[ANN] Storjcoin X (SJCX) - A Coin for Decentralized Cloud Storage

[fireblond]

You can always buy Storjcoin directly from exchanges like https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_sjcx for example

[secret_bitcoin_login]

Are there any plans for an offer that allows users to receive a bit of storj for free? You know, how most of the other competitors offer "2 GB for free" and then paid plans for an additional charge? It seems like it would lower the barrier-to-entry for people who aren't ready to purchase storj.

[waxo]

Keep your SJCX, now price is just peanuts, it can goes much much higher , this on of my best coin for 2015

[helloge]

You can always buy Storjcoin directly from exchanges like https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_sjcx for example

why not contact bter to be listed?
more exchange brings more people.

[secret_bitcoin_login]

Keep your SJCX, now price is just peanuts, it can goes much much higher , this on of my best coin for 2015

So.. I don't think of this as one of the much hyped "investment coins"  - I really think of Storj as a utility with a coin as a unit of gatekeeping. I'd like to think there's a place where we use blockchain technologies as utilities rather than get-rich-quick schemes. (Or should I say systems?)

[heunland]

You can always buy Storjcoin directly from exchanges like https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_sjcx for example

why not contact bter to be listed?
more exchange brings more people.

We have an ongoing effort in the storj community to encourage our members to vote for listing of SJCX on various exchanges, including BTer. Please consult this thread: https://storjtalk.org/index.php?topic=1903.msg12908#msg12908 for instructions how to vote for SJCX on https://bter.com/voting#SJCX

We are currently at rank 44, so all you BTer traders, please help us get SJCX on Bter asap!

[heunland]

So... I am kicking myself right now for not jumping on board with Storj during the initial crowdsale. I feel like I'm just playing catch up. So... I'm setting up a driveshare machine and working to accumulate 10,000 SJCX really quick. I'm considering tinkering with one of the Synology NAS's to use it as a Storj device. I saw a mention of it but no one seems to have followed up on the development yet. I extracted their firmware and it looks pretty doable, but I've yet to buy a device yet.

My friend is doing the same on those Taiwan made boxes. Let me find that picture first.

And the price is going up again : https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_sjcx

What Taiwan made boxes are you referring to? I wasn't excited about paying $175 for a Synology box, but it looks like it would pay for itself in saved electricity over 4 years... if it runs at 19 watts as advertised. I'd be glad to switch to another manufacturer. I know Shawn had talked about some "branded" hardware during the Trial A video, but I don't know what he used.

Just a little cubietruck at the moment. Most barebones linux machines will probably do the trick.

The problem with tiny barebones linux-based machines (thinking RPi and Beaglebone) is that they lack the SATA.

This Cubietruck: http://www.cubietruck.com/collections/frontpage/products/cubieboard2-allwinner-a20-arm-cortex-a7-dual-core-development-board looks fine, but I'm not interested in paying $65 for it when most of the chip will be idled (even useless if we develop a stripped kernel for efficiency). This looks like a good time for a worldwide search for the optimal hardware.

Regarding the lack of SATA on the Raspberry Pi, there have been various solutions proposed to this problem, including USB to SATA adapters. Some interesting discussions/practical instructions on how to accomplish this can be found here:

http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/360/can-i-attach-a-sata-controller

and here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=91131

[secret_bitcoin_login]

So... I am kicking myself right now for not jumping on board with Storj during the initial crowdsale. I feel like I'm just playing catch up. So... I'm setting up a driveshare machine and working to accumulate 10,000 SJCX really quick. I'm considering tinkering with one of the Synology NAS's to use it as a Storj device. I saw a mention of it but no one seems to have followed up on the development yet. I extracted their firmware and it looks pretty doable, but I've yet to buy a device yet.

My friend is doing the same on those Taiwan made boxes. Let me find that picture first.

And the price is going up again : https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_sjcx

What Taiwan made boxes are you referring to? I wasn't excited about paying $175 for a Synology box, but it looks like it would pay for itself in saved electricity over 4 years... if it runs at 19 watts as advertised. I'd be glad to switch to another manufacturer. I know Shawn had talked about some "branded" hardware during the Trial A video, but I don't know what he used.

Just a little cubietruck at the moment. Most barebones linux machines will probably do the trick.

The problem with tiny barebones linux-based machines (thinking RPi and Beaglebone) is that they lack the SATA.

