NXT :: descendant of Bitcoin - Updated Information

[bitcoinpaul]

Which brings me to some important questions about where are we heading with charity marketing:
Is SoL going to be the "official" NXT charity?
Are we going to make an ongoing commitment to them, or move on to another good cause after we hit the target?
Are multiple charity projects a good idea?
Does any one have any suggestions for another charity to support?

I think it would be better to support 10 charities by 10.000 than 1 by 100.000. 1 would be nice if it was some famous or viral charity.

+1

[swartzfeger]

I think it would be better to support 10 charities by 10.000 than 1 by 100.000. 1 would be nice if it was some famous or viral charity.

+100.       Who knows SoL ?..  

Wounded Warriors, Make-a-Wish, Locks of Love... lots of charities (at least in N. America) that would generate social media buzz. Not trying to detract from SoL at all.

I was invited to a Wounded Warrior charity event held around Christmas. It was a last minute invite, and my fiancé and I thought it would be fun; I had no idea what to expect. The turnout was staggering; I was floored by the passion and support of the attendees.

Part of me feels like a dirty little monkey trying to find the most 'effective' charity for generating social media buzz... I'll bow out of this part of the conversation. Nxt helping any cause or charity is a good thing, regardless of metrics/outcome.

[Come-from-Beyond]

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If your node refuses to accept it, this means you are on a fork. Your base target is probably very high too, another indication of being on the wrong fork.

If it doesn't recover by itself, you will need to delete the nxt_db folder and redownload the blockchain.

What is wrong with the consensus mechanism?

- yes, it would be nice to hear the answer. How can it happens, that node "doesn't recover by itself" ?  If so, that it is definitely something wrong with the consensus mechanism ...

Only 720 block depth for autorecovery is allowed.

[Uniqueorn]

In terms of charity getting exposure the sad truth is that you have to "play on tragedy".
Meaning you have to wait for something awful to happen that grabs the news' attention and then donate towards it and hope that some journalists don't have anything better to do than to draw light to the donation being "exotic" and worth writing about because it came from this new thing called "cryptocurrencies" instead of normal fiat.
Sadly this is a fact of marketing...

I'm sure SoL can get some attention and of course donating to charities should above all be about the charity itself and not marketing.
Which makes it a very icky issue because you profit from someone elses bad fortune, obviously it's a win-win, but then you have to find something that captures the attention

[sepehr]

Here are the last pieces of the video interview that my buddy Leon Fu and I did with Anon136 about nxt:

What Is The Difference Between The Bitcoin (BTC) Blockchain Vs. The Nextcoin (NXT) Blockchain?
http://prisonorfreedom.com/what-is-the-difference-between-the-bitcoin-btc-blockchain-vs-the-nextcoin-nxt-blockchain/

Why Were Security Flaws Purposely Put Into The Nextcoin (NXT)'s Source Code By It's Developers?
http://prisonorfreedom.com/why-were-security-flaws-purposely-put-into-the-nextcoin-nxts-source-code-by-its-developers/

Who Are The Key Players & Programmers Of The Nextcoin (NXT) Source Code?
http://prisonorfreedom.com/who-are-the-key-players-programmers-of-the-nextcoin-nxt-source-code/

Should Investors Be Worried About Nextcoin (NXT)'S Price Volatility?
http://prisonorfreedom.com/should-investors-be-worried-about-nextcoin-nxts-price-volatility/

I hope these videos with Anon136 will help to educate new adopters and investors of Nxt.

Tai Zen

Thanks Tai Zen, published in the wiki:

http://wiki.nxtcrypto.org/wiki/External_Videos

[Fatih87SK]

Wow!

I didn't see this one coming. Great work.

https://twitter.com/NxtCrypto/status/435696284570103808/photo/1

[landomata]

Electronic Frontier Foundation[/b]  https://www.eff.org/ and it is about the rights on the internet. So it is followed by 200.000 people from crypto and digital medias. EFF already accepts Bitcoin (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/thank-you-bitcoin-community) and has got 3xmore followers on Facebook and 400x more followers on Twitter (180.000) than songsoflove.org. We have the same goal here - to have internet without censorship of the governments. Nxt will provide it.

It wouldn't hurt to try with them also.

[LiQio]

Wow!

I didn't see this one coming. Great work.

https://twitter.com/NxtCrypto/status/435696284570103808/photo/1

looks nice at first glance.

what made me laugh:

Nxs, pronounced "Nexus"

source: https://github.com/Regulus343/Nxs

Nexus, rings a bell, right? 

