[ANN][COV] CovenCoin restart: Community Takeover

newsflash: old dev is back. This thread is locked. Read the summary:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1096038.msg11731731#msg11731731

Coven (COV)
rebirth, community takeover

* Ticker: COV
* PoS 3%; stake age: min 1h, max 30d; maturity 10 confirmations
* crazy low supply (< 34,000 COV)
* slower than bitcoin = small chain, current block: 3853
* old dev gave up, agreed to handover

TODOs - choose your role
What are you good in? Say which responsibility you want to take ("foculizer"), or where to help ("team").

Code:

WHO? other forums new threads (e.g. for giveaways)
WHO? twitter
WHO? reddit
WHO? irc
WHO? facebook page, group
WHO? community foculizer for (BCT) forum(s)
WHO? compile list of all supporters from old thread; contact them
WHO? slack foculizer
WHO? marketing foculizer
WHO? exchanges & trollboxer
WHO? windows binary
WHO? staking wallets 24/7
ALL  addnode more IP addresses
WHO? design contest: colors, logo, icons
WHO? photo contest: find coven photos (free of copyright)
WHO? marketing contest: banners, signatures, slogans
WHO? prettier OP of bitcointalk thread
WHO? google overview: which pages exist about COV?
ALL  wishlist of future coin features
ALL  crowdfunding for dev(s); discuss fair payment scheme
ALL  wanted: coin dev(s), ask around.
WHO? buy support fund (?); if wanted then let us invent a clever scheme
WHO? giveaways
WHO? roadmap

________ said they might perhaps do something about this:

Code:

CV2            webtech foculizer
crunck         domain name; webspace
crunck         homepage web design 
bhokor         block explorers crowdfunding
drakoin        staking 247
franckuestein  website, spanish translations, social media promotion, SEO
freemind1      Spanish translation
vindyne8       crypto promotion (paid)
earlz          source code review (paid)

Ready:

Code:

DONE email (done by CV2)
DONE bitcointalk new thread (done by CV2)
DONE contact old dev: "please link to new thread" (done by CV2)
DONE mail to bittrex: Keep COV! (done by CV2)
DONE github, github team (done by CV2)
DONE source upload (done by CV2)
DONE wiki (done by CV2, on github)
DONE contact many supporters from old thread (done by CV2)
DONE mail to bittrex: Enable staking please (done by CV2)

cooperation platforms:
1 wiki https://github.com/covencoin/coven/wiki
2 bitcointalk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1096038
3 slack

source code:
https://github.com/covencoin/coven
from old v1.2.0 - or do you have a newer version?

problems, questions, bugs, requests:
https://github.com/covencoin/coven/issues

wallets:
* linux installation instructions: https://github.com/covencoin/coven README-linux.txt
* windows https://github.com/covencoin/coven/releases "CovenQT.zip" (old binary until we have new one)
* ports: 22454 for addnode

addnodes (put into Coven.conf):
addnode=46.101.155.142:22454
addnode=137.135.57.119:2600
addnode=101.165.90.37:22454
addnode=148.251.41.117:42586
addnode=104.200.154.42:55758
please tell us yours! (getpeerinfo)

exchanges:
BITTREX https://bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-COV
YOBIT https://yobit.net/en/trade/COV/BTC
COINGATHER https://www.coingather.com/exchange/COV/BTC

coinmarketcap:
rank 546 at 0.00004000 BTC * 33,620 COV = $330 (before this initiative)
rank 353 at 0.00009801 BTC * 33,620 COV = $800 (when it started rolling)
at 0.00039997 BTC * 33,620 COV = $3330 (recent peak)
at 0.00015610 BTC * 33,620 COV = $1300 (when I locked this thread)
check yourself at http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/coven/

Coven!
We keep the name COV. The coin is called Coven or Covencoin - a good name for a team coin.
A coven is (dictionary)

Quote

* a collection of individuals with similar interests or activities <a coven of intellectuals>
* an assembly or band of usually 13 witches

Old thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1032465 old dev has been notified to link to this thread.
This new thread was started on 2015 June 21st = solstice/litha/midsummer - witches, celebrate!

