[ANN] [888] [SCRYPT] OctoCoin ◦ The Power of Eight ◦ Don't Blink

[wartywarlock]

Can we share the photo of the tentacles? We can't show the prototype (HOLY OCTO THO!!) but I think we can give a tasty little glimpse?

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No one wants a crap product. But so far we have nothing but a wallet. I can't help remember.......................

"Real artists ship." - Steve Jobs.

Right... and looking through your post history all you do is complain. You complained about how long the hardfork was taking to implement and the lack of a new wallet... and then we got a seamless hardfork (which is surprisingly rare) that took care of the bonus block exploit, improved the difficulty adjustment formula, and came packaged within a great client built on the Bitcoin Core 0.9.2 source (there are still only 3-4 coins I'm aware of on the 0.9+ source).  

In addition to a great client/source, OctoCoin has a strong and steady network, a mature community, a development team consisting of real developers (two of whom I've personally met), 4 months of well-written updates, a low-key teaser of their "OctoHub" platform (which, let's be honest, the SSL certificates alone probably cost them more than most coin developers spend). How many developers are even still around after 4 months these days?

If you think Steve Jobs took the iPhone from concept to shipping in 4 months you're insane. As a developer myself I understand that quality takes time. People in the crypto world are used to crap; with the possible exception of bitcoin services, are there any altcoin services out there that are both exclusive and of high quality? The security, testing, etc - I, for one, am glad these guys aren't obsessing over hype. They understand that constant hype is ridiculous and they want the product to speak for itself. Going back to your "Steve Jobs" quote, here is a tidbit for you:

Apple started R&D on the iPhone 1 36 months before its release in June 2007. The iPhone 1’s full R&D costs during those 36 months have been estimated at nearly $1.5 billion.

So real artists ship... but in Steve Jobs' case it took 36 months and $1.5 billion before he started shipping. I find it hilarious that you use Steve Jobs, a guy that famously delayed the release of the original Mac OS X desktop nearly 2 years to perfect the UI, as an example to reinforce your point. I don't think anybody believes the winning formula is to rush products to market... and certainly Steve Jobs didn't. If the OctoCoin team meets the ETAs they announced, that means they would be going for conception to "shipping" in about 1/6 the time it took Apple to start shipping the original iPhone. If anything, Steve Jobs would be a great counterexample for the point you are trying to make.

The timeframe seems like an eternity because you haven't seen any altcoins deliver real quality software yet - ever. This is an impatient market but those who have the maturity and patience to ride things out will be rewarded here. I am 100% certain that 888 is a great investment - the only thing stopping me from saying it's the best possible altcoin investment you could make right now is that there may be some other teams out there with great stuff in the works... but I've yet to see anything with this level of potential nor this level of appeal.

Not trying to be defensive (obviously I'm heavily invested in OctoCoin) but even objectively I just don't understand the purpose of your posts. If you are an impatient person, this is clearly not the currency for you. These guys aren't running a chop-shop/pump-and-dump/(insert grift of the week here) and they haven't stuck around for 4 months to make a couple thousand bucks and disappear. However, even for the impatient, 888 has proven some amazing stability - with the exception of only bitcoin, it has been the most stable coin price-wise over the past 4 months. Over the bear altcoin market these past 4 months, I can't find a single altcoin (even if you DCA) that would have been a better investment... and these guys haven't even started scratching the surface.

Amen, brotha!! 

[gd100]

Apologies for the absence of recent updates - progress continues to be made, additional strategies and concepts have been calculated, and we will have details for you shortly. In the meantime, we appreciate having such a great community helping to take us across each bridge.

When?
You always write "shortly"!
When?
How shortly?
What month, what year, what century?
When? When? When?
 

[frameLAlife]

Apologies for the absence of recent updates - progress continues to be made, additional strategies and concepts have been calculated, and we will have details for you shortly. In the meantime, we appreciate having such a great community helping to take us across each bridge.

When?
You always write "shortly"!
When?
How shortly?
What month, what year, what century?
When? When? When?
 

When they decide to. 

[gd100]

Apologies for the absence of recent updates - progress continues to be made, additional strategies and concepts have been calculated, and we will have details for you shortly. In the meantime, we appreciate having such a great community helping to take us across each bridge.

When?
You always write "shortly"!
When?
How shortly?
What month, what year, what century?
When? When? When?
 

When they decide to. 

I'm not asking you!
I hope I'm alive to see!

[frameLAlife]

Apologies for the absence of recent updates - progress continues to be made, additional strategies and concepts have been calculated, and we will have details for you shortly. In the meantime, we appreciate having such a great community helping to take us across each bridge.

When?
You always write "shortly"!
When?
How shortly?
What month, what year, what century?
When? When? When?
 

When they decide to. 

