[ANN][FLO] A Worldwide Public Record | Alexandria | ETDB | Medici | 0.15 Segwit

[qmomeducdm670]

I've had my eye on this project since it was first announced a year or so ago.  Looking forward to checking it out... and maybe recording a few tutorials!

[goaway221]

Storj lead dev here. I'll address this directly. So we are using Florincoin in Metadisk. Before you go all pump and dump, note that this only temporary and we plan on using Factom when they are ready.

[curnez88888]

the current market conditions are starting to good because some altcoin and bitcoin prices are starting to rise and I think hope to benefit from altcoin in the future is still open

[bitspill]

Storj lead dev here. I'll address this directly. So we are using Florincoin in Metadisk. Before you go all pump and dump, note that this only temporary and we plan on using Factom when they are ready.

This is not the Storj lead dev, it's a copy paste from 2014.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=236742.msg9770249#msg9770249

[statdude]

I wonder if OSTK using this coin changes the FA at all, makes it worth buying. Not sure about the tokenomics / demand pressure that would result from that (obviously adds a little demand, but how much?)

[metacoin]

I wrote a brief history of FLO from my perspective here:

https://gist.github.com/metacoin/37b55c110d5ead0b745b9dec9e377d0b

Feel free to add a comment with a suggested addition and I'll add it in! I'm sure I missed some things.

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# FLO

Launched June 17th 2013, the first coin with a metadata field on the blockchain for the purpose of building blockchain applications.

## A timeline of major events in FLO's history and Joseph's involvement

### 2013

* Jun 20th: Messaged skyangel about ideas for creating protocol applications
* Jul 9th: Florincoin is the 61st coin added to Cryptsy, the first major altcoin exchange
* Jul 20th: Submitted a bugfix to the florincoin repo (used to exist at github.com/pascalguru/florincoin, was deleted recently for SEO reasons)
* Sep 9th: Created the first block explorer, florinexchange.com/explorer, an open source explorer which is later replaced with florincoin.info
* Nov 27th: Coordinated with Skyangel on a hard-fork (required update) to increase the transaction comment size to 528 bytes
* Dec 10th: Started work on new website (commissioned a designer 30,000 FLO for the design)
* Dec 16th: Songs of Love, a charity for children based in NYC, beings accepting FLO donations to make customized songs for children in need

### 2014

* Feb 1st: Created the FLO twitter account
* Feb 1st: Created a website, Aterna Love, to store valentine's day messages in the blockchain. Those messages still exist today
* Feb 12th: Promoted FLO at the bitcoin center in NYC, interviewed by Naomi Brockwell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbeYJID7Ewg
* Mar 2nd: Launched new florincoin.org website
* Mar 20th: Florincoin subreddit created
* Apr 9th: Presentation about Florincoin at the 1st Cryptocurrency Convention at the scholastic auditorium in NYC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giUL0Wiaz1M
* Apr 12th: skyangel releases Florin v0.6.5.13, a hard fork at block 426000, causing FLO to start adjusting difficulty every block
* Jun 21st: skyangel releases Florin v0.8.7.2, up to date with the latest Litecoin codebase
* Jun 22nd: bitcoinist.net article: exclusive Q&A with Joseph Fiscella http://bitcoinist.com/exclusive-qa-with-joseph-fiscella-florincoin-and-decentralized-applications/
* Sep 20th: Met with the Alexandria team in San Diego to work on the project as a team for the first time
* Oct 4th: Inside Bitcoins Las Vegas conference with the Alexandria Booth

### 2015
* Jan 1st: FLO and Alexandria mentioned in a chapter about blockchain applications in Melanie Swan's book Blockchain: A Blueprint for a New Economy http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920037040.do
* Mar 3rd: Released the first golang SDK for Florincoin, foundation, on github:
  - https://github.com/metacoin/foundation
  - https://github.com/metacoin/flojson
* Mar 11th: FLO is open for trading on Bittrex
* Mar 11th: FLO is open for trading on Poloniex
* Apr 17th: Alexandria 0.4 walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_u-ndscZjY
* Jun 10th: n-o-d-e.net interview with Alexandria https://n-o-d-e.net/alexandria.html
* Jun 25th: Alexandria historian is born and begins recording historic data on the blockchain.
* Jun 29th: VICE article about Alexandria released: Could Cyberwar Cause a Library of Alexandria Event? https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ae3p4p/could-cyberwar-cause-a-library-of-alexandria-event
* Aug 5th: LA times article about Blockchain Technology Group / Alexandria http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cutting-edge-blockchain-20150809-story.html
* Sep 24th: CoinTelegraph article about Alexandria https://cointelegraph.com/news/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-decentralized-media
* Dec 9th: Alexandria v0.5.1 alpha demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcuj_xILct0
* Dec 16th: Alexandria booth at Inside Bitcoins San Diego https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FoWb0aiz.jpg&t=588&c=DQZ-Wt2Hp3JH3g