Support this initiative
by adding to a buy support fund: BTC 1AbQqyosW6kLi5wVHYM7fCmebqoi8c2jT2 [COV] CUgmMJQW3Wwn2wrYYvJp6Pf5K2QuZQyKZr
or by giving real donations to CV2: BTC 1CpcRmhRpgSZ74f8WYpgPMPafRz8Z7b4p4 [COV] CcybpzjQUEe3UM24YnUyfVgydz2PeYhmfW
or by helping to crowdfund coin dev(s): BTC / [COV] say how much you are willing to give, and suggest your conditions for payments.
or by participating actively (see TODOs above).

Sent to bittrex, 2015/06/21 13:37 UTC

Quote

Hey best exchange

We are planning a community takeover of COV [...]

Please postpone your "is in danger of de-listing due to low trade volume and lack of user interest. It may be removed on June 19th"
... by ONE or better TWO weeks, to give us the chance to establish a new support for this coin.

[...] We want to put a lot of energy into this, but if you removed the coin now, it would be a huge setback.
What else do you need from us now, to keep the coin at least a bit longer? We will prove we can survive!

Thanks a lot!
CV2

... will keep you updated about replies.

Good luck on this project. Restarts can be a lot of hard work.

Vary low supply 34 000 coins. Just bought some.. Cool

Quote from: go6ooo1212 on June 21, 2015, 07:31:02 PM

Seems interesting , will keep an eye on..

Bat' Milko I have a hunch for this project. Get some before is too late Wink

( right now is 13k sat )

Found and uploaded an old dev windows wallet binary "CovenQT.zip".

EDIT: Virustotal scan turned out green "Probably harmless! There are strong indicators suggesting that this file is safe to use."

Quote from: CV2 on June 21, 2015, 07:00:27 PM

...

source code:
https://github.com/covencoin/coven from old v1.2.0 - or do you have a newer version?

problems, questions, bugs, requests: https://github.com/covencoin/coven/issues

wallets:
* linux installation instructions: https://github.com/covencoin/coven README-linux.txt
* windows https://github.com/covencoin/coven/releases "CovenQT.zip" (old binary until we have new one)
* ports: 22454 for addnode

addnodes (put into Coven.conf):
addnode=45.55.179.113
addnode=45.55.188.233
addnode=137.135.57.119:2536
addnode=101.165.90.37
please tell us yours!

...

Can you compile windows wallets from sourcecode?

Remember about last Takeover , and finally failed Lips sealed

i dont know , are you seriously about this ?
Do you have planning ?

If your serious, and I can afford some of these, I can deal with :

WHO? domain name; webspace
WHO? homepage web design

I'll took a little bite at these prices Cool

how could you not? only approx 32,000 coins lol I'm in for rd 2

Great job getting this one going again. Was the retarget issue solved?

Very low supply,good luck..........

This looks promising with a nice low supply amount. Hopefully the takeover works well. Cool

Great!

Quote from: CV2 on June 21, 2015, 07:00:27 PM

current block: 3853

The chain was stuck there for ages. But yeah - now it has started to move again: 3859 - well done!

The majority of coins are on bittrex. Bad! Better all of you move some coins to a wallet, encrypt it, unlock it
- to start staking. But be patient, it takes long until they appear in your wallet (Send a few first, not to panic).

Or send some to my 24/7 staking address: CQfH2dwUcGXcxvfxU2nqoqGC4qcbSipvRX Thx

Judging by what I learnt there, it takes days until the blockchain will get reliably faster again. Every staker helps.

Bought few now and hoping for good take over.

really we need a block explorer, should we start a crowfunding for that?

just waiting for my first test withdraw going to be sending to my wallet in 10 coin chunks to spread my wallets weight over as many blocks as possible to help the blockchain pick up momentum... I suggest others do similar Grin

Good luck with takeover....!

Somebody have access on the Twitter account ? https://twitter.com/CovenCoin

Quote from: TheMightyKnight on June 21, 2015, 10:08:51 PM

I agree with the above realistic future road-map.

I had alerted the old dev:

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Subject: new COV thread !!! Please put link into old thread
Sent to: CovenDev
on: June 21, 2015, 07:08:21 PM

Hi CovenDev,

please in your old thread
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1032465.new
un-lock, post this, and then re-lock:

CovenCoin - community takeover - new thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1096038

Thanks a lot!

but still no answer.