[ANN][DCR] Decred - Community Governance | Bitcoin Devs | Lightning Network

[Dexter12]

I do not know if someone mentioned it , but [DCR] is already taken by DeltaCredits.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1155319.0

Yeah I also just checked their thread. Dead, De-listed because of no volume and a broken PoS network. I think its safe to use the ticker for this coin.

So I assume you can not read. DeltaCredits is not dead! It got delisted from c-cex, that is right, but its still been traded on Yobit.
And where did you get the information about broken POS?

[ocminer]

Wall of text.
Is it POW? Countdown?

tl dr
Its an ICO with POW afterwards and a special algo/miner .. maybe think a little like ETH

Countdown on their homepage.

[kondiomir]

LoL 31 day till Launch.. not bad

[pa]

awful name. "cred" makes me think credibility and the "de" prefix makes it sound like this currency has none. what will the singular form be? people will read it and not even have a guess of how to pronounce it because it looks like half a word.

i guess its better than a cutsey video game type name but you nerds really ought to ask someone with at least a little bit of marketing creativity for some insight.

good luck though 

I'm not thrilled with the name either; it's somehow cacophonous. I suggest a brainstorming session, if the devs are open to alternatives.

[Gleb Gamow]

awful name. "cred" makes me think credibility and the "de" prefix makes it sound like this currency has none. what will the singular form be? people will read it and not even have a guess of how to pronounce it because it looks like half a word.

i guess its better than a cutsey video game type name but you nerds really ought to ask someone with at least a little bit of marketing creativity for some insight.

good luck though 

I'm not thrilled with the name either; it's somehow cacophonous. I suggest a brainstorming session, if the devs are open to alternatives.

In essence, you're seeking a quorum to brainstorm the renaming of Decred to something having more cred. How 'bout DeCred.icio.us.

[mycryptovault]

I don't mind the name, I'm just glad they left off Coin.

[Gleb Gamow]

I don't mind the name, I'm just glad they left off Coin.

So, no keen with Decred.co.in, eh?

[ozboy2014]

Deltacredits is still active...

Where can I buy Decred? Thanks.

[stupiduser]

How to download the program for mining? It will be effective only on the ASIC? When can I start mining?

[iCEBREAKER]

awful name. "cred" makes me think credibility and the "de" prefix makes it sound like this currency has none. what will the singular form be? people will read it and not even have a guess of how to pronounce it because it looks like half a word.

i guess its better than a cutsey video game type name but you nerds really ought to ask someone with at least a little bit of marketing creativity for some insight.

good luck though 

I'm not thrilled with the name either; it's somehow cacophonous. I suggest a brainstorming session, if the devs are open to alternatives.

The name is OK but looks like 'decrepit' to me.     D-cred or Dcred is cleaner and dcr.edu is available...

What's the blocktime?  2 min?  10 min?  Is it up for a vote?  Same for max_block_size?  Is there a Monero-like penalty for large blocks?

Is everything up for a vote (including the ~21e6 coin limit)?

And we need to talk about the logo...   

[Gleb Gamow]

awful name. "cred" makes me think credibility and the "de" prefix makes it sound like this currency has none. what will the singular form be? people will read it and not even have a guess of how to pronounce it because it looks like half a word.

i guess its better than a cutsey video game type name but you nerds really ought to ask someone with at least a little bit of marketing creativity for some insight.

good luck though 

I'm not thrilled with the name either; it's somehow cacophonous. I suggest a brainstorming session, if the devs are open to alternatives.

The name is OK but looks like 'decrepit' to me.     D-cred or Dcred is cleaner and dcr.edu is available...

What's the blocktime?  2 min?  10 min?  Is it up for a vote?  Same for max_block_size?  Is there a Monero-like penalty for large blocks?

Is everything up for a vote (including the ~21e6 coin limit)?

And we need to talk about the logo...   

dCred.it and 4Cred.it are still both available.

[www.www]

Always interested in the dispute POW v POS. If the coin is successful then the question can be closed.
I wish success to the development team. With the help of the community. Followed.

[wildduck]

I like this one and i will be mining.

[ph4nt0m]

Those who buy into this wannabe crap deserve to get screwed up hard.

[decred]

Where can I buy Decred? Thanks.

Answered in IRC, but for others' info, you should be able to buy Decred from people/exchanges after mainnet is live - after the projected date of Jan 18th. For now, you can sign up for the airdrop if you want to participate and contribute to the building up of the project with others - but that is strictly unconditional, meaning you won't be held to any expectations (but everyone hopes you do care enough to participate when you sign up).

How to download the program for mining? It will be effective only on the ASIC? When can I start mining?