### 2016

* Mar 25th: FLO 0.10.4.0 released by Bitspill and the Alexandria team, as well as a pool mining historian blocks
* Apr 8th: FLO used to store Libertarian Party votes in blockchain https://www.coindesk.com/libertarian-party-texas-logs-votes-presidential-electors-blockchain/
* May 3rd: Alexandria meetup in NYC (video URL missing)
* Jun 19th: FLO 0.10.4.4 recommended update to latest Litecoin codebase
* Nov 27: Alexandria presentation at DAppHack Berlin 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwqkmK9aTXs

### 2017

* May 15th: FLO meetup in NYC, Telegram channel created https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=236742.1560
* May 25th: FLO/Alexandria presentation lived streamed from BitDevs NYC: https://twitter.com/FLOblockchain/status/867614281868726273
* July 12th: Introducing Alexandria and the Open Index Protocol https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@m3ta/introducing-alexandria-and-the-open-index-protocol
* July 28th: Amy's blog post about the Alexandria team's visit to San Diego https://medium.com/@amyellajames/build-faster-51712d0ed51d
* Aug 20th: Valentin Jesse creates a FLO touchbar app for the 2017 MacBookPro https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=236742.msg21047455#msg21047455
* Nov 29th: New logo and new website concept released and revealed to community in the rebranding initiative https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=236742.msg25431477#msg25431477
* Dec 22nd: New website launched: https://flo.cash
* Dec 22nd: Flotorizer launched at flotorizer.net, Medium article written by Davi Ortega describing the creation of a FLO blockchain application as a non-programmer https://medium.com/@ortega_science/flotorizer-an-experiment-on-blockchain-for-noobs-5dfb3aa6bbd2   
* Dec 24th: FLO Community Update https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@m3ta/flo-community-update-december-2017
* Dec 31st: SharedSecret.net, the first blockchain-based implementation of Shamir's Secret Sharing algorithm, is live (again created by Davi Ortega)

### 2018
* Jan 13: Live-streaming FLO dev on twitch.tv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAbk8FrbF7k
* Jan 18: FLO python SDK released https://github.com/metacoin/flo-python-sdk
* Jan 18: FLO added to brainwalletX https://github.com/brainwalletX/brainwalletX.github.io/pull/5/files
* Jan 18: FLO C# SDK released https://github.com/adreno-abhi/Flo-CSharp-SDK
* Feb 23: FLO partners with YBF Ventures http://ybfventures.com/worlds-first-web-3-0-hub-ybf-mesh/
* Mar 20: FLO releases version 0.15 with segwit support, up-to-date with current Bitcoin and Litecoin codebases: https://github.com/floblockchain/flo/releases

[TraderInc]

Get some FLO while its LOW 
Great development guys
I feel like FLO has done quiet a bit in the last year
from Website and logo revamp to platform developoments
Hopefully It will show in the price and this year I have high hopes

[dailycoin]

Exciting times ahead for $FLO
https://blockexplorer.com/news/caltech-uses-blockchain-tech-to-share-cell-biology-research-with-public/

[savetherich]

Any news about Poloniex FLO wallets ? Because deposit and withdrawals are disabled on Poloniex for FLO. Thanks !

[BayAreaCoins]

Overstock is using florin:
http://www.blockchainnews.co.kr/m/view.php?idx=1017

Big news!

Florin is a good coin.  I do miss my FLO, but they went to a good home... I'm sure I'll buy them back some day.

That is great news.

Any news about Poloniex FLO wallets ? Because deposit and withdrawals are disabled on Poloniex for FLO. Thanks !