[abctc]

...  If it doesn't recover by itself, you will need to delete the nxt_db folder and redownload the blockchain.

What is wrong with the consensus mechanism?

- yes, it would be nice to hear the answer. How can it happens, that node "doesn't recover by itself" ?  If so, that it is definitely something wrong with the consensus mechanism ...

Only 720 block depth for autorecovery is allowed.

- does it mean, then if your node fell into fork, it will automatically recover to the correct chain in 720 blocks time?

[verymuchso]

Hi,

I'm developing AE UI but against the java api, not the json api. How would i go about that? Can i get a copy of the test nxt blockchain (if there is any) or the class files used on holms.cloudapp.net:6874?

Thanks!

[Come-from-Beyond]

- does it mean, then if your node fell into fork, it will automatically recover to the correct chain in 720 blocks time?

No.

[Mario123]

1. community raises NXT for charity
2. charity gets NXT
3. What happens now? Do they hold or sell it?

I think the third point is important. We believe that the price will rise in the future, so it would be wise for them to hold. That would mean also that they don't need a huge pile of NXT. But who are we to tell them "just hold it, this will (probably) help you enormously in the future". How did the BTC community 'handled' it?

Many little projects with a goal of maybe 20,000 NXT or two or three big projects and a huge load of NXT from the community.

What are the consequences for marketing?

[Come-from-Beyond]

Hi,

I'm developing AE UI but against the java api, not the json api. How would i go about that? Can i get a copy of the test nxt blockchain (if there is any) or the class files used on holms.cloudapp.net:6874?

Thanks!

http://holms.cloudapp.net:6874/testnxt.zip

[martismartis]

Back to problems with my public node. Today I see all blocks, which appears in blockchain and in recents blocks are not accepted in my public node with the error "DEBUG: Block XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX not accepted. Previous block id doesn't match".

What is going on? Do I need to shutdown my node?

Public node http://217.17.88.5:7874/ It shows correct blockchain blocks, it is not on fork.

[verymuchso]

Hi,

I'm developing AE UI but against the java api, not the json api. How would i go about that? Can i get a copy of the test nxt blockchain (if there is any) or the class files used on holms.cloudapp.net:6874?

Thanks!

http://holms.cloudapp.net:6874/testnxt.zip

Thanks!

[Damelon]

1. community raises NXT for charity
2. charity gets NXT
3. What happens now? Do they hold or sell it?

I think the third point is important. We believe that the price will rise in the future, so it would be wise for them to hold. That would mean also that they don't need a huge pile of NXT. But who are we to tell them "just hold it, this will (probably) help you enormously in the future". How did the BTC community 'handled' it?

Many little projects with a goal of maybe 20,000 NXT or two or three big projects and a huge load of NXT from the community.

What are the consequences for marketing?

When the Nxt are theirs, they're theirs. It's up to them to decide.
We can advise, but that advice will always be biased.

It must be clear THEY decide, as it's their money.

This will also mean they will actually have to research Nxt to make a decision

Edit: this is also a reason Songs of love was chosen, as they don't want it converted to USD, but actually want the cryptos.

[Damelon]

Wow!

I didn't see this one coming. Great work.

https://twitter.com/NxtCrypto/status/435696284570103808/photo/1

Who, what, where? 

[instacalm]

Wow!

I didn't see this one coming. Great work.

https://twitter.com/NxtCrypto/status/435696284570103808/photo/1

Who, what, where?  

Just tested it, check it out. It's an alternative style for the web client:

Code:

## Installation

To install Nxs, copy the directory to the `webapps/root` directory of the Nxt Client and rename it to `nxs`. Then, open `etc/webdefault.xml` and add this:

	<init-param>
		<param-name>relativeResourceBase</param-name>
		<param-value>/nxs</param-value>
    </init-param>

... I'm too used to the original but it's cool

[ChuckOne]

- does it mean, then if your node fell into fork, it will automatically recover to the correct chain in 720 blocks time?

No.

It means after 720 blocks a node will never recover!

[pandaisftw]

Back to problems with my public node. Today I see all blocks, which appears in blockchain and in recents blocks are not accepted in my public node with the error "DEBUG: Block XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX not accepted. Previous block id doesn't match".

What is going on? Do I need to shutdown my node?

Public node http://217.17.88.5:7874/ It shows correct blockchain blocks, it is not on fork.

It just means other nodes are generating incorrect blocks (perhaps on a fork). Don't worry about it if you aren't on a fork.

It says debug, not error