thank you very much.
Finally, you can experience the pre-distribution linking of Byteball and Bitcoin addresses.
We are launching a new testnet, and you'll be able to get a portion of its distribution in proportion to your balance in
Bitcoin testnet.
0. Get your Bitcoin testnet wallet ready and funded.
1. Download and install the wallet for the new Byteball testnet:
https://github.com/byteball/byteball/releasesYou will have two Byteball wallets - one for the old testnet that you already have, the other for the upcoming new testnet.
2. Visit
https://byteball.org and click the link to chat with the Transition Bot. The link will open the new wallet and start a chat. Follow the instructions of the Transition Bot to prove your Bitcoin balance.
You have two options to prove your Bitcoin balance:
a. By making a micropayment. The bot will see your address the payment came from, will know that it is your address, and will instruct you to move your Bitcoins to this address. By making several micropayments, you can link several Bitcoin addresses to the same Byteball address.
b. By signing a message (if your Bitcoin wallet supports this function). You tell the bot your Bitcoin address and sign your Byteball address with the Bitcoin address. After you prove one address (a typical Bitcoin wallet has dozens of them), you can either move all your coins to this single proven address or prove all other addresses in the same way -- by signing a message.
Update: to clarify, if you try to link the same Bitcoin address to multiple Byteball addresses, only the last linking counts.
If you prove by micropayment, remember to check that the Bitcoin address that the bot received the micropayment from, is indeed your address. An attacker might see your payment on the blockchain and repeat the same micropayment from his address trying to trick you to move your funds to him.
3. After linking, there is no use of the new wallet before the distribution, just keep it installed (backup if necessary). It will receive the bytes on the distribution day. If you make any Bitcoin payment, your coins will most likely be moved to a new change address. Chat with the bot again, see the balance on your linked address(es) and move the coins back to the linked address(es) if necessary.
The linking phase will end in late November, after which we'll do the distribution for the new testnet. Those who linked their Byteball and Bitcoin addresses will receive new test bytes in proportion to their Bitcoin testnet balances on the distribution day.
If all goes well, we'll do exactly same linking, but with real Bitcoin addresses, from early December to December 25 before the upcoming livenet launch and distribution.
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