Poloniex is painfully fucking bad right now... I've been waiting on a 1000 CLAM withdraw for 35 days.

14 days ago they told me it would be 10 business days :-/

[ValentinJesse]

https://twitter.com/trackingcrypto/status/991413949387112448

"In just 1 week we've found out that the metadata layer of @FLOblockchain is being used by
- Overstock's $250M ICO tZero @tzeroblockchain
- California Institute of Technology @Caltech

The 5yr old blockchain is going through a phase of rapid adoption
$flo #fintech #blockchain"


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[dailycoin]

Any news about Poloniex FLO wallets ? Because deposit and withdrawals are disabled on Poloniex for FLO. Thanks !

FLO withdrawals/deposits reenabled on Poloniex

[metacoin]

Important update: segwit will be ACTIVE soon on mainnet!

"segwit": {
      "status": "locked_in",
      "startTime": 1522562766,
      "timeout": 1554098766,
      "since": 2749824
}

The segwit upgrade has been LOCKED_IN by miners on our network, meaning the next stage will be ACTIVE, this should happen in 8064 blocks (approximately 4 days from now). All clients must upgrade at this point to remain synced with the main chain.

Please update your clients to the latest version of the FLO core code here:

Release files
https://github.com/floblockchain/flo/releases

Github source
https://github.com/floblockchain/flo
Ensure you are on the flo-master branch (default)

Mac OS X
flo-0.15.0-osx-unsigned.dmg: https://github.com/floblockchain/flo/releases/download/v0.15.0.3/flo-0.15.0-osx-unsigned.dmg

Windows
flo-0.15.0-win32-setup-unsigned.exe: https://github.com/floblockchain/flo/releases/download/v0.15.0.3/flo-0.15.0-win32-setup-unsigned.exe
flo-0.15.0-win64-setup-unsigned.exe: https://github.com/floblockchain/flo/releases/download/v0.15.0.3/flo-0.15.0-win64-setup-unsigned.exe
flo-0.15.0-win64.zip: https://github.com/floblockchain/flo/releases/download/v0.15.0.3/flo-0.15.0-win64.zip
flo-0.15.0-win32.zip: https://github.com/floblockchain/flo/releases/download/v0.15.0.3/flo-0.15.0-win32.zip

Linux
flo-0.15.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz: https://github.com/floblockchain/flo/releases/download/v0.15.0.3/flo-0.15.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz

[metacoin]

FLO and Alexandria in the news

https://thebitdaily.com/2018/05/04/telegram-says-screw-the-public-bye-bye-ico/
https://blockexplorer.com/news/caltech-uses-blockchain-tech-to-share-cell-biology-research-with-public/

FLO team

I didn't see the information of the team. Why don't you make it public? The project should be trusted by everyone and should be made public.

There wasn't any ICO, and there's no formal structure behind FLO, all of the contributors are volunteers much like the contributors to Bitcoin and Litecoin. The FLO community and those developing software on FLO are answering questions and comments in our social channels every day:

Telegram: https://t.me/floblockchain
Twitter: https://twitter.com/floblockchain

This is very much a community-driven project and support as well as involvement from every member is significant.

FAQ from Telegram
Googs, [03.05.18 19:04]: anyone have a good working pool for Flo?

Joseph, [03.05.18 19:06][In reply to Googs]: Hey Googs, welcome to the FLO chat, check out our forum for more info about pools and mining FLO: https://forum.flo.cash/t/mining-guide-antminer-l3/36



David, [04.05.18 12:36]: whens the next halving event?

Joseph, [04.05.18 12:37][In reply to David]: http://floblockhalving.com/ approximately 207 days

David, [04.05.18 12:41]: silly question but does inflation work the same for flo as XLM.. can I select an inflation address and get the inflation payout proportionally awarded?

Joseph, [04.05.18 12:43]: There is no inflation in FLO other than the block subsidy (12.5 FLO per block every 40 seconds)
Joseph, [04.05.18 12:44]: Those 12.5 FLO are rewarded to the miner only

David, [04.05.18 12:47]: Florincoin inflation rate per annum:  6.80%
Florincoin inflation rate per annum at next block halving event:  3.20%
Florincoin inflation per day (USD):  $3,703
Florincoin inflation until the next block halving event based on current price (USD):  $770,070

David, [04.05.18 12:48]: so this info is linked to the miner reward?