I'm not asking you!
I hope I'm alive to see!

but you did ask me. you said, hey frame, when? and i answered. and you still were lost. i just don't know about you. i wonder if you are even alive now? maybe? kinda? how? when? where? what? huh?

[gd100]

but you did ask me. you said, hey frame, when? and i answered. and you still were lost...

This is not true. Where am I asking?

.. i just don't know about you. ...

Why should You know?
I am octo investor. Read and follow everything but do not write. Because, english is not my native language. I have no problem to read, but it is hard to write and express myself. There is not so much what to write.

... and you still were lost...i wonder if you are even alive now? maybe? kinda? how? when? where? what? huh?

Will offend we now?
I have no such intention.

I want to see some progress on the project octo.
That's it!
Much to ask?

[bholzer]

I don't think it's too much to ask... and I can assure you that there is an update coming as soon as it is time. When we see what these guys have been working on, nobody will care how long it took.

[shellbunner]

When we see what these guys have been working on, nobody will care how long it took.

That gets me all excited! 
Time to buy more! 

[frameLAlife]

but you did ask me. you said, hey frame, when? and i answered. and you still were lost...

This is not true. Where am I asking?

.. i just don't know about you. ...

Why should You know?
I am octo investor. Read and follow everything but do not write. Because, english is not my native language. I have no problem to read, but it is hard to write and express myself. There is not so much what to write.

... and you still were lost...i wonder if you are even alive now? maybe? kinda? how? when? where? what? huh?

Will offend we now?
I have no such intention.

I want to see some progress on the project octo.
That's it!
Much to ask?

lol what are sarcasm? i understand what you mean. enjoy your octo. wait for the dev's post

[wartywarlock]

It's understandable that people feel a little antsy but we should try not to quip at each other, lets not allow the general mentality to go downhill guys

So on a more positive note, the Bearded Council continues down the R+D path, edging closer to production. We will have some pictures to share soon.

We have done a quick test on the laser engraving, we need to refine the settings to get a good etch once we settle on a glass type. It looks great so far considering the image was rough and the settings also rough on the machine, and it was done on a generic cheap tumbler.  Photo's soon.

Our artist keeps scrapping still, he really wants to do something amazing. No photo, even we haven't been allowed to see the scrapped art..!

The blown glass is coming along. We gave some resources to the company and they have had a play around. The sent a couple of photos which were cool, but not quite what we wanted, so they have taken the feedback and are roughing out another glass. It has to be noted this first glass is mostly done as a side project very kindly by the company, and although we have photos, they have already been melted back down!

We want to share the photos, but in exchange we would like to see someone get a silly photo that promotes octocoin, such as going to a boot-fair/summer fair and getting your face painted in the Octo logo. If somebody steps up, we might even give them a prototype glass!

So all in all, given it's still in the research and development phase, we are really happy so far, and believe you will love them too.

[thenotfatguy]

We want to share the photos, but in exchange we would like to see someone get a silly photo that promotes octocoin, such as going to a boot-fair/summer fair and getting your face painted in the Octo logo. If somebody steps up, we might even give them a prototype glass!

brb, getting octo face tattoo 

[frameLAlife]

We want to share the photos, but in exchange we would like to see someone get a silly photo that promotes octocoin, such as going to a boot-fair/summer fair and getting your face painted in the Octo logo. If somebody steps up, we might even give them a prototype glass!

brb, getting octo face tattoo 

lol do it!

[wartywarlock]

We want to share the photos, but in exchange we would like to see someone get a silly photo that promotes octocoin, such as going to a boot-fair/summer fair and getting your face painted in the Octo logo. If somebody steps up, we might even give them a prototype glass!

brb, getting octo face tattoo 

lol do it!

We would give more than a photo and a prototype for that! Haha do it, do it!

Disclaimer - Bearded Council is not responsible for loss of job, income or family that may result.. but we're pretty sure you'd get a good deal from us out of it.

[frameLAlife]

so i've been following and reading up on SWARM, available on Counterparty. it will be interesting to see how Octo plans to offer crowdfunding and what the differences are. i'm super excited for SWARM but i am also hopeful that the Octo devs will produce a quality app as well. i do wonder though if it is strictly crowdfunding for Octo or if it will include equity.

[mafort1469]

Yes, indeed. What happens next will determine fate.

[Stonerboy]

Guys, i'm back here 
Lots of work to do in the moment but i never forgot about the octopus. 

I'm ready for the devs plans!

[SquidsIn]

OFF TOPIC

Apologies for the off-topic post, but...

Does anybody here have any old FPGA's they want to off-load?  Interested in ZTEX 1.15x/y or Enterpoint Cairnsmore CM1, possibly Lancelot too.

Cheers

Squid.

[gd100]

Guys, i'm back here 
Lots of work to do in the moment but i never forgot about the octopus. 

I'm ready for the devs plans!

We have to wait!

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[frameLAlife]

hold your horses Tonto.