Qortal - fully decentralized infrastructure - websites,trading,communications

[lyynx]

Great to be back on here and see this activity. Shame my Qora is still locked up @Polo all these years later, would have loved  to participate prior to launch. Oh well, can't cry over spilled milk.

So from what I'm reading, I need to give my public key to a minter or founder to participate as a minter. Any takers, please PM me, I'd love to take part.

Check out the Discord channel, you can ask there.

Thank you, joined last night, reading a ton to get caught up.

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[crowetic]

ANN - VERSION 1.3.4 WITH FULLY STABLE BTC AND TRADE PORTAL NOW LIVE, AUTO-UPDATE ISSUED.

As stated above, the new version 1.3.4 has FULLY STABILIZED EVERYTHING. Including BTC wallet, and Cross-Chain Trade Portal.


We are extremely pleased to announce that everything is now fully stable. Now the fun can truly begin.

After a TREMENDOUS effort from our community and team, we have fully stabilized every aspect of our FULLY CUSTOM CODEBASE. Now we can focus on getting users to the portal, as well as moving on to the next stages.

- We will be listing LTC on the portal soon.

- We are considering taking an 'un-official vote' (since we haven't built the internal voting system yet) in Discord, as far as listing DGB and LTC prior to building out the voting system on-chain.

- We hope everyone is as excited as we are, and can get some people interested in supporting the project now in a totally trustless fashion, BY PURCHASING QORT ON THE TRADE PORTAL DIRECTLY WITH BTC.





We have supported development and everything completely ourselves, doing everything the right way, awaiting the release of THIS VERSION, to stabilize the portal and sync issues enough to be able to confidently push the use of the Trade portal to acquire QORT, for investors interested in supporting the project. NONE of the devs or anyone that assisted in the development, has been paid aside from me personally supporting them, WAITING FOR THIS POINT, that we can all be PAID BY THE PLATFORM ITSELF, and those interested in OWNING A PIECE OF THE NEW INTERNET, AND EVERY COMPANY BUILT ON TOP OF IT, AT THE SAME TIME BY PURCHASING SOME QORT ON THE TRADE PORTAL.

to purchase on the trade portal, it is VERY SIMPLE.


1. Install and sync the core

2. install the UI

3. Go to wallet-BTC and get your BTC address for your internal native Qortal BTC wallet.

4. Send BTC to your native Qortal BTC wallet

5. Go to 'Trade Portal' in the UI

6. See the listed sell orders on the order books, and find one you would like to purchase.

7. click the order you want, then click buy, and WATCH THE MAGIC HAPPEN.


**remember - since we're doing an ACTUAL CROSS-CHAIN TRADE, there are a few things to keep in mind...

- it takes 3 confirms for the trade to complete, you will see the status of the trade update in the UI, as the various portions are completed automatically on the back end.

- you MUST LEAVE YOUR CORE RUNNING in order for the automation there to be able to complete the trade for you.

- simply accept the order, click buy, and WAIT, the rest is TOTALLY AUTOMATED.

- Begin to UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS WE HAVE HERE... A FULLY DECENTRALIZED TRADE PLATFORM THAT IS AS EASY TO USE AS A CENTRALIZED EXCHANGE.

-NOW.. REJOICE FOR YOU HAVE BOUGHT A PART OF THE FUTURE, IN YOUR QORT PURCHASE!

links on https://qortal.org/index.php/howtoanddownloads/ have been updated as well as the links on the OP. you can always check our Qortal Github Releases page as well.

ENJOY!


Community user has created us some bbcode forum signatures for Qortal open sourced here - https://github.com/CjMapope/QortSigs

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[ChrisPop]

Can't wait to try the stable trade portal tomorrow morning. So excited to be alive when such technology is being built around us.

Community user has created us some bbcode forum signatures for Qortal open sourced here - https://github.com/CjMapope/QortSigs

Waited for them for a long time. Kudos to the contributors! Will surely sport them around when I finish my current assignment.

[wgd]

I went back to the old garbage, Qora rises from the dead as a qortal. What an excitement ...  

[cryptoburrito]

For years, I've been a loyal QORA holder and now saw the switch towards Qortal. How can I swap my QORA to Qortal? Thanks.

[cryptoburrito]

Hi, I still have my Qora, is still possible to transfer it to Qortal?

Regards.

its too late,but u can keep your qora,somepeople still keep their qora and pos online.

If this is the case, it's scammy af.

There were years without real updates and then suddenly you have to switch your QORA within a very short time frame in order to still "be on board"?

Why not show any love for loyal long-term supporters?

The way this swap-process has been designed makes it look like the main purpose of this move was to increase your share while cutting of community members from the project. Too much corruption driven by greed involved.

[tyz]

For years, I've been a loyal QORA holder and now saw the switch towards Qortal. How can I swap my QORA to Qortal? Thanks.

There was a period to swap Qora on the new blockchain. Unfortunately this period is over, so you have no possibility to bring your Qora to Qortal.
Here is the old thread with all necessary information. Qora still exists as a network, so you can still spend your Qora.