This Cubietruck: http://www.cubietruck.com/collections/frontpage/products/cubieboard2-allwinner-a20-arm-cortex-a7-dual-core-development-board looks fine, but I'm not interested in paying $65 for it when most of the chip will be idled (even useless if we develop a stripped kernel for efficiency). This looks like a good time for a worldwide search for the optimal hardware.

Regarding the lack of SATA on the Raspberry Pi, there have been various solutions proposed to this problem, including USB to SATA adapters. Some interesting discussions/practical instructions on how to accomplish this can be found here:

http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/360/can-i-attach-a-sata-controller

and here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=91131

I'm aware of the USB adapters for Raspberry Pi's, but I have a pretty substantial belief that using that kind of setup would introduce an inevitable bottleneck. It may be worth trying, but I'm guessing either the RPi processor won't be able to keep up with IO operations on the network or the USB/SATA interface will introduce a bus bottleneck. There is one way to find out! I do have the hardware for that so I might give it a run tonight.

[heunland]

So... I am kicking myself right now for not jumping on board with Storj during the initial crowdsale. I feel like I'm just playing catch up. So... I'm setting up a driveshare machine and working to accumulate 10,000 SJCX really quick. I'm considering tinkering with one of the Synology NAS's to use it as a Storj device. I saw a mention of it but no one seems to have followed up on the development yet. I extracted their firmware and it looks pretty doable, but I've yet to buy a device yet.

My friend is doing the same on those Taiwan made boxes. Let me find that picture first.

And the price is going up again : https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_sjcx

What Taiwan made boxes are you referring to? I wasn't excited about paying $175 for a Synology box, but it looks like it would pay for itself in saved electricity over 4 years... if it runs at 19 watts as advertised. I'd be glad to switch to another manufacturer. I know Shawn had talked about some "branded" hardware during the Trial A video, but I don't know what he used.

Just a little cubietruck at the moment. Most barebones linux machines will probably do the trick.

The problem with tiny barebones linux-based machines (thinking RPi and Beaglebone) is that they lack the SATA.

This Cubietruck: http://www.cubietruck.com/collections/frontpage/products/cubieboard2-allwinner-a20-arm-cortex-a7-dual-core-development-board looks fine, but I'm not interested in paying $65 for it when most of the chip will be idled (even useless if we develop a stripped kernel for efficiency). This looks like a good time for a worldwide search for the optimal hardware.

Regarding the lack of SATA on the Raspberry Pi, there have been various solutions proposed to this problem, including USB to SATA adapters. Some interesting discussions/practical instructions on how to accomplish this can be found here:

http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/360/can-i-attach-a-sata-controller

and here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=91131

I'm aware of the USB adapters for Raspberry Pi's, but I have a pretty substantial belief that using that kind of setup would introduce an inevitable bottleneck. It may be worth trying, but I'm guessing either the RPi processor won't be able to keep up with IO operations on the network or the USB/SATA interface will introduce a bus bottleneck. There is one way to find out! I do have the hardware for that so I might give it a run tonight.

Great, please report back with your test results! Also, I forgot to mention a possible alternative, the Banana Pi, which already has SATA integrated and is all around more powerful, but still compatible with many RPi accessory boards:

http://bananapi.com/
http://liliputing.com/2014/04/banana-pi-a-57-rasperry-pi-clone-with-a-faster-cpu-more-memory.html

you can pick up a Banana Pi (or Raspberry Pi) at newegg, which means, you can pay for it with bitcoin!

http://liliputing.com/2014/04/banana-pi-a-57-rasperry-pi-clone-with-a-faster-cpu-more-memory.html

[mjc]

You can always buy Storjcoin directly from exchanges like https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_sjcx for example

why not contact bter to be listed?
more exchange brings more people.

You can vote for it on BTER.  It currently has a little over 1400 up votes and one down vote.  It needs about ten times the up votes i order to be in the running to get listed.

It certainly is an exchange they are trying to get listed on.

[aparajita241]

Wow this seems be an awesome crypto currency 

[l3mmy]

I think sjcx will have and maintain value,  yes storage gets cheaper over time however with a foxed supply of sjcx each one will have to purchase more space on the network

#bethecloud

[secret_bitcoin_login]

So... I am kicking myself right now for not jumping on board with Storj during the initial crowdsale. I feel like I'm just playing catch up. So... I'm setting up a driveshare machine and working to accumulate 10,000 SJCX really quick. I'm considering tinkering with one of the Synology NAS's to use it as a Storj device. I saw a mention of it but no one seems to have followed up on the development yet. I extracted their firmware and it looks pretty doable, but I've yet to buy a device yet.

