deal because it enables users to use Sia without running their own Sia node and lets them pay with credit card."

very good news.. here we go 100 sat

[vextryyn]

Big update and new roadmap will be lauched on 11/30. I read it this day

can anyone confirm this msg with any links?!

1.4.0 sia client lunch 11/30/17. after that yea we will see 100-150 sat easily

Does everyone always calculate price of a coin in sats? I never know what that is because bitcoin changes all the time, why not in $?

Sats are easier when thats the market you can trade in.

[Lex6088]

SC !!! Go-Go-Go !!! to 0.00007000 as it was on 2017-03-20!!! (Hitbtc.com)

[phantailaptopbl]

i saw siatech update v1.4.0 on 11/30 in a telegroup. i hope it can work exactly

[Branko]

i saw siatech update v1.4.0 on 11/30 in a telegroup. i hope it can work exactly

No, they're a bit behind the schedule, 1.4.0 was meant for september, but now its postponed for next year,
while we'll get 1.31 soon

[Lex6088]

SC !!! Go-Go-Go !!! to 0.00007000 as it was on 2017-03-20 (on hitbtc.com )!!! With a profit more than 14,000% !!!

[coin163]

Next month the price will be 700sat, after the update on 30/11!!!!

You sure? Many investors killed them self as invested on Siacoin when it event 700 Satoshi.
Lucky I out with small lost. lol

[lebamt]

Big update and new roadmap will be lauched on 11/30. I read it this day

Please post the link of the announcement if possible. Thank you.

[Branko]

Big update and new roadmap will be lauched on 11/30. I read it this day

Please post the link of the announcement if possible. Thank you.

This is their public roadmap:

https://trello.com/b/Io1dDyuI/sia-public-roadmap

[Satish147]

Decentralised storage is an innovative idea where people harddisc space can be used to store the data of the clients and will completely eliminates the centralised players in the market like Amazon, Microsoft and many

By using Decentralised storage the storage providers can earn money by renting their space and clients also able to pay lesser money for use of storage.

I missed a biggest opportunity of investment in this space

The good projects in this space are Storj, Sia

[Lex6088]

SC !!! Go-Go-Go !!! to 0.00007000 as it was on 2017-03-20 (on hitbtc.com )!!! With a profit more than 14,000% !!!
Indicators are reporting on the upcoming show!

[mycotoxin]

Wow!!   I just backed up 500Gb to SIA  without a hitch .. This SIA is alright in my books.
I'm going to be using this as my archive from now on and I'll backup my 300,000 mp3s next :-)

Once feature that will be welcomed is the ability to back up  folders and not just files (but i suspect this will be added in the future).
This is an awesome usable project with a good future. if you are holding SIA use the SIA app to back up your data,it works very well.

I'm liking it, Great Job SIA team  keep up the good work .

[Hakkane]

Wow!!   I just backed up 500Gb to SIA  without a hitch .. This SIA is alright in my books.
I'm going to be using this as my archive from now on and I'll backup my 300,000 mp3s next :-)

Once feature that will be welcomed is the ability to back up  folders and not just files (but i suspect this will be added in the future).
This is an awesome usable project with a good future. if you are holding SIA use the SIA app to back up your data,it works very well.

I'm liking it, Great Job SIA team  keep up the good work .

Great!   

Just take in mind three things:

- The chunk size of files uploaded to Sia is 40MB. This means that if you upload a file smaller than that, Sia will consider it still 40MB. If you plan to upload thousands of MP3 files that can be problematic because your allowance will get exhausted faster. In general Sia treats better a small number of big files than a huge number of tiny ones. So maybe you can try to compress those files in zip folders before uploading then!

- Keep frequent backups of the metadata folders (in Mac located at $HOME/Library/Application Support/Sia-UI/sia/ , in Windows at Users\<user>\appdata\roaming\Sia-UI\sia\ ), as if something goes wrong and they get corrupted, you might lose access to your files. The ability of recovering all your files by only using your wallet's seed is on the roadmap and they have done great progress in the code for that feature recently (probably it will be on 1.4, at the beginning of next year), but until is enabled, better be mindful of this backuping.

- Open the Sia and unlock the wallet every once in a while (at least once every 4-6 weeks) so the client request the auto-renewal of contracts with your hosts. The contracts are 3 months long, and your client will issue renewal requests after the 6th week

And of course... Enjoy the cheapest cloud storage solution you will find out there!!! No one can beat $1 per Terabyte and month 

[xiahui135]

Sia need a hardware to let in many people with un-used bandwith and storage.
and sia need marketing to get more company use.

[GayEddie]

Do you guys know a way to make the windows client sync faster? Maybe I'm missing an update or maybe I can make it accept more connections? I don't open my wallet that often but let it sync every now and then.

[Lex6088]

Sia !!! Go !!! to 7000 sat  as it was on 2017-03-20 (on hitbtc.com )!!! With a profit more than 14,000% !!! Indicators are reporting on the upcoming show! On Poloniex.com SC volume 200.000-270.000 Soon it will burst!

[metallicelmo]

Do you guys know a way to make the windows client sync faster? Maybe I'm missing an update or maybe I can make it accept more connections? I don't open my wallet that often but let it sync every now and then.

I have the same thing, takes really..... really long to sync