Joseph, [04.05.18 12:49]: Yes, that means inflation on the total token supply, not inflation on held tokens
Joseph, [04.05.18 12:49]: FLO is a direct fork of Bitcoin with two changes:
1. floData for blockchain data storage
2. scrypt mining algorithm

Joseph, [04.05.18 12:49]: Also some changes to how fast blocks are, rewards per block, halving schedule, etc

David, [04.05.18 12:55]: Cool. So how are new tokens introduced after all have been mined?
David, [04.05.18 12:55]: i.e inflation on the total supply

Kirill, [04.05.18 12:55]: the total supply is fixed at 160 million

David, [04.05.18 12:56]: so inflation ceases.

Kirill, [04.05.18 12:56]: yeah

[metacoin]

FLO links and information - pinned message in our Telegram chat https://t.me/floblockchain
Check out FLO updates in our pinned message and at www.twitter.com/floblockchain

Latest Updates:
1) FLO miners have locked in segwit on mainnet http://segwit.flo.cash
2) FLO wallet v0.15 released. Please download the latest version from https://flo.cash
3) Caltech's Jenson Labs leverages OIP and FLO for their Electron Tomography Database http://etdb.caltech.edu
4) tZero DLR using FLO blockchain http://tzero.com
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5) We're working on a number of projects including a light wallet for desktop & android, Alexandria redesign, Web-wallet and several other applications. We're always looking for developers to build blockchain applications on FLO with the support of our team. Contact metacoin if you want to contribute and/or discuss any FLO projects.

Note: We don't price speculate and appreciate the community to discuss on how we can grow and develop on the FLO blockchain. Looking forward to your contribution on this open source and open community project.

Please feel free to chat with the team on Telegram - we're always looking to discuss ideas and collaborative opportunities and answer any questions!

Core team members are admins on Telegram.

✅ FLO links:
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❇️ Website: https://flo.cash
❇️ CoinMarketCap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/florincoin/
❇️ Forum: https://forum.flo.cash
❇️ Telegram: https://t.me/floblockchain
❇️ Medium: https://medium.com/flo-cash
❇️ GithHub: https://github.com/floblockchain
❇️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDAELSdJelys5VkE1FuXo2A
❇️ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/floblockchain
❇️ Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/floblockchain
❇️ Instagram: https://instagram.com/flo.blockchain
❇️ Bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=236742.0
❇️ Alexandria chat: https://chat.alexandria.io


✅ FLO enabled applications:
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❇️ Caltech EDTB: www.etdb.caltech.edu
❇️ Alexandria: www.alexandria.io
❇️ Open Index Protocol (OIP): https://oip.wiki
❇️ tZero DLR: www.tzero.com
❇️ Flotorizer: www.flotorizer.net
❇️ TokenFM: www.token.fm
❇️ Shared Secret: www.sharedsecret.net
❇️ World Mood: www.worldmood.io

[dailycoin]

Segwit is now active on FLO

[goodasj9z98128]

Back in days, When #XRP was at 500Stat no one buying. Ripple is at 17000 Stat everybody buying .. In my group 80% friends  buying Ripple . But I chose FLO ..

[investortrusted]

Good coin. Good devs. Poor marketing team. Still in flo though. Its time will come soon.

[PeaMine]

I use to mine this coin ages ago, amazing to see the team still around and being active.
Got to give you props for your commitment!

[truxton]

FLO is now ready for cross-chain dapps with the Blocknet Protocol!





Now that FLO is compatible with the Blocknet Protocol, it can be used in cross-blockchain dapps and traded on beta Block DX!

You can read more about Blocknet, the Blocknet Protocol, and Block DX here:

https://blocknet.co

https://sites.google.com/view/blocknet/directory

To get started with trading on Block DX, follow this setup guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ciwLFSXwv6CXd3QEvVW88lHXo9CSIlweYOoSbDHkies/preview

The setup is in the process of being automated/abstracted so it's much easier and streamlined to use for beginners. In addition to that, in July we are planning to release SPV support which will allow for the creation of litewallets so whole blockchains will not need to be downloaded.
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