[minernoob1]

Hey, I just set up a node on a server. But Im not sure where to look to get an invite to mint. Ill definitely have good uptime on my server, I can offer that. Is there a process to go through?

[Achain_coin]

  Good！

[lemonandfriesonetwo]

Hey, I just set up a node on a server. But Im not sure where to look to get an invite to mint. Ill definitely have good uptime on my server, I can offer that. Is there a process to go through?

Go to the Discord server and there is a channel set up to ask. Or better yet, use the Qortal chat in the wallet.

[crowetic]

Hi, I still have my Qora, is still possible to transfer it to Qortal?

Regards.

its too late,but u can keep your qora,somepeople still keep their qora and pos online.

If this is the case, it's scammy af.

There were years without real updates and then suddenly you have to switch your QORA within a very short time frame in order to still "be on board"?

Why not show any love for loyal long-term supporters?

The way this swap-process has been designed makes it look like the main purpose of this move was to increase your share while cutting of community members from the project. Too much corruption driven by greed involved.

If you were actually a long-term loyal supporter, maybe you would have checked in and maybe seen if you could do anything to help in the last... uh, I don't know... 2 YEARS?

The burn period (WHICH IS NOT A SWAP but such a loyal supporter as yourself may already know this, no?) was EXTENDED MULTIPLE TIMES, and lasted a VERY long time, with MANY announcements taking place in multiple locations prior to the FINAL FINAL date, which was over a YEAR after the initial 'final date'.


You are butt-hurt because you didn't pay any attention and now a new promising project arises from something you could have gained something from, and your greed overtook your mind during this post...


BUT... WHAT YOU FAILED TO REALIZE IS...


 1. This is NOT a SWAP... it is a SLOW transition, in fact, the QORA transition will take over 10 years to fully distribute the QORT to QORA holders at 250 to 1 (QORA to QORT) ratio...

2. If you WERE actually a REAL SUPPORTER OF QORA... maybe you FORGED BLOCKS? You know, as a SUPPORTER of the network MAY? IF YOU DID THIS... YOU ARE STILL ENTITLED, EVEN NOW, TO A PRE-LEVELED QORTAL MINTING ACCOUNT, which will EARN MUCH MORE than your probably small QORA holdings in the transition would have.

3. Addressing this project with the term SCAMMY, is completely idiotic, and you make yourself look a total fool. Do you feel better after doing this? Or maybe you'd like to re-think and potentially become part of the project that will re-build the world.

THE FACTS ARE - YOU DIDN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO A PROJECT YOU CLAIM TO BE A LONG-TERM SUPPORTER OF, THEN GOT INTO A HISSY FIT WHEN YOU REALIZED A NEW AND MOST LIKELY VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT CAME FROM WHAT YOU HAD... AND BEFORE YOU REALIZED THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS PEOPLE NICELY AND GET A MINTING ACCOUNT THAT WOULD MAKE MORE, YOU ATTACK THE PROJECT WHICH MAKES YOUR TRUE INTELLIGENCE LEVEL SHINE RIGHT THROUGH.

Get on your way if you are the type of person who would rather come in and be a fool, than address people with a brain, and some kindness, and most likely get yourself MUCH FURTHER.

[crowetic]

Hey, I just set up a node on a server. But Im not sure where to look to get an invite to mint. Ill definitely have good uptime on my server, I can offer that. Is there a process to go through?

The best place to get sponsorship to mint, is either in the internal Q-Chat communications in the Qortal UI, (which requires a fully sync'd Qortal node to utilize) or the Qortal Discord server (for now, until we fully move everything to Q-Chat once we have a few more features completed.)

The community is very active and helpful. Join us.

[Traxo]

Market is getting some traction now when the minor issue has been resolved. It seems that people are more confident in using the Trade Portal.
You can preview orders and trades completed using the Trade Portal:  

https://exqlorer.com/market  
 
I suggest you setup a node and try to get sponsorship if you haven't already:  

https://steemit.com/qort/@traxo/how-to-setup-a-qortal-node-on-vultr-vps-ubuntu-18-04

[Cubicdev]

joining this nice project yes!

[crowetic]

I have completed a blog post on How to Use the Trade Portal - https://qortal.org/index.php/2020/09/02/how-to-use-qortal-trade-portal-to-buy-qort-with-btc-directly-cross-chain/

[LaaMos Seeth]

I have completed a blog post on How to Use the Trade Portal - https://qortal.org/index.php/2020/09/02/how-to-use-qortal-trade-portal-to-buy-qort-with-btc-directly-cross-chain/

REMEMBER – This is a LOCAL WALLET, you are NOT DEPOSITING COIN anywhere. You are simply MOVING THE COIN TO ANOTHER WALLET YOU CONTROL inside Qortal.