My friend is doing the same on those Taiwan made boxes. Let me find that picture first.

And the price is going up again : https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_sjcx

What Taiwan made boxes are you referring to? I wasn't excited about paying $175 for a Synology box, but it looks like it would pay for itself in saved electricity over 4 years... if it runs at 19 watts as advertised. I'd be glad to switch to another manufacturer. I know Shawn had talked about some "branded" hardware during the Trial A video, but I don't know what he used.

Just a little cubietruck at the moment. Most barebones linux machines will probably do the trick.

The problem with tiny barebones linux-based machines (thinking RPi and Beaglebone) is that they lack the SATA.

This Cubietruck: http://www.cubietruck.com/collections/frontpage/products/cubieboard2-allwinner-a20-arm-cortex-a7-dual-core-development-board looks fine, but I'm not interested in paying $65 for it when most of the chip will be idled (even useless if we develop a stripped kernel for efficiency). This looks like a good time for a worldwide search for the optimal hardware.

Regarding the lack of SATA on the Raspberry Pi, there have been various solutions proposed to this problem, including USB to SATA adapters. Some interesting discussions/practical instructions on how to accomplish this can be found here:

http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/360/can-i-attach-a-sata-controller

and here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=91131

I'm aware of the USB adapters for Raspberry Pi's, but I have a pretty substantial belief that using that kind of setup would introduce an inevitable bottleneck. It may be worth trying, but I'm guessing either the RPi processor won't be able to keep up with IO operations on the network or the USB/SATA interface will introduce a bus bottleneck. There is one way to find out! I do have the hardware for that so I might give it a run tonight.

Great, please report back with your test results! Also, I forgot to mention a possible alternative, the Banana Pi, which already has SATA integrated and is all around more powerful, but still compatible with many RPi accessory boards:

http://bananapi.com/
http://liliputing.com/2014/04/banana-pi-a-57-rasperry-pi-clone-with-a-faster-cpu-more-memory.html

you can pick up a Banana Pi (or Raspberry Pi) at newegg, which means, you can pay for it with bitcoin!

http://liliputing.com/2014/04/banana-pi-a-57-rasperry-pi-clone-with-a-faster-cpu-more-memory.html

Absolutely awesome! I hadn't heard of the Banana Pi but I'm buying one ASAP. Do you have any experience with it?

[mjc]

I think sjcx will have and maintain value,  yes storage gets cheaper over time however with a foxed supply of sjcx each one will have to purchase more space on the network

#bethecloud

One of the complaints of other CC is that there is nothing backing it other that the fact that paople want it.  Here we have a currency that has something backing it.  I think this is the future.

[jabo38]

I think sjcx will have and maintain value,  yes storage gets cheaper over time however with a foxed supply of sjcx each one will have to purchase more space on the network

#bethecloud

One of the complaints of other CC is that there is nothing backing it other that the fact that paople want it.  Here we have a currency that has something backing it.  I think this is the future.

that is an interesting comment

[p4ch1nk0]

looks like I'm removing all my sell orders 

[l3mmy]

looks like I'm removing all my sell orders 

I think in the future a 1.5 - 3 billion valuation would be fair .01 to 0.02 btc some day.

Bethecloud

[p4ch1nk0]

looks like I'm removing all my sell orders 

I think in the future a 1.5 - 3 billion valuation would be fair .01 to 0.02 btc some day.

Bethecloud

I haven't had a whole bitcoin to myself in a very long time. But lets not make this thread about price speculation until the software is finished with testing and more people start using it.

[secret_bitcoin_login]

looks like I'm removing all my sell orders 

I think in the future a 1.5 - 3 billion valuation would be fair .01 to 0.02 btc some day.

Bethecloud

I haven't had a whole bitcoin to myself in a very long time. But lets not make this thread about price speculation until the software is finished with testing and more people start using it.

+1

I honestly have no interest in price speculation - i think the technology is too cool to worry about profit right now, but getting on board as a tester in this stage does carry a substantial pricetag and it's hard to know whether it's a wise investment.

[ninjaboon]

Told a friend about the Storj project yesterday and how it could change the whole centralized storage space. He's in the construction arbitration industry. Will see how it goes.