There will be a simple GPU miner built for AMD/nVidia cards. The project will start working with everyone interested in mining to help them set it all up in the week of Jan 4th - which is, as it stands, the projected date to turn testnet on.

dCred.it and 4Cred.it are still both available.

That's pretty cool! Haven't thought about shortening "decred" to "dcred". Both could work well without necessarily being a "change" in name. Super hard to get consensus on a name though - especially when something is new and people are just now beginning to learn about the project and what it represents. One very positive thing about the name "Decred" is that the project was able to secure top-level domains (.com/.org/.net) for a short name, which is somewhat unusual and will help a lot for a general audience as it grows.

What's the blocktime?  2 min?  10 min?  Is it up for a vote?  Same for max_block_size?  Is there a Monero-like penalty for large blocks? Is everything up for a vote (including the ~21e6 coin limit)?

Hey iCEBREAKER! Never got the chance to thank you for stopping by. The plan now is to collect all technical questions for the day and answer them in one shot. The devs are working pretty hard, so these are noted and there will be a post to answer them specifically today.

And we need to talk about the logo...   

Hah, yes. The vast majority of people working on Decred at the moment are not design-oriented. There has already been interest from new participants in playing with the logo here and here. Anyone who wants to mess with the logo can download .svg files here and here. But a warning: current Decred people are devs, not designers - so any help is greatly appreciated!

[iCEBREAKER]

dCred.it

Nicely nicely, Brothers Isley.   

[sambiohazard]

I have an alternate idea regarding airdrop.

I think we can divide the community airdrop into two parts say 80/20. Now those who want to get involved with their work or by taking important roles can be given 20% of coins as they work. Rest of the coin should be put aside for 2 months. After two months people who are holding coins should be invited to sign a message with there address & share it with devs, people who have mined/staked, run nodes, or just steadily accumulated the coins on market should be given the coins in equal amounts as they show they want to be a part of community & will hold the airdrop & not just dump it. Also, we can sort list with people with least coins on top so distribution gets diverse.

This will allow those who are helping with bg infrastructure of coin an incentive to remain involved & also reduce dumps to the market in initial phase of the project. With current scheme its very hard to tell who is truly commited or not. Also my proposal will  help build initial infrastructure for the coin with an incentive for people to get involved in other important activities other than coding. I am not a coder or great with PR/relationship building but i want to help & get involved to best of my abilities. This will give me some incentive to do that, although i will do it anyways as i like the idea of this coin very much.

I hope i am not being naive here with this idea. Please do tell me if i am wrong or missing something.

Regards

Sam

So, should i assume that airdrop is not up for discussion?

Also, the name could be D(ecentralized)-Cred(it), so D-Cred with ticker DCRD

@decred I still dont get the starting block reward, can you give me a number?

[decred]

So, should i assume that airdrop is not up for discussion?

Everything is up for discussion - but at this point in time all effort the project has is going into making sure the technology works as intended and is tested properly. That's the primary focus now. The logic behind the structure of the airdrop is for it to be as simple as possible. It will all be over in a single block.

Also, the name could be D(ecentralized)-Cred(it), so D-Cred with ticker DCRD

Funny you should mention that, pretty sure it came up in early discussions. In all likelihood it'll end up being a made-up word now in terms of meaning - have it take on a meaning people ascribe to it over time.

@decred I still dont get the starting block reward, can you give me a number?

31.13408239.

[AlexNT01]

So ONLY people that are contributing to this coin like coders can get this coin? I don't know anything about coding but would like to get some of these coins to stake up, so what do I need to do in order to either earn some or be in the airdrop? I tried to go to your website https://www.decred.org/ but either it's not working or I don't have permission to actually go there, so how do I sign up or show support as a non coder?

[decred]

So ONLY people that are contributing to this coin like coders can get this coin? I don't know anything about coding but would like to get some of these coins to stake up, so what do I need to do in order to either earn some or be in the airdrop?

Non-coders are welcome! The project is inclusive by design and in its philosophy going forward. If you are interested in contributing in the future, there's a place for you, even if you haven't contributed to things in the past. All we ask is that you submit some form of online presence so we can filter out people who have no real interest, since the project will be built on contributors. Even a forum account where you've talked and thought about the issues is sufficient to be included in the airdrop. It's a crude mechanism to try and act in the best interest of the starting conditions of the project (balanced against the realities of building technology like Decred).

I tried to go to your website https://www.decred.org/ but either it's not working or I don't have permission to actually go there, so how do I sign up or show support as a non coder?

The web site is up and running on this end. Can anyone else confirm problems? If you continue having problems, contact @decredproject on Twitter or post in r/decred on reddit for help with getting submitted for the airdrop.