That's awesome. True decentralization.
But how can I get my BTC private key if it's in local wallet ?
Suppose I am in another city and don't want to trade on Trade Portal anymore and I need to transfer my BTC.
The entire Qortal database is in another city, BTC inside this database.
Can you provide instructions on how to access private key?
After all, I will not take with me everywhere the entire Qortal database, which already takes 8-10 GB
.

[crowetic]

I have completed a blog post on How to Use the Trade Portal - https://qortal.org/index.php/2020/09/02/how-to-use-qortal-trade-portal-to-buy-qort-with-btc-directly-cross-chain/

REMEMBER – This is a LOCAL WALLET, you are NOT DEPOSITING COIN anywhere. You are simply MOVING THE COIN TO ANOTHER WALLET YOU CONTROL inside Qortal.

That's awesome. True decentralization.
But how can I get my BTC private key if it's in local wallet ?
Suppose I am in another city and don't want to trade on Trade Portal anymore and I need to transfer my BTC.
The entire Qortal database is in another city, BTC inside this database.
Can you provide instructions on how to access private key?
After all, I will not take with me everywhere the entire Qortal database, which already takes 8-10 GB
.

You will simply log into your account on another installation of the core/ui and your same BTC xpriv will be generated and saved in the new db. You simply need to backup your Qortal Account, with the encrypted backup file, the BTC account will be the same for each Qortal account.

It is insecure to give private key directly. The most secure way to get back into the same wallet, is to import your encrypted saved Qortal backup, and do it that way.

I do not like the idea of dumping the xpriv unencrypted, it gives a method for the xpriv to potentially end up in the wrong hands. Doing it in the method described above will yield the same results in a much more secure fashion.

**Also a NOTE** - You do NOT need to sync the entire Qortal Chain, in order to make transactions on the BTC wallet. So... you can simply INSTALL the Qortal UI and core, then send the BTC out while it is still synchronizing, if you don't want a full Qortal setup on the other machine.



Something else to keep in mind - we WILL be offering a method in the future, to allow a Qortal install to NOT sync the entire chain, and only the 'top'. So you will in the future be able to utilize both Qortal, and BTC, without having to sync the entire chain.

We have, however, decreased the db size by quite a bit in the new version, AND made it so the sync times are a LOT faster... However, in order to get full advantage of the first point, you WILL have to re-sync the chain from 0 with 1.3.5 installed... unfortunately the older versions of the db retain the larger size and there isn't anything to do other than sync again from 0 then re-import your minting key if you're a minter. Keep in mind, if you have orders placed, you will want to remove them and put them back after the re-sync. (which you can do even after deleting your db, with the new feature in the UI to remove 'stuck orders'.)

[LaaMos Seeth]

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation.
It is very good that it is not necessary to re-download  DB every time to a new PC if you need access to the BTC.
What other coins do you plan to add to the Trade Portal in the near future?

[crowetic]

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation.
It is very good that it is not necessary to re-download  DB every time to a new PC if you need access to the BTC.
What other coins do you plan to add to the Trade Portal in the near future?

Absolutely, that's what I'm here for at the moment, is to clearly explain the plan and details of the project in ways that people can understand. My pleasure.

At the moment, the plan is...

• Build support manually for a library supporting LTC
• Build support manually for local LTC support and internal LTC wallet

Every coin Qortal supports, we must build EVERYTHING manually, as there honestly isn't anything out there good enough to be part of our codebase, and since EVERYTHING in Qortal is TRULY DECENTRALIZED, the only way for Qortal's Trade Portal to function, is to have NATIVE support for EVERY listed coin on the platform.

This means that for Qortal to support a coin, our development team must build FROM SCRATCH both a library, AND a wallet, totally securely, to support the coin we're planning to list. So it's a little effort involved.

However...

once we list LTC, the next focus becomes THE VOTING SYSTEM. As this is the plan for the future of the platform overall. Everything is to be controlled by votes of the users, with influence based on their measured contributions to the network in the supported methods.

So we list LTC, then we build the voting system, and the voting system is then used to put up PROPOSALS to list other coins in the future (as well as make any and all important decisions on the platform.)

So we will do the LTC listing to have a faster, cheaper coin to trade with, then focus our attention on making everything we have perfect, and building the voting system, which then controls future listings, based on proposals and subsequent votes by leveled users of the system.

Hopefully this helps you gain some clarity with my current ideas for the future.

[realdantreccia]

Hey guys. Love the ideas I've read in here so far. I just started with Qortal as it was recommended to me by a Devcoin (DVC) developer (Traxo on bitcointalk).

The timeserver sync and check on Windows is amazing! And very intriguing.

Only problem I'm having is I've installed both the Windows EXE files from the latest github release, Qortal (the app 1.3.5) and the current UI. Running the UI and the app is no problem. It does use a lot of memory but I got memory to spare!

I just am stuck synchronizing the app at 68% but it says on the UI that I am stuck at just short of 60,000 blocks.

I have peers connected, are there ports I need to let through my firewall? Also my windows notifications said I received a message from a Qortal user when I ran the client first last night and I can't find it anywhere in the UI.